The Alpha's Temptation

Morava took a deep breath. She turned her face to Felis and looked into his eyes. "In addition to that you have to help me in conquering Pegasii and killing Lusitania and my father."

Felis was a demon werewolf and the cruelest in all of Araniea, but his eyebrows shot up to the roof in pure surprise. He guaged her for a moment and when he gained control over his wits, he asked, "But why would you want to kill your father? You will be staying in Hydra Kingdom for the rest of your life because you are mated to the ten Alphas. They wouldn't allow you to go anywhere."

She poked her tongue in her cheek. She turned her body towards him and supported her head with her propped up arm. She said, "I am sure that they would love to rule Pegasii with me, won't they?"

Felis narrowed his eyes. The main reason why he wanted to mate his sister with the Alphas was that he wanted an heir for Hydra and a very powerful Nyxer. However, now that the ten of them were mated with Princess Morava, they were useless for him. He could only use them for general battles. At first, he was so furious as to how these Alphas got wasted on her that he wanted to kill everyone in Draka. However, after he stopped two of them, his anger mollified a little.

So, now he had an even better proposition. Princess Morava wanted the blood of her father. And wouldn't it be rude if he didn't give it to her? He tilted his head and let out a rough exhale. The woman in front of him was going to be the key to conquer Pegasii. With the army of two kingdoms combined, he would easily attack Draka. Moreover with these Alphas gone, he would have less things to worry about. They could go and enjoy her for all he cared for!

He crossed his one leg over the other and said, "I can help you."

Her lips curled up for the first time she had come to Hydra.

"But you have to give me every detail about what is going one. If I see that you missed one detail and because of that my plans go haywire, I will not leave you!"

"I agree," she said with a satisfactory smile. "Go and draw documents of our pact. I want it signed and sealed."

He scoffed. As if that mattered. "Sure," he replied. Fifteen minutes later, his trusted scribe was with them. He dictated him to write the agreement details. As soon as he wrote them, the scribe left to finalize them.

Morava started speaking everything she knew until she got to the dungeons. She didn't give full information until the scribe came back and Felis signed it with a stamp bearing his royal seal. Morava too signed it. Once that was done, she continued with all her information.

It was almost evening when she finished her story. Felis was pacing her room. He couldn't believe that Biham's daughter, Lusitania, was hidden by a twist of fate with Menkar. The sly old fox surely knew who Lusitania was. The best part about the whole thing was that Lusitania was Eltanin's lover and that he had a weak point for her. A plan started forming in his mind rapidly. What if he kidnapped Lusitania? That would make Eltanin go down on his knees and then— He rubbed his hands with excitement. He would be able to conquer Eltanin's beast and become the most powerful werewolf of Araniea.

"We have a deal!" said Felis to Morava. "Now seal your lips and don't say a fucking thing to the Alphas."

"Why?" she asked, slanting her eyes. "They are mated to me."

"I don't want many people to know about the information you gave me!" he snapped, spilling his dark aura.

She winced and nodded in fear. The man was really terrible as far as his looks were concerned. He had so many tattoos that had gone wild on his skin. Besides, Felis was one of the most feared kings of Araniea.

With a satisfied sigh, Felis went out of her room to go to his bedchamber. The moment he stepped out, he saw five Alphas standing at the door, glaring at him. He shook his head and walked past them. They all entered the room and closed the door behind them.

Felis decided to increase the number of his army on the borders of Draka.

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Tania couldn't do anything that night. She cuddled up in Eltanin and went off to sleep after Flora gave her a sleep draft. But before starting for the next part of their journey, Kinshra made her wake up early. She took her outside the cave because everyone was sleeping. Tania was reluctant to leave Eltanin.

"You have to finish it, Lusitania," Kinshra chided her softly. "It is for him only."

Eltanin woke up. For the whole night he was taking care of Tania. She would wake up at the slightest movement and be so disturbed that he had to stroke her like a baby. At one point of time, he had to take her in his lap and rock her while stroking her hair for her to sleep. She was crying murmuring that her magic is speaking strange words to her. He saw how reluctantly Tania walked out with her mother. "Should I come?" he asked in a low voice.

"No," Kinshra stopped him. "You need sleep. I will take care of her now."

Eltanin watched them going out and closed his eyes. In no time he was sleeping. Someone came and pulled his fur up but he didn't care who that was.

Kinshra took Tania to a thicket of trees. "There are only twenty pages left, Tania. I will finish ten now and ten tomorrow."

"But we will reach tomorrow evening," she whined.

"Can't we finish it tomorrow?"

"As soon as you reach Draka, I want him to claim you!" Kinshra said with a rough exhale, seeing how tired and dazed she looked.