Selene’s POV “Lucian!” I called out, but he didn’t say anything.I knew he was inside, I heard his voice as I was approaching his chambers, I parted the curtains of the room, he didn’t respond which was odd I was sure I spoke loud enough.My eyes scanned the rooms to see if he was sleeping or maybe had something blocking his ears but he wasn’t there at all.“Strange” I said out loud.It made no sense, or maybe it was just the hyper hearing senses that I had recently developed.I must be hearing things, because I really thought he was here. I wanted to propose my idea of going again to the pack, I could not let it slide, not at all. I needed to go whether he liked it or not. She just had to allow me to follow him.I stood up, totally restless, maybe he went out, and I needed to go find him. I walked out of his room, then I saw Joan approaching me, waving at her and smiling sweetly at me.“Have you seen Lucian, I thought he was in his room, but he isn’t, I want to tell him something” I
Selene’s POV While I waited for someone to appear, I sensed a fleet of wolves coming towards me, but I didn't feel a bond between any of them, they were the board members of the pack, and people I talk with everyday, they had just finished training with Lucian and their plan just had been sorted out. I saw Joan following them, my hopes fell and I placed my hands on my chest to stop the excessive palpitation. I had never felt the mate bond, after so many years I never thought I would have a mate. I never searched for my mate after marriage because it was simply useless to me, I was married, and had a child, so it made no sense. “Selene?, are you okay?, something is burning inside” Joan snapped her fingers at me, pulling me out of the dilemma I had found myself. “Selene, you placed something on fire,” Joan said again as she rushed into the healer's ward then brought the pot of herbs down. The feeling was still stuck in my heart, I hadn't gotten over the sensation. I went back i
Selene’s POV “Selene, you will come with me, is that clear?Joan, go up north, through the opening, the guards are heavily sedated, they won’t see you even if they are awake.” Joan nodded, then she and the rest of her crew went north.We were splitted into three groups, six people were going to stay at the exit, with two trucks. Ella was in the front of the first car, and had a camera and a phone with her incase she needed anything since she could not follow us into the pack.Joan and the other team were to raid Alex's chambers through the back opening and I and Lucian alone were to go into the treasury of the pack, to retrieve the moonstone; those were the only target.“Are you ready?” He asked, I nodded gently, I would say I was optimistic about this particular heist, but my heart felt heavy with anger and resentment.The last time I was here, I was not only the Luna to the pack, I was a wife, I had a sister and a family to call my own. But now I had no one other than my daughter wi
Selene’s POV I felt the nerves around my heart clench just seeing him from afar. He stood at the podium, dressed in fur coat and adorned by jewels, he had a glass of wine in his hands.“To the people of the eclipse pack, I would like you all to welcome the official luna of the pack, we all know a great tragedy had befell our pack and my wife and lovely daughter ” he paused, and his face contorted in a frown, he was trying to act sympathetic, which made me angry because he was a monster.“The death of our last Luna had brought so much damage to our pack, I wouldn’t know what to do if her sister, Natasha, hadn't stepped up to take the position from her” I clenched my fist, I was pissed, he was selling the people a lie, and they believed it.“But today Isn’t a day to cry over what has already happened. The goddess gives and the goddess takes,we are only disciples and children of her words, but I would like to tell all of you that your Alpha has not only given you a new Luna, but he has
Selene’s POV The whimpering sound of a lady continued, as he slammed her body against the door of the treasury, of all the places she chose to make a scene he chose this particular place.Even while behind closed doors, I had a graphic image of everything that was happening just outside the door. I imagined Alex in his fur coat, and the rattling sound came from the jewels that adorned his neck.I heard the clicking sound of lips, and forced kisses, the slightly compressed moans, I knew too well that it wasn’t Natasha who he was with, and to top it up, I knew who this particular lady was.It was a maid, a personal maid to Luna, she had only been assigned to me a year ago, after the death of her mother, she was such an innocent girl. And somehow Alex had to ruin her innocence.‘Dirty dog’ I whispered beneath my breath. He forcefully pushed her against the door, then raised her clothes up, his tone was rushed, and from her choice of words, I could already tell she was being forced, In
Selene’s POV We were onto the next mission.It was time to call Joan, and the rest of the team, Lucian came back to me, he helped place the box back on the floor,then we covered it.“Give me the bag, it looks heavy” Lucian said, I handed him the bag containing my jewellery.“Joan already has the toys, we won’t go back the same way we came, there’s an opening at the back now, the team outside has made a pathway underground” He opened the door, then he walked out, my heart was still very heavy. I could not bring myself to leave, I needed to escape, maybe cause a distraction and tell Lucian to leave without me, while I exercuted what was in my mind.While I searched around me for a viable distraction for myself, then my hands touched the emerald pendant that belonged to Emily, I unhooked it from my neck then I placed it in my pocket.“Lucian, uhm I think we are forgetting something, I can’t move further, you can go on without me” I said frantically, he didn’t seem pleased with that pl
Selene’s POV The ride back to the pack was silent, no one talked, not even Ella, it was as though we had an elephant in the truck with us. Lucian didn't say a word, he glanced back at me every now and then but didn’t say anything.I on the other hand was pissed, and mostly fulfilled because for the first time in a really long time I was able to do something as a comeback, all along I had only been the one that was on the receiving end of people’s cruelty but after today I just felt relieved.I wanted to see how they would grow those crops now, winter was approaching, Alex would have so many responsibilities, the people would question his competence and that of Natasha too, and I knew they wouldn’t be able to meet up.Hours passed, we finally got to the pack, everyone hopped down, and I kindly told Joan to take the maid and my baby back to my room, as Lucian had summoned me to his chambers.I stood there arms crossed.“You shouldn’t have brought her, she’s at high risk”“I brought her
Selene’s POV She nodded in agreement, then wiped the tears away from her eyes. I was still shocked, and incapable of saying anything at that moment, Alex and I weren’t mates which was also understandable, we got married regardless of the fact that we were not mates, for obvious reasons.Now looking at her, the lady who was supposed to be in my position, I didn’t know how to feel about it, it gave me a whole new perspective of things.“We were mated the year I took over my mom, one look at me, and we got the mate bond, he said if I told you or anyone he would kill me”My legs shook, I had to sit down because it was way too much to handle.“Does your mom know” She waved her head. My world spinned slowly around me.“Tell the people, we need to tell the people that you were the one the goddess chose, they will rebel and they will support you” “No one wants an omega for a Luna, you are a beta you wouldn’t understand, I am an embarrassment to the throne, that’s why he felt cursed to hav
Lucian’s POV I held the necklace a little bit tighter. I thought about Ella. Alex truly lost everything when he left that little girl to die, but that has passed now.“Is she your daughter?”“I wish.” I responded. Ella was conceived the year I left the pack. If her mother hadn’t run back to the pack and wedded her father, she would be mine, but nothing changes, I would still care for her like she was mine, and so would the little child close to being born.“Oh I see. Then she must admire you then, with all the work you have done for rogues, you might be seen as a messiah.” She said,Ella was different, she said she loved me, my cheeks burnt a little bit more, most of my loyalty came from fear and expectation, Ella never had fear, she would pull my cheeks and tug my legs even when her mother wouldn’t. She was something else.“Well, I just wanted to say thanks for coming to the pack and bringing my father along. I miss home, it has been so long, I have been here, where I grew up and w
Lucian’s POV Tomorrow, we will be at the Fae Queens pack. Pike finally agreed and while he was away from the pack, on his way to the Eclipse pack to make a deal with Alex, Selene crossed my mind again, it had been a week, I should send a message.Her needs would have to be suspended for the meantime, simply because I can’t afford to enter the pack anymore, my people were in pain and it would be silly to take more from them than we already did.Besides, she started the drought out of anger, not like I blamed her for this act. She was angry, I understand, but I was indirectly the ruler of the pack. My people are my interest. She should understand, at least she ruled once.I sighed in disbelief as I weighed everything that was happening around me at the moment. I never planned to be here this sick and tired.My chest burnt with an unquenchable fire. In a month I might sleep and not wake up. If I don’t usurp Alex in that time, I might never do it again, I might not be awake to see Ella g
Selene’s POVIt’s been a week now I haven’t heard from Lucian, my mind hasn't been at rest ever since, I wasn’t entirely excited with this development because he promised to be here, he drove off that night in a fit of rage, maybe he was attacked.“Chief, is this amount of sand enough?” A farmer by my side said, I must have zoned out because he was standing way too close to me, and staring into my eyes curiously, I moved away from him.Narrowing my eyes to the sand pile in his shovel, I nodded in agreement, I just needed some space for the meantime, it wasn’t making any sense anymore, he was taking way too long.What if Alex saw him, what if he was trying to avoid Alex and didn't come back, I shouldn’t have given him that list, I should have told you I just didn't want him to keep doing things for me.I walked away from the farm land and the new project, then into the pack. We have been thriving without the products, he just had to come back, I just needed to know he was okay, he look
Lucian’s POV Early the next day, I woke up to the warm ray of sunlight peeking through the window, it was bright outside. The warmth I felt beneath a luxurious duvet filled my body with fatigue, I didn’t want to stand from where I laid, this was a seducing feeling. After six years I had long forgotten what luxury did to someone. It gives you a taste of what you would call happiness. I rolled and turned back to back before I finally stood up, I let myself take a last glimpse of what was present. After that I took my bath before taking my journal from my bag. I had to align my daily activity knowing I have only one day to plan my way to the Fae queen, the last thing I needed was to visit her region, but it was either her or my people. A ruler could be some kind of self proclaimed fantasy if there is no one to rule over, Alex didn’t think of that before he pushed my people to their limits. While plotting the drafts and progress, I heard a knock on my door, immediately I reached out
Lucian’s POV Seated on the table, my fingers clenched into a hard ball, my insides were sore, and before me stood a tall glass of water, and a tray of meat, my mouth salivated, I haven’t eaten in five days, my insides ache so badly, but eating would require that I removed my mask.I couldn’t. And I won’t.Pike sat before me with his daughter by his side, she leaned closer to him again then whispered something into his ears, I watched his demeanor change, whatever she must have told him definitely didn’t sit right with him. I watched her leave back then wink at me.I glanced at the water again, what would it cost to have a taste of such beauty.“Concerning the Favour you wanted me to accomplish at Eclipse pack, I hope it gladdens your heart to know that I look forward to meeting up with that prick of an Alpha Alexander.” My head snapped, and my attention drew from the cup to the man before me.“But.” There was always a but, why would I think Pike would voluntarily do anything, I sagg
Lucian’s POVShock registered on their faces as I stared at the three of them. They tucked their tails beneath their legs then lowered their heads, I was way too tender and patient and I bet this would tell them.When they finally reconsidered their decision, I pulled my daggers out and I let them leave and I made sure they were out of sight before I made another move.Matters like this would be avoided if new rogues would understand not everyone under the moon was after them, I ignited the engines and I drove off.Hours later I approached Pike’s territory, his wolves who stood guarding the accessible borders of the pack stood their ground, they brought out their swords and daggers at the sight of the mask seated on my face.“I am here to see pike? Your leader.” I said, with my hands up in the air, they drew the dagger closer to my neck. These people were the same people who followed me on the war with Jullian, but even after we were acquainted, they still perceived my presence as a c
Lucian’s POV The lady glanced at me with a questioning look, she tried to reach out to me but I moved away, clutching the strap of my bag, I walked away from the town, it was obvious there was a party being held in the pack house.I could not remember any need for a pack to celebrate at the time of the year, and it wasn’t even winter yet, so why would Aex host a party inside the pack house? Was he trying to avoid the consequences of his actions? It made no sense, but then again things stopped making sense the moment Alex had a say in the pack, though I came to get something’s for Selene, it would cause no harm if I checked out the pack house myself, besides the farm was just beside it.I made sure my scarf was tied firmly around my face to avoid being noticed and I walked over to the pack house where I found a new set of people at the foot of the pack, they had their bowls in their hands as they sat. Fear gripped me.This was preposterous, I took a glance at the pack house which gl
Lucian’s POV Now I was on the road my mind was in a haze, everything in my body fumed up, she shouldn’t have come out she should have remained in her hut, she wanted to prey on my self control I could tell.Not only has she tried to sabotage my journey she also wanted to blame me for leaving when she was the one who left first.It’s just the last time. After this everything would go back to how it was supposed to be. I would take back the pack, I would give these people a home and I would provide security as promised, whatever my end was after that is uncertain.I refused to let her get on my nerves or divert my attention to something so superficial. My drive through the borders of the pack and into the thick forest wasn’t far from what Selene predicted, I got attacked by rogues and traps it was worse than expected, but somehow I managed to get to eclipse pack in about two days of being active on the road, I had for crash out moments but I got there.The next step is to sneak into t
Lucian’s POV It was very early in the morning when I decided to leave for the pack for my last heist. If I had to get everything on the list and also take time to see the situation of the pack I needed to go earlier, I took my trusted dagger and I tucked it in my boots, one around a sheath on my waist.I was set to go, I took a bottle of herb I had squeezed before going to bed earlier, I had made more research on numbing medications for the pain and also slow the process of the contamination, I could already feel my body feeling much better compared to how I felt earlier .It was still dark outside and the pack was quiet. I don’t know how long it was going to take on the road and I might have another breakdown. So I prepared some lettuce leaves and some carrot sticks for Ella’s bunny, and I walked over to Selene’s quarters, I dropped it at the door so it was the first thing she saw when she woke up. I was aware of her aim to make this mission impossible, but it had to be done, one w