ALANA“Francine, is William here? I think I heard his voice outside,” I said, all dressed up after taking a shower.Francine took me to William’s room for me to change. I would not want to in the first place because I want to stop William from doing whatever he wants to do with Cain.I can see it in his eyes even without telling him what happened.Francine shook her head and smiled at me. “No, the alpha prince is still not here, Alana.”She turned her back to me. “Please eat while the soup is still hot, Alana. You lost weight there. You can now breathe a sigh of relief now because William has woken up. He is safe now.”I took a seat in front of a table full of delicious food but I cannot will myself to eat any of them. I don’t have an appetite and I will never be able to eat anything until William is right here with me.“Francine?” I called her in a low voice.She looked at me and was surprised to see me crying. Kneeling before me, she asked, “What’s wrong, Alana? Why are you crying?
ALANAI stirred in my sleep when I heard the opening and closing of the door and William’s scent filled his entire room.“William…”I ran towards him and practically threw myself to him.“Oh, my Alana. Do you miss me that much?” he said jokingly while chuckling as he cupped my butt and walked back to the bed where he lay me down.I lifted my eyes at him and couldn't help myself but kiss his lips. I wanted him to know how much I miss him and how glad I am to know that he is finally safe. I felt like words were not enough and kissing him, pouring my emotions towards it would suffice.He accepted my kiss in an equal fervor as we got lost in the heat of our bodies.“Aw,” he spoke in a low tone when I accidentally pressed a little too hard on his body.We got so drowned with our desire that I almost forgot that he just got surgery on his chest.My eyes widened as I immediately got up and checked up on him.“Gosh, I’m sorry William! I’m so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you!” I apologized pro
ALANA“You must be Alana.”I immediately jerked from spacing out in the garden and turned to my side to see an ethereal-looking woman smiling at me.“Yes?” I asked softly wondering how a beautiful woman like her is talking to me. “Who are you if I may ask?”Her smile got bigger and her eyes disappeared as she extended her hand towards me.“I heard you and the alpha prince are very close to each other. I want to be as close with him as you are to him too.”She took my hand and shook it in a very friendly way. “I am Georgia Berkeley from the pack on the south.”She looked around the palace and sighed hard. “I miss home but I am slowly trying to get accustomed to myself here. From now on, this will be my permanent home. I’ve asked around about the alpha prince and they all told me that I can ask the three people who are closest to the alpha prince about the likes and dislikes of the alpha prince to know more about him. You are one of the three alongside Lucas and Francine.”“The alpha pr
ALANAI ran towards the hall without any care of what I look like. If my instincts are right, then William is asking me to trust in him whatever happens which translates to me being there witnessing how it will happen.I crossed the huge lawn towards the hall where the great doors are already closed. Panicking because I might not make it, I doubled my speed but stumbled on the stone on the ground.“Alana!” Lucas, who came out from nowhere, readily helped me to get up and shake off the dirt on my legs.“Thank you so much, Lucas,” I said and moved away from him to continue my journey.I cannot be late to the ceremony. I have to be inside the halls now.But Lucas caught my arm to stop me. “Where are you going?”“To William. I will see him. I need to see him.”Pity registered in his eyes as he tried so hard to conceal it. “But William is not here, Alana. He left for a business meeting. He will not be back until tomorrow.”I smiled at him and slowly pulled my arm from his grip. I am thankf
ALANAWhispers and low voices hung in the air.“See? I told you already that there is something between them.”“I knew it all along. That is why the alpha prince has been protective of her from the very start.”“Who is she?”“The alpha prince rescued her from an abusive household.”“I can’t accept that the alpha prince waited for his mate for someone from a questionable background.”The last statement I heard from the crowd pierced right into my heart causing me to try to free my fingers from William but he only clasped it tighter as if he’s never letting me go again.Everyone was in a standstill waiting for the alpha king and queen luna to say something.Georgia, the supposed bride of William, is standing in the middle of the hall confused by the happenings with her mother by her side comforting her.“William, what are you doing?” I whispered in his ears when I suddenly felt small in front of the queen luna and alpha king who were staring at me.The queen luna seemed a bit surprised
WILLIAMI felt Alana’s hands immediately turn cold when she saw his family kneeling before the alpha king begging at us for me to reject her. I clasped them tightly around mine to warm her and to assure her that I would never reject her even if the blood moon turns red.“Alpha king, please make the alpha prince reject Alana!” Minerva said and knelt before my father too.“Yes, please alpha king!” Sophia said and fell to her knees too. “Alana is just going to ruin the alpha prince’s life!”“Alpha king, please let the alpha prince reject Alana! We are begging you!” the two chorused.I am seething with fury looking at these three begging for me to reject my mate. Their pleas are ridiculous because I could never reject Alana no matter what happens. No one can make me reject her.“Escort all the guests outside! Now!” the alpha king ordered the guards who speedily led the audience to the exit leaving me and the rest of the persons involved.“Now tell me what this is all about, Killian. My so
ALANAI paced inside the room back and forth while biting the end of my finger. I want to go back to the hall to know what happened with William but Lucas won’t just let me. I am already dying with worry reading the inexplicable concern in Lucas’ eyes.Francine also went inside the hall to be with William, fueling my racing hearts more.A few minutes went by and I couldn't take it anymore being inside the room while William was there so I let out a deep sigh and mustered my courage to go out.I’m sorry William but I have to disobey you this time.I opened the door ready to argue with Lucas but instead of seeing the alpha prince’s beta, it was Georgia crying and hurrying to get inside the room.“Alana…”And what she did after made me gasp hard. Georgia bent her knees before me and kissed my feet while sobbing hard.I knelt in front of her too in an instant and pulled her up in shock. “Georgia… What are you doing? Please, get up.”Some guests walking in the hallway stopped to peer at us
ALANA“My father is a former trusted general of the former alpha king before the current alpha king shred him into pieces in the battle to claim the throne. That is why, the alpha king is still suspicious of my father about his loyalty so my wedding with the alpha prince should happen. During that time, the current alpha princess, your mother Athena, is engaged to the lycan king and is already pregnant with you,” she revealed in one go.My forehead creased in confusion and disbelief. What is she talking about? It’s impossible for it to happen because my father is Alpha Killian, not the lycan king she is talking about! My mother loves my father so much!“My mother only loves one man in her whole lifetime and that is my father, Alpha Killian! You are telling me lies so I would be forced to ask William to reject me.” I inhaled sharply when my chest began constricting. “That would never happen, Georgia. I will not be separated from William no matter what happens.”Georgia sighed and took
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
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
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
ALANAGetting up with my body shaking all over, I ran to the bathroom and looked for anything to cover up the mark on my neck.I found my make-up that I used to put on my neck before to hide William’s mark. I never thought that I would get to do the same thing again in a very different situation but this time, I really want to hide this hideous mark on my neck.“It’s okay, Alana,” I said to myself while my tears were falling as I’m trying my hardest to steady my fingers. “He still hasn’t fully claimed you. You did not transform in front of him so he cannot really say that I am his mate.”The powder fell out from my hand as I slowly sank into the floor with my hands on my face, crying my heart out.“How can he be my mate when I don’t want him at all? Moon goddess, William is my only mate. He is the only person I love! He is the only man that I would ever love forever!”“Ms. Alana.” A knock stirred me out from the turmoil of my emotions. “We really have to go. The test is starting and t
ALANAJust as William promised, he brought me to the dormitory himself before night fell but I did not let him come in because the guards were at the entrance ready to stop him.As much as possible, I would not like to see any scuffle involving William now that we are down to the series of last tests to have the right to call myself his future wife and luna.“I’ll wait for you in the cabin tomorrow,” he whispered in my ear in high spirits, the smile in his face stretching from his mouth to his ears.I giggled as my cheeks burned remembering how he took me over and over again without caring how others might hear us from outside his room.We stopped by a few meters from the dormitory while we were both tightly clasping each other’s hands.“Please, take care of your health for me, okay?” I asked him dearly. “Prioritize yourself. Don’t always worry about me because I am a strong person now, William. You made me strong enough to face all these.”He kissed my head and nodded at me. “I promi
ALANAThe seconds felt like forever upon hearing William ask that. I was the first one to move and grasped his face.“Are you okay? Feeling better? Do you feel anything weird with your body? Tell me, William. Please, tell me.”I did not know that I was already crying. I just realized it when William sat on the bed and wiped the tears on my face.“Tell me, Alana. Tell me what’s wrong.”I just bit my lower lip and hugged him tightly. “No, nothing is wrong, William. I…” I breathed a sigh of relief and closed my eyes to focus only on his scent even when it no longer feels the same way. “I am just really glad that you have woken up now. I thought you will be strapped in your bed again for days just like what ha-”My voice shook when I remembered that he was unconscious in his bed for days because of me. I thought that would happen again to him despite Francine assuring me that he’s fine.I felt his hand on my hair brushing it gently and kissing it with all the love in him for me.“Nothing
ALANA“Alana, it’s time. I have to take you back to the dormitory,” Lucas said from my back while I am still holding William’s hands.He is still not waking up but the color on his face is back. I peered into the bandage in his wrists and found a big deep wound there that is still bleeding.“William needs to do that for the prayers to be more effective.” That is what Francine told me as her answer. “Do not feel any guilt, Alana. He is just doing what I know you will do in a heartbeat for him.”Yes, she is right. I would do the same thing for him but still, I can’t help but feel guilty knowing that he was hurt again because of me.“Alana…” Lucas put a hand on my shoulder to which I yanked off as quickly as possible.“Don’t touch me!” I glared at him. “You disgust me, Lucas.”He clenched his hands to control his temper from exploding.“I did not do anything to you. In fact, you are the one that is making it hard for everybody, especially William. Alana, the mark on your body indicating
FRANCINE“William!”I was able to catch him into my arms before he completely collapsed on the floor.Unconscious, I slowly put him on the floor and began treating his wound. His hands have been tight and cannot do anything because of his parents pressuring him to stay away from his mate during the test.He can’t see or even touch his own which for every werewolf with a mate is a torture. They said they’d rather die than go through the agonizing pain of being separated.As for their case, William is more attached to the bond with Alana because werewolves coming from the clan of the current alpha king are known to be monogamous.“Alana…” William murmured in his sleep after I finished putting up a bandage on his wrist.He is hurt. He is too hurt now that even breathing right now feels like your whole chest is being burned.I carried William out from the shrine while the attendants were starting to clean the blood in the area.When I reached his room, I gently laid him down on the bed an
ALANAWe arrived at the white shrine of the moon goddess in the middle of the forest where two sacrifices in the form of a cow and a goat were already there on the foot of the moon goddess’ statue. Georgia and Sophia were already done and given that their animals were half-devoured, it was a no-brainer that their ancestry is spotless and they are very much capable of being William’s wife harmoniously.“Alana, please present your sacrifice to the moon goddess,” the high priestess of the moon goddess ordered me when I just stood there unmoving, my mouth wide open looking up at the statue in awe.So, this is what she looked like in her version.“S-She looked so immaculate. She looked so beautiful,” I whispered in the air while in a trance. “This is my god. This is my goddess. This is our goddess.”And she is a fair one.“Anyone who tampers with the result will be punished by the moon goddess so make sure there is no intervention that happens,” the high priestess warned me before leading