Kian's POV: I felt nothing but anguish in me. And even seeing the enemies that killed my men being tortured and killed, did very little to stop me from feeling that way. There was no other way for me to take it. A younger me would have cried his heart out at what he could only assume was Injustice, or a thing of chance and fate. I was too experienced, too mature, and too learned in matters like this to assume that it was of that sort. That a group of lowly bandits would attack my pack out of mere coincidence.I knew it wasn't. I had a perfectly clean view of who it was that was the main orchestrator. Although I had no proof on it. I knew it was nothing but a handwork of Maddox. The Coward he was; a man who wouldn't face me head on to declare what he wanted but would send letters to achieve his aim. Maddox was that kind of man. Nothing but a mad cowardly dog.William's looks at me with hid typical facial expression that appeared to make him seem to be staring at the ceiling, or
Lessia's POV "You're really going to tell me that the reason you're crying is because of a show?" I said to Kian, still unable to believe his words. "You're the big bad Alpha but yet, shows make you cry? Unbelievable.""Well, you're free to believe or disbelieve whatever you want," Kian defended himself. But I'm telling you, it was really a ceremony for our fallen heroes and it got me a bit emotional. You have no idea how many of my friends I have lost in such battles. Seeing it brought their memories back alive. "Him crying wasn't the point, but I found it hard to believe that what I heard was a ceremony and nothing more than a full fledged battle going on between two parties. I really did feel danger looming in the air, and the only thought that occurred in my head was the name Maddox. He was the only one I ever thought of when I felt danger.But Kian also seemed quite honest and convincing in his words. And since he was the Alpha, I had no choice than believe him. Although it
Lessia's POV I started fully on my supervising duties today, and it was already fun. I chose the kitchen as my first place to set out because no one I knew actually disliked food. And even if there were such people, I was sure not among of them. Apart from art work, there was nothing really I liked more than to sink my teeth into really tasty delicacies.The smell of the kitchen was enough welcoming for me when I got in. I couldn't help but ignore the formalities of the maid as the aroma sunk into my nostrils, making my head buzz from the expectations of what exactly could be cooking."Good morning, lady Lessia," I heard voices say again, a bit eager in expectation."Oh! Good morning there to you too," I said, feeling a bit shy and unused to being called a lady. There stood before me, standing and staring at my face.My senses kicked in and told me that they were waiting for orders. My first order. I felt nervous already, confused on what to say to them, my vision already spinni
Kian's POV: The elders kept muttering to themselves and staring at me in very concerning ways. The four of us sat around a table, with me being just opposite them. They hadn't said a word since the meeting started and it was now 10 minutes in. I was visibly getting annoyed. I really did not want to be there with them staring at me weirdly and saying very unintelligible words.My phone rang, but thankfully it was in silent mode. Lessia was the one calling. I smiled a bit despite the frustration I was passing through at the moment. I didn't pick the call.The elders continued with their muttering. Infact it was even more intense this time after they noticed I was focused on my phone and smiling."Okay, can we all just cut it and spit it out?" I said. "What is it did you want to tell me? Or you just called me here to gossip in each other's ears is that it?"The muttering seized for a while but a rather long moment of silence followed that was rather too long for a supposed meeting."O
Lessia's POV: Tara's face was overcome by a look of shock when I slapped the man who called her a slave.His was also shocked, but more than that, he looked embarrassed and shaken.He attempted to say a few words but couldn't help but let out nothing but breath.The maids looked at him, he stared around as if looking for something he had lost, before leaving without a word said to me; just nothing but a very nasty look that seemed to contain a lot of bad promises.As he left I could hear Tara squirm in total excitement and surprise directed towards my actions."Do you know who that man is?" She said, fidgeting with fear and awe."I know. I know. He is your Beta," I replied with total lack of excitement of any kind. "I couldn't hold myself, I despise seeing people treat others like garbage. The only thing I hate more than that is the word slave. My hand couldn't help it too. It had to move and slap some senses into his head.""Are you not scared or anything? What do you think Alpha K
Lesia’s Pov I was in the kitchen once more with Tara, absorbing through my nose the aroma that floated around the place, and also letting off my shoulders what happened that day.Tara gave me some chicken pie to eat as I talked."You mean he didn't even eat it, or even touch it? And he carried you on his shoulders back home?" Tara asked with such dramatic responses that it genuinely made me chuckle a few times, complaining that if the food I'm eating went the wrong way, I'd definitely give her a beating."He got very angry," I said seriously. "But I'm not sure of whether he ate it or not. I haven't asked. I do not intend to ask him anything unless he puts off the attitude he's been having in recent weeks.The pie I was eating, was part reason it didn't seem to upset me anymore as I talked. It was reason enough to laugh a little about the situation at hand. I stayed away until Tara chose to continue."You do know that Alpha Kian had been really stressed for sometime now due to the ev
Maddox POV Time seemed to be running out for me especially, after hearing how Kian dealt with the rogues sent by myself to their Pack-house, after he bravely came up to my den to challenge me.I hated him so much. I hated him for the very same reason he was liked, admired, and feared by people. His defiance towards enemies. People call me mad but would never attempt going to an enemy's den without a body guard or two. Those are things only a mad person could afford to do.Everything appeared to be happening too quickly. I needed Lessia here badly. I feared that sooner or later, Kian would trace the rogues who attacked his pack back to me, and with that, would come an all out war. I was not prepared for that.I stared outside my window to glance at the setting sun. Once it had gone down, the next time it would be up, would be tomorrow. I was beginning to have a choking fear of what tomorrow could be and what would come with it. Steadily, I developed a phobia for the next minutes.I
Maddox' POV Time moved slowly today as I waited in my bedroom, occasionally staring at the door, and keeping my ears peeled for the sound of a knock. Casually anticipating it like my whole day depended on it. Fay had indeed brought up an interesting idea. I did needed a Luna, the Pack needed a Luna, or at best, I needed somebody to warm my bed.Soon the much anticipated knock came, and in half a second I ordered for the person to come in, expecting it to be Fay. And i wasn't disappointed. It was Fay, but not just her, a girl too followed behind.She had dark hair, with tanned skin that almost shone like gold, due to the lighting of my room. Her eyes were bright."You came," I said, even surprised at how surprised I sounded with my voice and tone."Of course, Alpha Maddox" she said with a delightful tone. "I do as I promise."I didn't want more talk. I was impatient so I did a silent nodding gesture with my head towards the girl she came in with. She seemed to catch on to what I m
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