Asher's POV
I could not listen to what Lyra had to say nor could I listen to Tristan, all that was on my mind was how to get Devlin inside just so I could stop the bleeding. I was scared about her life, I needed her to survive and whether or not she was pushed, at the moment, it held no importance to me. Maybe when she's alright and safe will I bother about who had wanted to kill her.
To be honest, Lyra was on the top of my list. She hated Devlin and even now she desperately wanted Devlin to call her troops back because obviously she didn't want to harm her boyfriend, Philip. Maybe that was the reason why she was behaving like that, maybe that was what she and Devlin had fought about.
However, there waa a possibility that it was Devlin that stated the fight, two times, she had been caught hitting Lyra and it could have happened that they fought over me and seeing that I had just told Devlin something truly disturbing bef
Asher's POVThe way that Tristan said it was enough to let me know that this wasn't the first time he was doing something like that. He wanted to do away with Lyra like she was some kind of trash, like she wasn't worth anything.I was feeling angry that he would think.of a person in such a manner and then my eyes darted to Lyra. I wondered how she was feeling, like an object being discarded. Her life had always been like this, growing up with a mother who didn't love her and then getting mated to someone who wasn't mated with her. And then she was abandoned and almost killed, and here where she thought a bit of solace existed, they wanted to get rid of her.Tristan was so displeased as he said her name, like the thought of her alone was such a horrible daydream. He hated lyra so much and i was trying to believe that it wasn't just the fact that she was from the silver moon pack. Maybe it was that Lyra knew of what happened with Devlin or there was so
Lyra's POV.I felt very heartbroken about all that was going on. There was nothing I was doing right. Even trying to figure out what had happened to Devlin had resulted in me finding out of the cruel things both Tristan and Philip were taking part in. I had no idea who to trust. There was the man who.loved me like crazy and my mate who wants me to.leave with him.Leaving with Asher did not mean I wasn't going to suffer, I knew what would be waiting for me back at home would be stigma, many people would blame me for what happened to Devlin and assume that I stole Asher from her. And if he says we're not going home, then where would we go?I could tell that when those words had left him, he never gave it proper thought, he just let his spur of the moment idea lead him to say such a thing but why would he get a spur of the moment idea about running away with me?Did he like me?I shook my head, even if he did, would he change anything?Asher was a ruler, he had duties to everyone in his
Asher's POVI decided it would be best if we let Devlin rest for a bit. Lucas was honestly reluctant to let her rest. I was almost tempted to let him stay with her but I knew that staying back was not going to make her heal faster but rather it was going to make him tired.We left Devlin in the care of the doctor while we drove back to Tristan's house.The advice I received from Lucas about deceiving Tristan and Philip and telling them I was leaving just to see what importance I was to them kept swimming in my head.I couldn't stop myself from thinking a lot of things and even thinking about Lyra. To say I was embarrassed was an understatement.I didn't know what came over me to stupidly go to her room and try to convince her to run away with me. I had been so confident that Tristan and Philip were going to plan to do away with her but I was wrong. Philip genuinely cared for her and it made me look utterly disgraceful. I couldn't accept such a fate and running away was the only thing
Lyra's POV.It was morning and I was laying in bed next to Philip. He eas busy feeding me grapes. In his words, he wanted our baby to be the cutest.When he had said it, i didnt know how to feek about it. It was a very unusual thing to say or maybe it was an unusual thing to hear. The father of the baby was only a few doors away and he was alive and well, except that he didnt know of this baby.I didn't think anything will change even if he does know. He wouldn't want it, he wouldn't want anything to mess with his status as an alpha. He had a reputation he needed to live up to and even if he had told Devlin he wanted nothing tl do with her anymore, it didn't mean he would divorce her. There were many things involved in their marriage it wasnt just the two of them anymore, but rather two different packs.Men like these only have words and not actions but the man laying down next to me with his face buried in a magazine reading about pregnancy was every woman's dream. He accepted me, lo
Lyra's POVThose men holding the guns were riding towards us. They had killing intent plastered on thier faces and i gripped the reins of the horse tighter.They didnt look like they wanted to have a conversation with us and this was what Philip also noticed, he immediately rode his horse to where I was."Run". He only had to say that one word and I instantly urged my own horse. It started running and it was suddenly a chase.The sound of gunshots filled the air. Bullets spreading far and wide and i wondered how come none of those bullets touched either of us.Philip was riding in front because he was the only one who knew his way around the place. I was totally oblivious about what to fo and where to do. We were riding in an open field. It was far stretched, we had arrived here afyer ridding through the thick woods surrounding Tristan's mansion. Philip had known exactly which way to go and I trusted him. I followed him laughing and rejoicing only to be met with people who wanted to
Lyra's POV.The bullet pierced his shoulder, sent him jerking backwards and resulted in the gun flying out of my hand.I was bewildered, I didn't know the kind of power that had overtook me because I couldn't believe that I shot someone. I looked over to the guy in the river.His blue shirt was stained with blood and he was flinching due to the pain. He didn't look as scary as he once did when he held the gun, he looked rather calmer but in pain.I instantly felt pity towards him but of course I couldn't jump into the river to help him. Staying right there in the river was safer for me. Even though I wanted to help, I wasn't going to be stupid about it.Footsteps appeared behind me and then I saw Philip making nis way towards me, as he saw me, he quickened his footsteps and wrapped his hand around me in a tight hug."Fuck, Lyra, I was so scared".I chuckled, "you didn't have to be, I'm okay, I'm fine". He hugged me once again like the thought of anything happening to me was his worst
Asher's POVAfter Lyra warned me about what Tristan wss planning, we tried to hatch a plan to make Philip totally take back his troops from Tristan's army. However, we couldn't think of anything. We thought that maybe it was as a result of it being too impromptu.When she left, I was alone with my thoughts. J had thought that maybe Tristan would come to some grounds with the silver moon pack. It was totally stupid, totally reckless and very inhumane to want to obliterate a whole pack, especially one that was filled with people who knew nothing about what had happened to his pack.I stayed by myself lost in my own thoughts. My thoughts drifted to what Lyra had told me about. She never mentioned what next would happen when Philip pulled his troops nor did she talk about what would happen to us.I didn't know what to expect but from the way she talked about him, I was sure that she wanted to leave with him. It was very understandable if that was her plan because Philip wss the right man
Lyra's POVI froze.Then I furrowed my eyebrows at Tristan, "what the hell, why would I do something like that?"Tristan ignored my question and then he took a bite out of his meal before turning to me, "I dont know what fucked up reason you have but it all points to you"I was furious. I had risked my life to save his friend and the first thing he did was to pint accusatory fingers at me. I wasn't the one who invited us out to go horse riding, I wasn't the scumbag who didn't show up, I wasn't the person who tried to have me killed.Tristan's accusations were baseless, I looked to Philip who was silently listening to the conversation. His expression was unreadable and for the first time I couldn't quite note what was going on in his mind. It was like he himself knew not what was in his mind.I figured this was the trash that Tristan had told him when they were walking back here that made Philip's mood change, it must've been what Philip was trying to process. Now I knew that Tristan h