Reign’S POVI was immediately taken to the security council as instructed by the Alpha where I was asked to join the female security guards at the castle who were not very nice to me. No one talked to me all day. They kept giving me spiteful glares and if looks could kill, I would be dead and forgotten by now.They all hate me and I know it’s because they all think I killed my sister, their future Luna. I have been treated like an outcast and there’s no one I can run to.My mentor, the only person who could help me out, was killed and my father doesn’t even want to see my face. One month, I have just one month to endure all this and after that, I will be free again. It’s past seven pm and I have been dismissed for the day. The head of security gave me a map to use to trace my bedroom and he made mention that I would be sharing it with three other females. That made me think of Tasha and Avery. They were such good roommates and I hate that I had to leave without letting any of them
Reign’S POV I woke up the next morning with a terrible cold. I’m literally shivering and every part of my body hurts as a result of sleeping on the wooden bed. I turn around and find the other women still sleeping and the sound of their snores can bring down the entire roof. I hate them. I get down from the bed as quietly as I can so that I don’t wake them up. The last thing I want is to get bullied so early in the morning. Also, I need to take my bath and leave for work before it’s late. I was warned no to show up late at my post else I’ll be thrown in the silver prison for an entire week without food or water. That’s the last thing I want to experience. When I’m done taking my bath and dressing up, I put on my uniform, which happens to be a brown leather khaki pants and a sleeveless black turtleneck that’s filed into the trousers. I pick up the matching brown leather jacket and wear over the blouse and put on the pair of security shoes I was given. When I’m done, I tie my hair
Hardin’S POVIf you ask me why I keep holding myself back from hitting her, I’ll have no reasonable answer to give you and it’s definitely not what you have on your mind.It’s not because she’s my mate.When I was young, my father used to talk bad about men who hit women. He called them weasels, I guess that’s why I always hold myself back whenever I want to hit her.I’m not a weasel.She was shivering from the cold and Adam kept insisting that I take her somewhere warm or better still hug her at that instant, but I pushed his suggestion aside. The last thing I’m ever going to do is comfort her or make her feel like I have a soft spot for her.I want her to fear me. I want her to feel guilty for what she did to her sister every time she looks at me. I’m so going to deal with her that only the sound of my name will get her down on her feet and trembling, that way she would understand that she messed with the wrong person.I take long strides towards the castle but I can still perceive
Reign’S POVI can’t thank Ma’am Sophia enough for lending me her coat yesterday. I would have died. As the day went on, the weather only became colder. I was more than shocked when Bata Miguel also came to lend me a sweater, but I already had one so he went away with it. He didn’t even talk to me but he acted nicely towards me and that actually warmed my heart. So far, two Wall Street pack wolves have been nice to me.Ma’am Sophia and Beta Miguel. For some odd reason, I feel quite relieved that some people, even though the amount is almost insignificant, believe that I’m innocent.I spent the night again on the wooden bed and my roommates took pleasure in taunting me all night, but I chose to ignore them.If only my left hand was well, I would have given them something to laugh about. I hope that before the month comes to an end, before it’s time for me to leave, my hand would’ve been healed so I can give them a taste of their own soup.I will enjoy kicking their asses.This morning,
Hardin'S POV Can you imagine that I had a dream about Reign today? I actually dreamed that I accepted her as my mate and that we were happily married and even had a son. All because the pheromone I smelt on her earlier. I tell you, she’s doing something to me and if I don’t act fast, I’ll be sorry. I can’t, I just can’t fall for Reign, she has caused me so much pain that I just can’t see myself being happy with her. Even if her pheromone attracts me from now till tomorrow, I will never be attracted to her, I will never give in to my heart’s and Adam’s demands. I control them, they don’t control me. Crap! I kept reminiscing about her pheromone before going to bed and that’s what made me have that nightmare. Yes! Reign and I being together will be nothing but a nightmare. How can I be with a murderer, more to that, she killed my chosen mate, I can never bring myself to forgive her. Never! “Mate!” Adam suddenly screams in my head and immediately, that smell takes me again. Th
REIGN’S POVFrom a silver prison to being homeless, then I had to serve as a maid at Alpha Damien’s castle. My very brutal mate had to bring me back to this pack where he ordered me to work at the security council and now I’m his maid.It seems this month is going to be more tedious than I had imagined. If I’m not getting taunted by Alpha Hardin, I’m getting molested and if I’m not getting molested, I’m getting ordered around like a puppet.My life is in shambles and I can’t help but weep when Ma’am Sophia calls me Luna. I am no Luna.From what I know, a Luna is supposed to be loved by her subjects, feared and respected and above all, a Luna is supposed to be the most important person in the Alpha’s life but that’s a total contrary situation for me and it’s very frustrating.I wish, how I wish everything was different.After a long day of cleaning Alpha Hardin’s entire bedroom, bathroom, office and every other part of his chambers all alone, I’m beyond exhausted and I can feel my bod
HARDIN’S POVI hardly got any sleep the previous night and it wasn’t because I was thinking about my current predicament. Something else captured my mind.The fact that Ma’am Sophia called Alpha Hardin by his first name. She actually referred to him as “Hardin”Just the thought of it scares me and I wonder where she got such audacity from. She’s quite brave and I wonder who her husband and children are. They must be really proud to have a mother as brave as she is. Her daughters must be fighters.I hastily put on my clothes and shoes and when I’m all set, I exit my room. I can never thank Ma’am Sophia enough for saving me from those evil women. These days I can freely take my shower and dress up without the fear of being seen or molested by someone else. I walk out of the servant quarters and take the path leading to the security quarters and quickly snap my head up when someone calls me. I turn to the direction of the call and I’m shocked to see Kylie striding towards me with a wid
I haven’t seen Reign all day and my body keeps itching for me to go and see her. I have blocked Adam from communicating with me all day because, lately, all he talks about is Reign and how I should stop treating her badly. Right now, I’m struggling with my heart that’s persuading me to feel and do things I don’t want to feel or do and I don’t want Adam to make matters worse.After several hours of contemplating, I finally decide to go and check on her. Miguel reported to me that she didn’t look well and I want to go and see for myself, not that I care, I just want to see for myself what he spoke about.Once I walk out of my chambers, I take long strides over to the security quarters, specifically to her post and as I draw nearer to her, I start to perceive the smell of sweet and captivating pheromone.That pheromone that makes me talk nonsense. It drives me crazy.Whenever I’m around Reign, perceiving her pheromone, you have no idea how hard it is for me to think and talk.I take bo
Reign’S POVBy the time I woke up the next morning, Alpha Hardin was long gone and I was relieved. Last night was not an easy one for me. Trying to fall asleep knowing that he was watching me was a nearly impossible thing to do.I think Beta Miguel and Ma’am Sophia were right when they said he’s in love with me. I saw it in his eyes last night. While we spoke I saw some glow in his eyes and the tone he used was completely different and I just confirmed it when he said he was going to watch me sleep. I don’t know until when he stayed up but I do know that he took a while here.Alpha Hardin is in love with me and there’s no denying it. Even if he doesn’t want to admit it, his actions speak it out and now I know.The mate bond indeed is strong. It’s actually inevitable like my mentor used to say. Who could have thought that the almighty Alpha Hardin would finally fall in love with his accused mate?What an irony.“Your arm is actually making some progress, Reign, just keep taking your me
Reign’S POVI walk over to Ma’am Sophia’s room door and knock with a smile plastered on my face. Whenever she sends for me, I’m happy because I know she has something positive to tell me.A few moments later, she opens the door and I immediately crash into her arms.“Careful not to hurt your arm.” She cautions and my smile widens.She cares a lot about me.“Good morning” I greet the moment we break the hug and go into her bedroom.“How was your first night at the Alpha’s chamber?”“Suffocating, the thought that he’s sleeping in the room next to mine makes me want to piss my pants every time.” I explain and she just chuckles and shakes her head.“You’ll get used to it”“Shannelle told me the exact same thing.”“And she was right”“I just wish I wasn’t there. It feels very weird to be there with him. Especially when we have to meet at the hallway or any other part of the house. His dark brown eyes are the last thing I want to look at”“You’ll be fine, Reign, Alpha Hardin is not going
Reign's POVRight now, I am tempted to think that Alpha Hardin is confused and frustrated like Beta Miguel said.This is just crazy. One minute he’s all arrogant and cruel and awfully sarcastic and the next minute he’s the perfect sweet mate. I still can’t believe what he did last night. Called the pack’ orthopedic doctor to come and check on me and when he said I needed to do an x-ray at the hospital, he wasted no time to carry me all the way there.Could it really be that he loves and cares for me but he just doesn’t want to admit it? Like, that could be the only reason for such perplexed actions, right?How can one person be so bipolar?Whatever be the case, I don’t care. If he hates me, which I’m ninety percent sure he does, I don’t care and even if that ten percent keeps raiding my mind about the possibility that he could be in love with me, I still do not care. Alpha Hardin has done a lot of unforgivable things to me and the worst of them was ordering his guards to kill my ment
Hardin’S POV“Wow! I didn’t think you were going to act that fast!” Miguel remarks and I just sip more Bourbon from my glass.I just told him what I did and he seemed surprised. When it comes to Reign…When it comes to Reign…(Chuckles)Let’s just leave it there for now.“I had to do something. That girl is capable of doing the impossible and if I don’t monitor her every move, she’s going to give me a heart attack”“Heart attack? That’s deep”“No it isn’t”“Yes it is dummy, but you can’t know because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon!” He insults and I just chuckle as I shake my head.“Unlike you, I never let emotions cloud my judgment!”“I’d rather let emotions cloud my judgment than act the way you are acting right now. Hardin, you’re not going to feel this now, just wait for Reign to leave this pack, that’s when you’ll know how much she means to you”“Tss… you are a sentimental fool Miguel. Reign leaving will not affect me in any way, watch and see” I dare, not even underst
Reign’S POVI’m not done shying over the fact that he saw me stark naked yesterday, I have not finished processing that fact in my mind. I’m not even done trying to be normal or comfortable about the thought that he has memories of my naked body lingering on his mind and he has just dropped another bomb.He wants me to move into his chambers and become his private cleaner. So I have to look him in the face everyday and remember that he has seen my nakedness. By the way I don’t want to live anywhere near him. He has a bad attitude of always taunting me every time we cross paths. If I stay at his chambers, he is going to do that frequently and I swear I might lose my mind. I don’t want to be anywhere near him!“What?” I ask just to be sure that I heard what he said.“I believe you heard me clearly Reign”“That wasn’t the plan!” I fire back.“Oh… wasn’t it?”“You very well know that wasn’t the plan”“Well, do well to remind me about the plan, I think it slipped my mind”“You said I was
Reign’S POV“If you ask me, I’d say it sounds romantic” Ma’am Sophia remarks and I look at her in awe. I just narrated to her what happened last night and I’m shocked that she finds it amusing.I don’t even know if I’ll have the courage to face Alpha Hardin if he ever shows up before me. They guy saw me completely naked yesterday.No man, I repeat no man has ever seen me naked.If I’m afraid of getting naked before other girls, then what about a man?I would melt the next time I see him.“Seriously Ma’am, he saw me stark naked and you think it’s romantic?” I ask in horror and she just smiles.“I don’t think so, I know it is. I can just picture the way he had your slender naked body in his big muscular arms, striding across the wide lawn of the servant quarters with all the grasses and trees bowing down as the Alpha makes way with Luna in his protective arms. How can you not even find that romantic?” She exaggerates and I just shake my head as I eat.This is all my fault anyway. If
Reign’S POVIf I say Beta Miguel’s words didn’t ring hard on me all day, then I’ll be lying. I couldn’t do anything properly. I kept thinking about what he said, kept thinking about the possibility of it being true. What if Alpha Hardin really loves me, what if he’s just confused and frustrated like they claim? What if all this is actually true?Dang it! I hate having to be in this situation. I just wish the days could go by quickly so I can leave this place.“There’s something fundamentally wrong with me” I whisper to myself as I walk further into the woods. It’s almost ten pm and I don’t even know what I’m going to find there, all I know is that I need to be far from that castle, far from everyone else so I can think. Think about what exactly? I do not know. I just need to be somewhere alone with my thoughts.I miss my Mentor. I miss him so much that it hurts to think that he is dead and gone, all thanks to Alpha Hardin. While growing up, he didn’t play just the role of a Men
Reign’S POV“Good morning Dylan” I greet once I get to my post and meet Dylan lying on one of the chairs.He’s the male guard supervisor and I actually feel sorry for him at times. He’s always on the move and I can’t help but wonder if he ever gets to spend time with his family. He’s always around the castle, answering Alpha Hardin’s every call and running all his errands.He seriously deserves better.“Good morning, Reign” He greets as he rushes up from the chair and smiles at me. That actually takes me off guard.It’s strange to see a guard smile, let alone their leader. I reciprocate the smile with an awkward one.“How was your night?” He asks.“It was okay” I say with a careless shrug and he just nods as he rises from his seat.“That’s nice to hear. I’ll just go ahead” He says as he turns to leave.“Dylan” I call back and he turns to face me.“Yes Reign”“You’re doing a great job, your parents must be proud of you” I compliment and he smiles and nods.“It has always been my drea
REIGN'S POV.I make my way to Ma’am Sophia’s office feeling blissful. She sent for me and I can’t help but wonder what she wants to tell me, but whatever it is, I know it’s good news.I have grown very fond of her these past weeks and I love her dearly. I’m going to miss her when I leave for Goodland. There’s one thing that baffles me about her, she never talks about her family, nor does she go to visit them. Other servants have days off within the week when they are permitted to visit their families, but she never takes a day off. I wonder why.I’m going to ask her.When I get to her door, I knock and immediately, she opens up with a beaming smile on her face.She’s such a happy soul.“Hello” I greet enthusiastically and she draws me into her arms.I like it when she gives me that tender motherly hug and she always smells so nice!“How was your day at the post?” She asks once we get into her bedroom.“Not bad. I met my father today.”“Oh…”“And he didn’t seem pleased to see me,” I