Valerian’s POVThe entire city has been in uproar after the announcement of my father's death a couple of days ago. Some took the news well, some didn't and were probing to know more but I quickly shut that down. No form of insurgency was going to rise in my city if I had my way, I wouldn't be like my father that ignored threats until they came to bite him in the ass.Ruling and running a city wasn't easy, the past few days have been filled with meetings, briefings, handing over of power from some Alphas to Enforcers, and a whole lot of things.I hadn't even had the opportunity to see Elena or even properly grieve my father.Now that I was in a position of authority, I had a decisive power on most of the happenings in the city and its environs and I wanted to immediately demote Maddox into a much lesser position but Jared advised me against it saying that all we heard were just rumors and even with Colin's testament, we didn't have enough against him as far as he didn't commit any unt

Valerian's POV"Do you still have an eye on Ruby ?" I asked Jared. "Yes. The weird thing is she's been at her house all this while." "Why do you say weird?" He looked at me as if I didn't know who Ruby was, she wasn't the soulful, meditative type to just look at herself indoors for hours.But then again, she was a woman scorned so her behavior was understandable, I guess….Honestly, women, whatever race or species they were, were complicated as hell.I sighed out loud, not wanting to dwell on that."Just take care of it." I waved it off to Jared."I am. I have a feeling there's something shady going on with her, this isn't typical Ruby behavior.""Don't forget I've all but called off the marriage, so she might be just licking her wounds or whatever women do." I chip in."Nah, there's something else." He intoned, tapping his fingertips on the desk."If you think so, then figure it out." I stood up and stretched a bit, working out all the kinks in my shoulders and my back from sittin

Elena’s POVThe past few weeks have been peaceful but as the norm in my life, once I enjoy a little bit of peace it gets taken away from me. So I just enjoy this period of calmness for as long as I can while waiting for the other shoe to drop.Even Valerian has been very attentive towards me, I think I kind of scared him with how I reacted when he first came to see me after the incident happened.Every evening, or should I say most evenings he comes around and we take a walk through the gardens chatting about mundane things. Sometimes we don't even talk at all, we just stay there hanging around each other in comfortable silence. I liked that, I liked it so much I was scared, as I didn't want to get used to it. Used to him.He's been acting so sweet towards me, making sure I'm comfortable at every turn, sending random gifts my way, I think he's trying to make up for the guilt he felt for abandoning me the way he did.Slowly, he began dropping hints of me and him being together and eve

Valerian's POV My alarm beeped twice causing me to pry my eyes open, as I rolled over to my bedside table to stop it. Instead of getting up immediately as I'm supposed to, I took a moment to lay down in bed and relax, mentally and physically gearing myself up for today. Nowadays, I cherish the moments I have as a Valerian- which are so few and far between, before putting on the responsibility of the Alpha King in front of my people to serve them. Honestly, it is a tasking job. My father made it seem easier than it was, probably due to his added years of experience but it wasn't, half the time I'm barking orders at people for them to obey while the other half I'm wondering if those decisions I made are the right ones. It's one thing to rule, govern or handle a section of people or a particular position in the city but for you to be responsible for thousands of lives, knowing full well any careless decision you made would have a ripple effect on them, it was a big deal. But it was wh

Valerian's POV Elena had disappeared after the whole thing had gone to shit, minutes after Jared started ushering people out. Immediately, I wanted to go and see if she was doing okay- not that I expected her to be but one could hope. My attention however was called to another matter which I had to resolve immediately. Some of our guests had gotten upset and I had to quickly soothe them and offer a solution while Jared discreetly sent people away, directing them somewhere else and making promises of getting something done. I couldn't hear him clearly because he was far from me. Slowly, people started trickling out one after the other leaving the place empty as they muttered about the turn of events and the blood, their eyes glancing at the food which lay wasted and the blood-drenched chairs and decorations. It looked like a horror movie came to life here. When the hall was almost empty, I passed Jared intent on making my way up, where I suspected Elena might have fled to. "And w