Adrian's POVI watched her widen her eyes in surprise. I mean why wouldn't she? It's not every day you see an Alpha kneel. Her life was at risk and she didn't know it. She shouldn't be so carefree about anything. If anything happened to her, I was gonna be in big trouble. Big time. And I couldn't afford that happening. She doesn't know what she has done. The box had been in my possession for as long as I could remember. It was passed down to me by my father. It couldn't be opened by anyone even if they tried. And that was a good thing because only the chosen one could open it. And her opening meant she was the chosen one. And each century, there is only one chosen one. But why now? My ancestors hadn't opened Pandora's box because the chosen one wasn't born by that time.The bad part was she was going to transform by midnight. I had read enough books to know all about them. The chosen ones could transform into anything during midnights. The kind chosen ones just transform into their n
Mila's POVI stared in amusement as he walked out of the room. Why did he leave in such a hurry? Was I that unpleasant to the eyes? Well, I don't care. When he was out the door, I started wondering if what I was doing was right. How could I just want to stay in his room? Why was he keen on making me stay in his room? Well, that was not my problem. I have to get enough rest. I needed to explore the place and the pack. I haven't had the opportunity to do so. And it seemed like I would be living here anyway. So there was no harm in getting to know all these places.Well, at least I would have the opportunity to make this Alpha fall in love with me. I must have been thinking for a long because the maid that made me come into this room, claiming the Alpha was calling for me, came in. I think she was assigned to tend to my needs, because how can one explain this? She was the only maid that had been attending to me since I came here. And there were many maids in this palace. She was holdin
Mila's POVI woke up quite late in the afternoon. I didn't know for how long I slept but my headache was gone by the time I was up. I glanced around the empty room and sighed. This was going to be one boring hell of a day. I needed something to keep my mind off things. I got up from the bed and walked up to the door. I should explore the palace while I still had the time. I walked out of my room, or should I say Adrian's room? The palace was so big. I walked around for a while before I stumbled upon a garden. It was the most beautiful thing I had seen for a very long time. I walked into the garden and smiled. The cool breeze welcomed my skin as I walked into the garden house. I walked further down and saw someone picking up flowers. She looked quite focused and I didn't want to distract her, so I just watched. She exuded royalty, even without raising her head. I guessed she must be someone important. Her hair was black and shiny. It draped down to her waist. As if noticing someone wa
Mila's POVI walked together with Felicia into the palace. We were moving toward a golden door. It was just a casual door. Once we were in front of the door, she knocked. No response."Are you sure he is in?" I asked. She nodded and pushed the door open. The only person in the room was Alpha Adrian. He was putting on glasses and going through some papers. He looked busy and so dam hot."Max. I told you to come in the evening," he said, without raising his head. "Adrian," Felicia called out, smiling and walking toward him.How did she know Adrian?Adrian looked up with lazy eyes. His eyes went from Felicia to me. I wondered what he was thinking right now. "Felicia. I see you are back," he said dryly. I watched both of them. Felicia smiled sheepishly."I just came back and I thought to stop by," she replied. Adrian nodded."I also bought these for you," she replied and walked over to Adrian, placing the flowers in front of him. "That is very nice of you," he commented.Felicia bl
Mila's POV I sat down at the dining table, beside Adrian, as Felicia made googly eyes at him. Adrian smiled a little at her but kept his face as passive as possible. I groaned in frustration and stared at him, giving him a secret scowl. He had told me to get dressed after making me want more of him. So now he could just eat and act like nothing happened?"So. What did you need Mila to do for you earlier in your office?" Felicia asked, staring at me as if expecting me to answer her question."Something urgent," Adrian replied and I scoffed silently.Something urgent my foot, he is such a liar. How could he say that with a straight face? He stared back at me with an expressionless face. I couldn't quite decipher his thoughts through his eyes.It seemed as though Felicia couldn't get enough of her questioning and kept on asking random questions which Adrian simply replied with short and cut answers. "I wonder. What business does Mila have in the palace that requires her to stay in the
Adrian's POVDinner had been a mess.I kept replaying and replaying in my head the scene of how Felicia made eye contact with me across the room, and how her gaze continued for just a little bit too long. She was a completely immutable object, a lost dog just wanting to be seen, and I never reciprocated. Not in the way she wanted. No, not how it used to be imagined at least.Felicia was a childhood friend. We’d grown up together, laughed and played, and talked about the future like we knew what it held. But somewhere along the way, I’d realized that the way she looked at me wasn’t the way I looked at her. She was a friend, and nothing more. Nothing ever more.And now she was back. She was trying. I could see it in the way she laughed too hard at my jokes, the way she lingered a second too long on my every word. But none of it reached me. None of it mattered.What mattered, and what drove me mad, was Mila.It was just a meal. It was "my turn" to do what was expected of me—to feed her,
Mila's POV.I awoke to the gentle room light filtering in from behind the opaque curtain which gently touched my exposed skin. For a short time I am stuck in place and observe it all play out. Adrian’s touch, his whispered words, the way his gaze had held mine as if I were the only thing in his world—it was all so vivid, so overwhelming.My chest pounded, remembering, what a sense of the kiss he gave me, as if wanting desperately to reunite us. The memory caused my cheeks to tingle with a kind of heat that, for no reason, had nothing to do with the morning sun. I rotated my head a bit and there I saw the thin shape of the trace on the pillow at my side. He had been here with me, sleeping by my side and watching me during my sleeplessness. But now, he was gone.Still, I didn’t feel alone. Only recently I have been able to experience for the first time in what could never be again true, total oneness experience. It was strange. I'd arrived at this place expecting nothing, prepared to su
Mila sat down on the couch, with Adrian staring down at her intently."I told you. I didn't do it," she argued.Adrian pinched his forehead in fatigue. "I don't know what to say. There was a witness," "I don't know how that came to be, but I assure you, I have nothing to do with this. Besides, I don't even know my way around the palace. I have never been to the kitchen before," she yelled."I believe you. It's just so confusing. How can there be a witness?" he questioned.Mila frowned. "Can I have her interrogated myself?" she asked "You can't," he declined."Why?" she asked."If you decide to confront her yourself and someone finds out, they would think you are trying to threaten her so she could spout lies from her lips to cover up for you," Adrian reasoned."Then what should I do? I can't just sit here and do nothing when my name is being thrown in the mud?" she complained, biting her lips."I'll ask the maid myself," he said."I'll go with you," she offered, standing to her feet
Adrian sat on his throne contemplating what to do next. He had been sitting there for the past five hours with Max."What do you mean there was another attack yesterday?" he asked, confused at this point. "Yes. One of the palace guards had gone into the forest and his body was found this morning," Max said gloomily."What the hell is happening?" he snapped "It's as confusing as it could be," Max added Adrian groaned. He couldn't believe he had doubted Mila when she said she hadn't killed anyone. Mila had been with him yesterday and he had watched her transform and held her with the spell. She had been with him throughout the night. Then who could this be? There was no clue leading to who the real culprit might be. He knew he owed Mila an apology for not believing her. She isn't the culprit. She had been trying to make him see reasons why she couldn't be the culprit but he decided to doubt her honesty. Now wasn't the time to regret not believing her. Now was the time to find a solut
Amanda stormed into Aunt Matilda's room with a frown on her face. She couldn't sleep last night and as soon as it was dawn, she strode into the room. Aunt Matilda was already up and a maid was making her hair. She turned slowly around to face Amanda. "Good morning Aunt Matilda," Amanda said."Good morning my dear. Although your face doesn't look like someone that had a good night's rest," she commented "That's because I didn't," Amanda replied Aunt Matilda held up her hands and gestured for the maid to leave the room."Why? What is the problem?" she asked.Amanda waited for the maid to exit the room before slumping on the couch."It's Adrian," Amanda began."What about him?" she queried "The plan didn't work," Amanda spoke."What happened?" she frowned."His interest seemed to have been piqued by a lady," Amanda stated.Aunt Matilda frowned. "What do you mean?" she asked."When I went to his room to do as you told me, she came out of the bathroom," Amanda recalled Matilda laughe
Mila's POV After I snapped at Adrian, I went into the closet to change. When I walked into the dark bedroom, I could hardly see a thing but someone how I felt someone was inside aside from Adrian. Although I didn't see the face of the lady, something about her voice seemed familiar, but I couldn't place my fingers on it. When she called me his bed warmer, something snapped inside me, but I knew I wasn't in the position to argue with her as I hadn't gotten that right over him yet. When she finally left, I turned around to continue drying my hair. I felt Adrian's hand rest on my shoulder. I felt all the anger I was holding burst open. I don't know how I got the courage, but I spilled my anger on him. I've had enough of his attitude. As I walked into the closet, I felt a numbness in my heart for a second, and the next, I felt a strangling pain that was choking me. I let out a shrill yell as I blacked out.I must have lost consciousness for a few hours because when I woke up, Adrian was
Adrian's POV "Don't you ever say that to me," Mila said."Come on," I said and walked over to her. I placed my hand on her shoulder slightly. She turned around sharply and pointed her fingers at me.It was considered disrespectful for someone to point out their finger to an Alpha. But I didn't care about being disrespected by Mila. She could do what she wanted and I wouldn't complain."Don't you ever say you're sorry when it's involving a lady," she warned sternly."What do you mean?" I asked "Oh really? You don't know what I mean?" she laughed "I don't," I argued."Your high libido is the problem," she started. "If you don't have so many mistresses to warm your bed, maybe all these wouldn't be happening. Maybe she wouldn't have the guts to come into this room in the first place," she continued."I have nothing to do with her," I tried to defend myself, even though I knew it wouldn't help one bit."I don't care. She must already know you have a weakness for women that's why she thi
Max and Felicia lay on the bed, exhausted and out of breath. Felicia stared at the ceiling with a sly smile plastered across her face. She smirked as sceneries played in her head and she snickered contentedly. Max, on the other hand, felt guilt banging in his chest as he thought of what they both had just done. He felt like it was wrong for him to allow himself to be seduced by Felicia, as she was madly in love with Adrian. One part of him knew he wasn't in the wrong as Adrian hadn't shown any interest in Felicia. He slowly turned his head to see Felicia smiling and staring at the ceiling. He breathed a sigh of relief as he realized she didn't regret it. Maybe she was over Adrian. Because if she had come to him just to relieve her of the pain of not being acknowledged by the one she loved, that would have made him feel like crap."What are you thinking about?" Felicia turned around to ask, his naked body pressing against him.Max stiffened his body as he felt her warm body against hi
Felicia grabbed Mila's hand and gave Morticia a sweet smile. "I'm sorry to interrupt you, but it's getting late and we would like to return to the palace now," Felicia said and smiled."Sorry for keeping you here for quite some time. Hope you understand?" Morticia asked."I do. It's your job after all," Felicia replied, although something wasn't cheerful in her voice. "We can catch up some other time yeah," Morticia asked.Felicia nodded and dragged Mila out of there.Once they were out the door, Felicia sighed and walked on. "The palace isn't far from here," Felicia said Mila didn't understand what was wrong but treaded on behind. She didn't want to engage in any form of conversation with Felicia as she was already in a sour mood. After her discussion with Morticia, she realized her life was more complicated than she had imagined it would be. She felt a jolt of confusion in her. She didn't know what to do anymore. Who could she trust and who couldn't she? Once they entered the
Mila felt her mouth open wide in shock as she stared at Morticia. Part of her wanted to scream and defend herself but another part of her told her that Morticia knew more than meets the eyes."I didn't," she whispered."How sure are you?" Morticia whispered back. "I'm sure I wouldn't hurt anyone," she mumbled.Morticia smiled and taped her shoulders. "Follow me," Morticia tilted her head in a direction.Mila nodded and they headed for a black door."Mind if I borrow your friend for a moment?" Morticia asked Felicia, who was relaxing on the couch. "Just don't take time. We have a lot of sightseeing, you see," she said and nodded without opening her eyes.Morticia chuckled and opened the door. The room wasn't as spacious as the one Felicia was in. It looked more serious. Like where all the magic and business happens. Morticia pointed out a chair for Mila on which she sat uncomfortably on. She sat opposite Mila in a black swivel chair which rotated with each turn. "We need to have a
Mila and Felicia walked into the streets with some of Felicia's guards behind them. Mila was stunned as Felicia was like the belle of the town. Everyone seemed to adore her and wanted to talk to her. She couldn't believe the same Felicia that was threatening the peace of her life was the same person people would adore so much. Felicia in turn, acted the part. She played the part so well one who didn't know her would refer to her as a saint. She looked so pure and innocent in the way she carried herself around the pack. She wore quite a generous smile as she walked around the pack. She smiled at everyone who looked her way and bowed to the elderly. Mila wondered if this was her real personality or if she was just faking it just to gain all the love she could get."You know, you can stop acting all pure and innocent now," Mila confronted her, irritated."Does it bother you?" Felicia asked, googly-eyed."Why would it bother me? I just don't like it when people lie about their personaliti
Aunt Matilda was sipping her tea, while the maids packed her bags. She was setting out of the palace. She stared at her wristwatch and clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction. Amanda was running late. Amanda was the daughter of her friend who is a member of the wildfire pack. They had known each other since childhood and had formed a deep friendship even though they lived far from each other. Matilda had told her friend she wanted to go to the palace for a while and had complained of the maids being slow. She didn't want to start shouting at all the maids to do every little thing for her. Her friend had suggested her daughter Amanda should come over and help her in doing all those little things. It would also be an opportunity for her to get to know Adrian. Matilda had agreed to this arrangement with a joyful heart. What she didn't know was the duo had their intentions.Amanda rushed in panting. It seemed she had run. She went over and planted a kiss on Matilda's cheeks."So sorry I'm