Chapter 75Duaine's POVThe whole leaving the throne talk was crawling under my skin like a cockroach I couldn't find a way to dislodge. It’s been since the council, and they were still echoing in my mind, every sentence boring deeper, biting harder into me.How was I unfit to be Alpha. That she is too young for me. They threatened me to break the bond or lose the throne.They thought they could take from me what I had bled and fought to keep. I looked at the stack of books on my desk, the morning lesson plans I had made out. Teaching was my haven, I loved it. It always reminded me why I had fought so hard to protect this pack.But today, I couldn't bring myself to go to a classroom. I had skipped my own classes for the first time in years. That alone was a sign to me of how horrible things had gotten inside my head.I rocked back in my chair and covered my face with my hand, sighing loudly.Nathan.His name was bitter to even say it.He was now closer than ever before to getting
Chapter 74Lessie's POVStubbornness was a trait I had gotten from my father and it showed its ugly face at the worst possible moments. So by the time my maid knelt on the floor alongside the bed, trying to plead with me not to take a walk around the pack, I'd had enough already."That's enough," I interrupted her, standing up and walking over to the couch. "You've said quite enough already. Now let me for once do something that I want to do."My lady, please," she started begging again , her voice filled with concern, "you can't do this. You heard what I told you about the elders”. "I don't care about the elders anymore," I cut in, turning to face her and standing before her with an unbudging gaze. "I won't be kept in here like some sort of prisoner. I'm not a prisoner here."She looked down at me. "But you're being watched. And if you do something which they deem offensive, I don’t know how they’ll react”. "Then let them watch." I said as I moved towards the door and was a
Chapter 73Lessie's POVI slept longer than I should, when I opened my eyes and touched the place where Alpha Duaine had slept, it was empty. The blankets were cold to the touch which showed he'd been gone for awhile, but his scent still lingered. I took up the blankets in my hand, wrapping myself around it more so I could perceive him well. I stood up after a moment to check if he was anywhere in the room but Alpha Duaine wasn't anywhere around here.Last night memories had come back to me, I remembered the taste of his lips, the weight of his body on mine.A flush spread over my cheeks, and it was spreading fast, before I knew it, I was face-down in the pillow, hugging it tightly with a stifled groan. What have I done? I asked myself. And not that I regretted it, of course I didn’t. Not for one moment. But everything seemed bigger now. More ominous.I slowly sat up, the sheets enfolded around my legs. That was when I noticed the note on the nightstand. My trembling hands went fo
Chapter 72Lessie's POVHis lip was soft against mine and for an instant, I was a melting into him. But when shock of the kiss and him kissing me collided with me, reality dawned on me immediately.I pushed him on the chest, and I exhaled softly as our mouths parted. "Why?" the words that I said broke the silence between us. "Why would you do this to me?" I asked him again."Why did you do that?" I asked him again, the tears I was trying to hold back was threatening to about to spill. He still kept mute. "You can't do that to a person who you don't love, you can't do that to a person you don't care about." I said still trying suppress my tears.He remained silent for a while, then after some time he took a deep breath."Do you think I don’t love you or care about you?" He asked, his deep voice made a shiver run down my spine. "Is that what you think Lessie?" he asked, his eyes boring into me.I kept quiet for a moment before I burst out, "What am I supposed to believe?" I aske
Chapter 71Lessie's POVGuilt.That had been all that had churned through my chest, choking me like smoke in the air. I'd spent hours on the side of my bed, staring at the wall like it could tell me something. It didn't, it bore only upon it the hurting, crushing knowledge that it was mine.I shouldn't have been here.If only I had obeyed my father and never tried to escape, Alpha Duaine would never be where he is now. He would not be hearing rumor in council halls, would not be seeing his throne rocked, would not be having his name splattered by scandal.Maybe the moon goddess did steal our souls, but the world didn't care. It just stood there and did nothing while a nineteen year old woman was about to bring down an alpha.How selfish am I? I wanted to be free. I wanted to be free to choose love. But all I've done is pulled him down with me.I needed to see him, I just could not remain here without doing anything while his entire life was falling to pieces because of me.I moved
Chapter 70Duaine's POVThe corridor stretched out in front of me, it’s walls felt like it was closing in on me as I walked its length. Each step a battle to keep my hold from crumbling. Her eyes were on me, hot, accusatory, demanding an answer I was not willing to provide.I remembered the sound of her voice and saying my name, she said it twice and I did not deem it proper to respond.I looked away from her, I was not strong enough to confront her. If I had turned back, I would never have known what to say or do. I would have maybe said something to her that I would never be able to take back, something that would shatter the two of us.Dave trailed behind me, a presence that cut through and was welcome. I knew he was waiting for me to do or say something, to tell him what had occurred. I did nothing. I was under no obligation to.We walked towards my own wing. Those corridors were less populated and quieter. Secure enough for Dave to talk to me."You know Alpha Duaine," he started