WILLIAM“Alpha prince…” a guard outside Sophia’s room bowed before me.“Is she inside?” I asked as I took a glance at the watch.“Yes, alpha prince.”“Open the door.”They held the door open for me and I entered inside finding Sophia hungrily scraping for crumbs on the small plate where a moldy bread had been.“Alpha prince!” She jumped into her feet and wiped her mouth.Ivory has been holding up her food supply for two days now allowing only a slice of bread and a glass of water every day and I am totally up to it. This woman and her family did so much worse to her that I initially wanted her to die from hunger but Alana stopped me saying it would be too cruel.But this is actually the most lenient way to do it.“Are you here to save me, alpha prince?” She smiled widely and even brushed her hair to make her look good in my eyes as she clung into my arms, the stench of her breath reaching me. “William, I haven’t eaten for days now and it is because of the ambassadress. She is obviousl
KILLIAN“Where do you think you are going, Alpha Killian?”I clenched my jaws and turned back to the beta who closed the car door before I could get in.“I have to go to the palace to report something very important. A monster is walking among us that is going to threaten us all!”Lucas firmly stood on his feet while the royal guards surrounded me. “You need to go back. It’s the alpha prince’s order for you to go back to the mansion.”I faced the young man. I was once like him before-idealistic and treated the then alpha prince as the highest rule of law that is why I went into rebellion and won wars for him.“What I am doing is saving this whole state that is going to be destroyed by the monster! I am telling everything to the alpha king that the alpha prince is coddling the woman that is going to end us all! No one can stop me, young man, so if I were you, I would step aside and let me through. I am warning you, I am a very hard man to deal with.”“Yes, I know that,” a voice from ou
ALANAI woke up feeling groggy all over. On top of that, I am hungry, thirsty, and totally blank. The last memory I have is me talking with Alpha Killian that I think ended up so bad I do not know what happened after that heated argument.“Thank goodness you are finally awake. I thought you were going to sleep for the rest of the day and keep me here in your room just staring up at your beauty.”A smile automatically formed in my mouth when I saw William coming up from the small pantry in the room with two cups of coffee for the both of us.It has been his routine to come here to my room to bring me coffee or just food that we will eat together. Coming back feels bearable when William shows up. I do not care anymore if he can’t tell other people about me being his mate because his presence here is more than enough for me.I kissed his cheeks as he wrapped his arms around me and carried me onto the couch. “You must be kidding. I don’t even sleep for more than eight hours. How could you
ALANA“Alana, right?”I turned to my side and gave Cain a little smile. He’s been extra friendly with me throughout the entire day which I found to be amusing.He said he wants to be friends with me and I agreed immediately since I don’t have any other friends aside from Francine though I should be wary around him since he is still the alpha prince.I don’t think my status is enough to be too friendly around the royals of the pack.“Yes, my name’s Alana,” I said and continued walking down the hallway to my office. “You already know my name, right? You called me by my name this morning.”He smiled sweetly at me and put his hands at the back of his head scratching it in the process.“You are really amusing. You’re one of a kind girl because you make me smile. Do you know only the alpha queen has made me smile this year?”I glanced at him and shook my head. “I don’t think I should believe you. You are lying. You seem to be someone who can smile at anyone on the road.”He held his head ba
ALANA“Alana, aren’t you satisfied seeing me in this dark room for days now? When would you free me from here? Please, I also have a life to live! Let me go now! Tell the alpha prince that I want to be freed now!”Sophia hugged my leg and begged me over and over again to let her go. I visited her in the same prison that they held me captive for years to see her.She has not showered for days and it showed on her dirty clothes and stained teeth. The once elegant lady who parties extravagantly is reduced to someone who begs for scraps like I did before.I felt a bit dizzy seeing the same room that I suffered hell in and thought to myself how did I survive it.It’s only been a week since William dragged her here with just water to supplement her body but I told the servants to give her enough food, at least to not make her more depressed.I still want her to witness so many things I am going to do with her.“Sophia, do you still remember how I told you the same things when I was locked
ALANA“Are you happy now? Is this what you really want to happen? To see your own family who nurtured you throughout the whole of your existence beg for their lives back?! Is this what you really want, Alana?!”I just looked at my stepmother from where I was standing in front of the office while she’s down on her knees beside the door.She decided to camp here the whole day starting yesterday to beg me to let Sophia go. She wants all the people in the state to know how hard my heart is by kneeling outside and without anything to eat and drink. I don’t really think she can last for another day given her penchant for fancy food. I heard she also asked dad to beg with her but the alpha cannot take to do that because of his pride.“You did not nurture me, Minerva. You abused me. You, Sophia, and my own father.”There’s a shake in my voice while saying that I am actually pretty handling it well so it’s almost non-existent.Every day that I am trying to get the justice that I deserve with t
ALANA“Cain, take your hands off the ambassadress!”Lucas’ angry voice thundered across the room as I felt my dizziness going away knowing that Cain knew what William wanted to hide in the first place. I blinked my eyes to drive the shaky feeling and to focus my eyes on the two eager men in front of me.Lucas pushed Cain away and looked at me protectively. “Hey Lucas, no need to be harsh. I was just talking with Alana.”I saw Lucas hide me behind his back like what William always does for me. “You are harassing her already! I’m not going to let that happen. She is the ambassadress!”Cain grinned at the beta. “Really, Lucas? Is Alana really just an ambassadress?”His voice holds a lot of meaning in it and I could only surmise about what it is. Pulling up my neckline to hide the mark on my neck, I silently blamed myself. If I was only careful enough, then he would not know about William’s secret.“You are talking nonsense, Cain,” Lucas replied in a flat tone. “The alpha prince has not
ALANAI looked at Cain with a bated breath waiting for his response at William’s direct threat towards him.An array of emotions crossed his face. Anger, envy, and then back to mischief.“Alpha prince, you know I have nothing against you. I just discovered your secret accidentally and I do not intend to tell the alpha king about it. I am not some kind of a kiss and tell man. I respect you, William.”He even smiled at the alpha prince who stood as stoic and cold as him. “But I don’t respect you, Cain. Not at all.”Blinking my thoughts away, I raised my eyes at William who sounded a little too different for me. I always witness him acting all harsh and cruel to any man who comes at me but this time, it’s really different. Like there is something without me in the equation.Cain put his hands on the pockets and chuckled, fueling William’s annoyance of him. “Why? Have you still not forgotten about it? I did not take you as a man who harbors longing and regrets.”He glanced at me as if he
ARIA“This would be your room, lady.”The attendant of the alpha prince said after she opened the biggest room I have ever seen and motioned me to get inside.After entrusting me to the lady, the alpha prince left with Lucas in a hurry after they received the call.I can still hear the panic in their voices when they hear about it.“I would not be staying with the alpha princes’ room?”The lady’s mouth literally fell open hearing that as she shook her head repeatedly. “No, Ms. Aria. That would not be plausible since the alpha prince is already married.”I straightened my back and met her condescending eyes. “I know but still he brought me here to the palace. I know what’s happening between the couple. Their relationship is already on the rocks now. I will be the one to make the alpha prince happy which is something that his current wife cannot make him.”The attendant can only blink her eyes at my audacity to say that. “Just a word of advice, Aria. The wife of the alpha prince is a ve
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