Lupita's heart fell immediately after she saw Lilith. Sandy took Lupita with Susan and a guard that was meant to protect Lupita to where Lilith was. Lilith was tied up in the ant house of her brother's house. Her fair skin got dark. Her hair was a mess. There were holes all over her cloth because of how Lilith chewed them all the time. "Now you've seen her, haven't you?" Sandy said flatly. Lupita was moved to tears. She crouched in front of Lilith who kept on rolling on the dirty floor. "Lilith, I'm sorry that this had to happen to you?" Lupita cried out. Susan cried too. Lilith could be a pain in the arse sometimes but her condition was just too bad. "Are you really sorry?" Lilith laughed. She sat up straight and brought her face closer to that of Lilith who crouched down before her. "You're the one, aren't you?" She took her face away and began to laugh. "She's the one. She's the one. She's the one," Lilith said repeatedly, laughing at intervals. "I'm sorry." Lu
The news of Lilith's recovery reached Lupita after a week of treatment from the physician Vlad recommended. Lupita was excited. Not minding what Romulus would think, she searched for Vlad to tell him the news. She decided to check his room after a long search and she saw him. "Vlad," Lupita shrieked with a big smile on her face. Vlad smiled back. Nobody needed to tell him why Lupita had come to see him with a big smile on her face. "The physician I recommended turned out to be a good one, right?" Lupita nodded. Vlad opened his arms for a hug and Lupita's smile disappeared. "You won't hug me?" Lupita responded with silence. He smiled and raised his hands for a high five. Lupita gave him a small five and gave him a high five. "We did it," she said excitedly and Vlad laughed. "You're happy that Lilith is fine now?" Vlad could not still understand how someone could be so kind. "I'm very happy. Lilith was wronged. I'm happy she's alright now." "Is it wrong to reject
Romulus dashed into his room, grabbed a spear next to his bed, and threw it at the door. The guard at the door escaped by a hair length."Get me someone to serve me in bed. Don't bring those incapable whores. I want someone good enough," Romulus ordered one of the guards, not minding if it was his job to do so or not and the guard ran out to take his Alpha's orders.Romulus gritted his teeth and paced up and down the room. His eyes darkened as the image of Lupita in Vlad's room flashed. He growled.Who was she to make him feel this way? Was she seriously trying to cheat on him?"We both know she would not try to cheat on us," Ralph said. "If anyone is cheating, it's you. You made her your mate so you could cheat on her. Unfortunately for you, you're not all that bad. You could not.""I will. Those she-wolves are just incapable.""Then why did you get angry when you saw your mate in another man's room?" Ralph snorted and Romulus' forehead creased in a frown."I'm her Alpha. I can do wh
Two maids walked out of Lupita's room, giggling. As soon as they saw Alpha Romulus, they stopped and genuflected."Is she in?" Romulus asked, looking past them and at Lupita's door."Yes, Alpha. She just slept off, but if you want we can go in and prepare her to meet you."Romulus looked at his feet, thinking and after a while, he raised his head. "There's no need for that. I'll check on her myself. You can go."They both scurried away and he continued walking toward her room door.He gave a soft knock on the door. He frowned as soon as he realized that he was knocking instead of barging into the room."This is my palace. I can do whatever I like," he mumbled to himself, annoyed that he was handling Lupita softly when he planned on doing the reverse. He pushed the door open and like the maids told him, she was asleep."Well, she has wifely duties to carry out," Romulus muttered to himself and walked into the room.But, as he got close to her head, the only thing he did was to kneel by
Lilith smirked. "You're asking a very good question.""What is the answer?""Lupita," Lilith began. "I've always hated that girl. And, when I had the power to, I made her life miserable. Now, she has the power to do the same, but she's acting nice. Running mad would have made me an object of mockery but despite how I made her that before, she still helped me.""So you're not hurting her."Lilith laughed. Then she frowned. "She will always be an enemy. She probably helped me just to mock me. If I ran mad, I would not have been conscious of my environment. I would not have known that I was being mocked. She got me healed and so what? She's still Luna and I'm a rejected mate. They still mock me and she got me healed so I can witness her reign as the Luna. Lupita took my place. Romulus was my mate and that means that I was to be Luna. She took my place. She is definitely an enemy. I will destroy her alongside Romulus."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Where did you go?"Lupita's muscles stiffened as
"Are you awake?"Lupita blinked slowly, taking in the fact that as soon as she opened her eyes, the person's face she saw was Romulus'.She closed her eyes, believing that she was imagining things. Because, why on earth will Romulus be in her chamber this early? And when he asked if she was awake, he was too soft-spoken to be true.When she opened her eyes again, he was still there. His face was close to hers.She felt his face with her hands to be sure that he was real and gasped when it finally dawned on her."Wh-what are you doing?""Am I making you uncomfortable?"Lupita swallowed. "Maybe."Romulus moved away from her and she sat up straight. "What are you doing in my room?""I'm your mate. Don't I have the right to be here?"At that moment, Lupita realized that her room was filled with flowers. Her eyes darted around. Lupita's jaw went slack. "Did you bring me flowers?"Romulus looked away. "Well you're my Luna, aren't you?""Did you not say that you made me Luna to torture me? Y
"You stopped by." Maya's voice quivered. She looked terrified. Lupita thought she saw a look of relief amidst that terrified look.Seeing Maya made Lupita have mixed feelings.She began to have memories of her old friend. Both the good one and the bad one.Once upon a time, Maya used to be the only one who made her look forward to the coming days. She was the light in her world of darkness.Till date, it was hard for Lupita to believe that her friend betrayed her."I wanted to take a tour around the pack." Lupita gave her a small smile. "I decided to check here. I saw a girl getting bullied as soon as I got here. It kind of reminded me of how I used to be."Maya nodded. "I was reminded of you too. And as usual I could do nothing. I'm sorry."Lupita's heart softened immediately. She couldn't help but wonder if she had said too much. "Protecting yourself was a necessity. I hold no grudge against you any longer."Maya smiled, then concern masked her face. "How's the Alpha court? I hope y
When Lupita finally opened her eyes, she saw herself in her room with maids surrounding her.Susan sat on her bed beside her while Alpha Romulus sat on a chair beside her bed. Beta Matt was present too. He stood beside Romulus."Ouch." Lupita rubbed the back of her head. She had a sharp pain at the back of her head. Immediately, Romulus stood up from this chair and leaned closer to the bed with concern written all over his face."Are you okay?" Susan asked and Lupita nodded."The pain was a sharp one. It has disappeared. I have never felt this energized in a long time." She looked at Alpha Romulus. "If it weren't for you, I'd have been sold. Thank you.""They wanted to sell you?" Romulus looked pissed.Lupita nodded. "If you had not arrived in time to save me, they would have sold me as a slave.""How dare they?" Romulus thundered. "Don't they know that you're my Luna?"Lupita's heart skipped a beat.She wondered if she had heard wrong or if Romulus just referred to her as his Luna. I
"I'm not attending any welcome party," Lupita said to the visibly frustrated maid before her. She sat on her bed. Her legs crossed and her palms lying flat on the bed next to her.She hated whenever she was this way toward the maids, but she had no choice. The welcome party was for someone she was trying to avoid."If you don't come, you know I will be the one who gets punished. He is your father. He can't kill you, but he can kill me if I do as little as annoy him with the way I breathe. I ordered me to doll you up and accompany you to the party. If I don't, I will be in huge trouble." Her voice quavered.Lupita sighed in frustration. She would be putting the maid in huge trouble if she did not attend whatever welcome party her father was throwing for Romulus.She stood up from her bed. "Fine. Let's get started so I won't be late."The maid beamed. She quickly thanked Lupita and started to help her get prepared."Jane," she called the maids' name softly while she styled her hair. "Ha
"Maybe," Romulus said. "We've seen a lot of faces during our lifetime. Is it possible to remember all the faces we have seen?"Lupita frowned. "I have never left my father's court. Have you ever been here before?"He shook his head. "No, but who knows where you have been in your past lives. Maybe we met in our past lives."Lupita scoffed. She wondered if he was trying to engage her in small talks. If that was the case, he was failing miserably, she thought to herself. She found his words weird and annoying.He was probably sent by her father to talk to her, she thought.Lupita frowned at the thought.She was not interested in investing her time in getting to know another man. At least for now. After all, she was only seventeen. What was the rush for?And this stranger. Why did he seem so familiar when she had never met him before? "Thank you for sending Hardin away, but I have to go now.""But I want you to keep me company," Romulus said.Her heart swelled at his words. He still had t
"Lupita." Lupita's face twisted as she heard Hardin's voice. Was he seriously trying to tell her more lies when he was caught red-handed? "What are you doing here? My father dismissed you, didn't he?" "I bribed some of the guards to get in here," He replied and Lupita wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Well, now you and those men you bribed are in trouble because I am definitely telling the Alpha what you did." He reached out to her wrist and got hold of it. "Lupita, please forgive me. You were so excited when you got to know I was your mate, remember? Please, don't let everything we had go to a waste because of a stupid mistake I made." Lupita laughed. If she wanted to be sincere, they never really had anything special with each other. She could admit to the fact that knowing she was Hardin's mate made her excited. Hardin was good-looking. Tons of she-wolves drooled whenever they saw him, but again he never spoke to her unless he wanted something from the Alpha or her elder br
"Lupita, I'll talk to you later," Her father said dismissively and she frowned."I don't want to meet any Alpha during your meet and greet," Lupita said, annoyed at her father's decision to ship her off to another man after getting cheated on by her mate."We will talk about this later," he said sternly.Lupita backed her father, ready to leave the throne room. Then, he walked in.Tall. Dark hair. Green eyes.Everything about this guy seemed familiar. Lupita began to have flashes of images of herself with a man.She furrowed her brows. Ight was the first time something like this was happening to her. She wondered if it had anything to do with the man walking in.She looked at his face and she could have sworn that she saw him mouth her name, but that would be strange because how was it possible for him to know her name.'Lupita.' She heard a voice in her head. The voice sounded familiar, but she was pretty sure that doing this lifetime of hers, she had never heard the voice before."A
"Hardin, oh my goddess, you're so good at this."The young lady whose ear was pressed against the door dropped her jaw. The door led to her fated mate/ fiance's room and the last thing she expected to hear were moans of a she-wolf that was not her."Be quiet, we would be doomed of she's hears us," She heard Hardin say"She won't. She is too busy helping her father to prepare for the Alphas meet and greet that would be holding in this pack," the moaning she-wolf replied. "I wonder why you are with her when you love me.""She's my destined mate and she's the Alpha's daughter. Her father is one of the richest in the pack. I have a lot to gain if I mark her.""If you mark her, anytime we are together, she will know it.""We have at least a few months till she becomes eighteen and gets her wolf. For now, I'm not making her. We still have enough time to spend together before she becomes eighteen. Plus, I'm planning on leaving when I am done with exploiting her and getting as much wealth as
Romulus barely survived getting struck by the spear."What are you doing?" Romulus was shocked.Immediately, some of his warriors rushed in and held Vlad. Romulus got up from his throne, at a crossroad of choosing whether or not to punish Vlad for trying to kill him. But again, if Vlad wanted war, he would have come here with his warriors and that of Moon Stone Pack.He knew Vlad had a valid reason, but what was it? Vlad already knew all the things he did that would warrant such a reaction.His warriors began to drag him away and he raised his hand for them to stop. They loosened their grip on them and Vlad threw his arms back, causing most of them to fall flat on the ground."Did I do anything wrong?" Romulus asked, still finding it difficult to believe that Vlad was here."B*st**d, thanks to you, my sister is pregnant," Vlad spat with venom in his voice.Romulus' eyes lit up. "She is?"Vlad glared hard at him, so he cleared his throat and put on a straight face immediately. "She—" R
Romulus looked around the empty throne room and back to his throne.Finally, he had gotten back what was his.He had just finished addressing his pack members. Most of them who had asked that he be removed were glad to see him even before he gave his speech. In the short time she was Alpha, Lilith treated them cruelly.When Romulus was done with telling them how Matt had tricked him into giving him his stamp, they all wanted him back.Lilith and Matt were in the dungeon, awaiting sentence now.The tribal elders and the rest who were in support of Lilith were relieved of their positions. Romulus walked over to his throne and sat on it.It was time to take complete charge of his park and find a way to surround himself with people that will be loyal to him.His mind flickered to Lupita and his heart began to ache. He missed her badly. It felt like he would die any second if he did not see her.Throughout his stay in Vlad's pack it had been that way and if Vlad had not put him on house ar
The next morning when Lupita woke up, Romulus was nowhere to be found. The corners of her mouth turned downward. She fell back on her bed and when she smelled her sheets, she grinned.Her sheets smelled like Romulus.She smiled sheepishly. She was definitely not planning on washing or changing these sheets soon.That night she stood by her window, hoping Romulus would visit her again, but he did not. He did not visit her the nights after. Very soon, days turned to weeks and weeks to months, but Romulus was nowhere to be found.Lupita was shattered.What went wrong? Lupita wondered. Was her brother responsible for Romulus' absence? She wondered if Vlad, her brother, had found out about that night. Or, was this all Romulus' doing to hurt her again.The thought of Romulus hurting her again made her heart squeeze in pain. He could not do that to her.And, that was why this night, she still stood at her window, waiting for Romulus to climb up to her like he did the last time.She heard a k
Her fear was replaced by a feeling she could not describe when she recognized who jumped into her room. It was Romulus. After all the warning her brother dished out to him. What was he doing here? Was she angry to see him? No. Did she want him to be here? Maybe. She did wonder what life without him would be like. If she wanted to be sincere to herself, she missed her mate. With the revelation of things, whether or not Romulus liked her was becoming hard to be sure of, but she did miss the times he was nice to her. The close moments she shared with him all seemed genuine... He took a few steps toward her and she took the same steps backward. "What are you doing here? My brother has decided to still help you despite everything. Stop trying to ruin the chance he is giving you." "Lupita," He called out softly and her hard heart toward him softened. Her name sounded like a sweet song in his mouth. "I kept thinking about you. The thought of having nothing to do with you did not s