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
'Stop pretending!' Adrian said.'If you think lying as though you have fainted, will stop me from punishing you, then you better have a rethink!' he said raising his hand to hit her again but Iris remained unmoving. He turned her round but she remained still. He was about to leave the room when he saw blood dripping from her thighs. 'What the hell?' he thought and carried her back to the pack hospital that was in the same building, from where he had dragged her some hours previously.The doctors hurried to attend to her.'Why was there a lot of blood?' Alpha Adrian asked his personal physician when he came out after a couple of hours inside the ward with Iris.'Alpha Adrian, didn't you know your Luna was two months pregnant?' the doctor asked.'Well.. I er.. but why was there so much blood?' he asked shocked by the news. Why hadn't Iris told him she was pregnant?'We managed to save the pup this time', he said. 'but like I told your brother, she needs to take it easy, rest alot and ke