Lily's POV"I and Isla stayed at the hidden corner, gisting and resting at the same time. It was actually fun, but all of a sudden, something caught my eyes.""I saw about three guards with my bag and locker, which Madam Betty had brought for me to use for some properties she had given to me.""I tapped Isla immediately, 'Isla, look!' I screamed silently.""Isla saw them and gasped, 'Where were they taking your things to? Isn't that your locker and clothing bag?' She questioned, with widened eyes.""Yes. I am shocked as well. Let's follow them to check where they would be taking all these things to. Please hide with me so they wouldn't see us," I said, and she nodded."We started following the trail of the men but hid so they wouldn't be able to see us. They were taking the goods to the palace, and I was shocked at what they were doing.""Why were they doing that?""They entered a place which I didn't know existed and dropped my luggage there. We couldn't follow them into the place un
Lily's POV"Just then, another walked past me and did the same thing, asking about my return and that I should happily enjoy my stay in the palace.""I have never received this kind of welcome in my entire life. Right from the Dark Moon pack to this, I haven't at all.""It's so strange to me, although a part of me felt happy and grateful for what I had just experienced.""I moved out of the palace and went deep into the passage. There, my eyes met with a familiar door. And as I moved closer, I realized it was Alpha Derek's.""I gasped in shock as my head tilted backward. Then, I made my way to run, but someone quickly held my hand captive.""I turned to see who it was and was shocked to the bone when I saw Alpha Derek holding my hand captive.""'Alpha Derek?' I gasped.""'Where do you think you are going?' He asked me with a smirk.""Huh?""'I—I want.'""'Shut it. You're a palace maid, right? Now, I can have you anywhere I want. Get ready for me,' he said in a hushed tone.""I felt li
Lily's POV"I jolted up to the sound of cock crows around the whole vicinity. My heart started panting in my chest as I sat straight on my bed.""I—I am alive?""Lily alive?""This can't be. My eyes darted to the window; the day wasn't bright, but it was setting.""Wow! I used my hand to touch my body, my skin, and truly, I can feel it. Lily, you are supposed to die by now. What's happening?""I raced out of the sheets and jumped out of the bed. As my legs landed on the ground, I felt it.""I actually felt it.""Then I walked to the door and went outside. The whole place was beautiful and nice. I can't believe what is happening.""How can I be alive?""Is it that the curse did not have effects on me? Is it that I didn't die as supposed? What's actually happening?""I moved out of the room to the passage. Some maids had started moving out for their daily routine, and as they saw me, some had widened eyes.""'Lily?' Sonia, my closest neighbor, gasped in shock.""I stood at the spot as s
Lily's POV"'No, this can't be… Lily is dead. She is a ghost,' one of them said, pointing accusing fingers at me.""'Please leave me alone. I am sorry. Please, Lily,' the girl with the touch begged.""I smiled at her with a grin.""'What makes you guys think I am dead?' I asked them with a smile.""'She's lying. She's lying. She's dead. Do not believe her,' one said, shaking her finger at me.""Oh my God! What kind of people are these? What kind of humans are these?""I am left speechless at this point. What the hell?""Reluctantly, I let go of the girl's hand, and she quickly moved backward; then all of them ran away.""My hand quickly ran to my forehead as sweat started trickling down from it. What do I say to people now? I didn't know that all of them had already painted me in their hearts for death.""They have already concluded in their minds that I would die. They have. I am speechless at this point. I can't believe this. Man, it's strange.""So people can actually behave like t
Alpha Derek's POVThe moment Lily left my room that night, "I felt it," I felt really strange within me. "I didn't know what to do but to remain on my bed.""I cannot stop the moon goddess from taking her life if they want to. I can't." I need to always embrace myself again and face responsibilities and the new accusations that would come after she dies."The luck I might have this time is that she has no family." That's the only luck I would have. "Because both Sabrina and my first wife had families, and when they died, their families came to me crying and blaming me for their daughters' deaths.""I felt so terrible then and wished if I could just sit with the moon goddess for her to explain the areas of my life which I have wronged her.""I wished like that.""Their parents, though lower than me in status, didn't care; they were all seeking vengeance towards their dead daughters.""And even when I tried pleading with them, they wouldn't accept." It got to the point where some of the
Darius’s POVI know with those words I said to Lily, she was confused, but I did not care. She would come to like me anyways. After all, she seemed very nice and I know that one of these days, she would come up to me and embrace me.I stared at her charming face as she smiled up at me. “'Thank you so much for the compliment. I really really appreciate it, but I have to go. I have lots of work to do, and I must not be late,” she said to me, as she gave the costume to me. I collected the attire and turned around like I was about to move, but surprised her by driving her inside the room and locking the door. She screamed and held to the door tightly like she wanted to leave. “'Do not be scared. I am not trying to take you or something. Okay? I am just being nice.” That is all I said to her. She lets go of the door handle and stands there holding her arms together like she was trying to cage herself, maybe thinking I wanted to touch her in any way. “'Do not worry, and do not be scared. O
Alpha Derek’s POVJust as I was about to give a formal introduction to the council members, mostly new rulers who were not very familiar with Darius since he was not always in the palace and always ventured away from anything that had to do with the politics of the palace.I decided to just give a brief summary about why he is like that even though they all know that he's my stepbrother, but just then the door opened and Lily walked in with some beverage on a tray. She seemed to be shivering. Something was not right. I had already warned madam Betty not to do anything to her but yet it was like madame Betty refused to listen to me. She was beside her and was not saying anything. I kept silent and just then, Darius slowly removed my hand from his shoulder as he walked towards Lily. What was this? Does he even know her? Why would he just go to her? Oh. I slammed myself internally. Maybe he wanted to take a beverage from her, but I had no choice but to watch what he wanted to do. He wa
Alpha Derek’s POVI was not going to let it go that way. I could not just keep silent while she said something like that to me, I moved closer to her as she dragged herself backward. "Please do not come close to me. I don't want to say anything or cause any problem. Okay?" she said to me. I was so confused. I did not know what to do anymore.Why was she acting this way?“What did you mean by the moon goddess did not let you die? What do you mean? Did you plan on dying during the 2 weeks? Was that your plan to leave me? You wanted me to be traumatized. You wanted them to continue to call me the cursed alpha," I said to her. She shook her head sideways."No. That's not what I mean at all. That is not what I mean. I promise you. I am just saying that why am I still alive when every one of your mates who stayed with you all died? Why am I still the only one here? There has to be a reason behind it, and I want to know the reason behind it more than anything in this world," she said to me.
Author's POVOn the verge of giving his judgment on Derek's case, the elders immediately stopped Tobias and said, “You can't judge his case. You have to be crowned as the king first before you judge the case.” And Tobias immediately agreed with them and said, “Okay, I'll judge this case after my coronation.”“So have you picked the dates for the coronation?” he asked the council members, but they replied, “We can't coronate you without you having a Luna yet. We don't want you to be a cause of trouble like them,” the council members said to Tobias. Tobias immediately stood up and walked straight to Lily. He held her hand and said, “She will be my Luna.” The council members looked at each other in surprise and said, “How far? She can't be your mate.”Tobias was shocked and asked, “Why? Why can't she be my mate?” Cassie stood up immediately and said, “Because you have a mate already. I'm your first mate, and as long as I'm alive and I'm not dead, Lily can't be your mate. I am your first
Author's POVSitting on the throne was Tobias, as his face displayed a mix of emotions. The elder members were discussing how to crown Tobias as the new king of the pack. But Tobias said to them, “You don't necessarily have to crown me as the king. Derek can also be the king, and besides he has been the one there since all these years. I don't really know about the affairs of being a king in a pack.” He said to the elders but the elders did not agree to what he said. “No. Derek has been acting crazy these past few months. He has been acting mad on the throne. The power given to him has been misused. He has not been serving the people well,” the elder member said. “We were even planning to dethrone him not quite long before you showed up, Tobias,” they added. Tobias looked at them in shock and was surprised that the council members were planning to dethrone Derek. It was shocking as to why they would do that. They explained that he was acting paranoid and crazy. Derek was shocked tha
Author's POVOut of happiness, Cassie hugged him tighter than before. And before she knew it, Tobias pushed her away. But Lily did not see Tobias pushing her away. Cassie was shocked as to why Tobias would push her away. But she composed herself. She didn't want others to notice that she was pushed away by Tobias. Lily started walking. “I’m going to Tobias. I want to go to him like I missed. I have missed him. Now to go and hug him very tight and never let go,” she said to Alpha Derek. But Alpha Derek was shocked and said, “How could you, Lily? I thought we saved our relationship already. Do you want to betray me? Do you want to betray me with Tobias just like you did with Darius? Isn’t it enough? I thought you said our relationship was important. I thought you loved me now. I thought you promised me that you would love only me and nobody else.” He said to Lily, but Lily was not buying any of it. “No, Alpha Derek, I was sold to you. You forced me to love you. You forced me to be in
Author's POV“You are welcome, Tobias. We've been expecting you. Okay, I'll be back shortly. I need to sort some things out inside.” Alpha Derek stormed inside the house angrily and went into his room immediately. He took his phone and dialed Alpha Ethan's number right away. He dialed Alpha Ethan's number, and he picked up the call after two rings.“Alpha Ethan!” “What? How dare you? You told me Tobias was dead. You told me you punished him to a place of no return. You told me that there was no way he's going to survive there? Where you punished him to. How come he's alive? How come he's standing before me? You confirmed he was dead to me. You…. You confirmed that there is no way he's going to come back to life. You said there was no way he's going to come out of that place alive. How come he's alive? Standing ill and healthy right here in front of me? What did you do? You said he was not going to come back alive. Now how come he's alive and healthy? He did not just come back alive.
Author's POVAlpha Derek was sitting on his throne inside the throne room and he was very perplexed. He was wondering, ‘Who could these people be? Who could this wealthy billionaire be that came into my park without me knowing? How could they come into this park without my knowledge?’” He wondered. He immediately called his Beta and said, “Get me Lily right now. I want her by my side when I'm receiving these visitors,” he said to them. He said to his Beta, but he told him, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry, Alpha, but Lily is not. Lily is not around right now. She's not in the palace.” He said to him, and Alpha Derek stood up in anger. “What? What do you mean Lily is not in the palace? Where could she have gone? Why didn't she tell me where she was going?” Alpha Derek shouted in anger, but his Beta told him that he didn’t know where Lily went, but she was not in the palace right now. Alpha Derek started pacing up and down inside his throne room and he was wondering, ‘Where could Lily be?’ He
Author's POV“Why the hell are you? Why the hell do you care about me now? I thought you were acting indifferent before. I thought you didn’t like me and you didn’t want me to be your mate. Why now? Why do you have to claim me now?” Tobias shouted at Cassie, frustration evident in his tone.Cassie immediately interrupted him. “I did not leave you! It was because we weren’t in our pack back then. Now that we are back here, in the palace, I have to claim you now, and I can’t leave you for Lily. You can never be with Lily Blackthorn,” she insisted.Tobias, visibly angry, looked at her with annoyance. “You don’t have to claim me. I can never love you. I can only love Lily and Lily alone. Lily is the one I love, not you. Even if you try to claim me, I am not going to fall in love with you,” he muttered angrily.Cassie was equally annoyed. She stood up in frustration and declared, “Whatever you do, Tobias, you will never leave me alone. I am your true mate, and there is nothing you can do a
Author's POV“Are you sure that you are ready to do this?” Catherine asked Tobias, and Tobias looked in that direction.“Yes, I’m very ready to do this, and I’m sure of what I’m doing right now,” he replied.Catherine looked in Cassie's direction and saw her putting on headphones. She turned back to Tobias and said, “You don’t have to worry about her. I know that very soon she’s going to come around, and she’s going to like you just like she liked you before.”Tobias responded, “I don’t really care about her. It doesn’t really matter if she comes around. I like Lily. As long as I have Lily there waiting for me, I am fine. I am okay with Lily alone. I don’t really care if she comes around and likes me again. Sincerely, I don’t want her to like me because I already like Lily, and I would like only Lily as my mate.”Meanwhile, Cassie was not really listening to her headphones. She thought to herself, ‘I don’t really have to say anything or act like I heard what they are saying. I have a
Maya’s POVI decided that even though I had already gotten to realize Darius's actual plan, I would still try my best to divert it and make him quit his plan. So I thought of the perfect words to use, and it finally came to me."Why do you want to kidnap her when you know that she still shares a very strong mate-bond with Alpha Derek? Her inner wolf can easily connect to him and tell him exactly where she is or where she thinks she is, or he could actually even sniff her out. It might take a while, but he would definitely find her. That's just the thing about meatballs that you know nothing about," I said to him as he laughed and began to knock his hand on the wheel like he was being frustrated and thinking of a way out. He turned to me swiftly and smacked at me before looking away."Who said I did not prepare for this? I have already prepared for all this in advance. I knew that something like this might cause a problem and he would be able to find out, but I am going to stop it, an
Maya’s POVI stood beside the door, eavesdropping on everything Luna Nora, and Alpha Darius were talking about. I was in total shock. Darius had gotten to the very edge, and I knew that he was going to start pouring all his punishment on everybody as quickly as possible. I didn't even think Lily would be able to last as long as I predicted. She might not even reach that extent. From the way I was seeing everything, it was just going to get worse and worse. I covered my mouth because it felt like I was about to scream in utter shock. So I made sure to stay hidden so that even if a maid or any guard passed, they would not easily notice me. And luckily for me, her door was inside in a way that it still had boulders blocking it so that anybody who passed would not easily notice someone was actually standing there. That was just one thing I was gaining from as I stood there listening to everything. After I had heard everything and was about to leave, I suddenly heard her telling Darius to