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
The air wasn't just meant for birds.The conversation drew a longer thread between them. Alpha Tristan buried himself in the pack matters and unnecessary meetings. They both still cared for each other a lot deeply. But secrets had its way of weaning distrust. Lyra had not still come to trust Alpha Tristan with her past as it truly did not matter to her. She knew about the war between both packs. It had been her lingering fear. Would his love for her be greater than a war that did not even involve her? She could not trade the love she now had for anything, but secrets.As much as he hated the Crescent moon pack, he knew he would forgive Lyra if she told him the truth. Alpha Tristan itched to hear the truth from Lyra, which was why he clearly asked to dispel his doubts.But her eyes and lips told two different tales. He was hurt. How could she not trust him till now? He was going to make her his Queen already. Alpha Tristan's bedroom was now completely abandoned. Although Lyra's nec
Their bodies glistened with sweat as Alpha Tristan lay motionlessly on her, their heavy breaths filling the room. Laura is not at all surprised by his amount of energy tonight. She willingly surrenders herself even more to him every time.He rolls off her in exhaustion, while she flashes a smile towards him.Seeing no hint of irritation or resistance from him, she knows his guard against her is completely pulled down. Drawing closer to him, she gently strokes his wood, enjoying the feel of it as it responds to her touch.“My lord”, she softly calls out while he groans in response. His eyes remain tightly shut, slipping his fingers into her hair.“There is something you must know”, her strokes increase slightly as she carefully observes his face for a reaction.“And what is that?”He was not pleased that she wanted to bring up a conversation while they were having a good time. His wood itched to ram in and out of her again.“She is from the crescent moon pack”Hearing the name from h
The eyes only speak the truth.Locky's intense scrutiny did not miss Laura's expectant gaze. He definitely knew her. Ha! Lyra had better braced herself for her arrival at the palace. Yes.. because she was not leaving here without any answers. “Why have you come, Laura?”, His lips pursed in a thin line as he waited for her response. His arms were spread over his legs which were firmly hooked to a small four-legged chair. Laura's eyes curved at him in a sly manner, before responding, “I believe you already know that, Locky”.His eyes cast downwards as he smiled faintly.Laura was, in fact, not surprised that he knew her name. She would have been surprised if he did not know her instead. Her doubts were dispelled in that moment as she now believed he was truly as good as they said.“We only see what is shown to us, Laura. We do not read minds”The slyness gradually dissipated from her eyes as she leaned forward in helpless curiosity.“What do you mean?”“You are aware of the debate
Luckily, they had sailed through the violent winds.The palace had quietened down. There was no more hushing around as everything was now clear.According to the palace maids and guards, Laura had fallen out of favor with Alpha Tristan. The maids accorded her more respect as she had successfully made their Alpha throw out the witch. Each of them looked forward to working in the kitchen as only then, they could assist her and be among the first to take in the sweet aroma of her delicacies.Lyra, on the other hand, who was more than happy to share as she was left with nothing to do the entire day, eagerly let the maids watch her as she prepared them.It should be noted that not all the palace maids and guards were happy with the changes as well. They still viewed her as a home wrecker, despite her genuine kindness.This controversy lingered amongst them, but none was bold enough to make any of their opinions visible to Lyra as they feared the Alpha's wrath.“I think this current princ
Alpha Tristan arrived at the dining room, full of smoke as he coughed violently.He walked towards Lyra as she was now the only one at the table, staring at him flatly.“Are you okay, my princess?”, His hands draped over her shoulders as he crouched down beside her, looking at her in deep concern.Lyra remained motionless and speechless as she maintained her lost gaze into an air of nothingness. Alpha Tristan was suddenly driven into panic by her unresponsiveness, and was about to shake her slightly, when she turned towards him.Their faces rubbed on each other, but this time, there were no sparks of romance or gazes filled with desire. Lyra's heartbroken eyes tore him from the insides again as he involuntarily turned towards Laura's empty chair.What had she told Lyra while he was gone? He should not have let this happen. He was too angry to stand her anymore, but what happened to protecting Lyra as well.“You have something else you're hiding, Tristan?”He snapped his neck towards
While the two lovebirds reached a common ground together, with Alpha Tristan atoning for his sins, they were unaware of just how lethal and closely the evil lurked. Lyra on the other hand, unintentionally made things a lot harder for Alpha Tristan. This was one of the things she feared. Although she was sure she had gained the respect of everyone in the palace by now, she had watched her own cousin, Athena, take her place in Alexandra's heart.She knew first hand how it felt. She could not believe that the peaceful love she now acquired held extra strings to it. Due to her mixed emotions, she had simply asked for a bit of space from Alpha Tristan that night, when he was about to skip into the covers with her. “Go to your quarters, Tristan. I want to be left alone”This statement put him into a dumbfounded state as he held the covers mid air. “What else can I do, my princess?”His voice was almost breaking, looking at her resolved expression. Had she really made up her mind to no
“My lord”, Laura barges into Alpha Tristan's study, screaming his name in extreme anxiety. He sourly frowns at her behavior as his voice subconsciously turns cold. “My lord”, She calls out again with heavy breaths, her voice almost breaking. “Why are you here, Laura?”He does not bat an eye, staring coldly at her. Her ragged breaths pause in a split second as she slightly bends backward, observing his reaction with utter confusion. He had never asked her this question as she was welcome at the palace at any time. The only thing that threatened their union was the absence of an heir. “My lord, you are not one to ask me such a question” she glared suspiciously, now believing Lyra's words from earlier. And Alpha Tristan's words were only confirming it further. “And you have never been one to barge on me!”,His voice reverberated loudly in the study, hitting the brick walls as they bounced back into her ears.She covered her ears in pain, her pupils suddenly contracting, squeezing o
A genuine friendship blossomed between the both of them. Lyra had kept down her guard, although not entirely as she was well aware of the thread that hung above them. The fact that she was indeed from the Crescent moon pack. As much as all she wanted was a pure love, where they could be whole with one another, this was a risk to her life and that of her baby's.It is not that she never tried to tell him, the times she had, the anger in his voice betrayed his gentle touches on her cheek.“My lord”“It is Tristan”“The workers might hear”“And who cares?”“I can't call you Tristan”She stubbornly folded her elbows on top of her stomach, looking away from him.“But you just did, angel”He brought her face to his, their noses lightly rubbing each other's as he laid beside her.“I did not. I only said I am not calling you Tristan”“You have said it again”He deeply smooched on her neck, making her let out a soft moan subconsciously.He suddenly stopped with his eyes laughing at her watery
Her following days in the palace were very peaceful. Infact, it was anything unlike the crescent moon pack she had experienced.As much as she loved the palace interiors and the various paintings she wished so much to explore, she was too tired to abandon her bed rest. It was the first time she wasn't up and working. Her eyes shone in delight as the maids frequently took food in and out for her. Her meals were intently attended to. The tiredness of the past months weighed down on her. Her body noted the changes and adapted quickly to it. She slept when she was not eating, ate when she was not sleeping. This was her life now. The royal physicians paid close attention to her as they treated her wounds gently with Alpha Tristan at every of these occasions.“The pain would not last long, miss” one of the physicians consoled as he applied a soothing cream to her knees. That was the most serious injury as it was filled with bacterias as it reopened over and over again.Alpha Tristan hel