Ella’s POVDespite the shock of hearing Selena openly declare war and admitting to purposely framing Aunt Emily, I still found the strength to walk out of that bathroom as fast as I could.I half ran and half walked across the general living room. All I wanted to do was to get as far away from her as possible. I had nothing to my name. I had no house and no money. I couldn’t survive out there without these things for too long. I was pregnant and that meant I couldn’t be homeless. If Selena could make her aunt stay in the dungeon, what more could she do for me, a mere addition to their family?I had just gotten past the door and I was about to take the bend to my room when strong arms wrapped around me. I almost let out a scream until my eyes raised and I saw who was holding me.Michael.“Where are you going so fast?” he asked as his eyes moved over mine.The shock I had just escaped from returned and I was suddenly filled with fear as I looked around us before I decided to speak to
Ryker’s POVWhen Willow had mentioned that Ella ran away; it was a hard pill to swallow, knowing the kind of background Ella came from. But after waiting for days and there was still no sign of her, I knew something was wrong.I ordered my men to search for her around the forest and surrounding packs. I had given her a very good offer; she couldn’t just run from it that way.What I kept asking myself was, where she could possibly run to. She would be the biggest fool in history to run back to her wicked stepmother and sister.I promised her a lot of money which she could have used to better her life and she seemed like a very smart woman. She couldn’t just run unless something had happened.My eyes moved to a beautiful woman eating her breakfast in front of me and an idea I hadn’t gotten before crossed my mind. “Willow, are you certain that Ella ran away?”Willow dropped the fork in her hand and her blue eyes fixed on me. I saw something move within them but before I could make sense
Ryker’s POVA thunderbolt off in my head as soon as the words left her mouth.My heart started beating at a very fast rate and I found it impossible to calm it. A thousand thoughts fought to stay in my head at the same time and I didn’t even know where to start from or which to hold on to.“Are you sure about this?” I asked, my voice suddenly husky with emotions.Olga nodded her head and started pulling her fingers as tears filled her face, “I am not too sure Alpha… I only noticed that she started throwing up; she was having lots of cravings and she didn’t use the sanitary pad provided for her that month… I don’t-”A ringing went off in my ears and my body suddenly became heavy as emotions overwhelmed me. I got off my position and started pacing as I tried to think of any point in time when I had noticed anything wrong with Ella.The only time she had acted strange was the day we had dinner together. She could barely eat more than two spoons. I had pushed it aside as anxiety or maybe
Ella’s POVIn school, I spent most time, studying and when I was in the royal house, I was locked up in my room, studying and practicing. A very famous pharmacist was coming to my school the next day and I was determined to impress him enough to get a session with him, This way, I could ask him questions about drugs I could use to hide my baby bump, without causing any harm to the baby while still maintaining a very anonymous status in school.I had just gotten home from college and as usual, I buried myself into my work when a knock on my door pulled me out of my books.“Yeah?” I called, expecting to see, Esther -the new maid who brought in my food- popping her head through a crack at the door but I was surprised when the door opened and I raised my eyes to find, Alpha Andrew.My heart skipped a beat as I feared that Selena might have told him something about me and maybe he was here to send me away like he had done to Aunt Emily. I immediately got to my feet and bowed; “Alpha,” I
Ella’s POV“Oh, why am I even asking, of course, you really want to steal. You are a thief. Both of you!” Selena screeched even louder than her first accusation.Esther fell to her knees and held her hands together as if she was about to say a prayer, “Please, my princess… it’s not the way you are seeing it… we only wanted to see the Luna’s portraits and nothing more,” she cried but Selena’s eyes were burning with evil intent, and I knew begging her was useless.“You only wanted to see?” she let out a dark chuckle, flinging her hair to the side. “How stupid do you think I am?” she took a step closer to Esther and pointed a menacing finger at her.Her eyes narrowed and they moved from Esther -who was still on the floor to me- to me, “I am going to teach you both a very big lesson! When I am done, you won’t even be able to think of theft anymore.” she hissed with a very dark expression on her face.My heart skipped a beat as I realized that this was a perfect opportunity for her to get
Ella’s POVIt took a few seconds for Alpha Andrew’s words to sink into my head. My tears turned into joy and before I could stop myself, I ran into his arms and hugged him.I had already prepared myself for the inevitable only for things to turn out differently, “Thank you so much,” I sobbed, unable to contain myself. “Dad!” Selena yelled like a wounded soldier, and I flinched, making to break away from the alpha’s hold but he held me in place.“Argh!” she screamed before she stomped away from the scene.Alpha Andrew still didn’t comment. He just held me in his arms slowly running his fingers between my follicles.I buried my head into his chest, crying out all the panic that had accumulated in my heart. Soon, the shuffling sound of feet echoed in the corridor as everyone elowly returned to their respective rooms and workstations, seeing that the situation had been resolved.I was still in Alpha Andrew’s fatherly embrace when hurried steps filled the corridor once again. This time, h
Ella’s POVThroughout the night, Selena’s cold words kept echoing through my head and sleep became difficult. I rolled over and over, silently begging the goddess to protect me.Selena was right. I was not a saint. I had skeletons just like she had mentioned and one of those skeletons was my pregnancy. If the family ever got to know about it, they were surely going to throw me off to the streets.The night became longer as my thoughts continued haunting me. By the time the first rays of the morning sun seeped into my room, I had come up with a plan.I knew my belly might start showing soon but before then, I was certain that I would find a way out. The only thing I had to worry about now was Selena. I just had to avoid her and not get in her way. This included, me staying away from Alpha Andrew, who she thought I was trying to steal from her and Michael. It was going to be difficult especially since Michael had become a big part of my routine and life in the royal house. But for me
Ella’s POVMy heart sliced into two halves as David's question settled into my head. I opened my mouth to speak but I felt my throat immediately become dry and producing words was a task too difficult to produce.Only one question kept going through in my head and I could only hope that she didn’t go there to find out about me. or the skeletons she had promised to find.“Why did she go there of all places?” Michael suddenly said, filling the silence with his charismatic voice.I felt his hands on my knee and my eyes immediately went to his face. He gave me a curt nod and a small assuring smile lined his face. Somehow, I understood that this was his way of helping me contain an awkward situation.David’s piercing eyes left mine and he moved them to Michael’s; “I heard there is an amazing portion of the Everest Forest that cuts through the land. She probably wants to free her wolf and enjoy herself,” he said.My heart skipped again at his words. This time it wasn’t because I was worried