Chapter 78 78
Phoebe~~
Fourteen weeks later.
“You're going to design a dress for me, and use it as your practical. Do you agree?” the lycan princess said to me, and I nodded. “Ill pay you. It's not free.”
I chuckled.
Since I escaped into the lycan clan and came to her, she's been so nice and treated me as family. She provided whatever I needed, assigned shadow guards who kept eyes on me, and then had been training me every weekend to get used to my powers as a silver wolf.
I was busy packing up the dresses she had gotten for me in the boutique we went to when she announced something to me. “The Crescent Moon Pack has been destroyed, and everyone taken hostage by Alpha Knox. Why is he so stubborn?”
I averted my gaze from her.
She wouldn't understand, but it was never easy. I hadn't told her how I escaped from the Fearless Keepers pack, because I didn't want to talk about my only friend, Angeline, who lost her life in my place.
When Angeline told me how we should swap dresses, I didn't understand why and insisted it wouldn't happen, because we should be running for our lives and not talking about exchanging dresses.
As I turned around to escape, she hit the base of my neck, and I passed out, only to wake up wearing her dress and lying in an empty dusty room. I checked around and didn't find her, and by that time, the land was finally at peace, even though people were in tears.
I searched the whole area and didn't find her, then decided to start heading to the lycan clan.
It was along the way that I began perceiving the smell of an animal being burnt. I didn't pick up interest at first, until my wolf yelped so much that I bit my lips and it broke. I set out to see where they were burning such an animal, only to find Dean and his men.
A fire whose smoke almost reached the sky was set some feet away from them, and from his expressions, he was damn happy watching the fire. I didn't get to see who was there until a wolf whimpered around the corner.
I was stunned that it was Angeline being treated that way. I almost lost my patience, but my wolf pinned down my mind, took over me, and we left that area before I knew it.
By the time I met with the princess, I stayed for days without speaking; just thinking about what I saw.
How could Angeline do that to herself? She knew that Dean was after me when the attack was struck in that remote land, and she came for me to die in my place. Didn't Dean get to know she wasn't the one? How did she deceive him?
But nothing would justify her rash action. No matter how much I tried to console myself, I felt so guilty for what happened and wished the hands of the clock would be reversed so I could take up the situation that was meant for me.
I was the one supposed to die and not her. I didn't even care if I died, since those two ladies were successfully taken out of Dean's captivity.
Even though I had resumed my training in the fashion academy and was so busy, a day still did not pass without me recalling Angeline and her dilemma. I wished she would reincarnate and I could meet her, or maybe that I saw wrong that day. But since I hadn't felt her wolf, it meant that she was indeed dead.
Now, I was hearing that Dean and his people had been taken captive. But how did Knox successfully get hold of him?
I turned to the princess, “Can a fellow alpha take another hostage?”
She shook her head, “The Supreme Alpha seems to have stripped him of his alpha rank and dethroned him without him knowing. Knox is so wise, and of course, he tried not to harm anyone by taking them all hostage. But I think Dean will face more penalties than that,” she explained, with her eyes still glued to her cell phone. “When do you plan to visit him? I'd love to see him, too.”
I chuckled and sat down on the sofa. With that privilege, I told her everything, and she stared with shock written boldly on her forehead.
“Tell me this is a joke, Phoebe…”
“It isn't!” I said and wiped my cheek. “I don't want to return to him, so he can live happily with his sister. If you were in my shoes, wouldn't you feel guilty?”
She relaxed her shoulders once I asked that question. “I will indeed. So you have to meet the lycan priestess to carefully sever your bond with him. That way, you two can meet your second chance mate.”
But I didn't like the idea. I really didn't have any interest in men again, but I still didn't want to let the matebond be.
“Can't he just choose another woman, irrespective of the bond?” I asked, and she narrowed her gaze.
“Well, he can. And he might think the bond is already severed as they all think you're dead. But for someone like Knox, there's a low probability of him replacing you,” she gestured while explaining. “If you don't want another mate, then no need to meet a priestess.”
I nodded and sniffed, then continued with what I'd been doing.
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Ten months later.
I was graduating from the fashion academy, but I refused to show up like the others. Yet, I got lots of gifts, letters, deals, and so many others through the princess's influence.
By the time she got all those to me, she added in words, “Congratulations! A lycan alpha picked an interest in you and would love to go on a date. Do you still not want a man? At least, for dating sake…”
I dropped the envelope I was holding and shook my head, "I'm not interested, princess. What matters now is that I grow my brand along yours.”
She sighed and stood up. She opened her purse and brought out a bunch of keys, then put them into my palm. “This is my gift to you. Your company, the company vehicles, and your private car. All those from the royal family in general.”
I didn't understand and stood up too. I counted the keys there and…
“Moon goddess! Isn't this….”
My lips hung open in words as she pulled me into an embrace.
“You're so nice and deserve this,” she whispered, patting my back.
I didn't realise I was already crying until tears rolled down my cheeks.