Chapter 30: Chapter 30

Ashley

It must be a dream, it has to be a dream, I said to myself as I woke up in fright to find my body and everywhere covered in dust.

A loud blast woke me up from where I was sleeping in the secret room.

It sounded like an explosion.

I went into the secret room when Alexander had left because the room reminded me so much of him and subconsciously I had fallen asleep there.

What is happening I wondered as I attempt to go to the main room to find out what could have caused the explosion. But as I moved closer to the door the voices I heard coming from the bedroom stopped me in my track.

“We have searched everywhere alpha, she is not here” I heard one of the men say.

I wonder who he was talking to and why they were looking for me.

My first thought was that it might be Alexander, that he might have sent some of his men to come and get me, but again why would they be violent if they were indeed sent by him.

The next voice I heard shattered my heart, it was not the voice, in particular, it was the words that he spoke.

“Good for her, With Alexander dead and his luna missing, there is no stopping me from becoming the pack's alpha king now, and even if she decides to return, I will turn her into a slave, as she has always been. In the meantime, tighten up the borders security to ensure that anyone who looks like her is arrested and brought back here,” Derrick said arrogantly.

“Yes alpha,” I heard the men say.

My Alexander is dead? I couldn't believe what I was hearing, it was too much to believe.

Alexander can't die, he can't leave me like this, I mumbled as streams of tears adore my face, my heart felt like it was been twisted and I felt life was been taking out of me.

My hands and legs started fidgeting as I subconsciously retraced my steps till I collapsed against a wall.

I have always known that Derrick had an eye for the throne, but never did I imagine that he would stoop so low to kill his own brother's son.

Such cruelty.

“There are a few more persons I will need you to get rid of for me and top on that list is Grace, the pack clinic head. I have a few questions for her to answer before you kill her. While others who still dare to revolt against my reign should be made slaves,” he said to the men with him. After Which I heard their footstep leaving the room.

In my sorrow, I knew I had to be strong for the people around me. I had to make I save as many as I can.

So I got up and pressed my ears against the door to ear if any movement or if somebody was talking.

When I could not hear their voices any longer, I came out of the room to find our room a complete mess. They destroyed everything in their quest to find me.

I moved out of our room and tried peeping around the pack house to see if there were anybody that I could save.

But I was disheartened at what I saw.

All Alex's slaves and servants have been killed, from what I could see from the window I was peeping from, the pack was in chaos as dead bodies littered the ground.

I quickly remembered Janet and went to check on her, she may not have been my friend but she was a friend to Alex. I went into Janet's room and found her dead with her eyes open with blood gushing from her heart.

I closed my mouth in horror in other to conceal the sounds of sorrow that were threatening to come out.

I was about to leave the room when I heard little sobs coming in from the wardrobe, I wondered who it was as I moved quietly to the wardrobe and opened it to find Oliver with her eyes shut crying.

“Oliver dear, it's okay, it's me Ashley ” I called out as I quickly made to carry her out of the wardrobe.

But the little girl was too traumatized to say anything as she held on tight to me.

I thought for a moment about what I should do with the little girl, if anything Alexander has told me about Derrick's poor attitude towards his child is true, then she is safer with me.

Even though I know that carrying Oliver would mean excess luggage, which could slow me down. And I also know for a fact that her father would send more people after me when he notices she is gone.

But that was a risk I was willing to take, I was not going to leave her to be cared for by her evil father.

Alex loved her so much and if this will be the last thing I do for him, I will ensure that I keep Oliver safe, even if I have to protect her with my life.

I thought of ways of escaping without being caught, then I remembered that Alex had shown me a secret basement located right below the secret room.

The basement leads to a nearby wood, he had told me that should in case anything happens and I needed to escape, I should take the basement.

I managed to get back to the secret room and opened the secret entrance leading to the basement, I gently helped Oliver down the ladder before climbing down with her.

Luckily we found some food that needs no cooking before consumption. I also found some clothes which were mainly oversized male shirts and a few dresses.

I'm sure Alex must have kept these things here as a means of survival for as many as he could get to this place during an attack.

I picked as many things as I could carry and ran as fast as my feet could carry me and Oliver.

****

Jessica.

I was getting very tired and hungry by the time I was getting closer to pack. I was still mad at Derrick for almost killing me in the process of carrying out his plan.

But as I got closer to the pack, I saw the movement of people running away with their loads on their heads or under their arms.

Their clothes were looking tattered and stained with blood.

The warriors were doing everything within their power to restrain fleeing pack members and I wondered what was going on.

Of course, I could tell that my pack was under attack, but who would dare to attack our pack knowing fully well how strong our army is?

I got to the border and was about to ask one of our warriors what was going on when I was suddenly surrounded by about four of our warriors.

My survival instincts set in immediately as I raised my both hands up as a sign of surrender to the men.

“What is going on,” I asked angrily and agitated at the same time.

“Our new alpha king has asked that we bring you to him once we see you,” one of the men answered.

Our new alpha king? who would that person be? I couldn't think that Derrick could attack the pack in such a manner in other to become the king.

As I walked further into the pack, I saw a full blow attack and killing of pack members everywhere.

My heart bled for the little children that were busy crying over their mother's dead bodies.

Who would dare to do this, who could be this mean and callous I kept wondering till they took me to derrick's apartment.

I looked at the men wondering if they knew what they were doing but they stood behind me fully armed with their swords while one of them went in to alert the so-called new alpha of our arrival.

I was shocked beyond belief to see Derrick walking out with more warriors while wearing a crooked smile that was pissing the hell out of me.

“Surprise,” he said, as he got closer to me.

At that moment I knew that he was the one behind it all and the sad reality made my heart sink. But I knew best then not to start an argument with him, that at that moment he has an upper hand.

“What is going on” I questioned as soon as he stood right in my face.

“What does it look like baby girl, I have taken over the pack as their one and only true king,” he said boastfully.

“But you didn't have to kill all those people to achieve this,” I said, trying my best not to show how agitated I was.

“Oh come off it, what do you care? You agreed to have your best friend killed so that you can become the luna, so what's the pretense now. I'm sure if you can conspire to kill someone who stood by you after all these years, how can the lives of common pack members be that important to you” he said spitefully.

His words struck me deep in my heart and for once, I agreed with him on how desperate I have become in other to become the pack luna. I was speechless and defensive as I listened to him taunt me more with his words.

“So I was told you escaped the attack that killed your formal best friend, and honestly, I have been here thinking of what to do with you when you get back. I had initially thought of joining you with the other slaves but I don't want you to go and start a coup behind me. So I made the final decision of having you here as my sex slave because if I am, to be honest, I do enjoy fucking hard and rough” he said vulgarly, not mindedly the fact that they were other warriors with us.

“This was not the plan,” I said to him not minding if he fucking knew how pissed I was at the moment.

“Oh, baby girl, there was never a plan between the both of us. I was only using you to keep track of Alex, to make sure you guys did not have anything up your sleeves. And you fell for it,” he said nonchalantly.

“This is not fair, I don't deserve this,” I said as tears of betrayal drew their ugly lines across my face.

You should be happy that I enjoy fucking you, else you will be dead meat by now. And how stupid were you to think that I would trust after you threw your own best friend under a moving train,” he said tauntingly, with the sole aim of hurting me more and more.

All the bad things I have been doing lately flashed before my eyes. And I broke down crying, how could I have been so stupid to think that I could trust Derrick over alexander?

I was kneeling and crying when I heard him say “take her to my room, have cleaned up and tied up for me when I get back,” he said to his warriors

“And as for you,” he said, gesturing for one of his warriors to lift my face so I look at him in his eyes.

“do not try anything funny, else I will have your head as dinner when I return,” he added before leaving me in my pool of tears.

How I wish I knew better.