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The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 23
"Milady," her handmaid said as she slowly came through her room's door. "Shall I bring in your morning meal now?"Elsa wished that the memories of the night before would quickly pass away, but then they seemed like they would linger around for a while. Everything seemed to remind her of her thoughtless, impulsive actions the night before.Her handmaid reminded her of how she had senselessly offered herself as anything he wanted her to be, just so she could get a taste of him. It was unimaginable, the things she had said at the height of her ecstasy. She wished she could reclaim her dignity, which she had thrown into the wind during the night."Milady?" Jia gently called her back into the moment."Just let me be, Jia!" She snarled, taking out her anger on her innocent maid. She just wanted to be left alone with her thoughts, as she had been rejected by Lucian just like she had done her maid there and then. "Goodness..." She winced to herself as she was still hurting.The door shut behi
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 24
"Focus..." Anna took deep breaths as she tried to still herself in the turbulent world of her thoughts and emotions— just like Barbara had told her the last time.Every single day was beginning to seem like the same to Anna, but then she didn't mind living a boring lonely life if it was going to end with her getting revenge for her family. She didn't mind at that point, as she considered it a minor sacrifice for the greater good.With the way she was being looked at by the people of Lucian's pack, solitude didn't seem like a bad idea. It was more of a luxury. She just hoped that Barbara wouldn't begin to look at her the same way the others were. If it ever happened that way, she would begin planning her exit from the pack by any means possible.For the time being, she was going to learn everything that she possibly could. She would encourage herself anytime she was feeling down, with the absurd and incomprehensible poem her father had given her as a birthday gift. Though she didn't un
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Anna was suspicious of how Elsa had suddenly run off. What on earth was going on? She wondered but knew she wasn't going to get any answers, standing there. There possibly wasn't any harm in following her trail to know where it led to.She sheathed her sword as she followed Elsa from a decent distance behind. Barbara still hadn't shown up, and that her a bit worried. There was probably something off in the territory, given the way Elsa had sped off.Before she knew it, she was following the tracks all the way to Lucian's building. Elsa didn't seem like the quick-footed runner she was. She had Anna gasping as she tried to at least keep her within sight.As she drew closer, she realized that the murmurs of the people were getting louder and deafening. They were all looking in the direction of Lucian's building. There seemed to be some sort of unusually white smoke escaping through the windows, and that seemed to be what had everyone on their toes.Anna's heart throbbed sporadically with
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 26
Anna was frightened by the men lying on the floor outside the building. She was forced to think twice about what she had contemplated doing. Though she wasn't sure if they were dead, they seemed lifeless as they didn't move a single muscle as she tiptoed through them all the way to the back door which Elsa had followed.On the inside was smoke, and Anna was glad that she hadn't thought Elsa's covering of her nostrils to be a mere facade or an act of disguise. The smoke was almost blinding, and she thought that not even Lucian could survive that if he had been in there. Good thing she had tied a piece of clothing around her mouth and nostrils, though she held her breath almost throughout the whole incident, and that made her unable to perceive what the odor of the smoke was like.She could hear some fighting in the distance. She soon realized that it wasn't happening in some distant place but right above her. The voices of the people struggling and straining to gain the upper hand beca
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 27
"Were you trying to get yourself killed on purpose?" Lucian's timing was impeccable, just like it had been the day he had saved her when she was under the heavy downpour. He looked a bit scary with the black piece of clothing tied around his mouth and nostrils.She hated herself for enjoying the feeling of being in his arms. It had felt so safe, so firm but comforting at the same time. That was surely every woman's dream, to be always held in arms as safe as that. But then, she snapped out of it, as she wasn't supposed to be thinking of such things in a situation as that."How did you even get in here?" Lucian asked as he quickly set her on her feet. In an instant, he was looking at the man that had been chasing her, as though he was sizing him up."I followed Elsa all the way here. She's got to be around here somewhere. I'm not really sure about—""I'll be needing this," he interrupted as he took her sword by the hilt. The sword she had been hesitant to unsheathe had finally been set
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 28
"What can we possibly explain this to be?" Carlyle wondered out loud at the round table where Lucian and his seven top subordinates met.Lucian and all his men were dumbfounded, leading to a deafening silence, as no one had the slightest idea what had really happened that day. Their so-called impeccable security had been infiltrated rather too easily, clearly showing how vulnerable they really were.Having his convictions rattled from the core, Lucian just didn't know what else to believe at that point. He had been completely sure about the fact that it had been his former pack coming after him. But then, having seen the face of the man who had almost killed Elsa, he was at a loss for what to say. His seemingly perfect convictions had suddenly crumbled."We have perpetrators from our side." Lucian declared suddenly, as he couldn't hold in his thoughts for one more moment. "That has got to be how they managed to get in." He spoke regardless of the appalled facial expressions of all who
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 29
Anna froze in Lucian's arms, except that her hands clung to his shoulders for anchorage. Her mind just couldn't make up any interpretations of what was happening at that moment. Why were her lips stuck on his? And why was she too lost in ecstasy to question what he was doing? Why did it feel so good to have him breathing on her? How was he comfortable holding her in his arms with her perspiration?His touch on her body gave her the feelings that she had read about in the romance novels she had devoured when she was back home. No one had ever awakened the woman in her, and that moment made her feel a bit uncomfortable just as much as it pleased her.After a few moments of passionate kisses which she had unintentionally engaged in, she tried to pull away from it, but then his grip on her was gentle but firm— a kind she didn't want to break out from. But she had to before he would take it a step further. His hands were already going down below her waist, and making dangerously for her so
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 30
“You seem more worried than usual today.” Carlyle quickly took note of Lucian's unusual disposition. “What's the matter?”That was the only thing Lucian disliked about his beta and aide— he knew his alpha too well. He could predict almost all of Lucian's thoughts and intents, and couldn't let any of the details of his observation pass by.“Nothing really. I'm just still a bit shaken up from yesterday.” Lucian said, looking away, through his window as usual. He hoped that explanation would keep Carlyle at bay, at least for the time being. There was no way he would tell him that he was being haunted by the memories of his late-night foolishness. “I'm just wondering how someone at the table would be able to betray us into the hands of our enemies.”“I'm still doubtful that the mole is among your council members. It's simply inconceivable. But then, you seemed so sure of it, and that's a good sign.”“Right.” He thought Carlyle's reply itself as a good sign, as he had successfully diverted
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“Oh sorry… I didn't know you both were here,” Elsa fumed out of the room, in anger, although she didn't show it outwardly. She had left the letter on the table before storming out of the room.“I've had enough,” she roared at her wolf. “I cannot keep up with trying to be nice to Anna while I watch Lucian slip out of my hands. You see how badly your plan had failed, Audra?”“Calm down,” Audra retorted. “You were not meant to walk in on that moment, in the first place. Just calm down.”“I'm done with calming down and taking things lightly,” Elsa snapped back at her, as she slammed her door shut behind her. “I'm going to make it happen my own way.” She sighed as she threw herself on her bed. “One more fake smile and I might just lose it already.”“I understand your pain,” Audra spoke to her suggestively. “You have been patient for quite a long time, and I guess that's weighing on you.”“Of course, it's weighing on me,” Elsa said. “Each day of the past three years has passed, only to brin
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“I bet Craster should be thinking of giving up by now,” Lucian stated as Carlyle followed him from behind. “I don't think there's any way out of this for him. We have closed down every possible route for him and his men to gain supplies.”“That foolhardy bastard doesn't look like one who would give up easily,” Carlyle said as opened the doors of his alpha's chamber, feeling glad to be home after yet another conquest. “We'll give him a couple of days to think about it. Maybe seven days.”“That's more than enough time to regroup and prepare for a counter-attack,” Lucian protested as they both sat at a table in his chamber. “We must strike the iron while it's still glowing hot.”“Alright then,” Carlyle suggested, letting out a tired sigh. “Five days.”“Three days. We need them on their toes, and under pressure if we want their decision to be quick, and insensible.” Lucian leaned back in his chair. “That would be yet another territory under our grasp.”“Alright then,” Carlyle said, as he
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Three Years Later…Anna wiped the blood off her sword as she looked down on the dead body in front of her. It was still surreal how she had gone from sluggish practices by the stream side to being at the forefront of the Lock Heart's bout with Craster's forces.It was yet another victory for Lucian and the Lock Heart pack, as they were just about closing in on Craster's territory.Yet another battle, she thought. All the battles seemed the same from the very first day she became approved to join Lucian's men. There was nothing new to it, as it was almost, all about going out, fighting, coming back, and waiting for the next time to repeat the whole process.At a point, it felt like Craster wasn't even putting any effort into the fights, as all their victories were almost flawless. She felt he should have just given up when he had the chance. But then, she knew how great the ego of an alpha could be to give up in a fight and give up his territory in the process. They would have to fight
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Anna's eyes opened quite slowly until she was wide awake. She had thought she had been asleep in her room until she realized that, the scent of vetiver and musk were still strong in the air she breathed.She was still a bit doubtful of where she was until she tossed to her left into the thick masculine build which could only be Lucian's. It was then that it all dawned on her, all that had happened. She had indeed fallen asleep being beside him. Her wolf seemed to be unusually peaceful.There was darkness all over, and it was a bit hard to tell if they were in the dead of the night or the early hours of the morning. It seemed to be probably the former, as they had slept off by sunset.I shouldn't be here, she thought to herself, as she shifted a bit away from him. But then, his bed was quite too comfortable, and that comfortably annulled the thoughts of sneaking out of his room.Before she could make up her mind, Lucian's arm came over her waist, as though he had read her thoughts, and
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 51
“She was ours for the taking,” Lex ranted further.“Someone could have possibly been watching us from somewhere.” Lucian didn't want anything of that sort spreading about him. His people would possibly ask if his fortress didn't have enough room for the both of them.But then, he knew deep down within him that wasn't the main reason why he backed out from having her there and then. He couldn't care less about what the people had to say. It bothered him how much longer he could put up with the inward battle for restraint that went on within him.He wanted Anna, but then, he wanted her to give herself to him. By herself.The idea of the bargain didn't appeal to him, and he was afraid that it couldn't fill up the void that was within him. He had been searching for a mate who would be a partner and a part of everything he would ever do, and not one who would give herself to him only because of some bargain to make her stronger.But then, he was unable to deny how much he wanted her. He cr
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"Yes, it's bound to be awkward," Anna replied to her wolf, as she headed towards the stream. The familiar scent of the leaves forced her to admit that it had been quite a while, and she wondered why Lucian had chosen that place for their practice. Was he trying to bring back memories? If any memories lingered, it would be that of Horace's treachery.“It's not meant to be awkward,” Ava replied to her. “He's our mate, Anna, and you should learn to embrace that and make it easier for the both of us.”She could feel her wolf leap within her as Lucian's scent soon came subtly into the air. His essence could entice anyone.“Get a grip, Ava.” Anna tried to still her wolf, which was almost in an erratic frenzy because of Lucian's presence. She wondered what Lucian's wolf looked like. “We're here to train, and not to catch any sort of feelings.”“He smells so good…” Ava's words echoed unpleasantly in Anna's head“Just stop…” Anna couldn't get herself to say how irresistible his scent was in he
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“He's all yours,” Audra roared in Elsa's head.Elsa tried to restrain herself a bit more as she recalled how it had ended the other time. But he looked needy and hadn't pushed her away even though she was drawing dangerously close.‘You're smarter than that,’ Elsa reminded herself, as she wanted to wait for more cues to make her move. Lucian looked heavy, and it was just the perfect scenario, but she needed another convincing subtle go-ahead order.“You never need to worry about anything, Lucian,” she stood to her feet, calculating her woes every step of the way. “All you have to do is...” she stood behind him, putting her hands on his shoulders, and rubbing them gently, “is to look how far you have come, and all the obstacles you were able to overcome...”She felt like she could add more to that, to make him give her the cue she was desperately looking for. Her patience was running thin, as she was barely keeping herself from going all in.“Thanks...” he said, through a relaxed sigh.
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 48
“What?” Lucian could barely keep himself from teetering at those words. How could she? Why would she? Just when he had thought his happiest days had come, he was being met with such a queer request.Anna felt hesitant to repeat herself as she had spent it out the first time, but then, she had to clear him of every doubt. “I cannot be your Luna.”“What did you just say...?” Lucian felt his blood boiling through his veins at her words. Who does she think she is to make such a decision?He motioned towards her and she took nervous steps backwards. She saw the fury in his eyes and it scared her but she tried to keep calm.‘She can't possibly be serious...’ Lex stuttered in his head.“Why do you make such a request “Do you have the slightest idea of what you're demanding?” He stopped in front of her, his intimidating features towering over her.Anna gulped, “W… well, I know what exactly you're demanding, and there's no way in a blue moon that I can be your Luna or that of the Lock Heart,”
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“Finally,” Lex said to him, sounding pleased and relieved.Lucian was unsure how to feel about Anna's reaction to them being mates. She was just as predictable as he had thought she was. Even though the pull was obviously gnawing at her mercilessly, she seemed to somehow hold get fort against it.“You won't have to try to put up with resisting her anymore,” his wolf went on. “That's almost the hardest thing to do. It was much harder than ending all those men Leola had betrayed you to.”But then, it was beginning to seem like the problem of trying to resist had ended, just to give way for another one. She seemed to resist him that time around. He wasn't sure how much longer he could keep up with that, after waiting so long to have her.“You are worried about her?”“Just a little bit,” Lucian admitted, but he wasn't going to show it in any way. Not to Anna. He recalled how badly it had gone the last time he had let his emotions get the better of him and was determined not to let anythin
