Next ChapterI went into the palace, looking for where Batya could have run off.I followed the scent I was so familiar with, walking into the room I was staying in previously“Batya baby,” I called her name softly, closing the door behind me.She held the pillow in her arms tighter, falling to the bed.“Go away,” she screamed.I could hear her sniffle and my heart broke.“Batya, can I please talk to you?” I tried again softly, walking to her this time.“I said I don't want to talk to you, so please go away,” I touched a water ball sent flying towards me but I didn't leave..I couldn't possibly leave my baby.“Batya please listen to me and don't be mad at mommy,”This time, I went to her on the bed. Pulling her away from the pillowShe screamed as she struggled in my arms, trying to make me leave her.When she realized that I wasn't going to leave her, she threw herself at me, hugging me tightly as she cried lucky.“Why do you want to leave me? You and Daddy don't love me anymore?” Sh
Next Chapter.“If someone asked you to leave your mate, how would you feel? How did you feel when I tried my best to separate you from Daciana?” I asked him and his eyes darkened.I had done foolish things at that point and I knew reminding him of it was only foolish, but he had to understand where I was coming from.“You can't possibly want me to leave my mate, can you?” I asked him.He let out a breath with my question, dragging a hand down his face.“To be honest with you, I asked Daciana the same thing but she seemed insistent on making you stay and she asked me to speak with you,” Arnou confessed and I nodded my head.“She thinks that you'd only get hurt if you go back to Atlas because he hurt you once already,”I understood that she was only looking out for me and she wanted the best for me too.But they were all with their mates. Making me stay would be selfish if I dared to say.She just wanted me to stay and serve at Arnou's court.I knew I was being a bit too much but thinki
Next ChapterWhat do you mean by ‘new wife'? I sure do hope you have another brother that isn't Atlas,” I couldn't help but ask because I couldn't possibly think of why she would be doing this.Randomly bringing a mate for Atlas was really wild.“I brought a befitting mate for my brother, do you think you would be able to compare to him?” She asked, giving me a once over.Compare to him? Atlas is my mate and the moon goddess chose me for him as a second chance mate, do I need to compare?I knew Atlas wasn't aware of this and I was way too tired to argue with her. The two women stared at me with irritation and I didn't want to say anything to them.Giving her a thumbs up, I left her with her delusions of thinking that Atlas would get married to another.“Are you home? I could smell your scent,” Atlas asked from the mind link and I smiled.The mind-link was one of the things I could never really get over. Hearing your mate's voice in your head.“Yes, I am, where are you?” I asked when
Next Chapter.“Anna!” Atlas yelled, slamming his fist on the table and pushing himself up. His veins popped on his face and he was red with anger.“I suggest you watch what you're saying right this second. What are you saying? That Heyley killed Aria? That is outrageous and you know it,” Atlas growled angrily.When Anna said she was going to do anything, I didn't expect her to frame me for murder and try to take me out.The punishment for murder was death, what is wrong with her?“But Atlas, I'm only saying what her family said and want. I wasn't the one who came up with the assumption that Heyley killed Aria,” Anna defended herself. The look on her face almost made her believable, but I wasn't stupid.“You do not want to be punished for defaming the Luna, do you? Heyley is my mate and she is the Luna of this pack, so I suggest you watch what you say about my mate. Did she kill Aria? Aria was killed by Greta and it had nothing to do with Heyley. Heyley had risked her life to go and sa
My head pounded in pain, my throat felt raw from all the screaming, and each raggedy breath I took felt like I was being stabbed with thousands of needles.How long had it been? I stopped counting after day three.In all the days I had been tortured and burned and cut, they hadn’t let my mate near me.Some part of me doubted Atlas even knew where I was.In a way, it brought me joy that he couldn't see me like this. It would break him.My ears pricked in alert as the sound of the iron gate swung open. I took in a deep painful breath and blinked at the gate of my cell as I waited for the inevitable appearance of Big hulk.My torturer. That’s what I called him.“Is she ready?” Anna’s whiny voice reached my ears as the sound of their footsteps got louder.I pulled at the shackles around my wrists and hissed in pain. Iron shackles laced with wolfsbane. It bit and burned into the skin on my wrists, the poison weakening me every time I pulled and struggled.“She should be, every other thing
I woke up with my hands chained behind me. The shackles were back on and the bite of the wolfsbane stung on my wrists.There was no one with me. The carriage I had been bundled into shook as it clobbled over rough stones making my head hit the window pane repeatedly."Where the hell am I? And where is that bitch?" I hissed in pain as I struggled to sit upright and try looking out the window.I had no idea where I was. My bearings were confused and my blood was alive. Panic or strength, I had no idea but my brain buzzed as I tried to call out to my wolf."Nafira! Ira!" Even as I yelled out loud, I knew she wouldn't reply.She was gone. Separated from me by the poison they had pumped into my veins. Wolfsbane."Let me out!!!" I yelled, hitting against the carriage door with my legs but if anyone was driving the carriage, they paid me no mind."Anna!" I yelled again, my throat feeling raw as panic flooded my veins."LET ME OUT!"The shaking of the carriage got worse as it began to climb o
CHAPTER SIXTY I couldn't feel my feet, my mate couldn't be dead, not again. My eyes began to go red, as I struggled to ease the tears that threatened to flow. How can an Alpha shed tears? "You are not serious, Heyley can't be dead," I said, still on my knees. I refused to believe whatever was being said. The courtroom became quiet as Parker stared at my mourning face. It was impossible for me to lose my Luna. I tried to speak again, but I felt a lump in my throat, which was probably due to the tears that threatened to fall. I swallowed hard. I looked around, and rubbed my eyes repeatedly to be sure what I heard was certain, or was I dreaming. But I wasn't Anna was still there kneeling before me, crying. I didn't feel a disconnection from my mate which I was supposed to feel. Probably the moon goddess had gone mad. Why would she take the second chance mate she gave me, and refuse to remove the connection I held with her? "How do you know what she does, where did you se
CHAPTER SIXTY SEVEN. It has been three weeks now and yet, there was no sign of Heyley's body, it pained me that her body could not be incarcerated, so she could rest in peace. The absence of her body makes me want to believe that it was a case of murder, but my sister would not lie, she had witnessed Harley jump the cliff, and probably her body was devoured by vultures. I stared at the ceiling remembering all our moments together, her laugh, her chuckle. It was something that was still fresh in my memory, and I still had a great connection with her, like she was still alive. The moon goddess must have forgotten to mate with another woman. It was better for me, I do not see myself Falling in love again if the person is not Harley. I was certain that the moon goddess wouldn't give me another mate, as I already had two mates, who died because I could not protect them. Suddenly I heard a knock at the door, disrupting my thoughts, with a groan, I lifted myself from bed. "Who i
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