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
Lyra's POVIt was the night before thw wedding. There were many thjngs to.be out in place but Everytime I remember that Philip ia thw one attending to those demands, I get a certain type of joy in my heart. He was an understandung man that was helping me every step of thw way.He had been helping me tiqth the oimoles and though they were not all ckeares yet becauee jt wasnt obviously magic, but there were some very obvious changes. I was happy with the result, proud of what everything was turning out to be.I walked outside for some fresh air. Thw air in my room seemed corrupted by the smek of clothes and festivity. I bad becer though I woukd xome to a time in my kife that I would be gettung marries like this. To a man I barely knew and certainly sks not love. J was onky comfortable and happy with him and i was marryinh him.Luckily for me, he must've gotten the idea that those feelings are non-existent dor me and he never pushed me. Mayve he realized that he was also getting to know
Lyra's POVDevlin looked at me like I was crazy. What I had said had been just speculation, just a spur of the moment words and it was never something i had thought about before.Devlin's face turned ugly when she heard those words like they had shocked her like electricity and i also felt the same, i had also been shocked by what i had said but it didnt mean that i was going to back down. I stood my ground, never let my expression gave away the fact that I was so unsure and scared about what would happen next. I know Devlin to be a very irrational woman and I feared what her next move would be."Are you crazy?! She yelled. "Are you insane?"Before i could understand what was going on, try to find words that will calm the situation down, i felt a hand land on my cheek heavily and the force pushed me to the ground.I was shocked. I laid on the grass grabbing my cheek, tears streaming from my eyes."What is wrong with you?!" I heard a voice say.I looked up, hoping it was Asher, praying
Asher's POVThose words from Lyra had been a bit overstretched. I had heard of such things happening but it couldn't be that Devlin would've pulled up such a move. The pieces werent adding up because there was no way that Devlin would've been abke to know the smell to steal becauee what if Lyra wasn't acrually my mate.And I have known Devlin all my life and i know for a fact that she had only met Lyra when she started working as a slave and not anywhere else. Lyra had not been particularly interesting until she was taken by the rogues, there had been nothing quite fascinating about her. Yes, ger ugliness had been somethinh worth noticing but if course, it had not been a concern of Devlin's.Those were the things I used to figure out that Lyra's words had veen farfetched, she wanted so desperately to be known as my mate. It should be a pleasure to be wanted so recklessly by a woman but somehow, I just found it too extreme. It was like she was obsessed with the idea of being my mate. E
Lyra's POVWhen my eyes met his, I quickly backed away. I knew he would come looking for me, I had heard something he surely did not want anyone to find out and I had heard it loud and clear. Devlin was planning an attack on Tristan's pack and from what I heard, it seemed to be sooner than I thought.I heard Asher's footsteps approaching and I quickly sneaked away. I had spent quite a number of days in this dungeon and I was confident in my ability to hide away or to escape at will. I quickly tiptoed out through the side door where I knew for certain that Asher had no clue existed. It was the door that that guard had brought me in when he had tried to rape me. I couldn't believe that somehow, I was thinking that it had been a good thing. Maybe somehow it was because ita coming in handy now.I walked through the door and was met with darkness. It was a small room and from what I deduced from being in the poorly illuminated room was that the door I walked in through was the only way in
Asher's POVI was speechless at what Tristan said, maybe if I didn't have secrets I was hoarding in my heart about the attack on his pack, I would have had something to say to him. But now, I was just staring at him like a dumb fool.I couldn't let my fears make me open my mouth, there waa a lot that I would be losing and also I would be bringing Devlin into such a harm. I didn't want to do that, I didn't want to be the cause of anything bad to happen to her when I knew that every emotional pain that she had had since we met had been because of me. I couldn't live with knowing that I would have kept this secret but I didn't because I was terrified of Tristan.Tristan was looking at me as dumbly as I was looking at him. He had a look in his eyes like he was trying to read me for any sort of emotion or ideas. I didn't blame him though, he was leading a big pack, surrounded by people who he couldn't trust and it was normal for this distrust to surface.Nevertheless, I had to keep my cool
Asher's POV"If anything like this happens to her again, please tell me instead of bringing her to the comfort of your bed".I was speechless, I had literally no words for Philip. He had a certain look in his eyes like he was angry. I couldn't say if he hated me or not, he and I had never really engaged in a conversation that would make me dig deeper into the kind of mindset he had. But he was making these assumptions and I didn't know why.I knew they were assumptions because he shouldn't get so angry just because Lyra was laying on my bed, it wasn't as if I took advantage of her or we did anything consensual. Though, I did knock her out but I had a good enough reason for it and he didn't even know that but here he was making these wild assumptions like I wanted anything from her. He was the one who found her eye catching for reasons I do not and will never understand. Because he thinks she's pretty doesn't mean everyone feels the same. He just feels proud just because she has a bang
Lyra's POVI woke up with a aching feeling at the back of my head. It was excruciating. I wanted to sleep some more thinking that if I did then maybe the pain would go away. I turned in my bed to assume a more comfortable position but as i did, I felt someone close to me.I opened my eyes instantly and the washed over me like a waterfall. I remembered what had happened and what caused me to fall asleep. The pain had been caused by Asher. I couldn't believe that he had pulled such a trick because he was trying to protect Devlin. I didnt know anything about asher anymore. The man who i had loved dearly, the man who i acknowledge as the greatest person in the world. The man who I was grateful that was my mate was gone like the gust of a wind and the person I was seeing now was not in anyway the man in my heart. Asher had changed overnights he had transformes into someone unrecognizable and it made me.wondee if this really was his true self and that what inhad faked for was just a facade,