Victoria“Where is she?” I grunted to my maids as they ran to stand before me. “Where is that Gail?”“She isn’t here,” the maids said to me. “She might be out of the palace.”“I saw her earlier and now I can’t.”“Is there anything you want from us?”I looked around the palace grounds only to note that it was not safe having this conversation here.Someone could overhear me and report me to the alpha.“Follow me,” I said to my maids, taking them to my room. When we entered, I sat on the bed, looking at all of them. “That girl has tested me for a long time now and I want her gone.”“That can be done for you,” a maid piped.“I don’t want to drag this any longer. I want her gone now. I want her gone when the alpha is not around.”“That can be done for you. When do you want it done?”“Tonight. Who amongst you is on kitchen duty?”Only one raised her hand.“The rest of you should go,” I ordered as they all bowed before leaving. I looked at her for minutes before standing to my feet. “You, a
VictoriaCounting the minutes until the dinner announcement would be made, I paced around the room, hoping the alpha would be back before anything would happen to her.I wanted him to look at me dying while also looking at her and that would make him know who to save.Of course it didn’t matter who he went after, I would still live and she would die.I walked to the window to see the setting sun had set the skies orange and knew very soon it would be dinner time.Almost immediately, a knock came on the door as I turned to see a maid enter.“It’s dinner time ma’am,” she said and I nodded.I followed her to the dining table to find the woman already sitting down at the table.She had evaded my plans long enough but this was going to be the last straw. She would not evade this one.She was going to die for what she had done. She had no idea how long I had been waiting for this moment to arrive. She was nothing before me. She had no idea who I was or what I was capable of.I settled in my
JaneI watched her maids take over as the door was closed on my face.I didn’t want to stand around and look stupid so I walked away.I headed for the kitchen to see the guards carrying out a dead body of a maid with the entire kitchen staff working tirelessly to discard all cooked foods from the kitchen.“That’s a lot of food to waste,” I thought.Gail walked to me with a bow. “It is needed. We don’t know who might have done this deed and what the person was trying to achieve. “Since you were not poisoned, I’ll say you weren’t affected, but the food meant for you was switched and eaten by that dead maid while Victoria was given the same poison. The entire kitchen staff would work tirelessly until order is restored.”I nodded, walking to my bedroom. I changed into my nightgown, walking to the balcony to stand and catch my breath. I had almost died from that attack.“Are you okay?” I heard him say behind me as I turned to see the alpha. He had a concerned look on his face. I hadn’t ev
JaneI watched him move and all I could think of was that night. It had to be him. He was the one I had slept with that night.“Alright, we’re all set,” he said after brushing his teeth as he joined me in the shower.I smiled at him but could not take off the resemblance to his figure, the tattoos and how he had handled me during sex. It felt like the sex I had had at the bar that night.It was too soon, but I knew I could bring up something.“Did you ever go to another pack recently?” I asked.“What do you mean?”“Maybe you visited a bar and you slept with a lady?”“What are you talking about?” his narrowed eyes told me all I needed to know. He didn’t know what I was talking about and he was not about to fall into my question asking mood.With a sigh, I dropped the topic.“Are you okay?” he asked as he played with my feet while massaging it from the other side of the bathtub.“Yeah,” I smiled, enjoying the moment. Staring at the man before me I could not believe he was capable of ca
JaneThe handsome man before me in his tank top and black shorts had the build of someone who had been exercising regularly for the past few months just to show up to a modeling gig.He was not as muscular as Sinclair but his body showed that he had put a lot of dedication to achieving his body shape.He looked like a younger and smaller version of his brother. The smile, the dangerous eyes, everything had me feeling like I was in some kind of deja vu between the brothers.He looked at me before winking as I grimaced at how weird he looked doing that to me.“Ethan,” called Sinclair with a stern voice. “Please refrain from winking at my mate.”“She must be lovely to be with you,” smiled the man. “And where is Victoria? I don’t see her anywhere.”I knew what he was doing. He was trying to make me feel like I didn’t belong but he was doing that to the wrong person. I knew who I was and I was not going to be called out by this man no matter who he was.A maid appeared beside Sinclair as t
Jane“Are you okay?” He asked me as I shook my head getting back to the present.I wanted to ask him about his tattoos as a guard joined us notifying him of registering which he excused himself to do.“What have I done?” I muttered to myself as I walked to the gate to see the two brothers talking.“No, you are not joining the tournament,” said Sinclair who walked into the palace with his brother trudging stubbornly behind him.“It’s not your business what I do, you cannot revoke my right to join,” said Ethan, mad at his brother's decision.I watched them get into the palace arguing as I looked through the gates to see people working on the banners.“Do you have plans of going into the pack?” Gail asked me as I shook my head. “Why not?”I couldn’t answer. I did not want to get on the nerves of the alpha. He had his rules and I was to stay put in the palace.If he found out about my exit from the grounds, I would be reprimanded for it. Besides, the last time had not ended well for me.
EthanIt was my turn to fight my opponent and I flexed my muscles before cracking my neck.I huffed around and looked to the stands to see the women there fawning over me. It was nice to know that I was still the favorite for the ladies amongst my brother and I.He was always brooding and he wasn’t fun to be around. He was stronger and faster than I was but it didn’t mean I couldn’t take him on in a fight.I just needed to practice a little more and I would be able to take out my opponents.“The ring is open for you two to get into,” someone said to me as I nodded, jumping from foot to foot to get myself ready for the fight.I walked into the ring to hear more cheers from the ladies around. They were about to witness greatness from me.Turning to a part of the crowd, I found Jane sitting at the top of the row, staring at me with wide eyes.I was going to give her a show that she would not forget.I waved my arms around, jumping around the field until the cheers got so much I was sure
EthanI walked up to her to see that she was talking about the decoration of the place and how it was going to be.She noticed my presence and suddenly felt self conscious.The maid bowed before me as she left us alone.“I never got to apologize for this morning,” I said as she nodded.“It’s fine,” she smiled. Her smile was enough to melt the hardest of hearts.Her skin gave off a color which I knew was only from people coming from rich homes. She had beautiful eyes and I could see why Sinclair had gone for her. Victoria was not like the woman before me. She was pretty but the comparison was not even close. “I saw the fight,” she smiled. “You did well.”“Thank you,” I said. “You didn’t stay till the end.”“You had him bleeding all over the floor. I couldn't watch you finish him off.”“I’m a warrior not a monster,” I laughed. “I had been holding back from hurting him but it didn’t work out like that. He wasn’t pulling his punches either.”“So you had to almost kill him?”“Well, he’s