Lyra's POVI saw the look in his eyes, though the sound of his laughter was ringing in my head but I knew that he was in no way happy. He didn't find anything funny. It was a cynical, psychotic laughter and it provoked goosebumps on my skin.During these months, I could tell that Tristan wasn't one that could be messed with. I pitied Asher if he were to find out that Asher was married to the silver moon pack.Though I had no idea who would win in a one on one battle, but I did know that Asher was insanely outnumbered and he could be slaughtered here and nothing coukd be done about it.His pack would not avenge him because if he died now, his stepmother woukd get Kaden to become the alpha and she wouldn't bother herself to lead her people to avenge him. No, she would say he was the one that played with fire and got burnt.We were both alone in a strange place but Asher woukd rather eat grass than get paired with me.Tristan suddenly started walking towards me. He had a muscular body bu
Asher's POV.Lyra's attempt to save her pack from Tristan's vengeance failed as expected. Though she was really unloved by her pack and her mother, she still very much wanted to save them.It was a stupid attempt, to be honest, did she possibly think that a few words from her was going to change Tristan's mind?Tristan had watched his parents being murdered. He watched how his life came to an end there and that was when the hatred he had for the silver moon pack came into birth. Feom childhood, he had planned to rid the world kf anybody that was a part of that pack. He was going for them, he was going to kill all of them.He didnt care for the ones kike Lyra who was hated. He had said he was going to treat Lyra the same way h would treat otber members of the silver moon pack.It was scary, I truthfully pitied Lyra because se really had a hard life. She was hated by her own pack and her mom did not care about her, and now she had found herself here, she had to pay for a crime thag she
Lyra's POV.No matter what I was preaching to Tristan, he wasn't listening to me. He seemed to have gone crazy with the way he was pointing the sword at me.His hands were shaking and I coukd see in his yes that his head was not in the right place. I didnt blame him though, the hatred he had for the siver moon oack was driving him crazy. He had all right to hate then if they really were the one who killed his family. And I was a part of that pack, he obviously wouldn't listen to me even when I wasn't preaching to save myself.I was scared, I waa terrified of Tristan, he was pointing his sword at me and my heart as racing. Tristan was unpredictable in the state that he was in and his rationality was far gone.I feared, I could feel my head starting to get light. My eyes were becoming bery lazy. I couldn't hear what Asher was telling Tristan anymore, it was as if I was being pulled away from reality.And suddenly everything went dark.My eyes opened again and I was lying down on the bed
Lyra's POVI was shocked to hear that Devlin was here from Peter. It could've been that she came in when I passed out but it didn't make any sense to me because if she was here, why then did Asher want me to stay back in his room?I stared at the food that Peter was eating, it looked really good but I had to control myself against it. It was from Devlin and I didn't want anything to do with her.I felt guilty about everything, I had hurt Devlin from sleeping with Asher and for everything else, but that didn't mean I would stop hating her for being such a bad person to me either. If Devlin had been a good person all along then I knew I wouldn't be able to live with myself for causing her so much pain, but Devlin, thankfully, was not a good person. She hated me, she waa against me and she didn't even bother to hide it. There was no way I could possibly immediately start to like her because of my guilt."Yeah, it was shocking to me too. It seems like there's a reunion of some sort" Peter
Asher's POVAfter Lyra walked out, I stayed rooted to the room. I couldn't stop thinking about her words. She had been right, a part of me was disgusted by her and I couldn't stop imagining who's the baby belonged to. She had been with Tristan for quite some time and probably he would've given her out to his other guests the same way he gave her to me.And there was a possibility that those men must've had their way with her. I hated the thought of her being touched by another man, even when Tristan had said those words about her being good in bed, I hated it. It irked me and I almost got angry.It was the truth though and that was why I was so angry about it because how woukd he know. He had said it was because she had the best body but even a fool could tell that he must've heard it somewhere or experienced it first hand.There's no doubt about it, Tristan had given Lyra away to multiple men and one of them could be the father of her child.Though I had arrived to that conclusion, b
Asher's POVDevlin was too stubborn, even after I had told her the reason why I wanted her gone, she only shrugged and continued browsing through the room, probably searching for something."Devlin, what are you really doing here?" I asked her.I was too frustrated and unfortunately, my voice was showing just how frustrated I was. And Devlin knew me to an extent and I guessed she had heard the frustration in my tone but she preferred to say nothing."You're being suspicious, Asher". She offhandedly said.I stilled, "what do you mean?"She suddenly turned around, "I don't know, we got married but it felt like I had been living with a stranger. You were so caught up in Lyra's case that you forgot that I was standing there and suddenly, I got news that you're here with your old friend. Okay, you wanted some time away from your responsibilities and probably your obsession with Lyra's case and so I decided to join you, that maybe we woukd reignite the fire between us but I only met a man,
Lyra's POVI was ashamed of my self. Philip looked to be a very good person and he was very good looking too. It was rare for men who were good looking t be also caring, for example Tristan and Asher. They were proof enough that good looking me were just the spawn of the devil.But Philip was different, he was worried about me, cared about my opinion and wasn't forcing it down my throat to be marries to him. He looked to be the type of man that would always take my opinions into consideration.However, I had ruined every chance I had with him before k even knew there was going tk be a chance. I had slept with Asher and now I was pregnant with his child.I wished there waa a way to turn back the hands of time, I woukd have nevrr met Asher, I would've never being in that room with him, I would've refused him when he had tried to touxh me. If i could go vack in time to get rid of everything, of Asher maybe then I woukd be worthy of Philip.Maybe then, I coukd go with him, I would keave A
Lyra's POV I was very shocked, also very worried about what Peter had told me about Devlin. I didn't know how Devlin found out i was pregnant. What was even a bigger mystery was what she needed it for. There was no proof whatsoever that the baby belonged to Asher and if by chance she came to find out, she would surely kill me. I sat down there, I knew it was late but I was too terrified. I couldn't sleep and I was scared for this child. It was better to keep the father of the child a secret from both Asher and Devlin. I still wondered how Devlin found out about it. I wondered who told her. It could be that nurse but that nurse had nothing to do with me, there was no proof however about my identity so it couldn't be that it was the nurse. I was running, I was running too fast. I suddenly in a very dark forest, I didn't know where I was going to, where I was running to or from but I knew i was running and within me there was this fear in my heart. I was avoiding something, i was avoi
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