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,
Lyra's POVThe look on Philip's face changed, he had a frown etched on his face after I said those words. He was looking at me like he was trying to guess what imesnt by tjose words when in actuality it was just the truth but of course I couldn't ease the tension in his heart by telling him the truth so I had to keep looking at him like I was oblivious about what he really wanted.I stayed still trying to act innocent. I didnt wsnt him to ever doubt my intention because my intention was never bad towards him. All I was trying to do at the moment was protect Asher, who acrually didn't deserve it.Philip was frowning at me, he was stopping himself from.asking what the deal.was with Asher, I coukd see that he was giving me the space I needed, hebwas giving me the time I needed to truat him, he knew I had only just met him that I couldn't possibly just trust him.mow or.be able to confide in him. He guessed that I mustve gone through a lot from what he knew about me a pack doesnt just aban
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