Wolf's Will

Chapter 9

Ashina didn't gain consciousness at once. She began noticing her surroundings minutes after she woke up. There was no one nearby. She was alone in her room. Just beside her bed, she saw plates and cups that had been used to feed her drugs. She didn't call anyone or try to ask for help. She didn't feel any pain. She doesn't even have a memory of what happened. It's just her on her bed looking lost and empty.

After minutes of silence even in her head, she wondered what had gotten her into this condition. 

"What made me faint?" She asked herself, thinking of possible reasons. It was not like her father had touched her. He beats her when she provokes him but he had never beaten her to the extent where she lost consciousness.

It's not like she got diagnosed with any sickness that drained her energy. And she is quite energetic. The doctor has once said. And she had proved it at different times.

"Oh! Right!" She cried in her head. 

"I remember. I remember just what it is that happened." She said to herself. 

"My fairy tale Alpha." She smiled.

'oh no! Wait, he isn't an Alpha yet. My fairy tale mate," she smiled and adjusted her position on her bed. 

She stretched her body and sat down straight. She sat closer to the wall and rested her back on her pillow. She removed the bed cover on her leg. She saw her legs bare skin. She wondered who it was that had removed her skirts. Her leggings that she wore as underwear were still on. She looked at the shirt she had on. It was different from what she wore when she met her fairy tale man. 

She had a silky shirt on, with a long skirt that can be tied around her waist just in case she wants to run. But now, it's just her nightwear. She had her nightwear on.

"How long have I been unconscious?" She asked herself. She stood up and went across the window. It's night. That time of the night. Just deep into the night where no wolf or very few wolves are still awake. 

She went back to her bed sluggishly. Still under the influence of sleep and tiredness. Her bones were not as strong as they used to be, and her muscles hurt. She dare not try to shift or run at this moment. She would not just faint, but will probably become immobile for a long period. 

"Why? Oh! That's what happened. Father!" She mourned. When she remembered how she had insulted Amoux and made him feel embarrassed. She sank deeper into worry. She feared her father's treatment. Her mother wouldn't say a thing. Her brothers will not even look at her with pity. But she has grown used to all those. But this is a new kind of crime she had committed against her father. She wondered what his reaction would be. First, she was all friendly with the son of the Ultimate Alpha. Then she disrespected someone her father had shown interest in. 

But this man was all worth it. His appearance was calming. He is of royalty and for the first time, a man who she knew wasn't afraid of her father. He treated her with respect not because he knew her father, but because she was a human. The last man to do that to her was Falcris. Falcris was just a beta in her father's pack. He hadn't grown in their pack. His father defected from another pack during the last war but contributed largely to the winning of the war. Hence why they rose to being Betas. He had seen her with her maids running through the woods. He chased her.

"Lady Ashina! Lady Ashina!!" He called when he grew closer to her. 

"My Lady! A wolf has been after us since we crossed the stream." One of her maids informed her.

"I know. He probably has a message for me from my father or something. I want to have today for myself and not for anyone else," she explained. She didn't wait, neither did her maids. And the wolf coming after her, didn't wait either. 

"He is a persistent one," she thought to herself. 

"Let me listen to what he has to say," she sighed. She stopped running and turned back.

"And what message do you have for me," she said. He stopped and bowed his head. He raised his face, smiling. 

"My Lady, the message I have for you is best listened to, with regard to high confidentiality," he said. 

"You are the son of Donolf. The man from the legend who joined our pack when we were having a hard time?" 

"I would prefer that you don't remember me by that always." He complained.

"Sorry! My bad! What message do you have for me?" She asked.

"In private." He said. She looked at him and smiled uncomfortably. She turned to her maids and asked them to give her a minute. 

"Do you know my father is Lord Olcan? Your Alpha?" She had warned him after he told her of his interest in her. How he had been taking notice of her every move.

"I know. But your father should not have anything to do with how we love each other. My Lady, don't see this as condescending, but I love you. I would love to be your mate." He confessed. All she could do was smile. The confidence of this man is nothing she had seen. 

She inhaled him. He has a subtle scent for a Beta's son. His scent wasn't domineering. But she doesn't care. She didn't reply to him at the moment. She only gave him more chances to talk to her. 

But everything ended five years ago. Her father had caught a glimpse of Falcris' smile for her. Her father placed someone after both of them. And after careful notice, her father called both of them to court.