The Bad News~Orion~It's been twenty–four hours since I've been here. We still haven't found the men missing aboard the ship. I had already decided that if the situation remains as it is, I'll give it until the end of today to see what happens. Whatever happens, I'll be leaving tomorrow at first light.The impatience was building up more and more. I had to go be with Freya and perhaps while I am home and happy, I can have enough time to think about how to deal with Alpha Kane for creating this mess. He had hindered me from spending a special time with Freya on our wedding night. I am pacing around my room, I feel like just closing my eyes and finding myself at home. If anyone had told me a year ago that I would act in such a way because of a woman–one I just met. I'll swear that for me to behave as such then I might be under the influence of something or might have brain damage or probably I was cursed. No wonder Gabriel still doesn't believe that something is wrong with my head.Y
Protecting His Luna~Freya~If only I wasn't in the room at that moment maybe I would be able to prove my innocence. But whatever I say will only make things worse.And not to mention that my sister was the one who called the guards on me. I know she doesn't like me. But I could not believe she would go this far. You know you are doomed when your family decides not to support you in times like this. Sofia was so nice to me that nightly knew it was a facade and the next moment she was handing me over to the guards. She didn't see me kill Hannah, so why would she do that to me? Only my father and Klaus had come to visit me, then Alpha Orion's mother. I could tell from the look in her eyes she had her doubts, she knew I wouldn't do something like that but at the same time, she looked disappointed. "I didn't do it. Believe me, I didn't. She was lying right there already stabbed to death when I got to the room. " She only looked at me pitifully when I said this to her and she left. My o
Taken Away From Him Again~Freya~Surprisingly, Alpha Orion had told the maids to arrange a bath for me and a delicious meal. He truly is my lifesaver. I was so famished. The scraps of grains and crumbs of dried bread given to me in the prison were something I could not eat. Thinking about the prison made me sick. "Thank you," I told Alpha Orion softly after he offered me a bowl of hot broth. He told me to drink it as it was nutritious and would help me get rid of the cold. I looked like a ghost in prison. "Drink up before it gets cold." He whispered, pulling the blanket over me tightly. I still do not know why people see him as dark and ruthless. If he was all those bad things he would not be so sweet to me. They were all wrong. They hadn't had a chance to know him. I am no one, I had nothing to give this man but yet he treated me with love. "Why are you so nice to me?" I asked him, raising my eyes to meet him but I quickly looked down because his gaze was like he was looking righ
Hard Decision~Orion~"You fool!" I yelled immediately I reached Tristan's chambers hurling the door to his room open."Are you crazy? What did you do? Why didn't you inform me before doing what the elders asked?" I hauled Tristan."Alpha calm down, please. I was only following orders and doing my duty. It's not like I want her there too?" He said defensively."Oh really, and you couldn't wait until I returned huh? I was only gone for a minute. Whose side are you on anyway?" I replied to him, waiting for an answer. I had to get my answer because Tristan was becoming annoying lately. He is my cousin and my Beta for crying out loud, he is supposed to be on my side. But he was acting the opposite!He has always been one to fear and respect the council of elders. Unlike me, I did respect them but I do not fear them. Rather they should be the ones weary of me! I had left Freya still sleeping when I took off to see my mother. I planned to go back immediately. Last night before I dozed off,
Dark Sorrows~Freya~My end is near. Alone and abandoned. My mistake was being too hopeful, too daft to reason and defend myself to my last breath. Ever since I was thrown in prison for the second time, I hadn't set my eyes on Orion. I feel worthless. I was brought out of the prison and held in chains like a criminal, I could do nothing but look straight ahead, accepting my ill fate. I heard the maid whom I had met at the maid section to ask for Hannah on that fateful day had denied ever seeing me. I felt betrayed and pained. But this only taught me to trust fewer people. I don't think I need that advice now as I was dying soon. I could see the ropes hanging already. It saddens me that my father would be left to grief over the loss of a daughter.The only regret I have is that I wish it was Sofia I killed. Yeah! That evil girl! If I did that, it would make it one less evil in the world, I'd be doing the world a favour by making it a better place. I felt intense pain caused by a sto
Good Or Bad News~Freya~It's been three days since I was captured and we had been journeying. We were only fed once a day and worse, treated like animals. The women had their torture way easier though, we weren't whipped as the men were but any woman who angers any of the slave traders was forced to lay with them for the night. None of us wanted that, so we never fought them. My body ached all over. I felt sick, weak and miserable. I almost wished I had just died on that precipice back home. I wished I wasn't saved. How much worse could my life get? Honestly, I am beginning to think that I am cursed, how can I go through this series of hell; from having an unhappy childhood where I am stuck with an evil step-mother and sister, to being wolfless since birth, to being accused of murder and now kidnapped by slave traders. When we reached the "slave harbour" as the master rider of our carriage called it. We were all told to come off the wagon and join the other slaves who were whipped a
The Pressure Of Getting Another Mate~Orion~As the alpha of Moonstone Haven and the Blood Moon Pack. I could do as I please but as a leader who is to lead his people by example, I was not above the law. That's not a good example to set. Our ancestors had put those laws there for a reason. Without laws, we were not different from animals, so I had to play smart.I could do nothing to help her, she was guilty of the accusations. It wasn't just her sister but a maid as well who had denied seeing Freya.I was confused as I was made to believe that Freya must have been lying and was guilty of the crime all along. But my heart refuses to agree. It just doesn't make sense that Freya would kill anyone.If I abandon her now and it turns out she is innocent, it will hurt me forever and I will feel responsible for her death. I confided in Gabriel and we came up with a plan. If the Council of Elders find out that I have a hand in Freya's escape, I will be deposed. The next in line is Tristan who
Another Murder~Orion~"Mother, it hasn't been a week. And you all want me to move on like nothing happened.""I understand you son, but you don't need me to remind you that every day you lead as an Alpha without an heir, it is a big issue to you. You need to move on." I didn't want to bother my mother with the details of how I went as far as trying to find Freya and proving her innocence. "Father would not have moved on immediately if this happened to you. You know that right? So why are they all onto me to find another mate as quickly as possible." She was silent as she looked at me as if to say "You were right.""You have always said you want to love a good woman the way your father loved me because he was a great man and a good lover.""I still do. When he was alive, I used to see the way he looked at you. He does everything to make you happy. He told me how you made him feel despite spending all those years together. Your affection for each other was as good as new. And I think
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.