ARIA’S POVThat evening, I laid on my bed with a smile on my face. My heart beamed with joy and it felt lighter than usual. It was more like I had made up with Aiden, and things were going to begin to be smooth with us.I began to imagine the fun we could probably have together, and how my revenge against Ryan was going to work out with him. The feeling of having someone ready to stick by your side, and help you achieve your aim was a really good one which I never wanted to end.Although, the pain of the mate draw was still there, but then, we had cleared a particular obstacle between us, and I could try to be patient for a gradual closeness between us before a conversation regarding having sex, comes up.The joy of being back with him had overshadowed my curiosity about why he didn’t want to have sex with me, and that was fine. After all, we now talk, and that’s what matters most presently.I stared up at the ceiling with a smile on my face and then let out a relieved sigh.“Mom. Dad
ARIA’S POV.I stared at him with all confidence because it seemed much like I wouldn’t be able to take it if it was bad news. “Alright, I’m all ears.” “So, the thing is I need both of us to get to other Alpha Kings. We need to manipulate them and get them on our side as it would make our ploy have a higher chance of working out. That’s the strategy Ryan is using, certainly.” Aiden said to me.I nodded my head slowly as I held my chin with both my index finger and thumb. What Aiden had just said really sounded wise to me. We needed the Alpha Kings on our side for most of the things we plan to do to work out easily.If only Alpha King Rutherford was on our side, it wasn’t enough. More power meant more victory. “Alright, so how do we go about it?” I asked, ready to give my best to our plans.“We have to attend parties together, and from there, we would be able to mix up, and make ourselves more visible. But I’ll need you to impress those kings as they wouldn’t look at you a second ti
ALPHA AIDEN’S POVA smile came on my face as I ended my sentence with a full stop. I knew very well that Alpha Dylan’s curiosity was going to be at high peak the moment he read this letter.“Alright, I need you to send this letter to him, first thing in the morning.” I instructed him.“Noted.” Jamison responded, and then we both rose to our feet.I walked back to my room, and then pulled off my clothes. After such a long day, a nice cold bath was what was needed.As I got into the bathroom, I turned on the shower, and stood under it, allowing the water to pass through different parts of my body, making my bones feel relieved.My mood was much better than the past weeks when I kept my distance from Aria, and nothing felt better than my current mood. With this mood, and Aria by my side, I feel I can conquer the world, and that we can achieve our aim.The only fear I have is I hope that as we get closer, and focus on achieving our goals, she would find it hard to resist the mate draw. I
ALPHA AIDEN’S POV.The sound of my finger tips tapping my study table expressed how impatient I was beginning to get. It was an hour left into the night, and no response had been gotten from Alpha King Dylan. I knew how curious and interested he was, in mysterious, and beneficial things, but this was kind of surprising. “Seeing as hours have passed since I dropped the letter, I don’t think he is willing to invite us.” Jamison uttered as he leaned on the wall next to the door.I decided to ignore him as I didn’t want anything in form of discouragement. As long as the day hasn’t run out, there can be hope. The only thing that clouded my hope was that Alpha Dylan was someone who jumped quickly unto things he saw as opportunities, so if he had not gotten back to us, then I can’t be so sure of the possibility we would attend the event.“So, what should we do? What is going to be Plan B if this doesn’t work out?” Jamison asked, looking concerned.“About that, I don’t know. I relied on the
ARIA’S POV.The sound of the carriage hitting the rocks, and making me jerk up a little, at intervals, made me more nervous, and anxious. Cold sweat filled my forehead, despite the evening breeze which could calm anyone down.I glanced towards Aiden, and he looked so calm and composed that it got me feeling a bit intimidated. If I let him down, would he still speak with me, the way he has been? Would he change back to the cold part of him which he showed me all this while?I gulped down my saliva with difficulty as I looked away from him, and looked towards the far distance which marked the beginning of Alpha King Dylan’s kingdom. Well, all I needed was to fake it and probably that Alpha Dylan wouldn’t expect more. Soon, we got so close to the palace, and from where we were, I could tell they were really having fun. The palace was booming, and looking so lively. While that could be what would make any one excited, it made me even more nervous because if I couldn’t prove anything, an
ARIA'S POV..Murmurs rose in the hall, and a contagious excitement passed from person to person. Alpha Dylan waited to let it all sink in while terror grazed at my heart. I had to hide my hands behind me because they were shaking so hard that I couldn't even control them. Their looks seemed to analyze me, and they were probably wondering if a small thing like me could fight their King's two best warriors.My restless eyes searched for Alpha Aiden to get some kind of encouragement from him, but I was terribly disappointed, as my eyes were not granted the favor to see him.Alpha Dylan placed a hand around my shoulders in a half-polite, half-casual way.It made my heart rate shoot from a gradually rising bpm to a scarily fast one. It felt like it had increased to 80 bpm in that short amount of time.Why? Because it seemed like Alpha Dylan was trying to prepare me for what was to come by placing a hand he felt was comforting on my shoulders. If my thinking was right, then it was mock c
ARIA'S POV.This was shameful, and painful. I tried to find a way to escape the pointy spear, but then, it seemed so much like my body had given into weakness.“Stop!” I heard Alpha Dylan order, and they retreated, and bowed to him.I let out heavy breaths, and the pain that spiraled in my heart made me feel too shameful to look anywhere else apart from the sky.“Oh my. Poor girl. If she can't sixty percent skillful, then how on earth is fit to be a Luna.” I heard one of the noblemen whisper.This nobleman was definitely not close enough, but I didn't understand how I could hear a lot of their murmurs.Although, I was so curious to know about what they thought of me since I lost.“That's sort of a disgrace.” Another said.Then I found the courage to turn my head towards Alpha Dylan and Aiden. Aiden had this concerned look on while Alpha King Dylan stared at me like I was a lowly creature.“This has come to an end, my people. It was still great to watch.” Alpha King Dylan spoke, and A
ARIA’S POV“Look Aria, you need to do this or it’s all over.” He shook my shoulders lightly, just to show his seriousness about it.“You need to focus your energy on manipulating their minds, therefore, wiping off all they have seen today.”At first, I wondered how he came to know all this, but I recalled that he had read a lot about us, and there must have been books he had come across that had more stories about us.“So, if their memories get wiped out, we have to start all over again in impressing Alpha King Dylan?” I asked, feeling like everything had just come to waste, all because I went too far.“No. You will wipe their memories of what they saw you do to these female warriors, but the feeling of respect and fear will remain. But the fear is still going to be much more like respect because as they get to know you more, they’ll only see more reasons to respect than fear you for nothing.” Aiden explained, and my understanding became clear.“I see.” I muttered under my breath, sti