WILLIAMI smiled proudly at Alana when I saw her extremely handling her temper well and controlling her urge against Sophia. She took several breaths and dealt with her abuser like a brave woman that she is.My girl is having fun over there with Sophia so I am not going to spoil her parade and I will give her all the sweet moments she needs.“Alpha prince, do not be too happy with that,” Zuleik interrupted with my happy thoughts while spitting out blood from his mouth because of the punch that I landed on him before we stopped to look at what’s happening with the women. “Aria is a mix of a normal werewolf and lycan. She is also cursed. She could very well handle it now and then burn the entire palace the minute after.”“Alana is her name and she is my mate,” I said firmly.Zuleik laughed and opened his arms to the sky. “She is no longer your mate! You fucking rejected her! And even if you did not reject her, your mark on her neck would continue to melt until nothing of it is left. Loo
ALANA“What are you doing?! Alana!”Sophia’s scream pierced into the bloody murderous night when she saw me approaching her with a burrow in my hand that I found in the corner in the middle of all this fighting.Her eyes widened and tears flowed down her cheeks when she realized what I was going to do.“Alana, please! No! Don’t do this to me! Help me! Free me, Alana! Please, take pity on me!”But I was too drunk with hate, too deaf to even listen to her words. I raised the burrow in the air and began plowing her hand with it.This hand who used to slap me, punch me, and pull at my hair should be punished.The first scream is pure agony while the rest sounded more of anger and loss of hope.She can’t move because of the steel slashing through her flesh. One wrong move from her and she would essentially get rid of her own legs if she tried to transform into her wolf.I never thought I could be violent like this. I never thought I could take pleasure seeing someone in pain.“Alana, stop
WILLIAMI can still remember the first time that I met Lucas. It was in an orphanage. My father told me he is my cousin and beta according to our hierarchy, and that he will be there beside me as the second-in-command when I finally become the alpha king.I wondered why he was there and it was only two months later when I found out that his parents betrayed the alpha king during a battle so he was essentially a son of the traitors.As years went on, our brotherly bond grew that I forgot about it already. I love him as my own brother. I trusted him with all of my heart. I even thought of proposing to make him the alpha prince when I realized that my situation with Alana could get more complex and complicated.Despite that, why the hell am I hearing this from him?Why did he betray me this way?Why did he do that to Francine?Why did he covet someone that is mine?I scoffed and stared at him intently. I wanted to laugh hard but a grin only came out.“And why would I do that, Lucas? Why
ALANAMy eyes connected with William and I smiled at him to assure him that I am fine. I got the attention of both the lycans and the werewolves which I really want to have to pass on a message.They may think that I am just pranking them but I trust that they know their history. Once I show them how I really look, they will listen to what I have to say.I gulped when I looked at William again. I trust that he will be there to calm me when I could not control myself anymore.Growling, I scratched the ground ready to get lost in the chaos. I just really hope that I could still recognize people although I know my wolf will always know it’s William.“Alana! No!” William shouted in worry as he jumped unto me and clasped my face gasping for air. “Do not transform! Not yet!”The second his hand landed on my skin, I instantly felt the trembling of his flesh.“Why? What’s wrong, William?”I was too confused because it’s the first time that I saw him react like this.He pointed at the horizons
Alana“Hey monster! Catch!”I opened my hand in an instinct to try to catch the mongrels and scraps of food thrown by Sophia from the hole in my prison in the basement. It was a half-bitten stale bread with molds all over it but instead of throwing it back away, my mouth began watering and I devoured the bread like a hungry beast that I am. It’s my first meal for the weak. They only gave me half a glass of water for the whole day and that was only yesterday. Now, I have nothing but a growling stomach and since this morning, I’ve been throwing up acid because I haven’t eaten for days. “Yuck! She really ate it!” Sophia laughed loud and invited her friends to take a peek at my sorry state below. Sophia is my step-sister, a daughter from the marriage my father had with a young single mother when my mother died after giving birth to me. “Didn’t she know it was my dog food? Hey Alana monster! You are just like a mutt! A mutt!”All of them laughed in chorus but I was too hungry to mind i
Chapter 2William“Alpha Prince, your presence is highly requested in the hall of banquet. The food is ready and so are the girls they lined up for you to see tonight.”Lucas, my personal guard and the son of our pack’s omega said after knocking on the door of the lavish room the alpha of the small knitted pack of the BrookeFields pack provided me. This pack is under my father and the alpha king’s domain that I need to visit as he instructs me to. It’s part of the training, he told me but I know the real reason deep down. I did not respond and just puffed out the smoke of my cigar while looking out at the view from my window. I don’t know but I felt queasy in my stomach the moment I stepped onto the land of this pack. “I told you I do not want any of this shit, Lucas! I can find my own mate! No need for these alphas and betas to offer me their wives and daughters.”This is the real reason my father wants me to visit as many places as possible because he wants me to settle down as ea
Alana“No, please! Leave me alone!” I cried when I woke up in the middle of the night and saw my father’s guards putting chains on my ankles and wrists. “What are you doing?! Please, stop! It hurts! It hurts!” But no matter how hard I begged them to stop, no one was listening to me. It’s always been like this. I am like their toy, not that I have one to play with but Sophia mentioned to me about it and I exactly felt the same. “Shut up, will you!” My stepmother hissed, revealing herself from the dark covering her nose to prevent the shitty smell that I have from reaching her. “You need to be bound to the chains before you run wild and disrupt the banquet for the alpha prince.”My tears fell. How can she even think about that when I am already locked in here? I hate the chains. Their cold temperature gives me rashes and that feeling of more loneliness. I remembered that my father used to put chains around my neck to prevent me from eating and swallowing. “But I am not going anywhere
William“Alpha prince, I am begging you on my knees, you cannot take that thing out of here. I will be damned!” Hephaestus said in a shaking voice. “She is a curse to the mansion and to the great domain of the alpha king!”I faced him, rage written all over my face. “That thing?! You dare to call her that way?! Do you even know who you are talking to?!”The woman in my arms moved and moaned in distress when she heard my voice. “Don’t you dare call her that way!”Hephaestus wept. “But alpha prince, I am telling the truth! She is an abomination! There is a reason Alpha Killian locked her own daughter in this dungeon!”My eyes widened as I looked into the woman who is as cold as ice in my hands. So this is the other daughter of the alpha? I thought she’s dead? All along, she’s been imprisoned here in the cell like a cruel animal? The thought ignites an intense emotion in me that I did not know I am capable of feeling. How dare they do this to my mate?! I will never spare them!“Plea
ALANAMy eyes connected with William and I smiled at him to assure him that I am fine. I got the attention of both the lycans and the werewolves which I really want to have to pass on a message.They may think that I am just pranking them but I trust that they know their history. Once I show them how I really look, they will listen to what I have to say.I gulped when I looked at William again. I trust that he will be there to calm me when I could not control myself anymore.Growling, I scratched the ground ready to get lost in the chaos. I just really hope that I could still recognize people although I know my wolf will always know it’s William.“Alana! No!” William shouted in worry as he jumped unto me and clasped my face gasping for air. “Do not transform! Not yet!”The second his hand landed on my skin, I instantly felt the trembling of his flesh.“Why? What’s wrong, William?”I was too confused because it’s the first time that I saw him react like this.He pointed at the horizons
WILLIAMI can still remember the first time that I met Lucas. It was in an orphanage. My father told me he is my cousin and beta according to our hierarchy, and that he will be there beside me as the second-in-command when I finally become the alpha king.I wondered why he was there and it was only two months later when I found out that his parents betrayed the alpha king during a battle so he was essentially a son of the traitors.As years went on, our brotherly bond grew that I forgot about it already. I love him as my own brother. I trusted him with all of my heart. I even thought of proposing to make him the alpha prince when I realized that my situation with Alana could get more complex and complicated.Despite that, why the hell am I hearing this from him?Why did he betray me this way?Why did he do that to Francine?Why did he covet someone that is mine?I scoffed and stared at him intently. I wanted to laugh hard but a grin only came out.“And why would I do that, Lucas? Why
ALANA“What are you doing?! Alana!”Sophia’s scream pierced into the bloody murderous night when she saw me approaching her with a burrow in my hand that I found in the corner in the middle of all this fighting.Her eyes widened and tears flowed down her cheeks when she realized what I was going to do.“Alana, please! No! Don’t do this to me! Help me! Free me, Alana! Please, take pity on me!”But I was too drunk with hate, too deaf to even listen to her words. I raised the burrow in the air and began plowing her hand with it.This hand who used to slap me, punch me, and pull at my hair should be punished.The first scream is pure agony while the rest sounded more of anger and loss of hope.She can’t move because of the steel slashing through her flesh. One wrong move from her and she would essentially get rid of her own legs if she tried to transform into her wolf.I never thought I could be violent like this. I never thought I could take pleasure seeing someone in pain.“Alana, stop
WILLIAMI smiled proudly at Alana when I saw her extremely handling her temper well and controlling her urge against Sophia. She took several breaths and dealt with her abuser like a brave woman that she is.My girl is having fun over there with Sophia so I am not going to spoil her parade and I will give her all the sweet moments she needs.“Alpha prince, do not be too happy with that,” Zuleik interrupted with my happy thoughts while spitting out blood from his mouth because of the punch that I landed on him before we stopped to look at what’s happening with the women. “Aria is a mix of a normal werewolf and lycan. She is also cursed. She could very well handle it now and then burn the entire palace the minute after.”“Alana is her name and she is my mate,” I said firmly.Zuleik laughed and opened his arms to the sky. “She is no longer your mate! You fucking rejected her! And even if you did not reject her, your mark on her neck would continue to melt until nothing of it is left. Loo
ALANAI huffed out air from my nose and shook my head trying to keep my mind clear. Even when I am in my beast form, I should still be in my proper mind. I should not let my killing instincts take over.“Alana,” William pressed his head on mine, looking at me intently in the eyes, “We can do it, okay? You can control your urge. If not, then I will always be here with you.”I just licked her face as my way of assuring him that I am listening to him before I faced the army of lycans frothing in their mouths while William transformed into his wolf to challenge Zuleik.William is leading his own small packs of werewolves because a big number of them went with the alpha king and queen luna who were outside the palace to conquer a big rebellion war in the northern borders.They left the palace for William to protect.But now it all makes sense to us that this is just a ploy by Sophia and Lucas with the lycans to seize the main seat of power.I roared into the approaching lycans and bit thei
ALANAI woke up in the middle of the night feeling a bit too cold even when I was under the thick blankets.I can sense that something wrong is in the air.Smelling the air, the hair on my back stood up when I smelled blood just a few kilometers from the palace.“Goodness! William!”Running towards the door, the only thing in my head is William. They are definitely lycans under the guidance of Zuleik. And there are many! So many that I easily lost track of their numbers.And I know what they want! They are after William so bad!I opened the door to leave only to step back in the room when Sophia greeted me with a snarl from her half-shifted form. Her whole body is already in its wolf form while her upper part is still in human form. Her eyes are filled with dark veins proving that she will turn into her wolf at any second now.She grinned when she saw a frightened look on my face.“Where are you going at this hour, Aria?” she asked sinisterly, closing the door behind her using her tai
ALANAThe days after our conversation with the alpha king happened, we tried to live our lives as happy and as carefree as we wanted to be five years ago while not forgetting to take our revenge against those who wronged us.The alpha king ordered a decree for Lucas to immediately produce an offspring- a move that got Sophia kneeling her knees before me and kissing my feet despite her whole system being disgusted.“Please tell the alpha king to withdraw the order. Aria, I am begging you! I cannot do it! I cannot sleep with Lucas!”But I just cruelly laughed at her and stomped her hand with my heels.“Why can’t you have sex with the beta? Just think that it’s just another night with the alphas that you have slept with, Sophia. I bet that is not a hard thing for you to do. After all, you are used to selling your body just to have what you want. What makes it all different to do it now with Lucas?”She gasped in shock upon hearing my words. “Are you hearing yourself? Why are you so cruel
ALANAMy heart swelled with so much happiness with how much I am hearing pride in his voice. It felt like William had given me the key to his life. He trusted me that much.I smiled at him before squeezing his hand grasping mine. All of my fears and doubts before the alpha king are gone now as long as my alpha prince is here by my side.“Alpha king, can I ask why you called for me? Please, I want to know,” I said, finding my voice firm and whole. William just boosts my energy all the time.The alpha king leaned back on his throne as he asked for a piece of paper from one of his men at the back.William and I looked at each other with our eyes reflecting our determination to stay together no matter what.“A lycan pack attacked my garrison last night. They’re telling me someone from the inside is leaking it.” He stared at me intently. “You are a lycan, Aria. You are not just an ordinary lycan. You are a former mate of the lycan prince, Zuleik.”I gasped deep inside as tremors of danger
ALANADespite knowing that this would happen sooner or later, I still can’t help but feel nauseous. No matter how many times I tell myself that this is inevitable, still, the fear that the past is going to manifest again this time haunts me to the core.“Alana, look at me.” William clutched my face to catch my eyes that were starting to run wild. “Nothing will separate us this time, okay? You were able to cheat your way out of death while I was able to collect back my memory. Francine is still there hanging by a thread because she trusts us. Please, believe in us.”His words always have their comforting effect on me, always have that cool tone effect on me that always gets me nodding at him.“Can I ask you for another favor, William?”He put our hands together on his chest. “Consider it done for you, Alana. Tell me what it is.”“Promise me one thing.” I glanced at Alpha Killian who’s rejoicing in uncovering yet another gem for his collection. “That we will not be like him… That we sho