AVA:"I'll be gentle with you, okay?" Giving me a reassuring look, Leo moved closer and hugged me."I love you and no matter what, you'll always belong here." He touched the left side of his chest.I smiled sickly, I can't deny that Leo had taken over my heart completely.Truth be said, I was only with Damien physically and nothing more. Leo had my heart and everything good from me that I can think of."I'm just going to get you something to eat. Stay put while I go get in my and I'll be back before you know it." Leo kissed my forehead and got up.Soon after he left, a lady entered the room with fresh roses.I smiled even though I had no idea who she was. How on earth did she know that I liked roses?She came beside me and smiled at me."I've heard a lot about you and most of the courageous things that you have done and I admire you greatly. I'm Billie by the way."I nodded weakly and she made me have a whiff of the flowers before placing it above my head."Thanks," I said, and then t
AVA:Audrey's words were almost becoming boring but I humored myself and stayed out to listen more."You can go ahead and tell the whole pack what I did, but you have to risk between me telling Ava of our affair, not agreeing to carry your baby, and doing that." Audrey sparked.I was expecting Damien to say something but he was mute for a while."Fine!" He uttered and at that point, I felt so disappointed.I had expected him to push further, telling Audrey to her face that she just murdered the royal blood and it was a felony he wasn't going to let her escape from but I was bound to be disappointed. I regretted even expecting it in the first place.I lowered my head when I felt tears warming the back of my eyes. Damien had betrayed his blood because he wanted fame, he wanted to be in power, and he wanted a child that would ensure his longevity.If he had taken a different decision from this one, I would have considered lessening his punishment, since a bit of humanity remained in him
AVA:Today was a day to Damien's birthday but festivity was already in the air. One wouldn't believe it but preparations for food that the guest would eat tomorrow had already started."Yes, go drop it that way and come carry this one," I instructed one of the servants who was carrying a huge pot.Anyone seeing how I was so energetic in preparing for Damien's birthday wouldn't believe that Damien had anything coming his way on his D-Day."Ma'am, I have something to tell you." Diana narrowed her eyes at the door of the big hall as though checking if anyone was deliberately eavesdropping."Can't it wait, I have so much to take care of." I didn't want her saying anything in this hall with so many people in it. Even an empty room with walls had ears, talk more of a room filled with people.When I saw the difficult expression on Diana's face, I pulled my apron, handed it to someone, and then dragged Diana outside."What is it you can't wait to tell me?""My Luna, Ma'am Audrey is planning
AVA:I knew that I had drawn a battle line with what I did the last time.I wish to tell you all that this was a dream but no, it wasn't. I defeated my husband yesterday and didn't let him hit me and my next action is going to surprise everyone.I emptied an almost empty glass of wine, my eyes brimming with tears. I didn't expect my life to be so embarrassing but embarrassing or not, I had to embrace it.It was my life and no one else owned it. Besides, the people who turned me this way couldn't blame me for what if did because they can't deny that they turned me into who I am right now. I wasn't heartless to those who did not deserve it.Today was Damien's birthday and I am in my room, locked up for fear of being harmed in any way. If there was anyone who knew how vengeful Damien was, it was me.A knock on the door interrupted my train of thought and I was forced to stand from my sitting position."Who's there?" I asked, uncertain of who it was that was at the door."Open the goddam
AVA:Waiting patiently in my mind so the drama in my head doesn't get acted out physically, I walked from place to place, serving drinks and making sure to smile my best.From the corners of my eyes, I noticed Damien shaking hands and smiling in a manner only I was familiar with. He was smiling hypocritically at them and shaking hands with them. If only they knew what was going on in that head of his, they wouldn't have tried extending their hands of friendship.Damien's parents are on the left side of the high table and we're being served wine and a variety of fruits. His mother, Clara was eyeing me disdainfully but I care less.Most of Damien's family were in attendance and a little of mine too came. I had invited them, no, Damien had invited them.Of course, My Mom and Dad never missed an opportunity like this to showcase that their daughter married the highest man in the community."Diana, please go make sure someone's watching the food," I whispered to Diana and she left.I didn
AVA:When I thought to myself that I was done being bullied, I wasn't mincing thoughts.Unfortunately for those who had wronged me in the past, I was given a rebirth to be the big bully and not the other way around."Come with me." Damien snapped me out of my thoughts as he slowly dragged me in a way it wouldn't be noticed that he was applying force.He even went ahead to smile at each face he saw like we were anywhere near being at peace with each other."What was that expression I saw you make earlier? Fuck, I don't even care anymore. Right. This is the time we have been waiting for, climb up that podium, pretend you're making a speech, then praise me to the skies." This was the reason Damien usually made sure he didn't hurt me so much on the days preceding his birthday, and he made sure that my garments were ornamental enough and that I ate well.To Damien, the presentation was usually the best part of the party, and of course, the most hypocritical of them all.Here's how the pres
AUTHOR'S POV:Ava rushed out to meet Alpha King Leo but before she could get there, Ethan had already come to the rescue.There was panic in the air, the Alpha King had almost fallen over. Ava tried to catch her breath, she placed her hand on her chest.Diana rushed to Ava, "Luna, Ma'am, are you okay?"Ava gently shrugged off Diana's helping hand from her shoulder and surged forward."Leave me be. I'll be fine." Ava said and with a determined look, she started walking in the direction where Ethan moved with Leo."What a good show you put out there. You should be ashamed because holding your shoulders high won't scrub off the dirt you've tainted on the entire Blue Crest pack. I must say that this was an unpleasant surprise. Hmm." Audrey said, causing Ava to halt in her steps.Ava turned to face Audrey."I made a good show? No, of course not. If only I spiced things up with an update on your affair with Damien, and the fact that you murdered his cousin, everything would have been more
AVA:My fingers shook and almost slipped out from Leo's hand but he tightly held onto them."Isn't it time for us to declare what we feel for each other? The choice is yours to reject him." Leo whispered in my ear, earning a growl from Damien and an unseen smile from me."This must be the right time," I whispered back, and then stood erect, keeping a level head so I could look away from Damien from a glance.I fixed my gaze on Damien but before I spoke a word, the scenes of what happened a week ago flashed in my mind.Last week...My pieces of evidence were ready, pictures, videos, and all. I had gone to pay a visit to Damien's parents. I needed to tell them what their son was doing wrong and of course, I thought, they needed to hear me out, so they wouldn't be so surprised when I was no longer with their son.My journey there was easy because they resided in the same pack as ours, so it didn't take me much to get there. My perspective is that if only these two old people left their