Lair stood a meter away from the Alpha's study as he listened to the Alpha and Kaileyn's conversation." That bitch," he muttered.Meanwhile, in the study, River stared at Kaileyn in utter disbelief and anger." What has gotten into you?" He asked but Kaileyn only shrugged though she was looking away from him.Despite the stubborn and unchanged look on her face, she was having several thoughts deep down in her.She thought about so many things. Was she supposed to have done this? She didn't like the way he was now looking at her at all.He looked so disappointed." She snatched him from you!" Alisha's voice echoed in her head and the angry look on her face seemed to have tripled. Right then, she turned to River." I've told you what it is that you have to do, River. You have no choice and besides, she isn't pregnant no more so she's more or less of a useless vessel." Kaileyn said and when she saw the man take a step towards her, she immediately shouted again." I'm really going to
" River," she yelled again and he finally halted on his tracks, as if he just realized he had done something stupid.The Alpha turned back slowly to meet his mate's shimmering, wide eyes.Estelle was at the verge of tears again as she was confused. Had someone exchanged her River with this strange man in front of her? Was this really the River she knew?" W...what is happening?" Her voice cracked, staring at the silver haired man who had confusion roaming through his golden orbs.He seemed confused and she didn't understand why." When did all of this start, River?" She inquired again, finally breaking down. Her loud sobs echoing in the large room.The man's eyes twitched and squinted in pain as he watched the woman before him break down helplessly." Estelle please," he immediately ushered her into his large arms, his hand gently caressing her red cheeks and, his eyes pleading for her to stop crying.He could feel his heart breaking at that, and, when he recalled what he had done
Estelle shifted on her seat again. She had been waiting for Luna Lindsay to show up for a while now but the woman had been keeping her waiting for a long time.Whether she was doing it intentionally or not, Estelle didn't care. As long as she saw her, she would be fine.Right at that moment, the haughty Luna walked in and Estelle already felt that pride and arrogance around her." I don't know why River's Luna wants to see me." She scoffed, elegantly taking her seat and giving Estelle a look the latter didn't like but she just couldn't say anything.After all, she was here for a favor that the woman before her had to grant." Good day, Luna Lindsay." Estelle greeted with a smile that the woman didn't return. It looked like she glared at her instead." I'm here to..."" Plead? You're here to apologize, right? As expected. I heard that bitch is your mother. How could River have a luna with a mother like that? Listen..."" I didn't come here to listen to lectures, Luna. I'm also not h
" I'll give this to the Alpha, take this to her." Melina said, referring to Estelle.Connor recalled Melina's words as he waited for the large living room door to open, expecting someone. His eyes shifted to the upper floor and a smirk appeared on his face as he wondered what Melina was doing.Meanwhile, Melina smirked as she saw the beautiful man reading. He looked so handsome that she just wanted to watch him but she was in a hurry." Melina," she had him call. He had noticed her first." Good evening, Alpha. Erm....I... Luna Estelle is back and she asked me to give this to you. She's in the royal kitchen." Melina lied, placing the wine glass carefully on the man's table.He only nodded and his eyes returned to the book he was reading but he looked up again when he saw Melina was still standing there." You can go, Melina." He told her but she angrily pushed her toe against the wall. Gosh, she just needed him to take a sip. A taste of that wine and everything would be good but
" Does...that mean, she also controlled you into falling for her?" Estelle asked, after a long silence and the man raised his head to stare at her." She won't be able to control me anymore. She only had the power to do that because she was beside me and I let my guard down too much." He replied and she nodded.A small smile on his face as he heard her relieved sigh." I'm just so happy she didn't do what she tried to do. I would have died of a heartbreak, oh my heart." Estelle sighed again, remembering River's half nude body." Come here," he sighed, opening his large arms for her and she smiled widely as she trudged forward towards him but just as she touched him, he flung her off him like she was some kind of disease.Estelle stared at him in surprise from where he had thrown her, ignoring the bruise on her arm, she stared at him as he suddenly growled loudly.She definitely didn't miss the way his beautiful eyes changed to the predatory and dangerous color of red." R...river?"
" As I said, my father was a complete demon, evil, wicked and any name you could call it. He was literally worse than a devil. He always wanted to win and be superior above everyone."" One day he met my mother and he wanted her because she hated him and because she told him he couldn't have her. He wanted to have her and suppress her, he wanted to be the superior one and the Lord over her. He did get my mother, but with force and he locked her in his cell, mistreating and torturing her, with his mistresses."" My father's several rape led to my creation and my mother's pregnancy which she loathed a lot. She despised me right from the womb but my father didn't know one thing. My mother was a witch, a young one who was practicing towards the peak of her power and that was why she never retaliated to any of my father's torments earlier."Estelle had him take a long breath and she squeezed his hand gently." She finally achieved the powers she wanted and as expected, she killed my fa
WEEKS LATER_SOMEWHERE FARAWAY In the dark coven, the beautiful woman with the seductive but deadly beautiful lips smiled this time, her lips parting as she stared at the hourglass that was placed on the high, red slab.The queen's eyes that were mostly always on the hourglass lifted with joy at every second and at every sand that fell down from the top side of the hourglass. Finally!" Finally." She sighed. There was just little sand remaining. So little and her eyes turned to a dark sword and a clay potl that was right beside the hourglass.A smirk that rose on her lips immediately turned to a frown when she heard those usually annoying, muffled groans from the cage opposite her.Like before, the figure sitting in the cage figured that she had garnered the Queen's attention and she tried to stifle her cries but it just wasn't working." You brat!" The Queen's sharp eyes glared at her.In the next minute, two figures appeared and dragged two wild, huge hyenas into the cage whil
Everyone said their painful byes to Alice as she was buried. Estelle's eyes burned as she couldn't cry any more from the continuous hours of tears, she was now too tired to cry.Kaileyn held her head in pain, seething at the migraine in her head. No one saw her crying but her puffy eyes gave her out.If it wasn't for her evil change, she was one of Alice's best people. Alice and her made a lot of memories that all rushed into Kaileyn's head the moment she heard that sad news.Because of the blindness Alisha had cast against her, she wasn't able to correct her image in Alice's eyes before her demise and she was so mad about it.Neil had stopped crying but his face was as grim and taut as ever. He was shaking in anger, extreme rage and revenge and the moment he laid his hands on whoever pushed him into this sorrow, he wouldn't even waste a millisecond in crushing that bastard's head in his hands.No one knew Lair appeared during the funeral because he didn't even spend up to half a