Lucinda's POV. The party started, and I walked downstairs with my head held up, enjoying the fact that I was looking as elegant as I called. Clad in a dress that had me feeling like a queen that I wasn't I decided to move as fast as I could just to get downstairs and meet up with the first set of people that would be attending. I stopped just a few minutes away from the place where Darcus was sitting and realized that all eyes landed on me as though they had never seen a person in their entire life. I wasn't going to judge them because they had a certain image in mind, and I had defeated it, even without doing a thing. Without much ado, I decided to take laws into my own hands by pretending like I had no idea of what was going on but still showing them who was boss. To my surprise, Darcus Rose from his seat and came closer to me grabbing my hands and kissing the back of my palm like he loved me so much. I was a little bit flustered by the attention he was showering on me, and I b
Lucinda's POV. Alpha Martin, one of the most powerful alphas in the country, stood at the door with his commanding presence casting almost a spell over everyone as they looked at him transfixed. It was only I and Darcus that seemed to be immune to his charm. According to the rumors around we had heard that he had mingled with some people for dark magic purposes and although the rumors had gone around no one dared to speak it to his face. One of the amazing things that caught my attention was the fact that he refused to look away instead staring at each and every of us as though expecting us to say something but the moment we refused he shrugged and moved closer. "I guess today is going to be a great day seeing that everyone is present, especially those who love me so much yet refuse to say it." Alpha Martin mentioned and sauntered towards his seat. I would have been a little bit annoyed if he had not acknowledged protocol and came close to me but he gave me a wide berth. "You ar
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
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
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. 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
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. 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
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