'Roxy, wake up!’ Adrian spoke to her as she lay still. ‘Bring the smelling salt!’ he ordered.Roxy coughed after sniffing, and comes awake.‘What is this stunt you are pulling?’ he asked.‘Stunt?’ she asked looking around at all the people gathered. Adrian got the message. ‘Leave us, everyone!’‘Iris, you should too!’ Adrian said to the shock of Iris who had come to see how Roxy was faring.‘Adrian, we just got married. Whatever she wants to say to you, she can say in my presence. We have no secrets from each other!’ Iris said.‘Do as I command, Iris!’ Adrian said in a hard voice. He had never used such a voice on Iris before and Iris was very shocked and speechless. Today, they were supposed to be happiest and mating lovingly, Adrian was snapping at her as though they were foes or as though they were having a row’.‘Alright. I shall be in our room waiting for you’, Iris said, determined not to give Roxy the satisfaction of getting angry or having a row with her husband in her presenc
Andrew left Adrian in Roxy's embrace and went in search of Iris. He could just imagine how she would feel if she found her beloved Adrian in the arms of her step sister.'Iris, there you are!' he said cheerfully. 'I thought my brother has taken you away, far from our reach'.'Oh, Andrew!' she said, not too cheerfully.'What's wrong, Iris darling?' he asked going to her, holding her hands and looking deep into her eyes.'It's ... eh nothing', she said, smiling brightly. 'It's nothing at all!''It can't be nothing if you are feeling this restless', he said, vowing in his heart to give his elder brother a piece of his mind. How could he have such a treasure for a wife and still mess around with that witch? 'Anyway, where's Adrian?' he asked, pretending he had not just seen him with Roxy.'He is with Roxy. She fainted and your mother asked him to take care of her', Iris said, sadly. 'Can you imagine that? A man who just wedded and should be with his wife is asked to care for another woman
'What plans do you have for us?' Iris asked Adrian. This was coming a month after their wedding. Four weeks of sexual abuse. She had tried to initiate the mating, touching him on the shoulder once. 'What do you think you are doing?' he asked flinging away her hand. 'If you touch me again without my permission, then you shall live to regret it!' he threatened. 'But I am your wife and mate', she tried to reason with him gently. 'I have a right to your body as you have to mine!' 'You have no right whatsoever to my body?' he shouted. 'Be grateful that I made you my Luna and that I suffer myself to touch you!' Iris' ideology about what her marriage to Adrian would be was shattered. She hadn't known what a real lover's touch was since they got married and she was tired of waiting patiently, hoping that he would soon overcome his anger and bitterness towards her and mate with her the way a true lover should, rather than like an angry person taking out his anger on a prostitute. Usi
'I am fine, Andrew', Iris said, touched by his care and concern.'Honest!''You do not have to endure anything. If Adrian is treating you badly, let me know and I'll take you to a place far from here, where he cannot to touch you anymore!' he vowed.Iris would love nothing better than that. At least till Adrian came back to his senses. She still loved him and hoped he would realise he was making a mistake by treating her this way. But she quickly recalled Adrian's threat that morning. She did not want her siblings to have to pay for her impulsiveness.'Take me far from my loving husband and pack?' she laughed incredulously. 'Andrew, I know you have feelings for me but you should realise that I am now your sister - in - law and squash those feelings to death. I do not want to lose your friendship!''Neither do I, but you do not have to suffer in silence', he said, his eyes imploring her and it brought tears to her eyes. Why couldn't her husband be as caring and compassionate as his you
'My dear son!' Selina called. 'You are going out so early', she observed.'The Alpha King has called for a meeting of the Alphas. There's a treaty he wants to propose. We need to attend like meek lambs, and though I do not want to, what choice do I have? He's the Alpha King anyway!''And I thought you loved the family!' Selina laughed.'What I feel for that family doesn't come close to being called love, not in a million years!' Adrian vowed. 'I see how much love you are giving your bride. And I cannot be happier. She has to taste a little of what her family made me pass through, starting from her late grand mother, Magdalene!''I told you to trust me. I told you I knew what I was doing but you wouldn't pay Attention!' Adrian who had always loved his mother said. He hated anyone who had caused his mother years or pain. He was not doing any of this for his father. He hated his father and was grateful that he died in the war, he himself instigated. He had wanted to strangle Blake himse
'That was a great suggestion you made Alpha King about the peace treaty', Alpha Adrian said, after the meeting was over, while looking with undisguised admiration at Alpha Sylvester.'Thank you, son - in - law', Alpha Sylvester smiled. ' How is your wife, Iris?''Oh, Iris is fine and taking great care of me', he said smiling happily.'Good to hear', Sylvester smiled. 'But are you taking good care of her as well?'Has Iris been talking to them? Adrian wondered. Because if she had, then she would not like the repercussions. 'How can I not take care of my lovely wife? Who else would I care for, if not her? She is the sunshine in my life!' he said solemnly.'Great!' Alpha Sylvester said. 'I feel the same way about her mother too, so, I understand what you are saying. But why hasn't she come for a visit yet?' he asked.'Yes, let her come for a visit!' Millicent said, looking intently at Adrian. She did not know why she felt uneasy about the young man. 'We miss her alot and want to see for
A month later, Iris found out she was pregnant. To find out how Adrian would feel about this, she had ignored all his maltreatment. Roxy now frequented the pack. It was almost as though she was living Ng with them. She had also caught her with Adrian on various occasions but had not said anything, believing that things would get back to the way it was between her and Adrian before their marriage.'You might be the Luna in name , I am the one really married to Adrian', Roxy gloated one day. 'You have no place here and soon, you will be driven away. We hat will you do then?' she taunted.Iris kept quiet, not responding to her taunts but continued doing what she was doing in the kitchen.'Cat got your tongue?' Roxy asked. 'No response? I can see that you have already accepted your fate of perpetual suffering in the hands of your so - called husband!'Iris continued cleaning the gas and kitchen cabinet, ignoring her. 'Aren't you the one I am speaking to?' Roxy asked pushing Iris, who hi
Adrian stared at his brother in amusement. 'Oh, that is how you want to play it, now isn't it?' he asked. 'You want to go and spill it to the Alpha King with the hope that he will dethrone me and make you the Alpha, so that you can have my wife, isn't that so?'By this time they had stopped fighting and we're breathing heavily from the exertion.Andrew looked at his brother and shook his head in exasperation. 'You are incurable!' he muttered. ' What a shining example of an Alpha you are. Do you think you deserve that title?', his voice was rising now in fury. 'I always looked up to you! Do you know that Iris is..''Andrew, that's okay', Iris said, looking hard at him and he recalled that he was not supposed to tell Adrian anything about her pregnancy just yet and kept quiet. 'Calm down! It will be alright!''That Iris is what?' Adrian prompted. 'Continue!'Andrew shook his head again. 'That Iris is your mate, your Luna and should be treated with love and respect. That was all I wanted
'Dear Iris, I do not know what my life would be when you get this letter. I may have died or become a rogue, a wanderer. But whatever I become, I know you will not make it your business because I do not deserve it. But once more find it in your heart to forgive me and my family. I wish you all the best. NB: I have accepted your rejection, you must have felt it the instant that I did. And attached here is the divorce papers I have duly signed. Once more, I wish you the best!' Adrian B. Iris got this a week after her lengthy discussion with Adrian. She shed a few years. It was sad really. They had started well, at least so she had thought when they met. She had been so sure theirs was going to be like the love her parents shared that had stood the test of time and survived against all odds, but it was not meant to be. 'Iris, what is the problem?' Millicent asked, when she saw tears in her daughter's eyes.. She just came to check on her daughter after having a steamy mating
'Iris, could not find it in your heart to forgive me?' Adrian asked. 'I thought you loved me?' This was coming three months later and when Iris had recovered enough and agreed to see him.'Loved' being the operational word here, darling. Right now, I do not even hate you!' Iris said, smiling at him. ' Hating you takes alot of energy I do not have to expend. The eighteenth months I spent being your wife was not all a waste. It thought me about self preservation and how fickle minded some beings can be!''I hoped you would forgive me for the pain you had to go through as my wife. I can't blame it all my mother but if I had had the right guidance, maybe I would have treated you better'.'Andrew is younger than you are and of the same parents', Iris said laughing amusedly. 'If anyone should act irrationally, he would have been my best bet but your irrational behaviour is unrivalled. I begged you to allow me go and stay with my parents till the pups were born but what did you do? Most prob
'Yes, please have Selina Blake ushered into this place at once!' Alpha King Sylvester said.'Mum, I know that I lost the baby from the heavy shove Roxy gave me, telling me it didn't matter if I lost my baby since she was going to give another to Adrian and make him a better wife than I', Iris said very weakly. 'But Wendy gave me a kind of brew that made me feel fat worse. It may have contributed to aborting the pregnancy as well because I felt an unbearable pain after taking it. As he also did not call for the doctor when I asked her to!''Wendy will be taken care of, don't worry. She signed her own death warrant when she messed with you my beloved daughter!''You got here so fast, I did not know if the mind link I sent mother went through before I passed out!' Iris said.'It did and we rushed to this place as soon as we possibly could!' Millicent said kissing her frail hands. 'Now you must go to bed, the rest will be said outside so as not to disturb your rest. I can see you are drow
Millicent fastened a metallic chain on Wendy. 'I came prepared to take you down should you be responsible for my daughter's predicament. This metal chain will drain you of all your powers and make it impossible for you to do the disappearing acts for which you are known!''Ha, ha, ha, ha!' Wendy laughed. 'I told you when we met that the war between us was not over yet. I am glad that I took your daughter's happiness from her. She was guarding that pregnancy jealously. I killed three birds with just one stone!' she mocked. 'I had thought it was just one baby but it was actually three. Ha,ha,ha,ha. This is poetic justice!''You shall be so severely punished that you will beg for death but it shall be slow in coming. I shall make sure to kill you ever so slowly, you won't forget it in the afterlife!' Alpha Sylvester swore.'One more thing', the doctor strained his voice to be heard above all the noise. 'May I see the Iris' parents and husband in private, please?'Three of them followed h
The screams had not gone unheard. Adrian had been having a meeting with his guards when he heard it. He rushed towards the sound to find both Iris and Roxy on the floor, unconscious and Wendy crying. There was blood everywhere!'Doctor, Adrian screamed. 'Come here quick!There was a flurry of activities as the ladies were laid down on the bed and the doctor started treatment immediately.'Do all you can to save my baby!' Adrian commanded. Tears were in his eyes. There was just so much blood and Iris was looking as pale as death. He could not afford to lose his baby and he realised with a pang that he did not want to lose Iris as well.Andrew rushed in. 'What's going on?' he asked when he saw the two females on the bed unconscious.When no one answered, he went to Adrian and shook his shoulders. Adrian was still in a state of shock. 'What happened, Adrian?'He was still shaking him when Alpha Sylvester and Millicent rushed into the room.'What happened here?' Alpha King, Sylvester bell
Adrian could not understand what the problem was with him but it was as though he was at war with himself. He realised that a part of him wanted to continue punishing Iris while the other part wanted to treat her with the love overflowing in his heart.But he kept maltreating her.Iris was surprised at the reverse in Adrian. I thought he had changed, he seems to have grown worse these days, she thought.'Adrian, you did promise me, you would think about my request to go home to my parents till the pup is born!' she asked him one day, after he eased out of her. The encounter had been very rough and inconsiderate of her feelings. She had been scared for her baby all through the time he kept thrusting savagely into her, as though in renewed punishment for something she had done,not unlike previously. She could take it before but not now that she had something to lose.'Are you going to force me to give you an answer now?' he asked furiously. 'In short, I have changed my mind. You are no
Iris dared not hope that the change in Adrian was as a result of a change in his feelings for her. If he would say the three magic words, she knew she would forget all that he had done to her in the past. But though she sensed a slight change in him, he did not act towards her like he lived her. He paid more attention to her stomach and she knew he was just interested in the pup and not in her!‘I better enjoy this reprieve while it lasts be ause after the birth of the pups, he might retrogress back to where they started. Not for the first time, she wondered what kind of future she would give her baby with a broken home and the hatred her inlaws except for Andrew of course had for her. Would such hatred be transfered.Two days later, she was resting on the bed, when Wendy, Roxy's mother came in to see her.‘Iris, how are you enjoying your marriage?’ she asked mockingly.‘The goddess be praised!’ she replied smiling. She knew why Wendy had asked the question and she was not going to gi
'Mum, is this really you?' Roxy screeched with joy. 'You were gone for so long!''A lot happened to keep me away', Wendy replied, slumping in a couch. 'I was determined to get here no matter how late it may seem and that's why I am here!''I was beginning to wonder what was keeping you, dear friend', Selina intoned when she came into the room to join them. I tried to stop them marrying, I kept postponing it till I could postpone it no longer. But I believe you have a plausible explanation. Tell us your story and how we can remedy this situation!'Wendy smiled. 'I knew that by now, Adrian would be married to Iris. I had hoped you might have come up with a way to stop them but you did well by stalling them'. Her face became serious. 'I had set out into the fields to get that rate plant for the potion I told you about but I was caught unawares by some rogue wolves!''Rogue wolves?' Roxy and Selina exclaimed, simultaneously.'Yes!' She confirmed, nodding. 'I just got to the field where I
Adrian went into their room after speaking with his mother and found Iris sleeping.He stood looking at her for a long time, thinking that she was indeed a lovely girl. His gaze shifted to her stomach and his heart twisted and he vowed he wasn't going to allow any harm befall his pup no matter the situation between him and Iris.He walked away from the door and went towards the bed Iris was lying in as though in a trance. He knew Iris was out and wouldn't wake easily due to the drugs she had been given.'I have given your Luna her medications.', the doctor said. 'She should not be disturbed. The drug will put her to a deep sleep, though a mild sedative because of her condition, it will still make her sleep deeply because of her injuries and the stress she's been through!'He touched her stomach, 'I'll let no harm befall you, my darling pup', he said as he kissed the stomach. He felt close to his pup and strangely drawn to Iris the more. He saw a lock that had escaped down her cheek a