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
Felicia stared at Lila, anger evident in her eyes. She couldn't believe a plan she had taken her time to plot had failed drastically. Lila bowed her head in fright, not daring to meet Felicia's gaze. She didn't want to offend the gemma's daughter. Felicia had instilled fear in all the maids in the palace, using the word that she was the gemma's daughter. She has every maid under her neck and call. No one dared disobey her orders, or the person would face dire consequences. "So you're trying to say everyone now knows that Mila is innocent?" she asked."Yes, your ladyship," Lila answered, her head still bowed. Felicia paced around the room, her mind in chaos. "Do they know who put the poison in one of the noblemen's food?" she proved further.Lila shook her head. "No. I told them I was the one who put the poison in the food," Lila said.Felicia smiled and walked over to Lila, patting her head slightly. "Good job on that one. I must commend you," she praised. Lila felt anything but
Mila's POV "Felicia?" Adrian asked "Yes. Can I come in? I have to talk to you about something," Felicia answered."I'll be down in some time," he said."It can't wait," she said, the urgency evident in her voice.I stared at Adrian, who had a nonchalant expression. His face looked bored as he stood up. I rushed up to him and held his arm."Are you going to open the door?" I asked "Yes," he replied. "You can't," I demanded, still holding his hands."Why?" he asked "I'm in here," I answered, trying to make him see reasons not to open the door for Felicia.I was inside the room for damn sake. Felicia hated me enough for being close to Adrian. What would she do if she found out I was staying in the same room with Adrian, a man who she had loved since childhood? I wasn't scared of her actions, but I was avoiding trouble and didn't want to be seen in a tug-of-war with Felicia. My presence was already upsetting a lot of people around here and I didn't want to add more to the list. I kne
Mila's POV Felicia glared at me angrily but kept a passive expression."Sorry, but I only wanted to prepare it for Alpha Adrian," she said, making sure to emphasize the only.I rolled my eyes at her. Adrian finished eating and dropped his fork gently. "Thank you for the meal. It was nice, really," he complimented and stood up."I'm glad you like it," Felicia said. Why was she trying so hard to be cute? "I'll be on my way now. I have things to handle," Adrian said and walked out, not without giving me a warning glance. I wasn't sure what he was warning me about, but I had a hunch it had something to do with me not causing trouble."So. Can we go to the garden and talk things out?" Felicia asked, still keeping a smile on her face as there were maids around."Let's go," I said dropping my fork on the table. I was full already and couldn't stuff my face anymore. I stood up and trailed behind her. We entered the garden and sat down. She touched a couple of flowers without saying anyt
Max walked into Adrian's office, his face depicts exhaustion. He looked like he hadn't slept a wink. "You look terrible man," Adrian commented.Max sighed. "Training has been going real hard. They might be a rogue attack sooner than we expect," Max responded Adrian groaned in frustration."When will these rogues learn? I am so tired of trying to scare them off the pack," Adrian complained."If only there was something else we could do aside from fighting," Max said."It's getting old already. We always beat them but they don't seem to get the message," he agreed."What do we do?" Max asked."We have to find someone stronger who would clear the rogues once and for all," he replied."Who do we use for something like this?" Max questioned "I don't know," he replied, feeling drained.Adrian had given Max the task of training their male pack members who were willing to fight the rogues. The rogues had been attacking them lately and Adrian knew it was time to make the pack stronger so t
Adrian's POVWatching the hurt that flashed through Mila's eyes when she saw me banging my slut made me feel uneasy. The way she stared at me with uncertainty made my heart ache. I don't know why, but I felt like what I was doing was wrong. She was only my breeder. Why should I be feeling guilty? The way I had talked to her wasn't nice, but that was the least I could do to stop myself from going toward her and explaining myself. Worse still, telling her I wouldn't do it again. I turned around and went into the bathroom to wash up as I had no urge to finish up the sex I had initiated. I guess she must have thought I went to finish up because she wasn't in the office when I came back in. By the time my slut left, it was nighttime already. I walked into the room and saw her lying on the bed and eating. I scoffed. Bad eating manner. It seemed she didn't want to talk to me as she averted her gaze from me. I walked into the bathroom to wash up for the night so I could retire to bed. By the
Adrian's POV I walked into the garden, and as I had guessed, Mila was sitting there, calm as usual and touching flowers. I walked over to her with mixed feelings. Would it be nice to walk up to her and accuse her of something as huge as this? Well, all evidence was pointing to her. She was the only winged demon in the forest yesterday. Was it possible it wasn't her? It wouldn't make sense if it wasn't her. But why would she kill someone in her rage? If I had gone into the forest earlier to look for her, all these wouldn't have happened.As if sensing my presence, she turned her head in my direction but turned back around after a little nod of her head, indicating she was paying her respect. Mila had never bowed to me or anything of the sort. What was going through her head? Did she remember what she did?"Mila. We need to talk," I uttered "What is there to talk about? It's your life. Live it as you want," she replied, barely sparing me a glance.I scoffed. Does she think I am here t
Mila's POV What just happened? Did Adrian just say someone was killed in the forest last night? No. It couldn't possibly be me. The last time I transformed, I didn't hurt anyone. How could I have killed someone just like that? Yes, I felt angry after seeing him with that lady, but that wasn't enough for me to kill someone. Something isn't right. I strongly believe it wasn't me. Something tells me it wasn't me.But what if it's me? What if I killed that girl? I didn't recall what had transpired in the forest, so I wasn't so cute about my innocence. My intuition told me I wasn't the one, but common sense was pointing it out to me. What should I do? I walked out of the garden and into the courtyard. I could see a frightened-looking girl being led by a group of maids. Was she the sister? I hastily walked up to them but not too close. "You'll be fine, okay?" I heard one of the maids assure her. The girl shook her head in acceptance and walked on.I must have been lost in my thoughts as
Mila and Adrian stood in place as Felicia and Amanda matched to the center of the throne room. They seemed to be shocked as neither of them found their voice to utter a word. Mila couldn't understand why Felicia would want to sabotage her. She knew anything Felicia wanted to say would be something that would put her in trouble at this point"What are you both doing here?" Adrian finally spoke."Well, you invited almost everyone, Your Majesty. And I thought I should come and make this announcement. And thank God Mila is here to witness it. After all, she is the subject of this topic," Felicia declared. "What do you have to say?" Adrian asked, squinting his eyes at both of them. "Well..." Felicia stared and turned to face everyone. "I just found out the strangest thing," she said.She paused for a while and observed the crowd. Their interest seemed to be piqued at this point. "Well, this here is a lady from another pack," she dragged the quiet Amanda in front of her.Mila studied the
Felicia walked up to Amanda's room and knocked. After a few seconds, the door opened, revealing the beautiful redhead."Good morning," Amanda said, staring blankly at Felicia."Good morning to you too," Felicia retorted and made her way inside, even though Amanda didn't want her to come in. "And you are?" Amanda asked, following Felicia, who had made her way to the couch and sat down."My name is Felicia," she replied "Ok..." Amanda replied, staring at her in confusion as she didn't know her and she just barged into her room."Sorry for barging into your room. I didn't want someone to see me. I can't risk it, not with what I have planned," she explained."Which is?" Amanda replied slowly. She seemed to sense Felicia was someone who was going to be useful to her mission in this pack. "Well, let me start from the beginning. You are from wildfire pack right?" she asked.Amanda frowned. She hasn't told anyone she was from the wildfire pack. She had made sure to keep it a secret. Only A
Mila's POV "Why do I have to go with you?" I asked, trying to get an explanation from Adrian. He had woken me up extra early and made me dress up. He wanted me to follow him to the throne room. Why would I do that? If he was having a meeting that early, why did he have to drag me with him?"You are not supposed to ask questions," he ordered."But I can't blindly follow you to the throne room. Isn't it prohibited?" I asked, feeling nauseous at the thought of me being in there with him."I have something to announce and you have to be present," he explained."What do you want to announce and why do I need to be there," I demanded adamantly.He stopped for a moment and stared at me with an amused expression. It looked like he wanted to say something, but instead, he chucked and continued walking. I sucked in a haggard breath as we reached the big door. Adrian turned to give me one last glance. "Once we're inside, make sure to be close to where I can reach for you. There would be an e
Max's full concentration was on the files placed on his table. It was almost midnight, and Felicia was already sleepy. He shook his head as he stared at her. She had been so enthusiastic about finding out more about Mila. But now, here she was sprawled on the bed, sleeping soundly without a care in the world. He flipped from page to page but found nothing interesting about her other than her background and why she wasn't in her pack anymore. According to the file, her father was killed unjustly, and her mate was taken from her by another woman. Her life seemed to be a pitiful one, but here she was, living so carefree. There wasn't a moment since she came to the palace that she was seen wallowing in sadness. Max smiled at her strength. He couldn't help but admire her. Although she looked weak, she was strong emotionally. He had been studying her file for hours but hadn't seen anything suspicious in it. Maybe there was more to her? Or Felicia was just paranoid as she didn't like Mila
Mila's POV I felt a hot slap land on my cheeks and my eyes widened in surprise. Did this lady just slap me? "What did you just do?" I asked, confused as to what I had done to make her slap me."That's for your foul mouth," she said, anger oozing out of her body. Before I could utter another word, she started pushing me toward the entrance door. I shrugged my body out of her hold and snapped "Leave me alone, I can go out myself," I said in anger. "Better do," she scoffed and folded her hands together.I opened the door and stepped out into the choked hallway. I could feel it was late already and it was going to be midnight in a few hours. Adrian is supposed to be on his way back to the palace by now. I walked into the garden and sat there in silence. The tears that I had been holding since she slapped me began spilling from my eyes. They made their way out, feeling as if they had been trapped in my eyes for a thousand years. I could feel them, hot and wet. I looked around in the
Amanda's POVAmanda stormed into her room in anger. Why did she have to see Mila here, of all places? She should have just vanished into thin air or gone somewhere far away. How was she supposed to achieve her aim in this pack when Mila was now the muse of Adrian? How would she get close to Adrian and get the information she needs? She needed to act fast so she couldn't be won over by Mila. She needed to get rid of Mila. And to get rid of Mila, she wouldn't go straight up to harm her, she has to make sure she does it slow and steady. She has to think of a way that Mila wouldn't suspect. A way that no one would suspect. Even if it means eliminating her, she wouldn't mind. Amanda sat down on the couch in her room and smirked slightly.*Mila's POVI stared at myself in the mirror while arranging my hair. I had left the office as it was time for Adrian to go to his scheduled meeting. I just finished taking a shower and trying to prepare for bed when I heard a slight knock at the door.
Amanda walked into Adrian's office, her face passive yet seductive. Adrian had his eyes closed as he was feeling stressed and he had another meeting in the next thirty minutes. He felt his door open but didn't bother opening his eyes."Your majesty," Amanda whispered Adrian finally opened his eyes. He stared at Amanda with tired eyes. He didn't want anyone disturbing his peace."Hello, Amanda. Do you need something?" he asked, his eyes briefly staring at the tray she held. It was obvious she brought his meal for him."I brought you lunch. You didn't come down for breakfast and lunch. I thought you might be hungry so I quickly made this for you," she explained."You didn't have to do it," he said, sighing."But I already did," she said, placing the tray in front of him.Adrian took one look at the food and smiled softly. "You can take it away. I appreciate your effort, but I don't think I want to eat," he said.Amanda frowned. "I had this made myself,'' she said "Well, that's why I
Max walked briskly toward his room. Felicia was sitting down calmly on the couch. She stood up abruptly when she sighed Max. "Did you find anything?" she asked. Max dropped the file on the table and sighed."We can't do this here. Let's go to my place," he announced."Why? But she's here and it'll be easier since Adrian gave you this room anytime you want to stay in the palace," Felicia pouted. "I know. But I think Mila must have seen her name in one of the files as I dropped it," he explained."You dropped the file?" Felicia's eyes widened in shock."She bumped into me and it dropped on the floor. She wanted to help me pick it up when her eyes must have glanced briefly at it," he said."She might have not seen it. Maybe you're paranoid," she reasoned.Max shook his head in nagation."I don't think so. The way she looked at me confused, I think she might have seen it," he answered. Felicia seemed to think for a while before sighing "I guess we don't have a choice then. We should
Mila's POV I quickly averted my gaze and closed my eyes. I felt him chuckle before his lips touched my forehead."Good morning," he said.I closed my eyes tightly and didn't respond. What would I say? Sorry for checking you out."You're asleep?" he asked I didn't respond. I felt him leave the bed but stopped midway. Where was he? I felt both his hands run down my thighs and excitement crept in. Before I could brace myself for what was coming, his tongue slid up and down my clitoris. I moaned lightly as he bit it a little."What are you doing?" I managed to speak. "Really? Now you can speak?" he asked, inserting one finger into me.I gasped as he thrust in and out slowly. "Ad... Adr...Adrian," I moaned, while my hand made its way to grab his hair."You like it?" he asked, still fingering me "Yeah," I inched toward him.He laughed lightly got up from the bed and walked toward the bathroom."What are you doing?" I called out, panic rising. "I'm going to freshen up," he said and sco