IRIS"Be careful, Luna." One of the women called out to me as I tried to fix up one of the loose floorboards of the ceiling that was hanging down so that it doesn't hurt the kids."I know, Mira," I retorted. "I promise I'll be careful so you don't have to worry about me.""Of course we'll worry. You're the Alpha's woman, and we will all be blamed should anything happen to you while you are working on that. Why don't you just step down and let one of the guys do it for you instead?" She suggested, her voice laced with worry."I'll be fine, Mira. Besides, I'm almost done working on it. It just needs a few tweaks here and there to make a note, and I'll be done," I assured her before resuming to work on it. I managed to fix on the board and just as I was about to step down from the chair, I slipped and felt myself falling.I screamed loudly as I waited for the impact which would be falling to the ground and breaking a few bones here and there. I remained still, waiting and not moving, but
IRIS"I see that you and Kavan were pretty close today," Dylan voiced out as we made our way back home. I had thought that he would at least let me rest and have a moment to myself since I had been very tired all day but no, he wanted to start up a conversation which I wasn't prepared for. Why was he always like this?"Why?" I asked. Obviously irritated that he was trying to talk to me after what he did today. We had been out all morning and he didn't even take the initiative to apologize or at least act as if he was sorry for his actions but now, he was trying to talk to me? Did he think I was that stupid to want a conversation with him?"I'm just asking you a question, Iris." He retorted. "I'm not trying to kill you or accuse you for anything."I scoffed. "Isn't that what you've been doing since yesterday? If I could recall correctly, the last time you asked me this question, you went ahead to slut shame me, and then you took appropriate steps to not train me. So what more should I
DYLAN"Iris?" I rushed toward her and crouched to the ground right next to her. I carried her into my arms and shook her desperately. Her eyes were snapped shut, and that was when I noticed that she was burning up. I drew her closer to myself so that my body would keep her warm."Iris! Don't you mess with me and wake up right now!" I called out to her, begging and pleading for her to open up her eyes, but she wouldn't. She couldn't."Send for the pack's physician right this instant!" I ordered in a loud voice. "If he doesn't arrive in the next twenty minutes, I swear to the goddess that he will crawl all the way home." I threatened, and the guards stormed off. Gently picking her up, I carried her in bridal style and made my way toward my bedroom. I placed her on the bed and took off her attire till she was left in her undergarments."You stubborn woman!" I mumbled under my breath. "You just couldn't wait to finish me off that you had to do this, right? Or did you think that I was easi
DYLAN"I have run some tests and examined her, Alpha. She is highly stressed, and her mind and brain are weak, thereby affecting all parts of her body. It's as if something big is drowning on her." He broke down the news to me in bits, but I still couldn't process or take them all in. She was still thinking about the nightmares. Damn it, Iris!"So what? Is she going to die?" I asked in anger."No. The Luna is in shock. Her body and mind are working separately, and it's weighing down on her deeply. If this continues, then we can fear for the worst."I laughed. An empty laugh filled with no emotions. "If I wanted to fear for the worst, then I wouldn't have called you here to check on her. I called you here simply because I want you to find a solution and help her wake up, so whatever you're telling me does not sit well with me, and I hope you know that I do not take it lightly when something doesn't go according to how I want it to go.""I understand, Alpha, and that's why I'm here. I
DYLANI woke up to Iris's body convulsing on top of mine. She was drenched in sweat, and her eyes were snapped shut. I held onto her like my life depended on it. The physician had only told me to make sure that I had body contact with her which I have been doing all night long, so what could be wrong with her? I had been offering myself as support to make sure that she was okay. So why wasn't she okay, and why was she shaking to the point of sweating out in mass?"Iris?" I called out to her, but she didn't wake up. Instead, it only got worse. Damn it. If she was a werewolf, then I would know exactly what to do, but she wasn't one. She was a human, and I didn't understand their physiology. How was I supposed to help her out of this one?I have tried the close body contact, but it wasn't as effective as I had hoped."Wake up, Iris. This isn't funny anymore, and I don't like it," I whispered to her in a stern voice, but she wouldn't budge. Left with no other option, I threw off the blank
IRIS.I moaned into the light and opened my eyes slowly. The rays of sun passed through them, and I hid my face in my pillows to block the sun from shining directly into the room. I groaned when I realized that it wasn't working and turned to the other side. Just when I tried my very best to have a good night's sleep, the sun had ruined it. Goodness!Yawning awake, I took in my surroundings and In my dazed eyes, I could tell that I wasn't in my bedroom. My eyes flew open, and I was right. This wasn't my bedroom. However, the bedroom looked familiar to me. Like I already came in there once. My eyes widened as realization set in.Wait a minute, was this Dylan's room? Holy smokes in Wheels! How did I end up here? What was I doing here and how— the rest of my words caught up in my throat when I saw the bigger picture. I was naked. I didn't want to believe it. However, it was nothing but the truth. I slowly pulled the cover over my body and checked again, only to realize that I wasn't wea
Iris. "What happened last night? And why does he want to see me?" I interrogated my maids as they helped me out of bed to get me cleaned up and ready for the morning. I had been trying to come up with instances as to why he said that I had lied to him, but there was nothing popping up in my brain. Everything felt blank and I couldn't understand what he meant by that statement. Did Kavan tell him anything? No! I highly doubt that. Kavan had given me his word that he would not say a word to Dylan and that he would keep whatever we discussed between us a secret. Besides, we dropped him off last night. If Dylan was with me for the better part of the night, then it only meant that he didn’t see Kavan yesterday after we came back. But if he did not see Kavan and the two of them didn’t have any discussion whatsoever amongst themselves, then what on earth did he mean by saying I had lied to him and betrayed him? None of it was making any sense. Did I suffer a concussion last night or had my
IRIS "All done. You look very beautiful, my lady." The maids complimented me, and I forced a smile at them. I still couldn't get over what they had just said. I had been so upset with Dylan when in real sense, I was alive because of him. Maybe Kavan was right. Maybe he wasn't as bad as I had painted him to be. He might have his very own issues but then again, he still looked out for me which was something that I never expected. "We also wanted to thank you for what you did yesterday." One of them began. "My mother told me that you helped the village and that she was pleased that the Alpha found a woman just like you." "Oh..." I flushed. "I had no idea that your mum had seen me in the village." "Believe me, she has." She confirmed. "My mum is very skeptical when it comes to humans and creatures that are not like our kind, but yesterday she spoke of you as though you were one of us, and she also told me that every woman in the village was saying the same thing too. She told me that t