Asher's POVWe had our munitions so we couldn't teleport back to the palace. As we marched down, we fought many enemies who were lying in wait for us. Some of King Muna's soldiers had spread out while the whole army was waiting to take us out at the palace.We were just a stone's throw from the palace when they came at us. Bullets and arrows were fired sporadically. We shielded ourselves and after the recklessness simmered down, I addressed the soldiers."The commander of the war, King Muna, is dead. He has already been taken down. It's to your advantage that you retreat and surrender. If you do, you will all be spared. It's…" I was still addressing the soldiers when my brother, Prince Adams fired sporadically. One of the bullets struck Regan and he fell, groaning in pain.My heart skipped a beat but thank goodness he was wearing the vest. "King Muna might have been killed, but here I am! Your new king! Your new master!" Adams declared and some faction of the army whom he had won ove
Ashley's POVIt's been a few weeks now and I haven't heard from the palace. I tried my best to avoid my family while I stayed at the Moonlight Pack. I spent most of the time with Logan in his chambers. Reuniting with him made me remember Allen.While Rossi returned to be with Prince Asher at the palace, Prince Regan didn't ask for me. He was still angry that I killed his ex-wife who was carrying a bastard child.The throne of Colleen's Alpha King was left empty while the remnant tried to restore order. Adrian visited me almost every day, giving me updates. There was an ongoing massacre. It was brutal but it couldn't be helped. Prince Asher was going about killing all the remnants of soldiers. Including those who teamed up with him during the war. He wanted to build a new army and he couldn't trust them. When the cleansing was done, he formed a new army from the remaining men who were loyal to the strikers sect and he sent the Dowager into exile. It was a great reformation but we wer
Ashley's POVWhat!? I stood up from the crowd transfixed as I watched the scene. Regan was flabbergasted, the look in his eyes said it all. He tried to stand on his feet but he couldn't. He was caught by surprise.Asher helped him up and Regan hugged him. They stayed that way for a moment while the crowd applauded. The applause wasn't loud, it was obvious that the people preferred Asher to Regan.Asher placed the seal in Regan's hand and led him upstage. Regan lifted the seal and yelled. "To the honour of my family members who died tragically in the hands of their kinsmen!" The applause increased as people sympathised with him. Moreover, they all loved King Carter."I know I have lived a life that seemed unworthy of the throne. It was all a camouflage to escape death from the hands of those who killed my parents. Here I'm… I never knew I would get this. Yes, I wanted it but I thought it had slipped away and I was happy for the man who got it… but he has such a big heart… here I am…"
Ashley's POV Outside the palace, I was dropped in a cart and carted away. With my hands and legs tied, I could not do much but I still tried to escape. This made the cart man stop at intervals along the way. And when he couldn't take it anymore, he unsealed my lips, forced a sore drink down my throat and sealed up my mouth again. I began to feel dizzy and I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was in a brightly lit room. The tape sealing my mouth had been removed. Although my hands were untied, my legs were still bound and I couldn't move around.Before me was a table of beacons and eggs. It was my favourite meal when I was still living with my father and stepmother. Who the hell abducted me and still feeds me? I have made more enemies over the years so I couldn't guess who did this."Who the hell is here!? Who are you and what do you want from me!?" I yelled and manoeuvred my way around the room. Suddenly, a burning sensation hit my feet. My body burned and I knew what it was. The room
Regan POV"We will find her," Adrian and Asher assured me for the umpteenth time, but I wasn't convinced. Yeah, Ashley was stubborn and bent in her own ways. But I saw the look in her eyes when I told her to go to my chambers. I saw the remorse in her eyes which tells me that She would want to please me first even if it meant she would defy my orders the next hundred times.I had the guards comb through the palace but she wasn't there. Rossi didn't know either. I had sent messages to her Pack and family, I needed to know if she was with them.Adrian had also tried to look for her. He tried to locate her with his supernatural abilities but he couldn't connect to her. Everyone told me all is fine but I didn't buy it. There was this longing feeling and I just couldn't help but think that something was wrong.I dozed myself with drinks late into the night until Asher came to see me. He took away my drink and berated me."Common Regan, you are the king now. Stop acting indecently…" "The
Regan's POVWaking up at dawn, I realised that I slept all through the night. It was unusual, I wasn't a heavy sleeper and with Ashley's disappearance, my sleep had been lighter.The most alarming thing was that I slept naked. As if that wasn't enough, I felt something soft in my arms, it felt like the body of a woman. What the heck! What have I done? Ashley was still missing.The memory of the previous night came in flashes. I remembered the hotness and the uncontrollable urge for sex. But I didn't call the girls. Who the heck is this? I asked as I flipped on the lamp.The dim room came alive and I saw the woman cuddled up and naked on my bed. It was Becca, Ashley's sister. My body vibrated in rage as I remembered partially, all that I did to her. I mistook her for Ashley! Oh my God! How the heck did she get in here? She even used drugs on me to make me have sex with her. I was sure of it. What I felt the previous night wasn't natural.unable to control my anger, I flung her off the
Regan's POVI was losing my mind and I knew it. I had joined the guards and tore down unfamiliar paths in Colleen looking for Ashley, but there was no sign of her. I even went to see the Dowager, but she knew nothing about her disappearance. It was becoming easy to assume that if Ashly was still alive, she left of her own accord and did not want to be found. But she was carrying my pup, she wouldn't do that.Adrian had visited on different occasions but he came with the same testimony. He couldn't find her nor connect to her. His explanation was simple. He said she was possibly being held by someone with higher supernatural abilities than him. He also suggested that she could be confined with wolfsbane or possibly dead. The last statement almost cost him his head.I was unstable and didn't fit in as a King. Ashley's disappearance was a colossal loss, it affected everything about me. Although I occupied the throne and I was officially the King, it was my right-hand man, Asher, who mad
A Few Months LaterAshley's POV The pain of abandonment hit me like a typhoon and I loathed in pain and resentment until I couldn't anymore. My Stepmom treated me as she deemed fit. Sometimes she acted so nice and all and sometimes she was like a demon. Although I didn't know what was going on with Becca, she never showed up again. I knew that my Stepmom's mood swings had something to do with whatever was going on with her daughter.When it was time, I had my pups. They were a pair of identical twins. The process was excruciating and I almost lost my life. The wolfsbane interfered with the delivery and until every single one of it was cleaned up, I couldn't bring forth my pups.In the end, I realized that no one really cared. I was all alone and it was the scary truth. Two days after I had my pups, they were taken away from me and I understood my Stepmom's game. She let live to take my pups for her daughter. Does that mean that Becca's seduction of Regan succeeded? I couldn't beli