CHRISI had hoped for a disconnection of our mate's bond too when Lucy pronounced those words. At first, I felt like my heart was going to shred apart for a moment but it was gone within seconds. She ran away into the woods with teary eyes when she realized that her rejection wasn't going to change anything about our fated bond. "We need to leave now my lord," Glen said. "We need to leave before anyone notices that you are gone from the pack."He was right, besides it was the death ceremony to honor the Omega that had lost his life during the attack on our pack weeks ago. The ceremony was to be held in a few hours and my absence would cause a fuss in the pack so we returned. Preparation had begun, everyone painted their nails with charcoal and mud and red clay in mourning.The time for the ceremonial rite began. The body of the late Omega was brought out and laid on the pyre we had prepared. The mage came forward to perform the spiritual rites, then he handed a torch to me.I lacked
LUCY"Father, when are we returning home? You said we would go back soon. I miss home," I whined.My father faked a smile and lifted me in his arms. "We have to stay here for a while until everything settles down at the pack," he said."What is going on at the pack? Is a war going to break out at the pack?" I asked.He smiled again, this time it was real. "You are too inquisitive for your age, Lucy. I'll explain everything to you one day.""Why not now? I'm old enough to know anything," I continued whining."I was asked to leave for something I didn't do. It was a misunderstanding and I'll make sure I clear my name so that you and mother can return home soon alright?""Lucy-"Lucy," "Hey, Nathan, what are you doing here?" I said, wiping the tears off my cheek. "Why are you crying? Did anyone hurt you?" Nathan asked."I'm not crying, something fell into my eye. Why are you here?""I haven't seen you for days now. Oh, how did the duel go between you and your mate,""He's not my mate!"
LUCYThe news of Chris' escape had gotten to the ears of everyone and a search party was sent to look for him knowing that he wouldn't have gone far due to the pain inflicted on him by Maverick and the rest. I was asked to remain in the pack while they went out searching for him. I noticed how everyone glared at me with contempt, some avoided me like the plague, I knew the reason for their behavior so I ignored them. I waited until the rest returned with the hope that they wouldn't find him. There was no way I could warn him since I had been restricted from leaving the pack.I was relieved when I realized that they hadn’t found him where he was hidden, I could tell from the devastation written on their faces and I knew there would be consequences for letting him escape but I didn’t care as long as he was safe.“I told you she wasn’t up to the task but no one listened to me. I’ve always known that you were incompetent,” Maverick yelled.“Let’s hear what she has to say about what happ
CHRISEveryone was surprised to see me after disappearing from the palace a few days ago, they must’ve thought something bad had happened to me. Two of my guards who had been with me at the time I was captured had been arrested and locked up in the dungeon where they were tortured because it was believed that they had a hand in my disappearance. As loyal as they were, they had refused to reveal the secret of my whereabouts to anyone, not even to my mother even after being tortured. I went immediately to the dungeon to have them released and taken care of before I headed to the courtyard where my mother was, sobbing. "What the hell happened to you?" my mother asked, wiping her tears off as I walked into the palace, bruised all over. She ran towards me and wrapped her hands around me and began to cry more, it was like she had been waiting for me for years. "I had something important to do, mother," I said."How important was it that you didn't deem it fit to tell me or anyone? The gu
CHRISEvery Alpha had many enemies, both known and unknown so I wasn’t surprised to hear that anyone would want me dead but I was curious about what she knew. There could be someone out there who must be eyeing the throne and would do anything to bring me down, maybe someone from the rogue pack.“Why are you telling me this? You’d be happier to hear of my death, won’t you?” I said. “As much as I would love to be free from this crazy bond, I can’t stand and watch someone else take your life. Find out what I need to know about my father and I’ll let you know all you need to know,” she said.I became confused, was she concerned about my safety, or was she only concerned about her father’s issue? I thought. “You should leave, I’ll look for you and discuss with you further when I find out everything about your father.”“You know where to find me," she walked off.I instructed the guards to lead her out of the pack safely before returning to my inner chambers to have a word with Lothar alo
LUCYAll my years of being raised as a rogue, the ideology we've always had were that we rogues had equal rights as well as other wolves. That was why we always went to war with other packs, to prove a point. Hearing Cade's desire to kill the Alpha came as a surprise, all we've always wanted was to win our spot as members of our various packs not to ignite more reasons to be seen as outlaws."Kill the Alpha, else I'll let everyone know about what you did," Cade said.I could sense the greed in him, he wouldn't want the Alpha dead if there was nothing in it for him. I was curious to know what it was so I asked."Why do you want the Alpha dead? Is there something in it for you?""The Alpha already has enemies amongst his elders, those that want him out of the way. He has been given a year to find his mate or else he would be dethroned," he said.I now understood why he was adamant about me being his mate, knowing it was against the law to be with a rogue like me."That's not enough reas
CHRIS Over the past few days, I found myself clinging to her. I couldn't wait for the next time to visit her again, all I could think of was her. I was no longer concerned about her being a rogue, all I wanted was her by my side as my mate. I bottled up my emotions whenever I was around her, that was the only way to not push her away from me but deep inside me, I wanted to tell her how I felt, how I wanted her close to me. As usual, I tried to sneak out of the pack when I was caught by my mother. She walked up to me with a frown on her face “Where is the alpha of this pack sneaking out at this time? she said. "Sneaking out," I scoffed. "Come off it, mother, I'm only taking a walk, I'll be back soon." "I've been observing you for days now, is there something going on that I need to know, son?" she asked. I huffed a sigh and wrapped my arms around her. "Nothing is going on mother, I am only going out into the woods for a walk. I have a lot to think of lately. I haven't found my ma
CHRIS I stood there as I watched her leave, I didn’t know if going after her was a good idea so I stayed back. I blamed myself for not controlling my emotions around her. Now I wondered if I was ever going to see her again.I stayed a while longer hoping that she might return but she didn’t and going to the rogue's pack wasn’t the best idea so I decided to return home. As I made my way down to the park, I felt I was being followed. but whenever I turned to see who it was, I found no one. The scent of this person was so familiar, I could tell who it was even in my sleep. “Kayla, I know it’s you. You can come out now,” I said.She creeped out of the woods with a smug on her face. “How did you know it was me? Here I was thinking I was doing a good job by watching you,” she chuckled.“What are you doing here? Do you know how dangerous it is to be out here alone?” I frowned. “I should say the same about you, what were you doing out here alone?” she asked, staring at me with those curio