Alden made sure he didn't go too close to Cisca in public view. But they met up every day, at the back of the pack. It was fun until one day Stiles brought them to the back of the pack. They were unaware of the masked figure behind them as they snuck out of town. What is she doing with him? Stiles thought. He watched them closely to see when they would return. "Ahem!" Stiles cleared his throat immediately after Alden set foot in the house. It was just 6 a.m., and a lot of people had not woken up. "Welcome, brother." Stiles greeted Alden. Alden rolled his eyes and straightened his spine, refusing to look guilty. Alden stared at him and refused to reply. Various thoughts ran through his mind. Had Stiles seen them sneak out? If not, why the unnecessary greeting? Stiles was never one to keep quiet about a private issue. He would broadcast it to the whole worl
"Get this cleaned up, dumbass!" Alexia spat when a cup fell to the ground. It made a loud noise."I'm sorry, ma'am." Cisca apologized. It was a mistake. Her hands shook and sent the glass tumbling."Sorry, fit yourself, you miscreant!" Alexia spat again, and Cisca still apologized before going to get a broom, Parker, and a mopping stick to clean up the mess.Alexia was very angry. She was preparing to go somewhere important but decided to have a glass of juice before her journey, and this girl managed to mess up her clothes.Cisca rushed back into Alexis' room with the cleaning items and took care of the mess."I ought to cut you with the shards of glass to make you aware of your surroundings next time."Mom, please calm down. I heard your voice all the way downstairs." Stiles said as he walked into her room."Don't tell me to calm down.
AUTHOR'S POVMeanwhile, Nicky had gone to see the king."Nicky." The king greeted her cheerfully as soon as she walked in."Good morning, your highness." She replied, curtsying right after. His profile was aloof, and color had returned to his face. It was unusual to see the king happy at a time like this."You are happy; this calls for celebration, I guess." She said this as she walked towards him."It's good to maintain a sunny disposition every time." He said that, and the conversation picked up from there.Since he was already in a good mood, she could state the reason she was there."What say you about the maltreatment meted out by Stiles to Amelia?" She inquired, and the king was completely taken aback. That was none of her business."How does it concern you?" He asked.She noticed his frown and quickly rushed to save the situation. "Em, you know, I was j
Authors POVMelissa continued her torrent of taunting towards Cisca, and Cisca couldn't wait for the punishment to be over. In the past few days, she hadn't seen Alden or any of the princes because she was always exhausted from cleaning." How are you coping?" Alden's voice drew Cisca out of her thoughts. He started at her impassively. He thought she had been avoiding him, only to hear that she had been posted to the horse's stalls." Fine." She replied. Alden handed her a handkerchief, which she used to wipe her sweaty brows." Thank you." She replied as Alden also handed her a bottle of water." You're welcome." He said. She was sweaty and sticky; a common occurrence for the past few days." Who assigned you here?" Alden inquired. It was stressful for only one person to clean the whole place up." Queen Nicky." She replied. Alden was fu
AUTHOR'S POV "N-nothing." Amelia replied. Her eyes widened in fear. Stiles took the envelope and proceeded to the king's room.He marched towards the king's room and knocked on the door."Come in." A gruff voice spoke, and Stiles marched in."Why are you up this early?" The king asked because it was so rare to see Stiles before everyone rose. He had always been a late riser."I received a letter." He said it and presented it to the king."What does it say?" He inquired as he looked at the envelope."It says there is an uprising higher than you can ever think of." Stiles said. The king sat upright. The person kept warning about a possible war, and up until now, there has been no sign of anything."Who is this person?" the king muttered aloud. Why haven't they shown their faces?"It's good that you brought it here. Inform Alden about it, and we will proceed from there." He said.Stiles searched for Alden, though he was angry about the king's decision to tell Alden about the letter. Tha
That was their thought, and they continued their chores. Cisca and Reagan bonded. What was intended to be a punishment ended up being fun for them.They even made friends with the horsemen."I think he likes you." Reagan nodded subtly at a good-looking man. He came to purchase horses from their pack.Cisca glared at her. The sun filtered into her eyes."Why do you say so?" She asked."He has been staring at you like he could eat you," Reagan replied, and Cisca rolled her eyes. She was not attracted to anyone else except Alden."That's not on my agenda right now," she replied.Reagan laughed heartily. She knew Cisca would reply that way."I mean..." She shrugged. The man walked up to them, and Reagan beamed at him."Good afternoon, ladies..." He greeted.They greeted him back p
AUTHOR'S POVCisca held her cheek, the weight of Nicky's palm eating into her skin. Her head was turned to the other side. Nicky glared at Cisca.She never wanted to listen. "Look here, tramp, I have told you to stay away from my son. Haven't I?" She asked, and Cisca nodded solemnly.She wasn't at fault for what was happening. Martin refused to leave her alone."What have you done to my son?" Nick demanded, and Cisca clutched her face. Her face still stung after a while."Nothing, ma'am." Cisca replied, wondering what the Queen assumed she had done to Martin. In her defense, Martin always sought her out. He never seemed to take no for an answer whenever she tried to avoid him."I warn you again; this is the last warning. Do not let me see you with my son. You are not of his class, and neither will I ever accept you as his wife." She spat.Cisca nodded in understanding; she had another lover, and Martin didn't come close
" What is wrong with her?" Alden asked rushing into the hospital. "Prince Alden, please you need to be calm." The Doctor replied. Alden was very annoyed at his speech. "Explain why she has been asleep for days." He demanded. Doctor Bart, adjusted his glasses on his nose. He didn't have an explanation either. It was odd because the tests didn't reveal anything. She was perfectly okay. " According to the tests results, he parameters are okay." He said, and Alden waited for a further explanation. If nothing was wrong with her, why then was she refusing to wake up. " Make me understand this." He said, and Dr. Bart sighed. He didn't get why Alden was so worked up over the girl, they weren't connected. " I really do not know what is going on with her." He admitted, and Alden gaze swung up, resting on Cisca who was lying on the bed. _She could die._ That was the thought that came to Alden's mind. He waved it off immediately. He didn't want to consider that option yet. Dr.Bart watc
"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