Ella's POVWillow immediately took her leg off my arm and we all turned to the door —me with hope but the others looked with disdain."Get to your feet and place your hands behind you." Selena ordered through clenched teeth.Knowing what she was capable of, I didn't dare argue, I placed my bleeding hand behind me just as she had instructed and pretended like all was fine.Willow immediately went on her knees and started picking up the broken shards of glass, like if had been her duty all along."I was— oh," Aunt Emily paused as she finally stepped into the room and her eyes fell on the three of us. "Willow dear, what are you doing? What's— oh..."She got closer and she saw the damage herself. "Ola! Sandy!" She instantly bellowed and two maids appeared behind the door with trays in their hands."Yes, ma'am," they chorused with their heads bowed."Drop the trays over there and get something to clean this mess immediately," she instructed the maids, and then she turned to us, "Willow de

Hello dear readers, Thank you all so much for reading, voting and subscribing for this book. I hope you are all enjoying it as much as I enjoy writing it. Please feel free to comment on what you think about the story, to help me make it even better. Xoxo❤️❤️ ......... Michael's POV 'Pathetic little fool,' my wolf growled as I marched out of Ella's room. I had managed to calm her and she fell asleep in my arms. Hopefully, when she woke up, she would erase every doubt she had about me and we would go forward with the mating as planned. I have worked too hard for anyone to mess this up for me at this point. My hands clenched and unclenched as I marched down the corridor and headed to Selena's room. She had a lot of explaining to do. I would not sit still and watch her mess up all of my hard work for me. I had to talk some sense into her. As if her door knew that I was coming, it burst open as soon as I got a couple of feet close to it and Willow stepped out with the sound of t

Ella's POVI had two options. I could scream and the entire royal family would descend in the room. But knowing Willow, she was going to change the narrative.The story would become a different one and I couldn't be in the right since I was the one in her room. She might even go ahead and tell them that the baby belonged to Ryker.Things might take a very shaky turn at this point and I couldn't begin to deal with that. Not at this moment.The second option I had, which was the only one that could yield positive results was agreeing to her deeds... At least just for now.As soon as the mating ceremony was completed with Michael, I would request for a small cabin, far away from the royal house. This way, Selena and Willow would have no reason to come torment me.I just had to put up with them for a few more days."What are you waiting for, Ella? Come on, go to sleep... Take a nap!" A deep chuckle escaped her lips and she moved to the bed and sat down to comfortably watch me freeze over

Ella’s POVMy lungs tightened as fear soaked into them. There were a thousand ways this could go wrong, and I didn’t even want to begin to imagine what would happen if I dared venture into it. All I wanted at this point was to escape from here with my life and not add more people to the list of my problems.“Esther… what are you talking about?” I forced out a carefree scoff -that was supposed to pass for a chuckle and moved away from the door. “I am fine. I don’t know what you are talking about…”I heard her legs as they kissed the floor behind me. The door closed but I refused to turn even though her aura stood strongly behind me. It was best to ignore problems when they came and right now, pulling Esther into my problems was an issue I didn’t want to start.“I have seen the way Willow looks at you. I have seen the way the princess treats you… if you continue like this, they will kill you. Especially Willow. I know her. She is in a relationship with a very ruthless Alpha. People say

Ella's POV"What are you talking about, Aunt?" I blurted forcing a frown onto my face.For an older female, it was normal for her to discern between pregnancies. The signs she had mentioned were strange because I hadn't even noticed them myself.She was quiet, only staring at me as I grabbed the night dress from her and headed for the door. "Let's get going. There is no point staying here anyway," I grumbled.I would have to find a way to communicate with Esther somehow.Thankfully, Aunt Emily didn't comment on the signs of my pregnancy anymore. She quietly joined me at the door and we walked together to her cottage."There is only one room in here, so we would have to share it. I hope you don't mind?" She asked as she unlocked the door and invited me inside.I didn't actually care about spending the night with her. my only concern was how I was going to get Esther to speak to me and change the plans we already had.We thought we had more time to plan on the transportation and how we