Third-Person Pov “Breath in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out,” Lydia muttered under her breath as she waited for the guards to allow her into the space of the palace that belonged to the Alpha. Normally, the alpha doesn't just allow anyone to come into his space, since he was very particular about the servants never crossing their boundaries. But for some reason, Lydia was specifically informed to serve the alpha his meal personally, so now, she had no other choice but to go along with his instructions and meet him. She would be lying to herself if she said she wasn't nervous because the last time they spoke, she had done something completely unreasonable, and she was afraid that there was a chance that he was calling her to him because he had something planned for her. Another reason she was nervous was because, this was the first time she cooked for him since she arrived and the fact that she had to be there with him while he was tasting her meal, made her all the more ner
Lydia I was struggling to catch my breath when Nicholas finally pulled away from the kiss. I had expected him to pull away much sooner but surprisingly, our kiss kept getting more and more intense and for a split second, I almost thought that we were going to go further. I wouldn't say that I wasn't disappointed that we didn't go for the but then if we had, that would mean getting him to accept me wasn't as difficult as expected and if there's one thing I enjoyed more than anything, it was a challenge. I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was regretting it, which means that he would most likely take his anger out on me, and I had to be prepared for the worst. “You really have no fear, don't you?” he spoke up, staring back at me with a strange expression. I was expecting him to be furious with me and I wouldn't have been too surprised if he had summoned the guards to arrest me, but his expression didn't seem anything like what I expected. Strangely, he looked more relaxed
Third Person Pov “Have you found out what the alpha has been up to in the past few weeks?” Henrietta, Nicholas's stepmother and former Luna, asked.She had been restless for a while now because she didn't have anyone directly spying on her stepson and because of that reason, it was getting much more difficult for her to keep tabs on him. She knew that he couldn't be trusted, and she had to make sure that he didn't do anything that would end up ruining her plans. “According to what I heard, there hasn't really been anything different with him besides the rumors of his sudden interest in his new cook,” Kelly, who was one of the cleaners in the palace, answered. Kelly had been working in the palace for about a year, and she was considered as one of the most irrelevant people that worked at the palace. She was mostly always bullied by her senior colleagues because of her timid nature and her lack of presence. What they didn't know was that, her attitude was only a facade so that she co
Third Person Pov“Is it true that you used to work in a whore house?” Nicholas asked with an unreadable expression on his face, and Lydia deadpanned. His sudden question was so surprising to her that she didn't even realize it when she choked on her food. She didn't remember anybody ever asking her such a question, and if there was one thing she didn't like to talk about, it had to be this topic that she had worked so hard to bury. Nicholas could tell that Lydia was uncomfortable with his question, but he had no intentions of backing down. Pedro had gotten back to him with the background check on Lydia, and he found out that despite how fragile and weak-minded Lydia seemed, her life had been the farthest thing from being fragile. According to the report, Lydia's father had died even before she was born, and her mother died only a few years after. Her grandmother had raised her to a certain age before passing away, and Lydia had to survive on her own from there, with no family to su
Third Person Pov Lydia waited patiently for the guards to let her in, even though she was slowly getting upset by the fact that they were delaying her. She had already been given a designated time to deliver the alpha's meals and at the moment, she was already about half an hour late to deliver his breakfast. Usually, he would send out a message thirty minutes beforehand to inform her whether he was going to be having breakfast or not, but she hadn't heard anything from him, so she simply assumed that he wasn't ready and waited until thirty minutes after. “You may go in now,” one of the guards said, and Lydia almost growled at them for delaying her unnecessarily. She arrived at the alpha's place, a place that she was getting very used to. She proceeded to arrange his meal on the table before calling out for him and after she was done, she calmly called out his name so that he would know that she was around. “Your breakfast is here, Sir,” she informed like she typically did but u
Nicholas “What did you do now, Nick?” Liam questioned, and as soon as I saw him walk in with that typical look on his face, I knew that I was about to get questioned.“What are you talking about?” I replied, attempting to feign ignorance. He probably ran into Lydia, so I'm expecting him to go off on me and preach to me for the thousandth time. “Oh please, Nicholas, trying to pretend it doesn't suit you at all. You know very well what I'm talking about, and I need a clear response from you right now. Why in the world did you strangle Lydia?” he asked. I scoffed. “If you came all the way here to ask about that girl, then I'm going to ask you to me because she's the last person that I want to talk about. Don't expect me to give you an explanation for every one of my actions just because I've been indulging you all this while. You should be thankful that she was able to walk out of here alive because I definitely had other intentions in mind,” I responded. I didn't want to talk about
Lydia “What's going on with today, Lydia? You've been acting really weird, and I'm starting to get worried,” Nina mentioned while she mixed the dough for the pastries, and I sighed. “As I said earlier, Nina, there is nothing wrong with me, and I'm perfectly fine. I just feel a little under the weather today, but I'm pretty sure I'll be better once I get some rest,” I lied, hoping she would get the memo that I didn't want to talk about anything right now. I haven't been able to concentrate ever since what happened earlier this morning, and the last thing that I wanted to do was talk about it with anyone. I couldn't possibly tell her that I was strangled, and the best that I could do right now is just try my best to forget what happened or at least pretend it never happened. Nina shook her head with a displeased look on her face. “I don't know who you think you're fooling, but I'm most definitely not going to buy that story from you, Lydia. I remember that you were perfectly fine th
Nicholas The entire meeting room unsurprisingly became silent as soon as I walked in, and I didn't need to be told that I was most likely the topic of conversation before I came in. “Greetings, Alpha,” the council of elders greeted unanimously, bowing their heads to show respect for my presence. “Acknowledged,” I responded boredly with an unimpressed look on my face before taking a seat at the head of the table. I carefully scanned the room and to my not so much of a surprise, all six members of the council were in attendance today. Usually, when I'm the one who calls for a meeting like this, at least one or two members are always missing. They would always have an excuse to avoid coming to a meeting that I call, but whenever it was they who called for a meeting that involved taking away my position, they were never too busy to attend. Shameless old barfs! Shortly after I came in, Liam walked in as well and took a seat on the unoccupied seat on my right. Connor, my right-hand