WILLIAMGeorgia’s father and the rest of her pack left together with Alpha Killian and Minerva while the two women were made to stay in the palace.The wedding was called off and the alpha king needed to do everything to block the news from coming out. Even the fact that I have found my mate was prevented from being disseminated.I tried to protest against it using the fact that Alana is my mate but the alpha king already made up his mind that even my mother cannot convince him out of it.“Did everything go well?” Alana asked me while tightly wrapped in my arms.I sighed and relished at her scent.“Yes, yes. Everything is well, Alana,” I chose to say to assure her even when I am not sure myself.I believe everything will go well, I thought. I am positive around it.Everything will go well. It should go well. That has been my mantra until the two women began wooing me literally.“Who sent this food?” I asked when the maid placed the soup on my table. Alana is in her classes again and
ALANAWilliam’s room felt eerily silent from outside even when I was told that my mate had been waiting for me for our dinner together.Is he already asleep while waiting for me? Guilt washed over me when I realized that I hadn't spent much time with William.Aside from the fact that the queen luna is strictly supervising my education, my knowledge about my identity and the harm I could cause to William sometimes held me down against being together with him.Sighing, I raised my hand to knock but someone already opened the door for me. Smiling, I pushed the door open thinking that William must really love pranking me only to get shocked when instead of seeing William, it was Sophia standing before me in an act of coming out.Behind her are some men carrying William, obviously unconscious.In an instant, I entered the room, closed the door behind me, and glared at everyone.“What do you think you’re all doing?!” I roared, feeling a heat rising through my spine.They gasped as they slow
ALANA“No…” I continued shaking my head and clenching my hands to keep my focus. “Stop messing with my kind, Lucas! No matter what happens, I won’t give in to you! It’s William whom I love! He is my only mate!”I began plucking out my fur from my back while biting my own arm to concentrate myself from the pain and not to the hypnotizing feeling I am getting from Lucas.I will never be tempted to be his mate. I will never be his mate, ever!Blood started spurting out from my back and arm making me wince in pain. Tears blurred my sight and the scent of my blood interfered with my sense of smell making me a bit distracted from being drawn to Lucas.“Alana!” Lucas yelled with a tinge of worry when I saw his face contorted with pain.I’m sure he’s feeling the same kind of pain as I am.“What are you doing?!” he snarled in panic when he saw what I’m doing.I just looked straight at him and continued pulling out every fur that I get my hand unto. This is the only way I could get my mind stra
ALANA“Yes, that’s right, Alana. Excellent! That is how you do it!”I smiled and made my last turn before the queen luna and took a final pose.“Perfect!” She clapped her hands for me and stood up from her seat in the room where I performed ballet for her.I heard from William that the queen luna loves to dance before she injured her feet in a battle. I don’t want to argue that I did it out of just mere curiosity because I deliberately learned it to impress her.“Thank you, queen luna,” I said, smiling from ear to ear.Even though William kept me in the dark from them, I have never felt being treated negatively by her. Sometimes, I felt like she has this affinity for me because I am his son’s mate.“You must really be a fast learner to learn that routine that fast! Oh, your coda reminds me so much of when I am still dancing in the past.” She smiled and caressed my face. “Actually, I have been praying to the moon goddess all these years for William to find her mate so I could finally h
WILLIAM“Alpha prince!” Minerva stood up from her seat the second I entered the room hurriedly.I have to travel for hours just to come to the hospital where Alpha Killian is being treated to warn him to just shut his tongue-less mouth up.“What are you doing here, alpha prince? Is my daughter with you? Are you two getting along well?” Minerva asked in a joyful tone. “Is she doing fine, alpha prince? Can I ask where she is?”I threw her a cold look before saying, “Leave. I have to talk to your husband alone.”She blinked, embarrassment all over her face before nodding. “Yes, alpha prince.”I took the chair next to the pretending alpha and clasped my hands together. “I know you can hear me. This is the final warning to you, Alpha Killian. Stop whatever you are planning if you still want to live. Do not tell anyone about Alana if you still want your wife and daughter to live.”He snapped his eyes open and clenched his jaws. I know he wants to say something but he can’t speak anymore.“I
ALANAWe were all gathered around the bed of the queen luna where she is weakly laying down with the alpha king tightly holding her hand.When we arrived in the room, Georgia and Sophia were already there before us. Francine and Lucas also came with us.“Father, what happened to queen luna?” William sat down next to her mother and took her other hand. “Why does she fall ill suddenly?”“She was poisoned by wolfsbane,” the alpha king answered in gritting teeth. “The queen luna was poisoned by one of the people who have met with her this week!”All gasped in unison when we heard that. How could someone in the close circle of the queen luna do this to her? How can any of us here do that to her?The alpha king looked at each one of us intently. “I have a challenge for each one of you. The one who poisoned the queen luna must be here. I will give you one week to come out or any of you here can make him or her come out. If you fail my task, then everyone here in the room will get punished in
ALANA“William…” I whispered in disbelief.He is willing to take all the blame for me? My heart bled at the thought. He is willing to embrace being hated by his parents and the whole of the state just for me?The thought brought me dread even more.“No…” I shook my head wildly and stood up away from him. “I can never allow that to happen! You will be branded a traitor by your own father and will likely be banished to live as a rogue wolf! William, I can never allow that to happen!”He smiled at me and shrugged off his shoulders. “It’s okay. I could live as a rogue wolf for my entire life. I think I would love being one.”I gasped at him. Why is he lying to himself and me? Why is he doing this just to make me feel okay?“William, are you hearing yourself? How can I allow that to happen when I am the one who ruined you? If you did not find me in the basement, then you will still live your life by now. You will not be embroiled in this mess. Have you thought that ever since I came into y
ALANAAfter my conversation with William, I went to the queen luna’s quarters to check up on her condition but I was not allowed to get near her. All of the suspects in the poisoning are not allowed to so I just looked at her from the glass in her door.“I hope you’re going to be fine, queen luna. I hope you will wake up the soonest,” I whispered while gazing at her pale face.She is a very kind person. I thought she would not like me as the mate of her son because I am an ignorant lady but she looked past that and even taught me ger favorite ballet move.I saw and experienced her mother that I did not have.I sighed before turning my back just for me to freeze right in front of a pair of cold eyes of the alpha king.“Alpha king,” I greeted and bowed my head before him.“What are you doing here?” he asked in a monotone voice. “You should be out there searching for the culprit.”I nodded and clasped my trembling hands together. His presence is just too overwhelming for me. “I just took
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