Chapter 4

Ayla looked around the room,she had been trying to get some sleep but she couldn’t, she had been thinking about the Prime Alpha and how he had been watching her from the corner,apart from the fact that he was the prime Alpha,his eyes alone made her feel uneasy.

At least she would be leaving the Lunar Sactum soon,and she would not encounter the Alpha again for a long time but if the Alpha king  and Thorne are the same person then does that mean she would not see Thorne again?

Looking at the bed where her younger sister was sleeping peacefully,she slipped out of the door, whether Thorne is the Alpha king or not she wanted to see him again but she didn’t know how she would find him.

She turned towards the wood where she had met him earlier,but as she was about to step inside she felt her chest tighten,she found it hard to breath–she began to gasp for breath, she fell on the floor clutching her chest and she heard the snicker then she turned…The Alpha king was standing at a distance his grey eyes boring into her soul

“Now,what would you be doing here”he asked but she was still in too much pain to answer

“I knew someone had been going into my woods prying but I didn’t expect it to be the little wolf without claws…or the wolfless girl at that” He said as he walked towards her

Ayla didn’t know how to address him, maybe your highness or your Alpha, her curiosity had gotten her in trouble.

“I Just wanted to see it for a bit…to just look,I have heard that it is very pretty to look at during the blue moon and I wanted to see it myself”Ayla said her voice wavering 

“Ohh..” He said scrutinizing her 

“Do not bother your highness,I would be on my way.” Ayla sabi as she hurried back to her room but the Alpha king only grunted in response.

The main thing on his mind was why the wolfless girl was out during the witching hour and why she had been affected by the barrier that was only meant to affect witches,he would have to keep a close eye on her.

Ayla trembled as she walked back to her room. She wanted to run, but she could still feel his keys behind her, how arrogant of him… He called the wood his wood.

“Wait, walk with me, you want to go to the woods, right? walk with me to the woods then.”

Ayla froze,she knew she couldn’t tell him that she didn’t want to walk with him to the woods…that would be unreasonable,rejecting the Alpha king’s offer and she walked towards him.

And they stepped into the woods,the Alpha king took a different parts from the one she and Kael had taken earlier,she took note of her surroundings in silence l as she walked side by side with him

"What pack are you from and which family?”he asked

“Alpha Dane’s pack and I am from Sorin’s family ”Ayla said replied softly 

“Sorin’s family” The Alpha king paused as if to think about the name “It doesn’t ring a bell”

Ayla almost snorted out loud how would her family name ring a bell to the Alpha king and he stopped,abruptly turning towards her 

“What are you hiding?”

“H-hiding like how,your highness…I do not understand”

“I said,what are you hiding,I can’t feel your wolf,I can’t pick up your scents,the Alpha subdue is not working on you,I can’t also feel any wave of your life force,it is like you are here but not also here”by the time the Alpha king was done talking he had backed her to a tree and he was directly in her face.

Ayla trembled tears gathered in her eyes before she could even gather words to reply she felt like she was falling from the tallest tree and when she opened her eyes she was in her bed like she never left,she couldn’t hold it in any longer,tears began to run down her face,she was sobbing profusely and hiccuping at the same time,she felt like she was going crazy first the stranger in the woods now the Alpha king.

She looked around for any kind of evidence that she had left this room this night,nothing–the boot she had worn was not even damp.

She looked at her younger sister’s side,she tried to calm herself down so she wouldn't wake her up. How would she explain to Elena that she was crying because she didn’t know the difference between real life and dream.

Somewhere in the woods,a pair of gray eyes was staring at her from the pitch of water in front of them, Ayla hadn’t been dreaming,it had been real but she can't know it was real,it would Jeopardize the plans set in motion for centuries with a wave of his hands,the water rippled showing no reflection of Ayla after setting and the gray eyed stranger pulled down his mask and it was the Aloha king with a smirk on his face,he looked up to the sky

“Little witch, would you lie that you are from Sorin’s family or you didn’t lie that you were lied to” he chuckled softly.