Alicia stared long and hard at the bags in her hands, she was standing outside her house, in a corner to hide from anyone who might be passing.
She doubted anyone would, it was very late at night and no one would be outside anyways but she decided to just be careful either way.Today was the day she and Lucian had been longing for. The day she would escape from her land. She had prepared and planned for it for a long time, taking her time to strategize well.Alicia swallowed as she walked down the path which led to the spot they both wanted to meet. It was far enough from both of their lands, so it would not be exactly possible for them to be caught.Once Alicia reached where they were supposed to meet, she took a deep breath and waited in the shadows. She didn't want to run like this but she wasn't left with an alternative no matter what her people would never accept her relationship with a werewolf even at the cost of her happiness. She kept waiting in the dark but there was no sign of him She thought he might have already arrived and was waiting for her, but it seemed the latter."Lord, please where is he!?" She said as she looked around, she was beginning to go into panic mode little by little. She knew if she was not careful she would be caught and that would yield great consequences. She was a witch, and it was so hard to be one. There were set rules and guidelines which every witch in the coven was meant to follow, anyone who disobeyed or did not abide by them would be punished or banished from the covenOne of the most sacred rules for a witch was *Never fall in love with a werewolf.*Why? Because Thousands of years ago, the witches and the werewolves were at war. The werewolves had fed on the witches for too long, taking them as if they were objects of pleasure, which was so displeasing. The witches finally protested against it, and when the werewolves showed no concern, the war began. After a long war, the witches and werewolves decided to go their ways, never crossing each other's paths again. the war happened long long ago but they still kept it close to their heart a witch can not even stand the mention of werewolves so as mentioned above it was typically a violation to fall in love with one but Alicia despite all odds had fallen in love with a werewolf, not just that but a royal one too. She had met him once when she was sent on an assignment and just from the first sight she knew he was the love of her life he was the forbidden fruit she wants and then their love bloomedAlicia sighed as she looked around once more, but still, there was nothing. She had been tempted to look for him using her powers, but she knew it would alert the other witches in her coven and she could not afford to take such a risk, so she waited some more.Every passing second felt like an hour, and she was on the verge of losing her mind."Lucian, where are you!? Do not do this to me, please." She said as she looked around again, she began to come out from her hiding spot as she attempted to search further in the woods for him to see if he might have gotten injured or worse caught.Her eyes were beginning to water slowly, she hoped what she was thinking was not the case. They had made up their decision to elope and even chose a date, time, and location to meet. What was the problem now? Had he decided he did not want to elope anymore? Was he in trouble maybe? It just did not make sense why he had not shown up at all to Alicia.She was sure she had waited for at least an hour, yet there was no sign of him. She had felt like he was in some sort of trouble before, but now her gut told her he was not coming. And if there was one thing she trusted, it was her gut.It always notified her when there was danger, or if something was true or false. She had initially been ignoring the feeling, starting from when she left her house.She had thought maybe it was because she would miss her people and the place she had risen to so she stopped to calm herself down before continuing her journey, but it was not the case now. She had managed to ignore the sick feeling she had been having since, but it was not working for her anymore.She felt it, something bad was about to happen and she knew that this one might be inevitable."Lucian, where are you? Why are you doing this to me?" She said to herself in her head, as she closed her eyes and let the teardrops slide down slowly.She could not believe he could bail on her on such a day, they had met yesterday yet he had not mentioned any change in plans, instead, he had kept reminding her not to forget about the plan. Now, what happened? Was this all a trap? She had no idea. Her head was beginning to bang and her eyes felt heavy, She just couldn't bring herself to believe that she was backstabbed by the one person she trusted and loved the mostShe took a deep breath and tried to steady herself when she felt the presence of people behind her back. Not bothering to even turn, she just stood still and accepted she had been caught."What are you doing out here with your bags Alicia?" She heard a deep voice coming from behind and she froze.Alicia's heart was pounding so loud she could feel it in her ears. To say she was scared was an understatement, she was terrified.She swallowed as she turned around to face her fate slowly. She knew that they were extremely angry, and at this point, she knew what the next thing that was going to happen would be."Uhm…I…I…I can explain." She said as she stammered, her eyes already filled with tears. She knew exactly the consequences she would face for the mistake she had made."We would like to hear it, by the way, it is so late and you know witches are banned from staying out this late. Especially females!" He said to her in a deep voice.His men stood beside him, as his angry eyes glared holes into her skin. Alicia kept her gaze fixated on the ground, afraid of what she would see if only she dared to look up. Standing before her was the head of security.It was trouble, especially since she had broken a sacred law, and if she was taken back to the village and examined to check her thoughts by the older witches, she would be done for."Alicia? What are you thinking about? You said you could explain your reasons for being out of the coven so late, and with your luggage for that matter." He said, helping her snap out of her thoughts.Alicia's face paled, what was she to say now? She could not even dare to lie because she would be found out and if that happened she would be in serious trouble.She knew by the look on his face that he was running out of patience. It was not his fault, this was something she had expected. She had broken to rules now, falling in love with a werewolf and being outside after dark.The two reasons these laws were held in such high regard, were because of the werewolves. As it was common knowledge that werewolves loved to move in the dark, making it easier for them to hunt down and make prey for the witches who were out in the dark. This was one of the strategies that they had made use of when they were at war with the witches.This was why it was an offence, in fact almost a high treason to do such a thing."I apologize," Alicia said, bowing her head and accepting her faith. She knew that lying was not acceptable and no matter how much she tried to hide or stall the truth would come out.She was ready to accept whatever punishment they would inflict on her once they discovered her reason. Her eyes watered as she bit her lip hard, she could not believe that Lucian would betray her in such a manner.Had he made her come out to get her in trouble? She just couldn't understand why he didn't call it off before if he wasn't ready. She never forced him then why did he walk out on her in such a manner?"You,..."You, You are not ready to speak let's see how long you can keep your mouth closed. Seize her!" He ordered the guards behind him to take a hold of her. Alicia did not seem in the least surprised, she had witnessed someone a lot of witches get arrested so it was nothing to her. Especially since the head of security was so hard and harsh, he was a completely hot-headed person and was very disciplined. Alicia allowed them to drag her along, her eyes were feeling heavy already. The tears that gathered in her eyes disturbed her love has deceived her, and she slashed her heart, Love was never about Rainbow and happiness it was always a delusion people always land themselves into as it was always about pain and sorrow She choose sorrow and pain herself and she accepted what she was getting punished for "I will never forgive you for this Lucian!" She murmured to herself as she pushed herself to walk. The way the guards pushed her to walk, was as if they had suddenly forgotten she was a lad
Three years later, Alicia sat by her little window as she stared outside, she now lived alone since her life has taken a 360-degree turn nothing was the same after the accident took place years ago everyone abandoned and humiliated her and called her names, and she had to suffer a lot to get a job and afford a decent lifestyle She and her friend shared the house, so the pay was split between the two of them. The whole country had been at war since, and it was against the werewolves. The only difference now was, they had a new alpha who everyone claimed was ruthless. Alicia had never felt so pessimistic and scared in her life, the werewolves were so powerful that the number of witches that had gone missing or were found dead was horrible The werewolves fought with their whole life and passion, and so did the witches but as if the werewolves this time were hell-bent to take over the witches, Her friend barged into the room and she locked the door behind her quickly. They both made
"Well, I am the alpha of the werewolf pack, and we defeated your coven so I have come to take control." He stated lightly like it was no big deal. The blush that had been visible on Alicia's face died down as she stared at him in shock. The former calm, nice, and peaceful guy she had come to know seemed to be very different from the one she was seeing at this point. She never would have thought that he could change so drastically. The man dressed in the classy black attire was nothing but a monster in face of a God he was a typical werewolf heartless and selfish "Oh, so what are you doing in my house?" Alicia asked him as she eyed him. She was no longer feeling the tingles anymore, she just wanted him out of her sight His face and presence, his scent brought back old memories which she did not want to remember, she just don't want to live with the trauma anymore he was a nightmare which she is trying to get over for years. She had come a long way she doesn't want to be thrown back
"Is this how you speak to your mother? You have no simple Courtesy anymore." Her mother said with anger as she stared at her daughter, both shocked and appalled. She was not expecting the treatment which her daughter had given her, but Alicia couldn't care less. She had gone through hell because of this woman, she had failed to protect her like a parent was supposed to do. She understood that she had done something wrong and forbidden, but the way her mother had turned her back on her had hurt her so much. She had been in an extremely dark place, she was living with doubt. If her mother could do such to her, her very own flesh and blood, then she had no idea what she should expect from strangers. "Mom, truth be told you do not care about me or how I am. Why not just say the truth already and tell me the true reason you came? You chased me out of the house and helped Her Majesty to punish me well, even though I was your child. So tell me, what exactly do you deserve from me?" Alicia
"How do I put this now…..well….I sold you to him." Her mother finally said dropping the bomb. Alicia stared at her blankly.Her eyes are emotionless and her mouth is open. She had no expression on her face, therefore leaving no hints as to how exactly she felt about everything. "You what!?" Alicia said quietly after she had successfully regained her voice. She seemed to be in a lot of yet at the same time trying to fight the truth. She was not ready for this at all. This one came as a huge and deafening shock to her. "You heard me correctly Alicia, yes you belong to the alpha now, this is what you always wanted. That man, you are his now. Pack your things and get ready, you need to leave tomorrow." Her mother said without anything like guilt on her face.Alicia stared at the woman who had birthed her with shock, did this woman even care about her? Even if it was a little? Who sold their child to a man who was disappointed and did not come for her? Who did that!!!! "Get out of my ho
"Oh wow, you are already up!" She heard her friend, Mira's voice from behind her, causing her to turn to her. Alicia smiled weakly as she nodded, she felt sick already and she was not even there yet. "Yeah…I will leave soon. Mom said if I wasted time, the palace guards would come to get me and I do not want to upset Lucian." Alicia said to Mira with a small smile as she sighed, to say she was tired of this was such an understatement. She could not even convey her emotions properly. "Wow…I really can not believe your mother would do this to you." Mira said in a low voice as her eyes burned with rage for her friend. This was one of the things she loved about her friend, she was the type who would get angry on behalf of her friend who was going through some kind of shit. She knew that Mira would feel angry, especially as she had been with her from the beginning and had witnessed how her mother treated her. With such disrespect and in such a downgrading manner. "I can believe anythi
"I did ask her to come see me," said a deep baritone voice from behind, rendering both ladies immobilized.Alicia's thoughts began to wander in different ways as Lucian...no her buyer's steps came closer. She wondered what she has signed up for by willing bringing herself to him. At the last minute, she thought to leave but it would be so ridiculous and stressful cause he'd end up sending his guards after her."You may leave Ena," Lucian tells the other woman. Ena doesn't look so happy with the king sending her away. She wouldn't lie, at the instant she laid her eyes on the unknown woman who has just walked in, she felt threatened by her beauty. She bows in obeisance and quickly departed from the room.Alicia watched the woman leave in fear of what next as she could feel his breath on her skin, his usual woody scent and his towering posture."Look at me." She heard him say and hesitated before she heeded to his words and looked at him. Immediately she stood faced with him, her eyes
Alicia whimpered as she came in contact with the cold bare floor of the dungeon. Rein had forcefully thrown her in it and she wondered if he had feelings whatsoever, she wondered if he had ever been in love which brought her thoughts to Lucian.She remembered how they first met and how they fell in love against all odds. Well, it seems she was the only one who fell in love. She felt so belittled and embarrassed about how she was so carefree back then and was willing to sacrifice her life for him. What love could do. She also wondered about what could have happened to make him evolve into a monster. The present Lucian was definitely not the same person she fell in love with. How could he set her up the way he did? The wounds she had been trying hard to heal opened up and became fresh again as she went down memory lane to her previous experience in the dungeon three years ago. If she could survive a whole year back then, she was sure could survive this as well. Her hatred for Lucian g