Asher's POVJust like Devlin and Lyra, I was also very confused by Tristan's words, I wanted to say something, tp ask him what he meant by those words but then i remembered that Devlin was currently leaning against me and if she heard my words, if she realized I was asking a question for Lyra's sake, she might be rash.Devlin was unpredictable, she could get angry at the slightest thing or she might let it pass. I wasn't in the mood to find out if she would've let this one pass, I didn't want to risk it.Lyra spoke up for herself, "and you are also yet to see what I have for you".Tristan chuckled, "is that supposed to be a threat?" However, he didn't grant her enough time to answer, "have you forgotten that you called off your marriage to Philip, you have no power now and soon, you will be sent to the dungeon".Lyra shrugged "I don't need Philip innorder to pose a threat". She fired back."Interesting," Devlin whispered to me, "I wonder who will concede first"."You're a child compar
Lyra's POV Those words Tristan said made me a bit confused, my heart skipped a beat unable to piece together the puzzle that was Tristan's words. My brain wouldn't even understand what he waa trying to say, what he meant by those words. I shifted slightly, enough that he nor anybody would notice that I was a bit nervous by what he just said. However, I was unable to quickly school my voice when I chuckled nervously and asked him; I asked Tristan a question, asking him what he meant by what he said. My heart was racing wondering what Philip must've said that gave him the idea that such a thing was happening. However, I found impossible that Philip had said something, anything entirely, to him and expected that Tristan's words were born about of assumptions. However, the reply he gave me made me realize that I was only fooling myself. My heart skipped a beat. I suddenly felt a rush of guilt. I didn't realize that somehow what I had said had resulted in that. I had told him I was go
Lyra's POVI never expected that Devlin would find out about Asher and I. It honestly cane as a shock to me, normally I would think that maybe Asher told her out of guilt but given the fact that he had sent her away with the words he didn't love her, I couldn't help but believe that there had been something else that gave her the information she was using right now. It would not be a surprise if se put in security cameras, other than the lust we both felt for each other, there wasn't any other secret we were keeping from Devlin and even if she did find out that Asher and I had had sex in the past, she surely wasn't that dumb to not have realized that that was a probability given the fact that we were mates, there was nothing that could prevent us from doing such a thing. I didn't know what to think as I looked at the both of them, Devlin was still leaning against Asher and her lips held a sky smile like she knew that her words had caused a great storm within me, that there had been s
Lyra's POVMy heart skipped a beat. Somehow I had been expecting that he would ask me such a question. My accusation was baseless and I was demanding that he believed me. Even if he did love me which I very much doubt, he cannot just blindly believe me like that. Maybe he would act like he does and then ask me later but at the moment, we did not have the luxury for later and as such, just like he does, I also demand for his honesty. I demand that he give me the benefit of the doubt. I was not going to lie to him, I was saying all that I wanted to say to him straight from assumptions, from the raw deductions that I had made earlier. I had no intention whatsoever to change what I wanted to say. All these came from my heart, I wasn't going to spice it up with lies just so that it would make him hate her more. I was aiming at him in the most honest way possible.Since he had asked me such a question, I was elated, it means that he was going to give me listening ears. He would entertain th
Lyra's POVMy heart no doubt skipped a beat when I heard those words. Her voice was calmer, she was talking in an octave that I had never heard from her mouth before. She seemed to be in so much control of her emotions. Her fists were released and her breathing had become surprisingly even. Maybe these changes happened when I was lost in thought looking at Asher. Now Devlin was something I could not recognize.She shrugged, the corner of her mouth tugging down a little, from her slow movements I could tell she was still angry but she was trying her hardest not to let that anger take hold of her. She was trying to be the master of her emotions. She was fucking with my plan."So what if I did steak the scent?" She asked, "what will you do? What can you do, Lyra?"I shook my head. This wasn't how it was supposed to go, she was supposed to have an outburst and admit to her cruelty, she was supposed to tell him all that she had done and why she did what she did, she was not supposed to c
Lyra's POVI frowned as our eyes met, his light cheeks turned red slightly. That was enough proof to show that he really had been listening. I should be angry but something in me was not. I somehow had become burnt out due to the conversation I had just come out of. I was incapable of harboring any form of emotion that was draining and anger was that emotion to be certain. I didn't know what to say to him, parts of me were disappointed in me. He didn't give us the privacy we required and he was the one that bolted out the door immediately I stepped foot into the room. "Why have you been listening? Is it because you don't believe us or you were just curious to know what would happen?" Philip shrugged, "a little bit of both".I sighed exasperatedly but with no fire in my bones. "That's what I thought".He peered behind me but I didn't need to turn around to know that behind me was a closed door, "so what happened? He refused you?"I nodded my head, "I told you, I know Asher pretty dam
Asher's POV"And so?" Devlin asked, "what if I did?" I knew that Lyra's plan had to excite her to the point of eruption. She had wanted to make Devlin so angry that she would have no choice but to confess to her own crimes. But this was exactly what I knew Devlin would do. If she did steal the scent, nothing would change, if she even had had Lyra or someone else killed, nothing would change, Devlin was a cruel woman who had had everything figured out. She knew that a day like this would come and that was why she had started her blackmail beforehand. She had a back up plan for everything.To be honest, I did think about Lyra's words, there was a huge possibility that Devlin did steal the scent. There was no way that two different people smelled the same way and the sudden desire I felt for Lyra was proof enough that she could be my mate. The proof I wanted Lyra to show to me had been my own heart. Kt was beating for Lyra, it wanted her so fervently. I want Lyra's fervently. I wanted
Lyra's POVHow Could he say he wanted me to be happy? How could he say that all that he cared about was my happiness? What if Asher had not rejected me? What if he had chosen me?So Philip would've been happy for me because the man I wanted had chosen me. Because there was no doubt that I would be happy with Asher.Fuck.This was making it too hard. I thought the reason why he said it had been because he was angry, because he felt like I had been rather unjust to him. So he had done that because he wanted to help as i tried to win Asher's heart like his own heart did not deserve winning."You cannot say things like this, Philip" I groaned, throwing my head back, "you cannot act like this. I do not like it"."So how should I act? Like I don't care about you?" He asked."Yes, it would make it really easier"."Well, I don't want it to be easier for you, I want you to be happy, I want you to be happy. I want you to choose me"."But I won't be happy with you. You want my happiness but you