ADRIANI hadn't been able to focus all day.And I had Asher to blame for it.First off, I couldn't get this morning out of my head.It was the closest I had been to Kaya and the farthest we'd ever gone and it was like I hadn't kissed a girl before.Everytime I tried to forget, I saw her face in my head and I just went back to thinking. She was a good kisser, her lips were soft and I couldn't place my hand on what lip gloss she was using but it tasted amazing.Her skin was soft and every part I touched just felt like a fresh loaf of bread right out of the oven.Weird comparison but that was the best I had.I know I said I wanted to get to know her more but with the way she was around me these days and the way I had been close to her, I don't think it will work. The moment she was around me, I stopped thinking and I just couldn't function.I tried. I tried so hard this morning to not touch her, to not give into Asher's devilish torture but I had to break.No, I didn't have feelings for
KAYAMy head was raging by the time I woke up.My body hurts. It was so sore from the training session that I'd attended a day ago. And even though I missed yesterday's session because Nora thought that I would die if I came around, I still felt like a truck had driven over me.My stomach rumbled, causing me to stand up from the bed.I looked like a mess and my hair was everywhere.There was a knock on the door and a chill flashed through my spine as I looked at myself in the mirror.“I’m coming! Just a moment!”There was no way I was going to let him see me like this. After I lashed out on him that day, I'd felt so bad but I hadn't had the time to go see him.It was all that witch's fault. If she hadn't been there, then I wouldn't have spoken to him that way.Seeing that there was no remedy for the first world war that was happening in my head, I took a shirt and wrapped it over my head.My breath smells horrible but I couldn't keep him at the door so I was going to minimize my talki
KAYAI should have just walked away and ignored her.I knew she was looking for trouble and she wanted me to give it to her but I wasn't in the mood.Clearly she was bored and had nothing better to do and that was why she settled for riling me up this morning.”If it isn't the new pack slut.”I didn't answer her, I kept walking towards Adrian’s office.”Where do you think you're going? Do you really think that flaunting your smelly little self in front of him is going to get his attention? It's really sad that you think that.”In whatever war that Adrian was preparing for, he should make her stand in front of the battle line and wear raw meat on her neck.It'll be a quick and easy finish.“What do you want this time around? Don't you ever get tired of being you?”She scoffed.”Don’t even think that just because Adrian rescued you, then you can talk back to me. I will smack some sense into you and I would have done that if he hadn't rescued you.”I really needed to thank Adrian for sav
AdrianHer words stung. But I tried to move past it.It was probably my fault. I was being too forward and it made her uncomfortable. She had expressed how she didn't want people to know that there was anything going on between us and I was doing too much.I should have stuck with my resolution of waiting and getting to know her. The fact that she didn't know that we were mates made things worse.But I thought that with the new discovery of her wolf, things would be easier because she would come to understand that we were mates.But she hadn't spoken anything about it since that day.Was it that she didn't know or was she trying to pretend? Was she waiting for me to say something?I heard the altercation between her and Naya. What she said about Milo… that was what made me want to hear more.But maybe I'd heard too much.We were in the gardens, the same gardens she had shifted for the first time.I'd eventually stopped people from coming here because even though they didn't frequent h
KAYAI went down for training late that morning.My body hurt, maybe it was the fact that I'd spent my energy running around with Milo yesterday and the boy hadn't gotten tired at all so I had to keep up with his energy so he wouldn't get bored.I hadn't spent enough time with him in the past week and I knew how much he required attention especially that of Adrian and Adrian had been very busy with some things so I had to keep Milo away from him so he could work.As I got to the bottom of the stairs, I made eye contact with an elderly woman who's eyes didn't hold any warm emotion.She was holding her bags and walking towards the front door and just as I wondered who she could be, I saw the maids at one corner trying to hold back their laughter.I figured she was the head matron.Wow, Adrian hadn't wasted time in doing something about her.As she got to the door, she turned back to look at the maids that were standing around and laughing at her.“I hate you all. I hate you all so much.
KAYAI watched him walk away and I knew I should go after him. So why weren't my damn feet moving?I had just shared a moment with him after thinking that he was mad at me so why did I react like that?I was shocked by the way my heart was skipping beats as I stared into his eyes, not being able to move and frozen in time. I remember wishing that this had happened in my room so that we'd kiss again.It had been so long and I wanted to kiss him again. Why didn't he just chase everybody out of the gym and let it be just us?As I took a step to run after him, I heard my name and I turned to see an older woman walking up to me.“Hello dear, I've been meaning to speak to you for a while.”She paused and I prayed that she would just go on.“Is everything okay?" I hadn't seen her around before.“Yes, it is. I wanted to thank you for what you did for us."Us?She continued.“I heard you had helped in getting rid of the old matron. She had been a horror. And she's gone now thanks to you.”I kn
KAYA“I don't think the train can hold that many passengers.” I pointed at Milo’s toy train that was overfilled with passengers.He laughed, taking off some of the people. I remember that I hadn't spent time with him in a few days so when he came to wake me up from sleep that had been filled with cries and puffy eyes, I didn't hesitate to follow my favorite person back to his room.I'd been trying hard not to think about it. There was no way he wanted to tell me that I had seen wrong. No, I'd seen just what it was.What else was she doing on his laps?Checking his blood pressure?Why did he then act like he cared about me all this while? And why did he bother to save me the day she almost scratched my face off?I was so stupid. Stupid for thinking that he will be any different.My dad, Jackson and now Adrian. What was the point of ever trusting men?The door opened and he stood there, obviously shocked to see me and I matched his expression. I hadn't been expecting him here tonight.A
KAYAI'd just come back from training. Today was extra extra stressful because it was like Nora wasn't in a good mood.Whatever it was that Adrian was preparing for, it was getting closer. As soon as I got back to my room, I took a shower and went straight to bed, the muscles in my legs feeling the heat the most.I'd just fallen asleep when I'd started to dream.I was in the cloud and for a moment, I wondered if I was dead. Was I? I was sure that Naya was responsible.“You’re not dead.”I screamed and looked behind me. It was a young girl. She had silver hair that flowed past her feet and her eyes were very fierce.She looked familiar but I couldn't exactly put my finger on where I'd seen her.Well, for one, I was grateful I wasn't dead. That wouldn't have been very nice. Sorry Naya.That's when it clicked.”You’re-””Lia. Your wolf."I scoffed, feeling the anger start to bubble in my chest.“What the hell do you want, this time around?”“I'm here to apologize."I burst out laughing.
THIRD PERSON POVMilo looked around him and wondered what was going on.They hadn't been told anything but the guards had come around the day before to round them up and take them outside.That was the first time some of them were seeing sunlight in months and he felt bad for them. He had been seeing it since he basically dined with the king every night.Even though he kept asking where they were being taken to, there was no answer given and batch by batch, they were taken out of the room.Unlike last time, he was blindfolded and transported away from the pack. They drove a while in the carriage and then they stopped at a small pack at the edge of the Bouncy Jackson.Milo had learnt that it was named that because if you dropped anything mistakenly into it, the Jackson would throw it back up. Fools who threw themselves into it were never seen again.They took them to a house and put them there, guarding the door just like back in the palace.Thankfully, Daphne was by his side.“What do
KAYAGetting in didn't prove like much of a hassle to me and before long, I was in and walking around the palace.The next step was to find out where the bastard was so I could kill him once and for all. Golden Blade didn't seem so bad now that I thought about it. I mean, the kingdom looked pretty up to date and it looks to be in very good shape.I don't know what I was expecting but it is not a standard place.A few guards walked last and I brushed to the side and hid.“Where do you think the king ran away to?”“I don't know. We got information that he was in danger and that we had to evacuate him.”You have got to be kidding me. Jackson ran away?! How on earth did he even know that I was coming? The sun was rising in the sky already and Adrian might be on his way with the other soldiers already.This didn't seem right. I mean, I only just got here so who could have been able to deliver a message that fast and who was working for Jackson? Who in my kingdom was giving him information?
KAYALet's just say being the Queen has spoiled me.I wasn't used to walking in the thick bushes and I can't count the amount of times I tripped over a branch or my own two feet. My own shadow scared me.I should have taken guards with me, Adrian told me to but my mind was too fixed on just leaving.Now, I wanted to pee badly and there was no way I was going to do it in these bushes..“How’s it going out there? Don't you wish you had waited for me now?”I had to turn around and make sure that he was not behind me.“No, I do not. It's going very well. It's almost like I was born with the trees. You can call me Mother Nature.”He burst out laughing, knowing I was bullshitting him.“I trust you'll be fine. I fired Shawn.”I had to stop walking and process what he said.“Did you just say you fired Shawn? Why? I mean, I like that but why? I thought you couldn't see anything wrong in him.”He sighed.“I lied. I knew what he was doing, I knew why you didn't like him. I just wanted you to de
ADRIAN“Alpha, what's so urgent that you couldn't wait till morning? What has happened by this time of the night?”“Gentlemen, we are going to war.”That word alone had its weight and as I said that, no one said anything else.“You do not know this but a few weeks ago, on my way to Golden Blade, my son was kidnapped.”Gasps filled the room and I let it sink in.“We were attacked and my son was taken away. The Queen then brought it to my attention that every month since the beginning of the year, kids were taken away from this pack with no trace. No one knows how they were taken and there were no witnesses to tell the story.”Now that I said it out loud, it didn't make sense to me. Kids from my kingdom were being carried away and I had no idea about it. What kind of king did that make me?“We’ve been trying to look for sources to tell us anything and tonight, a letter arrived for the Queen. It was from her former lover and he has confessed to taking the kids. I know him personally and
KAYA“My Queen,It's been so many years since I saw you or heard your sweet voice. You walking out of my life all those years ago, left a big hole in my heart that couldn't be filled with any other woman's love.You were my first love and you'll always remain my first love. I can't deny the fact that I let the years go by without reaching out to you but I was too busy becoming a man, making myself worry of seeing you.And now, I'm proud to say that I have made something of myself. I've turned myself into someone you would be proud of, someone you can call a husband. Everything you possibly want, I have it.All you have to do is just say yes. Let's leave the past behind us, the past never does anyone any good. The mistake I made with Serena was stupid and I agree but you shouldn't have given up on us just like that. You should have continued to show me how much you love me and maybe I would have come back to you.Notwithstanding, I'm ready now. I'm ready to love you and love all of you
KAYA“So you're telling me Golden Blade took him and other kids?”We were all having dinner and Nora sat across from me.“Yeah, I've been doing what I can to find out who Golden Blade's Alpha is but for some reason, it's seeming like some top secret. Almost no one knows.”And that's why I'll keep saying that it seems fishy. Because there's no kingdom that would hide their king.“I’ll do what I can as well.”I couldn't stop looking at Nora . When she left all those years ago, after Aaron left, I didn't think things would be the same.“Do you have to go?” I asked her as I watched her pack.looked at me.“Yes, I do. I've been by Adrian's side for years and he's giving me my freedom. I'd like to move around for a while, see places and things, maybe even live with humans, find love but I'll be back.”I knew I couldn't stop her but I wish I could. But now she is back. The years had done her, she looked more mature, like she had seen a lot in life.“Adrian , how have things been?”Since s
KAYA“Adrian, wait. You have to listen to me. You can't just do things without thinking far ahead.”He turned to me so sharply that I almost bumped into him.“What else is there to think about, Kaya? That bastard took my son and other kids and you think I'm just going to sit back and do nothing?!”“That is exactly the reason why you should not be rash. He has the upper hand here and I fear he would not hesitate to use it if he's pushed. I'm very sure he knows who Milo is and do you think if you attack him, he won't use him as leverage? You're putting Milo at risk so please, be careful and think about it.”He finally let out a breath and sat on the bed.“I don't even know who the Alpha is. Golden Blade has never shown their Alpha. Their Beta is always the one who attends meetings and all that.”That didn't make sense.“And you didn't find it weird after all this time? It didn't occur to you that there might be something more to it?”He shrugged.“I have a kingdom to rule. I don't spend
THIRD PERSON POVMilo knew the gravity of what he had done and luckily for him, none of the other kids had been stupid enough to bend to the pressure.Ever since the guards realized that the girl was missing, they were questioning everyone one after the other and Milo feared that sooner or later, somebody would fold but so far,no one said anything.He just had to do what he did. He needed to send a message to his father to let him know that he was fine and also to his mother, who he knew would be very worried. He knew the situation at home would be very otense with his father looking for him.Even though the situation here was harsh for him to adapt to, he tried his best in doing so and with the help of the friend that he made, Daphne, he navigated being in this place.“Do you think the girl made it home?” Daphne asked.“I hope she did. Right now, she's the only hope we have in other people finding out where we are. “He knew it wouldn't take them for his father to realize what he wa
KAYAFrom the way she was talking, I was afraid to ask for the number of kids that were there but I had to.“How many kids were there? Do you know?”She nodded.“At the time I got there, there were thirty kids. By the time I left, there were seventy five.”How in the world did that amount of kids go missing and Adrian and I heard nothing about it?“Seventy five.”That was a large number. Too large.“And all the kids are from this pack. We talk to each other so we asked around when the guards left the room at night. Every month, they bring a new batch of kids but a week ago, they brought in only one boy.”My ears perked up at that.“What did he look like?”I could see that she waa trying hard to remember.“Dark hair, dark eyes. Around my age. He doesn't really speak but he often speaks to the guards on our behalf. He's the only one who has ever spoken to the master.”“The master? Who's that?”She looked at her mother before she answered.“He doesn't really come in. I've only heard his