ALANA“What’s even worse is you were betrayed by a person that you trusted so much.”I surveyed her sorry state from her unresponsive body to the emptiness in her eyes. “Francine, I am sorry that Lucas betrayed you to take me and William down. I know how you cared about him. I should have listened to you when you warned me before about him.”Back when I was returning to my village, she told me to be wary of Lucas. I did not realize what she meant until now.“I will do everything I can to help you. I swear I will return your life back to you.”Kissing her head, I uttered a small prayer before walking out of the room and seeing Lucas right outside the window staring at me suspiciously.I stopped in my tracks and arched him a brow as I felt my blood surging.“What are you looking at?”I walked past him while keeping the turmoil in me in check. I need to see William. I need to touch him to calm myself or else I am going on a rampage.“It’s impossible. I made sure it will be impossible,” h
ALANA“It’s okay. You are going to be alright. I am just here with you.” He kissed my head while he’s rocking me gently on his lap. We are on the balcony of his room relishing the air while I am still catching my breath from what happened earlier. “You are never alone, Alana. I am here. Always for you.”I sniffed his scent and felt my heart rate going down. Back then and now, he is the only one who can comfort me in the ways that I never know he can.“Did she trigger you?” he asked after a while of silence.“Yes,” I answered while listening to his heart beat. Counting his heart beat seemed to be a hobby that I could never get bored of. “But it should not be about her anymore. I should be able to control myself. If I always get triggered by her, then I am just giving her another reason to control me. It should be the other way around.”I looked up at him who’s already staring down at me. “I want to be strong for the both of us, William. I don’t want to be a burden on you. I want to pro
WILLIAMI marched into the halls with the alpha king and queen luna hearing the pleas of Sophia about Aria.“Alpha king! Queen luna!” she knelt down and cried hard to make sure she gathered their sympathy but only fools would actually believe her crocodile tears.“My husband, the alpha prince, has taken home a prostitute from the outside. He broke off our vows to be a faithful husband to me. The woman must have seduced him and I don’t want the next alpha king to be corrupted. Alpha king, queen luna, please let me ask you to throw this woman away from the palace and to punish her for seducing my husband!”“If there is someone who should be punished here, then that should be me,” I interrupted her train of acting and looked straight into the eyes of my father. “Whatever you want to do with her, do it with me instead. If you want to punish me, then punish me now. She did not seduce me. I seduced her. I am the one who brought her to the palace so she is my responsibility!”Sophia gasped a
ALANAThe news of the divorce between Sophia and William spread like wildfire inside and beyond the walls of the palace.Everyone just shook their heads and shrugged their shoulders as if they already expected it to be happening.“I told you that that woman would not last as the alpha prince’s wife. She’s too rude and acts like a prima donna when the alpha prince is not around.”I paused from walking for a while across the hall when I heard the servants chattering in the garden while they’re cleaning. I am on my way to Francine to visit her and make sure that she’s safe. William told me everything about her situation and how she’s been given medicine to keep her in her vegetative state.“I know just like Georgia. Is the alpha prince that cruel? He changed into a completely different person just overnight. I can still recall him smiling to every person that he met but he just changed too suddenly.”I blinked and sighed hard. My heart ached for William. He must have been so confused whe
SOPHIAI watched in front of the mirror as my wounds in my face healed completely before shattering it into pieces with a punch.The words of that whore still rung in my head like a broken recorder.“No! No! I should not be thinking about what that bitch said! She is just nothing!”I screamed and began throwing things at the floor. “She is just a whore! She does not matter to me at all!”I looked around the room to find someone to vent out my frustrations and anger into.“You!” I hitched the arm of my fucking servant and growled at her.“Lady Sophia…” She stammered and bowed her head before me but I grabbed her chin and forced her to look at me. I do not care if I broke her jaw now.She gulped down the fear in her eyes that I always love to see in the eyes of my servants. That's why I keep them close to me.“Tell me who is more beautiful!” I repeated again while my eyes are changing to read and the claws were appearing. “Me or that fucking whore of a woman!”“Y-You are so much much mo
WILLIAMPiercing howls filled the entire vast clearing under the moonlight as the ball was tossed in the air in the middle of the night. The two opposing teams quickly raced for who would be the first to successfully sustain the ball in their hands and reached the finish line.Lucas is clearly dominating it all and no one can match him in the field. He’s running past the players in the field at a lightning speed.“It seems like you are enjoying the game, alpha prince,” Peter said with a shaking voice.He is an omega coming from the lowest ranks in the pack and is more than happy that I chose him over the others who are too willing to be by my side to earn the favor of the alpha king.I don’t want that. I want their pure loyalty only for me.“No, I am not really enjoying this as much as I will be if I am in the games.”“I’m so sorry to hear that the alpha king asked you to sit out of the games, alpha prince. He must have meant nothing but good things for you.”“Good things…” I looked a
ALANA“Good morning,” I greeted William with a kiss and breathed into his scent the second he opened his eyes to me.Exhaustion is on his eyes again but I am not seeing any thoughts of surrender. He has gone to China to look for a cure but returned back with the same results.“It’s okay,” I said and pressed my head against him. “We will be fine, baby. There is no need to dwell in bad news.”The path before us is darker than ever with the alpha king yet to agree with the divorce between him and Sophia while Minerva is on the move against me. I heard she’s planning on seeing the queen luna to ask for a favor for what William did to her daughter.I have no idea what it would be but I know it will be about me.William and I both know that and sooner or later, we will have to face tougher challenges but right now, nothing can come between us from eating our breakfast together to give ourselves some sense of normalcy like before when I used to cook for him and wait for him to come home.I m
WILLIAMI looked at my beta blankly who’s standing there awkwardly following Alana’s back until she closed the door of the bathroom.“What do you want as early as now, Lucas?”I went to the closet and took out another robe and put it around me. “What did the alpha king want you to do this time? Isn’t it enough that he ordered you to spy around me? Does he want you to be my dog this time around?”He just clenched his jaws and shook his head. “None of that is true, alpha prince. I only came here to ask you to let me take Aria to the hall because the queen luna asks to see her.”“Why?” I asked, acting possessive all of a sudden. “What is the business of my mother snooping around with my woman when I am already single and available? Remember, that I am already a divorced man, Lucas.”“I deeply understand that, alpha prince, but your parents still considered you to be married to Lady Sophia. The alpha king is still not accepting your divorce.”I narrowed my eyes on him. “Are you telling me
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