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CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE.
The tension in this entire castle this evening is quite overwhelming. Nobody is happy about the fact that Freya is back.
Right now that Astrid is kind of hurt, I have to make sure she never has an encounter with Freya, else, things will fall apart.
It’s time for breakfast and I just returned from Astrid’s bedroom to tell to get herself ready. I would have loved to stay and walk down to the diner with her, but I wouldn’t want to raise Freya’s suspicion about me having feelings for her.
Things will get really messy if she were to find out.
“Does Astrid really have to joun us?” Freya asks out of nowhere. We are both in our bedroom and I’m seated in the sitting area, reading a book.
“Yeah, she does”
“She is not even part of this family, so why does she get to join us?”
“You are not part of this family either, but I let you join”
“What do you mean by that? I am your fiance!”
“That still doesn’t make you a member of this family. Wait till we get married before you start having those fantasies of yours”
I explain coldly and she stomps her feet on the floor and barges out of the bedroom.
I let out a tiny chuckle as I drop the book on the table and raise up from the couch.
Tonight’s dinner is going to be interesting. I wonder what Arya has prepared for her today.
I walk placidly across the corridor and from a distance, I can see both Astrid and Freya closing up at the staircase. I take a few hasty steps towards them, but along the way, I stop to see how they will behave towards each other.
As expected, Freya stops on her tracks and gives Astrid a dirty look and my heart sinks when Astrid bows her head down.
I want her to raise her head up and give Freya that same nasty look!
Without uttering a word, Astrid quietly walks past Freya and starts descending the staircase. Freya does same, but not with a good intention. She raises her hand up and is about to push Astrid down the staircase, but my shout makes her stop.
“Don’t you dare, Freya!” I roar with my Alpha voice and both girls shiver in fear as they turn to look at me. I walk towards them with an eternal frown masked on my face. Once I’m at the staircase, I take Freya by the hand and drag her all the way to the bedroom we both share, locking the door behind.
She doesn’t seem to show any remorse for what she was about to do.
She is the devil himself.
“I can see you refueled your wickedness while at your father’s house!” I scold, fuming in anger and she just looks at me like she was daring me to do something out of character.
I want to hit her. I want to hit her so badly.
I want to ram her face into the wall for trying to hurt my Astrid, but I will not stoop to her level!
She can’t make me go against the promises I made to my father.
“Freya” I call breathing hard as I struggle to curb my anger because if it explodes here, things will get messy. “Why are you always doing things like this?”
“Because I hate her! Because I want her gone! She is getting all the attention, all the love and I hate it. I want her gone!” She screams in anger.
She always has a way of making things about her.
“I just have one thing to tell you Freya, stay away from Astrid and stop trying to hurt her. I swear to the moon goddess, you won’t like how things will turn out to be for you.”
“You can’t do anything to me Asher. I will
do whatever I want and there is nothing you will do to me. If you don’t want me hurting your dearest Astrid, then i’d advice you to get her away from here” She warns and walks out of the bedroom, leaving me utterly and completely dumbfounded.
Things are getting out of hand, I swear.
I need to find a way to stop all this nonsense sooner.
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“But Asher, can’t you just send her away?” Arya asks frustrated and I just keeping walking helter-skelter like I’ve lost my mind. I just told them what Freya was about to do to Astrid and they are all furious.
“One of these days, she is going to do something that will make us wish we had gotten rid of her earlier, I can feel it” That’s Rowan.
“Guys, this doesn’t hurt you as much as it does me. You have no idea how much I want to get rid of that girl, but you all know I can’t do that, not until we have figured out a way to destroy that tyrant of a man.”
“So we are just going to keep turning a blind eye to her evil deeds because of her father?” Arya asks annoyed.
“I don’t know guys, I really don’t know.”
There is a long moment of silence.
“So, what’s the plan?”
“Arya, I just want you to keep handling her the way you do while we wait on the witch. We can’t make any move without her givingbus a go ahead. I will do my best to protect Astrid. I promise nothing is going to happen to her.”
“I’m not going to let anything happen to her either” Rowan promises.
“Thank you.”
“I’m off to bed” Arya announces as she walks out of the room. I know she is mad. Left to her, I should bundle Freya this minute and send her off to her father’s house.
I want to do that, I really want to, but I can’t. Her father has a reputation.
I wouldn’t want to start a war I won’t win.
“Good night brother” Rowan wishes as he leaves the bedroom.
I follow suit and head straight to Astrid’s bedroom. I need make sure she is alright before I go to bed.
When I get to her room door, I knock at the door and a few moments later, the door is opened by Astrid and my eyes almost go blind when I see what she has on.
A pair of shorts that expose almost her entire thighs and a singlet. I can tell she had on no bra because her nipples are very visible. I swallow dryly as I step into the room.
“I… how are you doing?” I stutter and she smiles.
“I’m okay” without uttering a single word, I lock the door and walk over to the bed.
“Alpha Asher, what are you doing?”
“What do you see me doing?”
“Lying on my bed”
“Good. Now, will you join me or are you just going to keep starting at me like I’ve lost my kind”
“To be very honest, I think you have lost your mind. You are supposed to be with your fiancè right now.”
“Well, she happens to be a pain in my ass. I want to be with you. ”
“Alpha Asher…”
“Please, call me Asher” I plead and she pokes her head forward and gives me a horrified look.
“I can’t”
“Come here” I call and she hesitates. “Astrid, please come over” I beg again and this time around, she obeys.
Once she lays on the bed, I scope her into my arms and pull her close to me.
“Why are you doing this?”
“With time, you will understand. For now, just let me enjoy this moment.”
Sweet moon goddess, please turn things around for me.