Asher's POVMy heart skipped a beat at what Lyra said. I looked at her, hoping that she could spare me a glance, hoping that in her eyes I would be able to tell if she was joking or not.But she didn't look at me. She didn't even spare me a glance. She didn't meet me with her eyes; instead, her attention was fixed on Catherina.My eyes darted to the man sitting beside her. my eyes were fixed on me as they had been for a while. His gaze was intense, looking at me like his eyes were tattooed on My skin. I didn't dart them. I looked like a predator, gently monitoring his prey so that I could notice anything, waiting for a moment to pounce.But that moment never came.Lyra and Philip abruptly stood up and left, leaving Catherina with me."I had been against their relationship, but I don't think I want to come in between them anymore," Catherina said.I looked at her. I shared the same idea with her; however, my heart was still beating for Lyra. I still loved her dearly."Why do you say so
Asher's POVHe was speechless, and it was not for any reason other than the inability to effectively communicate with Philip, the real reason why I changed my mind about trying to ruin his relationship with Lyra. I hated the idea of being seen as someone who was finally able to see that the fault was his.He knew for a fact that everybody held their breath, waiting for me to come to realization about the real problems I had with Lyra. And now that I had realized, I didn't want to see that expression on Philip's face.That eye-roll. That look of relief that I was finally realizing that I was toxic and I was the problem.I looked away from him and turned to the food on the table. It had grown cold, and I hated cold things. I hated cold people; I hated winter, and I hated myself."Are you gonna answer me?" Philip asked me.I shook my head still not looking at him. "I don't think I want to answer you. I would rather have you stop asking that question."Philip heaved a sigh and then leaned
Lyra's POVI had been unable to get the attack off my head. I was fixated on how scary it was. At that moment, I didn't really feel anything regarding it, but after it happened, it was as if my senses and traumas had been opened and allowed to roam free.She had been sitting in my room all day, not moved from the spot that Philip had left me in. my heart wasn't in the right place, even when Philip had told me he was going to meet Devlin, I couldn't react.She thought of the possibility that Philip had not been there for me, that he didn't love me as much as he did. That he didn't care for me or he couldn't fight anyone off. Would I be dead? There was a huge probability that I would've been dead and buried by now.Without Philip, no matter how much I hated to be so dependent on someone, without Philip, I would have been nothing.She recalled one time that I had broken off the engagement with Philip, Devlin was here, and so was Tristan, and they had made fun of me, constantly reminding
Lyra's POVI frowned as I looked at him. I wasn't pleased that he suddenly brought up Catherina into a conversation that she was not supposed to be mentioned."Why do you have to bring her up?""I'm just saying, don't you think you should hear from her, talk to her?"I shook my head, "I don't want to hear anything from her, I have nothing to say to her, and she has nothing to tell me. Why is this even such an issue for you?" I asked."I know how disturbed you are about this. You can't even be yourself around her, you're not settled, you're in a constant state of worry. I see it. No matter how much you want to hide it, I see it."To tell the truth, surely, not being on good terms with one's own mother was a bit too much. It saddened her; I couldn't get to live the life of everyone else. I guessed that I had been traumatized by the mother I had lived with before. The woman who treated her very horribly, masking it all in discipline.And after hearing that Catherina had also been a bad m
Lyra's POVI and Catherina shared a look before the two of them hurried to the entrance to see for themselves what was really going on.When they arrived there, they saw Asher and Philip looking through the windows. Their expressions were gravely unpleasant, which made me believe that this may be something quite serious."What's going on?" Catherina asked as she moved forward to see for herself.Upon seeing her, Asher and Philip both made way for her. Philip turned to look at me, while Asher chose to explain to Catherina what was going on."I think it's the people," he said, "from their banners, they are demanding that Devlin be made ruler."Catherina stumbled slightly; it was as if her legs suddenly lost strength. She turned around to look at them. "They want Devlin as their ruler? They want a stupid child to rule them?""It doesn't matter if Devlin is stupid or not," Philip said, "what's more important is that if they need her to rule, then they plan to rip you to shreds.""What do
Lyra's POVI cried so hard, I had completely forgotten that Catherina had been a horrible person, and all I remembered was that Catherina had been a good leader and Catherina had been a mother seeking her daughter's forgiveness. A mother willing to do everything for her daughter.I couldn't believe that I had held on to my rage that I refused to see the efforts that she was putting into trying to gain my favor.I felt utterly regretful for what happened. I had not even had the chance to tell her that she was forgiven before she died. I couldn't even tell her why I had been angry. Couldn't tell her the things that were in my mind.I should've listened to Philip.Philip had been saying the truth all this while. He had been so honest and real to her.I shook my head."Lyra, I'm sorry, but we need to go." Asher tapped on my shoulder.I lifted my head and looked to where Devlin was struggling to stand to her feet, "there's nowhere to run to. Do you think we're the only ones who came?" She
Lyra's POV"How are we supposed to find the room?" Asher asked in frustration. "There are like seven rooms here and from the footsteps heading our way we surely don't have enough time to browse through".He was right. I looked around and on both sides of the hallway were seven rooms, it made one wonder what these rooms were used for. And to think that the room given to Philip and I was not even in this hallway."One of you should try to hold them back". I suggested, "that's the only way we can kill time".They looked between themselves, I could tell from their eyes they were debating who it was that would be going to take the risk.Yes it was really risky. The footsteps were getting closer and there was no door or gate or whatever to hold them back. Whoever was going to take that risk had to be at the very least super. More super than they are naturally.And of course, all eyes fell on Philip. He was evidently more adept in his skills than the rest of us were. He was ruthless as well
Lyra PovAs if he had heard me coming, he turned around, and I was greeted by eyes that I had never seen before. His pupils were bloodshot red, and his cornea was gradually turning red as well.His expression was frosty; my eyes darted to his claws, and they were nothing like I had ever seen before on anyone.It was as if he softened on seeing me; his eyes slowly returned to normal. He took his eyes away from me, shot a couple of more bullets into the small crowd, and then zoomed off, taking me along.It all happened so fast, and the time I got to process everything was only when he dropped me on my feet. He reeked of blood, and his clothes were even stained with blood.He must have noticed that I was looking at him, probably thinking that I had something against what he had done. But I didn't. I wasn't angry; granted, I was surprised at how ferocious he could be, at how dangerous he was. But I did know that this man before me was like an angel and wouldn't hurt a soul that didn't des
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