WilliamIt was a tiring day for all of us after successfully taking back a few hectares that fell into the hands of a usurper. With a little bit of intimidation and a lot of diplomacy, we were able to secure back the land into the territory.We arrived at the castle way past dawn and on top of that, I missed the king and the queen who had an early appointment abroad for a new project they were brewing.“Is she still awake, Francine?” I asked my not-so-old nanny who has been by my side since I saw the daylight of this world.She is cursed so her face will not get old but her true age ranges play around a hundred-year-old already.She can’t help but giggle beside me. Francine is just some of the people who know about the identity of Alana. I did not reveal yet to my parents that I found my mate because I want to solve her case first. I don’t want the vultures to come at her throat while she is still adjusting to palace life.“She is not. She is in your bed waiting for you,” she uttered
AlanaWhat a wonderful morning waking up and seeing the alpha prince’s face the first thing in the morning, I thought while staring hard at his handsome face.He ended up sleeping here in the room while earnestly promising me that he is an honorable man and that I have nothing to fear in him.“I am never scared of you, William. I feel more secure when you are around,” I answered him last night which made his face red. I thought he’s running a fever.And now, gazing at his perfectly chiseled face made me wish to wake up every morning with him as my first view. I also want to go to sleep at night with him as the last thing I can see.“You can give him the most precious possession you have to make him happy,” Francine advised me yesterday so I painted him.That was my act of giving myself to him because for me, the only thing nice and clean I could give him is my talent of painting things into reality.He moved in his sleep so I pretended like I was still asleep.“Good morning, Alana,” h
Alana“Alana is the dearest friend I have whom I cherish the most, inspector. I know you are only after my welfare. All I am after is Alana’s welfare too. Whoever reported this to you need not to be worried because I can assure everyone that she cannot harm me and will not harm me.”I nodded and forced myself to smile at the inspector. “The alpha prince is right, mister. I am only his friend that he saved from the abusive household that I came from. Please, if my presence here would harm him, then I would willingly go-”“No one’s going away,” William said and took my hand in his hand again which the inspector did not fail to see. “As I have said, she is my dear friend and her security will be my topmost priority for now. She will stay in my room and you will never tell anyone about it until I make sure that she’s safe. Can I expect you to help me in keeping her safe for me, inspector?”The man swallowed the lump in his throat having been relegated to a task that he never thought would
William“Alana! Alana!”I ran to the balcony, to every corner of my quarters but I haven’t seen Alana. I even went to the garden and outside the vicinity of the castle to search for her but she is nowhere to be found.At that point, the beating of my heart is uncontrollable already. My head is throbbing and I felt so lightweight already.Cold sweat trickled down my neck and I felt so out of control of my whole mind. When I couldn't take it anymore because I felt like exploding thinking that Alana left the castle without me knowing, I ran back outside.“Francine, mobilize the troops. Alana is missing!”“Right away, alpha prince!”With the royal guards sneaking at every nook and cranny of the whole castle, I also did not stop from looking for her. I thought of every place she could have gone to or hide inside but everywhere I went, I was not able to see her until I reached the lake inside the castle’s vicinity.“Alana! Alana!” I shouted at the top of my lungs but my voice only echoed ba
Alana“Alana!”I turned to the window where the voice was coming from and smiled sweetly and waved at William silently who was knocking at the glass asking me to open it. I am afraid that my instructor in proper behavior will catch me talking to him while the lessons are ongoing but she is the one who nodded at me so I immediately leaped in my feet and opened the window.“Yes, my alpha prince?” I asked in a whisper to the man who reached for my ear and put a stem of rose on it.He is sitting on the ladder while my head is out of his room’s window.I blushed and giggled when he stole a glance at the teacher and kissed my head when he saw that she was not looking.He enrolled me into different classes under excellent tutors who taught me things that were only my dream when I was in the cell of the mansion. I was more than eager to learn everything because Francine told me that mates of the royal family often go abroad to get educated about the ways of being one but William took more eff
William“Francine, how is Alana?” I asked in the middle of the party that I threw for Belinda Crossworth, the princess of the north whom I was betrothed to.It was not a formal agreement between our fathers but it seemed like the princess is so thrilled with the idea that she is still holding it up until now.She requested my father to come here and the alpha king instructed me to receive her as our official guest.“She is alright, alpha prince.”I sighed and scanned the room. If only I could pull the time. I would really want to run back to Alana. I want to see her now. I wanted to smell her and to look at her puppy eyes filled with excitement once she sensed my presence. “Did she already eat? What is she doing now? Is she getting bored in the room? Please tell her that I will really go to her after a meeting tonight.”Francine chuckled seeing how excited I am even though we only haven’t seen each other for hours. “I am sure the lady will understand you, alpha prince. Alana is a ver
WILLIAM“Alana…”I pushed Belinda away to help Alana who was on the floor hurrying to clean the fragments but before I could come to her, Lucas and the other servants already came to her assistance.“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” she kept on murmuring to each and every elite guest in the party but not once looking at my way as if I did not exist in front of her.My heart hurts for her seeing how she kept on apologizing. Why does she keep saying sorry when I should be doing that? She’s hurt I can tell just by her mannerisms. That little fidgeting tells me everything I have to know and yet I am still here in the middle of the dance floor watching her scurry off back into the kitchen.“I will take care of him, alpha prince,” Francine said when she saw me going for Alana.“No, I will do it.”“But alpha prince…”Belinda caught my arm and made me turn back to her.“William, where are you going? It’s just a servant girl. Are you going to leave me just because of her?”“Watch your mouth! She is n
AlanaI cried myself to sleep that night knowing that I really have to leave the palace and William’s side once he married that beautiful woman.Yes, I am his mate but what could a mate like me do for him? My father doesn’t want me. He treated me like a slave. I don’t have a family. I don’t have anything in me for me to be worthy of William.I have nothing against the princess.I am nothing when compared to her.With a small bag in my hand carrying some clothes for me to last a few days, I sneaked out of the room to leave the palace.Droplets of rain pouring down on me but that doesn’t stop me from crying, the brief memories of me and William in the times that we have been together begin to assault me.I don’t know but leaving him like this hurts more than the abandonment of my own father.“Alana!” I heard William’s voice from my back but I did not stop and just continued walking beneath the rain with my head down, tears flowing together with the rain.I must have been imagining becau
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