ALANAI woke up feeling groggy all over. On top of that, I am hungry, thirsty, and totally blank. The last memory I have is me talking with Alpha Killian that I think ended up so bad I do not know what happened after that heated argument.“Thank goodness you are finally awake. I thought you were going to sleep for the rest of the day and keep me here in your room just staring up at your beauty.”A smile automatically formed in my mouth when I saw William coming up from the small pantry in the room with two cups of coffee for the both of us.It has been his routine to come here to my room to bring me coffee or just food that we will eat together. Coming back feels bearable when William shows up. I do not care anymore if he can’t tell other people about me being his mate because his presence here is more than enough for me.I kissed his cheeks as he wrapped his arms around me and carried me onto the couch. “You must be kidding. I don’t even sleep for more than eight hours. How could you
ALANA“Alana, right?”I turned to my side and gave Cain a little smile. He’s been extra friendly with me throughout the entire day which I found to be amusing.He said he wants to be friends with me and I agreed immediately since I don’t have any other friends aside from Francine though I should be wary around him since he is still the alpha prince.I don’t think my status is enough to be too friendly around the royals of the pack.“Yes, my name’s Alana,” I said and continued walking down the hallway to my office. “You already know my name, right? You called me by my name this morning.”He smiled sweetly at me and put his hands at the back of his head scratching it in the process.“You are really amusing. You’re one of a kind girl because you make me smile. Do you know only the alpha queen has made me smile this year?”I glanced at him and shook my head. “I don’t think I should believe you. You are lying. You seem to be someone who can smile at anyone on the road.”He held his head ba
ALANA“Alana, aren’t you satisfied seeing me in this dark room for days now? When would you free me from here? Please, I also have a life to live! Let me go now! Tell the alpha prince that I want to be freed now!”Sophia hugged my leg and begged me over and over again to let her go. I visited her in the same prison that they held me captive for years to see her.She has not showered for days and it showed on her dirty clothes and stained teeth. The once elegant lady who parties extravagantly is reduced to someone who begs for scraps like I did before.I felt a bit dizzy seeing the same room that I suffered hell in and thought to myself how did I survive it.It’s only been a week since William dragged her here with just water to supplement her body but I told the servants to give her enough food, at least to not make her more depressed.I still want her to witness so many things I am going to do with her.“Sophia, do you still remember how I told you the same things when I was locked
ALANA“Are you happy now? Is this what you really want to happen? To see your own family who nurtured you throughout the whole of your existence beg for their lives back?! Is this what you really want, Alana?!”I just looked at my stepmother from where I was standing in front of the office while she’s down on her knees beside the door.She decided to camp here the whole day starting yesterday to beg me to let Sophia go. She wants all the people in the state to know how hard my heart is by kneeling outside and without anything to eat and drink. I don’t really think she can last for another day given her penchant for fancy food. I heard she also asked dad to beg with her but the alpha cannot take to do that because of his pride.“You did not nurture me, Minerva. You abused me. You, Sophia, and my own father.”There’s a shake in my voice while saying that I am actually pretty handling it well so it’s almost non-existent.Every day that I am trying to get the justice that I deserve with t
ALANA“Cain, take your hands off the ambassadress!”Lucas’ angry voice thundered across the room as I felt my dizziness going away knowing that Cain knew what William wanted to hide in the first place. I blinked my eyes to drive the shaky feeling and to focus my eyes on the two eager men in front of me.Lucas pushed Cain away and looked at me protectively. “Hey Lucas, no need to be harsh. I was just talking with Alana.”I saw Lucas hide me behind his back like what William always does for me. “You are harassing her already! I’m not going to let that happen. She is the ambassadress!”Cain grinned at the beta. “Really, Lucas? Is Alana really just an ambassadress?”His voice holds a lot of meaning in it and I could only surmise about what it is. Pulling up my neckline to hide the mark on my neck, I silently blamed myself. If I was only careful enough, then he would not know about William’s secret.“You are talking nonsense, Cain,” Lucas replied in a flat tone. “The alpha prince has not
ALANAI looked at Cain with a bated breath waiting for his response at William’s direct threat towards him.An array of emotions crossed his face. Anger, envy, and then back to mischief.“Alpha prince, you know I have nothing against you. I just discovered your secret accidentally and I do not intend to tell the alpha king about it. I am not some kind of a kiss and tell man. I respect you, William.”He even smiled at the alpha prince who stood as stoic and cold as him. “But I don’t respect you, Cain. Not at all.”Blinking my thoughts away, I raised my eyes at William who sounded a little too different for me. I always witness him acting all harsh and cruel to any man who comes at me but this time, it’s really different. Like there is something without me in the equation.Cain put his hands on the pockets and chuckled, fueling William’s annoyance of him. “Why? Have you still not forgotten about it? I did not take you as a man who harbors longing and regrets.”He glanced at me as if he
ALANA“I didn't do it. Dad, I swear I did not do it!” I said right away when I entered the alpha’s office. “I can never do that to anyone. I am not the one who poisoned Sophia.”“Why would I believe you when I know you came back here to kill us all!?” He gripped my chin and looked at me savagely. “You are a child without any remorse at all! I raised you up! I let you eat my hard-earned food! I let you sleep in my house even though I do not have the responsibility to do so and now you are going to do this to my daughter! You have no shame, Alana!”“I can never attempt to kill anyone! I am not like that! Even after the abuse I experienced in your hands, I never thought of killing you all. All I want is for you to suffer and to reflect from all the evil things you did to me!” My voice broke along the way. “All I want is to hear apologies from you. Is it really that hard to do that?”I thought his heart will melt, that he will still find it in his heart to understand me but there is reall
ALANAI tossed and turned in my bed trying to find a good position to sleep but I cannot really find it. Finally, when I was exhausted from forcing myself to close my eyes, I sighed and sat down in my bed. There are just so many things going in my head right now.Sophia is still unconscious in the hospital and everyone in the mansion is blaming me for what happened to her. Rumors of me poisoning her circulate in the entire village that even the kids that I always visit in the outskirts are not coming out of their houses to meet me.“It’s okay,” I said to myself. “It’ll all be okay. Eventually, the truth will come out too. For now, I really need to sleep.”Hugging the pillow, I went out of the room silently and tiptoed across the hallway towards the end where William’s room is located.I did not dare to knock. He told me that every night, he keeps his door open for me in case I need something from him or I can’t fall asleep.I pushed the door open and entered the room where I immediate
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
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