ALANA“I am done!” Georgia shouted and ran to the doctor carrying a petri dish in her hand. “This is the blood of the alpha prince.”The doctor inspected it and nodded. “Passed!”Georgia smiled widely and turned to me with a mocking smile on her face. “It’s so easy. I don’t know why the mate of the alpha prince is having a hard time. Does it mean that she’s really incompatible with the alpha prince?” she said before running to the other station.I just did not pay attention to her because I am too drawn into the fact that all I am smelling in these dishes is Lucas’ blood.“I am done!” Sophia shouted by my side.“Passed!” the announcer declared as my sweat broke out from my forehead because I still cannot pinpoint the basin that holds William’s blood.I feel so useless feeling this way because why the hell I cannot recognize my own mate’s blood? Despite the medicine, I should have at least sensed it because William and I are always together.I should have at least developed some sense
ALANAIt felt like all the blood in my body had been drained when I saw him staring back at me.Did he see how my body is rejecting his blood and scent? Did he see how difficult it was for me to drink his blood even when he knows that I am his mate?But he also knows your real identity, Alana. He knows that you are from the clan of his enemy and this is fate's way of saying that you will never be together, the small voice in my head said, rendering me helpless for the next seconds.He looked into my eyes pleadingly and shook his head at me. “Please stop it now,” I read his mouth. “I don’t want to see you suffering anymore.”I shook my head too in reply and took the vial in my shaking hands while not cutting off our gaze. No, I will never surrender. I will win this contest no matter what!In a heartbeat, I opened my mouth and drank the blood in the vial feeling the liquid scalding my throat.“Alana, no!” William screamed from the tower and jumped down towards me but the guards were qui
ALANAThe next thing I saw when I woke up was the purple color of the ceiling. I sat down on the bed and looked around the place. I am back in the dormitory and my whole body is aching all over.“Alana!” William called for my name and I immediately looked to the side of the room where he was standing, scrambling to get to me.“William…” I muttered and smiled in relief when I realized that it was all just a dream.I knew it. That was really just a bad dream!“William!” Just when I was about to jump in and hug him, I blinked and saw the real face of the person and I immediately stepped back into the bed.His scent does not belong to William.It was not William all along. It was Lucas. I was just imagining that it was the alpha prince.Lucas smiled as he walked towards me but I kept on stepping back, my tears already streaming down. I can no longer sense William in me even in the faintest thing.“Alana, I am glad you are awake now.” He held out his hand towards me. “Come on. We have to l
ALANA“Father, I am begging you! Please, let me be with Alana. I don’t care if I rejected her and she is no longer my mate!” He fell to his knees in front of his father and begged earnestly. “Please, let us go now. We will leave the palace and the whole state if you want to. We will live as rogue wolves. We will survive! Please, just give us your permission.”William does not look like the most composed and royal alpha prince that I know of. His whole body is drenched with blood and dirt, his clothes are torn at some parts, and the skin on his arms and legs are exposed with cuts on them.“This is just a momentary thing, William!” the alpha king exclaimed from his throne while being surrounded by alphas on his back. “Alana is just one of the many women that will come into your life. If you really want to marry a mate, then you can wait for the second mate to be given to you by the moon goddess!”“I refuse to accept any mate other than, Alana, father!”“Then you should have not rejected
TRIGGER WARNING!!! SUICIDE! DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU ARE TRIGGERED BY THIS CONTENT.ALANA“Let me through! Please, let me through!”I waded against the soldiers despite them restraining me from entering the palace but I was too persistent that I did not care even if they used their weapon on me.I was able to run past one of them and enter the grounds but an incoming soldier swept me off my feet and threw me back to the ground, literally breaking my bones.But nothing can keep me from seeing William. He is not dead! I believe once he sees me, he will wake up. He’s just sleeping and he will wake up in a few days just like what happened before. There is no way that he would be dead.I don’t care if he rejected me already. I don’t care about that stupid thing anymore. What matters is that I love William with all the heart in me.“I want to see him! William!” I called for his name desperately and crawled my way into them begging for them to let me in. “Please, let me see him! Please!”“Ms. A
WILLIAMA few years later…“The alpha prince is here! I said the alpha prince is here!”“Quick! We have to greet him!”“Evacuate the main street and do not look him in the eyes!”People scrambled across the streets in the middle of the entertainment district as they lined up on the sides of the establishments and greeted me with a bow.With my head held up high and a bottle of whiskey in my hand, I walked as slowly as possible and drank from the bottle from time to time.I am already way past my alcohol limit and my body is craving for rest already after successfully killing a few lycan from the north that tried to stir the peace.“How could a person like him change overnight?”“This is not the alpha prince that I admired so much.”“It must be because of his failed weddings. Rumors have it that the alpha prince changed so much after the marriages with Sophia and Georgia did not work.”“Poor alpha prince. There must be really something wrong with him.”Voices around me started irritati
ARIA“Please remember it. Please!”I tossed in my bed when that dream visited me again. I know I am already awake but cannot open my eyes because I want to see the faces of the two people who were chasing after me.“Please, remember it! please!”And then I opened my eyes, gasping for air when I felt like someone had pushed me down the valley.Sitting on the bed, I wiped off the sweat in my head and sighed.My plan is a wreck again. I did not get to see their faces again.“What’s wrong, Aria? Is it the dreams again?”I looked up at my attendant in my room who quickly handed me a glass of water.Gulping it all down, I nodded afterwards and stared out of the window where the lights from the other houses of the pack started to come to life. For us, lycans, our days can start as early as midnight.“Yes, Lola. It seemed like they were coming to me more frequently this time.”I stood up to open the windows and raised my head to the full moon above the sky.The dreams came in fragments months
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
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