My beast fought with me, furiously enraged as I told myself these words.
You have to marry Princess Evealah.It is necessary to prevent a war from happening.To save mate…Mate…Thinking of that word, made me feel guilty.What was I going to tell Ava? How was I going to explain the situation, to her? Was she going to understand?Bad.This is bad.Judging from our last conversation, it would only become much worse. If I didn’t take a step, to make things right. I need to know what to do.“Jaskier!” I exclaimed the minute I arrived, back to the castle. If it took summoning the Great Witch, to know the next step, I had to do that.Silver or Gold wasn’t the issue.“Yes, Milord?” he answered, running in.“Send a message to the Witch. She should report to my office as soon as possible.”“As you wish, milord.” He immediately went out hurriedly, to do as I ordered.The Witch showed up, after some wSorry for late updates. Promising a bundle of chapters to make up for it. I love you all ❤️🥺
Ava’s Pov The strange woman left afterwards. I could have stopped her, but I didn’t have time to. She seemed to be in a rush. I replayed her words, however, to decide what to do. Chest. She knew I seeked a chest. Postponing seeing Emily, felt like the right thing to do now. I need to find Caspian, and ask about her. “Nynaeve.” I muttered, clenching my gown. Her name was Nynaeve. Did the beast really summon her for me? What were this woman’s abilities? Just why did I get a flash of a gory war scene? “I need answers.” I said to myself, deciding on what to do. I made my way to the beast’s chambers. Jaskier was nowhere to be found. And instead, two other guards stood at the entrance of his room. “My Knight.” One voiced out with a bow. “I need to see the King.” “He’s not in his room, My Knight. You can ch
King Caspian’s Pov My face wore a frown, so did my lips which tilted in support. I stood up in haste, from my chair, wearing my royal robe. “Going somewhere already? I just got here. That is absolutely no way to welcome your little brother,” he added his words. “I do not have time for your small talks, Alcander. I need to be somewhere.” “More.Important.” I gritted out, in addition. My mate. She said I hurt her all the time. It made me wonder since when? How long had I been hurting her? How long had she been bottling it up? Didn’t I tell her of her worth to me? All this power…it didn’t matter. I could risk it all for her. “I came from afar, you know. With a royal entourage, from my Kingdom. I won’t have you walking out on me.” Alcander said, with his hands taking a hold of my shoulders. That made me halt in my spot. My nose flared, and my beast surfaced, giving him a flaming glare. “This is crossing the limits! How dare you stop my movement?” My hands moved to hit his face, wi
Ava's Pov “W-when w-were you going to tell me?” I had, brokenly muttered with my eyes in painful tears. “Ava…” he said, taking a hold of my hand, which I remembered ripping away the minute it was held. I had been, bare to his gaze, but it didn’t matter… My wolf wanted more of his touch, but it also didn’t matter… “I hate you, Caspian. I love you but I hate that you hurt me all the time.” Those were the words that rang through my head, the entire day. And in the night, when I slept. Till this morning. Till morning came… “Arrgh!” I gave out a groan, shuffling my legs angrily while I laid on the bed. Why hasn’t he gotten back to me? Didn’t he know how to romance a woman? Or his own mate, at that? I needed his presence. His apology and assurance, that he won’t continue to do as his father bids. That he was going to be a man of his own will. “My Knight.” A knock highlighted on the door. My eyes bolted at the fact that it was daylight and I hadn’t gotten out of bed, as the Knight.
“Another chapter of life. I have a pup to protect now. People in the castle keep testing me. It’s time to scrap the Goodchild off my name.” – Ava Knight … “Leave it to me,” Some voice suddenly said. “Let me take it from here.” I wriggled my brows confusingly at the feminine words. “Who are you?” I asked curiously. “Your wolf.” “Y-You’re here again.” I stated brokenly, sitting at the floor of my chambers with tears surrounding my eyes. I was tired. So tired that for the first time, I reached for a bottle of rum, drinking from it. I wanted anything that could make me forget this world I was in. This harsh world that everyone was after something. Anyone could betray anyone. Because of power. Used to look up to Lydia, you know. I really wanted to be like her. Her fighting skills and Knight indulging were out of this world. This was why I had so much confidence in myself after defeating her. I remember how I had dropped a part of my torn piece of cloth, bowing down to pay my l
King Caspian’s Pov Hearing Ava say those words was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard in a while. There was this look her eyes held, searching desperately. Her red lips, quivered too. Hands interlocking with mine, almost immediately. It made me wonder… Then I realized. From her reaction. My mate was scared. She was scared of me, my beast. Of my response to her. I was quick to remove my shirt, making her wear it before anything. My instinct, to protect her, especially our pup. As we walked side by side, I exchanged it to mine hands wrapped around hers. “Since when?” “A few days after you confronted me about the fight with Lydia.” she said, sniffling in addition to those words. I could hear her heave and swallow continuously. My brows arched at her reaction, only to see subtle tears come out her delicate eyes. I paused in my movements, raising her chin up to face me whilst I gritted my teeth. “I know, condemn me.” she uttered sadly, with more tears riding down her cheek
Ava’s Pov After a while, he pulled back with his eyes connected to mine. They were blood shot, reddened, and still in tears. Caspian’s hands cusped my cheek, with an astonished expression, after a while. “I didn’t mean to wake you--” “It’s okay,” I assured him, leaning my forehead on his. “It’s all okay,” Beneath me, I knew I wanted to heal whatever scars he held from his past. But what made me really scared was the fact that I had mine. Whenever I had a dream about my sister, Jasmine, I really held back from the world. I bore scars too, and wondered if this was why the Moon Goddess paired us. To think that I lost my sister, and he lost his too. He lost his mum, to war and I lost my dad who was a spy, too. Being treated like an outcast, in my village… So was he discriminated for bearing a beast… It did make me to feel and empathize that amount of pain. It was really horrible and torturous… So horrible that it hurt badly. “You could go to sleep now.” Caspian voiced out, taking
“Losing the people, I care about, wasn’t something I thought would happen. Want to end this journey of mine, but the pup in me won’t let me.”“The will to live, I fight for. With my lover, the beast by my side.” - Ava Knight…“This, is something strange to us all.”“Gathering for a befitting but sad burial for one of us. We were once coerced into eliminating ourselves for points to live.”I chose my words carefully as I spoke the girls and audience, that showed up for Emily’s burial.Personally, organized it as the Knight. She deserved that much.“After I became Knight, I improved the rules of the game, scrapping out the killings.”“However, I forgot my own best friend needed me, with the lurking evils in this castle.” I sniffled in hurt, saying. “It’s all blood, with bones, an eye for an eye. Tooth for tooth.” I admitted, truthfully from my experiences.“Emily was an angry kid.”“But we won’t deny that beneath her, was a strong, brave girl, who sacrificed her live, to save her frien
“This is what I’ve always wanted. Another land, in another world far from being a pawn or Knight; a Queen.” “Still doesn’t feel like ‘it’ though.” – Ava Knight. … “My Knight.” Cassie had said, bowing happily. I reached out to raise her up instantly, with my hands in hers. “Please grant me the honor of preparing your wedding,” She looked into my eyes saying, with her curls dancing cheerily. “Wouldn’t that be too much workload?” “Not a bit! I would be entirely happy to do so!” she exclaimed excitedly. Had no choice but to smile whole heartedly and nod my head, at her request. From her years in the castle, she definitely had experience in preparing occasions. “Very well, Cassie.” “Thanks, I won’t let you down! It would be perfect to the core,” she took my hands saying before disappearing to start the preparations. Caspian and I, decided to have the wedding done tomorrow. The sooner the wedding, the quicker the revenge. I had agreed to marry him. In truth, it was not just becau