Leah POV
I ran back into my room. Thomas was right about one thing, I had been running all my life. I was still running and I didn't know when I’d finally stop running.
I felt my chest slowly tighten. It was like a knot was forming in my chest. It all felt so surreal and I felt like I was slowly losing the air inside my lungs. Nothing could have felt any worse than this except Thomas finding out about me.
How did he know? Who told him? I was sure I'd been careful not to reveal it to anyone, so how was it possible that he knew about my true identity?
I couldn't help the tears that formed in my eyes. I had fought all these while to be strong enough, to be able to withstand any of my enemy’s advances but it looked like I was still weak. I thought that helpless and hopeless Leah was finally dead and a new strong and resilient Princess had been born but I guess that dead Leah would always prevail.
Thomas had fou
Damian POV “You seem quite lost in thought Damian, is anything the matter?” I looked back to see Connor standing behind me. He was looking intently at me. I grunted, “A lot of things have been playing in my mind and I don’t know what to do about them,” I replied. He placed a hand on top of my shoulder, “Does it have to do with Anne?” He questioned. I looked at him. He could see right through me. “What else could bother me this much?” I retorted. He gave a small nod, and took his hand off me, placing them on his waist, “I won’t lie, I have noticed she has been acting pretty strangely lately,” He said. “Yeah, we all have and what makes me even more worried is the fact that she has refused to open up to anyone about it,” I chipped in. “I think she’s going through a lot mentally and I believe it started with the arrival of Thomas and his Luna, Lucia,” Connor adde
Leah POV I freaked out when I saw Damian talking with Thomas. I couldn't let Thomas come within as much as three feet of Damian. He was a bad egg and I would root him out. I woke up this morning frantically searching for Damian around the mansion. I couldn’t find him at the mines either and so I came to check the factory and I found him with that snake. He was looking intently at me when I finally arrived in our room and exhaled heavily. “What is the matter, Damian?” I asked him. “I should be asking you that, Anne,” He spat.Something was wrong with his countenance. The way he just spoke to me caused my eyes to widen. Could Thomas have told him anything??I didn’t want to think that. If Thomas had tatted me out, I would be on my way to the dungeon waiting for the time I’d be killed, by now.Something else was bothering him. He sighed and rubbed his thumb and index on his temple, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to snap at you,” He said and turned his back to me. I looped my arms aroun
Leah POV I could feel it fighting to wake up. It badly wanted to be seen. It felt very suffocated and all my emptiness and emotions of late haven’t been helping matters. I held my chest and I tried to control it. I was losing air. It seemed to be more energetic but the fortifying illusion spell I cast some weeks back didn’t make it very easy for her to reveal herself. “Anne, what’s wrong? Somebody call the healer or something,” I heard Damian roar but it sounded so far away like it was from a distant place where I could not get to. He held me in his arms and I could see his eyes had changed color to a very bright amber. He was livid. The one who had stolen those gems would definitely not find it very easy to escape anymore. Everything seemed very blurry and I silently prayed for my wolf to go back to sleep. The longer she kept up with this the faster I would turn to my normal self, Leah. “Dam...Ian,” I tried to call his name. “Where is the damn healer?” He roared. My eyes wer
Leah POV Stephanie immediately stopped in her tracks the moment she heard Damian's voice from the doorway. Plastering a fake smile on her face, she began to soothingly rub her hands against my shoulders while giving it a gentle squeeze. “Please, do take care of yourself more. We all get worried when something bad happens to you, especially Damian. Try to be more careful for his sake,” She cautioned. I could tell she was very irritated and was probably using all the strength she had inside her to utter the filthy lies that were coming out of her mouth. Damian came to stand beside me, placing a small affectionate kiss on the top of my head. I could only imagine how Stephanie was steaming on the inside. She loathed me so much and it was all because of Damian. “She’s right honey, I can’t bear to see you in this condition,” He said. I gave him a small smile without replying and watched as she kept her fake smile in place before walking out of the room. I didn’t know when it happened
Leah POV My eyes were stinging from the tears that were welling up inside them. I trembled in anger, a lump growing in my throat. I couldn't let him use me in such a way. Thomas was really a scum who would do anything and everything just to rule all the werewolf territories, to be the ultimate Alpha King. He planned to do that by slowly taking their lands and territories. Alpha Elijah was one of the most powerful that allied with Damian. If he found out about who I really was, things would get really messy as he would think it was all a plot by Damian and that would only spell war with Thomas, spectating. I wondered why my nails hadn’t already dug open my skin with how fiercely I was clenching my fists. “I will never let you use me in such a way,” I spat through gritted teeth. He smiled, “Ohh, but you will,” He paused. “I am sure that you've done the math in that tiny head of yours, Leah. You know the consequences of your actions. This is a more easier way than the latter I hav
Connor POV No. I didn't want to imagine that, I didn't want to think about that. I thought silently to myself as I covered my eyes to try to ingest everything I heard a few hours ago. I could be wrong and perhaps he meant someone else. There was no way Stephanie would be capable of doing such a thing. “You have seen her try to kill Anne,” A voice in my head spoke. “No!” I yelled and tossed the steel cup sitting on the wooden table where my hands were currently placed.“Connor, are you alright?” Evelyn placed a hand on my shoulder. I shrugged it off involuntarily, then looked back at her to see the horrid look on her face. She must not have expected it but I was in no mood at the moment to speak with anyone. My mind was still wandering deeply. I had seen the worker walk away with fear, shivering as he left through that same path. I was right about it being a different route, it was far from the factory but a little close to the pack house. He was muttering as he was leaving an
Connor POVI stormed back into my room and banged my fist on the wall. Hearing a gasp, I turned to see a very shocked Anne. She placed her palm over her mouth. “I’m sorry,” I apologized quickly, equally shocked to see her. I didn’t know what she was doing in my room. “I’m so sorry you saw that,” I said, more composed now. She walked up to me with careful steps, “No, it’s fine. I’m just curious to know why you’re so frustrated,” She said calmly, then took a seat on the edge of my bed. Her face looked so forlorn and sad. “What’s the matter with you, Princess Anne? You don't look so good,” I couldn't help but say.She smiled weakly, “I could say the same thing about you,” If only she knew. “How are you feeling now?” I asked her. She had been going through a lot and we hadn't spoken in a while. “I feel a lot better, Connor. Thanks a lot,” “You don’t seem okay, are you sure that you’re okay?” I needed to make sure. It felt like she had so much unshed tears already welled up in h
Leah POVMy heart had been so heavy after my encounter with Thomas and I didn’t know what to do or who to talk to. He only gave me seven days. Within those seven days, I had to make a choice. He didn’t leave me with much choice.Two days had already gone by and I was yet to make a decision. My head was going berserk with each passing second. My talk with Connor had helped me a little but in no time, realization set in and I realized that there was no escaping this.I was frantically pacing around in my room when the doors opened to reveal Stephanie.“What are you doing here now?” I asked her exasperatedly.She was the reason why I was in this mess. I hated her so much.“I was checking to see if you’ve crawled out of your skin yet and revealed your true self.” She said.Then it hit me. She was spying on me. Perhaps, Thomas has asked her to do it.