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I stood at the edge of ikoyi bridge feeling the cold night breeze on my skin. I couldn't continue living with the pains I'm going through anymore every since the day I step my foot in Lagos. "The pains living with the bamidele family. I can't continue with The way auntie busayo kept maltreating me and the way Uncle Sam kept molesting me. I just want to end the pains I'm going through right now and forget about everything,I just want to end it all right now."I close my eyes and think of all the happy moments with my family, I'm going to miss them. My tears just kept falling with stop. I can't go back home with the way my life is right now. "How will mom feel when she finds out her only daughter is gone. She will blame her self for letting me come to Lagos to leave with my aunt who gave me to the bamidele family, I couldn't keep my promise to James and Justin my little brothers."I couldn't stop crying when I remembered everything I have went through in my life. The best option I have is for me to just end it right here in ikoyi bride. I was about crossing over when someone hold my hand from behind, I turn around and I saw the face of the only person who I didn't expect to see before I pass out.
My name is Sarah,I'm 16 years old.I have three brothers Daniel, James and Justin. Daniel is the oldest among us while I am the second James is the third and Justin is the last among us, my mom is the breadwinner in my family because my dad is very old and he have no job.
My dad got married to three wife, he left is first and second wife. My dad got married to my mom on his sixty. My mom is the third wife and she gave birth to three of us, my mom had Daniel with her before she got married to my dad. My dad have eleven children in total. my dad was once a soldier before he was among those who forth the Nigeria civil war July 1967. My dad is known as old soldier because he was once a soldier.whenever I ask my dad how he spent all the money he had before he will say " my daughter I was blind back then when I have a lot of money, I use to live in a hotel room for a year, going to different places with my friends. I didn't plan ahead." that is what he use to say. Sometime I wish I born by then my life won't be as hard as now.
My dad has a building of his own which he use to borrow money when I was little. The person he borrowed money from wants to take the house from him. The little money the house use to provide that's what dad use to take to court. He will give my mom little for food which is not enough to feed us for a month. Mom will be the one to feed us on till dad have any money. My dad senior children doesn't care about him they all want him dead so that they can sale the house for themselves.
My dad senior children didn't like him because he was bad towards them he didn't provide for them, he didn't know how they went to school. He wasn't there for them it was only their mom they had. It is only the second wife children that care for my dad a little bit, the second wife have two boys for him. Those are the ones we are close to, the senior boy is leaving in Lagos and the other one in Asaba. This are different states in Nigeria.
The both of them have money, they help my dad once in a while whenever they feel like. While growing up,life wasn't easier for us, My mom have been the only one catering for I and my brothers. There will be days we have to go hungry without food no one to call for help, my mom have to borrow money for her to feed us. It will got to a stage we have to live with my mom older sister who have five children. She leave in one room apartment with her five children, things is also hard for her and her children.
She doesn't mind us leaving with her in that one room she and her children are managing. Her last daughter is the same age as me so whenever we move in to there place we always play together. Her name's Sandra she have always be my best friend while growing up. They are times me and my brother won't have to go to school, whenever I see my friends going to school I feel sad. Sometimes I wish I was them.
My parents can't afford to buy us things we need most of the time, my friends were the ones giving me most of their clothes. We hardly eat three times a day. Most of the time we buy things on credit just for us to have something to eat. I remember when I was seven years old when my dad got arrested. Things was really difficult for us at that time my dad was sentenced three years in jail. Mom was emotional down, no one by her side by then and we were still little.
~~~~Flash BACK ~~~~
We were asked to leave my dad house because someone is in control over it now for the next three years. Police pack our things out side that early morning, my dad was token away by them. Mom was crying and begging them that we have no where to go to. Everybody was just looking at us that morning, I was just sad feeling ashamed of myself when I saw my friends looking at us and laughing among themselves, Justin was still a baby back then too little for that, I was carrying him but he won't stop crying.
I saw them as they took dad with them, I was sad because I won't be see dad for the next three years. Mom took us to Sandra place that evening, that was how we stat living with my aunt for over a year. We went able to attend school at that time, my aunt told my mom that she have to look for somewhere else to go to that she can't accommodate us anymore, mom was great full of the help she render to us. The little money mom have saved over the year that was what she use to rent a cheaper place for us, mom also put us in public school. I was happy I finally got a chance of starting school again, I have to step back in my studies. All my friends left me behind I was so sad. Even at that I was still happy I got a chance to start school again after so long of staying at home.
Mom will leave us very early to the market to sale her goods. I became the second mom to my brothers. I'm the one cooking for them, I started cooking at the age of eight because mom will leave very early and come back late at night, we all sit outside waiting for her to come. We continue living our life without any financial help from anyone, our mom is all we have at then.
That was how we spent the next three years without our dad by our side. It wasn't easy for us. When it was completely three years time, dad was finally released from jail. But we can't move in to dad house yet because the case is still in court but he can take half of his house rest for the main time.
~~~~~END OF FLASH BACK~~~~~
She was a diamond covered by ashes.... King Dakota was known as the most Powerful Alpha King of all times - more powerful than any other King that had ruled from his lineage. He was cold hearted, introverted and dangerous in anger. Cursed by the Moon goddess, King Dakota had to get married to three wives all in search of a male child that would become his heir, but it was impossible as the curse would only let his wives bear she -wolves. But on a different day, the King meets a lady who offends him and as a punishment, he took her home as his fourth wife. Her name was Shilah. Shilah was a powerless wolf and as a result, was disregarded and intimidated by all. But, when she begins to do things that the King had never felt for years, he began to wonder who she really was. Slowly, she crawled her way into his icy heart and turned out to be something nobody ever expected - a storm.
My name is Katia, and I am just trying to survive until my fated mate arrives. Which may be easier said than done. Rejectection is the last straw. Whispering my acceptance of his rejection. I run through the pack house, out across the manicured lawn into the forest. "I'm sorry, my sweet girl," I say to my wolf. I'm sorry you have been stuck with me and have had to suffer everything I have. She whispers," it's not your fault, Katia. We came to a cliff with a waterfall. The hurt keeps pounding at me. I need it to stop. My sweet girl, and I just want peace, I keep running and leap off the cliff. Spreading my arms wide, with tears streaming down my face, I fall, not making a sound, waiting for sweet oblivion where we feel nothing ever again. "I love you, my sweet girl! Until we meet again, "My wolf replied just before we hit the water, "I love you too, Katia. I have never regretted a moment with you." The Snow Moon pack is having their last barbecue of the summer next to the waterfall on their land. The adults are laughing and joking while watching the pups play. The alpha, beta, and gamma are swimming with some of the older children and playing a game of Marco Polo. Someone yells, "Oh my goddess, someone just jumped over the waterfall!" Everyone is frozen as they watch what looks to be a child falling arms spread wide, no one makes a sound. The small body hits the water like a plane crashing into the side of a mountain. The alpha, beta, and gamma, spring into action, swimming towards the area the person went under. The alpha is screaming his wolf is going crazy repeating, "Find her. Find her...find her!" They dive and the beta surfaces with a small person in his arms. Alpha takes the girl from his beta, laying her on the ground. The men are shocked by what they see. She is covered in scars and injuries. Her body is twisted and broken. The Beta asks, "Who could have done this to someone so defenseless?" Alpha drops to his knees, repeating, "MATE...MATE...MATE!"
"I, Riccardo Saviano, future Alpha of the Grey Shadow Moon Pack, reject you, Artemisia Guerrieri, Daughter of Alpha Franco of the Blood Moon Pack, as my mate and future Luna." One single sentence. One stupid single sentence was all it took to disintegrate my life. And the day of my birthday, on which this sentence was audaciously uttered to me, I lost the love of my life, my future mate, and my wolf, all at once. As I'm still assembling the pieces of my shattered heart years later, there they come. Like lightning out of a crystal blue sky. My Mates. But wait... If I am mated to triplets, how come I'm about to be mated to 5 gorgeous men? *** TW: explicit and foul language; spicy content; explicit sex scenes ***
"Who is she?" I asked, feeling tears well up in my eyes. "He met her at the Alpha training camp," he said. "She is a perfect suitor for him. It snowed last night, indicating that his wolf is happy with his choice." My heart sank, and tears made their way down my cheeks. Alexander took my innocence last night, and now he is taking that thing in his office as his Luna. **** Emily never shifted on her 18th birthday and became the laughingstock of the pack. When her old crush, Alexander Black, returns from Alpha Training, she never expected him to be her mate. After a night of passionate love, Emily finds out that young Alpha Alexander has taken a chosen mate. Heartbroken and humiliated, Emily runs off and disappears from the pack. Now, five years later, Emily is a high-ranking warrior in King Alpha's army, specializing in sensitive matters. When her best friend invites her to a night of music and laughter, she never expects to run into her mate, Alexander. Will Alexander figure out it is Emily? Will he chase after her, and most of all, will Emily be able to keep her secrets safe?
I'm a Luna. After three years of marriage to Alpha Nathaniel Blackwood, I'm finally pregnant with his pup. But he's unclaimed me for his first love. I'm leaving the pack with this secret, praying he never finds out. Nathaniel Blackwood is a handsome, powerful Alpha. In a world where humans and werewolves coexist, he has it all: a billion-dollar empire, untold power, a massive pack, and, most importantly, the perfect Luna. But the return of his first love shattered our marriage. When he finds out the secret I've been hiding, will he regret rejecting me? Will I ever be able to forgive him? Dive into this gripping serialized novel to find out more-Enjoy the ride!
After hiding her true identity throughout her three-year marriage to Colton, Allison had committed wholeheartedly, only to find herself neglected and pushed toward divorce. Disheartened, she set out to rediscover her true self-a talented perfumer, the mastermind of a famous intelligence agency, and the heir to a secret hacker network. Realizing his mistakes, Colton expressed his regret. "I know I messed up. Please, give me another chance." Yet, Kellan, a once-disabled tycoon, stood up from his wheelchair, took Allison's hand, and scoffed dismissively, "You think she'll take you back? Dream on."