LOGINLucian’s POVThere was a reason I didn’t just wear my robe today but have a sword underneath it even though I was more powerful with my hands was because of someone like Leo and Zeynir.I had known beforehand that the night wouldn’t go as smoothly as the other banquets had gone.“Does Selene know that she’s your maid though? How would a Luna in a pack become a maid in another kingdom?” Leo asked as he turned to look at Zeynir, “There’s more to this than meets the eye, he’s not saying something.”Kairos growled in my head, “Since when did someone like this pup get the audacity to talk to us like this?”“Would Selene Carter please step forward?” Zeynir asked and Selene walked over to the front, her steps calculated.I had seen her since the moment I stepped into the hall. I saw her face and even the dress that she had on. But seeing her so close up was very different. I couldn’t tear my gaze away from her till she had stopped before us, in front of everyone in the hall.“You’re the titl
Selene’s POVMy fingers dug so hard into my palm. I didn’t turn to look at him—No, that would have just made me look like a stupid fool. He was the one who turned around and our eyes finally clashed properly.“You ran away with my pup.” Was the next thing he said and it took everything within me not to dive over and send a flying punch over to his chest or something.“You cheated on me with my sister.” I bit back, my voice steady. Even if I hadn’t been proud of anything in a while, I was proud of that. My voice didn’t break, it was unshaken.Something flickered in his eyes and I didn’t even care about what it was, or even what it could be.“Those two aren’t the same. You still didn’t have the right to leave with my pup.”I pressed my lips together, “You expected me to stay even after finding out that you’ve been screwing my sister behind me?” I scoffed, “Wow, you’ve really taken me as a fool for long.”Before he could talk any further, I cut in. “No one hates you more than I do,” I sa
Selene’s POVI’ve been trying to do everything that I could to avoid the fact that the ‘one month’ is almost over. We’re just a few days away from when we’d be released by the king. And that should make me happier than anything had ever done since I’d have jumped up at the news if it was weeks ago.But now… a deep hollow feeling sat at the pit of my stomach.“Miss, you have to keep your eyes closed if you don’t want to get your eyes poked by this eyeshadow.” Lea’s voice dragged me back to reality.Well, today is the banquet and she has been fretting over my makeup and dressing. The days had rolled by so quickly that I could barely blink and keep up with all that was happening.“It’s okay if you call me Selene, Lea. I’m not even your direct employer.”Hearing her call me “Miss” just took me back to the days of Moonbound when the maids and everyone around used to address me with that. I couldn’t even tell them not to call me that because Leo had already insisted that was what they’d cal
Lucian’s POV“….since your betrothed is here, she could help you out with the injury.”The words hung in the air. And even though Elysia’s lips were moving which meant that she was talking, her words never sounded in my ears, I just kept looking at the door that Selene had walked through.When Elysia’s hand made contact with my cheeks, I jolted back to reality and moved away from her.“Since when did you become my betrothed?” I asked, glaring daggers at her.She crossed her arms across her chest, shrugging afterwards. “Everyone thinks that we are.” Then she started to move closer to me, “I see no reason why we should correct them.”“Step back,” I commanded and Kairos pushed at my head, feeling unusually uneasy with having her so close to us. When she still didn’t move back like I said she should, he took control of my eyes for some seconds and glowed through them.She moved back at that, a flicker of fear passing through her eyes for some seconds before it was gone. “Is that Kairos?
Selene’s POVHe didn’t push her away, nor did he say anything even though I had seen him move as though he wanted to stand up. She wrapped her arms around him tightly, hugging him as though her life depended on it.My wolf whined in my head—just the way a child would do when not given their favorite toy.But I hadn’t felt so stupid as I was when I stood there and watched them. What even prompted me to come to him and say that I wanted to help him? I had no idea where such audacity came from, or even why I still followed him so closely when he wanted to get the first aid kit.“Let go.” He finally said, and his voice brought me back to reality.I dropped the cotton wool and sanitizer in my hand and stepped back, finally creating a distance between myself and the thick cologne of Elysia.I cleared my throat, “I think I’d take my leave now.” Then my eyes moved over to Elysia who had just gotten off him, “Since your betrothed is here, she could help you out with the injury.”The peering ga
Leo’s POVEverything seemed to be falling into place faster than I thought. And as each day passed, each one of my goal that I had set fell into place.I didn’t expect everything to be so fucking smooth but it seemed even fate wanted me to get Selene home faster than I had planned to.The ransoms were coming in steadily and we haven’t had to end the life of anyone as a threat to their families so they’d pay faster. The acquired lands were getting plentiful by the day and that was more than enough money for me to climb up in the social ladder amongst alphas.They all didn’t know that I was behind the disappearance of their pack members and the large amount of their lands being seized too.To everyone, I was just the miserable Alpha who was in search of his mate and couldn’t function well without her.That was just the perfect cover-up, though.I was done being the docile one whom everyone overlooked. And I’d get the power that I needed anyway I deemed fit.“Alpha, are you sure we have
Selena’s POVI walked around the kingdom, looking around like someone who was reading something I already memorized by touch and I’m now finally seeing in print. My hand being empty due to the absence of my cane was just so weird.I got a few stares here and there as I navigated the corridors that
Lucian’s POVThe past few days have tested me in ways I never thought was possible. If anyone had told me that anyone other than my mate would command me and I’d answer their command, I’d have argued severely with them.For years, I’ve been the king everyone feared and dared not look into my eyes w
Selene’s POV“Selene would never do that. She’s anything but that. Why would she willingly go into the room of a guard and beg him to have sex with her?”“Well, the evidence is everywhere. She could have been pretending to you all these while.”The voices sounded far away at first, but as I slowly
Selene’s POVKing Lucian left in the morning, and for some weird reason, my wolf felt it the moment he crossed the border. The morning moved more slowly than usual and I felt it deep in my bones.As I held my stomach in the morning, the difference I felt in its size elicited a smile from me. My pup







