Chapter 16

 ONYX'S POV:

    We're just driving into the gate when we see a lady being pulled towards the palace gates by the guards. Hazel also cranes her neck to see who it is but she says nothing.

    I recognized her immediately. "Selah?" Then I tap the driver. "Stop driving! Park immediately!"

    Wounding my glass down, I see that she's really angry and I just hope it's not my mother's command. I'll be livid with them. 

    "Onyx!" She calls out loudly. "Look what your mother made these retards do to me!"

    The driver finally halts and I quickly step down from the car. 

        "Selah, why are you here?" I ask as soon as I get to where Selah is, standing with the guards still holding her arms tightly. "Let her go," command and immediately, she is released.

    Selah moves away from them and rushes towards me to hold my arm. 

    "Why are you here?" I ask again.

    "Firstly, I find it offensive that you would ask me why I am here. Secondly, I came here to talk to you about something,"

    "What might that be?" I ask, looking back at the car to see that Hazel already stepped down and went into the palace. 

    "We can not talk about it in the presence of these people," She replies and looks at my guards with disdain. Selah had never really liked anyone apart from me and my sister.

    "Alright, then. My study it is,"

    As we both walk into the palace, she holds my hand like she's my Luna and honestly, it's starting to feel strange right now. I notice that my subjects are looking at us both in wonder and it feels quite awkward. But trust Selah not to care. 

    "Your mother might be waiting for me to send me back. Remember you're the Alpha and no one can tell you what to do, even your mother,"

    "Don't speak about my mother in that manner,"

    "Why? She hates me. She hates anything relating to me and she reminds me all the damn time. How am I not going to speak about her in that manner?"

    "She's my mother, Selah. You can talk about her to yourself or someone else but don't repeat it to me,"

    Selah suddenly stops walking. She slips her hand away and when I turn to see her, she's standing defiantly with her arms folded. 

    "Can we go to my study?" I say in a tired tone. "I don't have the strength for your dramatics today. Let's just go and talk in my study,"

    Then I turn to walk away, not minding if she's following me or not but when I get to my study and open it, she's behind me. I lock the door and watch her go to take a seat on my swivel chair. She places her booted foot on the desk. 

    "What is it you want to talk about, Selah?" I ask while moving to her. Her gown rides up and I use this opportunity to grab her legs while rubbing it in slow motion and slipping my hands under her gown. 

    "What's going on?" She asks.

    I raise my brows in confusion. "What's happening? I don't get what you're saying."

    "We don't talk like we used to, you don't even touch me that much before you move to fucking me like you want me out of your room. Back in the days, we used to make love but all we do now is have sex. And you're always asking me questions like I am not wanted here. You're making me feel unwanted."

    I am honestly confused about what she's saying but I know what to tell her to stop talking about this. "You know that's not true. You're just overthinking everything."

    Selah snatches her leg from my hand and throws it to the floor. "That's not true! You are always in a hurry with me. You're starting to grow a soft spot for that woman, aren't you?!"

    "You're saying things that aren't true. You know how much I hate and detest Hazel."

    "Oh, you now call her by her name?" Selah says and stands to her feet. Her eyes are blazing and she's really angry. "What's going to be next? Apologize to her and discard me out of your life?"

    Sighing, I walk close to her and pull her to me. She struggles to be free from my hold to no avail. 

    My voice reduces to a whisper. "Selah, nothing has changed. I am now the Alpha of the Blue moon pack, you know? I have much more responsibilities than when I was just the heir apparent and I don't have so much tone anymore. Try and understand where I am coming from. Nothing has changed."

    "But you took Hazel out on a date, didn't you? Why are you lying to me?" Selah says and bursts into tears. 

    I frown in confusion. "Did my mother tell you that?"

    "Some maid said the same thing. She also talked about me being irrelevant in the future as you would discard me. Do you know how it made me feel?!" Selah cried out. 

    "I'll speak to my mother and tell her to stay out of our business," I assure her. "And who's the maid who told you that? Can you recognize her face?"

    Selah nods. "Yes, I can. She served us food one time in the dining room."

    "While leaving, we'd go to the kitchen and you'd point her out. She'll learn her lesson the hard way."

    

    

    HAZEL'S POV:

    

    I felt my heart wrench the moment Onyx and Selah walked into the Palace salon holding their hands. They both take a seat on the settee while laughing. 

    I had come here to have peace of mind but they were here now and I don't think I can take it. Rising to my feet, I make my way towards the exit. 

    "And where is she headed to?"

    I can recognize her voice anywhere. I mean, why would it be hard to recognize the voice of the woman who has done nothing but torment me? 

    Turning, I look straight into her eyes without fear. "For someone you hate so much, you put your nose a lot in my business,"

    Selah sighs and stands to her feet. "The only reason I do that is because you're with Onyx and he belongs to me. I'd always be in your business. You might wake up one day and decide to poison him,"

    I chuckle. "If I could do it, I would have done it a long time ago.."

    Onyx frowns and Selah bursts Into laughter and turns to look at Onyx. 

    "I told you she's after your life. I told you to be careful, didn't I? Can you hear what she's saying?"

    My heart skips a bit as I wonder how he's going to react but he just sits there, watching with a dirty smile on his face. A smile of revenge and I know my punishment would come together whenever he deems so. 

    "Leave her be, Selah. She's not worth the stress or your time. Come back to me."

    Huffing, I leave her standing there. The next place I decide to go to I'd the garden. That's where I get peace of mind apart from my room. 

    There's a stone seat under an oak tree which I usually spend the moments of my day, daydreaming and thinking about my life without Onyx with it. 

    Seems fair enough.

    Taking a seat, I remember that I haven't seen him in weeks. I have missed him but Onyx doesn't even let him visit me. I always feel like I am in a prison. 

    Sighing, I lean back against the stone chair and close my eyes, soaking in the sun. 

    "You're always here," I hear a male voice and my eyes fly open as I jump to my feet. 

    When I see it's Earl, my hand goes to my chest and I sigh in relief. "You scared me!"

    Earls laughs and takes a seat while I join him. "I'm sorry. It wasn't in my intentions to actually scare you,"

    "I understand. How have you been?" I ask. 

    "Good as you can see," Earl says and spreads his arm wife. "I heard that you went to the meeting with Onyx."

    I nod. "Yes, I did,"

    "Then why are you back by this time?"

    "Well, something happened and Onyx decided that it was time for us to leave,"

    Earl looks at my dress for the first time. "How many minutes ago did yuh guys return?"

    "Twenty?"

    "Don't tell me you went there with this dress?" Earl says in an angry tone. "Don't tell me Onyx made you wear this."

    "I don't have nice dresses and this was the nicest I could find in my closet,"

    "Onyx could have gotten you a nice dress. Fucking hell! What went down back there?"

    Smiling, I lower my head and begin to fiddle with my dress. "A lot actually happened but I would not want to talk about it now. It's in the past and I want to move on from it."