Chapter 14Alpha Kristen's POVThe boring meeting with the council finally came to an end. It was the worst one I had ever gone to. The head of the council was worried about nothing very serious in particular. Just a couple of hearsays here and there. Old people's ears were always sharp to catch rumors.As the council dismissed, I called back Don De la Vega."My Alpha," he said with a deep bow."De la Vega. You made some very good points during the meeting."De la Vega smiled. "I thank you for your kind words, Alpha Kristen, but I'm very sure that you, My Lord, were not paying much attention. I know that you hate when the council calls for a meeting. So I guess it is safe to presume that there is something else that you would like to talk to me about."I smiled back at De la Vega."You know me too well. Yes there is something I'd like to discuss with you. Do have a seat."We sat back down at the round table and De la Vega looked at me seriously. Anytime there was something to discuss
Vennesa's PovThere was a loud knock on the door and I jolted from my shabby bed, from my sleep. My head whipped to look at the window and then I realized the sun had set and I had been sleeping for hours. How long have I been in bed? I thought to myself, I remembered I couldn't sleep early last night due to overthinking. Yes, I have been in such a mood for days now, and it has some how become a habit to me. I can never go to bed without having some thing to think about.The knock resounded again and I realized that some one was outside the door."Who is that?" I asked sleepily."My Lady." My maid called from the outside. "His majesty has requested to see you." She informed me.I was so excited that His Majesty, my Alpha, has decided to see me. It's been long since he requested to see me. I would say, we hardly had the time to meet in person and have a couple's conversation. I mean, we never.I stood up from my couch, adjusting my gown. This was a perfect moment, and that isn't the
Vennesa's Pov(2 Weeks Later)I sat quietly in my room, life has been pretty rough on me. I haven't gotten the love I deserved for years, and it all shattered away from me the very day I lost my mother in a ghastly motor accident. She was returning from work when her car bumped into a moving lorry.It wasn't a surviving one. I couldn't help but to cry, hoping I would wake up the following morning feeling better like nothing ever happened. But the pains kept coming, ringing repeatedly in my head, over and over again.I won't blame my step-father for acting so rough to me, he has never loved me since he set his eyes on me. I blame my mother, she brought all these upon me. If only she had been so understanding, she wouldn't have left father in the first place.I get it, she was trying to play the super-smart mother of the 21st century. Now that she is gone, it's me suffering the whole thing. I wish I can find my real father, and I'll get away from this shitty hell.I held my stomach, a s
Vennesa's PovThe trauma of what happened two days ago hasn't stop from displaying in my head. I can't even concentrate any more, it's more like a constant reality displaying in my head every single day. I can't think of any thing else but it.The food my maid had dropped for me since morning still remains untouched on the table. I had lost the appetite to eat any thing. Since that day I haven't eaten any thing. I was still healing from the heartbreak of what I had seen, and I know it's gonna take a long time to heal.My maid had come a few minutes ago to remind me to eat. How can I eat when my home doesn't feel like home to me? How can I eat when the one I thought is my mate could call me a contracted wife? If nothing has ever felt intimidating in my life, this one felt way more than intimidation.I heaved.I laid on the bed, facing the ceiling. I didn't want to think about the incident in the garden, but the more I dodged from it, the more it kept coming.A knock sounded on the door
Alpha Rogan's PovHowever, she smelt differently than usual. Her scent was intoxicating and goosebumps lined my skin. I could feel my wolf clawing at our bond. "Mate!" I heard my wolf say and I froze in shock.I didn't want to believe it. I didn't want to reason how the slave girl could be my mate. I couldn't control myself any more as the need for my mate increased.I wanted to catch her and dominate her. My Alpha instincts had taken over and I just wanted to claim what was mine.I have never felt this weird before with her, and I never expected my mate would be this hungry to have her. Even as she walked out of my office, I still found it hard to believe Venessa is my mate.A few hours later, I heard a voice call my name. "Your majesty!" A maid called from the outside, loud enough for me to hear from the inside. The door opened, it was Vennesa's maid. She looked frightened and scared, and I could hear her heart beating hard. "Your majesty.""What happened?" I demanded."Your maje
Venessa's POVIt was a long flight but soon the plane touched down at Texas airport. It was bustling with people. I took in the new smells of the place. This was going to be my new home. I got down from the plane and walked into the receiving point. People were out with cards to welcome their friends and loved ones but I was alone in this cruel cold world. There was no one to love or welcome me. I hired a taxi and headed to a cheap hotel. There was no way I could buy a house with the little money I had on me. I needed to work in order to afford a place for myself and my child. I rubbed my tummy to comfort my growing baby. I was going to do everything I could for him or her. The hotel was fairly comfortable and I had some space to think about what had happened to me so far. I held my head in my hands and images of the garden came flooding back to me. My heart ached in sorrow and betrayal. I had loved a monster but he didn't even give a damn about me. What kind of life had I been livi
Venessa's POVI woke up and looked around my hotel room. It felt different waking up in a place that wasn't my mate's home after so long. I turned my head to the window. The sun hadn't yet risen. I looked at the clock in my room, it was barely past 3am. I lay awake thinking. Had I gotten far enough from my mate? What if I didn't find a good job here? What if my baby and I died?"No Venessa! Don't think such thoughts," I told myself. I got up and headed to the sink. I turned on the tap but there was no water. I tried the shower but the same thing was the case. I sighed exasperatedly. I tried to call room service but the landline was disconnected.Great! First day in Texas and everything was already going so well. I rolled my eyes and put my clothes on and headed to the front desk.There was a brunette lady sitting at the computer. I saw the blue light reflect in her eyes and I saw the reflection of a game in them. She was playing solitaire. It took a cough from me before she could not
Alpha Rogan's POVI sat down in my throne room sadly. It had been almost three days since Venessa's disappearance. I was depressed. I had refused to eat and soon Belinda came into the room. I didn't even raise my head to acknowledge her presence."Why are you still sulking my Lord?""Go away."But she didn't move. She stood where she was looking at me with a scowl on her face."You know, she might be dead. You need to move on.""Belinda, I said, Go. Away."I wasn't in the mood to entertain her small talk."Why do you suddenly care? I thought you hated her. Now that she is gone, just like you've always wanted, your now looking miserable like a wet cat. What–at the last minute–made her so special?""You won't understand."I felt the anger in me rise. I had just wanted to be alone and now Belinda was here asking me questions that I was certainly in no good mood to answer."Understand what? That you are now in love with a slave girl?""Don't you dare call her a slave girl!"My anger escap