Falling For Her Seduction~Orion~"This is suicide. She ingested a wolf bane." The healer concluded by covering Irene's whole body with a piece of white cloth."How do you know that?" I asked."We found traces of it at her house"That was not true. Irene had no reason to kill herself. She would not be so stupid to do that because I rejected her advances yesterday. Irene had bruises around her neck. Someone who wants to commit suicide will not go around bruising themselves first. How would she have done that before she ingested Wolfbane? She was murdered."She didn't kill herself. Whoever killed her is trying to make it look like suicide." The killer might think he can fool everyone but not me. Shortly after I came, Tristan arrived as well. He salutes me and goes ahead to give his own assessment of the situation. "Alpha, she was with you yesterday. Did you two get into a fight? I was shocked when I heard the corpse found was Irene's." he looks at her corpse with pity."Well, it wasn't
Trapped~Orion~I jerked up. Looked around me but there was no one in bed with me. No sign of anyone, no scent. I checked the door and confirmed it was bolted from inside as usual which meant no one could get access. I let out a deep sigh. That was a close one. I was glad it was a dream. I might have had wet dreams. But if I was to have sex with anyone in my dream, it had to be Freya, not Sofia. Was I fantasizing about Sofia now? The thought gave me a cause to worry. Something must be wrong with me. I was thankful it was a dream because if she had been here last night how would I explain the door being bolted from inside? It does not make sense. Unless she used the window which is unlikely because it is too high. And she does not know about the secret passage in the room. What I was more concerned about right now was why the fragrance or scent of Sofia weakened my sense of reasoning. Shocking that it will have the same effect in my dream. That's not a good sign! As an Alpha, I should
Scream Of The Maidens~Freya~The healer told me I was a few weeks pregnant. I was sad because I wasn't expecting such to happen to me now. It was obvious that this pregnancy was a result of my one-night stand with Alpha Orion. I was sad not because I didn't want the baby but because I thought about the possibility of birthing a child away from home, away from where it would be loved, where it would have its freedom. But I was grateful that this pregnancy saved me when nothing else could. If not for it, I would have been forced to stay with the master-slave trader to be his possession or sex slave. The master-slaver immediately ordered for me to be sold out as a maid when he heard about my condition. I could see the disappointment on his face. He came over to me, anger written all over his face. "So you are just like the other whores. You Look innocent but I can see you know too well how to please men to get yourself pregnant. You are lucky I don't fancy pregnant women. Nonsense!" H
Evil Rules~Freya~Realizing that we were brought here to be sex slaves, I immediately gave up all hope of ever finding peace. Why does my life have to be this bad? It has been a series of complicated things.Lauren–the girl who slept next to me had more bad news to give me this morning."I knew you couldn't sleep. Everyone hardly does most times especially if it's their first time here. The screams or cries of your fellow woman manhandled by those beats. Though there are a few nights that we hear nothing, it is silent. Such nights tell you that the man or men who came to pay for sex weren't abusive or acting beastly. As I said, those kinds were rare to come by."" What happened to Tabitha and who was she?" I had to ask, lowering my voice since there were others in the room, others were still sleeping. I and been curious since yesterday. I wanted to know what exactly happened to her. "Madam had her killed. Tabitha was one of us. She was very kind at heart but Tabitha tried to run away
Avoiding Death Again~Freya~After today's work, we went back to the cottage. Just like yesterday, we all took our spots. Throughout the day I have not been myself because I keep getting afraid. I do not know what better plan I can come up with to get out of this mess. I prayed to the Moon goddess as I have always done. Despite the bad things that have happened to me, I still have faith. At least I should be grateful that I was still alive. At midnight someone comes again, this time the person stands for a while and then approaches where I lay sleeping. He points at me"You! Follow me." He ordered.My heart skipped a beat. It was beating so fast. I had a feeling I would be picked tonight but I kept myself in a state of denial. I could sense Lauren moving uneasily on the floor. I knew she wasn't asleep, she was probably worried for me. I followed the man as he instructed. Finding a way out of this mess was all I could think of. We went into the main house and Madam was sitting there.
Madam's Hubby's False KindnessFreya~For some reason, I slept soundly after I was taken back to the room. I hadn't slept this peacefully in a while. Not after that night that Alpha Orion forcefully took me out of prison and we made love. It was a great night and I had thought that he genuinely cared for me. I still think he does unless there was something powerful enough to make me think otherwise. I thought for a while back there, that probably if I had my werewolf abilities, maybe Madam would be more lenient with me knowing that I am a werewolf too (although a weak one and one who hasn't transitioned yet) and not human. Without a doubt, I knew her husband was a werewolf too. He had to be. "Good morning, I can see you survived your first time here with the client. Did you get the rare type because we all didn't hear you scream or protest? You are lucky if you did get such a man. Not everyone is so lucky." Lauren was curious as she kept asking me about what happened yesterday. She be
Seeing Through Her Lies~Orion~So much has happened in the last two months. Terrifying, shameful and absurd things. There are still a lot of questions I am trying to find answers to. Like how Irene suddenly died. How I got into this current situation; with Sofia as my mate now. I get to see her every day. That girl is up to something. I know it, I haven't been able to trust her. She seems happy and shamelessly parades herself around the fort as Luna. I wouldn't blame her. What lady wouldn't be happy to be an Alpha's mate? But she and her mother should have the decency of keeping their heads low and looking remorseful after what happened to Freya; they were quite happy, it's obvious that they had forgotten about Freya too quickly.The night Sofia became my new bride. I left her behind. I lied about something urgent coming up. It was a way to get away from her. I and Gabriel left for Modan and the people we asked mentioned not seeing anyone like Freya. We set out to the slave harbour a
Hypnosis~Orion~Six months laterI have grown used to seeing Sofia in the fort. It was high time I accepted what's done is done. There's nothing much I can do to change it and besides she will be having my child soon ( she still claims it's mine). Well, I'll have to believe her for now. Who knows I could send her to the left wing of the fort when she successfully delivers. She can live the rest of her life out there without getting to see her often. That mother of hers is a very annoying woman who I hate seeing around. There's something off-putting about her. She looks like a woman who would do anything to get whatever she wants. I recalled the little drama she put up when I came to their home to ask if I could take Freya as my bride. "Greetings Alpha. There has been a breach at the border. Several of our men have been attacked. And Luna's carriage is missing." Gamma Fibian disclosed. "When did this happen?" I asked."It's not up to an hour." He replied.This was Kane's doing. He w
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.