Hard Decision~Orion~"You fool!" I yelled immediately I reached Tristan's chambers hurling the door to his room open."Are you crazy? What did you do? Why didn't you inform me before doing what the elders asked?" I hauled Tristan."Alpha calm down, please. I was only following orders and doing my duty. It's not like I want her there too?" He said defensively."Oh really, and you couldn't wait until I returned huh? I was only gone for a minute. Whose side are you on anyway?" I replied to him, waiting for an answer. I had to get my answer because Tristan was becoming annoying lately. He is my cousin and my Beta for crying out loud, he is supposed to be on my side. But he was acting the opposite!He has always been one to fear and respect the council of elders. Unlike me, I did respect them but I do not fear them. Rather they should be the ones weary of me! I had left Freya still sleeping when I took off to see my mother. I planned to go back immediately. Last night before I dozed off,
Dark Sorrows~Freya~My end is near. Alone and abandoned. My mistake was being too hopeful, too daft to reason and defend myself to my last breath. Ever since I was thrown in prison for the second time, I hadn't set my eyes on Orion. I feel worthless. I was brought out of the prison and held in chains like a criminal, I could do nothing but look straight ahead, accepting my ill fate. I heard the maid whom I had met at the maid section to ask for Hannah on that fateful day had denied ever seeing me. I felt betrayed and pained. But this only taught me to trust fewer people. I don't think I need that advice now as I was dying soon. I could see the ropes hanging already. It saddens me that my father would be left to grief over the loss of a daughter.The only regret I have is that I wish it was Sofia I killed. Yeah! That evil girl! If I did that, it would make it one less evil in the world, I'd be doing the world a favour by making it a better place. I felt intense pain caused by a sto
Good Or Bad News~Freya~It's been three days since I was captured and we had been journeying. We were only fed once a day and worse, treated like animals. The women had their torture way easier though, we weren't whipped as the men were but any woman who angers any of the slave traders was forced to lay with them for the night. None of us wanted that, so we never fought them. My body ached all over. I felt sick, weak and miserable. I almost wished I had just died on that precipice back home. I wished I wasn't saved. How much worse could my life get? Honestly, I am beginning to think that I am cursed, how can I go through this series of hell; from having an unhappy childhood where I am stuck with an evil step-mother and sister, to being wolfless since birth, to being accused of murder and now kidnapped by slave traders. When we reached the "slave harbour" as the master rider of our carriage called it. We were all told to come off the wagon and join the other slaves who were whipped a
The Pressure Of Getting Another Mate~Orion~As the alpha of Moonstone Haven and the Blood Moon Pack. I could do as I please but as a leader who is to lead his people by example, I was not above the law. That's not a good example to set. Our ancestors had put those laws there for a reason. Without laws, we were not different from animals, so I had to play smart.I could do nothing to help her, she was guilty of the accusations. It wasn't just her sister but a maid as well who had denied seeing Freya.I was confused as I was made to believe that Freya must have been lying and was guilty of the crime all along. But my heart refuses to agree. It just doesn't make sense that Freya would kill anyone.If I abandon her now and it turns out she is innocent, it will hurt me forever and I will feel responsible for her death. I confided in Gabriel and we came up with a plan. If the Council of Elders find out that I have a hand in Freya's escape, I will be deposed. The next in line is Tristan who
Another Murder~Orion~"Mother, it hasn't been a week. And you all want me to move on like nothing happened.""I understand you son, but you don't need me to remind you that every day you lead as an Alpha without an heir, it is a big issue to you. You need to move on." I didn't want to bother my mother with the details of how I went as far as trying to find Freya and proving her innocence. "Father would not have moved on immediately if this happened to you. You know that right? So why are they all onto me to find another mate as quickly as possible." She was silent as she looked at me as if to say "You were right.""You have always said you want to love a good woman the way your father loved me because he was a great man and a good lover.""I still do. When he was alive, I used to see the way he looked at you. He does everything to make you happy. He told me how you made him feel despite spending all those years together. Your affection for each other was as good as new. And I think
Falling For Her Seduction~Orion~"This is suicide. She ingested a wolf bane." The healer concluded by covering Irene's whole body with a piece of white cloth."How do you know that?" I asked."We found traces of it at her house"That was not true. Irene had no reason to kill herself. She would not be so stupid to do that because I rejected her advances yesterday. Irene had bruises around her neck. Someone who wants to commit suicide will not go around bruising themselves first. How would she have done that before she ingested Wolfbane? She was murdered."She didn't kill herself. Whoever killed her is trying to make it look like suicide." The killer might think he can fool everyone but not me. Shortly after I came, Tristan arrived as well. He salutes me and goes ahead to give his own assessment of the situation. "Alpha, she was with you yesterday. Did you two get into a fight? I was shocked when I heard the corpse found was Irene's." he looks at her corpse with pity."Well, it wasn't
Trapped~Orion~I jerked up. Looked around me but there was no one in bed with me. No sign of anyone, no scent. I checked the door and confirmed it was bolted from inside as usual which meant no one could get access. I let out a deep sigh. That was a close one. I was glad it was a dream. I might have had wet dreams. But if I was to have sex with anyone in my dream, it had to be Freya, not Sofia. Was I fantasizing about Sofia now? The thought gave me a cause to worry. Something must be wrong with me. I was thankful it was a dream because if she had been here last night how would I explain the door being bolted from inside? It does not make sense. Unless she used the window which is unlikely because it is too high. And she does not know about the secret passage in the room. What I was more concerned about right now was why the fragrance or scent of Sofia weakened my sense of reasoning. Shocking that it will have the same effect in my dream. That's not a good sign! As an Alpha, I should
Scream Of The Maidens~Freya~The healer told me I was a few weeks pregnant. I was sad because I wasn't expecting such to happen to me now. It was obvious that this pregnancy was a result of my one-night stand with Alpha Orion. I was sad not because I didn't want the baby but because I thought about the possibility of birthing a child away from home, away from where it would be loved, where it would have its freedom. But I was grateful that this pregnancy saved me when nothing else could. If not for it, I would have been forced to stay with the master-slave trader to be his possession or sex slave. The master-slaver immediately ordered for me to be sold out as a maid when he heard about my condition. I could see the disappointment on his face. He came over to me, anger written all over his face. "So you are just like the other whores. You Look innocent but I can see you know too well how to please men to get yourself pregnant. You are lucky I don't fancy pregnant women. Nonsense!" H