ALANAI woke up that morning with a freshly picked bouquet of flowers and a note from William saying he’s going back into patrolling the borders. With a satisfied smile on my face, I prepared myself and went to work with an infectious kind of vibe that Lucas and Francine cannot help but notice.When I arrived at the office, I called one of the maids assigned to me to inquire about Ana. I brought the girl with me when I chanced upon her selling fruits on the sidewalk.“Did you see Ana? I was told she’s here in the office already. Where is she?”There is an unmistakable concern in my face knowing that she is not used in the mansion. She must have been lost in the woods.The maid bowed before me. “I am sorry, ambassadress, but Madam Sophia called her to be in her quarters. She said she had something to make her do.”My brows arched. Sophia? Why would she specifically get the child that is under my care?“Sophia? And can you tell me what are the things she wanted an 11-year-old to do for
ALANA“Madam Sophia!” the maids screamed in horror upon seeing the face of their beloved mistress being whipped by me.“Ahhh! My face! My beautiful face!” Sophia yelled in both agony and excruciating pain. “What the fuck, Alana?!” She turned towards the maids who were still huddled to the wall in utter surprise. “What are you doing?! Run outside and call for help! This woman is going crazy already!”“Take one step forward and I will make sure to order Lucas to kill all of you,” I threatened them even though I will never do it.“But ambassadress, that is Madam Sophia, the daughter of the alpha and his luna!” the maid who was feeding Sophia earlier answered. “We cannot let their one and only heir be lashed out like this.”“Heir?” I asked sarcastically. “Do you even know who you are talking to? I am the first and legitimate daughter of the alpha! If there is going to be someone who is going to inherit the throne, it is me and not Sophia who does not even have a drop of blood from my own
SOPHIA“D-Dad! D-Daddy!” I howled and began crying again when I saw my father emerging inside the door in the hospital where I am confined.He left the post a few hundred miles from the north just to see me.His face was marred with utmost fury especially when he saw the bandages on my face and body.“Sophia!” He hugged me so tightly and kissed my head. “Hush now, my princess. Daddy is here. Do not worry anymore.”“Daddy, it’s Alana who did this to me! She whipped me hundreds of times even though I begged her to stop! Daddy, I can’t believe she can do this to me! I am her sister and I love her so much!” I told him everything.Ever since I was young, I know I can rely on him. He has been very vocal in telling me that he loves me as his real daughter so I know that he will stand by my side again just like what he always does even way before.What Alana did to me is very unacceptable but I know daddy will exact revenge against her because I am his one and only princess.“I know,” he said
WILLIAM“William…” Alana gasped and clung on to my shirt and buried her face into my chest.I put an arm around her and pulled her cold body into me.She is shaking and sweating all over proving that she has been triggered by the presence of her angry father.I clenched my jaws and calmed myself because I would really love to cut off Killian’s head right now. How dare he terrorize my mate?! How dare he do this to my Alana?!“It’s okay, Alana. I am here now.”I gently looked into her eyes and smiled, comforting her in the process. “I will take care of it now. You go with Francine, okay?”She glanced worriedly at her father and shook her head. “I can’t leave you here alone with him. He is very angry right now and he might do anything to you.”I wiped the tears off her face and assured her by just laughing it off. “He cannot do anything to me, Alana. It’s not like I will allow it. Remember who I am, okay? I am your alpha prince. I am yours.”She nodded after a while and bit her lower lip
ALANAI kept on walking back and forth inside my room worriedly waiting for William.“Francine, will William be really okay? Will he be able to handle my father?” I broke into a sob when I remembered the look my father gave him. It was the same look he always gives me before he’s going to beat me up. “You saw how the alpha is looking at him. What if he’ll do something to him? Francine, I cannot let him hurt my mate! I should go to him now!”“Our lady, please.” She was able to hold me close to prevent me from going to the door. “Get a hold of yourself. Do you think the alpha prince will let the alpha hurt him? Please, trust him, our lady. William is not made out of cotton. That kid is a tough man and I know he will win it against the alpha for you.”“I have my full trust in him but I do not trust my father. Once, he tricked me into going outside only to capture me to parade me into the village people. I am afraid that he’s going to do the same thing to William.”Francine cupped my face
ALANAA soldier guarding Sophia’s room in the mansion stopped me from opening the door when I visited her to check up on her. “Ambassadress, you can’t be here. You are not allowed to be here. The alpha and the luna specifically ordered you to keep you from approaching their daughter.”I showed him William’s badge with his blood soaked in it. “I have the blessing of the alpha prince. Do you dare to go against his wishes?”He sniffed it and when it was confirmed that it was indeed the alpha prince’s blood, he bowed before me and opened the door for me. “I am sorry, ambassadress.”“Thank you.”I entered the room to a laughing Sophia watching television and chatting with someone on her phone. Her bandages are on the floor and her whole skin is already healed from the whip marks.That doctor and healer must have cost so high for the results to be this fast that I can’t help but feel some faint scars on my arms that are still there no matter how many times William’s doctor treats me.She sa
ALANAThe next day, I went into the stacks of expenses of the village to cut off some unnecessary costs when I noticed excessive spending the last few years. Millions of dollars are being cashed out to purchase these particular things.Getting up from my seat, I asked some guards and workers in the mansion to help me do the task for today.In the lavish living room of the mansion hung many many expensive paintings that one can think the whole place to be a museum.“Get all of the hung paintings here, please.”“Yes, ambassadress.”So for the next few hours, they carefully took the paintings from the walls one by one.As someone who loves painting and had been educated under the best art gurus in the capital, I know these costs more than what was declared in the papers. I planned on selling those to add up to the other programs for the kids in the rural areas.“Hey, what is happening?! What are you all doing?! Stop it!” Minerva yelled at the workers. “My paintings! My lovely paintings!
ALANA“Ambassadress, Alpha Killian is here again. Do you want me to take care of him this time? The alpha prince told me I will act based on your decision.”I clenched my hands together and looked up at Lucas who’s waiting for my decision. I know why he’s here again. It’s about what I did to Sophia and Minerva again. I am sure he is seething with anger again at me because I dare to hurt her own family.But I am his family too. I am his daughter but why is it too easy for him to hurt me? I asked in my head but did not get any answer.“Let him in,” I said and finally decided to face him this time.Sooner or later. I know we are still going to see each other. I just cannot continue avoiding him forever especially when I am trying to take my justice.My father, the alpha, should pay the biggest price for tormenting me for years.I have to face him. I cannot just hide in William’s back forever. I just can't let him endanger his life for me.“Are you sure, Alana?” Lucas asked, surprised tha
SOPHIA“Open the door for me and tell my husband that his wife has prepared breakfast for him,” I ordered the guards at William’s door.“I’m sorry, Ms. Sophia, but the alpha prince is not here.”“My mood immediately turned sour when I heard that. “Why? Where is he? I thought he would stay here in the palace to take care of that crippled woman?”I faced the guard squarely to intimidate him to tell me the alpha prince’s whereabouts. “Tell me where my husband is right now!”“Unfortunately, I cannot do that, Ms. Sophia. The alpha prince commanded us not to share his location.”I growled at him but he doesn’t seem to get fazed by it. “I am the wife of the alpha prince! I am his luna so when I tell you where my husband is, you will tell me! You understand me?!”But he just looked ahead and did not answer me anymore. To my annoyance, I reached for a glass of drink from the tray that my attendant is carrying and splashed it all across his face.“I am the next queen luna of the state and the w
ARIAI pulled back my hand from his touch when I felt like I had been licked by fire. What is that? Why do I feel so intense while under his gaze and touch?I just fell to my knees before him and bowed my head. “You are the alpha prince. You can do anything you want with me.”I gritted my teeth when I said that not because I am disgusted by the thought of it but I am more intrigued and in awe that I am actively looking forward to what he’s going to do with me.That is a gross thing to cross my mind given that I already have a mate who wants to get me back and marry me.“Stand up,” he commanded me.I did and met his eyes in the process. There was an obvious hunger in his eyes as he looked at me that I forgot for a second that I am wearing the same dress that I wore last night to ‘entertain’ him.“You already have a mate so I know that you already have an experience on how to pleasure a man.” He flicked the strap of my dress and it fell through my shoulder down to my arm exposing a part
ARIAWe passed on mini forests, rivers, lakes, and even big houses before the massive palace of the alpha king came into our sight.My heart skipped a beat when I saw the modern castle. Just like the alpha prince and Lucas, it also felt too familiar to me as if I lived there for years.Lucas stopped at the back door and a guard put a robe on his body as he shifted back into his human form.“You are not supposed to be seen by anyone inside so you have to wear this,” he said and put a veil around my head. “The alpha prince specifically wanted you all for himself,” he said as if that is against what he’s currently feeling.“And I would do the same too if I have someone like you as my pastime.”I did not like what he said so I slapped his hand away from touching my face any further and arched my brows at him even though I know he will not see it anyway because of the veil.“It’s okay to be a woman and be someone’s pastime rather be a man and sulk why no woman wants him. I heard you don’t
ARIAIt’s been weeks since the alpha prince ordered me to be kept in the brothel but not even his shadow of him showed up.Cleaning the place and cooking for the customers do not pay my bills anymore that are starting to pile up since I am still staying at the VIP room of the alpha prince. I asked Stella if I should move out but she did not agree saying that she will be punished by the alpha prince if she did that.When another week passed without the alpha prince coming for me, that’s when the reality of what Selene weighed on me.Maybe she’s right. I should not have believed the alpha prince after all. I am just a prostitute in his eyes while he’s got everything in this world. If I want to kill him, then I should not let myself be swooned by him.“Aria, prepare yourself now and entertain the customer in room 303,” Stella ordered me the second she barged into the room.I immediately stood up with a hopeful smile on my face. “Is it the alpha prince? Is he back to get me now?”Stella j
WILLIAMThere is something about her that I can’t put a name unto. There is something about that woman that I cannot forget her eyes and her sweet holy voice.It felt like I have been talking with her for the whole of my lifetime. It felt like I knew her but I am certain as the moon above us that it’s the first time I saw her. A striking face like that is something that I cannot forget.And I didn’t get to have her name. I sighed and tickled my tongue against the roof of my mouth.“No worries, I will surely go back to her.”Lucas looked at me inside the car, his face wondering what the hell I am saying. “Did you say something, alpha prince?”I grimaced at the sound of his voice and opened the window of the car to breathe some air. I remembered being so attached to Lucas before but I guess something went wrong along the way because I sometimes had the urge to pierce his face or his chest when he was sleeping.That is morbid and uncalled for but I really don’t like him at all. I am just
ARIAWhen the alpha prince left the brothel, I was immediately put to work by Stella. Since she cannot make profits on me because I cannot take up new customers, I need to do some errands and complete jobs for her.“Keep on brushing those carts Aurora,” Selene, the current biggest money-maker in the house, mocked me while I was in the back of the kitchen doing everything to brush away the stain on carts.“I guess you will forever stay here in the kitchen for the rest of your life. Do you really think that the cruel alpha prince would come back for a prostitute like you?” She laughed and jabbed a finger on my head. “I don’t know who raised you, but they sure know how to put some fairy tales in your head. A lowly woman like you won’t have any chance with the alpha prince. Wake up, Aurora. He won’t come back for you. you are just delusional to stay here.”I stopped washing the carts and glared at her. I have so much mission on me more than dealing with this diva being threatened by me.“
ARIAI gasped silently when I finally looked in his eyes. Even without the lights on, I could see embers flying through me from his gaze and for a split of a second, I wanted to run away from here when my knees trembled.The aura of the alpha prince is unlike anything that I have ever sensed before. And what puzzled me the most is I am not at all scared of him. In fact, I felt like I wanted to touch him to ease this longing that I didn’t know I could feel for someone other than my own mate.“Come here,” he drawled, his eyes roaming around my body that is barely covered by the silk dress.I moved one step at the bed and stopped right in front of him with my face burning with shame.“Interesting,” he whispered as he stared at me. “Now, show me what you’ve got. Take your clothes off.”I jerked when he said that and clenched my hands as tears began to drench my eyes.Aria, you have to do this! For the sake of your pack! You have to do this to get justice! Still with shaking hands, I pull
ARIAEven when I am kilometers away from the village, I knew something was amiss. Something is just not right and I soon realized that my instincts were right when I smelled the flesh burning.My heart skipped a beat as I ran faster to my home. The burnt flesh drowned my nostrils as a small smoke coming from the houses became visible in my eyes.“No…” I reached the village in a few minutes and I could only do nothing but stare at it in utter shock.The bags of plastic fell off from my hands while my tears streamed down my face.I just went to the market in Roan to buy our supplies and this is what I’ll be coming home to? Our village was practically on ashes now and our people… our people were murdered and burned!“Aria! Aria!” Lola called my name while wailing on the corner mourning her own brothers that were burned, holding the hot skulls in her hands.I went up to her and cupped her face. “Who did this, Lola?! Tell me!”“The alpha prince and his guards! They killed all the adult men
WILLIAMJust as I expected, after the scene I made in the village of Roan, my father, alpha king, called for me.For the past years, it has always been like this. My father would try to give me the hardest tasks in the palace to try to tame my barbaric ways but I always overcome the jobs easily and I come home victoriously.“I heard that you terrorized the villagers again, William,” he said in a cold tone while in his throne in the hall. “What is it this time, William? How did this come into this?!”“I did not,” I said, shrugging while being uncomfortable in front of his gaze. Or is it the place? Every time I come into the hall, the hair in my nape always stands up. “If you still insist, then you could call for that person who reported me so he could tell me about that face to face. Or was it a she? I don’t know. That doesn’t matter, right?”The alpha king clenched his jaws and breathed out a sigh harshly and motioned for my mother by his side to deal with me.The queen luna rose up f