ANTONELLA'S POVAs soon as I got back to my room, I closed the door behind me and turned the key in the lock. My heart was beating very fast in my chest. Things were beginning to get more and more complicated.The Alpha, Xavier had stood up for me, causing a kind of rift between himself and his chief guard, Martinez. Hermes who didn't like Alpha Xavier one bit was still in the picture. Martinez, whom the Alpha had raised his hands on because of me now hated me, and worst of all, Alpha Xavier had shouted at the head maid, Griselda all because of me. I knew that I was going to be in a lot of trouble by morning. There was literally nothing I was going to tell her that would make her believe me. She would definitely think that I had something with Alpha Xavier.As I thought about my predicament, I heard two sharp knocks on the door of my room. My heart flew to my mouth as I waited. If it was Griselda, I was surely in a lot of trouble.Luckily for me, when I opened the door, it wasn't her.
DEMONTES' POVEver since the day I got the letter, I could barely sleep. Today's was worse however. I sat on the throne and stared into space. Someone had found something on me, something that he could probably use to bring me down.Who was this person? And what had he found?Many thoughts ran through my head at that moment and I struggled to process everything.Was it the Alpha, Xavier? I couldn't tell if it was him. I had too many enemies to keep track of and the letter could have come from any of them. I heard the faint sound of someone calling my name, and I turned to my right to see that Freya was standing beside me."Demontes!" Freya snapped her fingers and I stood up at once."Who's there?" My eyes scanned the perimeter of the palace, warily. Someone was watching us."Who's where?" Freya frowned and looked around.I sighed and fell back on my throne."You startled me, Freya," I grunted. "Why do you always startle me?""I've been beside you for minutes," Freya explained. "I've
DEMONTES' POVJust a minute into the dance, I had to admit that I was already impressed. The girls moved around like experts; their waists swivelling effortlessly to the sound of the soft music that was playing in the background.And the music? Where the hell was the music coming from?I turned around, trying to locate where the sound of the music was coming from and my eyes met with one of the dancers. She winked at me and moved her hips seductively.I turned to see if Freya was watching but she wasn't. And then, I reached out to one of the guards who was standing beside me and pulled him closer to me."See that girl at the fore front," I whispered in his ears. "Keep an eye on her. After this dance I want you to follow her and get me her number okay?"The guard nodded and went back to his duty post. I looked to Freya to make sure that she had not noticed our little conversation and just as I had expected, she was still distracted, watching the girls as they danced.I smiled to myself
ANTONELLA'S POVI backed away slowly as Martinez approached me. He was a tall and buff man with a piercing gaze, and being in the same room with him for a long time meant trouble.He inched closer to me, slowly and steadily, counting his every step as he walked and I kept moving backwards, until I could not move any further.I had gotten to the wall. There was no escape for me there. I was all alone, no Xavier to help me, no Hermes to save me. I was stuck with the man I suspected, hated me more than anyone else in the world. I wondered why he even hated me. What had my evil father done to him? Martinez stopped a few centimeters away from me and he scanned me from head to toe. He raised his hands up and his fingers sharpened into claws at once.I closed my eyes and prepared myself for the worst. If that was how I was going to die, then I had to be ready for it.He brought his claws down on the wall, making a sharp scraping sound and my whole body shook out of fear.Martinez chuckled
ANTONELLA'S POVThe next week came sooner than I had expected. That morning, I woke up to the sound of the blaring alarm and I looked at the clock in my room. For the first time in a long time, I had actually woken up early. It was going to be a good day.I prepared the Alpha's bathing water quickly before heading off to take my own bath and when I was done, I dressed up and waited for him outside his room. As he was taking a lot of time to get ready, I decided to take a quick stroll around to get more familiar with the palace. I turned on my heels and almost bumped into Griselda. "Oh my goodness!" She exclaimed. "How dare you?"She attempted to slap me but I dodged it quickly."I'm sorry ma'am," I apologized at once. "It was a mistake."Griselda was not hearing any of that. I had dodged her slap and that was the only thing that mattered to her at that moment."You dare oppose me?" She growled. "You think I cannot correct you because you're fucking the Alpha huh? You think - ""An
ANTONELLA'S POVI was not out for a long time.I woke up less than five minutes later to the familiar smell of burning wood and when I looked up, I saw that half the building had been engulfed by the flames already.I gasped in shock as I rose up to my feet. Alpha Xavier was still in there and I had to do something.As I considered my next move, another part of the building exploded, a mini explosion this time that I guessed had been triggered by the first. That part started burning as well and the fire grew rapidly.I considered my options quickly. Was it wise to run into a building that was possibly laced with more bombs that could kill me just because I wanted to save him? And the Alpha I wanted to save too. He didn't even care about me. He hated me, because of my Father. Why should I help him now that he needed me?Surely, it would be better to take my chances and try escaping. I thought about it for a while and then Nala growled in my head again."Save the Alpha," she muttered.
SALVADOR'S POVI woke up with a start and I felt someone's fingers running through my hair. I tried to get up to my feet but I was too weak.Turning around, I saw that it was Antonella, Alpha Demontes' evil daughter.What was she doing so close to me? Why was she running her hands through my hair? Had I forgiven her already? And did she know that I was Salvador?Many thoughts ran through my head as I struggled to recollect the memory of the events that had occurred.Slowly, I started remembering every single thing. We had come to Dennis' shop and after I had selected my clothes for the ball, I had instructed her to take it to the car. She had carried them to the car and I was still conversing with my friend when we heard the loud sound of the explosion.That was the last thing I could remember clearly. The rest of my memory was hazy and scattered, in bits and pieces. I could remember her staring into my eyes, breaking a door with an axe and dragging me out of the building.Yes! That w
ANTONELLA'S POVI had watched as the Alpha ranted on and on about how I poisoned him. To say the least, I was disappointed. I didn't think that after saving his life and staying beside him for a whole day, he would have the mind to accuse me of trying to kill him. If I wanted to kill him, I could have just left him in the building to burn. As his eyes closed slowly, I knew he was falling out of consciousness again. I waited until he was down on the floor before I went up to him.I nursed him back to life with the help of the herbs I had gotten from the forest and waited for him to recover again.All the while as I waited for him to come back to life, I considered my options again. I still had the chance to run away and leave him there but I was running out of time. I knew that as an Alpha, he was going to be well again with the right treatment before the end of the next day. If I wanted to do anything, I had to do it now.Running away was a good option but when I thought more about