Chapter two
Ciara's POV
The faint rays of sunlight hit my face and I opened my eyes gently. My eyes were still blurry as I sat up. This most definitely wasn't my room. Where was I?
I couldn’t remember coming to this place yesterday night, in fact, I couldn't remember much of anything except those scary men that had tried to force themselves on me. I deeply wished it wasn't the men I remembered walking in on that brought me here. What happened?
“Let go of her..”
I remembered something just then!
The stranger that had walked into the room while I had been struggling to run away. Did he save me? Was this his house? His bed?
I immediately pulled the blankets up to check myself and a cry of alarm left me as I realized I was naked. I had a one night stand with a stranger! What have I done?
"Looks like you're finally awake."
That same voice from last night said and I looked forward. My breath caught as I saw the same man from last night standing there in his robe with his rock-hard chest peeking out through the opening of his bathrobe.I got lost for a moment staring at him but his cough pulled me back.
“See something you like?”
I blushed and looked away which made him chuckle. I didn’t look back to him until the bed dipped and he aws suddenly sitting so close to me, attacking my nostrils with the sweet smell of his shampoo.Focus Clara!
“Why am I here? This isn’t my room.”
"You don't remember?" he asked as he reached for the glass of water on the nightstand and handed it to me. I hesitated for a bit knowing better than to make the same mistake twice. “I promise you I didn’t put anything in it. It’s just water.”
"Remember what?" I asked instead, ignoring him and his water.
He sighed and downed it all at once, some of the liquid trickling down his chin and disappearing into his robe. I followed the trail shamelessly until it got lost in his robe. Looking up, I found him staring at me, an amused look on his face.
"The way you begged me to have you ast night because you were edgy?”
“What?”
He chuckled again at my shocked expression and shrugged. “You were drugged last night and your body was craving for sex badly. You jumped me and-”
He didn’t finish but I didn’t need him to. I buried my face in my palm as I remembered how I shamelessly begged him to ravage me.
“You took advantage of me.” I accused him and he scoffed.
“You asked for it and I gave you what you wanted. It had been a while for me too, so sorry if I was too rough.”
I blushed and frowned wondering why I couldn’t remember our time together. Was that a side effect of the drug?
"I should have just left you back with the men…"
"Then why did you bring me in in the first place? " I snapped at him and he just stared at me with a blank expression.
I jumped off the bed ignoring the burning sensation in my thighs and picked up my clothes. I didn't tell grandfather I was going to spend the night out and his wife would definitely make my ears bleed with her screams.
"Where do you think you're going?" He asked but I just ignored him. Hopefully, I will never see him again and this embarrassment will pass.
I couldn’t believe Lucas had actually stood me up and somehow drugged me. I had slept with a total stranger and I didn’t even remember anything.
Angry tears rolled down my cheeks as the elevator door dinged open and I rushed out of the hotel building. I hailed a taxi that drove off immediately I got in and I leaned back in the seat, letting the tears fall.Lucas had been my best friend, I couldn't believe he would do this to me at all. Wasn't the break up enough? Did he have to set me up to be raped by dozen guys? At least I got saved from that but I slept with a total stranger.
The tears continued to roll down my cheeks and I didn't know when we got home.The driver looked at me sympathetically but didn’t say anything more for which I was grateful.
"Here we are ma'am. The Heartfield estate."I wiped my tears hurriedly and paid the driver before walking towards the entrance. When the guards saw me, they immediately let me in and soon my personal driver arrived to pick me up. I might be an Omega but I lived a pretty decent life.
The Heartfield estate was one of the biggest in the pack, owned by my grandfather who was a very wealthy man. But despite his wealth and influence, he couldn't even get me the man I wanted.
I have always been his favorite grandchild but sadly, money can’t get me everything. I stepped out of the car and the maids immediately rushed towards me to lead me in.
"Ms Ciara, old master Heartfield has been asking for you since last night. You should visit him." My personal maid, Lydia informed me and I just nodded walking into the house. I met my grandmother in the living room and immediately all the blood drained from my face. I had been hoping I would at least get some moments to myself before I had to endure her nagging.
"Where have you been since last night Ciara? Not picking my calls?" My grandfather’s wife, Madam Grace asked, a frown on her face.
"I'm sorry grandmother. I had no reception where I was and I had to sleep out with Lucas." I replied with my head bowed. "Good morning grandfather."
"Good morning lavender. Get a morning bath and come down to eat breakfast." were the only words Grandfather said and tears filed my eyes again.
Just as I turned to leave my grandmother’s words stopped me in my tracks.
"Heartfield, we don't have a choice. She would be the one to marry Alpha Orion since Sophia decided to elope with James.”
Epilogue Six years later Ciara's POV "Ana, give me back my toy," Orion yelled at his sister as they ran around the living room, messing up the already-arranged space I had taken pains to put in order earlier today while they were sleeping. That was the only time I got to do anything; when they snoozed peacefully in their cots. I loved my kids, all six of them but the little ones could be a handful. Thankfully, I had help from their siblings, Lacey, Mikey and of course the twins; James and Jeremy. All of them have grown up so much and so fast in the past six years that it has left me wondering where the time has gone. Today was Bryan's birthday and we had it was also Orion's death anniversary as well. So today we were not only celebrating Bryan's ripe old age, we were also celebrating the sixth anniversary of Orion's passing. I still couldn't believe he was gone and never coming back. It had been six years and yet it still felt like yesterday when he was lying in my arms blee
Chapter 162 Third Person POV “Orion is dead?” Sophia’s voice trembled, her eyes wide with disbelief. Ciara’s gaze turned icy, her tears barely held at bay. “Isn’t this what you wanted?” she hissed, then suddenly lunged forward and yanked a fistful of Sophia’s hair. Sophia’s scream echoed through the room. Bryan winced at the sound but didn’t stop Ciara. Deep down, he knew she needed this release. Was it healthy? No, not by a long shot but the circumstances weren't favourable. Lucas flinched, unsettled by the sudden violence while Ryan and James stood frozen, stunned by the woman before them. They had only ever known Ciara as cool, calm, collected, composed and soft-spoken. They had never seen her like this.Now, she was all rage and pain. And though it startled them, they couldn’t blame her. Grief had torn through her, and in its wake, it left a fury they couldn't look away from. Sophia deserved it so none of them pitied her. The only regret in the room was that Orion
Chapter 161Ciara’s POV“Orion is dead, Bryan,” I sobbed as soon as the door closed behind us and Bryan pulled me closer. “Hey, don’t do this please. I hate seeing you like this,” Bryan pulled me into his arms and began patting my back hoping to cheer me up but it only released the waterworks even more. The children had been oblivious to my pain as they should have been but I had struggled to keep it together in their presence. Bryan being the sweet and loving partner he always was came around to help out. It was only with his help I was able to get through bedtime stories without bursting into tears. Orion’s sons had been attended to by Grandma Grace majorly because I couldn’t bring myself to look at them knowing they’d have to grow without their father because of me. Even if everyone said it wasn’t my fault, I still felt guilty and it kept eating at me slowly but surely every minute that passed. “I don’t know if this information will help you right now but we have Sophia and Ja
Chapter 160Ciara's POV I was rooted to the spot with Orion’s lifeless body lying cold in my arms as I stared into space. When I had seen him earlier as he and Gramps arrived, I’d been ecstatic and looked forward to our life together. A life that neither Sophia nor anyone else would be able to interfere in or ruin. A life that would be filled with joy and laughter and devoid of secrets because we’d be one big family. Orion and Bryan would merge both their packs together under one name we’d pick together and we’d rule together. Our children would be the happiest kids to ever work the face of the earth because we would shower them with so much love and care. Our lives would have been picture perfect. But because of me, Orion wouldn’t be there with us and our lives wouldn’t be as colorful. His boys were going to be so crushed when they found out and once Lacey grew older, she’d probably hate me for not introducing her to her father sooner. Everything was all my fault. If I had been
Chapter 159 Orion's POV The day of the wedding was final here and at the end of the day, the plan was to have Ciara back home with us, her family. Everything has been planned down to the kind of steels we needed our swords to be forged from. Our men had been training nonstop, tirelessly under the sun and even in the dark. Ciara's freedom was only a battle away and the pressure was massive. Anything could go wrong and then it would have all been for nothing. “No, nothing will go wrong,” I scolded myself as I stood in front of the mirror. If anything went wrong then Ciara could get killed before she even had a chance to reconnect with her family again. The air in the room suddenly disappeared and the tie around my neck felt like a moose rather than a tir. With a frustrated grunt, I tugged on the blue tie around my neck. “You'd choke yourself if you pulled any harder Orion, relax,” Old Man Heartfield told me as he walked into the room. “How are you feeling
Chapter 158 Orion's POV “How could you have left her there??!” I yelled once Old Man Heartfield was done explaining things to me. He rolled his eyes and leaned back in the seat. “Well for the last time, she's with Bryan so I'd say she's pretty safe.” And that was another thing I didn't understand. How could he have been so comfortable leaving them there like that? From what he had told me about the Alpha Rogue King from years ago involving his sister plus the parts from a few days ago, I thought it was incredibly foolish and unwise to leave anyone with that man. He was dangerous and just that, he was also a psycho. How could he have left Bryan and Ciara with someone like that? Someone so unstable he was loving in denial and refused to accept that he had killed his mate all those years ago? Left to me, he could have killed the idiot and gotten Ciara out of there after all they had been spoke in his throne room. “I say we take our men and get them out of there now. How c