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
Asher's POVI shook my head, "you have got to be joking, Devlin".Her request was out of the question and quite childish if I may add. And it made me believe that she would never stop making these absurd demands because she knew she had the upper hand over me. She was not the one who had anything to lose but I had plenty to lose and choosing Lyra over those things was out of the question. I didn't want to be with lyra at the loss of something else. I wanted my life to be balanced and wanted to know that she would be accepted when she came with me. I didn't want to feel any sense of guilt just because I chose to love Lyra. There were so many lives at risk at the moment that choosing Lyra could not be done. I could not risk it. I could not be so selfish and self centered that I would lose sight of who a true leader is."Why do you say so?" She asked, looking very innocent like she had not just made the most bizarre request of all time."I can't act that I am in love with you, with the
Asher's POVI had not been expecting that that would be his reply. I never thought that Tristan was so sentimental as to keep the house he grew up in. It wasn't like anything I remembered, I'm sure that he had made several changes in the house. It surely could not be exactly but though he must've made changes, it's impossible that he would have changed everything. Surely anything relating to the past would still be there. It's impossible that he could just wipe out any traces whatsoever. He speaks on getting revenge, talks about how his family had been obliterated by the silver moon pack everyday. He surely must be proud of his pack and as such it was impossible that he would wipe their existence from the face of the earth. Since he was surprisingly this sentimental, then he would surely have information linking to the past, which means he must've realized the reason why his family had been killed. If that was the care and he is still head on about obliterating the silver moon pack,
Lyra's POVI laid on the hard bed that was new. It seemed like Tristan had had a change of heart and a humanity had grown inside of him. He had even placed a bed in the dungeon for the prisoners he kept. Though the bed was nothing special, it did save one from the cold floor. There was nothing to do but glance at the wall and wish that my life was different. I didn't want to think about the things I could have accomplished, how my life could've gone anymore. It was such an unfortunate thing to think about and i was not in to get my mood more ruined than it already was."Lyra?" I jumped from the bed when I heard that voice, though it's been a while, that voice still made me smile."Kelly?" I could hear footsteps as he made his way to my cell. He must've called my name earlier because he was clueless about where I was locked in.He gave me a once over and shook his head. "You look too good to be in a cell. This wasn't how I left you?"I shrugged, "well, pregnancy does that to a woman"
Lyra's POVI genuinely had nothing to say to him, although I was obviously ruffled by seeing him. I never thought he would be so heartless or was it shameless to come to stand in front of me after saying those things in front of Devlin. He had acted like those looks, those kisses, those touches, none of them happened. He acted like everything had been just a figment of my imagination and there was no sincerity, no affection that existed between us.He was standing there and so was Kelly, though I was focused on Asher, but I could see how Kelly's eyes were looking at him. He must've been questioning which part of my story Asher fell under.I didn't want him to know yet, I believed I could trust Kelly, but that was a while ago, before he left on his mission, it may be that he had fully changed, that he wasn't the same person he used to be and I didnt want to risk letting him find out about them.Though I obviously didn't care about Asher or Devlin, it didn't mean that I would be pleased
Asher's POVPhilip only shrugged as my question reached him, "I mean, she actually does know you quite well. Well enough to know that you would reject her''.I chuckled unbelievably, "if she knew that i was going to reject her, then why did she still try to convince me?"Philip raised an eyebrow at me, "a few minutes ago, she was in your sheets and for some reason the act wasn't seen through, so pardon her for thinking that there may be a chance between the two of you from that alone".I was well aware of what I was doing wrong, of how badly I was hurting the woman that only loved me, I didn't know if there was an easy way to do this and even if there was, Devlin was not going to let me have it. She wanted Lyra completely crushed and she had successfully achieved it. If Lyra had come knowing that i would still reject her but willing to try given the fact that we had been in bed a few hours ago,
Lyra's POVI have known Asher to be a lot of things but not possessive. He had never been that way about Devlin before, he had always been calm and collected. I used to think it was because he was so sure that devlin was his own but maybe it was different.His words were different now, the way he was looking at me was different, the way he was heaving was different. This was the first time I was seeing Asher so disorganized, he never allowed this part of himself to show, he always used to keep a front, making people see him for something he wasn't, it could be as a result of the fact that he was the ruler.His nose was flaring up and I could see that his fists were tightened at his side. His eyebrows were fighting to get a feel of each other like they were distant lovers. He was glaring at me and from his glare I knew that he hadn't realized what it is that he had just said. He looked so lost in his emotions that his rationality was far from him.Or maybe it wasn't that."You do not g
Tessa's PovIt's been a month ever since what happened. Kura returned to the silver moon pack and from what the news said the economy of he place wss taking a turn for the better. Things were finally looking up for them.I wss still yet to be given a nate and so was Michelle, there wasn't anything better to do than to just continue with our relationshipsMatt as expected became the leader of the pack for a while till Keagan was old enough to return. We all wanted hom as the leader. Philip had seen something in hom, the something he saw in all of us. Other than the fact he was born an alpha, he probably had zeal, he had the strength of a leader.Michelle had gone to meet Lyra, sje had a particular liking doe the kids and loved that about her. There were news of lyra and Asher's relationship probably leading to marriage and I was happy for Gomez finally throwback going to be married to their mates and they were happy.We were all happy for them.The rest of the betas had gotten themselv
Asher's POV"No!!" Tesaa screamed.Emily smiled victoriously asbshe saw the small cottage engulf in flames, she had a satisfies smile on her lips and shebste the projectile weapon on the ground next tonher feetz unknown to her, she setbthe remote control as well."Thwn that's jt, they both are dead."The flames were intense bring everything in the cottage turning it all to crisp, inwas sure that Tessa ws on the verge of jumping intonthe flames asbshe grww sloser yknthe cliff onnher knees and so I quickly hekd her down. Inwraoed my hands around her and then whispered into her ears."You csn kill her now".Tesaa froze. She disnt react to what insaid by looking at me, but rather she just slithered outnof my hold and then rose tonher feeshe tuened to where Emily stood lookingbatbthe flames, haooy that she had brought suxh destruction.Tesaa smirked, "you must be proud"Emily clapped, "you cannot even begin to fathom how excited I am.about thism this is truly a miracle. Thjs js something j
Asher's POVI shuddered slightly at what she said and instantly just started the car. I drove the car and sped of so that I would be driving right behind Emily she was moving so fast out of town out of everywhere and towards the docks. She was going to take a boat sowmehre and there were a large number of boats available for use.She immediately stopped her car and then jumped into one of the baots there.I saw this from the windscreens and madensure that I caught up with her. Tessa was as impatient as I was because she didn't even wait foe.me tonstoo the car before she was already running out and running towards a free motorboat bjust like the one that Emily had taken.I quickly pulled over and huried to where Tessa was getting the boat into the water, I quickly koined her and mived to first start the motor engine. Then it roared to life, I looked behind me andnsaw Tessa's approving glance. We started driving l, as fast as we could so nthat we could be right behind Emily.Emily dorve
Asher's POV"What do you mean by that?" I asked her and i moved forward."Oh," she chuckled, "you didn't realize? I think the person who poisoned you was Steven."I shook my head as I began to feel by body vibrate with the sense of being betrayed. Incident know I'd trusting Devlin's words were the right thing to do but at the moment, it made sense.He was the one that the assasin hadbeen warning me about. He was the person that was close to me thst wanted me dead. I didnt know why hebwas behaving kike that. Why he had posioned me and started tk act like the ruler.I didn't know what j should be thinking about ir even feeling but I felt frustrated. I felt broken."It cannot be" I said to myself.Devlin laughed, "stop lying to yourself, you already knew abiut jt."Somehow, when I thought back, it really was the truth, he had in so many ways done a lot of things. Hehad been the one whonkeot pestering me to go out and get drunk and how can I have possibly slipped away from him and he just
Asher's POVAfter the confession last night, I didn't even know how I ended up on.my.bed, I didn't know how I even slept but as I stared at myself in the mirror, with dark circles under my eyes and a certain fatigue in my.bearing, I believed that I might not have had any sleep last night.I brushed my teeth, and then proceeded to take my bath before I went downstairs to keep searching for anything that woukd kead ne to Philip.But ko matter how I'd love to go over the issue with Philip, s that i can work my way around finding him, i just couldn't even think for a minute. I couldn't understand what was happening nor why it has to be.like this.If Lyra's babies were really mine, did Philip know? Did he decide to be their father regardless? Lyra hsd saud she thought I hated her and all, so was the reason she hid the children from me because sbe thought I was going to deny them? That it was not going you accept and love them?I couldn't helo but winder jow broken she must've bee to even c
Asher's POVI ran my hand over my face and steooed forward to where shebwaa standing, maybe it was the distance that made me hear incorrectly what shebhad just said.Maybe i had been imagining things that she just said that Philip wasnt home.Because if he wasn't here, then where was he?"Lyra, I am not joking"She frowned, "I'm not joking either. I suddenly got tired and then I left the party after searching around for the both of you. What would make you think I'm lying?"She suddenly went quiet and her whose focused somewhere else, "what are you saying?" She asked, "Philip isn't with you?"I shook my head, "he isn't, and if you say he's not here then I have no fucking clue where he is". I said exasperatedly."Thus was what Fiona had saud, she told me that there was nothing i could do to stop their fucked up plan from going into action". I said shaking my head and recalling every bit of my conversation with Fiona. "If I had known, I would've left instantly"."Left?" Lyra's eyes chan
Asher's POVI grabbed a drink off from the tray of drinks a waiter wss passing around. The spaces between people kept getting more narrow and weaving through them became a huge hassle.I downed the alcohol in a go and then kept the glass on a nearest table before finding a way to swim through the sea of people, so that I could use the bathroom.I didn't even know where the bathroom was located.I looked around some more. Everybody wore masks and I was sure even the celebrant had her own mask. I suspected this because everywhere I've looked, I haven't seen her face. Akk I could see were different colors, shiny or dull and just eyes.I wasn't particularly looking for her fir I had nothing to say to her, anybody that could lead me to the bathroom right now was going to do me a huge favour."Asher?"I immediately turned around and saw a woman standing behind me.She wore a silver dress embedded with stones that glistened under the light. Her hair was shirt and brown and so were her eyes.
Philip's POVThe party was all I thought it would be, soft music playing, people talking amongst themselves rather than dancing. Only a few people were on the dancefloor doing nothing really amazing.As we walked further into the place, a waiter holding a tray approached us holding a tray of masks and then presented it to us.Asher picked one and then Lyra did before i settled for mine.I looked at the two of them first and saw the design of their mask, Lyra's own had feathers, jt was blue with shiny stones and quite beautiful to look at.Asher picked something more manly, it was plain black and had nothing quite noticeable. He just tied it around hisbface and instantly he blended with the group. So djd Lyra.I did the same."Well," Asher said, "be careful". Again he was here with his advice. Something inwas not against.I gave Lyra a kiss on her cheek and then decided to go around the olace. We all knew what we wrre doing. We all knew our plans and showing affections or soending the
Asher's POVThe visit to Emily's place had been a waste of time. I had found out absolutely nothing about Tristan. The women kept talking about the upcoming party and the theme they were using and everything else that was no business of mine. Fiona even went as far as to show me all that she had prepared.And when I walked out of there, a headache was already spotting.I had no intention of ever paying a visit to a female friend just because. There was nonjoy from such an activity but only stress.When I returned to Philip's place, I was praying and hoping that hebhad sorted out whatever he needed to sort out with Lyra. I hadkeft thwn with a strangeness in the air. They were aost having a fill out fight iverghe fact that Philip had feelings. Over the fact that he was feeling guilty over betraying his friend.I understood jownhe felt, but unfortunately, Lyra was not even about to hear it. Hwr opinion of Tristan had never been the best but after what he did to her, she was not about to