Chapter 12. Lucinda's POV. He's here! The severity of his presence weighed deeply in my mind. This wasn't a friendly visit. He was probably here because of what he had heard and now it was my duty to pretend like it wasn't true. I didn't want to be in the mix of people who would shove things under the carpet just to be able to feel good. I fixed my face and walked out. "Good evening, sir. May I ask what you want?" I said in a cheerful tone masking my fear. Darcus' heated gaze ran across my full length and I felt a bit weird. I knew deep down that this was going to escalate. I just didn't know how far it would go. "I need two donuts, and some juice or whatever you have." He said, his eyes raking all over my body in perusal yet sending sparks down my body. "Um... Sorry to disappoint you, sir, but we are close for the night." I laughed nervously, hoping that he would take the hint and move on. I locked gazes with my server who looked at me as though I had run mad. If I didn't di
Chapter 13. Darcus' POV. The strange lady came out with a weird smile on her face that depicted her hesitance to see me. The only problem here was that I didn't know why she was this scared. For all I knew I have never met her in my entire life and that was why I was drawn. "You look spooked. Do I repulse you that much?" I asked jokingly, trying to reduce my hardened countenance. A lot of people have been afraid to ever discuss with me because my face was scary. She was also in that category because her eyes remained focused on the ground, telling me that there was something more than she wanted to let on. "Uhm... I'm sorry if I sounded rude the first time but I have been through a lot of the past few days and just wanted to crash. I hope I do not disappoint you." She said, still looking at the floor but having greater control over her reaction. Her shoulders were taut, almost like a coiled spring waiting to snap and shatter into pieces. "A business owner with business acumen.
Lucinda's POV. My heart skipped a bit immediately when I heard the words. I blinked twice just to be sure that I truly heard what I felt I did because this was insane. What were the odds that we would ever meet and have such a discussion? Except if this was predestined here, I was trying to figure out what exactly the problem could be.I blinked twice again to prove that I had absolutely no idea of what was happening. My heart and mind remained on what was in front of me instead of figuring out the future. "I don't think I quite understand what you are talking about but..." His eyes remained focused on mine as though to tell me that I didn't have any right to object. Was that how he went about picking up people to become his breeder? I might have been attracted to him but there was nothing attractive about a man who went about sticking his male organ into anyone he found just to get rid of his problems. "I sincerely do not care about your feelings about much but I just wanted us
Lucinda's POV. I walked straight down trying to figure out my next move because everything that I was seeing was going to be too hard for me to bear "I understand that you must be a bit panicky but it is not the worst thing that can happen to you. I understand the stress that this might pose but believe me when I say that he did you a favor by informing you ahead." My friend Marcus said.I halted right in my steps as I thought of my next move. He was a man; obviously,, he wouldn't understand what this meant. "Marcus," I called him twice. We were at a point where we needed to realize that a lot of things were going wrong. "I can't just pack up my life and go and start all over with someone that I do not know from Adam. I know that this probably means nothing to you but it is a lot to me if I do say so myself." I told him immediately. Marcus rolled his eyes, gazing at my children in their cots. "I pretty much understand how you must feel, but trust me when I say that this is probab
Darcus' POV. I woke up in the middle of the night, unable to sleep anymore as I began to think of the woman I met yesterday. Lucinda. According to her presiding alpha, he said she was of good conduct and rarely got into problems with people. Just who I wanted in my life right now. The council needed an heir, and I also wanted to ensure continuity of life. I couldn't work for so long and forget it all on the altar of whatever. I wanted my blood to continue ruling. My beta knocked on the door softly, afraid to wake me up. "How are you doing today Chris?" I asked just before he could open his mouth to speak. "I- I'm fine, sir. I just wanted to find out if you are awake. A few elders want to see you and I don't know if I should chase them away." He asked tentatively. That was quite a stupid question to ask because he knew how I felt about them. They always had absolutely nothing good to say besides wasting my time trying to teach me how to run my pack.It was always messy and som
Lucinda's POV. I took a last glance at my kids as I packed my bags. My eyes welling with tears at the impromptu send forth I was about to perform to people who truly liked me. I had built my bakery from scratch and now it was about to be ripped off my hands. This was probably the worst thing that I had ever faced and didn't even know how to handle the situation. I just wanted to be away for a long time, probably clear my head to see if this is true. I couldn't wait to have a semblance of peace so that I wouldn't have to stress myself that much. I hated the fact that I had to leave them at such a tender age. This was not the vision I had for myself at all and right now I couldn't even bear to watch us being separated from each other. While a few people might think that it is not that deep, I felt a certain way deep down inside of me as I thought of what would have become of us. Sadly I couldn't even do anything about it.I just wanted to have a good time with my family but that di
Lucinda's POV.Arriving at the place where I would have longed to be but now looked like a prison to me was almost making me feel dreary but I maintained my composure, refusing to look at the person that had been assigned to come pick me up. He didn't even spare me a second glance, making me wonder what kind of nonsense this was. I would have been surprised if there was no one to deal with the situation but here I was still thinking about a way to find my foot in a place that promised to be contentious. My eyes roamed throughout the impressive Pack, watching young and old pass by as they went about their daily duties.In my former Pack, as soon as they saw a visitor they would have waited to capture the full gist but I guess that was prohibited here because I could see the seriousness in their faces as they went about their daily jobs. Just as it should be. I never understood why certain people took it upon themselves to go ahead and waste time searching for things that didn't conc
Lucinda's POV.Settling into such space came with a lot of problems but I was able to attend to them one after the other without engaging anyone. I stayed in my room and barely Saw The light of Day until I was visited by one of the ladies. "You sure are a beautiful lady. I can see why he chose you. You look fertile by the way. That is if you would be able to produce him an heir." A brunette with a pointed nose spoke, lifting her nose in the air as though she was referring to trash. I sighed, watching her carefully, inspecting how she looked to be able to pass my judgment pretty well. "Do you not understand English? Why do you stare at us so intensely? We have been here before you. You need to come pay homage to us." Another brunette spoke but she had a flatter nose giving her a beautiful visage. I was kind of surprised by their audacity but imagine that it was usual around here that's why they continue because this was uncalled for. "I'm not here to pay homage to anyone. I'm here
Darcus' POV. She blushed from head to toe as I controlled myself from looking at her entire figure. The minute I walked in and found her ass perked, as she searched through the closet, I felt a tightening in my jeans. Her skin was like milk, soft like the imported satin sheets that I had yet to use. I had never been this inclined towards she-wolf. She was unaware that I had walked in and I desperately wanted to see her next move. Her lips parted open, close, and open again as words failed her. I had never wanted to kiss anyone at that moment for being so cute as I did right now.I was having a field day with this even though I pretended to be unaffected. "Oh my goodness, I'm dead." She muttered to herself before dashing into the bathroom. I could feel the pheromones in the air, an indication that she wasn't as immune as she claimed to be. I was coming upstairs when a maid almost bumped into me and asked for my room because she wanted to give Miss Lucinda her robe, but from th
Lucinda's POV.Didn't know what I was expecting but immediately I got into the room my jaw dropped at the beautiful dress laid on the bed. Gleaming to perfection. A gold shimmery strapless dress stared at me in the eyes as we looked at each other silently trying to figure out what exactly was happening here. I gazed at Darcus with my lips slightly parted. "How is your leg?" I broached the subject carefully. "We are attending a gala tonight. It's your first public appearance, and a number of Alphas would be present. As the presiding chairman, you are going to be having intellectual conversations with their companions.”His annoying ass was enough for me to sock him in the jaw but I maintained my smile, watching him carefully and hoping that he didn't make the mistake of thinking that I was going to let him get away with his insults. "Thank you for getting me this.""I didn't want you to embarrass me tonight."I held in my retort, smiling at him gracefully. "What I wouldn't give to
Lucinda's POV. “Scrimm.” The glass door squeaked as I sneaked to the balcony, enjoying the way I dealt with the situation with so much Grace while my heart was still beating. A lot of people might ask why I was trying to help someone who had decided to make my life a living hell by the terms of his contract.The truth was that I also didn't know what the hell was wrong with me and quite frankly I was hoping that I was making the right choice and wasn't about to sacrifice myself on the altar of being the perfect person. A lot of things were wrong and I honestly didn't know how to navigate that. Also, I felt a little miffed at the fact that I was unable to do everything I had wished to do in my entire life and slaughtered it on the altar of becoming a breeder.I picked up my phone and immediately reached out to Marcus who had been calling non-stop. "Marcus, I was in a meeting with the Alpha and I couldn't pick up your call. I hope there is no problem." His answer was long silence a
Lucinda's POV. I looked at this man in front of me and realized that dragging back and forth was not going to give me the answers that I needed. Instead I was only going to be stressed out by him so I decided to take the high road out which was to pretend like I didn't care when I actually did. "I should have never gotten involved in the first place and I apologize for my mistakes but I hope that you are able to let anyone close because it's going to be disastrous if you are going through life alone all the time. And Chris who is supposed to be here with you is nowhere to be found which I find highly suspicious but I guess I'm not supposed to say a thing because I'm just a bloody concubine or breeder." I responded, hiding the fact that I was hurt by the term. Nothing else was going to satisfy the way that I felt but I tried as much as possible to keep it in and not show to the world that I was hurt by his statement. "You are miffed that I called you an ordinary concubine. Why shou
Darcus' POV. The minute the door shut, I hissed in pain, trying to hold my legs. This had never happened to me in my entire life and for once I couldn't help but feel like someone was trying to poison me. It had to be from the food that we ate on our way here. Why would someone try to poison me and make me feel weak? Was this a connivance between Jared and Martin? Was this their way of bringing me down because I did not subscribe to most of their laws? If Lucinda wasn't here, I was sure that these guys would have harmed me without even hoping that I was able to fight my way out of this. Chris was not around because I had sent him on an official mission and that was the perfect way for them to get rid of me without even trying. The weight of the implication of Lucinda's absence weighed so much on me that I began to think of a lot of things. What is the probability that I will be able to survive this if she returns? Not only that, who was I going to accuse when everyone had been so
Lucinda's POV. Darcus charged at me immediately, his hands spinning me to the wall and growling in my face. I would be mad to say that I was not intimidated by how intense this was. I felt shivers run down my spine as I tried to figure out what to do to help myself out of this mess that had been created. I desperately wanted to escape his hold but his warning growl stopped me from taking an inch further. "I have allowed you enough. You are almost becoming a nuisance and I'm not going to tolerate that." He mentioned. I felt exhausted by the way he was holding my neck but there was nothing I could do at that point. I just surrendered to him so that he did whatever he liked. "I will not have you come here and insult my intelligence simply because I have decided to accommodate you. Do you understand that?"Even if I didn't there was no way I could make my opinions clear. All of them were the same, takers, they were going to take and take until they couldn't take more than enough and w
Lucinda's POV. All of the reasons why it was going to take a long while before I was able to detach myself from the mix was simply because I had a lot on my mind and was hoping that I was able to deal with it before allowing anyone to try to come my way and even become more stupid. All the men turned to stare at me as though I was not a human and didn't have the right to call them out when they were talking bull crap. "Yes, I understand that we are trying to mediate peace but that is not telling the person who is at fault to ride on and try to scold another person. Do you know how big Alpha Darcus is? He is only here because of the relationship he shares with both of you." I pointed at Jared and his brother who nodded. Everyone on the table knew that I chose to speak facts. There was absolutely no reason for them to try to make us feel annoyed. "So what are you saying? Are you saying that we do not have a right to be mad at him? Are you saying that he was right with whatever acti
Lucinda's POV. Jared and Chris were on their feet immediately as all the alpha strike to surround these two who had decided to make a spectacle of themselves. I didn't think that it was beyond words but they seemed to think so and wanted to deal with the situation however they liked. I placed my hand on Chris' to stop him from doing something that might cost him a lot. He would try to separate people who didn't want any atom of peace and I didn't see any sense in that. It would have made a lot of sense if he just stayed away from them, forgetting that they ever existed. I kind of figure that it will be hard for him to do stuff like that because then it would make him feel like a bad person but deep down I wanted them to iron this out deeply and then never have to come and fight for things that didn't matter. I would have loved it even more if they could relax their stance and try to speak to each other just to hear what they had to say. Darcus kicked Alpha Martin in the belly m
Jared chuckled nervously as he tried to crack a joke which didn't quite crack through the atmosphere. It was tense, almost like a coiled spring as everyone was waiting for the worst to happen so that they could be relieved. I on the other hand didn't care for whatever it was they were trying to do because that was not my focus. I just wanted to see that this man knew his place and respected people whenever he got to meet them not because of what he had. "She is a feisty one and I don't think I deal with cats.""Cats would scratch your eyes out and leave you blind so I would suggest that you be careful while dealing with them." Darcus butted into the conversation. This was going to be a long night and I was prepared for it. I saw Chris shaking his head probably hoping that this didn't turn into a full-blown war but I didn't care as much as he did because this man was irritating. "Please guys, we are going to be having more visitors. I wouldn't like for us to show them that there is