ALANAWilliam’s grip of my hand tightened with warm confidence.“It’s not like I am deflecting the questions, father. I just want to protect Alana at all costs from people who are going to use her for her weaknesses.”He threw me a smile and shrugged off. “Whether this is a test or not, I know that Alana has a pure heart and she can never hurt my dear mother.”I returned the smile shyly as my cheeks blushed. William never failed to make me feel seen and assured.“Alpha king, that was just a test? For real?!” Sophia exclaimed in disbelief. “But I swear that we really found wolfsbane in Alana’s room! Are you just going to ignore that?”The alpha king looked at his wife to explain everything.“The rooms of the three of you have been purposely put wolfsbane into so you would accuse one another. The rest of the suspects were just used as decoys to prevent the three of you from knowing that it’s a test.” The queen luna gazed at me proudly. “I just did not expect Alana to be so selfless to t
ALANA“There is no way I would let you go though those tests successfully, Alana,” Lucas said the second he came into William’s room to guard me because my mate left for an important meeting that afternoon.I was busy researching what to do to let my wolf out because the second test will be happening two days from now.“It’s not for you to decide, Lucas. I am telling you, I am going to win these tests and justify that I am his mate.” I raised my head high to look at him. “I will marry my only mate, Lucas.”He groaned and caught my arm tightly. “I am also your mate, Alana! Do not put me in the sideline as if your body does not respond to me more than it did when you are with the alpha prince.” His eyes lingered on the fading mark on my neck. “William already had you for months and now it’s time that I will have you all for myself and I will make sure to erase every bit of your memory with him.”I felt electricity run through me when Lucas put his hand on the small of my back causing me
ALANAThe day of the second test arrived but I still don’t know how to shapeshift into my wolf.I don’t how I am going by with the reproductive tests now but I am still coming because William believed in me. Somehow, I felt like I would still find a way to do it.The venue is in the woods. Francine and Lucas are with me while Sophia and Georgia’s maids were with them as we looked on at the queen luna surrounded by werewolf guards already in their wolf selves.Francine also told me that the whole forests are being roamed by guards to ensure our safety as there are probably rogue wolves lurking around ready to strike us.There are tents and tables set up for the doctors that would examine our blood.“The test today would be the simplest out of the tests that I am planning to conduct. It is to know who’s the most likely to be the most productive out of the three of you to easily give my son, the alpha prince, sons and daughters.”The queen luna looked up at the full moon above us and ope
WILLIAMThe joy and elation I am currently experiencing died down like a flicker of a candle when I saw my mate turned back into her human form and fell to the ground.“Alana!”I transformed back into my human form and ran towards her and quickly scooped her up in my arms.My hands grew cold seeing the blood coming out of her eyes.“Alana, what’s happening?! Alana!”I gasped in misery when everything came crashing back into me. This is definitely the worst decision I have ever made in my whole life. I should not have urged her to transform drastically! Look what happened to her because of me!“Oh goodness! What did I do? What did I fucking do?!”I grabbed my robe on the ground and covered her nakedness with it.“William…” she stirred back into her life and even had the strength to smile at me.I breathed hard to keep my mind into focus. “It’s okay, baby. I am here. I am here with you. I’m sorry that I hurt you, okay?”She shook her head and tried to touch my face but she couldn't lift
WILLIAMI paced outside the tent while Alana was being treated inside by the doctors. They told me the bleeding has stopped and her slow heart beat has turned back to normal but she is still unconscious and so they are conducting a few tests to determine the reason.I instructed the head doctor to be pulled out of the treatment team of Alana but my mother assured me that he needs to be there. Apparently, he has the skills and I am going to swallow my pride in every way that I can to save Alana.“I should not have done that,” I said in gritted teeth while walking around the tent. “I should have never done that plan. Shit, that was the dumbest thing I have ever done in my entire life!”I sat on a log and palmed my own self in frustration, Alana’s blooded face is still very much fresh in my mind.I think it would forever stay there for the rest of my life because I failed her again this time.“What kind of a fucking mate I am to keep on hurting his own mate?” I muttered and clenched my h
ALANAI can feel the tight grip of his hands on mine and the pain in his voice when he started talking so I stayed my eyes shut to hear him. “I’m sorry, Alana. I know it’s my fault about what happened. I should not have forced you to shift into your wolf. I should have let you follow the natural course to transform.”I felt William’s lips on my head as he kissed me there with his trembling mouth.“I will accept all the lashes, Alana. I will accept them all. I just want you to live a life freely. I want you to experience the things you did not. I want to protect you with all of me. I don’t ever want you to have a glimpse of the hell those people gave you.”I heard how he took a deep sigh and kissed my hands again. I am an inch close to opening my eyes but I kept pretending that I am still asleep because I cannot take it to see the pain in his eyes. I cannot bear to see him keep on blaming himself for what happened to me.I don’t want to confront the fact that I felt the most excrucia
ALANAMy tears immediately welled in my eyes and despite my will to stop them, they still fell like rain drops.“Why is this happening to me? How can this happen to us?” I mumbled and sobbed.Why do I always feel like the heavens will never be by my side? Will I be forever oppressed? I just found my mate in the form of William who showered me with so much love. He just announced to the world that I am his mate despite knowing that I came from his family’s enemy and that I am a lycan.Filled with immense emptiness and sadness, I wilted on the floor like lit candles and wept. Don’t I deserve to be happy too? Is this really the way of living outside the dungeon?Why does it have to be so complex? Why does it have to hurt so much? I thought I would have lasting freedom and happiness once I’m finally out but it just became way too much now.William will definitely get hurt and that is the single thing in this world that I cannot take. He loves me so much and I love him so much but in our w
ALANAHand in hand, we went back to the main field where the queen luna, Sophia, Georgia, and the rest of the attendants and soldiers were waiting for us.“Alana, are you okay now?” The queen luna walked up to me and touched my face inspecting something on it. “You are still pale, Alana.”“I’m okay now, queen luna. Thank you so much for asking. I really appreciate it.”She stared at me again before sighing and walking back into her position to address all of us.“What happened to Alana is unfortunate but now that she’s back, we will announce the winner of the test.”She took a bouquet of flowers and handed it down to Sophia. “Sophia won the test successfully shifting into her wolf in a matter of seconds and coming in first place during the challenge.”Sophia excitedly received the flowers and smiled so happily. “Thank you, queen luna. That only means that I am more than capable of giving offspring to the alpha prince. Thank you for appreciating that, queen luna.”Even though I know I
ALANA“Alana, please!” Sophia was able to cling into my feet when the guards dragged her away through the chains. “If you still have conscience in you, can I appeal to it? Please, do not take my mother from me! I will not live away from her! I will not survive without my mother! Alana, do you really want me dead? Do you really hate me that much?”Without thinking for another second, I nodded convincingly. “Yes, Sophia. I hate you so much. I don’t really know why you are still asking me this when it’s evident from the very start that I hate you! I hate you for what you did to me and to William!”I glanced at Minerva who’s just staring at the floor with her eyes empty. I guess she could not believe that this was happening to them. Their downfall is here and she could not do anything about it.“I hate you and your fucking mother that I will forever curse your name until the end!”I can’t help but shed tears again knowing the dead cold body of my alpha prince is just in the other room in
ALANAI swallowed the lump in my throat when I realized what the alpha king was trying to tell.“Alana, you decide what you want to happen to him. We lost our son. The palace lost the next alpha king and that is our fault.”The alpha king took a long breath before staring hard at me. “Even before William told me, I already knew you were his mate and I knew your ancestry even before but you and my son could not happen. You and him should be spared from the pain of being with each other. It is not fair that you will both suffer from the sins of the past.”The queen luna caressed my back when my tears began falling. I had a hunch on it before but I did not let it dwell in my head because how can the alpha king let the grandchild of his enemy roam freely in the palace whilst not killing her?“And so, I decided based on what should be done but I failed to see the part where you both will fight for your love until the end.”The alpha king’s eyes began to turn red because of tears but he did
ALANAI blinked as my eyes widened in realization.“Francine!”I covered my mouth with my hands in surprise when I surveyed her body.I just really want to make sure that all I’m seeing right now is real.“You can move now and you can speak now…”I hugged her so hard in happiness. Somehow, it filled my heart with joy to the brim amidst what I’m experiencing now.With her being alive, I felt like I found someone to lean on and connect in these times.“Francine, you are back to your old self! How did it happen? Thank goodness!”Caressing my face, she smiled at me, reaching her eyes.“But not for too long, Alana. Not for too long.”My smile disappeared and my grip on her hands tightened.Is she going to leave me too? Is that what she meant by her words?“What are you saying?” I asked, panicking.I don’t think I would ever move on from William’s death. I don’t think I would ever afford to see another one of my most treasured people leave me.“H-Have you heard about what happened to W-Will
ALANACold and out of life, William remained in my arms for as long as I can remember. I just stared at his pale face emptily feeling nothing of his aura anymore.I did not let anyone near him. I would growl and snarl at every individual who might attempt to take him away from me.“I love you, William. I always will.”I watched as his life slipped away from him, taking all of my will to live too.Gathering up all that was left of me, I stood up and locked eyes with Zuleik’s dead face.“This is all your fault...” I whispered when I picked up the silver on the ground and ran towards his dead body.“This is all your fault!” I began stabbing his body using the silver, not caring if I am butchering him like a pig. “Because of you, William is dead! Because of what you did, I cannot hear his voice anymore! Because of you, we cannot make our promises for each other anymore!”The whole crowd stopped just to watch me kill Zuleik over and over again. I don’t care if I am literally butchering his
ALANAMy world literally stopped and time was frozen in my head. The only thing that registered to me is the cold body of William in my arms as I cried like crazy begging him to stay.“William, no… please no!”I saw how hard he started blinking hard to keep his eyes wide open so he could look at me.I gripped his hands as my tears began blinding me. I wanted to burst into more tears when I felt his hands in mine getting colder than ever.“William, you cannot give up now, okay? You are right. They are here now. The alpha king and queen luna defeated their enemies. You are right when you told Lucas that they are so strong together.”From a close distance, the werewolf soldiers are starting to overwhelm the remaining lycans. Headed by the alpha king and queen luna who are both in their magnificent white wolf forms, they quickly finished the enemies.I caught my breath when my heart began to tighten opposite of William’s essence that is already starting to be whisked away by the air. “Can
WILLIAMWe are beyond exhausted but knowing that we are fighting side by side brought so much hope to me.Shifting together never has been this fun. Killing together the enemies was never this justifiable.“Let me handle the back ones. Go attack the center lines!” she yelled at my back and I could only nod before shifting back into my wolf.I am the alpha prince who oversees attacks and war plans but being commanded by Alana felt so satisfyingly good.I just love it when she shows her alpha side to me.Just as she ordered me, I targeted the first line of defenses while she took care of the back ones of the never-ending supply of enemies.I am trying to get to Lucas who has that whistle in his neck that is used to control the lycans. If only I could get past these lycans and get to that fucking beta but their overwhelming number is making it hard for me to do so.Breaking their faces, biting their necks, throwing them at the ground, and killing them with my claws as I savagely growled
ALANAMy eyes connected with William and I smiled at him to assure him that I am fine. I got the attention of both the lycans and the werewolves which I really want to have to pass on a message.They may think that I am just pranking them but I trust that they know their history. Once I show them how I really look, they will listen to what I have to say.I gulped when I looked at William again. I trust that he will be there to calm me when I could not control myself anymore.Growling, I scratched the ground ready to get lost in the chaos. I just really hope that I could still recognize people although I know my wolf will always know it’s William.“Alana! No!” William shouted in worry as he jumped unto me and clasped my face gasping for air. “Do not transform! Not yet!”The second his hand landed on my skin, I instantly felt the trembling of his flesh.“Why? What’s wrong, William?”I was too confused because it’s the first time that I saw him react like this.He pointed at the horizons
WILLIAMI can still remember the first time that I met Lucas. It was in an orphanage. My father told me he is my cousin and beta according to our hierarchy, and that he will be there beside me as the second-in-command when I finally become the alpha king.I wondered why he was there and it was only two months later when I found out that his parents betrayed the alpha king during a battle so he was essentially a son of the traitors.As years went on, our brotherly bond grew that I forgot about it already. I love him as my own brother. I trusted him with all of my heart. I even thought of proposing to make him the alpha prince when I realized that my situation with Alana could get more complex and complicated.Despite that, why the hell am I hearing this from him?Why did he betray me this way?Why did he do that to Francine?Why did he covet someone that is mine?I scoffed and stared at him intently. I wanted to laugh hard but a grin only came out.“And why would I do that, Lucas? Why
ALANA“What are you doing?! Alana!”Sophia’s scream pierced into the bloody murderous night when she saw me approaching her with a burrow in my hand that I found in the corner in the middle of all this fighting.Her eyes widened and tears flowed down her cheeks when she realized what I was going to do.“Alana, please! No! Don’t do this to me! Help me! Free me, Alana! Please, take pity on me!”But I was too drunk with hate, too deaf to even listen to her words. I raised the burrow in the air and began plowing her hand with it.This hand who used to slap me, punch me, and pull at my hair should be punished.The first scream is pure agony while the rest sounded more of anger and loss of hope.She can’t move because of the steel slashing through her flesh. One wrong move from her and she would essentially get rid of her own legs if she tried to transform into her wolf.I never thought I could be violent like this. I never thought I could take pleasure seeing someone in pain.“Alana, stop