Next morning, Wayne insisted on going to see her father with Alexa. 'I want to give you a little moral support!' he said with a smile.'You have done a lot for me as it is', Alexa said, looking very uncomfortable especially as she recalled all he had said to her, the previous night in his drunken state. 'I do not want to bother you more. Moreover I have to do this myself. Your presence will complicate issues!''I'm sorry, I didn't know I was now a complication in your life!' he said, looking wounded.'I didn't mean it that way but Dad may not be forthcoming in your presence. He will be ake you as an outsider', she said, trying to make him understand. She didn't want to hurt him. 'He doesn't know you as well as I do, you see'.'Do you think you really know me?' he asked, the timbre of his voice changing as he looked at her intensely.No, not again, Alexa thought in desperation. She did not want that particular complication now and another reason she didn't want him going with her. She
When Alexa got to the house, she could no longer call it home, her father was not around but had gone to see Alpha Fred Connor who had sent for him.'You are here again?' her half sister asked, eyeing her speculatively.'I am not here to see you, Camellia ', Alexa told her sister gently. 'I do not wish to see you just as much as you hate seeing me but I must speak to my father!''Well, he's not here!' she replied coldly.'I have been intimated that he went to answer the Alpha's summons', Alexa said. 'but I can wait for him. I shall wait here. This is my house - home too!''Not anymore!' Camellia said, her hands on her waist.'Says who?' Alexa asked surprised and more than a little hurt and wondering why she should be surprised. She should have expected this considering the treatment she was accorded the last time she was here. But does Camellia really have the nerve to kick her out of her father's house?'Says me!' Amelia, her step mother said. Alexa had not seen her come in. So the w
'Love?' Alexa asked. 'What role did my mother play in all of this? Don't tell me you found out she was the spy who stole your manufacturing strategy and gave to the witches and vampires?' Her tone was incredulous.'Oh no!' her father said very quickly, shaking his head vigorously. 'Your mother was not like that. Your mother was a great woman. I have never met any like her!' he said, a faraway look in his eyes, a tremor in his voice.Alexa was shocked as she stared dumbfounded. Could it be that her father loved her mother? Then her mother was not just a toy for his pleasure which he tossed aside when he was done with her?'You sound as though you loved her!' she said gently. Alexa had never been in love but she had read of it and had hoped she would fall in love with the man who reciprocates but so far, fate had been cruel to her.'Very much!' he said. 'There's no day that passes that I do not think of her. You look like her. Not exactly a splitting image but you are really your mother
As Alexa left her father and started off towards home, she went through all that her father had said and felt her spirits lift. So her mother was not a bad person afterall, she had been in love and had left, not wanting to wreck the home of her lover nor endanger her daughter's life. Mother didn't abandoned me. She just didn't want me to be in danger. She must have known that her lover's wife would not treat me well but she had to choose between the lesser of two evils to keep me safe. If the Alpha had found out, not only her but I would have been killed instantly. It was a tough call but she did what she thought was best at the time.'If that is the case, why didn't she take me with her?' Alexa recalled asking her father.'She left immediately after giving birth to you and was in a very weak state and I hoped she would go far and be safe but travelling in the wilds at night with a new baby in the heat of the sun and the chill of the night, I could not take that chance and she felt yo
That evening, Wayne asked the question that had been bothering Alexa. 'Do you know who would want to do this to you?'Her secret identity could not have been revealed so soon, so who would want her dead so badly? She could not believe that as cruel as her step mother and half sister were, they were behind this. They could easily have just revealed her identity and that would have resolved the problem for them without hazzles.So, who?Wayne looked at her for a long time but kept quiet. He did not want to tell her what he had found out. He had considered it and didn't know what the right decision would be. Any choice he made, there were bound to be consequences.He recalled how he had bitten and torn the bodies of the men to pieces after they had confessed that it was Camellia Palmer who had sent them. How could Alexa's sister be this wicked? Why would she want her sister dead? What was she trying to hide? And he could not ask Alexa because she hadn't recovered all her memories yet.'I
'An invitation just arrived from the Alpha King', Camellia squealed with delight to her mother. 'The Alpha King is throwing a party to make an important announcement and I am sure it is going to be the announcement of my engagement and marriage to his son!' she danced about happily.'That foolish girl had been useful afterall. She got us the highest position we could ever have dreamt of!' Amelia said smiling with utmost satisfaction. 'You are going to be the Lyncan queen by virtue of your marriage to the prince who will soon become the Lyncan King!' They both smiled.'And the best part of it all is that we didn't have to do anything about it. Your step daughter did the work for us and we ate just to sit and enjoy the dividend of her hard work. What a pity, she won't even be alive to see it!' she made a funny face and the both of them burst into laughter.'Have you heard from the men you sent to kidnap and kill her?' Amelia asked her daughter.'No, but they come highly recommended', sh
There was tension in the body of a lot of people on this day most people had looked forward to. But the tension was for different reasons.Prince Hector was fidgety, though not noticably. He didn't want to marry either of the women being foisted on him. But duty calls and he had to obey. He didn't mind the breeder role and status given to Camellia. Though she had not really been taking an interest in his son, she was still his mother.Concerning Challotte, he would feel like he was mating with his own sister. What kind of marriage was he going to have with her? He hoped their long friendship will carry them through.Charlotte on her part was not really happy about the part of the deal where she'd be made to share her husband with a breeder but Hector had a son by the woman and since the Alpha King himself suggested it, she had to accept the terms. The most important thing was that it was she who was going to be the Luna. Then she would find ways to get rid of the damn breeder and mayb
Alexa was not the only person who saw Prince Hector looking at Alexa as though mesmerized. Camellia saw the look too and this enraged her further. Why could the goons not perform a simple task properly? she thought. She had not gone through the lengths she had gone through only to have Alexa ruin all her plans for her. But first things first. She had to see how today's events ended. Then she would deal with Alexa.Camellia saw the mesmerized look Hector was giving someone and followed his gaze. When she saw who Hector was staring at as though struck, she knew that Alexa was no ordinary woman and made a note to beware of her and thought, how many women will I have to contend with for Hector's affection?Wayne saw it and his body tensed. Why was that man staring at Alexa so intimate and why was Alexa looking so flushed and stealing glances at him? What was going on? Did Alexa know this handsome man? Wayne admitted grudgingly to himself that the Prince was indeed handsome and that did no