"I still don't understand why Mirabelle would invite any of us for an outing when she clearly hated our guts and she never for once failed to hide it," Maya frowned as I helped her tighten her corset."When does she even have the time to plan an outing when she should be clearly busy cleaning or doing other chores now that she is a maid.""Stop overthinking things Maya and be like Naya," I advised, tightening her corset, she glanced at Naya and frowned. "I can't possibly be like Naya, she does things without thinking as though she doesn't have a brain," she frowned and I giggled."I can hear you," Naya said in a singing tone and Maya huffed looking away. Maya could be really sensitive and it was harder tricking her than Naya. She literally questioned everything before jumping into it. While Naya like she said, did things without thinking."There's something you're clearly not telling us and I don't know what it is," she frowned but I ignored her not answering her. She didn't need to

I paced about my room worried. I still couldn't believe it. I had a second chance mate.Why did it have to be now? Why didn't he come sooner?"Imelda you need to calm down.""We just met our mate, you should be happy not agitated," Arla said, her voice laced with happiness.She was right, I should be happy but how the hell can I be happy when I'm also mated to the Prince just some nights ago.It's been two days since we returned from the woods and I still haven't been able to accept the fact that I had a mate.As though that wasn't shocking enough, my mate is a fucking Alpha Rogue.Just how complicated can my life get?"We need to go back and see him," Arla demanded and I paused in my tracks."No we can't," I refused without thinking about it. I don't think I can handle seeing him now. Even without seeing him, I'm disorganized. What would now happen when I see him?"It's not right we can't go and see another man when we have a mate.""You mean your designated mate?" Arla snorted."T

ALVARY POVIf anyone ever told me I'd be ever lucky to meet my mate I wouldn't believe it because no one in my family line ever did. They all just ended up with random people never having the luxury of meeting the one destined for them. At some point, it felt like a curse. Other times, it just seemed as though we were unlucky.Finding your mate wasn't naturally common but there were wolves usually lucky to meet theirs, and I always envied them. Some say they are favored by the goddess, others believe that they were from the line of the goddess hence they would naturally carry her blessings.For me, I felt the goddess was being impartial. Why give mates to some and leave the rest to suffer and die in loneliness for the rest of their lives? Why don't we all suffer the fate of never meeting our mates?Yes, I know it's possible to actually pick a mate yourself if you are among the unlucky ones but it's never as perfect as finding your soulmate, and feeling the bond drawing you both to eac

DEREK'S POVEver since I was little, I've always known that it was wrong for a female wolf to wield a sword. I didn't know why and I never bothered to know why. I just simply accepted it. For the very first time, I saw a female wolf hold a sword like an experienced warrior. It took me a while to master how to truly hold a sword rightly; so seeing her hold a sword that way simply meant that she knew just how to use it.It was embarrassing to admit but she held the sword far more better than I did."Only a true warrior can hold the sword perfectly well like you just did," I told her refusing to believe her claims of not knowing how to fight. I'd be damned to believe her lies when the truth was starting right at me in the face."I honestly have no idea what you're talking about and I shouldn't be here in the first place." She replied, returning the sword back to its location.There was only one way to find out if she was truly lying or not. I knew she was lying but I needed her to admit

"Do you think she is going to wake up anytime soon?" Naya asked, staring at Maya worriedly.After dancing around for hours, she eventually got rid of the snake. Luckily for her, the snake had not bitten her. If it had, I guess we were going to be saying last words to her for real this time around.Well, the shock from having a snake on her shoulders made her black out and we've been unable to bring her back to consciousness or she probably just chose to remain unconscious."I think we should just let her be for the meantime," Becca suggested and I scoffed, rolling my eyes. No way that was going to happen."She has to be present for the first meeting.""Well as you can see, Imelda, she is not waking up and I doubt she would anytime soon," Becca retorted, leaving her on the ground."She looks kinda dead to me," Naya frowned."But she is not," Becca refuted."We just need to give her some time."I picked up a stick nearby and approached her."What are you trying to do Imelda?" Becca ask