••NO POV••"Creak.... Thud!"The window opening and closing made Alexandra to get up and walk towards the window, while closing them, her gaze went to the distant annex.Suddenly her heart clenched, she couldn't sleep, her thoughts were a whirlwind, while her chest was heavy with restlessness.The quietness only increased her loneliness. The room, though larger and more comfortable than her previous confinement, felt nothing but a cage.The silence around her, was nothing but drowning her in suffocation making it hard to escape from herself and her thoughts.She gripped the handle of the window with a frown, "I can't stay here," whispering to herself, she walked on the cold floor even forgetting about the slippers, wrapping a shawl around her shoulders, she made her way to the door. Alexandra knew it's nothing but risky, but the urge to see him, the person she missed and longed, the one who can keep her heart at peace, the feeling is too strong to resist."I'll be back later, just s
••NO POV••"Alexa, did you sleep already?" Clara got into room with favourite cake of Alexandra, "look what I brought for you!"To her surprise, Alexandra is no where, when she checked around carefully, she just found only a note of Alexandra."Where did you go again, Alexa?" Clara frowned inwardly and rushed out of the room, she started searching everywhere for Alexandra."Are you searching for anyone?" Caleb asked Clara making her startled, "No...no, I'm not." Caleb placed his hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, I'll just help you." After a lot of hesitation, Clara said, "help me in looking for Alexa." "Where did she go again?" Caleb almost shouted, Clara closed his mouth with her hand, "What are you doing? Do you wanna wake up everyone?" Just then they heard a clearing throat, "What's happening here?" It's none other than David, Clara immediately froze, David asked, "what are you doing here, Clara?""Noth...nothing my lord," Clara stammered, David glanced at Caleb, "Say the tr
"If I'm not like that, we can't do nothing but lose her," David said while settling on the couch.Damien couldn't help but to think about the suffering Alexandra has gone through, "No matter how well they judge their acts, don't you think it's quite a disgusting way to treat a child of their own?" "Yes... Yes, we are the ones who are supposed to talk about it?" Dylan sneered sitting beside David, "After talking about aborting our own child, here we are speaking like some gentlemen about raising a child, aren't we?" David smacked on his head, while Damien frowned, "This guy and his mouth have no control at all!" Dylan rolled his eyes, and David said with a thoughtful look, "They're hiding something Damien, those sudden deaths back then, the fight for throne, chaos in Alpha council, if my guess is right, the birth of Alexa and her sister also must've happened at that time only." "What exactly are you trying to say David?" Damien sat opposite to David, while Dylan also looked curious
••NO POV••"Do you think you're a princess?" A cold sneer coming from the woods, the night was unnaturally darker than usual.Alexandra running with her bare feet bleeding throughout the run as sharp branches and harsh stones piercing her feet. She didn’t dare to care about the pain, her only focus was on survival. Behind her, the snarls and heavy howls of the wolves followed by, the sound too loud and dangerous to ignore.She is getting out of breath, heavy gasps as branches whipped her face and yanked her hair.The moonlight pierced through the dense forest, offering just enough light to show her some way to escape, but it wasn't enough to help her leave safely."Run," a voice in her mind screamed, louder than the pounding of her heart, "We can't die like this Alexa, let's run away." Alexandra cried out in fear, "Who are you? What's with this strange voice from my mind?" She dared to glance behind only to be terrified.Yellow eyes sparkling in the darkness, dozens of them. The
••NO POV••"Silly girl," Dominic sealed her lips with his, gently kissing her passionately, all her worries melted in his kiss.The intimate touch she earlier hated from three of them, but didn't hate Dominic's touch or kiss, strangely she also kissed him back, both of them kissed each other until they were out of breath.Alexandra tapped on his shoulder, as if requesting him to let go of her.Letting go of her lips, Dominic chuckled while looking at her face, "My love, you've to learn how to breathe properly during the kiss, if not you'll always run out of breath." While breathing heavily, Alexandra pouted and turned her back to him not allowing him to see her as he is teasing her.Dominic hugged her from behind, "I'm sorry, I'll not tease you again, please..." "Hmph," Alexandra's childish behaviour just amused him, kissing on her neck, he couldn't help but to remember the enjoyment he used to get while watching the fear in the eyes of people, despite locking himself in the annex,
••NO POV••"Only a fool would dare to hurt her," David said confidently, "Because the only person who is close to us is Alexa, so, they'll just try to lure her into their plan."Damien and Dylan nodded hoping for David's words to be true, because Alexandra would never betray their trust, so they don't need to worry much about it, as long as the harm doesn't reach Alexandra, they can be rest assured.On the other side, The annex was cold and silent, a secluded part of the palace that many had long forgotten, and people were even scared to go near to it.For years, it had been Dominic’s prison, though it was never officially called that.The others called it his sanctuary, but Dominic knew the truth. He hid himself, out of sight and out of mind, not because he was weak, but because he doesn't want to get others into trouble because of him, since the poison in him drives him crazy once in a while, which makes him kill people who try to approach him.And now, for the first time in years,
••ALEXANDRA POV••"Alexa, I never meant to hide it from you," he said, with a soft tone and innocent face, "Yes, I do own third floor and master bedroom but those were given to me by my parents when I was young, but I left everything, you know where I’ve been living all these years, don’t you?" His face looked droopy when he spoke further, "Now that I’m with you, I want to return to that place, am I wrong for wanting that?" "Brother, are you serious?" Dylan sighed angrily glaring at Dominic, "Why are you playing childish here? You knew that she'll take your side, isn't that why you're making us bad infront of her?"Damien joined him, "Though Lan is troublesome, atleast what he is saying holds truth Dominic, what do you mean by saying like this to Alexa if not because of your intentions to make her hate us more?" "Hate?" Dominic crossed his arms, "Rather than accusing me of making her hate you three, why don't you three remember the reason behind her hatred towards three of you?" T
••ALEXANDRA POV••"Mrs. Helen?" The butler looked surprised after hearing to that name out of a sudden.I looked confused, because from the day I entered into this palace, I've never heard about this name, if so, who is this important person for Dominic to mention as soon as he returned to the palace."That day she left the palace on her own, my Lord, from then, till today she didn't contact any of us," the butler informed politely, "Occasionally I sent Caleb to give her some money, but she never accepted it saying, she'll never touch the money sent from this palace." Oh my goodness! This much of hatred, why so?Looking at the butler, I asked hesitantly, "Mr. Butler, who is this person? Is she that powerful enough to say such things openly?" He smiled at me kindly, "Her family is so loyal to this pack for so long my lady, the men from their family serves as beta of this pack, Caleb is her grandson, while ladies of their family serves Luna and princesses of this pack, so ofcourse the
••DOMINIC POV••"I'm sure she'll be happy," I thought to myself looking at the surprise I prepared for her, the moment I stepped into my room, excitement filled through me as I looked for her, "Alexa? Where are you? Look what I brought for you!"A tiny, soft furry white kitten purred in my hands, its big blue eyes blinking up at me. I'm not that good with pets, but Alexandra loves them, so with great difficulty I found this cute baby, I'm so eager to see Alexandra’s reaction. I knew she is interested in cute and little animals, I thought this little thing might bring a smile to her face, but as I took a step forward, my entire body froze.Alexandra was lying on the floor near the door, with an unnaturally pale face, my heart nearly stopped after looking at her.Letting go of the pet, I rushed toward her, and knelt beside her, "Alexa!" My hand instantly went to her forehead.Shut!She was burning up with high temperature, her body was hot, too hot, while her breath was heavy, and her
••ALEXANDRA POV••"Alexa, please calm down," David tried to hold my hand, "Lan is wrong to talk like that, but he is too possessive, that's why he behaved like that, I'll make him apologise to you." But I pushed him away, "Who wants apologies? Did I even ask it or do you think your sorry could change anything?" The Alpha Kings stared at me in stunned silence. I could see the sparks of disbelief crossing their faces, but it didn’t stop me. I needed to say everything I had saved up in my heart for so long. "I... I just don’t know why I keep letting you all treat me like this," I whispered, my voice raw and broken. "At least when I was in my previous pack, they were honest about what they wanted from me. They used me, yes, but at least they didn’t lie to me about any freedom, or never acted as if they care about me, so it didn't hurt much, they drew my blood, they tortured me, but it wasn’t as painful as this. Not as painful as you three make me feel." A sharp pain passed through
••ALEXANDRA POV••"You'll not understand that," Florentia said with a gentle tone, "All I can say to you is, be careful, don't trust anyone, okay?" I don't know whether she is on my side or just trying to fool me, but I can't help but to nod my head.The ride home from school had been uncomfortable, as her words keep on ringing in my ears, strangely it's not Caleb but another beta, he came to pick me up today.The weight of the events of whole day has been suffocating me, maybe I should ask Clara for some coffee, but the tension had only worsened when I stepped inside the palace.The atmosphere was heavy with anger, something I knew instinctively, I could feel it, the wrath of Alpha kings' and their fury is evident on their faces, as they were waiting for me in the living room.I took a deep breath before walking inside, but as soon as my eyes met them, I realised something was wrong.Clara’s face was tense, her eyes darting nervously between me and the three brothers who stood, arms
••DOMINIC POV••"Choose you?" I sneered glancing at her body from top to bottom, "Despite you standing and dancing naked in front of us, forget about getting hardened, we don't even have the desire to look at you, for what reason we should choose someone like you?" Her pride is hurt, it can easily be seen on her expression, but covering it, she smirked, "I know you don't want to admit it," before she could touch me, Dylan reacted.In a fraction of seconds, he grabbed her wrist and threw her to the ground. She gasped, barely catching herself as she fell on the hard floor."What the hell did you do?" She shouted checking at her body, Dylan's voice was laced with venom, "The hell you deserve, no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, you will never be Alexa in our heart." Selene’s seductive facade cracked, her expression twisted into anger. "Alexa, what's so great about that bitch? She is wolfless, not talented, not even beautiful.." Before she could continue further, Davi
••DOMINIC POV••"Did you drop her safely?" I asked Caleb who returned palace after dropping Alexandra, he nodded his head, "Yes, my Lord." Since she reached school already, we have some work left to do, she had no idea what we planned to do today, it's better if she doesn't know what we are going to do.Clara stood before us, slightly shaking in fear."When Alexa comes back in the evening, make sure she doesn't step out and stay within the palace, understand?" Dylan giving her instructions.Clara nodded immediately. "Sure, my Lord." David stepped forward, with a soft smile, "We will make sure to come back before she returns from school, if we don't, take care of her for us and stay with her the entire time." Clara swallowed hard in nervousness and nodded her head again, "Sure, my Lord." I said nothing, since both of them already told her all the necessary things, I don't think I've anything to say.With that, we left. The next destination of ours is Alexandra's pack, we made sur
••NO POV••"Did she leave for real?" Florentia felt inwardly, "Did I truly overreact?" She turned around to check but there's no traces of Alexandra and she finally realised that Alexandra has left for real."I didn't mean to hurt you Alexa," Florentia clenched her fist, sighing deep inside, "I also want to tell you everything but this isn't that right time, you're not in a proper situation to protect yourself, how can I tell you the truth you're supposed to know at a time like this?" The cafeteria buzzed with chatter and laughter, but a tense silence had settled around a particular place.Celine, Florentia, and Vivan sat close together, their meals were untouched as their conversations are running toward something far more serious than idle gossip.Celine leaned in, with a soft voice, "Why did you react like that, Tia? Did you see Alexandra’s face? Poor girl! She must've felt hearing that you speak like in such a way, we already did a lot to hurt her previously, when things are fin
••ALEXANDRA POV••"What exactly happened just now? Did I manage to escape from him or did he leave by himself? I still couldn't come out of that scene from my mind.I checked around me, none were there, how come no one is near the bathroom? How did a man manage to come here all the way?Is it a mistake or is he a stalker? Am I thinking too much or is it a plan of anyone? What's happening here? I stomped my foot in anger not understanding what just happened, especially that hoodie guy, it's a voice I never heard, next thing, why did he hide his face? What does he mean by I'll remember him? Why will I remember someone like him?"Should I go and report about this incident?" I wondered, "It's okay if my report takes a positive effect, if not, what if people start gossiping about me? What if it takes turn into another way? No...no, I can't handle it! Should I let it be like this only? No, I don't think, it's a good idea either, maybe after going home, I should tell Clara or Dominic about
••ALEXANDRA POV••"That was a few days back," Florentia huffed, pulling back and dramatically flipped her golden curls over her shoulder. "Do you know how many things you missed being away from the school? Ugh! I can't wait to tell you everything, come on, you've to sit with me, then I'll tell you all the gossip." Without waiting for my response, she looped her arm through mine and dragged me along, I sighed internally but let her do it not for herself, but for myself, for some reason people are scared of Florentia, if I were to get close to her, people will try to be away from me, that's a good thing anyhow.Florentia was useful in her own way, she knew everything happening in this school, and if I was going to keep my ear to the ground like the Alpha Kings instructed, she was my best source of information. As we entered the classroom, students were scattered around, waiting for the lecturer to arrive. Some were laughing in groups, others scrolling through their books, and a few
••ALEXANDRA POV••"This dress looks beautiful on you," Dominic handed me a lavender knee length designer frock, glancing at it, I looked surprised, "Should I wear this to school?"Dominic nodded, "I specially made them customise these outfits for your school, don't you like them?" "I love them," I said being overwhelmed by his love and care, "but, don't you think it's too much to wear something like this to school?" Dominic shook his head, "No, not at all, your outfit shows from where you are going, this is Alpha kings' palace, so you've to be someone who makes our place shine with the way you exhibit yourself infront of the public." I nodded my head and went to get dressed, as soon as I came back wearing that dress, Dominic smiled immediately, "You look so beautiful, just like an angel!" I gave a peck on Dominic's lips with a smile, "Thanks!" Pulling me into his lap, Dominic smirked, "If you want to thank me, do it in a different way when we are alone in the night, in a way only