Ella's POV The driver closed his door as he joined us in the vehicle, and the noise he made was enough to break through the thick wall of awkwardness that had filled the space around us.Soon, we were driving out of the royal house and into the town. And for the first time, I got a better view of the entire kingdom. It was larger than my pack back home and more developed. I could even say that it was larger than Ryker's pack as well and as the thought crossed my mind, I prayed that he never came to find me here."I didn't even ask you, what option would you like to do in college?" Aunt Emily asked, pulling me out of my reverie."Oh, hmm— I want to major in Medicine," I blurted out.There was so much about my body that I needed to know and understand without having to ask a doctor. And the best way I could think of was to learn the profession myself."That's a very good choice dear—""For someone so old, I wouldn't advise for such a time-consuming course," Selena hissed from her corn
Ella's POV "You school here too?" I asked him in shock.He flashed me his brightest smile and made a dramatic bow; "I am a final-year student here. If I knew your registration was today I would have brought you here myself then Ms. Emily wouldn't have gone through the trouble.""Oh, Michael, it wasn't trouble at all," Aunt Emily laughed, waving her hand in the air. "It is a good thing for me to leave the castle once in a while. Being held up there all the time can be frustrating at times," she added and Michael nodded in understanding.I didn't entirely agree with them because so far, the castle seemed to be cozy and sweet —except when Selena walked into the room."So shall we?" Michael announced, pointing to the big entrance ahead of us."Sure," Aunt Emily chirped. She held my hand and together we let Michael lead us into the huge administrative building.Michael turned out to be a true prince. He took us to the Rector's office and assisted us with all the registration processes. An
Ella's POV Throughout the ride back home, I tried to understand what sort of trouble we could be in just because I decided to point out to Selena that she was wrong for speaking to Aunt Emily in that manner.—But no matter how hard I tried, I didn't get an answer.Aunt Emily wasn't helpful either. She had gone cold and barely said a word to me.I noticed that we didn't stop at the mall anymore like we had planned. I wanted to ask her but the cold distant look on her face made me seal my lips.When the driver pulled into the royal house, I started to seriously regret my actions. I should have controlled myself."Ella, I will order some dresses for you, and by tomorrow you can have them when you return from classes," Aunt Emily finally mumbled as we both got out of the car.My heart squeezed at her tone and I felt like crying. She started to walk away but I quickly stopped her."Aunt, I am very sorry," I whispered, staring into her eyes. "I didn't mean to cause you trouble..."She let
Ella’s POVEveryone else seemed to freeze at Selena’s accusations while my uneasiness only grew. Selena had promised to deal with me for trying to correct her. I knew she was going to come through on her promise, I just didn’t think she would go as low as framing Aunt Emily like this.“Emily, how could you do this to her?” David roared at his sister, his voice snapping everyone out of their frozen state.Their heads turned toward Aunt Emily who stood with her head lowered to the ground in shame.My wolf twisted along with the irritation that was growing within me. This made absolutely no sense. She did nothing wrong, yet she was feeling ashamed of herself.“It is very simple, Uncle. Aunt Emily has never liked me,” Selena cried out. “She has been plotting to hurt me all along… father,” she continued, snapping her attention to Alpha Andrew, “we can’t let her keep staying here… she needs to leave… or she is going to kill me one of these days…”A soft gasp escaped my lips at Selena’s lie
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