ALANAI slapped his hand away from me when he tried to touch my neck again. All that I am hearing now from him is making me feel so disgusted. I remembered what Francine warned me about being careful and I am more than shocked to realize that Lucas is one of those people that I should be careful with.“You are lying! There is no way my mark from William is fading. And what are you saying that you will have a chance on me?” I scoffed to show him that I am not a bit scared or intimidated by him. In fact, I am really trying to hate him now more than ever. “No, that will never happen, Lucas. I am only for William. He will be my first and last mate. I would die first than allow a second chance mate in my lifetime.”I raised my head even higher and fought his gaze resolutely. William and I have come a long way. I am more than willing to fight alongside him. I don’t care if everyone becomes my enemy as long as we are on each other’s side.Lucas laughed and brushed the side of his hair as he
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
ARIA“Z-Zuleik…” I stepped back while holding my breath when my back was literally on the cliff already. One wrong move and I could be a cold shredded meat in an instant.“Did you know what I went through just to penetrate the boundaries of this fucking palace just to find you?!” he said in gritted teeth. “Did you know that that fucking alpha prince whom you have been munching over with is holding Lola hostage?!”He grabbed my arm burying his nails on my skin. “You are my mate, Aria! You should have been with me! But what are you doing? You are busy fucking with him behind my back while your people are suffering!”He yanked me onto him while letting the shovel fall into my feet making me winced in pain but he just dismissed it coldly.“Did you know that you are fucking selfish? I sent Lola to get you and look what you put her into! She was captured by the alpha prince!”I grinned and tried to strip his hand off my neck. I don’t really like everything that he said to me now. I know it
ARIAI burst into laughter when he said that. That is actually the most absurd thing I have ever heard in my entire life and it’s the first time I heard about it.“Mates rejecting each other? Alpha prince, are you high on something? How can you be a mate to someone and reject her? You are just making me laugh with your useless lame jokes. Stop it. No one would believe you.”I turned my back ready to leave him in the cabin when he spoke again.“Alana, you and I are karmic mates because you are the granddaughter of the former alpha king that my father slayed.”I blinked and turned back around to see the guilt written all over his face.“What the hell are you talking about, alpha prince? What is this again? Why are you like this? Why are you inventing impossible things like that?”He remained in his place, his eyes fixed on mine as fear and determination crossed his eyes.“I regretted not telling you sooner because I am scared of the repercussions. I am afraid that the truth will take yo
ARIAMy eyes widened in shock when I saw the ruthless alpha prince that is feared by everyone outside and inside the palace shed his tears right in front of me.“Alpha prince!” I exclaimed when I didn’t know what to do. “Alpha prince, what are you doing? I didn’t mean to say those words. I was not thinking. I am taking them all back.”How could I ever properly think of doing or saying something when he is slowly going into his knees while his tears keep pouring?“You are right. I lost her because of my cowardice,” he said in a shaking voice while staring at me. “I lost my woman because I was not decisive enough. I promised to protect her when I rescued her from that godforsaken place but her life did not get any better in my hands. She suffered while being with me. She suffered because of me because she will always choose to protect me over herself.”He gasped and reached for my feet to touch it gently.“I saw how hard she struggled so we could be together but it’s already too late. I
ARIAThe ride back to the palace is riddled with a good tension with the way the alpha prince is holding and caressing my hand tightly.I just knew with his sticky gaze that something will go down the drain today and it’s definitely our clothes peeling off from our body.“Take us to the cabin,” he commanded the driver who turned the car around.I still saw Lucas’ car stopped as we passed by it.When we reached the cabin, I did not think twice and pulled him to me and kissed him passionately.I do not know why I am doing this and if I am kissing him right but I still did it anyway.The alpha prince froze for a second when I caught him off guard but he took control of the pace right after.Setting me up on the table, he settled in between my legs and cupped my breasts inside my top unceremoniously.I let out a gasp inside his mouth and opened my lips bigger for him to give him more access.Like all the other things and places in the palace, his kisses are also familiar.I know I have ki
ARIALucas bowed before us, his eyes still fixated on our hands as he greeted the alpha prince.“Alpha prince, forgive me for saying this but you should not be out and parading Aria. The alpha king is wary about your sudden changes. You have a wife, alpha prince. It is not good to see you with the other woman.”But the alpha prince just opened his hand just to grip my hand tighter. “Lucas, since when did I take up any of your ill advices? I am the alpha prince. I know more than you do.”The beta stood straight and looked into the eyes of the alpha prince, a move that I reckoned is a direct challenge to the alpha prince.The atmosphere got intense and I found myself analyzing the situation. The alpha prince and the beta are known to be so close to each other so I do not know the reason why they are looking at each other like they’re about to transform and tear the other up.“Alpha prince, I was put up by the alpha king to monitor your actions because he found you to be incapable of mak
ARIAI filled my lungs with the scent of the plants in the laboratory and smiled to myself.I’m feeling so at ease and comfortable in this place as if I belonged here.The medicine on the racks, the books about healing, and just the smell of the plants in this huge room are enough to put the biggest smile on my face.“Now, this is what we call heaven,” I muttered to myself while touching the equipment in the area.I don’t really know about the intention of the alpha prince to bring me here but I will never complain because I just love it here. It felt like I belonged here.“I think I have held this before,” I said while caressing a microscope. “And these books right here, I think I read them all before.”Closing my eyes, I walked slowly to the shelves of books touching every single one of them hoping that I would remember something.I do not believe the alpha prince when he insinuated that I am his mate but something right now has clicked in my head and I would just like to discover w
WILLIAMI bowed before my parents when I arrived at the hall. “Father, mother, you are back.”My mother ran up to me, opening her arms towards me giving me a tight and big hug. “Oh, my son! What’s with the cold treatment my alpha prince?”She chuckled but I cannot return the enthusiastic treatment since the betrayal of what they did to me is still fresh in my mind.I don’t think I could ever forgive them for what they’d done to me and Alana.The alpha king grunted in his seat while staring at me.“I heard from Sophia that you brought home a woman.”I laughed bitterly and shook my head in annoyance. “And she did not fail to report that to you.”My father stood up, his brows furrowed because apparently, he wanted me to be the best husband there is for someone that he knew right from the very start that I despise because of what she did to Alana.That, to me, is one of the biggest betrayals he can do against me on top of manipulating me to forget Alana.“William, I already told you to be
ARIAThe kiss deepened as he carried me and laid me down onto the grasses where he cupped my face and literally devoured my mouth like he has been deprived of contact for years.“You are back into my life and I could not thank the moon goddess for safely bringing you back into my life,” he said while caressing my face.His voice is cracked as if he is going to cry at any second. Pressing his forehead on mine, he sniffed my scent and aligned his breathing with mine.“I’m sorry for forgetting you, my love. I’m sorry for letting you alone all those years that I am not with you.”I immediately pushed him away the second he said that and sat up while fixing the strap of my dress.What the hell is he talking about? Although my heart and body are reacting positively to his touch, his words confused the hell out of me.What the fuck is he talking about? Is he talking about fated mates? But we are not like that. I already have a mate and it’s considered to be a jinx. And royal werewolves are k
ARIAI know something was different when I woke up and found the alpha prince just staring softly at me from the other side of the bed.His eyes are only fixed on me with a certain glow on them as if he wants to tell me so many things but forced himself to shut his mouth up.I never saw him like this and it kind of warms my heart to see him looking at me this way even when it sounds so delusional and out-of-reality kind of thing.“W-What happened?” I asked while sitting up. “What are y-”My voice trailed off when I found myself in his arms being tightly hugged by the alpha prince in an instant. He pushed me back down to the bed and settled his nose in between my neck sniffing me in the process.I was caught off guard but I did not move and just let him embrace me in the gentlest way possible.“I miss you so much. I miss you so much,” he whispered in my ears while kissing my head.I pushed him back but it’s like moving a big boulder rock. “Alpha prince, what are you talking about?”I c