"Oh my! What a surprise, greetings my Alpha…"
A woman that looked to be in her human life; early forties offered greetings to Liam. She was totally taken aback by Liam's surprise visit at first and did barely enough to hide her surprise.
Liam sized her up, slim with pale skin and deep red lipsticks that shone a little above brightly. Extreme. Curly short pale hair that matched her skin.
Liam thought she looked a bit creepy but quickly waved it off as he remembered he came for something and couldn't afford to lose track of himself.
"Maggie right?" Liam asked, fixing his gaze directly at her.
"You remember Ms James, don't you?" Liam asked, go
"Alpha Liam…" Helen stuttered inaudibly as she sighted Liam coming towards her in giant steps and long strides. She smelled danger with the way Liam's facial expression held so much anger in it and the dangerous smoke his footsteps released as he walked towards her. He didn't look friendly at all.Liam got to her front and stood there menacingly.His eyes stared daggers and knives at Helen and when he opened his mouth to speak, his words came out with so much venom and burning fire, enough to burn Helen's skin."Did you really believe that Lily killed her mother or did you intentionally lie to me? You had always known you had a mate but lied to me to keep Lily from me? Answer me!" Liam barked at Helen who was already beginning to quiver in fear.
LIAM'S POVI stared out of the window. The warm sensational summer breeze whipping my face, although nice and wonderful, couldn't help my languishing state. I felt so miserable and disheartened after my full discovery.My Alpha wolf felt the most miserable and hurt. Never felt my Alpha aura gone that low and filled with sadness. I guess my regrets ate deep into my wolf form causing my entire form to be covered in abject regret.Truly, Mara and Maggie had killed Lily's mother that night. I fixed the puzzles even before they confessed behind closed doors. I had them arrested and kept in the dungeon and yes they confessed to it all and shamefully asked that they be forgiven. Maybe I would have considered that if I only hadn't made my mate go through so much in my hands. I felt a painful sensation that tightened my chest each time I thought about the whole time I had Lily flogged, thrown in the dungeon and starve
Seeing Lily standing before me got me so tongue tied and I felt my whole body so jittery that I couldn't move neither further nor backwards."Ehem!" She cleared her throat to get my attention after what seemed like forever of silence and a bit of awkwardness that hovered around us.I stared at her for a while."So?" She started off letting her body lean gently on the door handle."Oh, come in…" She said and started to head in while she left the door ajar for me to get in. I shifted my clothes collar as I followed her in quietly. I felt like my tie was suddenly choking me. Phew! Like I hadn't worn it for long and felt totally okay but suddenly, I was feeling tense and sort of light-head
LILY'S POVI had never felt so much pain rope my heart, not even close to what I felt being hurt by my mate like the way I got tangled in pain the moment Alpha Liam revealed those responsible for my mother's death.Not when Liam imprisoned me, not when he publicly rejected me and not when I was nearly killed by a rogue had I felt such excruciating tightening pain in my heart before, ever! Maggie and Mara had pierced my heart with a sharp sword and never would I forgive them.My wolf was hurt too, she had whimpered in pain the whole time and nearly got out of its cage if not for Danny stopping me. I feared what she would have done if Danny hadn't stepped in.I definitely wouldn't have blamed h
Minutes after Liam had left the castle, Lily and Danny prepared to go see Maggie and Mara.Danny noticed how low Lily appeared, then he tried to lift her mood."For someone that defeated the great Noah, this should have not a single push on her, don't you think?" Danny asked, wiping his wet hands with the kitchen towel.Lily lifted her eyes at him and dropped it again without saying a word.Danny sighed seeing that his plan failed and he knew nothing much would likely change even if he went on trying to make a silly joke as Lily was totally down."It's okay if you don't want to see them…"
Danny watched Lily sob quietly at a corner. She curled her body into a foetal position very close to the wall, her head covered with her shaking hands as she trembled with sobs.The throbbing veins that had appeared in her neck had fortunately gone in. For a moment back there, Danny thought Lily would transform and act rashly. She was near shape shifting; her fangs were shot out already and her claws sprouted out dangerously. It was only a matter of time before she had run off and surely would have done something horrible. Her mood was nasty enough to make such happen.Now he wasn't too worried that she was shape shifting out of anger. He knew how dangerous that could be.Her sobs filled the surrounding even as quiet as she made them be. Danny heard it all. Soon th
LILY'S POVOnce we got to Liam's house, he brought me down from his shoulders to my feet. He pushed the door open after a few waves in response to the greetings from his guards."Serena!" He called out as soon as we got into the house.Soon a girl looking to be in her early twenties walked in."Yes, my Alpha,"she bowed in greeting. I sized her up. One of the maids, I guess, wasn't showing that much in her appearance. Maybe her calm countenance gave her out although she looked pretty cool to me."Show her to her room and make her something to eat,"Liam ordered her.
LILY'S POVThe bed creaked under me. I stared at the beautiful linen bed sheets that covered the bed and wondered if I had a lot of weight to make the bed go creaking. Lemonade...lemon, yes, the room smelt like lemonade. I like lemonade but I hate that I was here.I had finished eating, then I lay on my bed in thoughts. Faint sounds came from outside. I couldn't hear much and was too annoyed to go see things myself. I figured out it had to be Liam and anyone of his subjects having an argument or something.I couldn't sleep no matter how much I forced my eyes shut or tried to shut out different thoughts from lingering in my head. I sighed and opened my eyes. I tried to observe the room I was kept in. A big room, and colourful too. Had two windows with curtains dra