That night, Helena woke up as planned and tapped Secretary Han, who was fast asleep gently. With a whisper, she notified her “It’s time” and Secretary Han dropped off the bed without hesitation. They tiptoed down the hallway to the extreme end of the second block where the library was situated. Streams of guards were there waiting at their positions without moving, their weapons in their hands, as if they were ready to devour anyone who trespasses. “Why are they guarding the library heavily? Is there something we shouldn’t see in there?” Helena muttered in disappointment. “What are you here for though? You can just get a pass if you want to check anything in the library” Secretary Han remarked from behind, rubbing the sleep off her droopy eyes before trying to move forward, but she only kicked a trash can lying by the side, sending it flying with a crashing sound afterwards. Immediately, a bright light flashed towards them. One of the guards there had pointed a bright torch light
HELENA’S POV I couldn’t fathom the sudden change in Madam Jean’s body all of a sudden after the intake of the medicinal tea that was brought in to her a few minutes ago. My scream of her name was so loud that it caught the attention of everyone in the brothel. Everyone rushed into the room to see what was happening and met the lifeless body of Madam Jean on my lap, her mouth smeared with the blood she coughed out of her mouth. “What is going on? Why is she like this?” one of the maids questioned, running to my side. Before I could answer the question, the head maid rushed in, sweating frantically as she ran to my side. “I think she has been attacked! The maid in charge of her medicine has been murdered in the changing room” announced the head maid, to everyone’s surprise. It was at that moment I realized what was going on, her death was not ordinary. “She has been poisoned” I remarked, quickly reaching out for her teacup. The faint smell that greeted my nose was familiar, it was
The marriage talk did affected me more than I thought it would. I never knew I would be that jealous of Draco getting married to another lady. The instruction he gave Beta Gray made my heart raced hard, I wanted to counter why he would be getting married to another person even when he has a queen in the pack but I didn’t want to make myself a laughing stock. “Son of a bitch!” tears almost choked me as I walked down the corridor of his quarters aggressively. Even till the next day, I wasn’t feeling too good. Most of the time they were talking at the meeting about when to fix, I was lost. “Are you even listening to me? My queen” called out Elora, the elder of the fourth tribe when she noticed that I wasn’t listening them anymore. Nodding my head continuously, “Of course I am listening” dropped from my mouth even though it was obvious that my attention was not there. The meeting was done and the day for the ritual was fixed before everyone dispersed leaving only me in my office. The
I was dropped off in my quarters alongside Han and my baby by Draco’s guard and as soon as I stepped down, I saw Amy walking into the palace. Since I was never interested in her, I just walked into my quarters without giving her any second glance, but I didn’t fail to see the guardians positioned at the door. “He’s really going far. How can you not be treated before he sends you to your room?” Han protested, but I only kept quiet since my head was so blank. The pain of my wound was not even getting to me, thanks to the boiling anger in me. Draco made sure to mock me in front of his people and all I was thinking of was how to return the gesture to him in multiple folds. “Should we just give all of this up and leave for the house? I feel this is not worth the stress”, Han suggested, but she was only met with silence. She knew it was a suggestion I wouldn’t even think about. “Let’s get you treated at the bare minimum first” she called out to me after handing over Jerry who was slee
The following day, the wedding did happen, but I was not concerned about anything that was happening at the ceremony. I had left the palace for the clinic as early as possible and almost worked myself to death that day. I was treating every single patient by myself and refused the help from the other nurses and doctors, made rounds by myself and even forgot that I hadn’t taken anything all day. Han stood back at the palace to cook my meal and brought it for me but it was left on the table untouched for hours until she came around again, nagging me to eat this time. My back bone cranked as I tried sitting down, making me wince in pain. I never took a break nor sat down all day as was expected. As I gulped down my food, I could feel her eyes linger on me, but I tried my best to ignore her. I knew what she wanted to say but I was not ready to hear it, so I just pretended to and I turned my attention to the food. “Your cooking skills are just extraordinary. How can your meals always ta
As soon as Amy dressed up and went to her chambers, Chief Kinn didn’t waste time in informing her about the said training Helena mentioned earlier. “Do I have to do it? I don’t want to”, Amy protested, but Chief Kinn wouldn’t even listen to her whining. “I do not have the authority to stop it because it is the queen’s command. Also, it is a necessary requirement for every concubine that will be serving the Alpha, so you must undergo the training as instructed by the Luna”, Chief Kinn argued calmly. She snorted! “Mmph!” “You must be kidding me. Did Luna herself undergo any training? She just came and sat down on the throne, but you want me to train? That is impossible” she countered, her eyes glistening with jealousy coupled with stubbornness. Chief Kinn, who had many things to do and oversee, didn’t want to spend all the whole day exchanging words or trying to persuade her about something that she didn’t have any choice but to do. A tired sigh emerged from the head of the servants
At the announcement of the result, Amy charged forward at me to protest but I pushed her away with the same force she was coming with, making her stagger. “You witch! I will make sure to skin you alive” she growled at me, yelling at the top of her voice. The servants in the hall rushed to hold her down before she attacked me further, even though I didn’t really need their help. If she had tried to attack me again, I would have made sure she regretted it. With a loud voice, I raised up an envelope I had earlier picked from the table. “If you are not going to comply, then you can gladly sign this document. It won’t take long because my seal is already on it. I don’t have to explain what it is, it shows that you will no longer be able to live in the palace. You do know that I have that much authority to deal with matters like this, right?” I stated firmly. Everyone was taken aback, they didn’t know that I had thought hard and long to that extent. I had already thought about every acti
The last day of the training came by and we were busy with the tasks Amy was to do for her final test. Beta Gray, who had been away from the palace since the wedding, finally came to witness the test that had been going on. At the sight of how strict and thorough Helena was with Amy and how she kept judging critically, he already sensed that the situation was not only for proper training but also to get back at Amy for thinking she could do anything or anyhow she wanted in the palace just because Alpha Draco doesn’t favor the Luna. One thing he loved about Helena was her smartness. She wouldn't fight a war she would not win and that was why he was silently rooting for her to find the truth about the death of her parents in the palace. “You are here”. He heard Alpha Draco remark and turned to the direction where the voice was coming from to see the Alpha moving towards him with his guards following closely. With a bow, he greeted the Alpha, “How have you been, My Alpha?” but the Alp
The fight at the border had been quite fierce due to several intruders trying to sneak into the pack because of the pack flourishing. “We just rounded up some spies we caught trying to enter the pack. They are now in the back quarters”. One of the soldiers rushed to update Prince Klaux who was just coming back from another mission. With a tired sigh, he gulped down a bottle of water and signaled to his assistant. “Let’s go and check them out. This is really getting out of hand” he said, and left with the soldier. The spies were interrogated and they confessed that they were on a mission to find out the manufacturing process of the cures that were being developed at the pack’s research lab. “Which pack sent you?” he questioned “The bluemoon pack”, one of the spies responded. “I hear of new packs every day” he groaned as his hands found their way to his waist. He turned to his assistant and scratched his head for a while, “Feed them, give them a place to sleep and send them on the
Prince Klaux had been frequently visiting Han ever since she had been on the sick bed, even though he didn’t exactly know the reason why. “You always find yourself here. You both didn’t have anything going on while she was still fine though”, Vincent once said to him, and he smiled a bit. “I know right, we never had anything going on. I guess I just missed seeing her standing by cutie’s side. No one to bicker and argue with, it feels weird” he responded, and Vincent chuckled. “You really need to think about it further. Something might be kicking in”, Vincent remarked, and he denied it vehemently. “What do you mean kicking in? You are just blabbering nonsense” he muttered, but Vincent only patted his shoulder before leaving him. That very day, he came by after leaving the proposal party. He came to check up on her since it had been a while due to the fact that he was away from the palace. “You seem to be doing well over there, seeing you don’t want to come back here anymore. I gue
The priestess treated Jerry and told her that she would have to hope that the moon goddess would have mercy and grant him another spirit wolf in the nearest future because nothing could be done anymore, since the spirit wolf was killed after being torn away from him. For days, Helena couldn’t digest the news. She couldn’t eat, move or do anything. Nothing made her happy no matter what anyone did. She couldn’t rid herself of the guilt that her son had to face such a terrible fate because she was not there to protect her son, thanks to her obsession with the cure. She lost interest in everything and was ready to give it up. Alpha Draco gave orders for Elder Damon to be executed publicly and his family were turned into slaves, Amy’s entire tribe was banned and a letter was sent to every pack not to accommodate them with the notification of their crimes. Ava was hanged as an accomplice to the crime and her family were sent out of the pack. Both Helena and Vincent got healed from the vir
HELENA’S POV I played all day with Jerry who was now very big. He was growing so well that I felt bad not involved lately in his growing process but I needed to find the cure in order to be by his side. I came back from his quarters and went down straight to the lab where I found out that Vincent had injected himself with the cure we recently developed. “Why would you do that? Who would attend to me?” I lashed out at him and Han gave me his note “It is brutal to keep watching you battle with the pain of the cure every time. Let’s share the pain together this time around” was what was written in the note Han said to me, “You don’t need to be afraid, I will be the attending doctor” and I nodded. I trusted her enough after all I was given the shot and placed under observation. It didn’t take up to three minutes before I fell asleep but I felt my furs sprout and my claws coming out before I lost consciousness. The next thing I woke up to was everyone fighting and running for their liv
Draco was coming back from where he went to deliver flowers as usual to Helena but he was not let in on her orders. That didn’t annoy him nonetheless, he only wanted to keep trying till she would open up to her. He was passing by the kitchen when he witnessed the sight where Amy was trying to pick on Chief Kinn, even to the extent of slapping her. He paused at the door to take a look around from one maid to the other before he started entering the kitchen till he got to Amy. “What do you think you are doing right now?” he growled at her and everywhere shook. He was so livid at the sight in front of him and the bitterness he had for Amy added fuel to the fire. “I was only trying to teach her some lessons, why is that a problem?” Amy countered, not backing down easily “Are you asking me if that is a problem right now? Can you listen to yourself?” he growled hard and rushed towards her in anger. She shuddered at the sight of his anger, she had never seen him that way. His furs sprou
The sending of several types of flowers from Alpha Draco continued day and night but I couldn’t bring myself to send him any response even though I loved the flowers. I didn’t want to give him any false hope, fall in love with him and disappear like the passing wind when death comes. It was better how we were neither enemies nor friends. “I only have to fulfil my purpose. Any other thing should not be attached. He should just focus on being the best father for our son” I stated when Han was trying to convince me to spend the little time I have with him instead of avoiding him “You might come to regret this when it’s extremely too late. It is best you enjoy everything you can now” Han insisted but I just tucked myself under the blanket and faced the other side. I couldn’t stop crying at the fact that I wouldn’t be able to stay by Draco’s side after we cleared the misunderstanding. I wouldn’t lie, I still loved him dearly. We were both torn by the greedy adults but we managed to pull
B Beta Gray was surely stunned at my reaction as I rushed towards him and jumped in his hand. He wasn’t expecting it but then he couldn’t allow me to fall so he had to catch me so fast. “Uh.. Uhmm.. You didn’t.. uhm have to.. uhm” he kept stammering and Alpha Draco came to his aid. “She didn’t have to hug you, right? I support that fully” Alpha Draco commented with a fake frown, and we all laughed at his remark. “So you managed to retrieve this from Elder Damon’s house? It’s well written and decoded”, Vincent stated as he flipped through the book. “Yes, the man with the scar has been captured too. He’s the closest aide to Elder Damon. He’s in custody at the prison”. Beta Gray chipped in with a bragging right and Vincent smiled. “He should also have the taste of what being locked up against your will looks like. I hope he rots in there”, Vincent remarked coldly before raising the book. “Since what we need is here, we should get to work as soon as possible” he added, and I agreed
HELENA’S POV Everyone was happy that I was finally awake after a long week and the Alpha instructed the kitchen to throw me a mini-feast. “Whatever she wants should be cooked for her with immediate effect. Nothing should be left undone for her, take care of all her orders with optimum care and swiftness”, he ordered, and the maids had no choice but to agree with him. “Why are you putting so much pressure on them? It’s not like I can eat more than my stomach”, I argued, but he shook his head. “You deserve everything” he declared, and I gave him a suspicious side eye. “What do you mean by that line? You are being cheesy for no reason”, I attacked, and the Alpha sighed in frustration. He moved closer to where I was attending to the flowers by the window and let out a small cough. “Helena, are you still going to continue this way? Don’t you think it’s high time I was forgiven?” he carefully asked, and my hands paused. I turned to look at him and dropped the napkin in my hand. “Dra
I finally opened my eyes after being unconscious for two days and I saw Vincent studying hard at the table close to the window at the far end of the room. I groaned slightly as I tried rolling to the side in order to stand up, but no matter how I tried, it was an impossible task. “Are you finally awake? Don’t try hard to stand up, you can never stand up for now”, Vincent cautioned and started to walk towards me when he heard my groans “Why can’t I stand up?” I questioned, losing the fight against standing up and lying there. “The treatment I placed you on is so strong that it won’t wear off for the next three days. I know that you will never rest if I tell you ordinarily, so I have to place you in absolute rest against your will and I am not sorry to take that decision”, he said boldly, and I just smiled. I knew Vincent to be stubborn and strict, so it was not surprising to see him act that way. We are both stubborn and determined, it was obvious that I wouldn’t allow that if I wer