★ELAINE'S POV★{Two days later}“Aww.” I groaned weakly as I fluttered my eyelids open. Suddenly Tania was staring back at me with the brightest smile on her face.I returned the smile. “Tania?” She dabbed my face with the wet towel in her hands and said; “Thank goodness...you are finally awake. I missed you so much.” But that voice didn't sound like Tania's. It was— Beta Adrian. For a moment, my vision blurred and a wave of nausea swept through me. Nonetheless, Beta Adrian helped me to a sitting position, then tucked a pillow to support my back. “Why are you the one doing this? Where is Tania?" I asked weakly. He issued me that blank stare, then his eyes fell on my wrist. I followed his gaze to see the bandage wrapped around it. Alas, the memories of everything that happened came crashing down all at once. Dammit, it wasn't a dream! I was about to tell him that I had a very disturbing dream about Tania, but it wasn't a fucking dream! My Tania was no more. “No.” My voice crack
★ELAINE'S POV★{One month later}“My Lady, please come to the dining and eat something. You haven't had anything for days and soon it would take a toll on your health.” My new maid, Amy pleaded with me through the door. For days, even weeks... I remained in my dark chambers, not wanting to see the sunlight. Deep down, I don't want to accept the fact that each day was passing by, yet, there was no longer Tania. Alas, when I managed to get out of my chambers, it was mostly at dusk and I head straight to Tania's grave to speak with her for hours. This attitude of mine has persisted for one month now. Not that I was proud of it, but I just wanted my friend and sister back. I had no control over my emotions. Piece by piece, I could feel myself slipping away. Amy knocked on the door continuously, hoping to get me to respond. But I didn't. “Go away, I am not hungry!” I raised my voice at her and then the incessant knocks ceased. A couple of minutes later, I heard my doorknob rattled and
★ELAINE'S POV★“How do you place your bow?!”“At arm's length!” I replied, steadying the bow within my fingers as I kept my focus on the target. “How do you shoot your target?” He demanded this time. I inhaled deeply. “Aim, focus, and shoot!” the arrow went flying through the air until it eventually landed in the bull's eye. “Impressive.” He smirked. Looking around quickly before placing a soft feathery kiss on my forehead. For hours, we have been outside, training how to shoot arrows at targets. At first, I wasn't willing to participate in the Alpha Female competition, but after the whole incident of Tania's death, I became more determined than ever. I didn't have anything to prove then, but now I do. I no longer wanted to be that same weak, pathetic Elaine going around feeling sorry for herself. I no longer wanted to be that same girl dwelling in the past. I no longer wanted to hold on to mistakes and regrets. Starting from now, I'd become that girl who'd prove herself worthy
★BETA ADRIAN'S POV★{Several weeks later}“I am tired.” Elaine sat on the floor after switching back from her wolf form. Beads of sweat clustered her brows, while the rest ran in a rivulet down her body. I just finished guiding her to learn to run fast and climb tall oak trees in the blink of an eye. Alas, her body must be exhausted from all the training. “Alright then.” I picked up her gown from the prolonged tree branch and slipped it over her head, covering her naked body. A hard gulp forced its way down my throat as I tried not to take her right here, and right now. She has been training for weeks. Much more that I'm proud to say she'd make a great warrior and fight her way out of any situation. My Omega, Gaius came over and whispered something into my ear and I issued him an affirmative nod. “Alright, I'll be there in a moment.” Elaine cast me a questioning look. Then her gaze drifted from me to Gaius, then back to me as she asked. “Are you going somewhere?” I shook my hea
★BETA ADRIAN'S POV★“Finish him!” I said to Gaius before sauntering out of the cell block. “Please Beta!” Elias yelled at the top of his lungs. “Please spare my life, I have a family. ”Despite his pleas, I didn't turn back. Instead, I kept on walking. He should have considered the fact that he had a family before making a business out of selling poison. How can you profit from other people's pain, grief, and sadness? I could not imagine the number of people that died from those poisons. Even if he didn't administer it to them directly. He was solely responsible! Stella died in the cell, Alanna died in court, and Tania died at the infirmary. All of them went through an agonizing, excruciating pain before dying. They didn't deserve it. Neither of them did. And for Gamma Genevieve, what? How? Why? What warranted such a despicable action? “No!” Elias's voice echoed through the four walls of the dungeon. Then silence followed soon after. He was dead and gone. I hope he rots in hell
★ELAINE'S POV★I had finished packing with the help of Amy, so I went to the dining table to have dinner, then sleep and prepare for the journey tomorrow. In the dining, Amy was the one serving me herself. Since Tania died and she became my maid, I noticed she was extremely careful with everything she does. If I was about to go somewhere, she'd follow behind me, scrutinizing every direction for danger. If I was about to taste anything, she tasted it first. I liked that she was looking after me. But still, no one can replace Tania in my heart. The atmosphere surrounding the dining table was gloomy. Alpha Damon sat across the table while Beta Adrian took his position at my far right. I noticed no one was speaking and a part of me began to wonder if something happened earlier. Was there something Adrian wasn't telling me? I thought. Pressing my lips together into a grim line, I didn't utter a word. Perhaps, they had something bothering them in their respective ways. But then, Alpha
★ELAINE'S POV★Lurching backward, I scoffed. “You are in love with me? You, the great lycan king so full of himself.” A sad chortle left my lips. “Well, I am not in love with you. You might as well let me be!” “Elaine, I —” “You what?” I fired back. “I don't want to know when you started developing feelings for me. I don't care about anything. When I came here as a weak, pathetic she-wolf. You showed me no respect. So please let me be and if you can't take it, you might as well reject me right now!" Alpha Damon sighed. “I can't. I am no saint but I am ready to make things right." Just as I was about to say something else, the words of the soothsayer came crashing into my brain all at once.Nonetheless, I shoved it to the back of my mind immediately. Alpha Damon can never be a part of my life. Just the way he has forsaken me when I hoped he would be my solace, so have I. Even if I wanted to fall in love with him, would I abandon Beta Adrian who had been there for me? Right from th
★ELAINE★“How dare you speak to my mother like that?!” My stepsister, Lilian raised her hand to smack my face, but I caught it mid-air. “Do. Not. Even. Dare!” I snarled. With a disgruntled noise emanating from the back of her throat, she tried to yank her wrist free from my grip, yet I didn't budge. They had to know that I was no longer the same Elaine they treated as a tramp. I was no longer a pushover! That weak and pathetic Elaine is gone. Forever. “Let me go!" She shrieked and I smiled at her discomfort. “Why don't you try setting yourself free?" I spat. A small mocking smirk lifted a corner of my lips. “Or perhaps, you are now weak?” She scoffed. Making use of her other hand, she attempted to hit me again. This time, I grasped her arm and twisted it without remorse and she let out an agonizing cry. “What?" I laughed. “But I am just playing with you!” My stepmother wanted to step in, but Amy stepped in her way, stopping her from reaching us.With that same smirk on my lip