Lyra's POVAsher was speechless, his eyes fell on my face then they trailed down to the dress I was wearing and then back to my eyes. He wasn't moving at all and only just staring like he was a statue.The sudden attention I was getting from him was a tad too much. I tried to hide my hot cheeks away so that he wouldn't see the color in them even though I was wearing makeup. It wasn't like the makeup was just so perfect either, the foundation wasn't full coverage, my pimples were still very much on display but they were only a bit sort of smoother.It didn't look as disgusting as it used to be.I didn't know what was going on through Asher's head but the way he was looking at me, I could tell that he thought I looked beautiful. His eyes were not drifting from me and it was making my heart pound harder by the second.I felt a hand wrap around my waist and a slight pull. It was Philip, he had hisnhand on my waist and he pulled me closer to.himself for reasons I could not guess. He was sm
Lyra's POVPhilip took me to a really fancy restaurant, I never ever in my life thought that I would be in such a place. There were so many classy and important looking people in the restaurant. I felt very left out.However, Philip took my hand and led me inside. From the way the servers treated him, it seemed like he was a very important person to the society, like he was really well known and it was truthfully shocking but also kind of expected.With my hand in his, he led me to the table sitting in the middle of the restaurant. We successfully gained stares from the neighbours and I could tell that they were looking at my face. I wanted to die, I wanted the earth to open up and swallow me, I wanted my existence to end but it couldn't. They were all judging me by now I looked, probably wondering what sort of guts I had for bringing such a hideous face out and not just that, I even applied makeup. I was laughable to be
Lyra's POVI didn't expect that another pimple would suddenly pop out of my face now and even Philip knew of it. It could be the makeup, it must be as a result of the makeup and so I quickly rushed back into the changing room, there was a mirror there I could check my face with.When I got there, I looked over my face wondering if I could see the puss licking out of the pimple but there was nothing. I frowned instantly, I figured that this was Philip's way of messing with me. It was a bit unpleasant because it was a nightmare to have a pimple suddenly pop out of nowhere especially when I was on a date.I walked back out, dispirited. I wondered if he was making fun of how I looked. I knew more than anyone that I was ugly. Despite myself, I recalled when Asher and Devlin had been looking at me weirdly, they had been scrutinizijg my face. It was when those rogues had kidnapped me thinking I nwas Devlin, before my whole life fell apart.I remembered how disgusted Asher had looked when he
Lyra's POVWhen those words left Philip, I was shocked. I didn't expect that we would be sharing a room together, I thought we were going to get separate rooms just because I was pregnant and also because I was not ready to do anything with him.However, just because we were going to share a room together did not meam that anything of any sort could happen between us. I looked at Philip as he took the room keys from the receptionist.He took my hand and led me to the elevator."You look scared," he suddenly said, "what's on your mind?"I couldn't tell him what I was thinking, I couldn't tell him the thoughts that were going through my mind because they were truthfully insulting to him so I shook my head and decided to settle for a half truth.He didn't need to know the rest. All it entailed were thoughts against him, my fears and insecurities, my worries and shame and I didn't want him to know any of them. He shouldn't see me like someone like that."It's my first time in sucn a place
Lyra's POVI was shocked, my eyes kept darting all around the room wondering what he wanted to try on me. It sounded so casual but my thoughts were going over and under. It was quite uneasy for me. I was scared and worried for no reason.He focused on something on his phone, probably thinking that I was already on my way to have my bath, but instead I was standing there like a sort of statue just staring at him, wondering what it could be that he wanted to try. My thougjts were shamefulz I kept looking over so many things in my head, the ones I've reas about, the ones I've heard and the ones I've seen and they were all inclining towards something sexual.I couldn't be blamed for thinking this way. He had brought me to a hotel for whatever reason and we were alone and he wanted to trg something on me. My eues then suddenly fell on the beds, they were two beds and they were made for just one person to occupy, vividly in a rectangular shape.If he wanted to try something sexual with me,
Lyra's POV.I couldn't move my eyes away frim him. It coukd be because he was right in my face but I doubted that. Philip had a way of enticing me, making himself the focus of my attention. I couldn't tell if he was doing it on purpose of if ut was oureky coincidental, but surely there was something about him that was intriguing.I gave it a hard thought and settled on the ides that it was because he was focused on me. He had said he woukd marry me, take care of me and this is despite knowing that I was pregnant for someone else. Philip was differnt from people ive seen before and he was provoking differnt feelings for me that i could hardly decipher. I was new to these kind of things and i wasnt really thw adventurous type but Philip's attutude towards me was making me embark on a journey."Why?" I had to ask.I couldn't help the questions bubbling in my heart. He was too kind to me for someone who had no benefits from beinh kind. I believed that though he was a good person, he would
Asher's POV.Lyra had left with Philip few days ago, I had no idea where they went to and Tristan waa on the same boat with me. Well, he wasn't as disturbed as I was, instead he was happy about the time they were spending together.From the oitfit and the makeup, I'd have taken it that they were going out on a date to get to know each other but a date that lasyed for more than two days is a bit od a stretch. They weren't back and it's been more than a couple of days. I wondered what they were wearing, where they were sleeping and if they were washing their teeth.It wasn't something I shoukd bother myself with, but i couldn't help it. Sure, Philip was quite weakthy and he can provide Lyra with new clothes to wear duting these days she has been soending with him and they coukd also get toothbrushes and a place yo have their bath. But then, where were they sleeping? There were hotels, i knew that much and they coukd get a room or two but my problem was how many rooms were they getting.
Asher's POVI had has enough of thinkinh of Lyra. I was feeking myself start tonget agitated and irritated just iver her and indidnt want that. I didnt want to guve her so much powers over my emotions and it was so laughable because it seemed like she already had that power.I woukd sit still and she woukd waft into my head and my mood qoukd bexaome aullen over some od the things that I think about her.I was tired of everything.It was time for sinner so I decided to go to the dining room, at the very keast, Tristan's talk of war or politics woukd get my.mind off Lyra and Philip and so i went there with that in mind.Yhe sun was setting and the lights that beautified the mansion had been turned on. From where I was standing, it looked very divine and It was very picturesque. I somehow wondered if Lyra woukd think yhe same. If she oassed by these ground and think about how beautifual yhe view was.But i doubted it because she soent most of her time here in the dungeon and it was only
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