Nicholas POV
It's her.
I could remember that night vividly even though I struggled to remember every detail after it happened. The fake angelica turned out to be the woman that I have been searching for months.
Just how? I stared at her as she was dragged away by the guards. She continued screaming my name hoping that I would come to her rescue but there was nothing that I could do at that moment.
She had completely fooled everyone including my parents. If she had come out clean in the first place and told me about herself then maybe I could have tried to save her. She was a victim of angelica’s stupid plans and she was a fool to have fallen for angelica’s sweet talks.
Once she was out of sight, angelica broke down in tears again and It infuriated me. she was playing the victim card when everything that happened was her fault. I walked angrily towards her and pinned her against the wall. My wolf Kyan growled at her ignoring the warning and screams of my family.
‘’you are hiding something right?’’ I asked her and she shook her head in response. ‘’liar!’’ I shouted and slammed my hand against the wall.
‘’stop pretending when you have done something really bad!’’ I yelled at her and raised my hand to strike but Alaric grabbed my hand, pulled me away from her, and landed a punch on my face.
‘’how dare you try to attack my bride!’’ he yelled at me and grabbed me by the collar of my shirt.
‘’give me control and I will show him how crazy I could get,’’ Kyan requested and I let him take over my body. I grabbed Alaric’s hands and twisted them behind his back following Kyan's control. He tried to attack me by kicking me on the leg but I caught him and flipped him above my shoulder.
‘’what impudence !’’ my mother shouted at us but that didn’t stop me from attacking him. I pulled him up from the ground and slammed him against the wall.
"I dare you to try your little attack on me now!" my wolf Kyan who had completely taken over my body challenged my brother. "The only reason why you could attack me the other day was that I was not in control and your stupid wolf Tala is f*****g stupid to have attacked my human!" Kyan growled at Alaric and wrapped his hands tightly around his neck choking the life out of him.
Alaric slapped his hands on mine as he struggled to breathe but I couldn't do anything as I was not in control of my body. Ryan had completely taken over and he was ready to shed blood and if that included Alaric's, he didn't care.
"Beg for mercy Alaric!" my wolf laughed. "I want you to beg for mercy and...." I groaned in pain as I was pushed backward by my father. It only took a palm of his hand to push me backward. I almost fell to the ground but my claws elongated and supported me before I could hit the ground. It made a screeching sound just like a car as it scratched the ground.
"I have tolerated your argument and fights but I would never allow my sons to kill themselves while I am still the king. " My father shouted at us but his anger was directed at me. He sounded disappointed in both of us.
"it's all his fault," Alaric coughed and rubbed his throat. "she had gone crazy after f*****g that low life!" he yelled at me.
My wolf growled at him and rushed to attack him again but my father stopped him and grabbed him by the throat. "I want my son to take over right now Kyan!" my father used his Alpha tone on my wolf. Never in my wildest did I imagine that my father would use the command tone on me or even my wolf.
my wolf had no choice but to obey. who the hell would dare disobey the orders of an Alpha king except if they have a death penalty? I took over my body as I was dropped to the ground by my father. I panted for breath as I stood up again.
"Our family has never been like this in a long time!" my mother cried and hit her chest. "This is all because of that pathetic low-class wolf!"
"Blame Nicholas for bringing her here. if he had not screwed her then maybe none of this would have happened!" Alaric was accused blindly and it made me want to attack him again and punched him repeatedly in the face if I was given the chance.
"stay off my business," I sounded a note of warning to him hoping that he would remember it and not continue to get on my nerves. my wolf was already burning in anger and waiting to attack Alaric if he said any other words concerning the fake Angelica. I couldn't understand why he got agitated because of her and why he was ready to attack Alaric at the mention of the girl.
it made me conclude that My wolf cared for his pup. it was a normal thing for a male wolf to be protective of their unborn pup because, to them, it is the greatest achievement ever.
"stay off your business?" Alaric scoffed. "if you had not screwed...."
"Shut up both of you!" My father scolded and in the blink of an eye, he grabbed both of us and slammed our heads together.
"ouch," I groaned when he lets go of us.
"That hurts!" Alaric rubbed his head. "why did you do that too?"
"To get you both back to your sense!" my father said and folded his arms. seeing him acts like that made me remember when Alaric and I were growing up. Everything was fought, and my father made sure to slam our heads together because he believed that we would reconcile once our head settles.
His tactics walked for five years but that was it. After then, not even his tactics could change how Alaric and I felt about ourselves.
most people called it hatred between brothers but to me, it was a competition instead. what Alaric and I had was a competitive spirit and who was going to become the better child.
"I am not going to allow you both to destroy the werewolf's hierarchy and for that, I am going to eliminate the wolf so this could end!"
when my wolf heard the word eliminated, he growled so loud that the walls shook terribly. He begged to shift and attack my father but I didn't give him the chance. I clenched my fist and gritted my teeth hoping that it would ease my anger.
"How dare they mention death!" My wolf shouted. "Are you going to allow your pup to die?" my wolf asked me.
I ignored him and stared at my family whose eyes were on me after my short breakdown.
"That is the only way to end this endless feud," Raymond finally spoke agreeing to what my father had said. "she should be eliminated after fooling the Royal family. she deserves to be humiliated so other werewolves would be taught a great lesson!" He stated.
"shut up!" I yelled at him letting out the frustration that I held inside out. I growled at him and pointed a finger at him. "remember that this girl is carrying my pup and I would never allow my pup to die!" I refused bluntly.
it wasn't Kyan who spoke through me but me who had acknowledged the pup as my own.
"Prince Nicholas!" Angelica shouted and tried to move closer to me but I stopped with my hand, warning her of the dangers of coming closer to me.
"I don't want your opinion because I can see through your piece of s**t!" I told her and she gasped not expecting to hear that from me.
Even my mother was shocked to have heard me say that. Her mouth was opened wide as she looked at Angelica and me. who would have thought that I would shout at the girl who I used to love? I wished that I have seen through her all along and how cunning she had been since the beginning.
"Don't you dare tell me what to do and stick to being Alaric's little bride," My tone was of mockery and it worked just like I expected. she burst into tears and ran out of the throne room with her maid escorting her behind.
"Have you gone insane!" Alaric asked me.
"you want a taste of my fist?" I asked him.
"you have gone crazy!" Alaric said and ran out of the throne room shouting Angelica's name as he headed out.
Two fools with their crazy minds, I thought as I watched him run. A week ago, I was just like him. overhead heels in love with Angelica thinking that she is the one but I came to realize that she was much worse than the devil itself.
she was a manipulator, a terrible liar, and a despicable human. The fake Angelica made me see through her and I regretted all the times that I spent loving someone like her.
I was such a fool.
"I should go too," Raymond announced his departure as he headed out of the throne room leaving me alone with our parents.
I moved closer to both of them and lowered my head. "I can not allow her to get killed because she is carrying my pup!"
"An illegitimate pup!" My mother shouted at me and hit me on the shoulder. "you had s*x with someone you don't know! Get her off your mind!"
"But I can't!" I stated. Technically, it was my wolf who couldn't get the girl out of his mind because he was protective of his pup. There was no reason to care about the girl because I had no idea who she was. The little time we spent together made me realize that I had been around her because she resembled Angelica and because my wolf was connected to the pup.
"Do you realize what that human did huh?'' My father asked me and when I didn't answer, he continued. "She fooled us all and make a mockery of the Royal family. she deserves to be humiliated and killed in front of others so that they will realize that such crimes are not forgivable!"
"I don't care about how you chose to punish her. I just don't want my pup to be killed!" My wolf took over for a few seconds and stated his claim again.
"Nicholas!" my mother sniffled and placed a hand on my face. "you know the hierarchy and how a lower-class Werewolf can't be a high-class wolf, especially a royal family that," she rubbed her hands on my shoulder. "you can always have a pup!"
"no," I shook my head In response. "My wolf could go crazy If you use to ignore my words!" I told my parents. "Whatever you do to that wolf is none of my business but I refused to watch my pup die!" I reminded them about what I had said earlier claiming the pup as mine.
"I am going to protect my pup!" I bowed my head as I had finished talking then I headed out of the throne room not bothering to turn back and looked at my mother who was screaming my name.
"not our pup!" Kyan said and his words resounded in my head.
Yes, not our pup.