Lucinda's POV."Walk with me to my room. I need to show you some things." He responded which made me a bit skeptical but finally realized that the best way to handle this situation was too tough for him to deal with but the only way he could go about it was to approach me with caution. "Take a look at the ambience, what do you think?" I blinked at the unusual question. That wouldn't be what I would ask myself if I was in shoes. "Um..." I stammered. "I think it is beautiful." "You don't sound sure." "Uh... I don't know what you want me to say. I am not a decorator. I think the people who handled this did a perfect job, besides the fact that there will have been uh..." I glanced around. "I would have preferred a bookshelf in here so that you can always get your business done without having to go over to your study."I clasped my palm across my lips. "I'm sorry." I said through a muffled voice. His eyes were direct. Curiosity-holden."I think it's a great idea. I would pitch it to
Lucinda's POV. Dinner was set but this looked like a lion's den. I could bet my ass off the people here only wanted me to probably crash or do something. My head was banging but I didn't want to even bother myself with their shenanigans. I kept looking at Alpha Darcus, who looked like he was having a great time and wasn't scared about anyone's opinion. I guess I have to develop a thick skin to deal with the guys here. They wanted me out and it wasn't as though I had communicated with anyone. "Who would have thought that you could clean up so nicely?" A lady spoke, She was one of the quiet ones but I could still see the condescending look in her eyes. They didn't think I was worth breathing the same air as they did. It was a huge misconception from these guys, and I was not in the mood to correct them in any way. They could go to hell for all I cared while I tapped my feet and rocked my world. "Maybe if there was no reason for me to play dress up I wouldn't. Have you thought ab
Lucinda's POV. I hesitated just as we set foot at the entrance of his room with a small smile on my face. I didn't know what to expect and hoped that this wouldn't become a sorry case."Oh, you think I'm going to?" He chortled. "Damn, you didn't have to sound like that." I whispered.He shot me a knowing look. "I knew you were interesting from the getgo. How hilarious to think that I would attempt to make a move on someone that's supposed to be revered. That would be blaise of me." He laughed again. I forced a smile, still hesitant because he wasn't supposed to converse with me so well."Come on in, I wanted to show you a few things that would help your stay here." He said. I refused to get in immediately. "Maybe we can just speak here, if you don't mind." I said, "It would only take one person to start up a few rumors that I wouldn't be able to deal with."Chris looked at me appreciatively but in a respectful manner. "I think your going to be a handful. We've had other woman play
Lucindas' POV. The fact that he accused me of something that was absolutely out of my usual way of life had me thinking so much My head was banging as I tried to figure out what exactly he was trying to drive at. I had no reason to be worried or bothered about whatever he thought but I was his breeder and nothing more. "I was only discussing with him about certain things, I-it was how to become a better breeder.""Chris would never discuss that with you because he knows it is out of bounds. I don't understand why both of you should be discussing when you know how important this is." "Yes, sir..." I whispered even though I had absolutely no idea of what he was talking about but just to ensure that peace reigned without me bothering about a thing I decided to play along. "You do not understand." He shook his head in disappointment. "You are not supposed to be talking to Chris or anyone here. You are supposed to mind your business and if you have any issues you'll come straight to
Lucinda's POV. I was a bit worried about what was going on here because now I had a lot of things to think of. Even though Darcus had not said a word after mentioning my friend's surname, I couldn't help but remain restless. It was odd, to say the least. I had so many things on my mind to do but one of them that remained permanent was the fact that I needed someone who could hide me whenever there was a problem. If no one could then I would perish in here.Relying on Chris wasn't the way forward either. Instead, it would only give me a lot of problems in the future as I would have to keep on explaining to my alpha that I had nothing going on with his assistant. That didn't seem like the kind of life that I wanted to live so I decided to move past that. All I wanted right now was to relax and just prop my feet on a table while waiting for his next move. That would probably be more honorable than even trying to get into a conversation with him. I heard enough on the door, but thi
Lucinda's POV. I took out my phone and decided to reach out to my friend just so that he realized that I have not just abandoned him like that but that there was a major reason for me doing that. I knew that it might not make any sense to anyone but that was my truth and I was going to follow it to the latter. Marcus picked up on the second ring, sounding cheerful in the background. "My goodness. If anyone had told me that you were going to place a call through I would have told them they were only joking but here we are, lovely to hear your voice after so long." He said sarcastically. I didn't even know how to start explaining how I felt and what was going on because I just knew deep down that he was messing with me. A soft sigh escaped my lips as I tried to figure out what next to say without sounding offensive and ungrateful. "I should have called earlier but I was swamped with trying to save my neck. These people here are the devil's spawn, I don't even understand how they
Lucinda's POV. I sneaked through the hallway hoping that I didn't come in contact with anyone anytime soon because I just wanted to have some quiet time to myself and inspect the portrait I had spotted last night. It wasn't here the day I arrived and I wanted to see who the artist was and what was drawn. I was drawn to arts but decided to shelve that part of me because it wasn't as lucrative as I would have imagined it to be, and I also hoped that there was a way I could go back to my initial leanings. "Tell me something else that I should have done but have refused to so that I would know my left from my right." I heard someone whisper in the distance and I figured out that it was no one but one of the wives, I had no business knowing their names because it wasn't going to change a thing, but I kind of wanted things to become better and this was the only way to achieve it. I hid behind the staircase refusing to show myself so that they wouldn't know that I was listening in and
Lucinda's POV. As soon as we touched into his office, he looked at me with this knowing look, which made me kind of very happy, but I decided not to show it. I had not committed any crime, so if anyone wanted to lie against me, they needed to be very skilled at it because I was not to accept whatever they dumped on me, all in the name of just wanting peace to reign.I had so many things on my mind while watching him but I realized that I might have just been wrong, so it was my duty to keep quiet and find out what next could be done. "She says that you tried to kill her. Why is that?" He asked in an accusing tone. Even if I felt weird I would not speak readily. I would rather just wait and see what I could do to assist myself out of the messy situation. "I don't think I have done anything that warrants her lying against me, but if she wants to go down that route, I guess she's also ready to expose the fact that she has been nothing but a terror to everyone who lives in that house
Lucinda's POV. Immediately after I returned from Marcus' house, I rushed into the house hoping that no one noticed my absence and that no one had gone around, luckily their mouth trying to tell everyone that I was missing. That would be a disaster and I almost didn't want to be in such a situation. The only thing that could stop me right now was if Darcus came out and asked what exactly I went out for. As soon as I walked in, Abigail breathed in relief. She was the only person that I had told where I was heading towards and had given me the go-ahead. She didn't even completely know what my mission was, and I just said it so that she would be able to ascertain and give up a false impression that would make those people ready to be confused. She rushed towards me, clasping her hands over mine. She looked me in the eye while looking around just to see if anyone was listening to our conversation. "See, I understand that you need to leave, but at the same time, I still want you to be
Lucinda's POV Watching the couple try to work out their issues wasn't my highlight, instead, I began to calculate what this could mean for my child. If her supposed guardian thought that I was having an affair with the man she called her husband, this simply meant that I was not safe and that I needed some time alone to process things. I needed to get my child to another caretaker but who exactly would want to take in my child as theirs."Babe... I'm sorry but this is not what you think. I'm pretty sure you have things mistaken. What do you think?" "I don't know how you want me to take this but honestly, I don't care!" I watched them carefully. This was a totally different argument but I was going to pretend like I didn't understand it. I had so many things on my mind and diving into this wasn't the way to go. I had a lot of things to clear up."I'm not in any way romantically linked to your husband." I piped up, after realizing that Marcus had no idea of how to defend himself.Sh
Author's POV. Daston pulled a cup out of its place and crashed it to the ground. "How dare he disgrace me in the presence of everyone? He knows that she is not fit to become his Luna!" The sound had Samantha almost jumping out of her skin. "Dad, I think you are paying too much attention to this. Why don't we just take things slowly?" "Obviously not, this is not what I want from you at all. I don't care about what anybody says. You are supposed to be on that throne and I'm going to get you there. I don't mind sacrificing myself for this cause."The amount of fear in Samantha grew wild when she was still her father performing like he was under some attack. "I understand how you must feel but can we take a break? We've been trying as much as possible to get him to see me but that has not been working. At this point I'm tired and I don't think he loves her."Daston casted an irritated glance at his daughter who was acting like a fool. "You don't think that they have been intimate? You
Lucinda's POV. Immediately my hands connected with him, I felt a slight tremble. There was something different.He opened his eyes to stare into my eyes while I tried to figure out how much I had lost with this boy not being in my life. I might have forgotten anything else in the world but not forgetting how to become a great mother. I didn't know how to speak, think , work or act. He blinked softly and sighed, "isn't he just too cute?" Marcus cooed, assuming the fatherly responsibility, which made me even feel so bad of myself. Someone else wasn't supposed to be taking care of my child, when I had the means to do so. It was appalling and I couldn't even think of what to do next.The fact that I had absolutely no one who could help me was enough to send me into a partial outrage but at the same time I still wanted to be a little calm and see how things played out. "Why don't you have a seat? Your legs are a little shaken. I hope that's not a problem." Marcus also remarked, making
Lucinda's POV. My first stop was outside and because I had gotten Chris to promise me that he wasn't going to inform anybody of my movement I had freedom to do whatever I like. Firstly, even if I wasn't going to make any mistakes, I wanted to ensure that I had everything mapped out in such a way that no one would be able to point fingers at me or know my next move. Instead it will all just be them trying to figure out what I was up to while I did my thing. I quickly took a cab because that was the only thing that was going to leave me without anyone raising suspicions.Chris came to the window and looked in, inspecting the man who was about to lead me away and I thought that was pretty nice. I had not found anyone who was as committed as I was to making sure that everything was going on smoothly and now that I found one, I wasn't going to take him for granted. "Thank you but I hope you keep to your promise of not informing anyone that I stepped out. That could be the highlight of
Lucinda's POV. I didn't go downstairs throughout that day because I was trying as much as possible not to get into an altercation with any of the concubines especially now that I knew that I probably had a wanted sign on my forehead.I had better things to do with my time than to engage myself in a battle with anyone so I moved as swift as I could be, ensuring that nobody came my way.I picked up my phone to reach out to Marcus. I desperately wanted to see my kid and nothing was going to stop me.He ended up not picking up, making me panic more than I should. I needed to go over and see what the hell was wrong with my children so that I could pick them up from there and know what to do next to save them. I knew that I was probably overreacting but what mother wouldn't when there was a problem that needed to be solved immediately? I had many reasons to panic but I decided to take the cool attempt by trying to reach out to his wife. Unfortunately all of this still didn't work. I could
Lucinda's POV. I couldn't sleep, instead I was busy roaming around the balcony. Abigail had come to check up on me and we had struck a conversation but I didn't feel happy. Darcus had been busy throughout the time he left and had not even bothered to return to see how I was feeling. As much as I knew that I was supposed to have exclusive rights to him, something kept telling me that this was probably my last chance and I had just blown it off completely because of my words. I would have done something else entirely if I had a chance but decided to relax for a while and just see how things went. A knock interrupted my thought process and I went outside to check who it was. Abigail was back but this time with a smile on her face as her salt and pepper hair shone. "I came to inform you that you might just be having a new visitor. A new visitor in the sense that he is assigned to help you get things done. I know that it's not easy for you to come to terms without fact but..."I looke
Darcus' POV. She had struck a nerve and my beast concluded with her. I didn't want to repeat the same mistake that I had made with everyone else in the past. It was a common knowledge that I was very particular about just sleeping with the women and moving on with my life because I didn't want to complicate it but right now, I knew that something was different about this woman, and the best way to handle it was to ensure that I completely dealt with anything that would bring up feeling.It didn't help that Lucinda was as innocent as she could be, she didn't even know all of the plans that I had for her. When she was around she had this Air of innocence, I didn't want to break it. I could smell that she wasn't a virgin but that didn't mean she was experienced in bedroom matters. The last person that I had been so committed to and almost admitted that I had falling in love with died mysteriously "Alpha, the elders are here." Chris's voice boomed as soon as he opened the door and I g
Lucinda's POV. Immediately he said those words I got instant PTSD. I couldn't just move beyond the fact that he probably was just deceiving me all along and I needed to be as careful as possible."It is something that I could always research but I need you to be open with me." He prodded, his eyes boring into man with so much other job besides cracking me open "Why?" I asked him in despair. "Why do I want to know who hurts you and deal with them?" He repeatedly made me sound ridiculous but I knew what I was doing.If I grew dependent on him when he was ready he would cast me aside without even thinking twice so what good would that do to me?"I know that you are a great man and my opinion about you has totally changed in the past few weeks but at the same time I still want to maintain a sense of independence so that when it is time for me to leave I wouldn't get attached to you." He looked at me incredulously as though I was speaking jargon. I could see the genuine confusion in his