Alpha Luciano's POVWhen I woke up, Arabella was sleeping next to me. Her black hair was mussed from sleep and she pouted as though she was arguing about something in her sleep. Knowing her, the probability wasn't so far-fetched.We spent a lot of time around each other recently. It wasn't just sex although the sex was phenomenal and spontaneous. I recalled how Arabella had jumped me the moment I had walked through the door last night. Having a hormonal pregnant mate definitely had its perks. It was also about the strange conversations and arguments we got into.I shook myself awake. Was I simping for Arabella? No way.I went to take a shower. The strike on the Creoles was tonight. I would crush them like the insignificant bugs that they were. When I came out, Arabella was already awake and yawning."Where are you going to?" She asked and I began to answer her then hesitated. Since when did I explain my whereabouts to anyone?Arabella seemed oblivious to my mood and beckoned to me. "C
Emery's POVGetting rid of Arabella's child was easier said than done. If Margaret had been strict about her diet before, it was nothing on what she did now. Every food was prepared in front of her or by her. Everything was carefully supervised because of Arabella's so-called pregnancy sensitivities. And I had to be careful about what I did. I was trying to assassinate the heir to the Lupo-Mortale pack. It was one thing to make sure none of the women in the harem conceived, it was another to murder an unborn but already-formed child. I could trust no one, not even my mother who supplied me with the drug. Any lapse on my side would terminate my life untimely.I was trying to improve the quality of my life and not get myself killed. I paced the length of my room in the harem. A tiny space compared to the expanse that Arabella now occupied. I swallowed the bitter thought and let it harden inside me. An idea occurred to me as if born of my envy. I just had to kill the child in any way p
Alpha Luciano's POVI was disturbed. It wasn't because of the mindless conversations I had undergone while following Uncle Tommaso around. Could it be because I had left Arabella behind? Was I so caught up in her that I couldn't think clearly when she wasn't around me? No, it was all in my head. I was not falling for her nor was I worried about her. She had her guards with her. They would keep her safe for the next hour. Besides, my pack lands were impenetrable. If I was still bothered about her now it meant that I… no, I would never accept that. I wasn't. That was final.Arabella was fine. ********Arabella's POVMy vision blurred with tears. Margaret was… I refused to think about it. I blotted it out of my mind. I would soon reach the main entrance of the pack and every step I took felt like a betrayal. That was what I was doing, wasn't it? Betrayal? I was betraying Margaret to save my life and my child's. Even if she had demanded it of me it felt unbelievably cruel.I heard some
Alpha Luciano's POVThe thing about life is that when bad things happen you think 'sorry for the person but it can never happen to me'. Things like these didn't happen to people like me. I shouldn't have had to wait on a verdict from a doctor with so much trepidation.It was my fault. All of it. If I had just taken her with me like she'd asked me to then none of this would have happened. If I had stationed a company of guards to protect her instead of giving her so few because I thought it would keep people less suspicious and keep her safe. If I had simply left the fucking party from the start the moment I felt strange. If only, if only, if fucking only. I was filled with regret. I was angry and pained, I wanted to rip someone, anyone apart. There was something fundamentally flawed with me. I had strangled Emery instead of checking in on Arabella's condition first. If I closed my eyes, I could still hear Arabella's voice.Luciano, look at us. We'll be terrible parents...You are one
Arabella's POVThe only problem with being high is eventually you come down. Being pregnant had been my high. I had been happy. I felt loved, felt wanted. I had loved, dreamt, hoped and seen a future when I should have been scared of the aftermath.My body healed. My belly was flat and concave again in days thanks to the genetics of being a werewolf. If I tried a little I could imagine it all being a dream. The only problem was when I opened my eyes, Margaret was gone.The painful part was Margaret's sacrifice had been in vain because the child had died anyway. The baby was gone. My baby was dead. And Luciano. After forcing me to eat, he stood up and was almost at the door before he turned and asked me a question that wasn't even about me."Emery. What role did she play in all this?"Out of spite, I wanted to stay silent. She had wronged me several times in the past and I wanted her to hurt as well. I wanted everyone to feel this endless pain that seemed to hollow me out from the in
Alpha Luciano's POV"I think it's high time you killed Arabella. She has outlived her usefulness. Vitalio has been declawed and is busy fighting off the government with the last of his cash to keep himself out of jail. We have no use for her anymore."I ignored Uncle Vitalio. He seemed to have woken up on the wrong side of the bed today. He wanted me to kill Arabella now that she was no longer carrying my child. And somehow he felt that I would go with it?I browsed through Mikah's report on the activities of the Creoles. It was too quiet and I had learnt to be wary of the quiet before the storm. "Luciano, I'm speaking to you.""I heard you." I raised my eyes to meet him. "I just don't feel like wasting my time on pointless arguments. Arabella is my property. She will live as I will.""It is not your place to interfere with your Alpha's affairs. We all saw what happens when I let you try it. That's how this entire Creole mess started anyway. So mind your business and find a fucking h
Arabella's POVWhen I woke up, I was chained up with silver and gagged. I was also on the forest floor but it wasn't the same forest that I had lost consciousness in. That Emery had knocked me out. That bitch!How dare she? What exactly was her plan? She couldn't hurt me, Luciano would have her hide. Not because he cared about me but because in his twisted mind, I was just a property which he owned, meaning only he could decide on my life and death.Or could he be in on this?"I'll give her to you as long as you promise me that you will kill her and Luciano will never find out that I had anything to do with this." That was Emery's voice. Who was she giving me to? I tried not to make too much noise so that they wouldn't notice that I had woken up already. I twisted my neck and head slightly. I could see Emery talking to a cloaked person some yards away, her voice low and conspiratorial. The voice that replied was low, sweet with a tang of sarcasm."Do you think I answer to a lowly
Arabella's POVI hurt all over from the multiple beatings I had taken. My back and my stomach were bruised and I was sure that I had cracked at least one rib. After beating me up on Anastasia's command, they proceeded to dump me in this wooden storage unit. It was musty and smelled like mould. I could hear their conversations going on outside. I had to escape from this place.When I had been depressed about losing my child, I thought a lot about dying. It wasn't like I wanted to end my life. I just wanted the pain to end. But now the last thing I wanted was for my life to end.I never understood how Luciano felt violence and death were the answers to every problem until after finding out that Emery and Anastasia had masterminded my child's death. I was angry. I wanted revenge with a ferocity that bothered me. But first I needed to escape. My hands were still chained in front of me. My legs were free, however. There had to be a plus side to this. I couldn't slam my body against the w