ALANA“I don’t want this! I don’t want you, Lucas! Why do I have to be married to someone like you?!” Sophia slapped the beta’s head and continued her train of yells at his face. “I want the alpha prince, not you! I want William so why the fuck do I have to end up with you?!”Lucas’ face heated, seizing Sophia’s arms and gripping them hard until they bruised under his grasp.“If you don’t want me, then let me tell you one thing! I also don’t want you to be my wife! I don’t want a bratty spoiled bitch like you to carry my name!”She pushed her away and threw the glasses to the floor. “Who told you I want to carry your name?! I don’t ever want to be the mother of your fucking children? Being your wife is the most disgusting thing I have ever experienced?! I swear Lucas, I will not be married to you in a few days! I will also divorce you!”The beta just laughed bitterly at her as he gulped down the whiskey. “Do you think any sane man would want to marry a woman like you? You don’t have a
ALANAI just sighed and settled myself in the hard frame of William when his arms enveloped around me. We were back in the cabin just looking at the serene crystal lake.“You have been thinking for a little over an hour now.” He kissed my neck and sniffed my scent. “Do not worry about my father. I will be there with you.”I faced him and put my arms around his waist.“That is not what I am actually thinking now. I have so much faith in our love that facing the alpha king is not something that would scare me now. I could even tell him the truth and I would not flinch. That’s how much I trust this love we have for each other.”Running a finger through my hair, he gazed at my face lovingly. “What are you thinking? God, I want to sacrifice everything just so I could have access to your head again.”He chuckled afterwards but I answered him seriously.“Alpha Killian.”His smile disappeared and his arms around me got tighter.“Why are you thinking about him?”I took a long breath before ans
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
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
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
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
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
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 stared at the tiny notebook in my head with trepidation.I am holding the key to the truth about my identity. Here, in these small pieces of my paper lies the secrets to my past.Putting the photo of my parents back into my pockets and breathing hard, I opened the notebook and read the first words written by blood on the first page.The scent of an old-age blood similar to mine flared into my nostrils and made my hair stand up. I looked at the alpha king who turned his back on me to give me privacy as I continued reading the words.“If you are reading this right now, then you must be from my blood, from the cursed blood that should not have existed in this world.”I paused and gasped hard when I felt that old feeling again-that feeling of abandonment and being unwanted.Even though he did not meet me, even though he was not able to see my face, he already rejected me. Just like everyone who knew me in this world except William, they do not want me to be alive. Everybody is jus
ALANAI glanced at the queen luna who gently nudged me to the direction of the alpha king outside the hall.“Go, Alana. He will tell you everything you need to know.”She gripped my hands and tried very hard to keep the tears from falling but they still came out like a dam cascading down her face.“My son loves you very much, dear.” Her voice started trembling. “Until the end of his breath, he still chose to protect you.”She touched my face before sadly smiling. “I’m sorry because I was too weak and complacent. I was not able to protect you and my son. I let my husband, the alpha king, do what he thinks is right and just. I am a worthless mother. I do not deserve to be William’s mother.”I held her hands and shook my head. “Queen luna, do not say that. William is very proud to have you and the alpha king as his parents. He always talks about you with me. He said you will be a wonderful mother to our kids.”My voice croaked knowing that that will never happen again. I will for sure sp
ALANA“Alana, please!” Sophia was able to cling into my feet when the guards dragged her away through the chains. “If you still have conscience in you, can I appeal to it? Please, do not take my mother from me! I will not live away from her! I will not survive without my mother! Alana, do you really want me dead? Do you really hate me that much?”Without thinking for another second, I nodded convincingly. “Yes, Sophia. I hate you so much. I don’t really know why you are still asking me this when it’s evident from the very start that I hate you! I hate you for what you did to me and to William!”I glanced at Minerva who’s just staring at the floor with her eyes empty. I guess she could not believe that this was happening to them. Their downfall is here and she could not do anything about it.“I hate you and your fucking mother that I will forever curse your name until the end!”I can’t help but shed tears again knowing the dead cold body of my alpha prince is just in the other room in
ALANAI swallowed the lump in my throat when I realized what the alpha king was trying to tell.“Alana, you decide what you want to happen to him. We lost our son. The palace lost the next alpha king and that is our fault.”The alpha king took a long breath before staring hard at me. “Even before William told me, I already knew you were his mate and I knew your ancestry even before but you and my son could not happen. You and him should be spared from the pain of being with each other. It is not fair that you will both suffer from the sins of the past.”The queen luna caressed my back when my tears began falling. I had a hunch on it before but I did not let it dwell in my head because how can the alpha king let the grandchild of his enemy roam freely in the palace whilst not killing her?“And so, I decided based on what should be done but I failed to see the part where you both will fight for your love until the end.”The alpha king’s eyes began to turn red because of tears but he did
ALANAI blinked as my eyes widened in realization.“Francine!”I covered my mouth with my hands in surprise when I surveyed her body.I just really want to make sure that all I’m seeing right now is real.“You can move now and you can speak now…”I hugged her so hard in happiness. Somehow, it filled my heart with joy to the brim amidst what I’m experiencing now.With her being alive, I felt like I found someone to lean on and connect in these times.“Francine, you are back to your old self! How did it happen? Thank goodness!”Caressing my face, she smiled at me, reaching her eyes.“But not for too long, Alana. Not for too long.”My smile disappeared and my grip on her hands tightened.Is she going to leave me too? Is that what she meant by her words?“What are you saying?” I asked, panicking.I don’t think I would ever move on from William’s death. I don’t think I would ever afford to see another one of my most treasured people leave me.“H-Have you heard about what happened to W-Will
ALANACold and out of life, William remained in my arms for as long as I can remember. I just stared at his pale face emptily feeling nothing of his aura anymore.I did not let anyone near him. I would growl and snarl at every individual who might attempt to take him away from me.“I love you, William. I always will.”I watched as his life slipped away from him, taking all of my will to live too.Gathering up all that was left of me, I stood up and locked eyes with Zuleik’s dead face.“This is all your fault...” I whispered when I picked up the silver on the ground and ran towards his dead body.“This is all your fault!” I began stabbing his body using the silver, not caring if I am butchering him like a pig. “Because of you, William is dead! Because of what you did, I cannot hear his voice anymore! Because of you, we cannot make our promises for each other anymore!”The whole crowd stopped just to watch me kill Zuleik over and over again. I don’t care if I am literally butchering his
ALANAMy world literally stopped and time was frozen in my head. The only thing that registered to me is the cold body of William in my arms as I cried like crazy begging him to stay.“William, no… please no!”I saw how hard he started blinking hard to keep his eyes wide open so he could look at me.I gripped his hands as my tears began blinding me. I wanted to burst into more tears when I felt his hands in mine getting colder than ever.“William, you cannot give up now, okay? You are right. They are here now. The alpha king and queen luna defeated their enemies. You are right when you told Lucas that they are so strong together.”From a close distance, the werewolf soldiers are starting to overwhelm the remaining lycans. Headed by the alpha king and queen luna who are both in their magnificent white wolf forms, they quickly finished the enemies.I caught my breath when my heart began to tighten opposite of William’s essence that is already starting to be whisked away by the air. “Can
WILLIAMWe are beyond exhausted but knowing that we are fighting side by side brought so much hope to me.Shifting together never has been this fun. Killing together the enemies was never this justifiable.“Let me handle the back ones. Go attack the center lines!” she yelled at my back and I could only nod before shifting back into my wolf.I am the alpha prince who oversees attacks and war plans but being commanded by Alana felt so satisfyingly good.I just love it when she shows her alpha side to me.Just as she ordered me, I targeted the first line of defenses while she took care of the back ones of the never-ending supply of enemies.I am trying to get to Lucas who has that whistle in his neck that is used to control the lycans. If only I could get past these lycans and get to that fucking beta but their overwhelming number is making it hard for me to do so.Breaking their faces, biting their necks, throwing them at the ground, and killing them with my claws as I savagely growled
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