Lucindas' POV. The fact that he accused me of something that was absolutely out of my usual way of life had me thinking so much My head was banging as I tried to figure out what exactly he was trying to drive at. I had no reason to be worried or bothered about whatever he thought but I was his breeder and nothing more. "I was only discussing with him about certain things, I-it was how to become a better breeder.""Chris would never discuss that with you because he knows it is out of bounds. I don't understand why both of you should be discussing when you know how important this is." "Yes, sir..." I whispered even though I had absolutely no idea of what he was talking about but just to ensure that peace reigned without me bothering about a thing I decided to play along. "You do not understand." He shook his head in disappointment. "You are not supposed to be talking to Chris or anyone here. You are supposed to mind your business and if you have any issues you'll come straight to
Lucinda's POV. I was a bit worried about what was going on here because now I had a lot of things to think of. Even though Darcus had not said a word after mentioning my friend's surname, I couldn't help but remain restless. It was odd, to say the least. I had so many things on my mind to do but one of them that remained permanent was the fact that I needed someone who could hide me whenever there was a problem. If no one could then I would perish in here.Relying on Chris wasn't the way forward either. Instead, it would only give me a lot of problems in the future as I would have to keep on explaining to my alpha that I had nothing going on with his assistant. That didn't seem like the kind of life that I wanted to live so I decided to move past that. All I wanted right now was to relax and just prop my feet on a table while waiting for his next move. That would probably be more honorable than even trying to get into a conversation with him. I heard enough on the door, but thi
Lucinda's POV. I took out my phone and decided to reach out to my friend just so that he realized that I have not just abandoned him like that but that there was a major reason for me doing that. I knew that it might not make any sense to anyone but that was my truth and I was going to follow it to the latter. Marcus picked up on the second ring, sounding cheerful in the background. "My goodness. If anyone had told me that you were going to place a call through I would have told them they were only joking but here we are, lovely to hear your voice after so long." He said sarcastically. I didn't even know how to start explaining how I felt and what was going on because I just knew deep down that he was messing with me. A soft sigh escaped my lips as I tried to figure out what next to say without sounding offensive and ungrateful. "I should have called earlier but I was swamped with trying to save my neck. These people here are the devil's spawn, I don't even understand how they
Lucinda's POV. I sneaked through the hallway hoping that I didn't come in contact with anyone anytime soon because I just wanted to have some quiet time to myself and inspect the portrait I had spotted last night. It wasn't here the day I arrived and I wanted to see who the artist was and what was drawn. I was drawn to arts but decided to shelve that part of me because it wasn't as lucrative as I would have imagined it to be, and I also hoped that there was a way I could go back to my initial leanings. "Tell me something else that I should have done but have refused to so that I would know my left from my right." I heard someone whisper in the distance and I figured out that it was no one but one of the wives, I had no business knowing their names because it wasn't going to change a thing, but I kind of wanted things to become better and this was the only way to achieve it. I hid behind the staircase refusing to show myself so that they wouldn't know that I was listening in and
Lucinda's POV. As soon as we touched into his office, he looked at me with this knowing look, which made me kind of very happy, but I decided not to show it. I had not committed any crime, so if anyone wanted to lie against me, they needed to be very skilled at it because I was not to accept whatever they dumped on me, all in the name of just wanting peace to reign.I had so many things on my mind while watching him but I realized that I might have just been wrong, so it was my duty to keep quiet and find out what next could be done. "She says that you tried to kill her. Why is that?" He asked in an accusing tone. Even if I felt weird I would not speak readily. I would rather just wait and see what I could do to assist myself out of the messy situation. "I don't think I have done anything that warrants her lying against me, but if she wants to go down that route, I guess she's also ready to expose the fact that she has been nothing but a terror to everyone who lives in that house
Lucinda's POV. The weight of his judgment hung in the air as I wanted to see what he was going to say concerning this issue. Not a lot of people would think it was necessary to do the right thing by a maid. I had a lot of things on my mind, but one of the major things that wasted my time was the fact that there was probably no vengeance for anyone who was not considered to be among the elite. Now, he was changing the narrative, and I could not be more proud than I should be of him. ."Apologize to her." He ordered while waiting a bit to see what Amelia was going to do. She was livid, looking as if she was about to do something else and it was just me trying to find out how and why she was wasting so much time before finally apologizing to someone she had truly offended. It was almost like everyone had turned against her but she was not still going to stop. The maid bowed down immediately, looking as if she had almost lost her life. "Please do not make her apologize to me. I acc
Author's POV.The man with a scrunched beard, moved closer to the edge of the forest hoping that no one realized his movements and reported them to the necessary authorities for he would like to remain anonymous and was counting on that to perpetuate his acts.Wilson proceeded towards the agreed venue and rested against one of the trees waiting to see who was going to come through so that he could speak."I gave you a simple task but you have failed woefully. How do you expect me to be happy with you especially everything that we have planned not going accordingly? I don't know how you think this is supposed to work but I know for a fact that you have been a nuisance and it is time to get rid of you."Wilson raised his hands in surrender with a little slight tremble. "I don't think I am in the wrong here. If you had told me right from the start that this was what to be expected maybe I wouldn't even be worried about a thing but here I'm trying to find out what you would like sir."Das
Lucinda's POV If anyone had told me a few weeks ago that I would be handling such important matters in this pack I would have told them that they were lying point blank but that was my reality now because Darcus had found out about my love for numbers and decided to bring me in to assist him even though he said that it wasn't called an assistance.This went on to make me have a lot of enemies because now everyone's eyes was on me and they wanted to get me out of the way when I had done absolutely nothing to stop them from enjoying whatever they wanted from their man. My only business with them was to go out and return without looking at anyone and they still have a problem with that. I went into his office to resume my duty with my head held high, courtesy of Abigail who had told me that everyone here was trying to stake their claim on a man who didn't even give two hoots about them and that made me even more annoyed at how they were acting like love sick puppies. I knew that I wa
Lucinda's POV. Flinging such a demand at me and expecting that I jump just because of this offer was enough to send me spiraling but I refuse to give anybody such power over myself and decided to just let things go. "I would not take your money to leave that man alone. So you can probably just move it away and forget about it. What do you think?" I asked with a small smile, hoping that they didn't push me to do something that will make me even run mad. "You are not going to be here trying to sabotage everything that we have worked so hard for. I know your plans and I'm going to make them disastrous before you even can take a step." Alexia promised as soon as she came closer. At this point I wanted Abigail to say something but it seemed like she would rather just relax and watch things play out well so she formed her own opinion. "And this is suddenly supposed to make me feel like a bad person isn't it? Have you discovered that I don't really care about your life as much as you th
Lucinda's POV. I already figured that he was not expecting me to go down that route and that even pushed me further. He staggered a little bit, making me laugh. He definitely didn't think that I was going to accept the feet just like that when I had the opportunity to redefine things. My mind was focused on something even greater which included dealing with issues as though there was no tomorrow. My major reason for taking such a step was to make sure that I had everything covered and that was exactly what I planned on doing. The most important part for me right now was also to make sure that I had everybody just right where I wanted them. Darcus jumped in front of me and grabbed my hand, almost tearing it out of its socket. It was probably his alpha instincts getting the best out of him and refusing to let him get defeated by just a woman. I was about to redefine all of those biases and make sure that he remembered who ran this.Why don't you take a break and let's see what w
Darcus' POV. I stared at her just to be sure that she knew what she was asking for. I knew that women were a little more impulsive than we were but not up to this extent, all that I could think of right now was how I will be able to deal with this without any repercussions. I didn't want to beat the shit out of her, but from the fierce look in her eyes, I knew that she had a different agenda and thus, I needed to live up to the name that I had already created. Even if she managed to throw me down, people were no longer going to respect me for getting that I was only doing this out of genuine love. I came to a halt in my mind. I was not supposed to love this woman. She was a stranger like every other of my breeders but I couldn't deny the fact that I'm beginning to fall head over heels in love with this woman who had wormed her way into my life. It was a drastic move and honestly, I only felt like I needed to do something that would set the record straight not necessarily to spit
Lucinda's POV. I might have pretended like her words held no weight, but honestly that was not even remotely true because all I could think of at that moment was, making sure that I had everything already mapped out. Her words kept echoing in my mind, thinking about how she expected me to be very okay with the fact that the man loved me but he was not showing it. How was I supposed to believe all of that without having double thoughts? This has gone on for so long and then I am a little worried. "You've got to think and find a solution." If I needed Darcus to come closer to me, then I have to be fast about it and make sure that everything was right on track. The best way to make him closer was to make him my friend, and that would only happen if I made the move almost immediately instead of leaving it to chance. My head was banging with various scenarios that would end up with me being disgraced. I was very concerned about how things would end up instead of how I would be able
Lucinda's POV. I was kicked out of his room, with a little fear gathering in my eyes That was not the man that I knew. He sounded like he was talking deep from his soul but I didn't just know how to place my finger on it. I had more than enough reasons to be worried for myself and many things that must have come up but I refused. I knew that I had messed up a lot and it was going to take a whole lot of time and energy to be able to be restored. I had reasons to also be worried out of my mind but I kept them buried forever. There was no sense in making a huge deal out of something that probably never held water. "Are you okay?" Abigail demanded from me immediately she saw my countenance. Of course I wasn't okay, but I was not going to be a baby about it or make a huge deal out of something that I could just relax and watch play out. "I think he is upset with me but I don't know what I did. I honestly would not do anything to offend him and that's why I'm a little bit worried. I
Darcus' POV. I saw red.I was smelling a male on her, but here she was acting as though I had no sense at all. The last woman I gave permission into my life turned it upside down and left me scarred till today, and she attempted to do the same thing to me. I let out a trail of laughter, watching her eyes grow conflicted. Yes, you've got a feel of the heat especially with the wars threatening to break out and then somebody that I considered close also trying to play a fast one on me. "You've got to be kidding me. Hanging out with a man when you know that you have bound to me is an overstretch of your liberties. I should have always known that you didn't consider this a serious agreement because I have let you get away with many atrocities."She attempted to shake her head but I cut her off. "Oh, you better be ready to give me some explanations because I need serious ones. If you decide not to respect our Union because I have been lenient with you, I think you need a redefinition o
Lucinda's POV.My heart gave an erratic lurch, as I stayed at the woman who probably wanted me out of this place at all costs. She didn't care what it was going to mean to me or anyone else, as long as she had me dumped out. I lifted my lips into a wry smile. "I wouldn't have expected you to understand that people have engagements. I mean I know that it might be foreign to you.""Yeah, right."Her eyes lifted into more anger. "Yes, of course.""Damn it, you are just trying to hide the fact that you must have gotten yourself into trouble and I have figured it out so you want to sweep it under the carpet by using these guys." She started her claims, coming at me with fingers in my face. "Do they freaking know that you do not love them as you claim?" Even though I wanted to indulge her, I knew that Darcus was waiting for me somewhere and I needed to do something about it. "Why don't we have this conversation later? Probably when you are more calm. I think you have a stick of your... Y
Lucinda's POV. Immediately after I returned from Marcus' house, I rushed into the house hoping that no one noticed my absence and that no one had gone around, luckily their mouth trying to tell everyone that I was missing. That would be a disaster and I almost didn't want to be in such a situation. The only thing that could stop me right now was if Darcus came out and asked what exactly I went out for. As soon as I walked in, Abigail breathed in relief. She was the only person that I had told where I was heading towards and had given me the go-ahead. She didn't even completely know what my mission was, and I just said it so that she would be able to ascertain and give up a false impression that would make those people ready to be confused. She rushed towards me, clasping her hands over mine. She looked me in the eye while looking around just to see if anyone was listening to our conversation. "See, I understand that you need to leave, but at the same time, I still want you to be
Lucinda's POV Watching the couple try to work out their issues wasn't my highlight, instead, I began to calculate what this could mean for my child. If her supposed guardian thought that I was having an affair with the man she called her husband, this simply meant that I was not safe and that I needed some time alone to process things. I needed to get my child to another caretaker but who exactly would want to take in my child as theirs."Babe... I'm sorry but this is not what you think. I'm pretty sure you have things mistaken. What do you think?" "I don't know how you want me to take this but honestly, I don't care!" I watched them carefully. This was a totally different argument but I was going to pretend like I didn't understand it. I had so many things on my mind and diving into this wasn't the way to go. I had a lot of things to clear up."I'm not in any way romantically linked to your husband." I piped up, after realizing that Marcus had no idea of how to defend himself.Sh