Ashley
"What...what do you mean 'by I'm not coming back.."
he walks to the driver's side and hopped in "it means what it means.....you know what I think I prefer it when you don't talk or ask questions " he said driving out of the parking lot. I shut my mouth and turned back to see Prince Brice and the rest enter the other vehicles I failed to notice were there before following behind us.
I look at the restaurant where I work fade slowly as we move farther away from it.
My heart becomes heavy as I wonder where he is taking. Is it to my old pack or the palace? What is he going to do to me? Is he going to punish me for running away?
Many questions keep coming up on my mind as I twin my fingers together trying to calm myself down.
I take a look at him and couldn't help being drawn to him. He is just what you call perfection but I won't let his look distract me from my current situation.
I need answers
Ashley "Alpha," she said suddenly bowing her head to him. I was surprised by her action and widen my eyes. wait a minute my eyes were opened but I remember closing them before, when did I open them without me realizing it. ok hold on, that's not important, how did she know what I'm thinking can she hear my thought? but how?. I widen my eyes more as I realized she just greeted Prince Zeid. can she see him? can he see her? but how is that possible. Am I going crazy here? no, I'm not crazy that I'm sure I slowly turn my head to look at the Prince to confirm my thoughts. seeing his shocked expression and his train of sight that was definitely wasn't looking at me but past me, confirmed my thoughts that they can see each other. "you can see her?" Still, I asked him to confirm it fully. That was when he finally looked at me with questions written all over his face. "what's going on here," he asked me confused. I turn to
ZEID "what's going on here," I asked my mate in which she turns to look at the woman for explanations to which she explained. the woman whose name She later said was Hera, explained the situations to a certain point to the both of us but despite the explanation, there were still some things that left me confused like was it not only the royal family that had the privilege to own special powers but it could still be understood that because she's my mate that she also could be entitled to a special ability just like my parents but according to what Hera said, she has more than one abilities in which I can also have access to whenever I'm in close vicinity with her. On hearing she has the power to restrain my access to her abilities, I was filled with a heavy heart. Why would she want to block my access to her powers as I am her mate? Except she doesn't want me as her mate, would she think like that? Was that why she ran away when she first s
ASHLEY "don't worry we aren't going back to your packhouse and besides they can't hurt you anymore now that you are my mate. We are going to the palace." when he said this, I visibly relaxed my trembling body which I didn't know trembling. I wonder what he means by they can't hurt me now that I'm his mate. Does it mean that he doesn't care about what happened to me for the pack to treat me the way they did? Is that why he came looking for me and didn't give up. "Do you know what happened to me in the pack?" I asked him. "Not in details but I know you weren't treated right by them." "You asked me why I ran away when you came to the restaurant" "Hmm.." " I did so because I thought u would reject me and end up being like my pack" I finally told him the reason. "hmm... I can't blame you for thinking that way. you were treated that way from a tender age till I came along. I give you my word that no one will tre
At that moment an enthralling-looking woman with her countenance full of elegance and grace, dressed in a long gown that flowed behind her and was covered by a luxurious tunic walked up to us giving Princess Alexa a stern face before facing me and stretching out her hands to hug me. "Welcome my dear we've been searching and waiting for you for a very long time. I'm glad we've finally found you". I felt so awkward the moment she hugged me because I wasn't expecting such affection from her… all of them actually. I can't remember the last time I received a hug and affection like this. Tears welled up in my eyes because I couldn't control how I was feeling at that moment. I felt I hand pull me from her embrace to a firm chest. "Mother you are making my mate emotional. You don't want her crying now do you?" Prince Zeid said saving me from his mother's embrace. "Of course I don't want that happening. Darling, I'm sorry I made you emotional jus
Now speaking of which his eyes haven't left me ever since we arrived. his gaze has been following me about like a hungry hawk and I tried so much to ignore it. "yes, dear we will leave you to freshen up and have some rest before dinner by 7 on dot. I will get a maid to come and accompany you to the dining room when it's time. Alright out out out you lots. Let's give Ashley some space to settle down" she said ushering everyone out. They all started leaving one after the other and when it was Lady Anya's turn to leave, she gave me a strange look before walking out the door leaving Prince Zeid and me alone in the room. "sooo aren't you going also," I asked him as he was still standing in the same spot he was before. "Trying to get rid of me so soon," he asked raising his brows at me while walking towards me. As he took a step forward, I take one backward until I was trapped between the wall and him. "gulp....w...weren't you the one that j
"Father!!!" We both ran back to where the fight is being held and saw that the creatures have severed the right arm of my father from his body and it's lying down flat on the floor about 3ft away from them. "Pa!!!...Ben!!!" I jolted awake socked with my sweat. I pull my legs to my chest, held my hair in my hands, and try to calm my breathing as I try not to recall what happened that night but my mind keeps drifting to the memory. The grip on my head becomes tighter as I'm thrown down memory lane. "Pa!!!... Ben!!!" My mum and I were filled with grief when we saw this and I knew my mum was doing everything in her power not to lose control as she holds me back from running to them. "Ashley listen to me... Ashley... Ashley..." she held my arms and shakes me trying to get my attention away from the scene in front of us. I looked at her with a lost expression before she shakes me again till she gained my attention. "Ashley...listen to me" I
I whimper and could not refuse his command. "Please believe I didn't kill my parents... it was those creatures that killed them" "What creatures..we met only you there apart from their dead bodies. Your Uncle even made me understood that you had a severe argument with your parents in the afternoon that you said to them you wish they were dead and out of your life, and lo and behold your wish came through they were found dead beside you. so why do you think I will believe your lies. I didn't turn you rouge out of respect for your parents" Shaking my head, "No that was just a normal argument between us. I didn't mean what I said" "I don't give a damn about your thought I've made my decision and that is finally. That's how things are going to be around here from now on. You are to do everything asked of you as an Omega. Do you understand?" I could not help but obey his Alpha command, "Yes Alpha" "good" Walking towards
"Your highness...Your highness" they both said in greetings together. "It's nice knowing you guys. I would love it if you guys will treat me as a friend since we will all keep each other company from now on and you all will be the closest to me. Besides, I'm new here and will need you to be my guide till I'm well suited here." The surprise was written on each one of their faces as I said this."It will be our honor, your highness." "Ok... since we are done with all the formalities here, let's get me dressed up. We don't want to keep the royal families waiting on my first with them right?" Giggling, they all chorused, "Yes your highness". After all the prepping, they were finally done getting me ready for dinner. I had to say the process of preparing me was not something definitely look forward to but the result made me think otherwise. At first, when they started, I wasn't comfortable with them seeing me naked and also
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTI want to use this medium to say a big thank you to all my readers for taking their time to read TSW and patiently following through to the end. You guys are the best. Despite the delays on uploads at some point, you were still patiently committed to TSW.Writing TSW has not been easy as it is my first novel to write. The researches that were needed for it to come out perfect, the construction of words, and the implementation of the right emotions were something that I had to take my time to put down in order for it to meet your satisfaction.I also want to say a wonderful thank you to my editor, she has been the best support system I could ever ask for during this journey. Even when I was stuck at some point in the writing she was there to help me out. Thank you Rosa for everything, I wouldn't ask for any other editor. You are the best.Lastly, I want to say a very big thank you to my family. They were also a big support
It’s been years since the war happened, and ever since, things had changed drastically. To be precise, it’s been five years, four months, two weeks, three days, eight hours, twelve minutes, and eighteen seconds, since the war.Yeah, I’ve been keeping count and during those periods, things have drastically changed.After the attack, we were able to locate where Lady Anya and the rest of their groups were hiding and annihilated them immediately. We made sure that there will be no more uprising from them or any other forces.And after the clean-up, we moved further within the walls of the forest where it will be so difficult to locate the palace and where no arms could befall my unconscious mate.She has yet to regain her consciousness after so many years, leaving us to only hope for a miracle to happen.The first few months were heart reeking for everyone as her life kept slipping away several times but mother and her team worked th
Walking into their room, I saw two of the most adorable pups ever, lying down in their cribs, sleeping peacefully and not having a clue of what was going on around them. I walk quietly towards them and saw that they weren’t only adorable but they looked so much like her. Even though they were just given birth to, the similarities between them and their mother were so obvious. My heart suddenly tightened in severe pain and went on my knees as I held my heart tightly. This only indicated one thing, and that was my mate struggling for her life and slipping away. I stood up to run towards the infirmary but came to a halt as my pups suddenly burst out crying at the same time and I knew instantly they also felt what I felt just now. I turned around and walk back towards them, ignoring the pain I was feeling. I can’t let them go through it. They are too little to be feeling this much pain. I need to do something to stop them from feeling such
She finally showed how she was feeling and I understood at that moment what she meant.“Can I see her?” I asked her and diverted my eyes away from her and towards the operating room.“Yes, once she is cleaned and taken to the ward.”After hearing what she said, I ignored her and went back to my previous position. I could feel her looking at me and wanting to say more but right now, I’m not in the mood to hear anything from her.Right now all I could think of is my mate, and the more I think of how she is lying down there on the bed, helplessly, my anger towards Mother Increased.An hour later or so, she was finally pushed out of the operating room by several medical aids and into the room they had prepared for her. I walked towards them and maintained a close distance as I follow them to the room. I waited for them at the entrance to get her situated and when they were done attending to her; they all bowed at me and left the room one afte
I closed my eyes and waited for the brunt of his sword to descend on me while with the last hope in me; I reach out to the mother goddess for a last-minute miracle.After waiting for what felt like hours to feel the brunt of his sword against my skin, I opened my eyes gradually to see what has stopped him from doing so.Only to see him convulsing on the ground before me with blood gushing out of his ears, eyes, nose, mouth, literally every part of his body was bleeding, and within seconds, he bled out dried, and died. I was taken aback at the sudden change of event as I watched him dry up to bones in front of me. I hadn’t gotten out of my shock and confusion when I suddenly felt the presence of my mate beside me.I quickly turned to face her direction and just in time, saw her losing consciousness. I ran towards her and caught her before she could hit the floor.Not knowing what was going on and why she was here covered in blood, I tried to shake he
ZeidI braced myself for what was to come as I watch him gradually make his way towards me.It felt like hours before he got to where I was standing, whereas it was just a few seconds.I took a shaken step back when I finally saw who it was."Surprise!!!" he said with his hands spread out wide and a huge smile on his face."Un... Uncle Maxwell. Y... You are the mastermind behind this." I stammered in surprise."Hehehe, of course. Who else has the power to do so if not me? Besides Zeid, It is very obvious that someone with ability is the one behind it all. Besides, you had me thinking of how dumb you could be by not thinking outside the box to find out. I mean who else apart from the Royal families can display an ounce of ability. Considering the fact that I'm also a royal, you should have discovered me a long time ago. Tsk"He mocked.“But why would you think so? To you and my cousin, I was anything but a royal and hardly anyon
I quickly contemplated on what to do as the pain gradually set in. From the distance at which I saw them to the palace, it will take them approximately five to six hours to get here if I’m not mistaken. Therefore it gives the palace guards and the warriors enough time to prepare for their arrival if I contact my mate and inform him about it. After making up my mind, I open the mind link between my mate and me and informed him immediately but left behind the news of me going into labor so as not to distract him. Not long after I told him, all the warriors around the palace were summoned to prepare for the upcoming battle and the war bell was rung as a warning to everyone that we were under attack. While my mate opened a general mind link to all the pack members that the women that were not warriors, with all the children and the elderly were to retreat to the safe bunk immediately. Seeing that everywhere was in an uproar, I walked gradually into the cham
I let out a heave of disappointment as I thought she might know who it was.“Rest assured my dear, that even though we don’t know his identity and the length of what he is capable of doing, we have you to save everyone. You are destined to do so and you will succeed in doing so.” She assured me.“Yes, mother. That’s why I’ve come to seek your guidance.”“Alright child, enough talking. Let’s begin. Oh, before I forgot, I will summon Zeid to…”Hearing this, I panicked immediately because I didn’t want him to know about any of this, and interrupted her saying, “No mother, please don’t. I don’t want him to know about this.”She was slightly surprised at my outburst before shaking her head and saying, “Of course child, knowing how my son can be, I wouldn’t dare. The reason why I want to summon him was to tell him to move your coronation forward.
“What…what do you mean by that?” My mate asked him. His voice deepened in anger.“What I mean to say was that Lady Anya vanished into thin air immediately after the dungeon was attacked. No one knew how it happened because she didn’t escape through the entrance. We only knew of her disappearance when a guard went to check if any of the inmates escaped, and she happened to be the only one that did.But bro, what baffled me was that she escaped with her cell gate still intact. There was no forced entrance or damage to the door. It was also still locked when we got there after the guard came to report to us. It was as though she disappeared just like that. It doesn’t sound logical but that was what happened.” He explained to my mate.To say I was surprised by the turn of events would be a lie. I knew from the moment I heard that there was an attack at the dungeon, that this would be the result.My mate kept quiet fo