Lily’s POV"Take her to the playground and give her thirty lashes. Now." She ordered and three guards stepped forward, dragging me to the playground, the place I was flogged last week. They threw me on the ground, close to a big stone. Brought out a rope and tied my body together with the stone. I was bent, curved, my hands wingling weakly on the air while my legs splayed on the bare ground. The sound of the rope rotating in the air made goosebumps grow out of my skin, and before I could dictate what would happen next, a loud whip landed on my back. I gasped in pain. Another followed, with another and another. One of them was counting and one was flogging. Madam Betty didn't care to ask me why I came late, she didn't even care to find out, she just ordered them to take me. How can someone be so heartless? They kept lashing on me, hitting me from different angles. Ten gone, remaining twenty strokes. My vision started getting blurry, the courtyard spinning around, including eve
Alpha Derek’s POVWhat the fuck is this? Was this written to me? Do I even know anyone who has travelled? Not to talk of collecting what's rightfully mine? Hmm, this is strange. I started thinking, searching through my mind, pondering on many facts and ideas, whether I haven’t come across such a fellow before who would say this kind of thing to me. I have no friends as an Alpha. Remember my curse? That's what kept everyone far away from me. If only my childhood friend, Zach, was still alive, he would have been my number one nigga. At that time, everyone ran away but he stood by me until the curse took him away from me. Making me all alone, lonely till this time. I shrugged off the pitiful feelings I was having immediately. I do not care the fuck what people think about me. I do not actually care. I am the Alpha of this pack so no bastard would dare come here to threaten me or give me any fucking threat. I am in charge. And that's how it's supposed to be. I tore the paper immedi
Alpha Derek’s POVLuke nodded. "Sure. Yeah. You're right Alpha Derek. I think so too. What do you suggest we do to stop this or get prepared for these unforeseen threats?" "That's what I do not really know. I am confused but I know for sure, no one comes here and messes up. The moment they try it, they are gone. I will personally kill and crush their bones with my bare hands." "That's nice Alpha Derek.""Inform the guards about this and tell them to always stay alert for any situations that arise. Now, we must stay firm and safeguard ourselves and the entire pack as a whole. Tell the announcer to go round the pack tomorrow, telling everyone to return to his or her houses before 9pm at night. The pack's main entrance should be locked before 9pm daily too. Understood?" He bowed, "Yes sir, I will." Then he turned and made his way to the door, exiting out of it.We would need to upgrade the security of this pack soon. I can sense danger lurking around, waiting for the perfect time to
Alpha Derek’s POVThe storm started making stones, heavy and big stones to form a swirl in the air and as the men wanted to escape, the stone started attacking them, hitting them at every part of their body. And after some time, because I and some of our colleagues were watching them, the stones started flying in our direction. This time, I set my eyes on Lily, she was just like someone who was unconscious. I was shocked by it. I was thinking she was the one that was controlling everything not knowing it wasn't her.""Hmm." Madam Betty exclaimed, "So who could be the person that did this thing to everyone that day?" She asked, eyeing me. I am suspecting Alpha Derek but I cannot say it out loud. If I should say this, my punishment might increase further. "Well, lose her." She ordered and some guards came loosening the rope from me. As soon as the guards removed the rope from my body, I fell flat to the ground. My bones were weak, as my muscles. "So what did you say you saw happen
Lily's POVThere were fallen leaves scattered on the ground under the tree. I sat on them, relaxing my back against the tree. How do I manage to eat? I am so hungry and tired. I placed my head on the tree for support. The pains in my stomach became much that my hand flew over, wrapping it up. Tears started welling up in my eyes as I thought of my life. Being accused daily is now like a routine for me. Not even a day escaping. The tears welled up, started pouring, streaming down my cheeks. Memories of how the guards were whipping me with the flogger came crashing down on me. Their faces were beaming with lots of wicked smiles when they were hitting that thing on me. One was calling me and calling me 'a cheap slut' saying I had been lucky he wasn't Alpha Derek, he would have chained me to his room and fuck me day amd night. I marvelled at their opinions, their thinking faculty was trash like it would always be. There are some men in this world that do not deserve to live but die a
Darius’s POVLeaving my little hut in the forest, I started my normal training in front of my house. My sword slashed through the air, cutting through the ties, and hitting different angles and corners.Just then, strange noises from someone in the garden started blaring out, making me uncomfortable. But I didn't mind that, I continued fighting through the air. Aiming to get a particular spot before unlocking my full potential. Waving my sword in different directions, I dropped them off, now moving on with my hands. I started throwing blows in the air. Many blows, different ones. Instructions from my past master, Master Chen was: "Always start slow and steady, looking at the side and tactics of your opponent. Where is his next punch heading? Make sure you can avoid him beating you, I know he would at a time, but try not to allow him to do much, even if you aren't punching him at first, allow him till the fight intensifies before you strike. All your blows should be light and heavy
Darius's POVI quickly entered the water to grab her before she drowns and when she was finally up, she opened her eyes which were already red because of the water influx in them. I carried her in my arms out of the river to the shore and placed her on the marbles. She was breathing fast, very fast. "Lily, are you ok?" I questioned her. She didn't respond to me. Her face was still stoic and expressionless. Maybe she wasn't happy about what happened. "Lily, Lily…" I called her again and she shifted her gaze to me. Her face was fierce, giving me a dangerous look."You wanted to use this method to kill me right?" She questioned, shifting her gaze from mine. How? Why was she talking this way? I only wanted her to learn how to swim all by herself without being afraid. I wanted her to take a bold step herself and learn the simple tricks on how to do it. "No Lily. I do not. I wanted you to learn how to do it all by yourself, " I said looking at her face, then she turned to me and I sl
Lily's povEven as Darius suggested that he wanted me to swim alongside him, I refuted immediately. I have already done things on my own before so why would I need someone to teach me how to do things? Besides, I do not trust him all that much. He might be someone that has been sent to kill me and he is trying to do it most entertainingly and sweetly ever. There are a lot of reasons spinning in my head on why I shouldn't allow him to teach me so that's why I objected. With the ones he had shown to me, I am more than content with them, I can do this. As I reached the river, diving into it at once. He was thinking I would come meet him but I did the opposite at a very close distance to him. I didn't know the water would fail me. I thought people always said that the water was friendly, like always friendly. But it did the opposite to me. Just like a payback for what I did to Darius a few minutes ago. I nearly drowned inside the water as I lost balance but after a few seconds, Dari
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