Enemies Within~Freya~Alpha Kane has been kinder than I thought. At this rate when he finds out the truth about me. Nothing will stop him from torturing me before killing me. As his enemy's runaway mate. I prayed that a day wouldn't come when he would discover it because it would definitely be bloody. Ryan and I had settled our differences. But I was yet to give him any response regarding the mate bond he had detected. I felt much safer when he was near. Although I was brought here first for protection, the truth is I know no one and I trust no one except for Ryan and Damian whom I am familiar with now. I am only getting to Alpha Kane. Ryan says I should trust the Alpha, that he means me no harm. Well, I am trying to as I am just getting to know him. Lyra came yesterday and it was from her I heard that Ryan and Tiana were not on good terms anymore. Although his parents are willing to respect his decision on the matter of taking someone else as a mate and not his childhood friend,
The Curse~Freya~I can't forget about what I just saw. I can't unlearn what I have just learned. Sofia is with Orion. I was dying to know what had transpired while I was away. The only person I can ask is Ryan, Damian may not have full information because he only started working for Alpha Kane and Ryan after Gina made Gary send him away because she suspected he was tied emotionally to Lauren. I needed to be smart about how I was going to pose my questions so as not to raise any suspicion. Lomy was helping Sofia hide her identity by telling them all that she had a scar from a burn on her face. I wish I could yank that veil off her pathetic face. All the anger I once felt came rushing back. "Are you okay? You haven't been yourself since you saw that lady." Ryan squats before me holding my hands "Your hands are trembling." It was after he said this that I noticed that my hands were indeed trembling. "Do you know her?"I had to say something fast and effective before I broke down. A
A Meeting of Fate~Freya~I was now a bit informed about what was going on at Moonstone Haven. But there were still some questions left unanswered. What was Sofia doing here? Why in the world would she sneak out to see her uncle in this condition and veiled? Lomy would have gone to see her anywhere if he wanted to. Something is definitely going on.When I saw Damian, I asked him if Nyx was a very powerful witch. "She is the most powerful which I have ever seen," he said. This response gets me worried. If what Damian says is true then I have every reason to worry because her curse will definitely take effect."I heard she cursed the Alpha of the Bloodmoon pack (Moonstone Haven) to be childless and lose everything and everyone he cares about?"Damian chuckles " Yeah, you heard right. He deserves everything coming at him." I don't need anyone to remind me they all hated Orion here. I wonder what is amusing about wrecking someone's life? And the way they are all saying he deserves it.
Stillbirth ~Orion~I continued to observe Tristan and Sofia from afar. Their betrayal broke my heart but wasn't enough to wreck me to the point that I'd be destabilized. If Sofia was Freya, probably the pain would have been unbearable.They haven't discovered that I have found out about both of them and that others in the Fort were suspicious of them, especially Gabriel.My plan now is if this child turns out to be mine, after a safe delivery I can kick her out afterwards. My initial plan before I discovered she was with Tristan was to move her to another wing in the fort when she delivered to reduce any contact we would both be having. But now with what was going on between her and Tristan; it was my opportunity to kick her out for good. Sofia was in labour. Despite knowing this I decided to leave. My only connection to that shameless woman is that child, which I doubt is mine. My mother will do me the favour of standing in for me. She questioned my recent actions toward Sofia. "Yo
Forbidden Love~Freya~Lyra comes to the Alpha's fort when she wants to. Especially to spend time with me, the babies and her brother. Ryan has been avoiding going home because he didn't want to discuss his relationship with Tiana. so he stays at the first too for now. Lyra came to ask me for a favour. She wanted me to lie to Ryan about her whereabouts, in case he returns today. She said she was going to see someone at the border. That's if Ryan asked about her. In order not to get him worried. That I should tell him that she went to see a friend of hers in town.Lyra refused to tell me who she was going to see. From her silence and how she was trying to avoid the question. I knew she was going to a secret meeting. "Selena. I promise I'll tell you when I return. When my brother comes back, just tell him I went to see a friend.""That's fine. Be careful then." I replied.Alex has been running a fever. Just when I thought this was frightening, he had several fits... to make matters w
A solution ~Orion~After what my mother told me about Nyx. I had more reason to be worried. Out of my stubborn nature, I shook my head from left to right vigorously in denial. I didn't want to believe I was a victim of a witch's evil spell and that spell had begun consuming me. "I heard the news. I am so sorry""So sorry about what? There is a high probability that the child is not mine." I respond to Gabriel's words of comfort."All the same, the child was innocent. It didn't deserve to die." "Tell that to Nyx. The bloody witch." I threw the hourglass from my side, smashing into a hundred pieces. "I am sending that whore out of this house first thing tomorrow morning.""You need to take it easy. Be calm and think deeply. Don't do something you will regret later. I know you have a lot going through your mind. Relax!""Don't tell me to relax, while I watch their stupid curse take control of my life." "There is a rumour. It seems everyone knows about you being cursed by Kane and his
Blood Sacrifice~Orion~I don't get what the fuss was all about. Mother came to my room fidgeting. I have never seen her in this state except the day my father died. This morning I sent one of my men to send a message to Sofia to get prepared for the ritual on the auspicious day. I had sent her to the other side of the wing so I didn't get to have any contact with her. After the ritual which is just three days away, I'll kick her out. I will make sure of that!I was surprised to see my mother storm into my room, she was trembling "Mother! what is the matter?" "Why didn't you tell me there was an emergency meeting with the council?" She grabbed my clothes. "I didn't know either. It was on a short notice. What is going on? Is there something I did ? or is there something I need to know?""Orion, It's about the curse. I told you to leave it to me the last time we spoke about it. I said I'll speak to my shaman. What have you done!?" Her eyelashes were batting without ceasing. I was ge
The Lycan with no origin~Orion~"Alpha, I am here to inform you to begin preparation. We are getting everything ready in the next three days." Elder Winston and I were having a walk. On a good day, I would have enjoyed this walk because it was weather was favourable for a nice stroll. It was windy, the clouds sat in the sky like white foams moving slowly as they shielded the sun's rays momentarily. With the present turmoil in my life, I can't enjoy things like this anymore. A chilly night with the stars adorning the sky. The nice scents from the garden. And more. "Very well, Elder Winston. That's fine. I'll be ready by then."I had to pretend to be fine. As Elder Winston passed the information. I was thinking of what my mother had told me. Do I consider abdication or do I take the risk of going to the red plum tree? She said I would die if I tried to go as I was not a Lycan descendant of the Bloodmoon pack.All my life was a lie. She lied to me. I am a man with no origin. For years,
Epilogue OrionAfter I answered, Kane walked away silently. He ruffled his hair in the process. What was he nervous about?I thought he had gone until he returned with Nyx. "Do it!" Kane ordered her. "Are you sure? What if he isn't the one?" She muttered, looking worried. "Just do it!"I decided to ask rather than stay quiet and wonder what this was all about. "Do what?" "Trust us," Nyx replied. Nyx says a spell. She takes a knife and cuts Kane's palm first. Then mine. As blood pooled on our hands. She placed my palms on top of Kane's, clasping them together.Nyx began to explain. "If you are his lost brother. Both cuts will heal. If you aren't related. The cuts will not. This spell will work on you if you are long lost brothers because your mother is a witch-Luna." This was crazy. Kane, my brother? She said the spell, then ordered us to look at our hands. When we withdrew our hands. There was no blood, no cut and no scar…Without a word. Although surprised as well, Kane embr
The lost childOrionTo my surprise, I realized the man who had Freya in his arms was Ryan. Wasn't he supposed to be dead? I felt jealous when Freya hugged him. I didn't want to view Ryan as an enemy but the fact remained that he was a potential rival. No matter how many times I try to make Freya and Ryan's relationship look normal or harmless. There's this fear I have that Ryan is almost the perfect man for her. He will always be my rival. At last right now with him, she is safe. I focused on Kane. As Kane inhaled the substance unaware of Damian's attack, he struggled. Damian began slicing Kane's skin, tormenting him by creating injuries on him. I and Gabriel kept fighting Damian's men as they continued to come hard on us. Damian uses the opportunity of Kane's weakness to strike him on his chest with a sword. Kane was too weak to dodge or stop it. Damian began to search for the remainder of the Lycan stramonium in his pocket. I wasted no time swinging my sword and cutting Damian
Hidden AffectionFreyaI must be dreaming. How was he here? He carried me in his arms after warding off Damian's men. "Hi, Selena," He said, calling me by the name he first knew me with. It was nice to hear someone call me by that name again. "Or do you prefer Freya?""Ryan! They said you were dead." I continued to stare at him like he was a ghost. He gently puts me down. "I can't die so easily.""Weren't you poisoned?""I and Alpha Kane planned everything. He knew I was going to be poisoned, so he told me to fake my death. We already knew what Damian was up to. Alpha Kane listened to my warning and soon realized Lomy and Damian were plotting something behind his back."I hugged him. "I am glad you are alive. I hated myself after hearing of your demise. I would have treated you better, Ryan." "You being okay, is fine by me."I turned to look in the direction Alex and Xandra were held hostage by Damian. But they weren't there. "Where are you going?" Ryan called out to me. "I can
The Reinforcement OrionIn no time, some of Damian's men came in troops to restrain me. It took a lot of them to hold me down. I fought them until I couldn't anymore. "Now watch your family suffer for your stupidity. Seize them right now!" Damian ordered. His men huddled them up as Damian had instructed. I could see it for myself. He did have an army and they were ready to do his bidding. The men I saw were unfamiliar, they weren't the men who served me when I was Alpha. I wondered where he got these men from. He must have brainwashed them to have them form an army for him. "Lock them up. He would watch them die, one by one. Starting with his half-witch mate." Damian pointed at Freya. "Fetch the twins too."He told his men to line Tristan and Freya up to be executed. Damian forced me to inhale the Lycan Stramonium. I could do nothing but watch. He forced the others to watch how the execution was going to go. The twins were brought. I could hear Alex's and Xandra's whimper. I s
In The Enemy's Liar Orion"Good job Biloza." Damian commended, his smile spread from one end of his face to the other."I told you to leave it to me. I could handle them," Biloza said proudly. "I must say. You predicted well. You said they would be here soon. I didn't think it was going to be this soon. And how stupid of them to travel together, right.""Uhmm," Biloza responded. Damian crossed his left leg over his right leg as he sat on a chair that was brought outside not too long ago. "Where are my children?" I growled. "They will be dead if you keep acting like a hero." Damian Snarled. "I am tired of seeing that. I despise your kind. Why do you think you Lycans are better than the rest of us?" "Despicable wolves like you are not meant to lead. You don't even have the wit." I replied. This gets Damian very angry. "Oh. It's about wit now, huh." He turned to Biloza. "Bring Tristan here."Biloza does as he is told. Damian squats before Freya. "Freya. Do you know your mate is th
The trap: Battle for Control Freya"No! I am going with you," I argued. Orion was adamant. He wanted me to stay back while he faced Damian alone. He promised to bring Alex and Xandra back home. Orion lifts my chin to face him. "Please Freya coming with me will be a distraction. I need you to be where I can find you. Damian has proven to be cunning, dangerous and —." "You need all the help you can get. There are rumours that he is forming an Army to force every town to bend to his will." Nyx said, interrupting Orion. Lauren stepped forward. "That power-hungry bastard! I am so stupid to have fallen for such a man. I was blind. Indeed sometimes I hear him speak of an army.""Where do you think this army of his would be? I very well know they can't be in Wolfshade town," Orion said. I gave my own opinion. "I think it will be Moonstone Haven. That will be the base of his army. Tristan is his ally. It only makes sense because that's where Biloza is taking the twins." I kept a straight
BilozaFreyaEveryone in the room was smiling and having little talks, like nothing between me, my father and Nyx ever happened. I couldn't take part in all the talk, pretending as if nothing happened.I continued to breastfeed Alex and Xandra. I am still hurt from finding out the truth about who my mother really is. My father looked happy though. He should because I could guess that since I was a baby and my mother left, he has yearned for love. He married Sofia's mother, Mira, because he wanted someone who would care for me as a mother. He didn't marry her because he loved her. Unfortunately, she turned out to be a tormentor. We weren't expecting to hear a knock. No one was supposed to find the house, talk more of knocking. The spell was to be active for three days. We all stilled. The knock came again. Klaus stepped forward to check who it was but Orion stopped him. Gabriel motioned him to get back. The knock came for the third time. Orion walked to the door and slowly opened
ForgivenessOrionNathan called Nyx by another name. Lily. The surprise was a shock for Nyx. She gets to meet her husband and daughter on the same day."Where have you been all this while Lily?" Nathan glared at her. She said nothing. Her head bent, looking at her feet. Nathan continued. "I thought something bad had happened to you when you never returned after the purge. I waited for you. We both waited for you. I and Freya. You left our baby without a word to me. Did you think that stupid letter you wrote would suffice or explain better about where you were leaving to?"Nyx cleaned her tear-filled eyes with the back of her hand. "I came…back—" she said. Her voice was barely audible. "And you want me to believe that because you say so.""Believe me I did but I couldn't find you and our baby, Freya, in our house?" She stepped forward toward Nathan. He holds his hands up to stop her. "I thought something bad had happened to you two. I heard rumours that those related to witches we
Twist of Fate OrionI stood watching the most complicated relationship ever. Nyx is Freya's mother! Fate has funny ways of making our life pretty good at one moment and then messed up at the next. Freya was speechless. She already knew the truth before Nyx revealed it to the rest of us in the room. We were surprised Nyx went to the book after it had fallen just to go to the middle page to confirm something like she had seen this particular book before. We later discovered her name, Nyx was inscribed at the left bottom of the right page. No wonder she wanted to know Freya's father's name so badly.Freya didn't resist Nyx's hug but she didn't hug her back. When Nyx released her. Freya gradually stepped away from Nyx and left the room without words. I understood she was hurting and didn't know how to react to this revelation. I immediately went after her. "Freya," I called, but she kept on walking. "Freya stop! Wait. Where are you going?" I increased my steps.She didn't answer me.