Some of her men were battling with Atlas at the entrance,” He continued speaking before running off to join them. Greta had attacked us. She didn't attack the pack where Arnou had gone to with the rest of the Alphas. By the time Arnou realized that they had been tricked but would have been too late already. Atlas was already battling all alone outside. We need to help him. The though to help comes to mind as I ran off to find Maliya and Alisa. I needed to let them know of what was happening before coming back to alert Daciana and the rest. This was Greta's plan all long. She made Arnou and the rest of the Alpha's leave while she attacked us. We were foolish to believe what that man had said. I knew he shouldn't have been trusted. “Maliya!” I shouted her name when I see her with Alisa. They looked confused as the guards ran past them, no one wanted to stop to answer their questions. Immediately they see me, they both run towards me, crossing the hallway to get to me.
Before I knew it, tears were streaming down my face as I stare at Atlas whose wound was still bleeding. Shouldn't it have healed by now? “Atlas why isn't your wound closing up? You're a werewolf aren't you? So why isn't it closing up?” My voice got higher as tears streamed down, I tried to stop the tears from flowing but they betrayed me.. Tearing a piece from my shirt, I pressed it into Atlas's wound, trying to stop it from bleeding too much. “Atlas..” I called his name one more time when he remained quiet, looking up at him as I waited for an answer. Atlas held my arm, and dragged me away. I let him drag me as we moved a safer distance away from the battle. Was it so important that he had to move me away from the battlefield? He winced in pain when he moved his wounded shoulder and my heart ached. “I lost my wolf,” He confessed finally, eyes searching my own as he waited for what my reaction would be. He lost his… I gasped in shock when the realization of what h
I screamed Batya's name continuously, trying to get her to wake up but it was of no use. Batya laid on the floor, the flames surrounding her and getting higher. If I could feel the heat of the flames from where I stood, how would Batya who was in the middle of it all feel? My heart ached as I worried about my daughter who was unconscious. I took a step towards the fire but my fears keep holding me back, stopping me from running to save my daughter. An arrow comes out of no where, flying directly to Greta. Before she had time to react, the arrow hit her, piercing into her torso. Greta grits her teeth in pain as she turned to glare at the person that had shot the arrow. She pulled the arrow out of her body, the spot turning red with blood. I turned to see Atlas running towards us with a bow in his hand. He had a bandage wrapped around his shoulder and he ran straight towards me. Looking back at Batya who was still unconscious. There was no way for me to wake her up without going
My eyes fluttered open, and I looked around the room feeling confused about where I was. Slowly I remembered all that happened yesterday and I groaned in pain, sitting up. The burn marks on my body were all healed by my wolf. Apart from my body being sore, I didn't feel any pain. I finally noticed Atlas who was lying on the bed next to me. His face was etched it worry while he was asleep. He held my hand in his as he slept making my heart melt. Did he sleep here the whole time? I couldn't help but be moved by this, my hand reaching out in their own accord to smoothen his crease. At that exact moment, his eyes snapped open and he fell on me immediately. We both stayed in silence staring at each other until he spoke up first. “How do you feel?” He asked me, his morning voice was deeper than usual and it caused a weird sensation in my stomach. Ignoring the way I was feeling, I answered back. “I’m alright. How is everyone? What happened after I passed out?” I asked.
After Daciana and I stopped crying. I left to go and shower and do other thingsI was happy that Daciana and Alisa had finally decided to forgive me.Arnou had come to thank me earlier too. He was grateful that I had risked it all for his daughter.While I was happy with this development, I didn't see the need for them to thank me for saving Batya.I was serious when I said that I was going to do it again if the need arose.I just pray that Batya's life won't be in danger anymore.I hadn't seen Atlas after that. He was currently having a meeting with some of his people. They were talking about going to Hottigan to save his mate.“Heyley I have an offer for you,” Daciana said and I turned to look at her, still taking a sip of my water.With the war with Greta over for now, we were preparing to go back to the Lycan territory.“Since you are no longer in exile. I'd like to give you a position in Arnou's court.I immediately spat out the water in my mouth, coughing violently.Daciana imme
Atlas stared at me, his eyes held so much pain in them that you would think that I was the one who hurt him instead of the other way around.I wondered if I was being too harsh on him but when I remembered that he had lied to me about everything, I cleared such thoughts.“Hayley, please just listen to me,” Atlas started, taking a step towards me but Daciana stopped him with her eyes. With the way she looked at him, it wouldn't be a surprise if she burnt him if he took a step closer.Daciana and my relationship had gotten significantly better after that time in her room, and we were like sisters once more.“Stay where you are and speak, she can hear you from this distance,” Daciana warned, her eyes held fury as she glared at Atlas but she didn't want to butt into it. She just wanted to make sure I was safe but she wouldn't impose her thoughts on me because she didn't know about the whole. And I respected that.This was my battle to face.“What else do you want to say? Atlas you had a
My heart dropped when I heard what the driver had said.Bandits up ahead.A few years back this road was one of the safest you would ever journey across. The bandits started showing up, claiming it as their turf. These bandits were rouge wolves who came together to form a band in this part, and they rob people who pass by.They usually have a leader who is the strongest among them, majority of their loot goes to whoever this person was.I turned to Atlas and his face was ashen. I wasn't sure if I could fight them off by myself and Atlas didn't have this wolf. I had no idea how we were going to escape this.“Can we push through?” Atlas asked and the driver replied in the negative.“Our efforts would be futile if we even try, they would turn to their wolves and might even kill the horses.” The carriage driver said. This situation was graver than I thought.We needed to fight our way out then. I looked out the window one more time, counting seven men in total.There was one person in t
Next Chapter.“Who are you? And how did you–” Atlas started to ask but he waved him off, cutting his question short.I shook my head at Atlas when he wanted to say something else to their leader, making him keep quiet.Atlas looked angry but he could only keep his mouth shut. He had to do that if he wanted to keep his life that is.“That's not important now, is it? You're both not in the right position to fight us, so it would be in your best interest to stay still. Tie them up and bring them with us.” The leader said, turning away.Two of his men walked to us with ropes, baldy looking at me with obvious dislike.The wound on his neck had healed, but it didn't mean that the bruise on his ego was forgotten.He was held with a knife to his by a woman, for that brief moment his life was in my hands and it had happened in front of his teammates.I don't think he would ever forget that.“Atlas.. what are we going to do?” I whispered to him, feeling helpless.This was just the first day of
Chapter one hundred and Eleven Heyley's pov “Calm down Heyley, can you please tell me what the problem is?" He asked.“Everyone is staring at me, it is making me uncomfortable", I said .“That's because it's their first time to behold such a beautiful damsel, here hold my hands I'll guide you every step of the way", Atlas said, stretching his hand .His words consoled me, I had more confidence in myself than ever, I held his hands and he walked me to the front of the crowd, Elder Nate was in front already waiting for our arrival.We performed the marital rites and it was time for the moon goddess' approval. I've always wondered why the moon goddess who usually appears at night approves a daytime wedding but Atlas says that she is always everywhere so I didn't bother myself about that thought.“If there is anyone here that doesn't want this marriage to proceed, speak up now or forever remain silent", Elder Nate said.My heart skipped for a moment, my mind went to when I disrupted De
Chapter one hundred and ten Heyley's pov I felt sprinkles of water all over my body. “Heyley, Heyley, I could hear Atlas' voice faintly call my name."Heyley, please don't scare me like that again”, he said as a opened my eyes, I couldn't see him clearly all I could see was blurry, it took about thirty seconds before my eyes were wide opened, the guards were holding me tightly, I freed myself from their grip and adjusted my seat"what happened I asked?”, looking rather surprised, I couldn't remember how I got to the ground ."you fainted immediately you heard Parker's confession about Greta”, Atlas answered.I looked around and there was Greta staring right into my face, for the first time in a long while I looked at her right back in the face without being scared."Parker, are you sure of what you are saying? Denise and Greta do not know each other, Dianacia and I are Greta's biological children”, I said." There's more to the story that no one knows but I'm grateful to be here p
Chapter one hundred and nine Atlas pov I was so pissed with Heyley, first that she would be sent for her family without informing me and also deciding to accommodate them without even letting me know .She came out of the room looking at me and frowning in her face, “What is Atlas?", she asked.“Let's talk in the room", I replied as I walked towards the room she walked right behind me.On getting to the room she backed the door with so much anger and it made a really loud noise, but I didn't care about her anger .“Why would you do this Haley, why are you being insensitive about our problems?", I asked her pacing around the room.“I don't get you, I don't understand please you'd have to break it down for me to understand whatever you are saying", she said.“Sending for your sister and her family at this crucial time, Anna is being detained, she would be standing before trial in a few days, Denise is still on the sick bed yet you accommodate your sister for a few days, Heyley don't a
Chapter one hundred and eight Heyley's pov . I searched for Janet everywhere in the house but I couldn't find her “where could she have gone”?, I asked myself.I decided to walk to the courtyard in search of her. As I stepped out I saw a beautiful carriage in the courtyard., with Janet standing with a group of people, “Who could that be?", I asked myself.I walked closer to them and to my greatest surprise it was Dianacia, on seeing her I was short of words, I didn't know how to react .“I'm, I'm sorry", Dianacia said to Janet, it looked like they were having an altercation.“Dianacia, Dianacia, is that you"? I said as I ran towards them, Dianacia ran as fast as she could when she saw me, we hugged passionately.“What on earth are you doing here?", I asked.“Well, since Bayat wouldn't rest about seeing her mummy, we decided to pay you a little surprise," she replied.“That's so sweet of you", I replied.This time Bayata was running towards me “Mummy, mummy", she said as she ran,
Chapter one hundred and seven Dianacia pov “I'm so sorry mummy I was only excited about our journey", Bayata replied.“We are not going today baby, daddy has a lot of things to do in his court. I promise we will go soon ", I replied.I didn't want her to feel that I don't care about her because I could see she was really sad with the way I yelled at her.“Okay mummy, I love you", she said as she packed her bags and ran to her room.I locked the door and entered the room, Arnou gave me his eyes, he does that anytime he doesn't like my reaction to something.“What?, if you have anything to say just say it", I said .“No I don't", he replied.“But you know I handled the issue well", I said.“You sure did, you yelling at our daughter who tried to take her life because you were yelling at her was definitely handling the issue well", he replied sarcastically."I'm serious Arnou, don't give me that kind of reply, " I said .“Fine, you almost got out of control but you sure did handle it w
Chapter one hundred and sixAtlas pov “What the hell Anna, I'm trying my best to get Denise back on her feet while you are here trying to kill her, do you want to implicate yourself?, please put the knife down?", I said .“No Atlas let me kill this bitch, she should pay for her crimes she just wants to reap where she did not show.", Anna replied .“I know you are very angry about what she did to you, however this is not the way to seek things out you would only put us in much more trouble", I said .“She is the trouble here, I am doing us a favor Atlas, you would thank me for this in the long run", she replied.“If the elders have your head there would be no one to thank, so stop fooling around and drop the damn knife", I yelled.“Atlas… Atlas … your sisters want me dead, they do not want our love to flourish, she wants to kill me, she doesn't want me to carry another Alpha baby of ours”, she cried .I could see the tears roll down Denise's cheeks, but I chose not to ignore it. My f
Chapter one hundred and five Heyley's pov It was a long distance back home, all I could think about was whether Bayta was fine, I wondered why Dianacia would act the way she did, all I did was love Bayta, “she is supposed to understand that these things take time", I said to myself. It was really getting dark and I still haven't gotten to the house. I didn't think the house would be this far. I hurried home and I got home rather quickly.The whole house was quiet and empty, it felt like no one was at home. I walked towards the kitchen and I couldn't even find the maids or even a guard ."Where is everybody?”, I asked myself."Is anyone in, who is at home, why is everywhere so quiet?”, I screamed at the top of my voice. Just as I was about to say another word from my mouth I saw the maid walking towards me, she walked with so much haste .“Welcome ma", she bowed her head and greeted.“Thank you, where is everybody, why is everywhere so quiet?", I asked her."The soon to be Luna i
Chapter one hundred and four Dianacia povRight before my eyes Arnou grabbed her by the legs as she was about to slip down the Window, she fell on Arnou and was crying profusely.“I want to go and meet mummy Heyley, I miss her so much”she cried out .“It's okay baby, stay with me please I'll take you to be with mummy Heyley but first you have to stay with me, I love you baby", Arnou said petting and kissing her cheeks.I was unable to move as I could no longer feel my feets. It felt as if something pierced me. I stood dumbfounded for over five minutes before trying to move towards them. On seeing me Bayta jumped on my body and cried. I couldn't help but burst out in tears also.“I'm, I'm sorry mummy", she said.“No, don't be, I'm the one that is supposed to be sorry, I hurt you, I shouldn't have yelled at you, that was a cruel thing for me to do", I said while using my fingers to go through her head.“I just miss my mum… .. mummy, she doesn't want to see me again”, she said." No, M
Chapter one hundred and three Dianacia's povBoth Arnou and Heyley looked at me dumbfounded when I broke the news to them “That's not possible she went upstairs after we've exchanged pleasantries", Heyley said.“But I've searched and called out her name for the utpententh time, she is nowhere to be found", I replied.This time my eyes has been clouded with tears, I didn't know what to think, I rushed down the stairs and went ahead to hold my husband's hands.“Arnou say something please", I cried .“Probably one of the guards would have seen her leaving", Arnou said.He walked to where the guard was, they talked for a little bit and when they were done Arnou turned to face us, his face was moody and I knew something had gone wrong.“Where is she Arnou, where?, I yelled." Do you think Greta got again? “, Heyley asked ." Why won't she leave my family and I alone", I cried out .“But Greta would have left a word if she did she is not usually like that”, Heyley said."something is wron