The Alpha's Temptation

Morava lowered her hands to her lap and she shook her head as she laughed.

"In case Tania manages to free herself from the Nyxers, do you think she would not take the opportunity to carry two trunks of gold with her? And if she does so, I have another plan backed up. I will tarnish her reputation of being so greedy that she agreed to be a whore for the Nyxers."

"And how would you prove that?"

"The gold coins would bear the mark of the Hydra kingdom, wouldn't they? The moment they  arrive at the market, I will trace her location and expose her. Biham will be the first one to kill her! And by that time, you will be married off to Eltanin!" Sirrah said with a low snarl. "She and her mother had done enough damage to me. It needs to be stopped."

"But won't Eltanin know of her absence sooner, if not later?" Morava remarked. "Also, Tania is not the greedy kind.

"He will notice her absence, but he is going to be so busy for the whole day in court, that he will hardly be bothered. I believe that his ego has been massaged after bringing Tania back to Draka." She clacked her fingernails. "And what does it matter whether Tania is greedy or not? Biham usually reacts on his impulses. He will simply throw her in dungeons or behead her. I will make him believe that she whored for Nyxers."

A soft knock on the door interrupted their conversation. Sirrah got up and walked over to open the door. A messenger from the king's court was standing with a scroll in his hand. He bowed to her and said, "Your Highness has invited Princess Lusitania to grace the court with her presence." He hands the scroll over to her.

Sirrah smirked. She took the scroll and sauntered to the table in the corner of the room that overlooked the garden. She glanced at the imposter Tania who was sitting with her head bowed over a book. She scoffed at her. Taking a quill out of the holder, she wrote back a rude reply to Eltanin.

"Your Highness,

I am too tired. If it is not important, I would like to skip the court and will meet you in the evening along with my mother and Morava.

Princess Lusitania."

Sirrah rolled the paper and gave it to the messenger. "Take it to the king."

The messenger bowed again and left. Sirrah returned back to where Morava was.

"Please wait Mother!" Morava said as rushed to the bathroom. When she came back, she found her mother sitting right over there. Excitement buzzed in her body as she sat beside her. "Now tell me what should I do?"

Sirrah continued, "I don't want you to leave this room, until the evening. They will be expecting Tania to show her face, but she will not show. By evening, when they ask you about her, just say that you don't know."

"Ah, okay," Morava agreed.

"Even I will feign ignorance. By the time they actually start looking for Tania, she will be on her way to Hydra kingdom. If she crosses the Eridani River and enters Hydra, she will never be allowed to leave. Felis has very strong magic to prevent his breeders from leaving." Sirrah took a deep breath in. "She will be raped and used to such an extent, that she will lose her sanity. Once she disappears from Pegasii and Draka, no one will be bothered about her after a few seasons. She will be forgotten when a new scandal takes place. I will make sure that your marriage is rejoiced by the subjects of both kingdoms, for at least two months."

Morava was gaping at her mother after listening to the whole plan. "You truly have a fertile mind mother," she quipped. Stars popped in her imagination as the Draka crown appeared on her head. She sighed. "For how long have you been planning this?"

"Ever since I discovered that Eltanin wanted her back in the kingdom of Draka." Her eyes flickered a winter blue. "He just doesn't know who  he is messing with. He will have no clue if I was the one behind the disappearance of Tania." She said in a fierce voice, "Kinshra also tried to steal my kingdom and the position I had vied for since I was born. I threw her out of the kingdom and Biham's life beautifully. I had personally gone after Cordea and Arthur to kill them, but the bastards had hidden Tania somewhere and so I killed them and burned everything down. My soldiers burned their little hut after I killed them!"

She turned her face to Morava and her features softened. She took a strand of her hair and tucked it behind her ear. "Don't worry, my child. I won't let history repeat itself. I have taken care of Tania's fate before it bloomed. She will go down the pages of Pegasii as the princess who ran away out of cowardice. And Eltanin—well he will never want to mention the name of a woman who is in the Hydra kingdom."

Morava took her mother's hands in hers. They sat there quietly for a long time and then she hugged her. "Mother, I am sure that your plan will go smoothly."

"They will, my dear," she said. "Tania must be on her way to Hydra kingdom as we speak. And who knows, she may have already been beneath one of the Nyxers?" A rough laugh emanated from her throat. She couldn't help it. All her plans were going so smoothly. She was going to make Tania one of the best breeders of Nyxers.

"Serves her right!" Morava said through her clenched teeth. She got up from where she was seated and walked to the window and her gaze fell on the well-manicured gardens of the palace. On the side, the imposter Tania was sitting, reading the book. "What are you going to do with her?"

"She will have to be killed," Sirrah replied in an icy voice.