KAYAIt had taken everything in me for me not to lose it..My father was dead.. the same man that had put me through so much and had made my mother see hell when she saw married to him.He was finally dead..I didn't even know if I should be happy or sad or what I shoulddo.She just stared at one spot and breathed , looking back on all the times that they had been had in that house and my father would always take Serena’s side.I knew something was different between Serena and I but I just couldn't pinpoint it.But my father made that very clear. He'd told my mother one day that he didn't know me and he didn't know who I was.“She’s just as weak as you are! I hate weak people!”He hadn't been scared to say it in front of the guests that were present at our party.My mother tried to play it cool but he wanted every guest at our party to hear what he said. I don't know if he was drunk or he just wanted people to know that he hated us.He'd traumatized me.“What do you want to do? Do y
THIRD PERSON POVHe needed to think of smart ways to get what he wanted. He couldn't keep delaying this process..Since they had all agreed that they couldn't attack Alpha Adrian's pack, they might as well infiltrate it.That is, get someone on the inside to make problems.He looked around for who he could see and when he finally going them, he was happy. He called for the soul that he was seeing and it appeared in front of him.“What is your name?”The boy stood in front of him.“Luke. My name is Luke."He liked what he saw. He had to pick someone who he knew would do the job well. He wanted someone who wouldn't give him a headache.“Luke, I see you have ties with someone in the Alpha's house.”The boy nodded..“Yes, I have spoken to Kaya on a couple of occasions.”That was great. As long as he had met her, that was even better.”Now, I would need you to do something for me. I need you to start working in the Alpha's house. I don't care what you work as.. just make sure that you get
ADRIANNora came in again with a very confused look.“What’s going on? Why did Luke or whatever his name is come to call me? I mean, what's he doing in this house in the first place?”I showed her the chair to sit. I knew she didn't like him..“Relax. He walked in here asking for a job and I have him one.”She looked like she was about to reach over the table and slap me..“What did you say? What did you say you did?"”I gave him a job.”She rested on the chair and sighed heavily..“Alpha…”“Beta… I called you here because I wanted you to test his skills. He said he's good so if he can beat you then he's hired, but if he can't, then he's not. It's that simple.”She scoffed..“Don’t even worry about the results. I knew what's going to happen. He can't beat me, you should know that. Nobody can beat me."I agreed.”But I still want to know how good he is. Go out there and do something. Make sure you beat him or else, you're stuck with him.”She nodded and stood up and started walking awa
KAYAI'd gone out earlier today for a stroll.Milo went over to a friend's house. He'd met the boy during his satay in the hospital and they'd clicked. I was just so happy that he finally had somewhere to go and he wasn't always in the house all the time.With nothing to do, I left the house to take a stroll and that's when I saw Luke.At first, I thought I wasn't seeing properly because there was no way he was going to be here and Adrian would not have thrown a fit.But the more I looked, the more the figure looked like him so I decided to go closer.“Luke?”He turned around immediately and smiled when he saw me.”Kaya. Hey."I couldn't believe it. He was wearing a guards uniform .“What on earth are you doing here?”“What do you think? I work here now."I laughed.“You? Work here? That's a joke. No seriously, what are you doing here? Is this some kind of joint work force or something?”“No. I walked in here and asked the Alpha for a job and he gave it to me."Adrian gave him a job?
KAYA“There’s something wrong.”I rolled my eyes. Sometimes, I felt like Lia looked for problems where there were none.Why couldn't she just enjoy peace?“What are you talking about this time? Just because we haven't fought one evil or another doesn't mean that it's the end of the world."“No, you don't understand.”Of course, I never did.“Listen, whatever it is, I'm sure you'll figure it out. Right now, I'm really not in the mood to fight anything or anybody. For once in my life. I just want to enjoy myself.. even if it's just for a couple of days. Please, if anything wants to go wrong, let it happen in a couple of days.”She didn't say anything after that and I liked it. I hadn't gotten up from my bed today. I'd woken up very late and even after I did, I drank a glass of water and went back to sleep.I didn't have the energy to do anything today and I was so happy that no one has come to knock or disturb me.But what shocked me too was that even Milo didn't come. I was expecting h
KAYA“You need to speak to me? What's wrong?”I'm sure I was overreacting but I just wanted an answer.“No, you go first. You brought it up first.”He laughed.“Well, it's nothing deep really. I just wanted to talk to you about us."“Us? What's wrong with us?”“Kay, you're my mate. My Luna. The woman I'm going to marry and build my kingdom and family with. I want to take things further with you."My heart dropped and a chill ran down my spine.I think he noticed my reaction.“Relax, I'm not asking you to marry me. Yet. But I'm just saying that I don't want to be friends with you anymore. I don't just want to be Adrian to you. I want to mean something to you.”He already did. He already meant a whole lot to me and he didn't even know.I placed my hand on his.“Adrian, you already mean so much to me. You're not just Adrian to me, you're everything I've been looking for and now I've found you.”“I’m terrible at doing things at the right time but will you be my girlfriend?"There is nothi
KAYAI laughed. Not a small laugh, not a chuckle, I let out a full on deep laughter.“Let me know when you're done.”I still didn't stop then.. she couldn't be serious, she most definitely couldn't be serious.“You’re joking right? Go back to where to do what?! Please, if you're joking with me, stop it."“Who’s joking, Eve?! Why can't you be serious for once?! Not everything is a joke!”I was alarmed by her tone.“Relax, Lia. I was just trying to understand-"“No! You're not trying to understand anything! Everything I say, you always take it as a joke, you always think I'm not serious! You don't seem to understand the severity of the situation, Kaya! And I don't know what else to say to you.”I couldn't even say anything else to her because I knew she was already upset. I wasn't trying to make fun of her or anything like that. I was genuinely just trying to understand why she was telling me that .“Lia, I didn't mean to make fun of you. I was just asking a question."She didn't respon
KAYAHow was I going to tell him about this?How would I bring up this issue in front of him when I already know how he would react?As he sat beside me, I kept opening my mouth to talk but the words refused to come out of my throat.“Just say what you want, Kaya. I won't bite you.”“You aren't even looking at me!"We were at the beach. We'd had lunch at a beautiful restaurant and we just took a walk back and ended up on the beach, just sitting in silence and watching the sun go down.He laughed.“I don't have to look at you to sense you. I know you're looking at me. What is it?”I took a deep breath and sat up.“I don't know how to say this. I've been thinking about it for a while and I don't know what to say or rather, how to say it.”He sat up too and turned to me.“What is it? Are you sure you're fine?”I tucked my hair behind my ear.“Yeah, I am. I just- I need to go back home."“You don't want to be here? Is it too cold? I can ask for the car to be brought around."“No, no Adr
ADRIANWhen they called for another meeting, I didn't want to attend because after the last time that they seemed to lose their mind over the whole issue, I didn't want anything to do with them. Kaya had asked that I dissolve them, seeing as they had nothing to offer me. I would have done that but I didn't have the strength to go through the stress of picking out new councilmen. There were many processes involved and I didn't have the time nor willpower to do all that. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to just show up since I didn't exactly have anything to do. I'd caught up with the sleep I'd missed for the past few days now, I was bored. So me showing up to the meeting had nothing to do with formality. It just gave me something to do. As soon as I sat down on that throne, I began feeling sleepy again. Their presence was draining.“My King, we the elders have sat down and disc
KAYARoy came the next day with another brown envelope. I may have my daughter back but I still had to find the person responsible for taking her. So basically, all my problems weren't solved. “No need to show me. I'm sure you've given through it. What does it say?”“The same thing. Latex gloves.”Great. So we were back to square one with nothing. How exactly was I going to find out who was doing this if I didn't even know who to look for? The door opened and Adrian walked in. “Don’t worry. You don't need to hide. I already know what this is all about.” How did he know? Or did Nora tell him? He read my mind. “No one told me. You dropped the envelope in Lana's room and I saw it.”Shit. Oh well, since he now knew what was going on, I guess it meant we now had more help. “I’m judging based on the look on your faces that you didn't find a
KAYAThat was enough to cause a disturbance and I let it happen. I could see the guilty ones getting offended by what I had said but that was fine. We all knew what had happened.I turned to Adrian. ”What was the last one I said?”“Misogynistic!” He shouted like a child in class who had been waiting for him to be called upon.“Yes, misogynists. Does the King holding a baby make you mad? Not just any baby, a female. She's not supposed to be anywhere near the throne right? I'm not supposed to even be here. All according to your damn laws that hold no place for women. I don't blame you. The last king was just like you..small minded.”“My Queen, don't speak like that! Mind your tongue. You are in the presence of the King.”They clearly didn't know who they were dealing with. The presence of the King. “Adrian, tell me. How do you see your father?”“Small minded, My Queen. My father, alt
KAYA I was quiet because I wanted them to say everything that they had to say. I knew it was bullshit when Selena said she didn't want anything from Adrian. Left to her, that was what she wanted. Everything. I could see that she was greedy and if we dared to give her even a little, she would ask and ask and ask for more and in the end, I would be the one to regret it because I had asked Adrian to give in to her demands. Since they were down talking, Adrian began. “Since the beginning of it all, there has been one thing that has been on my lips. The boy is not my heir. Of course, it's no fault of his that he was born but then it doesn't change the fact that I already have an heir.” “But My King, the Prince hasn't been crowned as the Crown Prince yet so technically, you don't have an heir. You can still make changes to things now that things aren't official yet.”
KAYAThe next morning, I'd forgotten about the court session so I had to be reminded by Nora later that afternoon. As soon as I woke up, I went straight to Lana's room because I needed to feed her. She had woken up three times through the night to cry. One of the times, it had been because of food and the next, it was because she wanted to be held so Adrian held her for about two hours, rocking her back to sleep while I tried to fight the sleep from my eyes. “You should sleep. You've been dozing for too long.”I opened my eyes again. “No, it's fine. I'm awake, I don't need to sleep. Is she asleep yet?”He looked down at her and smiled. “Not even a little.”Gosh, it's like a new born baby all over again. “Just sleep, I'll put her down to sleep.”I'd never been more grateful for having a partner as I was in this moment because I really needed the sleep. By the time I woke up,
KAYAMy baby had woken up. I'd been sleeping already and Adrian was in the room doing something.I'd woken up to check on him when I saw something move out of the corner of my eyes. At first, I thought I had seen wrong. “What are you doing?”Adrian looked up from his phone. “Nothing. I just can't sleep.”I pat the space behind me. “Come here.”He got up from the chair and walked over to the bed..Since Lana was still a baby, she had to stay in her cot and not on the bed so Adrian and I took the bed. He was staring at her for too long so I stood up and walked over to him. “What is it? Why're you looking at her like that?” He didn't answer and I just joined him in looking at her..then I saw it properly. Her hand moved. Adrian moved immediately. “I’ll get the doctor”.As soon as Adrian left, her eyes slowly opened
KAYANora was in my room very early the next morning. “I thought you would be in the hospital with Kaya. Why did you come back?”“Because I need to be there for whatever wants to happen.”I didn't even know what wanted to happen today. All I knew was that I wanted it to be over. A lot was going wrong in my marriage and I needed to fix it. I didn't want to say that Kaya had caught me with Selena last night because I wasn't even doing anything wrong. Selena was the one who had thrown herself at me and she came just at the wrong time. Thankfully, she was smart enough to know the truth. I didn't even know how I was going to begin explaining things to her if she hadn't believed me. Selena was trying to ruin my marriage.I told Nora what happened last night and she just stood there looking at me. She didn't seem shocked. “That’s the kind of person you go and get pregnant with?”
KAYAI shouldn't have bothered coming home. I'd planned to stay in the hospital with Lana but I had to give Roy the envelope so that he would leave. He wanted to stay with me in the hospital since Adrian had to leave but he had a sick wife at home and I didn't like the fact that I was coming in between his time with her. I didn't know where Nora had wandered off too as well so I had to go give him.Now that I think about it, I could have easily asked him to go to my room and take it himself but I think fate wanted me to go home that night. The envelope was still on my bed when I went back there and I handed it to Roy. “You don't need to come all the way out here. You can just text me the results by sending a picture. You don't have to go through all that stress.”“Kaya, what are you saying? You are my Queen and I have to serve you. You don't worry, I'll be fine.”I thanked him as he left and h
ADRIANI knew when the doctor brought the results the next morning but I didn't bother to go downstairs to see him. I had come home that night when Kaya had fallen asleep. We still had other kids and I had something to attend to. Somehow, the kids had heard about their sister being found and they had questions for me when I tucked them into bed that night. “Dad, I thought mum said the baby was sick. Why's everyone saying that she was found?”The question had thrown me off guard because I didn't expect them to know anything about it. “Who told you she was found?”“The maids were talking about it during bath time. I thought mum said she was sick. Was she lost?”Those careless maids didn't know when to keep their mouths shut. “Don’t listen to them. Yes, your sister was sick but she's doing better now. Your mother is with her in the hospital.”“When can we go see her? We asked mum before