Axel's pov A subtle shift in her expression was all I needed to see to know she didn't quite believe in my words.Exalia might look soft, and harmless, but the wits and perceptiveness beneath that facade was commendable. So much that I felt both threatened, and frustrated. And, it was a rare occurrence. Yet, I felt if I wasn't careful, all my secrets would be unraveled. But, a part of me felt satisfied and admired her even more. All these qualities she had been hiding, I don't mind helping her put them into good use.Exalia was like a stone, just a bit of polishing and refining would show the gem embedded inside this seemingly rough stone. The tensed atmosphere seemed to hint at something, so I quickly cleared my throat to break the silence, “Someone!” I called out loudly, and the door swung open instantly. “My Lord.” a warrior strode in hurriedly, bowing deeply in my direction. “Bring in that made from earlier. The one assigned to serve my mate.” I ordered, and he nodded respec
Axel's pov Ronan nodded respectfully, with his head lowered. “Were you able to find the whereabouts of Jake and Exalia's family?” I suddenly asked, sitting back down to lean into the plushie cushion. Ronan shook his head, “They seemed to have disappeared into thin air, it's obvious that they've been helped by someone, but some of my men claimed they saw his little mate in the black market several days ago.”My interest was piqued, and I glanced at him, “Oh? He didn't take him with her, isn't she his mate?” I queried in a low voice, and he shook his head.“She's not his second chance mate, but an ordinary lover. To him, she seems to be more competent compared to My Lady. But, I'm not sure why he didn't take her with him.” He detailed further, and I tapped my index finger on my atm rest, deep in thoughts. But, I didn't bother to delve into the matter for so long, but focused on the matter at hand.The border exchange. The exchange wasn't just for show or goods and information - It
Exalia's POV As I walked towards my room, my mind buzzed with countless jumbled, and confusing thoughts. I knitted my brows, taking heavy steps towards my destination, but my mind was already distracted. I replayed my recent interaction with Axel, and became even more puzzled. 'Why was he like that?' I wondered inwardly, and of course, no one would answer me.According to the rumors, he was supposed to be cruel, devious, and ruthless. That's what they said and that's what I know, but it doesn't seem to be so.His actions left me puzzled, and unsettled at the same time. A man like him shouldn't be bothered to play someone like me, so what does he have in mind?Was he as cruel as the rumors said, or was there more to it than said? Could it be that they were merely rumors as the definition implies?But, I had noticed that cold expression on his visage when he punished those people, and that couldn't be faked. But, his expressions would change whenever I glance at him, as if the previo
Exalia's POVThe sky above was gray and heavy, carrying a hint of gloom and casting an oppressive aura over the horizons. I couldn't see the silhouette of the sun, as the sky remained cloudy. I was in the middle of nowhere, yet it seemed to be somewhere unfamiliar. And the lands were barren, and bare, filled with cracks and signs of war. The scent of blood and burnt flesh wafted into my nose, and I scrunched up my nose in disgust.My gaze darted around, trying to find any signs of activity, but to no avail.“Exalia…" I heard my name in a whisper, and I turned around abruptly. “Who is there?” I yelled, feeling particularly strange at heart. Obviously, the large expanse of land was bare with no sign of any soul, but my voice didn't echo.Just when I was about to speak once again, my eyes suddenly constricted, as the sight in front of me registered. Graves stretched endlessly before me, each one adorned with withering flowers, and my breath caught in my throat.“Am I in a graveyard?”
Exalia's POV A chill ran down my spine as I tried to make sense of the dream.A dark figure, graves, people dying. Why does it all sound strange, yet so vivid?I rubbed my temples, thinking about the language I couldn't quite understand, but it made me feel strange whenever I remember it.I've never had this kind of dream before, and I couldn't help but have a strange thought that It almost seemed like a warning. It was as if something were telling me that it would happen, but I just don't understand. Because, no matter how I thought about it, I couldn't help but feel that the dark shadow was not just a figment. “My Lady, are you awake? Can I come in?” Mabel's anxious voice rang out once again, and I shook my head.“Yes, I'm awake, you can come in.” I uttered gently, though my voice was hoarse.The door swung open, and a petite figure strode in hurriedly, “My Lady, why did you take so long to answer? We will be late.” She exclaimed, staring at me anxiously. Not fully understanding
Exalia's POVA wave of overbearing aura surged forward like a storm, plowed right into me before I could even take a single step inside. It was the collective aura of the Alphas present, opting to force me to submit and fall on my knees in the face of their presence. My breath hitched slightly, and the weight on my body felt like shackles, attempting to drag me down. I felt weak, unworthy even, and I knew it was the mental attack from the auras taking place, and the realization caused a tremor to pass through me.My knees trembled, on the verge of giving in, and I pressed my lips into a thin line, fighting against the urge to collapse with sheer willpower.Just at that moment, like a sudden breeze in a hot summer, a sudden shift took place inside me. It felt as though something had awakened from slumber.The oppressive aura on my body vanished into thin air, just as quick as it had struck. The weight, pressing relentlessly on my shoulders, lessened, and I lowered my head to inhale
Exalia's POV I pointed to myself, baffled, “Are you talking to me?” Strangely, I wasn't afraid of her, and was genuinely curious. After that occurrence from earlier, something seemed to have changed inside me, but I couldn't decipher what it was. The Luna frowned, “Who else do you think I'm referring to?” Sure enough, trouble would never cease to approach me. I didn't do anything, and merely wanted to find my seat, but she still had to seek me. If not because she was deliberately looking for trouble, do I really look like a maid to her? Unwilling to cause trouble in such an important event, I shook my head calmly, “I'm not a guest.” I merely stated, unwilling to use that status to stand up for myself. I wasn't Luna, nor would I ever be. In due time, Axel would realize that he had taken the wrong person, and would let me go. Strangely, as that thought emerged in my mind, a dull ache jabbed at my chest, and I frowned in confusion. What's going on? I didn't know. Why would
Exalia's POV Lucia's face turned red, her jaw tightened, and her eyes blazed with fury. “You dare!” She uttered through gritted teeth, glaring at me with a hint of red in her eyes. She had probably not been treated in such a manner before due to her status, but I didn't care. I never provoked her, and she decided to do so herself. Moreover, She expected me to bow to her, for What? Who was She? Although I had always endured all this bullying, that doesn't mean I was a pushover, not even when Axel's reputation was at stake. It wasn't clear to me why I was worried about that brute's reputation, but that was something to think about some other time. “Why won't I dare? Of course, I do. To be honest, you've committed a heinous crime worthy of death by calling the Queen by such names, but as a fellow Luna, I will be lenient on you. What do you think your punishment should be?” I questioned, crossing my arms with a smile tugging at the corner of my lips. Lucia's lips quivered, and he
It was Sunday, and Sunday mornings always came with a particular holy sanctity, that was the sacred and special thing about Sundays, they were always a quiet before the week’s chaos. This particular Sunday was going to be a very fruitful and eventful one.“Rise and shine my baby,” I patted Exalia gently on her shoulders.Last night had been a very erotic night, we had explored each other’s bodies and taken each other to our limits sexually.“Hmmmhmm,” Exalia grumbled, waking up and stretching her arms wide into the air.“I hope you had a wonderful night rest?” I said to her, pecking her softly on the cheek.“You’re hoping I had a wonderful night rest? After destroying my vagina.” She grumbled again and pounced on me, punching the hell out of me while I laughed my ass out.“Oh baby did I? Fuck, I’m so so sorry?” I replied, laughing and laughing as she rained punches on me. “Hell, your sorry doesn’t change anything, my pussy hurts.” She punched me so hard this time and it was so hard
Exalia’s pov.In that moment, observed my environment and became more alert and conscious of the happenings going on around me.I was standing alone and I had my gaze focused above to the direction of the moon.I felt it’s pull, and I also felt it’s judgement, and I took a deep breath and exhaled deeply.I felt powerful and strong, I felt invincible and powerful, and I knew that the moon goddess was with me. As I stood there, someone walked up to me and wrapped their hands around me.He hugged me and pressed my neck so tightly.I turned to see who it was, it was Alex, and he pecked me on the cheek and smiled.He held me more tightly, and his gaze flowed my own gaze high into the sky and stars.“My love, you were right in all your decisions, and I’m so proud of you. You did exactly what was needed, you did the right thing.” He whispered into my ears, as he sensed the turmoil in my mind.I turned my body and looked at him, i pecked him back and shook my head. “I know, I totally agree
Exalia’s POVWe were so impressed with Marcus and Lena for this magnificent and excellent thing that they had done. Throwing a party for us was such a nice and thoughtful idea, and I definitely appreciated it.It showed that they loved us, and they were thinking about us.Alex was just smiling as Marcus hailed him and they exchanged pleasantries. Meanwhile speaking of Lena, she was forever the most creative person in our pack.She had even made plans and arranged for a small live band to come and play for us.As the band hit their drums and played for us, I smiled and danced to the tunes with the last strength left in me.Lena looked at me woman to woman amd eye ball to eyeball, and I smiled at her.“You have earned this night, your highness,”‘she said, smiling at me and blowing me a sweet kiss.Her smile was quite broad, but deep down inside her eyes, i could see that she understood every bit of what we had been through.We all quickly went into our various rooms and freshened up f
We soon began our journey back home, and If I told you that this journey was easy, call me a liar.We were all hungry and famished, and we had all run out of water and food supplies.“Let’s quickly head home, I wouldn’t like for us to sleep in this dead place for another night,” Alex said as he walked faster, and urged all of us to do the same.He was no doubt very correct, there was no way we would sleep here for another night.I began to wonder about what we would eat, because I had become famished and hungry, and so had everyone.“I’m hungry,” I whispered to Alex, and he looked at me, and was about to tease me, but he suddenly stopped.“I’m so hungry too, it’s a pity we do not have Šÿ belly satisfying food at all.We thought about plucking fruits to eat, but to our utter dismay, there was no single fruit that was present, despite all the trees in sight.“It’s very hard to believe that despite all these plenty trees, there’s no single fruit to pluck.” Kofi said, speaking out boldly
Exalia’s pov.We all took a deep breath and sighed, and then we began our journey back to the top.The whole atmosphere was now calm and peaceful, nothing like we had ever seen since we came to this forbidden place.Alex clung on to me, he held my hands tightly, not letting me out of his sight.Mabel crouched beside Alex, still scared as usual. Poor Mabel, she had witnessed more than her eyes could see, and more then her mouth could speak. “Alex, thank you so much for your love and support,” I said to Alex, feeling the love and reassurance he had for me.He looked at me and smiled. “You’re welcome my dear, but you don’t have to thank me, I’ll always be there for you.” He said , smiling and pecking me on my cheek.“We’re going to throw a big party once we get out of this mess,” he said to me, still smiling and looking at me lovingly.“Uhh, let’s just celebrate it privately, I don’t really fancy big parties all the time.” I replied, appreciating his party idea.“Hmmm, alright my love,
Exalia’s pov.We all took a deep breath and sighed, and then we began our journey back to the top.The whole atmosphere was now calm and peaceful, nothing like we had ever seen since we came to this forbidden place.Alex clung on to me, he held my hands tightly, not letting me out of his sight.Mabel crouched beside Alex, still scared as usual. Poor Mabel, she had witnessed more than her eyes could see, and more then her mouth could speak. “Alex, thank you so much for your love and support,” I said to Alex, feeling the love and reassurance he had for me.He looked at me and smiled. “You’re welcome my dear, but you don’t have to thank me, I’ll always be there for you.” He said , smiling and pecking me on my cheek.“We’re going to throw a big party once we get out of this mess,” he said to me, still smiling and looking at me lovingly.“Uhh, let’s just celebrate it privately, I don’t really fancy big parties all the time.” I replied, appreciating his party idea.“Hmmm, alright my love,
Exalia’s pov.To be very honest, the task before me was not an easy one, and any one who was not physically, mentally and most importantly, spiritually strong could not handle this at all. For what seemed like days now, we had been battling these demons.The water around me was initially green, but then I noticed something. It had slowly began turning blue, not just any could blue, but a brilliant blue. The light also began to spread upwards towards the skies and it touched the root of the tree and then went on to touch the branches of the tree above the ground.As this happened, it screamed loudly, a loud cry of agony, pain and liberation, all at once.And just in the moment, it’s form quickly disintegrated into a disgusting and irritating splash of dark particles.These particles were absorbed by the earth, maybe as manure or maybe as something else, but that didn’t matter to me at all.With one final push and surge, I plunged my self up to the surface of the water, gasping despe
Exalia’s Pov. It was like a dream world and not real life, all these seemed to be happening in a dream. How could this even be possible? What kind of tree talked and spoke? What in the world was going on? At some point,I started to pray that i would wake up from the dream.An anger seemed to well up within me, and I began to blame my ancestors.What in the world were they doing with creatures like these? Were they mad or something?How did they even discover these kind of creatures? Let alone, make a pact with them, and why did they not continue to fulfill their own side of the deal? Why did they fall? It was getting late and I needed to stop blaming and take action to solve the problem at hand. But deep down, I knew it was a reality and not a dream. The water around me started changing colour rapidly, I had never seen anything like it in my entire life. I had become exhausted and tired, but I kept on pushing for my goal, I must achieve my aim.Something that was once black, wa
Exalia’s pov.The whole atmosphere turned humid and pale at the very sight of this creature. Alex froze where stood, he was way to terrified to move an inch. For the first time in my life, I felt powerless and defenseless, I knew that non of us werewolves stood a chance against this creature.There was no amount of clawing or biting that would make a werewolf defeat this creatures. They were way to spiritual and supernatural, and I don’t remember werewolves having the ability to fight spiritual beings. We existed in the world of physical matter, and we could only fight physical creatures and not spiritual beings that disappeared and and appeared randomly at will.This creature was a creature of nightmares, it looked so unbelievable. It was half tree and half beast,and it’s body was a mass of tree roots and more than five branches.It’s facial features were very grave and they bore an expression of agony and so much rage. “There, that’s the corruption itself, that’s the embodime