Lesia Nika Shaw:"You missed a spot, rat!" A slipper hit my back, making me wince in pain. I immediately turned to find Olene glaring at me. Her disgusting stare made me want to claw at her face, scratching that unfit expression off her face because if there was anyone more deserving to wear such an expression, it was I.Timea laughed out, her eyes gliding down my frame in feigned pity. She returned to the meal in front of her carefully taking a spoon from the sauce I had prepared, biting onto the chicken that I grilled, yet had no share of."Mother, you're too hard on her." She said and I'd rather fall off a train than believe she actually meant her words.Olene turned to face her meal, pointing her finger at a spot when I could swear that she had just flung food at so I could suffer even more."Clean it." She ordered.Timea shot me a mocking gaze before rolling her eyes at my clenched fists because she knew that I couldn't do anything about it. I wasn't that strong and neither was
"Wake up, you bitch!"I was awakened by cold water splashing on my unprepared body. I carefully sat up, wincing at the pain that zapped through me from my right leg up to my right shoulder.I could barely move and upon glancing around, realised that I had slept on the floor. Apparently, I had passed out last night while Greg was beating me. It wasn't the first time he had hit me but there was something about last night's beating that had me shaking to my bones.I managed to get to my feet, wincing at the pain I was in. Olene looked at me, simply relishing my situation so much. "Get dressed, we're leaving now." She simply spat out, leaving at once.I couldn't even ask anything, I was too bruised and my head was hurting. I just quietly slipped away, trudging down the staircase. I opened my door, catching sight of a daily moderate black gown sitting on the bed with a note that clearly said, "wear it."I picked up the gown and headed to the bathroom to get changed, all the while angry at
Maddox Ares Slater:It has been a week since I had last seen the woman that had managed to captivate me. Her round, baby face that held naturally chubby cheeks tormented my nights.Those lovely hazel orbs of hers that held a grey outline, small button nose and pulmp rosy lips. Soft black hair that fell over her back, encasing her face. She was petite and strikingly beautiful.Her tiny hands that were soft to touch and fragile aura. She reeked of innocence and one look at her eyes, one wouldn't want to look away. Despite the black gown she was wearing I could still see how endowed she was. She had a moderate bust size and her ass looked perfect enough from what I could observe.Her smell of Honey mixed with vanilla invaded my nose, making my eyes darken. The more I looked at her, the more she stole my attention. I knew rejecting one's given mate was an insult to the moon-goddess but all that could have been avoided if she had given me a more powerful mate.I had perceived her, her aura
Lesia Nika Shaw:It's been one week since Maddox had turned me into his personal sex toy and it irked me how easily he commanded my body. Despite my immense hatred for him, I still found myself screaming his name like my life depended on it, with my back arched while he brought me serving after serving of orgasmic pleasure.I remembered the first night he called me to his room. He had a dark gaze that made me worry as well as excited me. There was something about him that made me want to run as fast as I could, perhaps then I'd escape his seductive aura.I felt disgusted at myself for giving in to his seduction, daring to get aroused against my will when he had me locked up for a week without food nor water. He had me chained by my ankle, the silver burning my skin. He treated me like a criminal when all I did wrong was turn out to be his mate.He had made me pick one from the strange looking objects lined on the bed and I knew I had no choice but to obey. I didn't want to go back to
Kian Ceaser Black:I sat on the floor with my legs folded, my eyes pulled shut as I listened to the water flow down the river. The musty, earth odor along with the chirping of the birds and mild ruffle of shrubs, had me taking deep breaths.I could feel my body relaxing, my stress easing with each breath I took. I opened my eyes, threading my hand through my hair. The last couple of weeks had been rough for me, promising to drive me to the brink of insanity if I remained in that environment for one second more.I couldn't remember the last time I properly slept, nor the last time I actually took a break and did something for myself. It was always pack affairs and council meetings and honestly, a meeting where the majority were idiots, was mentally draining.The Lycan king was becoming very persistent in trying to form an alliance with my pack and I wanted none of that. My pack was famous for its brute strength and rapid healing capacity. Not only that, we owned the best part of the la
Kian's POV The woods, particularly at night, have never been a safe haven, especially for low ranking wolves.When rogues capture high ranking wolves roaming the woods at night, they often kidnap them and demand for a ransom, in exchange for their release. However, if they come in contact with omegas and the other low ranking wolves, they prey on them, and eventually kill them.I fixed my gaze on the lady that was before me, it was obvious she wasn’t a high ranking wolf, but she didn’t seem like an omega either. She looked worse.Who could she possibly be? I pondered.Her body laid at rest on the bed as I inspected every inch of it that my view was able to fall upon. She was hurt. Really hurt. Even as an observer, I was able to sense her wrenching from pain, although she slept.I took in a deep breath as I called out to the maid. It took only mere seconds before she came falling at my feet in reverence."Treat her. Tend to her wounds. Make sure she's well by sunrise. The pack do
Maddox POV: They stood before me, the four of them with their heads dangled below in shame, including Fay. Especially Fay. I had them strip their clothes off, wearing nothing but their underwear.The room and their bodies were illuminated in red light, sent flickering by a dancing flame sitting upon fire wood in the heart of the chimney.I was angry of course. Armed with a whip which I used to flog every damn foolishness off their bodies, It cracked the air as it lashed on their flesh. My anger burned me even more than it did to them. Some wailed and cried from the pain, the others groaned a little. Fay didn't make a sound. She was the only one not to do so, which annoyed me even more than I am vexed in the first place.I walked up to her slowly, glaring at her eyes. She didn't look aside, neither did she show any fear. She had always been my favorite for her boldness. Although her boldness and her being my favorite underling, were more reasons that she was being punished this t
Kian’s Pov "She belongs to Maddox."William's words were still fresh in my head, replaying every now and then, spinning my thoughts around in a multitude of ways, in multiple directions.Maddox and I have maintained a coexisting relationship for years. I don’t meddle in his affairs, he doesn’t meddle in mine either. However, his claim to Lessie has put a halt to the many years of ceasefire we’ve had.Williams equally told me that Maddox invited me for a meeting concerning the girl whose name I have found out, is Lessia.“Do you need to go? Why don’t you just send her back to him and forget she ever existed. She is a nobody after all.” Williams had suggested, but it was more like a warning. He didn’t want me to break the truce because of some slave girl.It was true that Maddox and I go a long way back, our families as well, and it was a rather troublesome past. But for this reason, I had to meet him. We had successfully stayed out of each other's tracks for years because of how grue
Lessia's POVFive Years Later… “Mummy, we’re waiting, hurry up!” I heard Raphael call out to me.“I’ll be down in a minute.” I yelled back, as I tried to apply the finishing touches to my make up.It was the boys birthday, Raphael had been overly excited about it. He asked for so many things for his birthday, he was looking forward to seeing his wishes being granted.Leo on the other hand, didn’t say much about what he wanted his birthday, well asides from reminding us that he hated chocolate cakes and wouldn’t attend the party if he sees any present. So I made a mental note to not add chocolates to the list of desserts.Kian and I planned the whole celebration by ourselves. After Williams betrayal, five years ago, we still found it difficult to trust people. We made good friendships with some of the parents of our children friends, but it was centered on the kids. We still kept our healthy boundaries.After I gave birth to the twins, Kian became even more overprotective. He didn’t
Lessia's POV: The room was growing darker, as it seemed that light was sipping away in every second as I pushed. I could feel every bit of energy I had in me slipping away.I struggled to steady by breaths, but I kept panting, even though the nurses assured me everything would be fine, I was still afraid for my child and myself.“Arghhh!” I screamed loudly as I felt another sharp pain.“Luna, just hold on tight, you’d be fine, you know your babies are two, so this will take a while, I need you to be strong for them.” The doctor said encouraging me, but her words could only do so little for me.“Arghhhh!” I screamed again. “I don’t think I can do this, I can’t anymore, please make it stop.” I yelled once more as the tears began to stream down my eyes.I had never felt this kind of pain before, it was so unbearable, like there was a machine inside of me constantly squeezing my insides. I want it to stop so bad.“Luna, I’m going to change your position, okay? The nurse will hold you an
Lessia's POV As I walked out of the building, the feeling of fulfillment and satisfaction engulfed my being. I could smell the disdainful surprise on that saucy receptionist as I walked past him. I could tell he did not expect to see me beautifully dressed in the level of confidence I waxed in as I left. It was so obvious he expected to see a broken and downcast woman different from the one that had walked in just moments earlier. That only heightened my pride and the self fulfillment I was already acquainted with.I knew they were all shocked to see me representing kian, because according to their Logic, women shouldn’t be involved in politics. However, I had learnt so much from Kian in so little time.The fact that he didn’t turn me down whenever I asked him about politics made me happy and important. When I was still with Maddox, he often treated me like it was a crime to have knowledge of politics. Whenever he was handling a matter and I wanted to be involved, he would tell me h
Lessia's POV: There I was at the so called Alpha Cabinet once more. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep the thoughts of what they tried to do to me and Kian before, out of my head. The walls of the building steadily resounded the voices, words and fingers of suspicion and accusations they pointed at us that day.I could still remember their faces in the blurry edge of my mind. I could still remember everything.But I was prepared that whatever I was going to be thrown at, I would be sure to defend myself in anyway and give it back to them in full force."Hello, I have an appointment with the Cabinet, I am to meet them in the chamber room" I said to the receptionist that mounted the entrance.There had been a change in location due to an incident that happened recently, so I wanted to be sure I was in the right place.Honestly, I preferred the new location, as it was closer to Kian’s pack. That way I felt safer, even though no where was 100% safe.I noticed the receptionist w
Lessia’s Pov Seeing Kian’s unconscious body lying on the floor filled me with so much adrenaline that I didn’t know when I stood up and started screaming for help.Kian’s body was lying besides Williams body, which gave me a nostalgic feeling once more, about how hospitals reek of the smell of blood and death.“Help, somebody please help us!” I screamed again, my voice echoing in the room. Soon, some nurses came running into the room. “Please the Alpha has been shot, I need you to help him immediately,” I yelled.They came back with a stretcher to take Kian, while I followed behind, until we got to a room where he was being attended to.“Luna, you have to wait here, while we attend to him.” A nurse said. I wanted to insist on going into the room with him, but that would only delay his treatment. So I sat patiently and let them do their jobs.While I was waiting for Kian, some of the pack soldiers arrived. The hospital must have alerted them, I thought.The leader approached me with
Kian’s Pov The confrontation with Williams continued. I couldn’t believe he had been the one responsible for all our misfortunes. I was shocked, to say the least, that all these while I had been so gullible to trust the enemy.It all made sense now, why he never trusted Lessia, how easy it was for Maddox to get into my pack to kidnap Lessia. He was the one who poisoned her and told Sonia about my allergies, so she could kill me as well. If they had succeeded, Lessia would have been helpless, I’m sure he would have sent her back to Maddox, to continue to be his sex slave.“You are beyond delusional, Williams, why would you think I would never fall in love and have my own family? Why would you think I would never find my own mate?”He looked at me in a standoffish manner, and soon burst into a fit of laughter.“Can you hear yourself, Kian? Before Lessia, how many people looked your way, huh? How many women actually there themselves at you? No one, Kian. No one. And you know why?” He c
Kian's POV “You can’t possibly me sure that Williams is the one responsible for your misfortunes.” Jason suggested, but I knew he was only playing kind games.“Tell me, you bastard. Did you make this all up just to distract me from the truth? Did you?” I questioned, baring my fangs into his skin, as blood slowly oozed out.“Why would I make this up, Kian? Of what benefit would it be to me? Besides I didn’t tell you it was Williams, you figured that yourself. Which is a huge breakthrough for you, as you’ve failed to do in the past years.”Jason’s words pricked me. All these while, I had been living with the enemy, eating and drinking with the enemy, telling all of my problems to the enemy.How naive could I be? How ignorant could I be? I chided myself. No wonder Maddox thought me to be a fool, he had been communicating with my Beta all along, right under my nose. That was why he was able to reach Lessia and even Kidnap her.Williams and Lessia. These were the only words that appeared
Kian's POV: Where I intended to begin my investigations was none other than Maddox's Pack house, which was now mine by virtue of conquering and Annexation. I knew that if there ever were a secret agent amongst us, that person would be in affiliations with Maddox.I had some friends in the packs close to his, so I sought for their help. Although, Maddox was a man of many secrets, I was hopeful we would find out something, he surely didn’t take them to his grave.I began to doubt Maddox’s death. We were informed he was dead, but no one ever saw his body, no one was invited to his funeral. Was he even buried? I had no idea. My friends didn’t as well.However, if he were alive, he wouldn’t be working alone. Even if he succeeded in infiltrating my pack, which I knew there was no way that would be the case. Someone had to have been feeding Maddox information, and there was no way it could have been Lessia. That was a main reason I couldn't take William's words as law. He was right for me
Kian's POV: I couldn't count the number of times Williams had told me not to worry on that day.How could one be so relaxed after finding out their mate was poisoned and almost lost their children in the process? Only a man like Williams would suggest that to you.Sometimes I wondered if this man felt things that normal people did. Because there was no way someone who had feelings would say that to me.“Are you saying this because you still don’t like Lessia?” I questioned him as he voiced my gaze.“I have nothing against the Luna, Kian. She’s your mate and the mother of the future heirs to the pack. What could I possibly have against her?”There was sincerity in his words. He had no reason to still dislike Lessia, maybe I was the one reading meaning I shouldn’t to his advice. I had always know Williams to be like that, so there was no need expecting him to be different when it came to Lessia.“You don’t understand, Williams. Someone is out to kill Lessia. First, she was being follo