LOGINLucien’s pov“And I don't want to see that girl around here again, so make sure you take care of her,” Celeste said to a maid while pointing at a maid she had insulted earlier.“Yes, ma'am,” the maid said before walking out, as I looked at Celeste, who had a certain kind of look on her face.She was eyeing the maid who had pissed her off from head to toe while the maid walked away.I took in deep breaths, then smiled at her. “Is anything the problem?”She scoffed. “No, everything is perfectly fine. It's just these maids. I feel like they've been relaxing a bit too much. You know, there have been no wars, everything has been calm, and because of that, they have lost sight of what is important. When I become Luna, I am going to put everybody on their toes.”I sat on an armchair before folding my arms and watching her. She noticed I was looking at her as she turned to me, then gave me a warm smile.“What?”“Nothing,” I shook my head. “I… was not expecting you to be this fierce.”She scof
Lucien’s pov“Where were you last night?” My father asked the moment the last of the elders had gone out of the throne room.I looked around to notice it was just the two of us in the hall.“I went out for a drink.”He scoffed. “Funny how I invited you for a drink with Magnus and you chickened out. What's going on with you?”“Nothing,” I quickly answered, going through the folders in my hands as I raised them. “I'll give this to Gideon. He will go through it and…”He raised his hand to stop me from talking further. “Keep the files. Let's talk. Just you and me, son and father.”That was the first time I was hearing it, and it felt weird.“Sure,” I said, dropping the file on the table beside me. “What do you want to talk about?”“I want to talk about your marriage to Celeste.”“What about it?”“For starters, I've been seeing the divide between you and her. Not only me, but her father has also complained about it. Celeste has also complained about it. I want to know what's going on betwe
Celeste’s povI looked at the phone in my hand for a couple of seconds before dropping it face down on my table.I heard rustling behind me as I turned to see my trusted maid that I had taken from my pack, folding my clothes into the wardrobe.“I need some advice,” I said to her, slowly getting to my feet, as she smiled, then gave a little bow.“Whatever my lady wants.”“Oh, please, Serene, drop the act. I clearly know you better than that. You can stop acting like you're my maid and bring up the bitch attitude because I know that my best friend is somewhere in there.”She chuckled, then looked at the door before looking at me. “All right, what do you want?” She said, clapping her hands together, as I started to pace around the room, one hand on the side of my cheek, while I thought deeply about my relationship with Lucien.“I feel like he's keeping things from me. The question is, what is he keeping from me?”She shrugged. “Why don't you just ask him?”I looked up at her with a stern
Elena’s povIf memory served me right, Celeste was the woman I had forced him to go be with and leave me alone while I pretended to be in love with his uncle.My entire body became still and for several long seconds, I watched him staring at the screen and not doing anything.“Aren’t you going to answer that?” My voice came out harder than I expected it to.He looked at me for a moment before pressing the button to silence the call and placing the phone face down on the counter.I looked at him. “Lucien?”“No.” His voice came out low. “Not right now.”I frowned. “She’s still in your life huh?”He didn’t say anything. He stared at his cup as it owed him something.“I’m sure she’ll be worried.”“What’s your deal?” He looked up sharply, his eyes getting hard. “You were the one who pushed me to her in the first place.”“Lucien…”“Forget it,” he sighed, leaning back in his seat and rubbing his temple in a tired way. “I don’t want to talk about anything but just sit here and do nothing.”I
Elena’s povThe house had finally gone quiet after I got Eli to bed. He had spent the whole evening running around with his new teddy bear, talking nonstop about the funfair and telling me every little detail as if I hadn’t been there with him.I was so glad when he drifted off.I stood over him as he slept in his bed still clutching his teddy bear as if his life depended on it. I could only smile at him.Giving the room one last look around to make sure everything was in order, I walked out of the room then headed downstairs to the kitchen to make myself a warm cup of tea.It had been at least a few hours since I last set my eyes on Lucien and somehow I was missing his presence.Yes, he was cruel but that was only because he was lashing out at me for what I did to him. Plus he had been kind to Eli and me. That wasn’t him being cruel. That was different.I made my cup and headed for the exit when I heard the sound of a car pull into the driveway.Speak of the devil. It was him!How di
Lucien’s povThe days that followed that night were filled with torture. I had to go out every single day, smile at the elders and at the people of the pack. But most especially, I had to pretend to be Celeste's loving partner.Every time in public, we would hold hands and walk around, smiling and waving to people. But each touch, each tingle that I felt in my hands, wasn't a romantic tingle. It was a prickle. It was more of a thousand thorns stabbing my hands and my wolf howling in pain.Two days after Celeste's arrival, I was sitting down in the dining hall that morning with Celeste, who was sitting beside me, while we were eating breakfast. And it took a lot to endure sitting beside her.“Do you like the meal?” She asked with a loving smile on her







