Alexander’s POV
Becoming the alpha that day became the biggest change in my life. I had people bowing down whenever I passed; I could have any maiden of my choice. The life of the Alpha was something I wouldn't give up until I died. Who would? This power was something I had always longed for.
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A few months passed, and I had gotten used to the royal life. To my utmost surprise, I was informed that Jasper was still conscious. They had found him breathing when they went to retrieve his body. His wound had been healing slowly but barely enough to heal him completely, so they had taken him to the healers mountains to get him back into shape.
"I thought it was a fight to the death. You could have left him there to die."
"The main elder ordered to save him says he's going to be useful to you, my Lord." The messenger who was assigned to deliver the message had his head down. Who would look the Alpha in the face?.
"Oh, really? I really regret not delivering that final blow. I was a fool for leaving him like that," I murmured to myself while drinking my broth. Having someone like Jasper around would be good. He was one of the few I trusted besides my mom. Being a skilled fighter, he would be of good use.
When he was completely healed, I summoned him to the palace, appointing him as my beta and right hand. I wanted him to be closely by my side, assisting me to take over Oceana. He didn't show any sign of objecting to the position when I appointed him, and since then he has been by my side.
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(Current Day)
"Everyone's curious about who's going to be your mate tomorrow; the whole pack's talking about it."
"Of course, haha. Who wouldn't want to know who the Alpha is going to get mated to?"
"Have you felt a bond yet?"
"The bond stuff is a rumor."
"I was serious about feeling the bond, Alexander."
"I thought you were talking about sex."
"I never said anything about sex."
"You said sensation, Jasper; what do you think my mind went thinking about?"
"Oh, what a wild mind you have got there." He stared at me with an eyebrow raised. , "You tend to not take things seriously. How do you even rule the pack?"
"That shouldn't be your problem, Jasper." After sipping a significant amount of broth, I sat on my bed. "The only thing we should be worried about is how we are going to convince the Lugry Pack to join hands with us."
"The last mission you had assigned to me, we ended up destroying a good amount of towns despite the fact that their Alpha still insists on not partaking in the war."
"You only destroyed a good amount of towns, and he still didn't budge. Hahaha, he's really good. Really good. Two days after the ceremony, go back; this time, destroy more than usual, enslave anyone you see, and bring them back. If he tries to go to war, he's sure to know the fact that he can't go against us, so he will only have the option of cooperating with us; take with you twenty thousand soldiers; that would be more than enough.
"Yes, my Lord," he said in a low tone. I knew he never vouched to partake in the mission. Being a soft one, he loved people more than himself. I had to show him the other side of the world.
"You can go now. You don't have to worry about me not feeling any bond. We will all see who she is tomorrow," I said as he walked out of the room, closing the door.
"That goddess better not play games with me." I took the last slip of broth, dropping the glass cup on the floor. Taking a deep breath, I could sense the aura of different maidens everywhere in the palace. The palace had so many beautiful maids, all curvy and tempting; thinking about it gave me a hard time. It seemed the broth had heightened my senses or something, because all I could think of was getting off.
I laid down on the bed, my whole body ached from the stress of the day and I realized I needed a massage.
As a royalty I had masseurs all lined up and ready to give me a relaxing massage but for some reason I did not want just any experienced masseur.
I thought deep, I could get a relaxing massage from anyone or anywhere but for some reason I wanted someone naive, someone who was nothing in ranks and could never say no, let alone be able to stare at me.
Making a call, I summoned my personal maid, Stella, who had been assigned to me since I became Alpha. She was blonde, had light silvered hair, which she put in a ponytail, and embedded on her face were eyes as red as fire. She wasn't that beautiful, but she was a perfect candidate. With a breath-taking curvy figure, she was the perfect one to have before the ceremony.
She knocked on the door as I gestured for her to come in. I had been waiting, desperately and patient, since I called.
She walked in with her head laid low. It was obvious she saw my vulnerability.
"Look at me."
"I can't, my Lord, you."
"Are you trying to disobey my orders, Stella? Do you know that disobeying me would mean treason?
"I would never disobey your orders, my Lord. It's just."
"You don't like what you see?"
She didn't seem like someone who would throw herself at me when she saw me.
"With all due respect, my Lord, I am just your personal maid. I don't think I am supposed to help you with anything that does not involve my jurisdiction, my Lord.”
This wench was getting on my nerves. It wasn't right to do something like this to my personal maid, but my heart weren't telling me so. It was like I was no longer in control.
I began walking towards her; five feet away from her, I brought out my claws, to show her just how scary I could be.
I was the almighty Alpha that everyone feared, my orders should never be disobeyed. Anger filled me as I thought of the fact that my lowlife maid had dared to disobey my orders and act all high and mighty like she meant a single thing to me.
I was going to make her regret turning me down, she was just an ordinary maid. She should be honoured that I even summoned her let alone consider her for something like this.
"You should have obeyed when you had the chance, Stella. It seems I will have to punish you for that."
Lyra’s POVI had crushed the doors of the room to find myself at the ceremony; how is that possible? I turned around to find the room where I had come from, surprisingly. It was the room where the chief maiden had almost beaten me to death. No way!! I was just running away from Sasha a minute ago. I had so many questions running through my mind.I had to run away to get away from whatever Sasha had planned to execute on me. And some way or another, I ended up back at the palace after breaking through the door. Was it a dream? It felt like my mind was playing with me. I prayed it was just my mind playing with me as I decided not to think about what happened with Sasha and face the problem at hand.I finally left my thoughts to find everyone looking at me. Everyone, including the main elders and the chief priest, It was very obvious that I had disturbed the ceremony, as everyone gave me that look. I never wanted this kind of attention. "I am really sorry, hehe. You can continue, she sa
His words rang loudly in my ears like a constant echo that I had begun to see the words boldly written on that face of his.Who did he think he was to reject me just because he was the Alpha? My tears poured on my cheeks like rain, and my eyes hazily ran through my drawers, searching for my clothes. The room was too dark to see anything, not even myself. Crashing hard on the ground in frustration, I screamed into my palms over my mouth. It would have been further embarrassing for anyone to hear me cry. I doubt they cared that much anyways.Looking up at the half moon reflecting on my face, my hoarse voice bitterly complained. “You really do not give me a choice for anything, huh? Not even about my mate? Are we not all equals to you too?”, My voice broke with each fully formed sentence.“Why did you have to take me so high up to make me crash? In front of them, in front of him!”, My anger had turned into pleas and grieviances.“There is no place for me here, moon goddess. I have to
The sun rays flowed through the silk curtains, landing directly on my shut eyes. Groaning in annoyance, I rolled over, turning to the other side, when it suddenly hit me.Pressing my body into the soft texture of the bed, my eyes instantly flew open. I slowly blinked them, trying to adapt to the strange environment. This was definitely not my room. Staring into nothingness for a while, it all began to flood back into my head. I had gone to drown myself in a bar…and I had met a man. My eyes rolled down to my uncovered body, which laid fully unclothed.Right. I had sex with a stranger. Not just any kind of sex. But my first time at that.I stretched out my wobbly feet on the carpet, going straight to the bathroom. There, I stood motionlessly in front of the large mirror, admiring the hickeys on my neck. Although the memories from last night still played hazily in my head, which was a different kind of pain. Especially the man. I could not recall how he looked like. The only thing that
If death was a person, then it would definitely be him. The fun fact is, he was here…in my room.His icy gaze penetrated through the thin covers, where I lay, pretending to be asleep. He could always go back the same way he came. I would not deliberately ask for death.“Your lips are quivering, little girl”, his cold hands grazed my thin lips, making me jump in fright.How did he get so close to me already? My heart flipped over a million times as I wearily stared at him, from the door where my back was glued to.“Why so scared now?”, his voice sounded as faint as a whisper, which was more dangerous to my ears.The pressure in the room increased the weight of the silence, crushing me from the inside out. My lips were unable to form a word, so I wisely kept my mouth shut, with my eyes still stuck on his imposing frame.“So, I learnt of your disappearance throughout the night, until late this morning”, he made himself comfortable, leaning on the half-collapsed table beside my bed. “What
'Dear moon goddess, I had never lived my life wrong! How could this happen to me?’, Lyra inwardly wailed, staring into thin air, without blinking. Alpha Alexander's fists turned white as they clenched the arms of his chair with mixed emotions, but all screaming rage. There were no words to save herself from this mess. She deeply regretted not being the first to know about this.“Do you know the gravity of the disgrace you have caused me?”, His voice thundered uncontrollably, still echoing in her ears even after a minute had passed.“Speak up girl! You didn't strike me as a mute person the other night”, She shivered uncontrollably, with tears glistening in her eyes. Her life was already this bad, and she was going to bring a child that would meet the same fate as her? All these while, she had held resentment towards her mother for throwing her into the hands of people who did not care for her, but the realization seemed to hit her now. “I did not plan for such a mistake, my lord”,
By the time they arrived at the huge manor, the sun had begun to rise. Before she had a chance to say anything else, she was already surrounded by several maids.“They'll show you to your room now my lady”, he kissed the back of her palms with genuine affection, before leaving her gaping at his disappearing back.Soon, she was ushered into a room, almost as big as Alexander's courtroom. She could not get to see much as her torn clothes were taken off her body by the maids, brushing her skin clean in the huge bathtub. About an hour later, she was gently tapped by one of the maids, informing her that it was time to put on her clothes.Her eyes instantly cleared up, as she reluctantly got out of the bathtub with an inward sigh of regret.It took another whole hour before she could finally see her reflection in the mirror. Her lips were slightly parted open at her own self, Including the maids as well.This was the first time her fair skin shone brightly since all her years alive. The si
After consoling myself with a good cry the previous night, I felt pretty indifferent towards today.The outcome of today's events was pretty known to me already. I grew up with Athena's parents. They treated me just as the members of the pack did. They never paid any attention to me. Not even my health or feeding.I was first a maid in their home, before coming to work in the palace at a young age still. According to them, I was of no use. And they could not care about what a person like me ate.I had too much responsibility. Even though I did all the chores. Ran all the errands. Still ate just once throughout the day. It was crumbs. Scraps from the leftover food on their plate, when I washed them at night.Most times, Athena would intentionally throw the few scraps in the bin in an attempt to mock me.She would tell me to go find my parents and stop living off her family's table. One time, she pushed a plate full of food to me at night. As I did not eat throughout the day. “Here,
Time passed swiftly in the palace for me as it was already two months since the bloody incident. I lived my day half-alive these days. My overnight chores had neither stopped or reduced. I walked around the palace with swollen eyes and heavy feet. People had gotten used to the news of my pregnancy by now but still took every chance to mock me whenever I was within sight. I was grateful for my baby still alive within my stomach. It was my best friend already as I was bonding by talking and humming happily to it.The almost frequent orders to Alexandra's court had ceased since that day as “I soiled his fine carpets with my stinking blood”.I was too relieved not to go through those doors ever again.As for Athena, she had not stopped targeting me since she now fully lived at the palace. She not only ceased the privilege of my meal time, but also threw my few belongings out of the room assigned to me as a maid working in the palace.So, the cold and I became officially one. On this