"Good morning Alpha Hrolf ," Ashina greeted Hrolf with a wild smile on her face. "When did you get back yesterday?" Hrolf questioned. He had a quill in his hands and was scribbling on a parchment. "Hmmm," Ashina smiled, making him angry. He could tell she was mocking him and he wished he could punish her for that. Hrolf snapped the quill in anger. He had been trying to hold himself but he just couldn't. He had watched them yesterday and he was infuriated by what he had seen. "Do you go kissing men now? Have you gone so low? Are you so sex starved that you go about kissing any man you see now?" Hrolf asked,angrily. " I don't get what you are saying, " she said. " You do, I saw you and Gasper frolicking all around the palace kissing each other at every opportunity you get, don't you care about your reputation and mine?" Hrolf questioned. " I wasn't expecting him to kiss me, if you were watching just like you said you should have noticed that he took me by surprise and I wasn't e
Ashina pushed herself away from Hrolf's arm and landed on the ground. "Ouch," she cried out in pain. "Are you okay?" Erik and Hrolf asked simultaneously. Hrolf turned to look at Erik who averted his gaze and walked away. He handed a hand over to Ashina who shook her head. "Thank you but I will get up myself," she said.Hrolf frowned and stood upright. "Okay then, I will be going for the meeting now, when you are ready, push yourself up and walk quickly also," he said to her before walking away. Ashina who was in pain gnashed her teeth, she regretted pushing him away. She tried as hard as she could to stand up and sighed in relief when she finally did. "I am here,'' she said to Hrolf who was talking in a low tone to Erik and she wondered what it was they was talking about. "Hmmph," she shrugged her shoulders while waiting for further instructions. "Pick up the parchment on top of the table and walk behind me," Hrolf said to her. Ashina moved toward the table, picked up the pa
The door creaked as she tried her best to open it silently without attracting anyone. She couldn't afford to be found out. Not now, it wouldn't help at all. She inhaled sharply before walking hurriedly on the pathway while turning at intervals to see if she was being followed by anyone. "There is no one there I am tired already" she heard one of the guards complain. She bit her lips nervously while thinking of what to do. She didn't want anyone to see her, she couldn't risk it. "Moon goddess, please distract them," she chanted in her mind as she ran behind a pillar.She watched as the guard walked forward, throwing glances at the surrounding before walking away. "I told you there is no one there," the other said, their voice fading as they walked away. She heaved a sigh of relief when she walked out of behind the pillar running toward the bush. The leaves rustled as the gentle breeze blew on them. She walked on the lonely path which was usually forsaken and rarely had people co
Her heart was beating hard against her rib cage as she walked toward the room of the guards. Cassie could remember how foolish the guard was in giving her the location of his room. She could remember vividly how she had warned him not to hand any note to her which would lead to further evidence against her but still, he did. He had told her how he had waited for her for hours on the path just to hand over this to her. She was infuriated when she took a glance at the note and to top it all, he had an annoying smile on his face. Cassie would never forget how she had managed to keep her calm so he wouldn't get her angry. "I will surely come and meet you," she had told him before watching him walk away. Immediately he walked away. She had squeezed the parchment containing the letter and threw it on the ground but on second thought she picked it up. She didn't want a stranger to see it and use it against her. She picked up a stone and threw it at the door of the guard while hoping th
Ashina laid on her bed with her eyes wide open. She turned on her side to face the wall for the umpteenth time."Uggggh," she screamed out in frustration. She couldn't sleep no matter how she tried to. She just couldn't.Hrolf had made her go through his private library searching for the methodology of Uranus and when she finally did, he had made her seat still and read out the part about Lycan for her. She had watched Hrolf's stiff face when she was reading out the part about Lycans to him and he had ordered her to go away afterward. She bit into her lips while thinking of what Gasper had told her. She was ready to give Gasper whatever he wanted. She was ready to go with him to his pack and she wanted to inform him of that but what about Gael? She thought. She had become so attached to him that her heart ached at the thought of going with Gasper to his pack but she knew it had to be done. She felt safe with Gasper and knew that he would give her whatever she wanted.She trusts tha
Ashina ran as fast as she could toward her room. She couldn't risk Gasper catching up with her, she needed to think at this point. She couldn't believe Gasper has been using her all this while. She places a hand on the door with tears streaming down her face. "Ahhhh," she screamed in pain, biting on her tongue. She was broken, Gasper had shattered her heart, to think that she was willing to leave the life she had now to go with him to his pack. "You are such a fool" she mocked herself when she recalled that Gasper had asked her to be his luna. "Ashina, please open up," Gasper whispered at the door. Ashina crouched down resting back against the door while crying. She was hurt. Gasper had shattered her heart into tiny pieces and there was no way she could recover from it. He made her look like she meant the world to him when she barely meant anything to him. "Ashina, please open up," Gasper's voice came through again. He bit into his lips nervously, how was he going to explain
Ashina held her chest trying to stop the pain she was feeling but she couldn't. It kept hurting. " I am sorry mother, I am sorry Hrolf," she wept with tears coming down her cheek. She couldn't describe the man she was feeling. It was overwhelming to her and she was finding it hard to breathe. " I am sorry," she kept crying with snot running down her face."I can't breathe," she uttered softly, patting her chest gently. How could Orwella hurt her like this? She had been a sister to her all these while and this was how she repaid her? "Ahhhhhh," she screamed in pain, clutching her gown while pulling on her blond hair. Her knees felt weak and she couldn't get up no matter how hard she tried to."What is happening to me?" She wondered. Her heart burned in such a way that she never knew was possible. "Ahhh," she groaned in pain, forgetting the hurt she was going through a while ago."Alpha Hrolf," she whispered as she felt her heart go cold. She could feel it. The goosebumps on her b
"Ashina,'' Hrolf screamed out loud in anguish when he saw her lying on the ground. He ran toward her and scooped her up in his arm before placing her on his body. Her body was cold and he concurred that she must have been in this position for a long time. He gnashed his teeth as he blamed himself, how stupid of him not to notice that she had been gone for so long. He placed her gently on the bed, feeling her ice-cold body."Ahhhhhhhh" he screamed in frustration as different though coursed through his head but he knew that they wouldn't happen. "You have to come back to life Ashina, I can't lose you, no Gael can't lose you," he said. " Alpha'' the guard stood close by with his head bowed to the ground. "How did you not notice this? Huh?' Hrolf asked with his fist aiming at the guard's face. He glared at the hand that had stopped him and frowned when he saw who it was. "Gasper, how dare you?" Hrolf asked "He isn't eligible to enter your room, do not forget that," Gasper said to