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 SIXTY-EIGHT Augustine was my counselor and it was normal for him to get concerned about matters like this, but he had no right to subject me to getting a Luna. I turned away from him, because the sight of him made my blood boil in anger, and I could feel my wolf trying to come out, but I tried to hold him back. "I gave your sister a suitable lady, she will be fit to be the next Luna of our park, Your Majesty," Augustine said, before taking his seat. So he was the person who made my sister bring some sort of girl into my chamber, the lady was not even up to my taste nor was she as beautiful as my first mate Aria nor my second mate Heyley. I hit my hand on the table angrily, unable to contend with my anger. "I am not taking a wife, I am going to stay single if Heyley isn't brought back to life" I yelled, with my voice as fierce as ever. The court members were surprised at my burst of action and they were surprised upon hearing I would not be taking a Luna. "We
CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE I had been rolling in my bed since my mum's voice rang in my head repeatedly. "You need to get a wife," his voice told me. "Arghhh" I yelled, holding my head tightly. It has been three days now, and I have refused to leave my room. My park members think I am in grief, which I certainly was, but that was not the main reason I had refused to leave my room. I refused because of the thought of getting a new wife, the pressure was getting worse. That was the main reason I stopped going to the courtroom meetings. , I got exhausted by the constant talk of getting a wife. And Parker was not helping the issue, as he was not on my side for this matter. My guards were outside because I sent them outside, I just wanted to be in the room alone, thinking if I would succumb to their constant persuasion and get a wife, or ask myself why Herley had chosen to leave me alone. "Why did the moon goddess make her my mate and take her back before we could be united in marriage?"
CHAPTER SEVENTY "Atlas Atlas, open your door" I heard Anna yell, as she banged on my door. She was certainly a pain in the ass. I groaned as I did not want to wake up from the deep sleep I was in, but unfortunately, the sleep had to end. My nights of sleep were always accompanied by dreaming of Herley, which I liked and that was weird. And to add to that, I recently started to love sleep, because that was the only way I could get close to Herley and see her wonderful smile again. "Come, can you open the door already?" Anna asked, still banging on my door. With sleepy eyes, I raised a hand, a sign that my guard should get the door opened. Anna rushed inside and hugged me tight whispering "Thank you" into her ears, her hot breath brushing them. Shock ran through me because I had no clue what she thanked me for, Anna was like that sometimes, she acted like that so I would get to do her bidding, but I wondered what she wanted now. "Why are you thanking me," I said, with
CHAPTER SEVENTY ONE I was surprised at the way everyone was hyperactive about me getting a wife, but what I did not know, was that my sister, Anna took it as a personal assignment, it made me worried, can't even remember the last time she asked about my health before the death of Harley, but for now, I am her greatest priority, was made me more surprised. I was sitting in our huge living room, as different maidens came to showcase themselves, so I would pick them as my wife. But none of them were cute enough, or reasonable for my standard, they all thought that gracing a man's bed was all they needed to get the man's attention, and bearing him children would keep him forever. "Do they have a mate? Is the moon goddess messing with me again?" I said to myself, as I stared at every one of them, they looked young, although they were old enough to have a mate. It was obvious that they were all looking for the position of a Luna, so that their family may be royal. It pained me t
CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO Janet and I ran to my carriage and hopped on it quickly, as it appeared that my mum had already been taken to the quarantine room, which was far away from the park. "Take us to the quarantine room, now" I yelled, The carriage driver climbed unit the house quickly and we started moving, "Where is Anna?" I asked, remembering I had seen her, and did not know if she had heard of the tragic news. But Janet did not reply to my question. "I can't believe this is happening, how can a royal be a part of this curse?" Janet asked, her face appeared very worried, and I felt remorseful that I was not as worried as she was for my mum. Janet kept eating her nails, that was the way she could calm herself down, it was a habit for her. Janet did not look at me for a second, she just stamped her feet on the Carriage floor continuously because her patience was getting to fate, as the Carriage driver rose the house slowly. "Can you be a little faster, my mother is in a f
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