The Royal Baby

Blackmailed

Nicholas POV

I knew it.

The moment I saw her at the party, I knew that she was different. Kyan, my wolf could not feel the baby and her attitude towards Alaric was disheartening. she did all she could to avoid him and from the way she was acting, she portrayed the character of her previous self. she was just like the past Angelica that I knew.

''Excuse me,'' I announced, excusing myself from the hall to catch my breath, and stared at the stars as they appeared that night.

Doesn't she seems like a different person to you?'' my wolf Kyan commented and he was right about that. ''I can't feel the baby too,'' he said and that got me thinking so hard to find out how and when she changed. Heaving a deep sigh, I walked farther away from the hall and towards the mansion. I soon reached a tree and I leaned against it then I raised my head to stare at the stars and that was when a certain someone caught my attention.

''what the hell?'' Kyan commented.

There was another angelica staring through the window with her arms wrapped around her body. from the way she stood staring at the sky, no one needed to tell me that it was a different angelica. although she was wearing the same purple ballroom dress, she looked different.

Who could she be? I thought as I continued staring at her. there has to be only one angelica and I had to find out. except that angelica had gone back to her room the one in her room was a fake and probably the one who had been pretending for weeks to Angelica.

''what do you think this could be kyan?'' I asked my wolf.

Kyan didn't reply and wondered what he was doing at that moment to have kept silent and pretended as if he didn't hear me. 'Kyann!'' Ii shouted his name again. ''Care to tell me what is happening right now?''

''it is not possible,'' he replied. ''I try to see if I could smell her from her but it seems that it's not working.''

not possible? I thought and looked up at the window but it was already shut and I quickly walked away afraid of being seen by her. if she was a different person impersonating angelica then I believed that she must have a good reason for acting that way. With my clenched fists, I headed back to the hall fuming with anger and I was boiling with anger and about to explode. just as I was about to reach the hall, the real angelica appeared in front of me Smiling.

''hey,'' she waved as she reached my side. ''where did you disappear to?''

''This is not her,'' Kyan muttered in my head and I agreed because the usual spark between us was gone. she was the real angelica. The one that I believed to have fallen in love with.

''I have been trying to talk to you since the party started but you are acting strange,'' she complained and tried to grab my hand.

''Don't you think you are the one acting weird?'' I asked leading her on as if I had not found her secrets already. I watched as she placed her hand on my shoulder but I slapped it away.

''Nicholas!'' she shouted my name and the excitement that I always hear was not there. her voice sounded boring and annoying to me. ''why are you acting this way?'' she demanded and stomped her foot on the ground like a child.

That is another thing the fake angelica would never do. instead of stomping her foot on the ground, she would rather hit me in the face or walk away. I clenched my fists pretty tight and groaned out in frustration. since I already knew the truth, there was no reason to keep it from the rest of the family. I was going to expose angelica's scheme to everyone and how we had been living with fake angelica but I couldn't.

All I had in mind was the other girl's story. she must have had a reason for acting that way and pretending to be Angelica. until I find that out, I was not going to say anything to anyone.

''look Angelica,'' I said to her. ''This feels inappropriate and there is no way that I can deal with you any longer.''

''what do you mean?'' she asked but I ignored her completely walking away from her as if she wasn't in front of me. ''Why are you walking away from me and acting this way? I thought we met something.''

That made me stop walking as I turned to face her. with my hands in my pocket, I eyed her curiously and chuckled. ''You are a manipulative b***h do you know that?'' I asked her and she just stared at me without saying anything. ''You are one of the worst people that I have ever met in my entire life,'' I told her.

''Did I do anything wrong?''

''you have done much more worst than you thought,'' I told her and started walking away but she grabbed my hand again and I was caught unaware as she kissed me on the lips.

Just then everyone came out of the hall to watch the fireworks that were displayed in the sky. the music blaring from the hall had stopped and the only noise that I could hear was people's voices. there was so much excitement in their tone as they walk out but what followed were loud gasps and a scream coming from my mother, the queen. Camera clicks sounded from behind us and flashed their lights at us. it was so blinding that I had to cover my eyes. when I fluttered them open Angelica was pulled away from me and pushed to the ground by Alaric.

''how dare you do this to me!'' Alaric came at me and before I could say a word, he punched me in the face. ''How dare you do this....'' he growled at me.

''it is not what you think,' I tried to explain to him but another punch landed on my face. Alaric kicked me to the ground and right in front of everyone, he shifted in front of everyone and bared his fangs at me. He rushed towards me at an insane speed that I couldn't figure out how he was going to attack me. He raised his paws and I had thought that he wanted to attack me on my rm but instead, he slashed me across the stomach.

''Alaric,'' my mother yelled. ''what the hell do you think you are doing to your brother!''

Alaric didn't stop and continued his attack on me. he raised his paws again and slashed me across the stomach. I bite my lips until I drew blood trying so hard to bear the pain but I was unable to as Alaric kicked me on the stomach with paws.

''Alaric,'' I muttered his name as my vision became hazy. my wolf, Kyan begged me to shift at that moment but I ignored him and tried to stop my brother from attacking me ly lost his mind and didn't care if killlhe could kill me. no one made a move to save me. Not even my father or any of the guards. They all watched as Alaric assaulted me and angelica who had started everything was seated on the ground with her arms around her body.

''This is not my fault,'' she cried. 'He forced himself on me even when I told him that I couldn't do it,'' Angelica lied and burst into tears. she pointed a finger at me and fell to her knees. ''The prince assaulted me,'' more lies that made my wolf pissed off.

''let me out right now!'' my wolf yelled and tried to take control of my body. I clenched my fists, g, gritted my teeth and tried so hard to avoid shifting into my wolf because I knew that doing that would mean that I might attack everyone present there. my wolf Kyan was vengeful and could lose control islet he take over his.

''i...'' I tried to speak but Alaric attacked me again and this time, he bite my arm so hard that I thought that hehe woulddlddldd'DI something or I will kill myself right here!'' my mother threatened my father who stood watching me with a look of disappointment in his eyes. He was quick to judge others and must have believed Angelica's lies because he knew how much I love her. Even Raymond made no move to help me as he looked away probably disappointed with me. '

I couldn't even judge him because it was all my fault. I had been blinded by angelica and thought that I loved her. I pondered on revealing her secret right in front of everyone but doing that would mean I would risk the identity of the other lady.

she could die and I wouldn't be able to find out about her story and why she was Impersonating Angelica. I couldn't even shift into my wolf because I knew doing that would ruin everything. all I could do was lay on the ground and face Alaric's attack.

Who knew if he was going to attack me?

This is my punishment for falling in love with a crazy girl,'' I muttered and closed my eyes as Alaric ran towards me to attack me again but before he could reach me, someone came to my rescue. the only thing that could hear was the low growls of Alaric. He sounded like he was in pain and truly he was because, when I opened my eyes, I saw my father staring down at me.

''what have you done Nicholas?'' he muttered. my mother rushed towards me and grabbed my injured arm. Although it was starting to heal, it was taking time and I couldn't pretend to be in pain.

I groaned as she gently rubbed my shoulder. ''mother,'' I muttered and spat out blood. ''I didn't do it,'' I told her, hoping that she would be the only one to trust me.