Luciano's POV "The rogue is dead, Luciano," Darius uttered, gazing down at the illumination from his phone. "Reginald just sent me a text.""Damn it." I muttered, pursing my lips into a thin line.I couldn't give a fuck about whether or not the rogue lived, but the fact that he had kept the true murderer's name to himself until his death, infuriated the hell out of me.Last night, I had paid him a visit at the dungeon and had asked him to tell me the murderer's name to get the remedy to his gunshot injury which had turned a disgusting green and had maggots crawling out of it.However, to my utter frustration, he had remained mum about it. Even after I dealt him several blows on the head with the log of wood I had found lying around in the dungeon."That rogue is the most stupid idiot I've ever encountered. He just wasted his life for the fucking murderer. He could have simply confessed, now see where his fucking loyalty has landed him." I howled, trekking into the palace room where t
Freya's POV "Are you ready?" Ivy asked, getting rid of the last piece of clothing shielding her nakedness."More than ready." I grinned–I had quickly stripped naked and discreetly pasted a skin plaster on my neck to conceal my mating mark, immediately we entered the woods.I was more than determined to keep my complicated issues away from Ivy as I didn't want her to worry about me like the mother hen that she was.At twenty, it was quite a surprise that Ivy was still yet to find her fated mate.I was already in deep trouble because of the plates I had broken, so I thought I might as well go against her orders, so that I won't feel too miserable when she came back and unleashed her fury on me.After sighing blissfully, my bones shifted as the hair on my skin morphed into fur, and my limbs multiplied.In the past, Ivy had described my carnivorous counterpart as an averagely-sized white wolf with a set of crystal-like orbs that exuded an exotic aura.I let out a loud howl as Ivy also sh
Freya's POV A choked gasp escaped my lips as I squeezed my eyes open. It felt as if I had been running from a demon in my sleep before I snapped back to consciousness. Confusion coursed through me as I scanned the exquisite ceiling of the room, from where I was lying. Realization hit me like a wicked stepmother and I became aware that I was neither in my bedchamber at the servants quarters, nor was the cold, hard surface on which my back was glued to my bed. "Danger, Freya. There's danger." My wolf, Ana, chanted from within. I immediately tilted my head sideways, and as soon as I did, I wish I had never done so. The gory sight that met my eyes caused me to jump as a frightful mewl emitted from my mouth. I was lying in a pool of blood I presumed wasn't mine, beside the dowager luna. The mother of the Alpha king. Luna Lorelei. Her face was deathly pallor, her eyes were open but they weren't moving, and there was a wide gash on her chest where blood was still oozing out in copi
Luciano's POV Anger boiled through my veins as I watched the omega wench close her eyes. I could hear the sound of my own heartbeat pounding in my ears, and the odor of my mother’s blood lingering in the air. At that moment, I wanted nothing more than to rip the omega’s head off her body, but I repressed my murderous instincts because I didn't want to further annihilate the palace's tainted purity. A venomous pretender like the omega didn't deserve to die in a luxurious place like my palace. Freya or whatever her wretched name was. "I order you to look at me." I spat, basking in manic satisfaction as she whimpered like a cornered kitten. Immediately, she squeezed her teary eyes and gazed at me. "Why did you kill her? Which rogue wolf sent you? Is it that worthless Abram Norwich of Ice Fire pack? Who exactly is it?" I yelled, disgust building up within me, the more I stared at her expressionless face. "I think you've got the wrong person, Luciano. She doesn't seem like she can
Luciano's POV I bit my lips as I felt my eyes fill up with water for the umpteenth time that day–or night. Whichever it was. I had no idea what day it was nor had my lost memories returned to me. It felt as if Alpha Luciano had forgotten all about me, because the guards were yet to tell me about my fate. My gruesome fate. The terrifying aura of the dark dungeon I had been forgotten in made me shiver in trepidation as my teeth clattered, with tears cascading my face. The dungeon was a massive structure that radiated fear. Skeletons littered the floor, their bones scattered aimlessly. The metallic odor of blood also hung in the air; thick and cloying. I knew in my heart that there was no doubt I'd end up like those skeletons. "Luciano may eventually let us go. There's no need to cry, Freya. We didn't do it, right? So let's hold our head up and remain brave, okay?" Ana's voice glided into my thoughts and I just scoffed, gazing down at my chained legs. I was currently sitting on
Luciano's POVAs I paced my study with different unhinged thoughts assailing my mind, a knock came on the door yanking me back to reality."Who is it?" I barked."It's Gamma Reginald, Alpha. May I come in?" The voice of my third in command and warrior leader, wafted through the door, causing me to inhale heavily.Picking up my cigar from the ashtray, I bellowed. "You can come in. I presume you're alone.""Yes, Alpha. I came alone." "Very well then." I muttered, lighting up my cigar."Alpha," He said, bowing in front of me. "The preparations for the funeral are underway and the autopsy report have just arrived from the pack's hospital. Would you like to take a look at it now?""That's good. Now we can know whether the omega truly killed her." Killian spoke from within, and I ignored him."Don't bother showing it to me. I already know who killed her and I'm going to make her pay. There's no use leaving her to enjoy an underserved solitude in the dungeon. She deserves to get her punishm
Freya's POV "Long live Alpha Luciano. Long live crescent moon pack." The crowd cheered as two huge guards dragged me to the scaffold.Today was the worst day of my life.It was the day of my execution.After five months of investigating the mysterious death of the dowager luna and all evidence still pointed toward me as the murderer, I was eventually sentenced to death by beheading some days ago.Tears oozed out of my eyes as I smiled mirthlessly at the crowd that had gathered to me take my last breath.The pack that had converged to watch me die an undeserving, torturous death."Ivy." I whispered to myself as my eyes scanned the crowd for a familiar brunette.She didn't come.After my sentencing, she had held me in the dungeon and wept bitterly until her cries lulled me to sleep.Strangely enough, the gravity of the whole situation didn't quite dawn on me on the day of my sentencing.The realization just struck me earlier that day when I was asked to take off my clothes and presente
Luciano's POV "Monster." I heard Freya whisper feebly as the bricks piled up around her.A dry smile curved my lips as I moved closer to her."Just a minute." I muttered, tapping one of the guard's shoulder, and they immediately stopped working.Retrieving my lighter from my pocket, I took one step closer to Freya. "Monster, huh? How brazen of you."She remained undaunted as she kept glaring at me like she would chop me into pieces the moment she was set free.I knew she couldn't do more than a dead rat because the glare was a look I recognized and had grown accustomed to.It was a look associated with most captives.I called it "the cowardice glare" because they couldn't even dare touch me even if I decided to let them go.The least thing a criminal could do was to at least have a courageous mindset, but they were all feeble-minded punies.I flicked on my lighter and let it dangerously linger beside Freya's neck, and her glare instantly dissolved into a panicked look, which was exac
Freya's POV "Are you ready?" Ivy asked, getting rid of the last piece of clothing shielding her nakedness."More than ready." I grinned–I had quickly stripped naked and discreetly pasted a skin plaster on my neck to conceal my mating mark, immediately we entered the woods.I was more than determined to keep my complicated issues away from Ivy as I didn't want her to worry about me like the mother hen that she was.At twenty, it was quite a surprise that Ivy was still yet to find her fated mate.I was already in deep trouble because of the plates I had broken, so I thought I might as well go against her orders, so that I won't feel too miserable when she came back and unleashed her fury on me.After sighing blissfully, my bones shifted as the hair on my skin morphed into fur, and my limbs multiplied.In the past, Ivy had described my carnivorous counterpart as an averagely-sized white wolf with a set of crystal-like orbs that exuded an exotic aura.I let out a loud howl as Ivy also sh
Luciano's POV "The rogue is dead, Luciano," Darius uttered, gazing down at the illumination from his phone. "Reginald just sent me a text.""Damn it." I muttered, pursing my lips into a thin line.I couldn't give a fuck about whether or not the rogue lived, but the fact that he had kept the true murderer's name to himself until his death, infuriated the hell out of me.Last night, I had paid him a visit at the dungeon and had asked him to tell me the murderer's name to get the remedy to his gunshot injury which had turned a disgusting green and had maggots crawling out of it.However, to my utter frustration, he had remained mum about it. Even after I dealt him several blows on the head with the log of wood I had found lying around in the dungeon."That rogue is the most stupid idiot I've ever encountered. He just wasted his life for the fucking murderer. He could have simply confessed, now see where his fucking loyalty has landed him." I howled, trekking into the palace room where t
Freya's POV"Oh, fuck." I quietly cursed as the pile of ceramic plates slipped out of my hold and crashed to the floor.I knew for sure that Madam Sheila would have my head if she found out about what my clumsiness had caused.Gazing down at the ceramic shards, I heaved an exasperated sigh."Why is this happening to me?" I muttered before crouching to pick up the broken pieces of ceramic lest Ma'am Sheila decided to suddenly drop by.Thankfully, she was on a trip to her son's or so I heard, so I could say I was safe for the time being.Plus I was the only one in the kitchen–the other maids were outside doing only what the moon goddess knew."Those plates were gifted to the late alpha by a neighboring pack and you had the audacity to break them, you stupid wench." One of the voices that I dreaded to hear at that moment broke into my line of hearing and caused me to freeze for a split second.I had celebrated my luck too soon."They slipped out of my hands, I swear. I don't even know ho
Luciano's POV "Alpha." I heard someone call while simultaneously knocking on the door.I was in the midst of getting ready to attend the pack council meeting. It had been quite a while since I attended one due to the fact that I had been either postponing the meetings or asking Darius to go on my behalf.My mother's sudden death had broken me that bad, coupled with the fact that I had mated the omega who could be her killer.Thinking about it made me want to dig up a hole and bury myself alive inside it.Six days had passed since the ugly mistake that should never have happened, occurred between Freya and I.And the amount of self hatred I felt toward myself was still immeasurable. The fact that Killian also made it a point to always remind me of it at every chance he got didn't help matters either."Are you in there, Alpha Luciano?" Another voice wafted into my bedchamber.This time, the voice was unmistakably Reginald's and he sounded quite impatient.I stopped knotting my tie as I
Freya's POV My legs felt like huge slabs of lead as I waddled toward the room that I shared with three other maids.I couldn't believe what I thought had transpired between the alpha and I had truly occured–everything felt like a scary illusion.It felt as if I was merely making things up in my head. However, the pleasantly painful sensation in between my legs coupled with my aching back made me think otherwise and yanked me back to reality.My neck was also sore due to the way Luciano had strangled me earlier.I would be the most stupid person in the world, who didn't value her life to blabber about having sex with him to the other maids.Hell, we weren't even on speaking terms, so how would I even tell them?Plus, I knew what Luciano could do and I was also aware of the fact that he was a brutal and egoistical psychopath that could truly kill me and whoever I had decided to tell."We are now mated to him." Ana growled within me."I know," I whined. "I should have stopped him. Now,
Luciano's POV I groaned, annoyed as blinding rays of sunlight diffracted through the window and seeped into my eyes.Muttering a string of curses underneath my breath with my eyes still squeezed shut, I reached for a pillow, so I could use it to block the sunlight and get more sleep.However, the other pillow was occupied to my total befuddlement.It was then I recalled the mysterious arousal that had befallen me the day before while I was drinking with Darius and how I had texted Mia to come over."What the fuck are you still doing here, Mia?" I scoffed, flapping my eyes open.I forgot how to breathe as my heart stopped instantly on seeing her.The chuckle that left my mouth sounded strange even to my ears as I frantically scrubbed my hand over my face to ascertain that I wasn't daydreaming.That Freya wasn't lying naked in my bed with her hair disheveled and a stunned countenance etched into her face.That the omega who could have possibly murdered my mother wasn't the woman I had
Freya's POV The electrifying feeling of something long and moist lapping at my wet entrance drew me out of my slumber with a choked gasp escaping my mouth.A confused moan slithered through my lips as I found myself subconsciously arching my back, in order for the thing to gain more access inside me.The thing then slid into my core without warning, prompting me to mewl sensually and flap my eyes open with a start.My mouth hung open like a fish out of water as I beheld the sight which I wasn't mentally prepared to see even in my wildest dreams–Alpha Luciano was kneeling between my legs and eating me out.Was this a dream? Had my wolf suddenly gone mad that I was having such a vivid and arousing dream?It was then I recalled how I had walked into the alpha's bedchamber unknowingly while I was deeply engrossed in my thoughts.I choked out a cough as I further remembered Luciano pushing me on his bed and calling me "Mia" while we mated through coitus.The rest of my thoughts wafted awa
Luciano's POV I sighed as Mia whimpered into my mouth, sending sparks of electricity into my sex-addled brain with my boner straining painfully in my pants.Without breaking the kiss, I unbuckled my pants and promptly discarded it before peeling off my tank top and flinging it across the room, with a swift urgency that stunned me.Never in my life had I been so close to the edge and in need of an immediate orgasm like I was at that moment.The dim amber lights from the ceiling also helped by setting a passionate ambience in my bedchamber. I couldn't see her face clearly in the torrid darkness of the room, but for some reason that only made me hornier."A-Alpha," Mia mewled when I detached my lips from hers to run my tongue over her plump breasts.They looked extra sumptuous and huge that night which aroused me even more.Never in the past six years that I had been having coitus with Mia had I felt so aroused by her body.The gentle curves of her body felt so soft and delectable like
Freya's POV With anxiety coursing through my veins, I dragged my feet to the kitchen where Madam Sheila, the head maid, was assigning duties to the omega.Six days had passed since I was miraculously released from the confines of the dungeon and it still felt like I was in a blissful dream that I was really scared to wake up from.My broken arm and wounds had also healed nicely.Ever since I had started working at Luciano's quarters, I hadn't gotten a slight glimpse of him, and it made me wonder if he truly lived at the palace."Ma'am Sheila." I bowed to her when she finally got to me.As usual, she ignored my greeting and started listing out my chores for that afternoon."Clean the guest bedrooms in the whole of this wing. Make sure they are all spick and span because I will do a thorough inspection when you're done. Now get out of my sight." She snarled, and turned to the next maid.I bowed to her even though her back was facing me before retrieving the cleaning supplies and making