AUTHOR'S POV
Cisca sighed in relief at the announcement. The crowd parted, and the king merely raised his brows.
The guard suspended his hand in the air, as Alden walked to the podium.
Cisca turned to look at him. He refused to look at her.
" She must be so great for you to want to risk your life," Stiles remarked snidely, as Alden marched forward in between the crowd.
He ignored the taunt, as he walked on. His eyes were hard. He looked very furious at that moment.
The pack was very surprised at his heroic show.
" This is the price you pay for frolicking with the help." The King said.
They were not discreet enough, and this would serve as a warning.
Alden marched to the front, and removed his cloth, kneeling shortly after.
"We begin at the count of three."
 
AUTHOR'S POV"What is causing the problem?" The king asked. He wondered why the both of them were disgracing themselves. People were beginning to gossip." What exactly are you fighting about? You didn't do this when you were younger why now?" He asked."Answer me." He shouted. The two women looked at each other with hatred in their eyes. He was annoyed at their pettiness.He didn't imagine that at his old age, he would be settling quarrels amongst, his wives. He couldn't allow this continue."If you refuse to answer me, I'll send the both of you out of the pack house." He threatened before Alexia finally unfolded her arms.She pointed at Nicky, "She disrespected me, so she deserves to be punished." She said.Nicky smirked, "You do not deserve any respect given the way you have been behaving."
AUTHOR'S POV" Are you pregnant?" Reagan inquirer from her friend.Cisca turned around immediately, her heart beating fast. Seeing the expression on Reagan's face, she knew she couldn't lie anymore." Yes." She replied. The truth was already out in the open." But don't tell anyone."She said." Of course, I won't. Reagan replied. She would keep the secret. She was just a bit worried." Are you keeping it?" She asked." Yes " Cisca replied, although a bit scared of the future, she couldnt terminate her pup's life, regardless of the circumstances." Have you told him?" She asked.Cisca shook her head regretfully, she was going to tell him, not yet. Not when the heat was still up. She has not even seen him in 2 weeks."I am here for you." Reagan
AUTHOR'S POVCisca jumped up first, her heart beating fast. It must be a guard, or someone that was watching them. Alden hid behind the door, while Cisca passed him a masking spray.She opened the door to see a guard standing there looking at her like a traitor."Yes?" She put on her best bitch face as she watched him.He peeped inside and saw that the room was empty." Is there a problem?"She sighed in relief, as the guard walked away.Alden came out of his hiding place. They were definitely looking for him, and they thought to come here. He didn't intend to spend the night here, but at the circumstances warranted it, he couldn't help but stay." Take care of yourself." He slipped out of the door, and Cisca prayed with everything in her that he didn't get caught.&nbs
AUTHOR'S POV" Don't dare sit down. You are to resume fully to your position as the water maid." Melissa said.The order came directly from Amelia. She remembered that Cisca's father stole from the king." Let me just get my stuff."Melissa cheered, she wouldn't have enough time to gallivant with any of the princes. She did not know the chores that was waiting for her down there.Amelia had ordered that her chores be doubled and her whip doubled if she behaved funny.Alden waited for almost two hours without seeing a sign of Cisca. He walked to the stable, and met her absence. Where could she be? He asked himself." Follow me." Melissa ordered, and Cisca was led to a large empty drum. Before it were clothes for her to wash. She was surprised." I thought I was here to fetch water." She asked.
Okay, that was highly unexpected. Martin thought " With what?"he asked." Cisca needs to rest more often. Your mom, they say is in charge of saddling her with a lot of chores.""I can't influence her decision." Martin said. She could worsen the situation if he spoke to her about it." she lost her baby."Martin froze, shocked to the bone. With his mouth hanging open, " What?""Yesterday, she fainted. I will not take it lightly, peradventure Cisca gets harmed in this process." He warned, and exited the room.Martin felt his anger, losing a child was a painful experience." I know what you did earlier on, and I tell you, the line has been drawn." Alexia said.Nicky rolled her eyes at Alexia's petty out burst. She wouldn't go down that route with her tonight." And this
The next day, Amelia walked towards the maid quarters, aiming for Cisca. She was still a bit vengeful at the special treatment Stiles gave her and wanted to retaliate.Cisca who was coming out of her room received a hot slap on her face. She held her cheek to stop it from ringing. She watched Amelia's mouth move, but she didn't hear what she said." Do you get that?" Amelia asked, and she nodded, whereas her ears felt like an orchestra was singing in there. Tired at the outcome of things, she returned into her room to get herself ready for the day. This was probably a bad omen of how today was going to look like and it made her hope sincerely that it didn't turn out to be that way." Why did she hit you?" Reagan asked in concern." I sincerely do not know." she replied truthfully. At the end of the day, everything boils down to making sure that she would avoid Stiles more and more.
AUTHOR'S POV" I am trying to help put things in order." she replied." Okay, that means..."" You must have been receiving letters, I have been the one behind them." She said." Really?" he asked. Something was still bewildering, how come she slipped in unnoticed?" How do you do it?" He asked." I have a potion." She said, all of this was quite surprising to him. He wondered why no-one asked after Sylvia." Was that why no one looked for you? You basically disappeared." He said.She nodded in response, " Yes." she replied." So what next?" He asked, she shrugged." I've used it too much, it's beginning to affect me." she replied .He looked at her, she seemed fine to him, even finer than how she left due to the r
AUTHOR'S POV" When you are ready, let me know." The man spoke and they returned to the pack."What did he say?" The king asked." He didn't agree to the bargain." It was looking like it wasn't going to work anytime soon, but Alden believed that it was." It's almost the second day." Alexia blurted." And we don't have the capacity. Five hundred thousand is quite a decent amount. Isn't it?" He asked her." I don't think you understand these people, they are highly unreasonable, they only want money."" That's not if we can bargain properly " Alden maintained his stance. The King out of fear for what the people will say thought of how to raise the money ." We will take a loan." He said, in finality, and this made Alden roll his eyes. The people working with the rogues kn
"I am extremely delighted to be given this opportunity to be your leader. I promise to serve you the way I should." Alden vowed.Then, he drew Cisca closer to him, " I am also seizing this opportunity to present to you my Queen, the one for me. The owner of my heart." He replied and the crowd erupted in louder cheers. "I accept you as my King and husband," Cisca replied with tears misting in her eyes. " I love you," Alden replied, drew her closer to him, and gazed at her lovingly before kissing her deeply. " You are so beautiful."" You are not bad yourself." Cisca teased." Take it back." He whispered and she smiled.Elder Drew stepped forward and announced. " We present to you the Alpha King and Luna or Moonstone pack! Alpha Alden and Luna Cisca!"The pack clapped loudly as their joy was infectious. " Be merry and enjoy!" Alden said and music was played. Alden and Cisca moved around to greet visiting Alphas. "Alpha Jared, thanks for coming." Alden greeted the lonely Alpha.He l
Three weeks later, " Whew! I have missed this place." Cisca muttered when she arrived at the pack house.Alden chuckled as they walked upstairs together with Shawn in his arms. " I have to quickly attend to some letters, I'll be back in some minutes." He told her after placing Shawn in his cot. The calm baby watched his father who poked kisses at him. Cisca looked up, " We'll be fine, I am feeling sleepy." She said."Okay." He replied and returned to his office. A log of files waited for him and he had to attend to each of them one after the other. One was from Alpha Jared, and he stared at the file skeptically. How was he sure that this was truly from him? He heard a knock on the door. " Come in " He replied with a gruff voice. " I'm sorry for barging in." Elder Drew apologized. A maid had told him that Alden said he didn't want disturbance. Alden looked up, " It's fine, you can come in." He said and Elder Drew sat down. " I came the discuss the issue of choosing your members
" How is she doing?" Alden asked a nurse when she came out of the room. It was getting to an hour and she had not heard a baby's sound. His heart almost left his chest. He hoped nothing happened to her. " Fine, please just relax." She said and walked briskly to god knows where. Alden paced outside the door for a long time. He looked at his watch, it was another thirty minutes, and he barged into the room. " You can't be here." A nurse protested and he shot her a withering glare which made her retreat in surrender. Alden looked at Cisca who was sweating profusely on the bed as she writhed in pain. " Dr. Bart, what is happening?" He asked. " She's pushing." He replied and turned to Cisca, " Push!" Cisca tried all her might to push but nothing was coming out, " I can't." She cried. Exhaustion was written all over her.Alden was at her side at the instant, he held her hand, " You can, baby, you can." He soothed.Cisca began to cry, " I can't. I don't want this baby to die." Alden
The first thing Alden put in place was the detachment from any financial treaty between his pack and others. This required him to take his time to make strategic plans about how to generate a sustainable source of income." Hello, babe." Cisca knocked on his office door." Come in." He replied.Cisca pushed the door open and walked in with a tray. She sighed at the sight of files scattered about his desk. "Do you ever get rest?" She inquired. Alden chuckled. "I believe I would soon. I just need to put things in place." He said and rose to collect the tray from her."" Are you sure?" She asked. He didn't look like he was going to stop soon He nodded, " Of course I will. I am having conversations with a few Alphas, but we are yet to conclude." He said. " Alright." " Thanks for the cookies. But I told you to rest. We have maids." He scolded her gently." Okay." She replied. It wasn't stressful for her. In fact, she wanted to stretch her leg more. " Hmm, I don't think you will stop.
A week later, Cisca decided to go for a stroll in the garden. Boredom had gotten the best of her. If she spent another minute in that house, she wasn't sure of what could happen.What a sunny day, she thought as she reminisced on the recent incidents. It was very painful because she had lost very important people in her lives. First, it was Reagan, now Martin.A hand suddenly closed over her eyes and she screamed. A light familiar chuckle calmed her nerves. " What the hell?" She asked and turned to see the culprit. Alden stood before her with his hands stuck deep in his pockets. " Hello, love." Cisca burst into tears, and Alden panicked. " What is it?" "These are tears of joy." She sniffled and hugged him and sniffed his scent. She was so happy to see him. How did she not notice his scent? "I'm sorry, I should have returned much earlier. I was tidying up some things." He apologized. Cisca wiped her tears with the tip of her cloth. " It's fine. I'm just happy that you are here."
The man managed to escape, and Martin carried Amelia to the house. Cisca was waiting at the foot of the stairs and her mouth fell open when she saw an injured Amelia." What happened to her?" she asked as Martin called for other guards at the border. It was almost three a.m. before the pack house was stabilized. Alexia was baffled by what was happening. She locked herself in her room. She saw the intruder that came into the house through the window. Cisca paced around as Dr. Bart worked on Amelia. Her bleeding finally stopped and she slept off. " How did he manage to break into the house with this amount of security?" Alexia queried the next day. " We don't know, your highness. We chased him to the border, but he was able to cross it before we got it." A guard said.Alexia crossed her arms. " We will know the truth in the morning." She said. She could bet that this was targeted at her. This was what she could do." You can all leave. We'll speak about this in the morning." Martin d
Dr. Bart stood amid the office with all the elders in the room and his notepad in hand. " The autopsy took longer than we anticipated." "What have you discovered?" Martin asked. Dr. Bart looked at each of them and wondered and saw the tension on their faces, " Poison was discovered in his system. It was in his system for five months. It was wolfsbane." He said. Alexia rose, she faced Nicky, "I knew it, you killed my son." She said. Everyone turned towards Nicky, and Nicky rose to her feet. " This is ridiculous." She said, " I will not allow your stupidity to rub off on me." She said.Alexia looked at Nicky, " I want an investigation to go on." She said. "I want to find out who killed my son. When I get to the root cause of this issue, I promise that I will not spare the person." She said." How do you intend to do this?" Martin replied. Alexia smirked, she already had a plan." We will visit a seer. She will tell us who killed him." She responded. Nicky's heart skipped a bit at
" How are we preparing for his burial?" Elder Drew inquired. Queen Alexia looked up with an ashy face which was puffy from crying too much. " We are doing nothing about it. The elders can around " I want an autopsy to be conducted for him." Queen Alexia ordered and the elders looked at her. " He was murdered." She explained she needed to find his murderer. The elders exchange glances between themselves. " Okay, we will inform the doctor." Elder Drew said. Martin patted her back gently as she sobbed after they left. " Everything will be fine. They'll get to the root of the matter." He assured her. He stared at her with pity-filled eyes. Alexia was unable to eat for days and she began to lose shape. " It's so sad. I know who did this." She said. Martin's hand stopped moving as he turned to look at her. " Who?" Why didn't she say anything? Moreover, didn't she also kill the king?" I suspect it was poison. Someone in this house did it." Alexia replied flippantly. Intrigued by the
Between Cisca's frequent visits and cheering Stiles up, Cisca became a bit ill. She didn't play with her health this time as she visited the doctor immediately. Dr. Bart couldn't just stop her from staying with Stiles because he was the king, but he feared that she could catch his sickness. " You are running on low fuel." He said. " I thought that I told you not to stress yourself anymore?" He asked. "Yes, you did." Then he lowered his voice and listened to see if anyone was passing by. " Why are you staying with Stiles? You need rest." He scolded her. If Stiles was that useful, why was she mandated to stay with him? "I know, you said that it wasn't contagious right?" Dr. Bart nodded and watched her, " Yes, that doesn't mean that you should endanger your life because of whatever. I'm sure you are doing this out of pity which is good but very dangerous to your health. I don't want you to lose this baby." He said. "Alden will have my head if anything happens to you." He added. May