CHAPTER SIXTEENWho Is Your Mate?Leanda's body convulsed as if in the grip of an invisible hand. She arched her back and threw her head back, her eyes squeezed shut in pain. She whimpered, the sound coming out muffled and low from her throat. Sweat broke out on her forehead and her body was wracked with shivers. It was as if her body was on fire, and the agony was unbearable.She began to rub her arms and legs with her hands, desperate to ease the pain. Tears streamed down her face, mixing with the sweat. "It hurts, it hurts so much," she cried out.Chloe and Avi sprang into action, trying to help Leanda. Chloe went to the cell door and banged on it with all her might, calling out for the guards. Avi followed suit, hoping to catch their attention. But there was no response from the other side of the door.The minutes ticked by, each one more agonizing than the last. Finally, the guards arrived, holding the key to the cell in their hands. They made no move to open the door, instead wa
CHAPTER SEVENTEENShe Is Mine!Ian handed Leanda the mate leaf and instructed her to chew it. "Here, this will relief your pain," Ian said to her.Leanda took the leaf from him, staring at it with he eyes bulged, how could she chew a leaf when she wasn't an animal?She stared more at the leaf, and back to the one who gave it to her, Ian. She was confused if she should take it or not, she couldn't trust just anyone in this new world, and this same man was the one who referred to her as a slave the moment she entered into that world."Chew it," he instructed.Leanda didn't want to do as he has said because she couldn't trust him, but when she felt a sharp pain across her chest which gave rise to her burning skin again, she had no other choice than to chew the leaf.If that was what would relief her pains, then she wouldn't mind taking it or even something worse.After a few moments, she felt a sudden relief from the pain that had been wracking her body. She let out a grateful sigh and lo
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN She Is Mine 2But why Your highness?" Ian bent his head and asked in the best way he could not to get the king angry.He knew really well that no one dares to question the king, but he felt the need to ask him.He wanted to know the truth behind this woman and who was her mate, he wanted to find that out and he felt the need to question Alarick.Alarick scoffed and moved closer to Ian while still holding Leanda, "You dare ask me why?" he growled and turned to Leanda who shook in fear and bent her head. "Because, this woman is mine," he shouted."She is mine."Leanda shook to his voice, what does he mean by that? She was so confused.She had a near death experience few hours ago because of this same man and he was back to save her again, and now claiming her as his own.She furrowed, unable to understand what was going on and what he meant by that.She raised her head slowly meeting with Alarick's gaze, she still couldn't tell what he meant and how he even got to know
CHAPTER NINETEEN The KissLeanda slowly opened her eyes and groaned as a loud noise erupted in her head. Her head was spinning, and she felt dizzy. She tried to sit up, but the room started to spin faster, and she fell back onto the bed with a thud. As she lay there, she closed her eyes tightly, trying to regain her balance.When she opened her eyes again, Leanda was disorientated as to where she was. She looked around the room and felt like she was in the middle of nowhere. But as she looked closely, she realized the room was breathtaking. The walls were painted gold, and the intricate designs on them looked like they were crafted with pure gold. The bed was covered in rich, soft linen decorated in gold and silver threads.There were paintings on the walls - of mountains, forests, and the sea. Some of the paintings looked like they were moving, with waves crashing against the shores and animals jumping around in the forests.Leanda felt a sudden wave of peace and calmness wash over h
CHAPTER TWENTY The BeastIan paced back and forth in his bedroom, his ragged breaths echoing through the empty space. He was fuming with anger and humiliation, his heart pounding with fury. All he could think about was how Alarick, the alpha king, had humiliated him in front of everyone at the execution ground. He had been seconds away from killing those humans, but then Alarick had come and saved them.He scoffed, feeling the humiliation all over again. As a beta, he was supposed to be the one protecting their territory, he was supposed to he in control whenever it gets to eliminating the sinners, but he had failed miserably. And what made it worse was the fact that Alarick had saved the one he was going to kill himself. That girl, Leanda, he had only seen her twice, but he had a nagging feeling that Alarick was hiding something from them. Was she his real mate? Was that why he had risked his life to save her?He knew there was something going on, there war something going on betwe
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONEAccused 1Leanda took a step after the other as she moved closer to him, watching his action after each step she takes, to be sure that she wasn't in danger.She had only taken few steps and was close to him when Alarick broke free from the chain and lunged towards her.She tried to run but tripped over something and fell.Alarick didn't stop, with his eyes gazing and showing his thirst for blood, he ran towards her.Leanda closed her eyes and covered her ears, "Alarick!" She shouted.Her body shivering as she sent into a state of panic, she didn't know what she was supposed to do.Her eyes were closer as she waited for Alarick to attack her, but she felt nothing, nothing happened.She opened her eyes one after the other and saw Alarick crawled up in a corner, away from her. He had stopped himself once again.Leanda sighed, relieved that she was saved, but she still wasn't sure of what was happening with Alarick, she didn't know what she could do to help him.Leanda
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWOAccused 2Alarick groaned as he rubbed his temples, trying to alleviate the headache that had plagued him since he woke up. The events of the previous night flashed in his mind, and he winced at the memory of losing control and transforming into his beast form.He looked around the room, noticing that Leanda was nowhere in sight. He wondered if she had left without saying goodbye, and a pang of disappointment hit him. He had hoped to thank her properly for her help in calming him down.Even if that would hurt his ego, he still wanted to thank her because it takes a lot to be able to calm him down and help him change back to his human form.As he sat on the edge of the bed, his mind went back to the moment he had chained himself up to prevent himself from hurting anyone. It was a necessary precaution, but it made him feel weak and vulnerable.Morgana and the head witch had told him that the taking over of his body by his wolf was getting closer, and that was why he k
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREEMy Woman"How dare you touch what belongs to me!" Alarick yelled as he pinned the guard to the wall, his eyes blazing with anger, "How dare you!" he yelled and strangled him to death on the spot.Alarick howled, making everyone in the execution ground shake in fear, including Ian and Bree who were going to execute Leanda according to their plan.He gazed around, he stopped when his eyes met Bree's eyes. Alarick moved closer to her, rage pulsing through his vein."What happened here?" he growled.Bree swallowed to clear the block in her throat, "Y...Y...Your highness," she stuttered, "That girl killed a slave Your highness, and we are punishing her for that."Alarick chuckled, he turned to see Leanda who was still on the floor, "That is impossible.""We have a witness your highness," Bree pointed to the maid, "There she is, the witness."Alarick turned to face the maid, he couldn't believe that Leanda would kill the slave, he just couldn't believe it.The maid tremb
CHAPTER NINETY-FOURThe SentenceAlarick’s heart thumped in his chest as he held on to the result, it was like his heart was going to burst out wide. He shook his head and pinched himself stylishly, just to be sure that he wasn’t dreaming and he was seeing right.He gazed back at the result and it only stared back at him, the same thing he saw before. His greatest fear peered at him, it was becoming a reality and there was nothing he could do about it, he was loosing himself and the one he loved, and he had nothing to say, he couldn’t do anything to stop it.His soul shattered as he shook his head, “0.00%.” He murmured and a tear escaped from his eyes.His greatest fear has become a reality, against all his wishes, against all his prayers. He held on to the result, his hand shook from rage and anguish, he felt like he was loosing everything he owned, he felt like he was loosing all he cared about, and he just didn’t know what to do.His hands shook as he stared at the report again. He
CHAPTER NINETY-THREEThe ResultLeanda paced back and forth in the room, her heart thumped in her heart with each step she took, it was just less than an hour to the twenty-four hours that was said by the physician and she would soon find out her fate.She chewed on her finger as she paced back her forth, murmuring a silent prayer that the result turns out to be what she wants, she prayed that Alarick turns out to be the father of the baby, that was the only thing she wanted.She felt like her heart would burst out wide as it kept missing a beat, she staggered over most of her steps as she walked up and down, she hoped that things would go the way she wanted and she wouldn’t have to go away from Alarick.He was her live, he was the man she loved and she couldn’t imagine her life without him, she couldn’t imagine being away from him.The worse that was would happen was being taken by Lyall away from the kingdom, and just the thought of that terrified her, she didn’t want to be away fro
CHAPTER NINETY-TWOThe Test"Let's go!" Lyall shouted and grabbed Leanda’s hand, forcefully pulling her along with him.Leanda turned back again to see Alarick still standing in the same spot he was, her heart broke into million pieces as she watched his emotionless face.“A…Alarick,” she murmured as she was pulled forcefully by Lyall, who didn’t even give her the chance to say her goodbyes, he kept on dragging her without looking back.Tears rolled down Leanda’s eyes, she knew she made a mistake, she knew she had committed a big sin, she knew she had done something unforgivable, but she doesn’t want to go away from Alarick, she wanted to be with him but he seemed like he doesn’t want that.Her shoulders shook as she was being dragged away, she didn’t know what else she could do, she wanted to stay, she wanted to be with Alarick, but she had destroyed their relationship with the mistake she made, Leanda felt responsible for the situation she had found herself.Suddenly, Lyall found hi
CHAPTER NINETY-ONEHer Infidelity “I have the pictures and video here,” Lyall said and moved closer to Alarick, “Now, you will have no other option than to believe that this woman is not who you think she is,” he added and glared at Leanda.Leanda hung her head, it was all her fault, she was responsible for this situation she was in, she was responsible for it all.How could she have believed Lyall? She trusted him and believed that he was a friend and now the same one who professionally acted like the best man she had ever met was destroying everything she had worked for. Leanda could remember what she had to go through before Alarick realized he was in love with her and even with the presence of the baby, she thought it was going to be a happy life for them afterwards. She thought she was finally going to live her dreams of being with the man she loved and living a happy life afterwards, but now she doesn’t think that such thing would ever happen.Lyall held Alarick’s hand and pl
CHAPTER NINETYThe Conspiracy Alarick cupped Leanda’s face and looked into her teary eyes, he still couldn’t believe all Bree was saying and he wanted to hear from her directly, he wanted to hear her say that it was the truth before believing it. “Tell me Leanda, is she saying the truth?”“Yes, she is.” A voice said. They all turned back to see Lyall walking towards them, “Yes, she is carrying my baby, and the future king of the Blood Moon Pack,” he added as he walked to them.“You.” Alarick growled, his resentment grew inside of him, just with the sight or Lyall. He has detested him right from the day he met him in that compromising position with Leanda, and even after that, it got to him that Leanda went back to see him.Alarick didn’t want to believe that leanda went to him on her own free will, he believed that she might have been forced to do that and Lyall would be behind it all because he looked like a cunning person to him, just like his sister.“She is carrying my child, and
CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINEThe Heir Of The Blood Moon PackBree looked up at Leanda with a smile which changed into a wicked smirk almost immediately, “this woman right here is carrying the child of my brother, Lyall, the prince of the Blood Moon Pack.” She announced with a big smile on her face.“What!” Alarick and Leanda exclaimed.There it was, Bree’s entire plan, and why she had been silent all along. That was she had been planning and why she had been quiet, she was planning a big strike, one which leanda wouldn’t be able to escape from. She had it all planned and was waiting for the right time to strike.Leanda just stood frozen on the spot, unable to say or do anything, she had been caught by Bree and she was unable to think about anything that might save her from this situation.She thought she was safe and she was finally out of her plan when Bree didn’t talk about it, but she never knew that she was planning a bigger plan, one she wouldn’t be escape from, she didn’t know what to do
CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHTPregnant 2“Your highness, Leanda is pregnant!” Morgana announced.Alarick stood still, buying more minutes to process what was just said, he couldn’t really believe it. Just few minutes ago, he was thinking about how he and failed to provide a heir for his kingdom even after taking the pain to go to the human world to go and bring Leanda.He was only thinking about it all few minutes before Leanda collapsed to the floor, he couldn’t believe that what he thought he had failed at finally happened. He thought he failed at giving the kingdom the heir which they deserved, he thought he had failed, but he hasn’t.“A..Are you sure about this?” He asked for confirmation, “Are you sure she is pregnant?” He asked again and moved close to Morgana, “Is she really pregnant? Is she carrying my child?” He asked and Morgana nodded.Alarick had never been so emotional, he couldn’t believe it. Just minutes ago, he was thinking abutting his end time and how the most important thing
CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIXPregnant Three Weeks LaterLeanda was in Alarick’s chamber, cleaning the furniture. Alatick sat on the bed, watching her as she does that.It’s been weeks and the only thing that has grown between them was the sexual tension, Alarick had been cold as he was before, he pushes her away whenever he wants and call her back when he feels like.His anger was still there, and in the last three weeks, he has overcome the stage of irritation and now he was facing the unusual thirst for blood. Alarick almost killed one of the guards when the sudden thirst started, but he got to know after that, that keeping Leanda close to him suppresses the thirst a bit.So, he gave Leanda a rule not to ever leave his side, in the hope that he would be able to control himself, while Leanda thought he did that because he didn’t want her to go see Lyall again.Alarick knew he had just two stages left before the complete takeover happens and he would lose everything that made him; his body, his
CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVEI Own YouLeanda’s mind began race with possible scenarios and outcomes of what could happen if that was true, she was paralyzed by fear and unable to move. She wondered if Bree had told Alarick what she did and he was here to pass his judgment on her, her whole body trembled just by the thought of that.Alarick wouldn’t take it lightly with her, he wouldn’t let her go scot free if he gets to know about her infidelity. She looked at Bree and she could see a smile on her face, her heart sank, she knew Bree has done something.“H…have I been caught?” Leanda stutteredChloe moved closer to her and held her hand, giving her the comfort, warmth and assurance that she was not alone in this and she would stand by her, against anyone.“I am here with you Leanda, nothing would go wrong,” Chloe assured her but Leanda couldn’t get her mind off what could be the outcome of what was about to happen this night.Leanda felt like no one could really understand what she was going t