Chapter 28 - A Betrayal
Antheia’s POV
It has been five days and the Alpha never talked to me again. Whenever I timed him in the dining eating and I approach him, he would avoid me. And I would be left on my own. In the past five days, the Alpha had been busy, maybe his duties since he was always out and I rarely saw him. when I figured that I must have ruining his appetite when I approach him in the kitchen while he was eating, I stopped going to him when he eats. I do not want him to go out there with an empty stomach.
And aside from that encounter, I was not able to approach him anymore and instead, every morning, I would just watch him train the pack warriors and join them on the open ground of the pack house which is visible from the view from the window of my room.
And since I had nothing to do, just like in the past few days, today, I remain inside my room and just read books, and Lea just comes up to
Chapter 29 – A Similar PunishmentAntheia’s POVI walked down the stairs and I could smell the waffle and maple syrup wafting my nose already. My stomach rumbled for I was not able to eat dinner last night due to the scene I have witnessed. I have already come into a conclusion and peace with myself. I did not spend talking to the moon, more like to myself, in midnight for nothing.I have decided to forget what I saw, forget about mates, forget about love, forget about the Alpha and just live my life normally, like a common werewolf, who does day to day jobs. No complications, no hard feelings.I know that it is impossible to change overnight, but I will do my best to change and it starts now. I am getting everything out of my system already for I want to start anew.“Good morning, Greta.” I greeted with a smile to the old cook when she came out from the dining area, holding a jar o
Chapter 30 – Nightmare of the PastAntheia’s POVAgain, just like in some other nights and for the past years I was held slaved, I was visited by the nightmare of my past.An eight year old me, locked up in cell, yes, in a cell not in my room basement, but in a cell in the dungeon of my father’s pack.I had committed a grave mistake, but was it that grave that a little kid me had to suffer such thing and be treated like a captive?I was accused of being a thief, of stealing my sister’s money, which I never did. I cleaned her room, and tidied her things and did my best as an eight year old to clean up my sister’s spilled milkshake in her carpeted floor and was splashed on some of her notebooks. I was eight and my sister was 13, the other was 11, and my brother was 14.My father threw me in the dungeon, where in other cells were frightening rogues, baring their fangs and
Chapter 31 – Not Worthy of an AlphaAntheia’s POVIt was just a flash of coldness until he sighed loudly.“Move to the side.” He uttered and I frowned in puzzlement, wiping my own tears and sniffing back the fluid attempting to run out from my nose.“Huh?”“I said moved to the side.” He gestured but I did not move.And thus he squeezed himself on the small space on the side nearer to him, and lay down.“Wh…what—““You sit there til the morning or you sleep, your choice, but I will sleep here.” The Alpha uttered and turned to me, burying his face to my side and wrapping his arm around my waist, and his thumb had got its way under the hem of my shirt and brushed my skin on that spot, and there it is again, the tingling sensation I always get from him whenever our skin make contact.“Alpha! I
Chapter 32 – Alpha Raven LanfordAntheia’s POVThe Alpha turned around and checked the food. He was silent. And his silence was scaring me, but above it, it is starting to break my heart again.How many times does it have to break until it completely goes numb and die? Is this not a repeated torture?He stirred the sauce and I could smell the aroma of it, making me drool more in starvation.Minutes after minutes had passedand he still did not speak.Did he come to a realization already? That I am truly not worthy of him, tht he deserves someone better, someone whom he can brag about, someone that he can show to the other Alphas, someone he can display around and be proud of.And I am not that person.The moon goddess might have made a mistake of pairing us two. She could have just paired me to someone with a lower rank instead, to a pack warrior, or to a commo
Chapter 33 – Moving to His RoomAntheia’s POVI woke up with a faint cluttering and shuffling of feet in my room, that no matter how much the people inside try to make their movements as silent as possible, my werewolf senses were still able to pick it up. I opened my eyes and the curtain was already open, shining my room with the morning sunlight, welcoming me as I stretched my legs.My gaze landed then at the source of the noise and there I saw the pack helpers, yes I call them helpers for I refuse to deem them as servants or slaves because in the first place, they are being treated right and with respect in this pack even though they are in the low rank.They were in my wardrobe, taking out my clothes, dresses, pants, shirts, and shoes, and some were moving out and in of my room. Panic immediately rushed in me and I sat up, thinking what they are doing, are they packing my things to throw me out?!
Chapter 34 – Hmm… F*ck?Antheia’s POVI was already getting bored of staying inside the pack house and I wanted to see the outside more and feel that I am really free, just feeling the breeze, the smell of soil and grasses, the chirping birds, I have been deprived of such freedom for years, as if I lived like a cave man who has not idea of the outside world, however, I was glad that I am not that ignorant, though there are things that I do not know, I still know some, and I am glad as well for one of the old servants of my father’s pack who had helped me and taught me some things as I grew up, but when I was eleven, she fell ill and died, leaving me then alone to figure things out on my own.We walked in in the forest, passing by some pack warriors, cleaning, training, patrolling, with the Alpha on my side since I asked him to take me out.Beta Lufin’s voice was heard from behind so
Chapter 35 – Did You Kill Them?Antheia’s POVIt was a miracle that we were still able to stop, though it was mostly Alpha Raven who halted even though it was shameful of me to reach him for more, and ask him for more of his lips. And along the way I have been pouting like a kid who had been refused of a sweet candy.I do not know how the mate bonds works but it is making me to crave for my mate, for his touch, his lips, his hugs and kisses, just him, I just want him to be with me.“Stop pouting, you will get more later.” He teased as we stride towards the busy town of the pack. People were stopping to bow their heads and some threw some glances of curiosity at me. I kept myself close to the Alpha as I feared that someone might just instantly snatch me away from him or I would get lost in this place.I tried to brush up my ego and said, “No, thank you. I do not need it, Raven.
Chapter 36 – A Monster, A PsychopathAntheia’s POVThe sun was already going down, wanting to hide himself behind the mountains of the west while coloring the previously blue colored sky into a hue of red and orange with a tint of yellow. It was beautiful, but the dark was creeping too fast that Alpha Raven does not want to risk us going through the woods again and walk in the dark, if him alone, he can do it, but he would not want to risk me encountering some rogues and enemies along the way, thus, he called Beta Lufin to fetch us in town.Along the ride, Beta Lufin was on the driver’s seat, driving, his attention was on the road, while I and the Alpha sat on the back, with pure silence between us. I do not know what else to ask him, what else to tell him, for even in my self, I am conflicted of what I should feel of what I had learned from his answer.When he came back from the foster care&rsq