CHAPTER 1Lucinda’s POVThe room was almost silent except for the muffled sobs which escaped my lips.Memories of my mate calling me a pathetic wolf, echoed through my head, causing me to tremble. My wolf howled painfully in my head, and I clutched my chest, I felt my heart beat painfully in my chest. Trembling on the single bed, barely enough for one person, my hands pressed against my lips, trying their hardest to prevent my sobs from escaping.My mate was just outside the room of this rundown motel that he reserved just for tonight.This morning, he told me to make time for our date tonight and I was ecstatic and eagerly counted the hours till we had to meet, I never could have imagined my heart would be completely shattered before me like this.I was used to the Ill-treatment from the pack for being an omega, a very low-ranking wolf but I never expected this sort of cruelty from Alpha Killian, the Alpha of Crescent Moon pack, and my mate.Honestly, I knew he wasn't particularly
CHAPTER 2Lucinda’s POVI had cried enough, to the point I had no more tears left. I got down from the bed and got dressed up. I turned to the dirty mirror in the room and took in the dress I was wearing.It was a short black dress that hugged my curves perfectly. When I told my mother about my date with Alpha Killian this morning, she bought this dress for me, especially for this occasion. Now I realize how foolish I was. Foolish to trust someone wholeheartedly. Foolish to think an omega like me deserved love. The werewolves of today view Omegas as close to humans and I was the fool who thought Alpha Killian didn't.My phone suddenly buzzed with a text message, I brought it out from my purse and saw it was a message from Alpha Killian, ordering me to hurry up.Did he still think I would still go with him foolishly? I frowned, tossing my phone back on the bed, when it chimed again, with a text message, saying he was downstairs.Bastard!I'd rather die than be in the same space as h
CHAPTER 3Darcus’s POV“Attention, everyone.” A guy climbed the stage to announce. “We’ll be having a new entertainer joining us tonight. She’s fresh with a killer body.” It was a chaotic mix of booing and excited hollering amongst the crowd. Good for them, at least they were having fun, one way or the other. For me, it was almost another boring night with all those numerous whores dancing around me, not even one could excite my wolf.He climbed down, and a second later, a girl was pushed onto the stage. Her unfocused gaze was an indication of how intoxicated she was, the confusion masking her expression was a telltale of how lost she was.“Are you going to dance or what?!” Someone from the crowd yelled, his patience wearing thin. Her lips slightly parted as though she wanted to say a word but couldn’t. They even quivered a little.Fright and nerves wrinkled the space between her brows as she tried to walk…no, it was more like wobble off the stage but immediately scurried back as t
CHAPTER 4Lucinda’s POVI woke up alone in bed A faint, indistinct scent of Darcus lingered in the air, bringing the scenes of last night back to my mind. I had a wonderful night, to say the least, my wolf let out a contented howl, though my heart still ached because of my broken mate bond I had seen Darcus, the Lycan king countless times in the news and magazines. I always thought he was very huge and muscular but they didn't compare to how amazing he looked yesterday.Darn! What are all these thoughts? I never knew I could think like this. I never expected a one-night stand but to be honest with myself, I don't regret it.The moment I thought this was a betrayal of Alpha Killian, a sense of vengeful pleasure welled up in my heart. even if it was just self - deceptive.I'm sure I can let go of Killian now but I hope and pray to the moon goddess I never cross paths with him again. And I'm sure I won't meet King Darcus again either.Back to reality, I'm currently in a whore house and
CHAPTER 5Lucinda’s POVI was allowed to leave and was paid thirty (30) percent of everything they received last night. I could have asked for more but I know they have to pay staff plus I'm not that greedy.If only my situation was real and Someone was going to come for me but I know better than anyone that if Alpha Killian was going to come, he would have been there since last night.If he had come to rescue me, I would have had him shut down the place but since I'm on my own, I had to think of other ways to leave. I very well know that they would have been suspicious of me if I hadn't requested money in exchange for my silence. Leaving empty-handed while promising silence after threatening them that someone powerful was going to come for them would have given away my lie.As I walked down the street in my tight dress and barefoot in broad daylight, I wondered what I was going to do with my suitcase filled with money.It was almost evening before I reached home. Once my mom saw me,
Lucinda's POV. My heart thundered dangerously in my chest about to burst out of my rib cage immediately I set my eyes on the owner of the strip club. "Excuse us, ma'am." I told the delivery nurse, who glanced at my visitor for a long while before agreeing to leave. The room was plunged into silence, "Did you think I would never find you? What a coincidence to realize that after searching for so long I finally found you here." He said. I had no words, my tongue suddenly lost the ability to produce any words as I kept on staring at him. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever imagined that he was going to show up at my doorstep and not only that when I was giving birth. "I'm sorry I do not know you." I lied, trying to pull rule over his eyes. Agreeing to know him was only going to prolong this issue. I feigned stress, frowning as I tried to concentrate on who he could be. "I'm sorry but I don't know you sir. I just gave birth." I said, again hoping that this threw him off. A
Chapter 7. It seemed like the world down was crashing right on me and I could even make any move. My tongue got cleft to the roof of my mouth and I didn't know what next to do. I was panicking as the nurse kept on staring at me probably wondering why exactly this was my reaction. Forcing out a smile only had me wincing as my teeth gnashed against each other. If Darcus came here he was going to smell his pups and probably demand that I come along with him. I glanced at the nurse who looked at me in shock."Please I need you to help me with something. I cannot stay here any longer. The more I stay here I am prone to accidents. If I keep staying here I will lose my life." I explained to her watching her eyes widen in shock at my explanation. She looked at me again to be sure that she was hearing correctly. "I know how this sounds but this is not who I am on a normal day. Believe me when I say that I have everything worked out. I just need to hide for a while till he leaves. He is her
Chapter 8.Darcus' POV. My wolf was edgy as we continue down the isles of the hospital. We were looking for something more but I couldn't just disclose it to anyone yet. "Alpha I think this is the best time to inform you that we have separate people coming in her day in and day out, telling us about how proficient our hospital has become in the last few years and I think it's something that we should look more into."the main doctor said. I kept on staring at everyone refusing to tell them why exactly I was here. I would never be here on a normal day if I didn't have an agenda but it had not been met. "One of the most business I came here was because I believed that you would have honored our conversation instead of allowing me come here myself. I can smell something in the air but do not know what exactly it is." I told the doctor. He knew that I wasn't want to play games so I didn't invest my time and energy into a business that wasn't profitable in any way.He looked away from
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
Author's POV. Daston pulled a cup out of its place and crashed it to the ground. "How dare he disgrace me in the presence of everyone? He knows that she is not fit to become his Luna!" The sound had Samantha almost jumping out of her skin. "Dad, I think you are paying too much attention to this. Why don't we just take things slowly?" "Obviously not, this is not what I want from you at all. I don't care about what anybody says. You are supposed to be on that throne and I'm going to get you there. I don't mind sacrificing myself for this cause."The amount of fear in Samantha grew wild when she was still her father performing like he was under some attack. "I understand how you must feel but can we take a break? We've been trying as much as possible to get him to see me but that has not been working. At this point I'm tired and I don't think he loves her."Daston casted an irritated glance at his daughter who was acting like a fool. "You don't think that they have been intimate? You
Lucinda's POV. Immediately my hands connected with him, I felt a slight tremble. There was something different.He opened his eyes to stare into my eyes while I tried to figure out how much I had lost with this boy not being in my life. I might have forgotten anything else in the world but not forgetting how to become a great mother. I didn't know how to speak, think , work or act. He blinked softly and sighed, "isn't he just too cute?" Marcus cooed, assuming the fatherly responsibility, which made me even feel so bad of myself. Someone else wasn't supposed to be taking care of my child, when I had the means to do so. It was appalling and I couldn't even think of what to do next.The fact that I had absolutely no one who could help me was enough to send me into a partial outrage but at the same time I still wanted to be a little calm and see how things played out. "Why don't you have a seat? Your legs are a little shaken. I hope that's not a problem." Marcus also remarked, making
Lucinda's POV. My first stop was outside and because I had gotten Chris to promise me that he wasn't going to inform anybody of my movement I had freedom to do whatever I like. Firstly, even if I wasn't going to make any mistakes, I wanted to ensure that I had everything mapped out in such a way that no one would be able to point fingers at me or know my next move. Instead it will all just be them trying to figure out what I was up to while I did my thing. I quickly took a cab because that was the only thing that was going to leave me without anyone raising suspicions.Chris came to the window and looked in, inspecting the man who was about to lead me away and I thought that was pretty nice. I had not found anyone who was as committed as I was to making sure that everything was going on smoothly and now that I found one, I wasn't going to take him for granted. "Thank you but I hope you keep to your promise of not informing anyone that I stepped out. That could be the highlight of