Lilliana’s POV“Alpha Nikolai asked us to let you go.” One of the guards said as he held the door open for me and I nodded as I made my way out.Just like Andre had suggested, I thought about going to the pack celebration and as much as it was going to hurt seeing Nikolai and Jenna there, I made up my mind to be there.I don’t love Nikolai anymore and I don’t even care about Jenna again.Anything I do from now on will be for myself, any decision I take from now on will always be in favor of no one else but me.I walked to my room to freshen up and get the stench of the dungeon out of my skin and when I was done, I decided to help the maids in the kitchen.Everything felt weird, their gazes on me made me feel horrible but I swept it all under the rug and decide to act as a maid does.The day went by quickly and despite the fact that I was outside most of the time, I barely ever saw both Nikolai and Jenna, they were both nowhere to be found.I shouldn’t care and I tried not to but I hav

Nikolai’s POVMy eyes followed Lilliana as she ran out of the hall and it was taking all that I had in me to not follow her.After all, she had taken interest in my best friend already, I shouldn’t be bothered about her anymore because I know Andre would take good care of her.Andre looked like he was about to pass out, he was torn between following Lily or with the look on his face, coming to punch me in my own face.He knew nothing about this arrangement even though he was one of the major planners of the ceremony.“What?” I read his lips but only ignored him as I held Jenna. The Celebration was coming to an end and the entire place was filled with chivalry, people were all over and from to and fro, they were socializing with one another.“Congratulations! Why didn’t we know about this?” One of the elders asked but I only shrugged as I forced a smile on while Jenna took the reins.“The Alpha probably wanted it to be a surprise because even I knew nothing about all of this.” She lied

Lilliana’s POVHurriedly, as fast as my legs could carry me, I made my way out of the venue and started walking back home. I didn’t wait for Andre because I wanted to be left alone and I was glad when I didn’t feel anyone following me.I still couldn’t bring myself to believe all of this but Nikolai’s words back in the hall kept playing back in my head and my cheeks burned in remembrance.It was a humiliating, deflating feeling that kept washing through me as I walked. My vision was blurry and my eyes stung from all the tears I was trying to hold back.“How could he? How could he do this to me?” I said to myself, doing nothing to keep my thoughts inside as my voice shook and my lips quivered.My face felt hot and I didn’t need a soothsayer to tell me that I was crimson with resentment and humiliation. My pride had been seriously bruised but what was I thinking? That he was going to care about me?My embarrassment gradually turned into fury as I channeled all of my anger into my moveme

Lilliana’s POVGroaning, my eyes fluttered open and I shut them back as I tried to regain my consciousness fully. My head pounded but it felt light at the same time.Closing my eyes, I tried to remember everything that happened last night but all I knew was the fact that I eventually got caught by the guards.This is why you should always plan properly before trying to run away.I opened my eyes again and everywhere felt foreign to me, it was hard to reconcile my thoughts and the environment felt extremely strange.The walls were blue and white, completely different from Nikolai’s or my room and I was also wearing a change of clothes. “Hello?” I tried to call but my voice was lower than I intended it to be and it wasn’t until I looked properly that it dawned on me that I was in a hospital room.“What’s going on? Why am I here?” I asked the nurse that worked in and she was only smiling at me like her ability to speak has been taken away from her.“You shouldn’t be stressing yourself o

Lilliana’s POV“Wait, WHAT?!” I yelled again, completely dumbfounded as Nikolai left Andre to focus on me.My eyes were wide and I could feel my throat getting dry, making me realize that I was going to need a lot more than some water to regain the moisture.Really, what? There was no way I heard that right. There was no way that Nikolai just said I was pregnant.How could I be? How can I be pregnant and how could he know before me?The words kept ringing in my head over and over again but my brain still couldn’t comprehend it and I still couldn’t wrap my head around what I’d just heard.If I’m pregnant then Nikolai is the father and the last thing I want in this damned world where everything about me just seems to come out as ‘unlucky’ is carrying the child of a man I now hate with every fiber of my being.“W—- what did— what did you just say?” I asked like I didn’t hear the first time, my lips quivered and I was shivering visibly as I tried to think back again.It all made sense but