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 POVI tried as much I could to hide my fractured arm from the doctor and I’m happy that he didn’t notice it. I don’t want any of them to know, especially Alpha Hardin. Once the doctor leaves Alpha Hardin walks over to me and immediately, my breath hitches. He has all kinds of effects on me. Both negative and positive. Whenever he comes close to me, I get scared that he might hurt me or scold me with his Alpha voice, but then again, my heart starts somersaulting like I’m excited to see him.How is it even possible to be excited and scared to see someone at the same time. What is wrong with me?“How do you feel now?” He asked and I can feel some concern in the tone of his voice, but his eyes say something else.It’s settled. Alpha Hardin is the most unpredictable werewolf in the world.“Better, thank you”“Take the rest of the day off” He announces and I snap my head up to look at him, utterly shocked and dumbfounded.“Excuse me?”“Excuse you?” He asks annoyed and I just sigh
HARDIN’S POV“You let the pack doctor have her checked up?” Miguel asks in amusement. I just told him what I did and he is hyping unnecessarily.I do that to any of my subjects who are sick.“It’s nothing Miguel, stop trying to make a big deal out of it”“I have to, I thought you wanted her to die, then why did you care?”“I don’t care!” I deny flatly.“Damn! You are stubborn! Why won't you just accept that you care about Reign?”“Because I don’t! Now, this topic is dismissed. You can leave” I order and he immediately rises up from the couch with a sickening smile plastered on his face.“I’m proud of you” He says and walks out of my office. I let out a heavy sigh of frustration as I bang my table loudly with my clenched fists.This isn’t going like I planned, I’m not supposed to care for her, I’m not supposed to feel this way about her, what is she doing to me? I hate her for trying to break down the walls I’m trying to build up in my heart. I hate her for capturing my mind! And I h
Reign’S POVPain.Pain is all I feel as the guards drag me into the dungeon. I can’t control the tears that keep spilling down my cheeks and all I wish right now is for death to take me.The silver prison.That’s the last place I want to be in my life. Only the smell of silver alone makes me sick and right now I’ve got bruises all over my body and the least mistake will get me poison.I don’t even want to think of the torture I’m going to be getting all night. This is just history repeating itself.Me being accused of something I’m innocent of and getting thrown into the Silver prison according to my mate's orders. This is just crazy. Why did I stop in the first place?I went out there to commit suicide, I wanted to kill myself and end this miserable life of mine, but I couldn’t do it.The Moon goddess won’t let me.I tried to stab myself but the knife kept falling off, I tried to slit my wrist but it didn’t work, the Moon goddess kept protecting me and right now I can’t help but wo
Hardin’S POVI am not surprised at all to walk into my living room and meet Miguel pacing about and panting like someone who just returned from a race. He wants to reprimand me for my actions earlier.I have been running for hours and right now I am very exhausted and I don’t want to fight with him over Reign.I had to clear my mind and I did just that. I'm not going to let him put thoughts in my head that will give sleepless nights. Throughout the week I have had sleepless nights because I keep thinking about Reign, I think I deserve one night of solemnity.“Miguel, I’m not in the mood to fight with you. Just go and cuddle Megan in your arms all night or beta still make love to her. Just let me be”“No, how about you mark your mate and make her yours before you totally lose everything?”“You know that can never happen. Look at what she did today, she tried to escape”“How are you so sure?”“Miguel I found her in the woods, with a dagger in her hand, that can only mean one thing!”“
Reign’S POVI don’t even know what exactly is going on right now. I don’t know what is actually happening to Alpha Hardin. One minute he is all mad and furious at me, one minute he is ordering his guards to lock me up and the next minute he’s carrying me in his arms. His actions puzzle me a great deal.I’m not going to lie that I haven’t been thinking about what he did to me last night.No, it’s not what you are thinking about. I’m not thinking about the fact that he ordered his guards to lock me up in the silver prison, I’m not thinking about that at all.Instead, I keep reminiscing about the moment he carried me bridal style in his arms to my bedroom and I can’t believe that actually happened. Like, my Alpha, my very own mate actually carried me in his arms for the first time in forever, he actually took pity on me. You have no idea how that makes me feel.That’s just to prove that somewhere in that chest of his, he actually has a heart that cares for me. He actually got all the g
Hardin’S POV“Seems like the rogues have finally learned their lesson. It’s been over two weeks now and there hasn’t been a single attack from their end.” Miguel explains and I snicker as I lean against my office chair and proudly rock it back and forth.“Well, it’s a good thing they finally got their brains out of their asses. The next time I find a troublesome rogue in my pack, I’ll make sure to decapitate him or her. They are too much.”“Exactly. Also, the sixth batch of trainees will soon be clocking sixteen and that will mark the end of their shapeshift training lessons”“I can only imagine how excited Kylie is.” I say with a light chuckle as her cute face flashes on my mind. My precious baby sister. She can’t wait to stop feeling all the pain and become a full fleshed werewolf. I feel like I’m going to have a hard time controlling her after all this. “Amaya too” He says, smiling.Melissa is his younger sister and for some odd reason, Melissa and Kylie don’t see eye to eye. The
Reign’S POVI walk over to the servant cafeteria with a million thoughts swimming in my mind. Not long after Alpha Hardin left my bedroom, the pack doctor showed up to have me checked up according to Alpha’s Hardin orders and that got me totally confused. I could see the anger burning in his eyes when we had that altercation in my bedroom and I was even scared that I was going to receive punishment for talking to him the way I did. Instead, he sent a pack doctor to have me checked up and right now, I am confused.Why is he so bipolar and unpredictable? One minute he cares and the next minute he acts like he doesn’t mind killing me.He definitely needs help.I pick up my tray of food and as I try to locate an empty table where I can sit and eat my food peacefully, Anastasia and her crew show up and block my way. Anastasia is frowning like always and I kind of feel sorry for her. My mentor always told me when one has the habit of frowning all the time, they get older quickly and tha
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