Kaya The lady who I'd come to know as Nora led me into the house, walking ahead of me, giving me time to take in the sight in front of me. Right from the moment I stepped into the house, my mouth had fallen open. This wasn’t a house, it was a palace. It was purely magical, like a place right out of a fairytale. The ceiling was far above us, giving the large chandelier enough space to shine. The ground floor was big, big enough to accommodate the large steps in the middle of it. There weren’t any couches but there were vases and ancient decorations. All these looked very expensive.I’ve never seen any place like this before in the Wolf Kingdom, it’s no wonder they were trying earnestly to take over their kingdom. ‘C’mon. Your room is upstairs.” I looked back at Nora and nodded slightly. “My name is Nora, I’m Adrian’s Beta. I also train the military. I hope we can be friends.” My mouth almost dropped. The Beta wanted to be friends with me…a slave?The fact that she was a Beta was
ADRIAN I went in after them, going straight for the office. During my unfortunate arrest, a couple of incidents had taken place and I needed to attend to them immediately. Allister who was my gamma was already in my office waiting. Actually, he was on the office chair, spinning around and he didn't even notice when I walked in.“I’m so glad I'm back.”He jumped up as soon as he heard my voice.“Alpha, welcome back. The pack was not left unattended while you were away."We both laughed. I need to find a better Gamma. Actually, Allister was the best there was. He was the only guy I was ever close to and he helped me a lot when I needed him to be there. He was also the only one who managed to make me laugh. “Report.”His smile fell.“The Nakashi Cult. We just got word that they have attacked Stormborn Clan and our informant says that before daybreak, Bloodhound would be gone too.”I was shocked to say the least. How was that possible?“How is that possible?" He pulled in the chair
KayaI sat on the floor in utter confusion at Adrian's actions. I rubbed my aching elbow that had broken my fall and prevented me from hitting my face on the floor when he pushed me. ‘What the hell do you think you’re doing to my son?” He was hiding the boy away from me like I had done something wrong. “What do you mean? I wasn’t doing anything, I-” ‘Save it! I knew it was a mistake bringing you here. How dare you touch him?” What was he talking about? I wasn't even doing anything. I was only trying to help. He probably thought I was trying to hurt him. I wanted to explain to him what actually happened but he turned away from me and faced his son who had placed his head on his father’s shoulder. ‘Are you okay? Did she hurt you? Milo?”Milo didn’t say anything but he looked at me with tears in his eyes then looked back at his father. Even though I knew I didn't do anything to him, I couldn’t help but feel scared at what he was going to say.I hadn’t been here for up to half a day
KAYA By the time my eyes jolted awake, the sun was already very high in the sky and I jumped up from the bed, putting on my clothes in a hurry. I was surely done for this time. Serena was asking to have my head on a platter since her plan to kill me last time didn't work. And my father was going to be there for the whole show. I tripped over my own feet and fell face first into the rug. My room didn't have a rug… so where was this coming from? I raised my head and looked around me, realizing where I was. “I’m so stupid.”Serena and all of her bullshit were miles away, rotting away in that damned pack. I didn't have to be scared of them anymore because they couldn't hurt me here even if they tried. Sighing in relief, I got up from the floor and walked into the shower. I was still deciding whether the bathroom, the closet or the bed was my favorite part of this room. My bathroom had everything a girl could ever wish for. All the toiletries, it was decorated so beautifully and it
Kaya I watched others spar before us and I had to say. Most of these girls didn't look as strong as they were. The way they easily threw each other on the ground made me wonder if the women were like this, how would the men be? It finally got to my turn with Naya. Her eyes were on me like a hunter waiting to kill a prey. She looked confident that she would crush me just like that girl said. “You would regret embarrassing me this morning.”I wasn't even the one who had said anything to her. I had simply wanted to introduce myself and she took the opportunity to introduce me as a wet dog to everyone. Why didn't she take her anger out on Allister? Nora was right. I was no longer in Red Moon where I had to ensure every treatment. Now, I had to fight for myself or else, I would be treated like trash. Whether she was the former Beta's sister or the Beta himself, I had to stand up for myself. I know I had made an enemy and there was only one way to fight an enemy. “I did nothing to
Kaya I guess there were perks to being Alpha. Like being able to stop your wolf from gravely injuring another at the nick of time. As Naya lunged at me, I fell back, not having anywhere to run to so I ended up folding up and using my hands to cover my face. My hands and legs could take the hit but if my face got scratched, the scar may remain forever. I waited for it to come, praying that the scratch wouldn't be too deep so that I'd just walk it off. I was even lost in my thoughts that I didn't realize that I was waiting for Naya to scratch me. By the time I opened my eyes, I was looking in between two long legs. I wondered what was going on. “What do you think you're doing?!” Adrian shouted through the gym.The gym had fallen quiet and the stupid murmur and laughing had died down, leaving an awkward silence. “Alpha, we're fighting. She pushed me too hard and I lost control.” I pushed her too hard? More like she lost it because she's a coward and a psycho. “You should have k
ADRIAN “Hey, little man. What do you need?” I picked him from the floor, bringing him up to eye level. He looked around for a moment, obviously looking for what to use to tell me what he wanted. He hadn't fully learnt sign language so it was still hard for him to communicate with it. He kicked the air, indicating a ball. “You want a ball?”He shook his head then touched my chest, touched his then kicked the air again. “You want us to play ball?"He nodded, happy that I finally understood him. Damn, I'd forgotten it was the weekend already. That was the time I got to spend with Milo. ”I’m so sorry I forgot about you. I had so much work.”He frowned a bit and rubbed my nose, something he always did when he wasn't happy with me. “I apologized.” I tickled him, making him laugh. I'd forgotten that there was someone in the room until I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. Kaya had a wide smile on her face but it wasn't directed at me. Her eyes were focused on Milo. I felt ve
KAYA Milo was such a delight to have around and I couldn't help the way I smiled when I was around him. We decided to play in the living room since it looked like it was going to rain. I didn't even know that the day had gotten away from us until Adrian spoke up. “Okay guys, it's bedtime.”Had he been standing there all along? I watched Milo’s face fall at his father's command and I picked him up.“Let’s go tuck you into bed.”We went upstairs and he ran to the bathroom, quickly brushing his teeth. He looked so much like Adrian. When he came out, he shined his teeth at me. “They’re so white, I'm about to go blind. Let's get to bed."He jumped into bed and I sat beside him, patting him gently and before long, his eyes closed and his chest rose and fell in a rhythm. “Goodnight love." I kissed him on the head and was about to stand up when I felt something scratch my hand under his pillow.He had probably forgotten a toy under there. I poked my hand around to feel for the sharp ed
KAYA“Its nothing, My Queen. I couldn't sleep either ways so this just gives me something to do.” “Perfect..I just have a question to ask you. I've been doing some digging recently and I've found out a few things. Also, a few things have happened.” She seemed comfortable, straight like she had nothing to hide. Or maybe she was just good at doing so. “We finally found Lucy's phone and according to the records, it shows you called her the day she was killed. Did you forget to mention that or did you intentionally leave that out?” Her strong gaze faltered and for the first time since tonight, she looked at the walls. “It seems I forgot to mention it.” “Sandy, I'm sure you know that whether you tell me or not, I will find it out myself. With or without your help. I just called you here as a formality or would you rather I began to see you as a suspect?” “No! Don't do that..I have nothing to hide. I would never do anything to harm Mrs Lucy.”Then I guess we were on the same track.
KAYAI slowly got up from the bed because Lana was so unpredictable. Sometimes, she was a light sleeper and other times, even an atomic bomb wouldn't wake her up. This time around, she was the latter. I slowly backed away from her until I was out the door. “Why are you sneaking out of her room?” “Jesus Christ! Milo!” I had to hold my chest so that my heart won't fall out. He didn't seem fazed that he had just scared the crown off me. I opened the door again to check on Lana to make sure that she was still asleep. “Why’re you sneaking out of her room though?” This kid would be the end of me. “Maybe you wouldn't have seen me here if you were in your room sleeping. I'm the adult here. What are you doing here?”I pulled him along with me. “I always check on Lana every night before I go to bed. I just got back from the Twins’ rooms.”He does that? I never noticed. “Are you asleep yet?” He looked at me like I should know the answer to that. “Pretending to be. I told them to do t
KAYA“That's her secretary. Why would Sandy fail to mention that she called Lucy on the day she died?” Or did she have something to hide too? Nora chimed in. “I don't think she forgot. Sandy remembers details. I think she intentionally left that part out.”But if it didn't mean anything, why would she leave that part out? “Is there any record of the conversation?” He turned the laptop screen to me. “I couldn't find anything. It's like she called and ended the call immediately. It was barely a second.” Was that intentional or was it a mistake? “What time did her call come in?” He turned the screen back to himself. “Eleven thirty.” I was trying to create a timeline but the evidence wasn't enough. “I think I need to speak to her again. Nora, can you get her on the phone for me? Don't alert her about anything. Just tell her that we urgently need her for something and that we will send a guard to pick her up.” It was actually quite late and I didn't know if the commissioner w
KAYA“For now, we just need to focus on finding hard evidence that truly puts her there or else, our theory is out the window.” Nora stood at the board, spending a long time staring at it. I sat down behind her and thought too.Milo brought in Lana and I just put her on the floor to do her own thing. She didn't seem to care that I didn't have her time. “Oh yeah mum, there's a man here to see you. I don't know what his name is.” Must be Tobias. “Can you bring him here? Thanks baby.” How did the detective find the phone so quickly? I thought they claimed that they couldn't find it at the crime scene. How come it turned just a while after I had asked him.to look for it? That meant that if he wanted to look for it, he would have easily found it. The door opened and Milo came back with Tobias and some of the other men I'd seen earlier today at the fire scene. “Good evening, My Queen. Good day, Beta. This is my deputy and this is the Head of crimes. Just as you've asked, I've come
KAYA“Why were you calling me? What happened?” This was the first time in almost two weeks that I was this close to him. This was also the first time in two weeks that I was smelling my husband's cologne again. “I thought you were dead. I got called today and I thought the accident was you. Turns out you were too busy having fun to even pick my calls.” He looked like he was done with my bullshit and technically, I didn't care. “Why do you keep saying this? I just told you that I misplaced my phone. What more do you want from me? I apologized for not coming to the station quickly. But how was I supposed to know? I didn't have my phone.”Was that the excuse he was going for? When I turned around to face him, he knew he had said something stupid. “You don't need a damn phone call to know when your wife is not in the house. Usually, you can feel her absence and when she's not in bed next to you, you get your ass up and go look for her. I guess I can only count on Nora to save me.”I
KAYAWhen I got tired of hearing Nora give the man hell, I got up. “Nora, it's okay. He has already apologized. Detective, if it's not my husband in the car, please who is it?”We looked down the hill at the car. The firefighters had just successfully put out the fire and they were trying to raise the car unto the pavement. “It's Alisha's car.” That was another shock and I couldn't help the way I reacted. “What did you say?”That's when I looked back at the car and it finally looked familiar. I had seen it in the driveway when I went to her house. “W-what happened?”“As for now, we have no idea. We can't exactly say what happened to her but we will know more when we investigate.”We had to give them space as they dropped the car on the pavement. Before long, a car pulled up and Tobias and some other men joined us. “My Queen, good day. I just got word that you came here.” Being here meant that it was truly important. I wanted them to treat it as such because now, we didn't have
KAYA That meant that Tim didn't know that Lucy was trying for a kid again. “I’ll come see you later, Tim. Just hang in there. You'll be out in a bit okay?”“That’s not what matters to me, Luna. I just want you to find who killed my wife. That's the only time I'll truly be at peace. If I get out without knowing what happened to Lucy, my life would never be the same.”I could understand his point. “And I'll do everything in my power to make sure that I find who did this. And I'll make them pay. I'll see you later.”I left him and went back upstairs. “I was about to come down to meet you. I've put people out to look for her. We should get news before the end of tomorrow.” I didn't see Lana in her arms so I figured that someone else had her or she had fallen asleep. I had been focusing on the wrong person so much that she had time to run away and we had no idea. But then, there was no way that I could have caught onto her trickery. If I hadn't gone to the house and decided to cal
KAYAHe nodded. “When she eventually told Lucy and Lucy told me, it happened to fall on a date when I was in the hospital for the injury on my leg. There was no way I would have been out because I was in surgery and I didn't wake up until three weeks later. When Lucy realised, she apologized to me and came back home. I forgave her. I didn't blame her one bit.“Alisha is manipulative. When she noticed that things were good again, she came for me. Lucy had to travel for some work. One night, I came back and found her in my home in nothing but lingerie. She climbed in through the window. I didn't even want to hear what she had to say before I asked her to get out. She cried and begged, saying that I wasn't being fair with her and that it wasn't fair that Lucy had to get everything she'd ever wanted. She said that Lucy didn't have to know what was going on between us and that we could keep it a secret.“The fact that she had lied against me before just made me even more angry and since s
KAYA She stayed on the phone for quite a while, while I asked the maid to get me something to eat. Maybe because I had rushed my food, I didn't feel like I'd eaten anything. She got off the phone before I could get my food. ”What’s going on? What did he say?”I could see the disappointed look on her face.“He says the house is empty. It's like no one ever lived there. She packed up everything and left.” What? Packed up and left? “Why would she do that? How the hell didn't he see that she was leaving?” ”He said she must have done it in the dead of night. I don't know. I'll only run when I have something to hide.” Did Alisha run? Or was she forced into leaving? With Alisha not in the picture, that just left a lot of loose ends untied. There were a lot of questions to ask her and now that she was MIA, there was no one to ask them. “I need to see Tim. I'll be right back.” Since I couldn't get to Alisha, I might as well speak to someone who might have known her. I need to know