ARIAWhen the alpha prince left the brothel, I was immediately put to work by Stella. Since she cannot make profits on me because I cannot take up new customers, I need to do some errands and complete jobs for her.“Keep on brushing those carts Aurora,” Selene, the current biggest money-maker in the house, mocked me while I was in the back of the kitchen doing everything to brush away the stain on carts.“I guess you will forever stay here in the kitchen for the rest of your life. Do you really think that the cruel alpha prince would come back for a prostitute like you?” She laughed and jabbed a finger on my head. “I don’t know who raised you, but they sure know how to put some fairy tales in your head. A lowly woman like you won’t have any chance with the alpha prince. Wake up, Aurora. He won’t come back for you. you are just delusional to stay here.”I stopped washing the carts and glared at her. I have so much mission on me more than dealing with this diva being threatened by me.“
WILLIAMThere is something about her that I can’t put a name unto. There is something about that woman that I cannot forget her eyes and her sweet holy voice.It felt like I have been talking with her for the whole of my lifetime. It felt like I knew her but I am certain as the moon above us that it’s the first time I saw her. A striking face like that is something that I cannot forget.And I didn’t get to have her name. I sighed and tickled my tongue against the roof of my mouth.“No worries, I will surely go back to her.”Lucas looked at me inside the car, his face wondering what the hell I am saying. “Did you say something, alpha prince?”I grimaced at the sound of his voice and opened the window of the car to breathe some air. I remembered being so attached to Lucas before but I guess something went wrong along the way because I sometimes had the urge to pierce his face or his chest when he was sleeping.That is morbid and uncalled for but I really don’t like him at all. I am just
ARIAIt’s been weeks since the alpha prince ordered me to be kept in the brothel but not even his shadow of him showed up.Cleaning the place and cooking for the customers do not pay my bills anymore that are starting to pile up since I am still staying at the VIP room of the alpha prince. I asked Stella if I should move out but she did not agree saying that she will be punished by the alpha prince if she did that.When another week passed without the alpha prince coming for me, that’s when the reality of what Selene weighed on me.Maybe she’s right. I should not have believed the alpha prince after all. I am just a prostitute in his eyes while he’s got everything in this world. If I want to kill him, then I should not let myself be swooned by him.“Aria, prepare yourself now and entertain the customer in room 303,” Stella ordered me the second she barged into the room.I immediately stood up with a hopeful smile on my face. “Is it the alpha prince? Is he back to get me now?”Stella j
ARIAWe passed on mini forests, rivers, lakes, and even big houses before the massive palace of the alpha king came into our sight.My heart skipped a beat when I saw the modern castle. Just like the alpha prince and Lucas, it also felt too familiar to me as if I lived there for years.Lucas stopped at the back door and a guard put a robe on his body as he shifted back into his human form.“You are not supposed to be seen by anyone inside so you have to wear this,” he said and put a veil around my head. “The alpha prince specifically wanted you all for himself,” he said as if that is against what he’s currently feeling.“And I would do the same too if I have someone like you as my pastime.”I did not like what he said so I slapped his hand away from touching my face any further and arched my brows at him even though I know he will not see it anyway because of the veil.“It’s okay to be a woman and be someone’s pastime rather be a man and sulk why no woman wants him. I heard you don’t
ARIAI pulled back my hand from his touch when I felt like I had been licked by fire. What is that? Why do I feel so intense while under his gaze and touch?I just fell to my knees before him and bowed my head. “You are the alpha prince. You can do anything you want with me.”I gritted my teeth when I said that not because I am disgusted by the thought of it but I am more intrigued and in awe that I am actively looking forward to what he’s going to do with me.That is a gross thing to cross my mind given that I already have a mate who wants to get me back and marry me.“Stand up,” he commanded me.I did and met his eyes in the process. There was an obvious hunger in his eyes as he looked at me that I forgot for a second that I am wearing the same dress that I wore last night to ‘entertain’ him.“You already have a mate so I know that you already have an experience on how to pleasure a man.” He flicked the strap of my dress and it fell through my shoulder down to my arm exposing a part
SOPHIA“Open the door for me and tell my husband that his wife has prepared breakfast for him,” I ordered the guards at William’s door.“I’m sorry, Ms. Sophia, but the alpha prince is not here.”“My mood immediately turned sour when I heard that. “Why? Where is he? I thought he would stay here in the palace to take care of that crippled woman?”I faced the guard squarely to intimidate him to tell me the alpha prince’s whereabouts. “Tell me where my husband is right now!”“Unfortunately, I cannot do that, Ms. Sophia. The alpha prince commanded us not to share his location.”I growled at him but he doesn’t seem to get fazed by it. “I am the wife of the alpha prince! I am his luna so when I tell you where my husband is, you will tell me! You understand me?!”But he just looked ahead and did not answer me anymore. To my annoyance, I reached for a glass of drink from the tray that my attendant is carrying and splashed it all across his face.“I am the next queen luna of the state and the w
ARIA“This would be your room, lady.”The attendant of the alpha prince said after she opened the biggest room I have ever seen and motioned me to get inside.After entrusting me to the lady, the alpha prince left with Lucas in a hurry after they received the call.I can still hear the panic in their voices when they hear about it.“I would not be staying with the alpha princes’ room?”The lady’s mouth literally fell open hearing that as she shook her head repeatedly. “No, Ms. Aria. That would not be plausible since the alpha prince is already married.”I straightened my back and met her condescending eyes. “I know but still he brought me here to the palace. I know what’s happening between the couple. Their relationship is already on the rocks now. I will be the one to make the alpha prince happy which is something that his current wife cannot make him.”The attendant can only blink her eyes at my audacity to say that. “Just a word of advice, Aria. The wife of the alpha prince is a ve
ARIA“Alana… why do I feel like I have heard that name before?” I continued asking while still rooted on my position racking my brain about that woman.I slowly turned towards the lady who’s still shouting at her attendants and stared at her.I don’t like her face. It’s not that there’s some physical deformity or what but it’s the vibe that I am smelling from her.The alpha prince’s wife is someone that I could dislike at my first glance. I never knew I could hate someone this much when I saw her.Sophia kicked her servant on the face again. “Alana is dead and Georgia divorced William! Now, I have all the alpha prince all to myself and I will not let anyone, let alone a prostitute take him away from me!”I clenched my hands and stopped the urge to slam a punch right into her face. It felt like this annoyance I am feeling towards her is automatic as if she had done something horrendous to me in the past.“Get out of my face, you idiot! Maybe it would be better if you were dead too, just
ALANAI am tightly clutching the hem of my white wedding dress in front of the mirror staring at my own reflection.A woman of substance full of happiness and fulfillment stared right back.Lifting a finger, I caressed the reflection and smiled at myself. “You have come a really long way, Alana. Tonight, your dream will happen. William is really going to make true of his promise.Before his proposal, we had traveled the world together seeing things and places that he wanted to let me witness. Every word that he told me he would, he did for me.“Mother, father, I just wish you were here with me to see how happy I am,” I wished and hugged myself. “I wish you were here with me to walk me down the aisle to be married into the most wonderful man in the state.”As if on cue, a gust of wind blew and hugged me right then and there.I closed my eyes and savored the sensation. The wind whispered love and sadness but the love overrode the other.“We are so proud of you, our daughter,” said the co
WILLIAMThe moon is high above the clouds in the night sky bursting into the clearest lights as if it’s also getting married to the sun illuminating the palace down where a great wedding is happening.I kept on wiping off the sweat on my brow and clearing my mouth because it’s as dry as the desert.I was full of nerves and I can’t think straight anymore. I kept on asking the staff if Alana is still in her room just to make sure that she will be really marrying me. I’ve been here in the venue which is the beautiful garden in front of the great statue of the moon goddess three hours earlier just to make sure.“William, what the hell are you doing here this early?” My mother asked in confusion, still in her robe.She just got down here to oversee the whole preparation, to make sure everything is perfect.“The ceremony will start three hours from now. Please go back to your room now, William.”But I firmly shook my head at her. Being in my room only made me more nervous that is why I came
WILLIAMMy nerves are killing me but I am more determined than ever to pop her the question. Wiping the glistening off my brows, I looked at the mirror practicing what I am going to say.This is the most nerve-wracking moment of my lifetime. Not even those battles and wars I have been to could be compared.“Alpha prince, Ms. Alana is already awake. And the cake is ready too.”Swallowing the lump in my throat, I glanced at myself in the mirror before heading out to the kitchen to take the cake that I baked last night and asked the soldiers to guard all night so no one would be able to compromise its safety.“Okay, William. You can do it. You can do it! No!”I tripped on the cable and stone on the ground and before I knew it, the cake flew to the air and ended up on the ground.Smashed. The dirt eating up the white filling and the words on top of them being buried into non-existence.“No!” I growled, my eyes wide in bitterness and sadness.The cake suffered the same fate as the balloons
ALANAWarm arms enveloped me from the back as his scent embraced me.“What are you thinking? Hmm?” William asked, nuzzling his nose against my bare shoulder.I was on the balcony, enjoying the fresh breeze on a full moon night, my mind wandering towards Francine.After William came back to life, the alpha king and the queen luna threw a feast which was still ongoing in the entire palace while William chose to pull me into his room to have his own sweet wicked ways on me.Not that I am complaining though. This is what I want. To be with him and to savor each second of our lives together.I intertwined our fingers on my stomach and tilted my head to my side, leaning into his chest on my back to give his mouth a better access to my neck.Love making is not painful anymore and the remnant of the monster inside me is almost gone, especially when I am in William’s arms. Controlling anger seems to be easier now. The feeling of seeing red in my eyes is also gone now.Everything seemed to be f
ALANA“Alana…” he called my name with his raspy low voice as if trying to figure out if I am real or not.I just stood there, in so much awe at the truth that he is finally back to me. William is alive! William has come back to life. He is back to me! William has come back from the dead for me.With trembling hands, I placed a hand on his cheek relishing the warmth in it. I am trying to convince myself to believe that this heat is going to be there for years while trying to forget that for once, I held his cold body in my arms.“You are back to me, William,” I said in a trance, my mouth breaking up into a smile of relief. “William, you have really come back for me!”In a split of a second, I pulled him ever gently in my arms, careful with his limbs, scared that once I blink, I would just wake up from this dream. “Alana?” he called for my name but I did not respond.Burying my face on his neck, I inhaled his scent. It’s warm and intoxicating just like all the moments that we have been
ALANAI gazed at Francine and felt shiver run down my spine. Why does she look so happy as if she’s been anticipating death all her life? Sure, there is pain but the happiness in her face is remarkable.“Come on, Alana,” she urged me again and put my hand on top of William’s. “Child, you are going to do me so much favor if you are just going to listen to me and do what I will be telling you. Call for William’s name over and over again. He already heard you. You already took his attention and now it’s time for him to go back to you. Do it, Alana. Please, this old maid is begging you.”My mouth downturned because of emotions pouring in as I clenched William’s hand.“But if I am going to do that, then I am going to lose you, Francine,” I said as my voice crackled.She just laughed it off and wiped the tears on my face. “But you are going to gain back, William. He is going to be alive again, Alana. He is going to fulfill his promise to you. You are going to get married and have lost of ki
ALANAI clenched my hands around William’s when I realized what was happening.My tears fell but I did not open my eyes and continued calling for William’s name.“My love… William, it’s me, Alana. Please, come back to me, my love. Please, fulfill your promise to me.”The stench of more fresh blood coming from Francine assaulted my senses but I continued shutting my eyes even when all I wanted to do is to stop it all.“Alana, do not stop calling for his name. William needs you now. Please, I can almost sense him. I can see him now. Please, call for his name again.”I let out a sigh and called his name over and over again. The hand for which I am holding ever so tightly started to have life again.My heart leaped, rejoicing because maybe, he is finally going to be alive again but all of that happiness went away when I heard the grunt of pain in Francine’s voice.It took all of strength in me and mental fortitude to let go of William’s hand and opened my eyes at her.Truly enough, I coul
ALANA“But your William is different. Way way different from all of them, Alana. He is the single person I met who can easily surrender his precious life for someone he loves. Back when he was a child, I doubted if he could ever do something for you because he tended to be selfish but I was wrong. He magically changed for the better when he began yearning for his mate.”She slowly rose up from the floor and offered me her hand with a bright smile on her face. “Alana, that’s the precise reason why I was here in this world. That is my purpose for living. I could live on and on for hundreds of years looking for someone like you and William and now is the perfect time. Child, you both did not disappoint me.”I accepted her hand while staring at her face, disenchanted by the happiness in her voice.She slowly led me to William and held the white cloth to remove it.“Francine!” I stopped her from doing what she intended to do. “What are you doing?”But she just smiled at me and assured me w
ALANA“Ahh!” I let out a growl as my tears and pain drowned me again.“Tell me, Francine,” my voice croaked as I tightly held her hand. “Am I really worth it? Does someone like me, an abandoned person who was hated by everyone I know, deserve someone like the alpha prince who’s loved by everyone? I should have been the one who died! It should be my body lying cold there because my existence in this world is abominable! It should have been me! Why does he have to save me when I am the monster that should have not been born in the first place!”Gentle hands wrapped around my face, wiping my tears slowly. “Alana, you are not a monster. You are asking me if you are worthy enough to be saved by the alpha prince, then it’s a yes, Alana. William did not hesitate to save you because he loved you. Sacrifice is the most noble thing a man can do to his woman.”She smiled at me and cupped my face again. “It’s a life worth living for him because he has met and loved you and you loved him back. He