Alpha Niyol's POVThe light coming from the moon was rather dim this night, as we headed towards the bridge that Juliana had described.As I was driving there with my warriors, I wondered how exactly Chester had fallen into the river. The Chester I knew was not exactly the careless type that was unaware of his surroundings.Of course he would not be in the same place anymore. The current of the water would have taken him away to another direction and that was what we were planning to follow to find him, but the more we drove the more we found it harder to navigate the road.I was wondering how they had driven so far with their car. Was there another path to the bridge that I didn't know about?There probably was, because at a point, I realised that navigating through the bumpy road was even going to take us longer time than running.We parked, and came out of the car, immediately shifting into our wolf forms and howling at the moon, then bundled our clothes in our mouths.Of course, I
Koko's POVIt had already been 3 days since they started the search for Chester, but, there was still no trace of him. I spent those long three torturous days tossing, turning and pacing around the bed chamber.It felt so surreal, as if I was in a dream, a dream that I refused to wake up from and had melted into my reality.The Queen mother was there for me, as well as Laci, they tried to distract me with small talk and other things, but I was not really there with them, my mind was with my mate and so was my heart.Even though the time I spent with Chester was not that long, at least it wasn't long at all compared to how long my mate had spent with him, I could tell that he was a good man that meant a lot to my mate and losing him would be even more horrible and heart-wrenching than losing his right arm and the thought of that made sleep almost impossible for me.I was only able to blink my eyes a couple of times and before I knew it, it was already morning again, but somehow their s
Alpha Niyol's povOn the second night of the search, that my warriors and I had spent looking for my beta, we logged at a little motel for the night, when suddenly, Julianna, Chester's mate asked to see me.I knew the place was nothing like a palace, but there was no time to complain about comfort now when my Beta was missing.The door creaked open for her and she walked in after she knocked. She had a walk into the room with almost little or no steps. She actually took a few steps, but it was so quiet it was as if there was just a mouse walking past me.My heart was pounding against my rib cage with the way she was acting and I imagined the worst, but I really pushed those thoughts out of my mind."I'm sorry that I'm disturbing you this late in the night, your majesty.""It's not a disturbance, I'm sure if you want to talk to me at this time, it means you can't wait for the the morning to come. Then it must be important."I said to her as she stood in front of me and nodded."Yes, yo
Laci's POV"Honey, do you think we can talk?"My eyes were carried from my baby in his crib over to my mate that stood at the door of the room. I nodded."Of course, we can talk dear, but about what exactly? You sound like you have so much in your mind and I'm not surprised..."He came over to me, wrapping his hands around my waist, and then planting a kiss on my neck. I shivered a little bit, then managed to keep my composure as I spoke with him."So which one is it that you want to begin with?"I asked him, and for a while the only response he had to that was resting his chin on my shoulder and letting out heavy sighs."Laci, I don't want to be Beta of this Kingdom..."I absorbed his words as my eyes fell down to my baby again sleeping so peacefully in his crib that it melted my heart, as I thought about his questions, well it wasn't really a question but rather a statement.It had been over a week since my brother returned with the news that his beta was dead and so according to th
Koko's POVI tossed and turned on the bed and stretch my hand to touch my mate, but the bed felt empty, as usual and I forced my eyes open to see my mate standing by the window."Niyol, are you still not sleeping?"I rolled up from the bed, sitting up against my pillow, he turned to me, when I looked up at the clock, it was two o'clock, am."Don't worry about me, just go back to sleep." He said waving his hand.I pulled off the duvet from my body, tossing it to the other side of the bed, then I walked over to him.When he saw that I was coming towards him, he stretched out his arms then I walked into them and he wrapped around my waist. It had been a month now since he came back with the news that Chester was gone.Since then it had been like everything had been on a standstill, a funeral had not been held and any thought of replacing Chester as the Beta had not even been remotely mentioned.I understood why he was yet to recover from the shock. Losing a loved one was not something th
Koko's POV"Have you heard any news from Juliana since then?" I asked my mate this morning when we were having breakfast.His fingers froze, the chicken he was eating dropped on his cutlery, as he leaned on his chair carefully. He sighed."I've been sending her some messages, but she hasn't been replying to any of them. Maybe they haven't gotten to her."Something told me that was not the problem, "why didn't she just come with you back to the palace so that we can take care of her here?"I asked him and he responded with a shrug "I think I've already mentioned this before, she said this place has too many memories of Chester for her to be able to recover and I can't argue with that at all, everyday I feel emptiness in the palace walls... I wish there was a way I could bring him back..."I immediately reached out for him again before he sunk into the darkness once again, he snapped his head as if he had just woken up and was just realizing his surroundings.He held my fingers with his
Koko's POVOur jaws just almost fell to the floor when we realized that the person that we have been mourning for over a month was alive and well, standing at the doorstep with the same wide eyed expression that we were giving him.I had to rub my eyes with the back of my hand several times to make sure that what was in front of me was nothing more than an illusion, but then he just stood there staring at me as if he was trying to figure out he's fight or flight response."Chester, is this really you?" My mate asked, almost breathlessly.Then, suddenly he rushed over to him and held him tight."Man I thought you were dead, I thought I lost my best friend, I thought..."The next words he was going to say froze in his throat when he realized what he had been saying before, then he pulled away from Chester."How are you still alive?! I thought you were dead!"His head turned between Juliana and Chester and then he repeated the same action.Even though I was still shaken by shock, I knew
Koko's POVI had never really seen my mate this furious, so taken with wrath that he looked like he was boiling from the insides of his body and was ready to explode.That kind of anger was rare to find in him and I never thought that that anger would be directed at his best friend and his beta."Chester, do you know how much you have made everybody worry all this time? some of us had to sleep in the cold on some days just so that we could keep going on the journey and not distract ourselves by lodging immediately..."Chester's head fell as he was not able to say a single word in response to everything that he was being battered with, he looked like he needed a hole to crawl into and never come out of."Don't you have anything to say for yourself?" My mate fumed as he slammed his clenched fist on the table in front of him almost with enough force to send all its contents knocking down on the floor."Chester, I believe I asked you a question. Am I not going to get an answer?"If it had
Koko's POVAs I was walking down the hallway, I let out a broad smile when I saw my saving Grace's grandson coming towards us."Greetings my alpha, greetings my Luna." He smiled."I can perceive that you're happy today my Luna." He said."Who won't be happy to see their child celebrating another year in the land of the living?"I never thought this day would come, I never thought in my wildest imagination that I would have a mate, how much more a child that will celebrate five years. It was worth everything we'd do today to celebrate her."Congratulations Luna..""Thank you, what about your grandma.. have you been able to convince her yet?"After saving my mate and I the anxiety that came with the evil prophecy the wicked old woman came with, we had offered my three times saviour a place to stay in the palace on several occasions, but she kept turning them down.I even went as far as explaining to her that I didn't forget her after I got to the palace, it was just that unfortunate thi
Koko's POV"And they all lived happily ever after.." I kissed my little baby to sleep after telling her a wonderful bedtime story, her eyes were closed with a smile. I walked over to her father who was standing at the door."Isn't it crazy to imagine that one day she will be too big for bedtime stories?"He was always worried for Aurora's future, and so was I. On the day Aurora was born, there was this pit in my stomach, and I was overjoyed that I had finally seen my beautiful baby. But there was still something that trouble me and pulled at my heart, making me unable to be truly happy. Initially I thought it was because I was worried about the gender preference that existed in the Palace. But even after the heart warming conversation between my mate and I at the hospital, I was still very troubled, even though the weight had been lightened on my neck.The day my fear was confirmed was the day the party was held for Aurora to present her to the world as the princess and next alpha
Niyol's povWhen I saw my mate in labour, it was as if the world beneath my feet was shattering; and there was nothing I could do but to hold her hand firmly.Even when she screamed, when she came over and began to drag my shirt and slapped my shoulders. I knew she was not able to think straight in that condition and of course that was not something I needed to be told. so I held onto her and I whispered reassuring words in her ears.I assured her that I was there for her as I had always been and I always would.That I wasn't going anywhere, after all we had made a promise to be with each other in the good times and the bad and this was definitely one of those times and that promised came to play.Soon the screaming was over and the only sound that was head was the beautiful cry of my pup as it came into the world.After she had been washed and wrapped in a clean white cloth, I asked if it was ok for me to hold her, and a midwife said of course it was. I felt my hands trembling a litt
Koko's POV As the time came for my baby to arrive to the world, my heart was pounding more and more each and every day with excitement and anticipation, me and my mate had already picked out the cutest baby names and we had already prepared the room for the baby be it a boy or girl, it would not be wasted because we were planning to have more than one child anyways. So many people had already started bringing gifts for the pup, things that could be used for either gender. I was so excited for the day that I would finally meet my pup. It was obvious that my excitement was not mine alone, because the entire Kingdom shared it with me and I was being pampered so much that at one point, it seemed like the only thing that was left for my mate to do was to also chew my food and give it to me the way birds did for their young ones. The gifts became so much that some point, we had to create a room for them, so that they would not be crowding up the place too much. I noticed the contents in th
Koko's POV "Ready or not, here I come…" I remember once when my sister and I were playing hide and seek. It was one of my few good childhood memories, that woman wasn't around that day. I had crept deeper among the clothes in the wardrobe so that she would have a harder time finding me and it worked.. but it worked a little too well. I was entangled in the clothes like a fly that had been found in a spider's web then I began to cry and cry when suddenly the wardrobe was opened and I heard my Dad's voice. Hanola, I don't think your sister is here either…" I tried to call out for help, but my voice was only choked by my sobs and the clothes that were surrounding me. But somehow she knew, maybe that was the bond that we had as twins… a bond that was scarred after we lost our father, and that woman used lies to tear us apart. She dived into the wardrobe and pulled me out, but she got stuck along the way and Dad helped us out. I was still crying when I came out, then she held the hem of he
Niyol's povAs I was standing outside my mate's wardroom, my heart was in my throat, but that was until the doctor came from behind with her results and his face did not have a worried expression.When I opened the door, I saw my mate sitting up and her eyes met mine. I rushed off to her, and hugged her gently, even though I wanted nothing more than to crush her body against mine."Koko!" I called her as if we were a million miles apart and that was how I felt when I found out that her mother was planning to take her to that basterd.Her mother.. I thought for a moment, her body was now in a morgue. How would she react when she find out that her mother was dead?This thought continued to run through my mind as the doctor said her survival was a miracle and the baby was unharmed too."...you are quite fortunate Queen Luna, the two other people in the car with you are both…""I don't want to know.." She interrupted the doctor."Whatever became of them, I don't ever want to know especial
Niyol's POV"So is Koko's mother really leaving?"My beta and I were in my office looking through some budget plans for the palace, when he asked that question and I responded positive to it and immediately both of us sighed with relief."Finally! I thought she would never leave..""Chester, she is still my mother-in-law, don't forget that.""She might be your mother-in-law, but no offense to you, that woman has no sort of class. I'm quite surprised that she was able to raise someone like Koko, but that explains why they are not close…"I did not want to admit it to my mate, but I was more fed up of her mother than she even was, although that did not change the fact that she was still her mother and there was no way I could throw her out, even though it seemed like she was becoming more and more unbearable everyday.Whenever she came to a dining table, I was sure everything would be messed up. She would eat and drink as if that was her last day on earth, and just yesterday alone, the
Gad's POVThat old hag! My fingers were tightened up on the steering wheel.She was actually thinking she could pull a fast one on me, but fortunately for me and more for her, I was able to finally get my threats through to her, then she finally sent me a letter that made sense.I looked out the windscreen again, for the hundredth times in 5 minutes.As I was looking outside, she suddenly mind-linked me and told me to look up, when I did, I saw her raising up her blinds and my mate was standing next to her, and of course she was looking as beautiful as she always did.That old hag had also added in her letter that my mate was forced to carry the bastard of that idiot that stole her from me.Well the moment she came back home, I would have that rotten thing flushed out of her system so she would carry my pup as she should have in the first place."What are you waiting for? Come here with her right now.." I ordered the old hag, my hands were now so tight on the steering wheel that they
Koko's POV."My sister?"I got to the dining room this morning and I could feel how tensed the air was as I was walking in, I saw both my mate and his sister, they seemed to be having a very heated conversation, but that was not until I walked in.They both looked at me; my mate kept his eyes on me longer until I sat on my seat."I'm sorry, but is there something on my face?" I had to ask him after a while, because the staring was becoming a little too discomforting to me."Koko…"He called me, as he placed the fork and knife that he was using to battle with a juicy steak earlier on a serviette lying on the glass dinning table."Your mother told me about how your discussion went yesterday,""Oh! she did?" I asked, cocking up an eyebrow."I'm sure she did…" I replied my own question, knowing how twisted that woman could be."I can't compel you to forgive her, but I wish you can see how hard she is trying to just show you that she is sorry for everything.."It took every single fiber of