" 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
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
"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
"Pack your things, Cisca. You're leaving!"A gruff voice instructed, accompanied with the dangling of keys turning in the lock of a closet. A hand came and yanked off the bed sheets away from my body, dumping it to the floor just as I jerked up from sleep, startled.Taking in the sight of my father discarding my clothes down and jumbling everything up into a duffel bag quite hastily, I quickly dabbed at my eyes and rubbed away any remains of sleep as I sprint out of bed."But father, you just told me this out of the blue..."I shook my head and started saying when he hushed me up, placing his index finger against his lips as he gave me a stern look.I gulped down and nodded obediently. Knowing he's successfully shut me up, he grabbed the duffel bags by its straps and started stalking for the door, indicating for me to follow."No worries, daughter. I'll pack up different varieties of junk foods that will pass you a night or two. I just need you to go far away, far away, Cisca."Descendin
I could have lungs for his throat thereafter but Jasper held me back just in time to not cause any damage. "Cisca, we are running late."Exhausted from the whole of today's long run, and deciding to get it over with, I saw myself trotting to get in step with them until I came face-to-face with our pack's Alpha King. All the confidence I had felt earlier was now gone as I met with his enraging eyes."It's been a week later and I think you've slept enough..."the Alpha said and snorted, causing my ears to tickle. It's been a week?A whole fucking week?The Alpha unwrapped the scroll in his hand before setting his furious eyes back upon me. The look on his face reads you-will-be-paying-for-your-father's-sins so I gulped down the bile that dotted my throat and fell on my knees."I beg your pardon, Alpha. I..I... I knew nothing about this. I-"I began to plead."I hereby declare you as a water maid for my pack. The lowest maid in the palace because of the crime your father committed. Moreove
"Get to work." The head guard instructed. We all dispersed to our various posts."Do it wisely! Work fast! Move!"the guards pushed through the field, chanting the usual foreword at us.Even though I was working, my pace was slow. But when I saw one of the guards approaching, I feigned agilely, working at a faster pace."Ouch." someone cussed under her breath beside me and I almost flinched back when I saw a vine had slit up her index finger.I know her from the Fionna and from the little I know, she was brought here as a slave on the same day I was captured."They mustn't see that."I told her and she looked at me for a second before taking her face away, blowing on the finger and whimpering.I quickly took the hem of my gown in one hand and cut a small shred from it."Bring it forward."I slowly mumbled and she quickly did.As I wrapped it up tightly for her, she winched. Looking around for any prying eyes, I finally tied the small piece of the cloth into a knot."T.. thanks."I can see
Luna and the guards left, leaving me alone in the storeroom. I currently can't stand up on my feet, talk more or walk. I crawled on my stomach all the way to the door and since the door wasn't fully locked, I had no difficulty opening it from the bottom.I'll try to be brave. I won't let my father down. No way was I going to cry, I'm going to be keeping all tears behind bars. No, I wasn't going to be shedding even a single drop of it.I let my palms out onto the floor before me and started boating myself out of the door with it. Now that I was out in people's view, I could feel all the Omega maids' eyes on me. Most were throwing pitiful glances my way but I care less, their fake pity wasn't going to buy me out of this hell.My hands met with an obstruction on the way and after finally struggling to lift my head up, I saw prince Aiden standing there at my front in all his glory.I looked back down at my palms and my heart sank into the Atlantic ocean when I remembered again that he was
I had only reached midway when he butted in, slamming his hand against the door. Turning over to me, he stretched forth his hand towards me. I declined and inched closer to him, attempting to push him away from the door when a knock came on it."Aiden! Open up this damned door and bring out that wretched maid."The first Luna, Riley, thundered persistently banging her knuckles against the door.Should I faint? If yes, then I want to lose all consciousness.I don't even know of when I began pacing to and fro. I ran my hands into my hair, yanking so hard on it I felt I was pulling on my scalp. My teeth grounded and clattered against each other as I pressed my eyes shut, anxiety flapping and bugging my abdomen."Just chill."he slowly grumbled at my face, taking my hand in his and stalking off to his closet. Opening it, he practically shoved me inside and quietly shut its door. I put my palms together and vehemently began praying in my mind. I hope she doesn't find out. My backs were stil
"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