Chapter Ninety-Five Two Weeks Later Melissa sat up on the bed with very heavy eyes as she was unable to get some sleep the previous night. She kept rolling on the bed from side to side as her mind, being restless, refused to settle. She was a mother with so much pain in her heart due to the predicament of her beloved daughter who had been locked away in the dungeon for two long weeks by her father with no hope of being set free. She turned to her right where Alpha Duncan lay peacefully as if he had no worries in the world and wondered how he could get himself to do what he was doing. Unable to take it anymore, he pushed him, trying to get him to wake up so that she could give him a piece of her mind and when he wouldn't wake up, she shook him vigorously until he did. "What is it, woman?" He asked, as he reluctantly opened his eyes to look at her. His vision was a tad cloudy at first due to the sudden nature of his awakening but in a few seconds, it was all cleared up. "You d
Chapter Ninety-SixAlpha Duncan lay on his bed after having his bath, thinking of the next step that he had to take concerning Alina. He was restless, rolling from side to side on the bed as he struggled to hold himself together. Alina had attempted to kill a person. Not just a person but a Princess of the Runway Pack. Such crimes were usually punishable by death and Alpha Duncan knew it. He just didn't want to be the one to sentence his own daughter to death.Even if it was the fair thing to do, it wasn't fair at all to him. To do the fair thing, he was to sentence his daughter to death for trying to take the life of yet another daughter of his. He was going to lose a daughter regardless. No father could ever want that.He decided to sit up on the bed, still stuck in his thoughts as he wondered if there was a way around his predicament; one that wouldn't require the life of any of his children."The Priestess; surely she must have something to say about this," he muttered to himsel
Chapter Ninety-SevenPrince Murray's POV"Alpha Murray, one of the Rogues who was arrested from the outskirts seeks an audience with you," a guard announced as I sat on my chair in the throne room, just beside Alpha Grim."No prisoner deserves an audience with the Alpha," I calmly said to the guard, even though I was angered that he dared tell me something like that. "Those fools will get what they deserve for failing to do what was required of them, despite the agreement we had. Some rules just have to be followed, even for Rogues."He bowed and left the room while I leaned back on my chair with my eyes shut as we all waited for the arrival of a guard whom we had sent to find out the situation of things with Alina. Things in the Rogue Pack had been pretty straightforward since I defeated Alpha Grim in single combat which was never in doubt despite his numerous attempts to prevent that. He was kind of mad at first, but a few nights with Mandy softened him up. More than that, it made
Chapter Ninety-EightAlina's POV"Mph!" I heard my mother moan from her cell which was just beside mine.It had happened for a few nights and it made me wonder who it was that always went into her cell to have sex with her, especially since I was very sure it could have never been my father. The previous night, when I finally decided to ask her, "It's a guard who has promised to help," was all she said to me. When I tried to push further, she didn't say anything else. "Don't worry, my baby," she reassured me. "I'm alright and we'll both be out of here in no distant time. Just let mommy do her thing."As the sounds of their escapades kept ringing in my head, I put my hands over my ears in a desperate attempt to shut it out. It was futile though. The noise was so loud and it was clear that he was being very rough with her, in a good way. Despite her initial reluctance, she seemed to enjoy it in the end, even if she wasn't happy about it and I knew that so well.I wouldn't have known t
Chapter Ninety-NineAlina's POV"I don't know. What do you think?" Mandy whispered as the men drew even closer. "Maybe we should use our knives. They're only two of them and I think we stand a chance if we take them by surprise," I suggested despite the fear that gripped me."These men are well-trained and we're not. Why do you think we stand any chance against them?""I don't. Would you rather let them take us to the dungeon?" "I'd rather die than let that happen," she responded defiantly. "You'll be quiet, you both," one of the guards barked at us. Maybe she was a little too loud. Thankfully, they didn't hear exactly what we said. "That's exactly why we must fight them," I whispered, ignoring the man's threats. "What's the worst that can happen? They'll just kill us. I don't think that's such a bad thing given the circumstances.""What do we think we should do to them?" One of the guards asked the other. "They're trying to escape so it won't be hard to simply say that we killed
Chapter HundredAlina's POVAs we got off the carriage after arriving at the Rogue Pack, I looked around at my new surroundings and it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. For sure, it was nothing compared to the Runway Pack. The brown leaves on the floor left a lot to be desired. The flowers grew wildly, no one bothered to trim them, but as I walked past them with my mom by my side, those were the least of my problems. I wondered how Murray was going to take the loss of his dear Mandy. I had lied to the other guards that she was killed by one of the guards in the Runway Pack. The good thing was that I didn't pull out the knife that I used to kill her and it belonged to Ronnie. Nothing about her death pointed to me, except that I was supposedly with her when it happened. Well, I shut off those thoughts as we continued to make our way to the throne room. I wanted to know what it looked like. "It must be the size of a mushroom," I laughed in my mind. Yet, I knew not to write it off, s
Chapter Hundred and OneElsa's POV"We got in as soon as we heard what happened, dad," I said, walking into the throne room alongside my husband. A few elders were already seated there when we walked into the place. My mother was there too. She sat on a sofa just opposite the elders and I didn't expect to see her there. I felt she'd be right next to my father instead. The previous night, news was sent to us that Melissa and Alina had broken out of their cells. We were told that they managed to get out despite the presence of several guards who were stationed in front of their cells in the dungeon and I couldn't help but feel surprised. I had thought something like that couldn't happen, especially because it had never happened before. Somehow, Melissa and her daughter were able to do the impossible. Davon suggested that we wait till the next morning before making our way to yeh Pack but I swiftly objected to that. I wanted to get to the root of the matter, especially since I was th
Chapter Hundred And TwoElsa's POVThree Months Later"It's morning again," I sighed as I slowly opened my eyes. I yawned and then sat up on the bed to stretch. The previous night was a very busy one as I had to put a few foodstuffs together so that I could send them across to my mother. It was exhausting, yet it was worth it.I looked to my side and Davon was still fast asleep, even though he went to bed much earlier than I did. I thought he was beginning to get too lazy."Get up, sleepy head," I teased him, shaking him a few times to awaken him from his slumber. "It's morning already. Didn't you say that you had a meeting to attend?"He grudgingly turned as he stretched, yawning so loudly that I wondered how he became that tired. He finally got himself to sit up and he just stared at me like he was going to hit me. It was so funny. "You should have just let me sleep a little more, honey. The meeting is not until another hour," he protested. "You just didn't want to watch me enjoy