Victor POVSoren's eyes began to change color, indicating that Strïth had woken up from his sleep, even though he was so weak. I had hoped it wouldn't come to that, but it was in vain. No one liked to see their mate in such a state."I want her head... No, not just her head, I want her dismembered in front of everyone!" His voice rang out like thunder, and I know that everyone in the castle must have felt the vibration of his aura."Strïth, I want it too... I promise I'll deal with this whole situation and try to get the best for everyone." I tried to rationalize with that fierce spirit."No!" Strïth walked up to me, like a predator to its prey. If I hadn't fought by his side for so many years, I would have cringed. It's not that I'm not afraid, on the contrary, I'm just overpowering him. "So far it's been your way! This human's way, I trusted you to keep her safe while I recovered!""And you're still not well." I maintained eye contact with him, without lowering myself. My spirit wan
Victor POVThe blades disappeared, and then I motioned with my hand for that girl to move away and Isaac quickly picked her up and put her in the corner, more carefully than I expected, but I know he feels empathy for her, even knowing her crime.Then I called out to the others behind, and they came forward, trembling, afraid, not knowing where they were going."They watched and even filmed the whole scene," Isaac informed them of his crimes."Since you love to watch things and do nothing to stop it." I made blades appear in front of them, one for each of their eyes. "I think it's fitting that you'll never be able to see anything again, and that you'll have to learn to live with it." Each blade pierced their eyes, and cries of pain and agony echoed through the hall, making many cringes.I had not silenced, simply because I wanted to get these feelings out of people, to inform them that any crime against the Crown would be taken very seriously and would not be tolerated in our kingdom.
Ayla POVI woke up feeling my body hurting, but especially my face, it was burning, and it's very uncomfortable. I wanted to cry from what I was feeling. After all, now I wouldn't even be able to look at myself in the mirror without seeing the scars that will remain.The stitches are throbbing in a very uncomfortable way and part of me wants to open my mouth and just rip it out, even if it means losing blood or maybe even dying. This clemency that vampires show me is horrible because the recovery is much worse than when I was with Julius. At the worst moments, they just let me sleep, practically in a coma, until I was finally released, even if I wasn't completely well, but in the worst phase, I hardly felt."Ayla..." I heard Soren's voice.I realize he's holding my hand and I pull it towards me. I don't want to have anything to do with someone like him. If I had the choice I would never have contact with any of them again, but that's not for me to decide.I don't even want to open my
Strïth POVI'm trying hard to stay awake, to stay close to Ayla, I know she needs me right now. Neither Soren nor Victor nor anyone else will be able to get Ayla out of her shell.Having her in my arms helps me, it's as if I can take some of her energy to stay alert, but I think Ayla knows that because she's always holding my hand or staying close.I kiss the top of her head and stroke her arm lightly, listening to her sighs of pleasure and feeling her body so relaxed cheers me up, and makes me happy.Soren is watching everything, and he's hurt, and disappointed because he tries to show Ayla that she can trust him, but he's never managed to get any emotion out of her. I thought that because of the bracelets their connection would grow, but Ayla is sure of her convictions and still can't understand that Soren wants her.'Klaus was an asshole, an idiot.' Soren complained in my mind.'Yes, he was.' I agreed.I heard a knock on the door and then Victor came in carrying a trolley. I looked
Soren POVIt hurts like hell to see the way Ayla behaves towards Strïth, she trusts him unconditionally, even if it means hurting her. I approach the bed taking a deep breath, still feeling Strïth trying to break free.'Go to sleep! Or you won't be able to come back later to be with her!' I ordered angrily.Strïth finally stopped struggling, but he wasn't satisfied with being thrown to the back of my mind.I sat on the bed and took Ayla's hand. I could see her immediately trying to pull away, but I held her."Ayla, Strïth is dangerous, yes you can trust him unconditionally... But trust me, he would kill you." I started to explain, but I don't think Ayla cares if she dies and that makes me ang
Ayla POVSoren doesn't understand, no matter what Strïth wants from me, I'll give myself up without resisting, and even if it hurts me... After all, I can't be any more broken than I am now.I'm not going to improve and study because Soren or Victor asked me to, but because Strïth asked me to, which I trust only in him. I know that Strïth is driven by feelings, by instincts, and that's what makes me trust him, that Strïth will never intentionally hurt me.Victor begins to gently clean my stitches, trying not to hurt anymore, but any touch there makes my skin crawl, and a few tears want to form in my eyes, but I try to fight them back."Ayla... Soren is only thinking about what's best for you." Victor begins to speak, as he starts to appl
Victor POVThe rest of the day passed slowly, stretching out, and I simply wanted it to end soon. I know I'm on guard for Ayla so that she doesn't get hurt.I even put on instrumental music in the room, because the silence was overwhelming, every order I gave Ayla obeyed without thinking.Even when Soren came in and mixed a drop of blood into the water, nothing changed in her countenance... Well, it seems that she's even deeper, she's hidden herself so deep in the darkness that it will be very difficult to bring her back.So that she wouldn't lie there all the time, I took the tablet and gave it to her to read, and I only see her eyes moving and occasionally her hand when she needs to change pages.Soren finally
Soren POVIt's been two days since the incident and Ayla's face has improved a lot, always after she takes a direct drop we can immediately see an improvement. Dr. Grey always comes to check Ayla's signs, and she hasn't said anything about me giving my blood.But I know there's some gossip going around, that Victor is doing his best to check, but he and I are appearing together more often. After all, during the day, we leave Ayla with the tablet, so she can read her books while we do our work.So I believe most people think I'm helping Ayla, just because she's together with Victor. Of course, some people are talking about a threesome between me, Ayla and Victor and I don't mind, so it's easier for me to walk around smelling like both of them.What matters i
Ayla POVEvery step I take away from the imperial bedroom, my heart races, this is a dream come true, and I still can't believe it's really happening. A part of me is afraid that it's all just a dream and that I'll end up waking up on the cold floor of Julian's pack.The aisles are full of flowers that are typical of spring, as this was the first thing I decided, that the theme of the wedding would be the season when most flowers bloom.In addition, of course, to having the flowers from each of the houses, even those that bloom at specific times... Ishtar had already helped me with this, making sure they were all bright and at their peak.I stop at the window to see how happy everyone is, with the music echoing even as high as I am. Most of them are my subj
Ayla POVThe days passed in the blink of an eye, even though I felt weaker with each passing day, as the amount of auras weighed heavily on my shoulders.The potions that fairies give me are very strong and every time I take them I end up sleeping for the whole period, so I started taking them every morning, as soon as I woke up, because it added to the strength that Ghost was feeding me.It was only because of this that I was able to spend the afternoon and part of the evening with my guests and so many races had arrived, the Castle was lit up with so much happiness and so much diversity.Gradually, everyone got on board with the theme of the wedding, "Spring". The flowers have been hand-picked because they symbolize what we are, there are all the flowers
Victor POVSeeing Ayla interact with the rulers of the Faerie Kingdom is history in the making, and I'm sure the other Kingdoms will be more afraid of how gigantic our Kingdom is becoming.The alliance with the Kingdom of the Fairies is something very unexpected, as well as important because their magic is just as powerful as that of the Kingdom of the Wizards and the Witches. It means that in this war we are taking several more steps towards victory.These revelations add to what Ghost has told us. Of course, we're not happy to know that others can see how our bond is doing and that worries me because when the Kingdom of the Wizards and the Witches arrive, it will be very clear and that will make us targets for attacks.My mate's sadness resonates in my ch
Ayla POVI could feel something different as I approached the Hall of Thrones and when we entered it became clearer why there was music in the air, something like what I've heard in some Soul stones, but this one is different.There are so many different voices and I don't understand what they're saying, but I don't need to, because I can feel the emotions they want to convey and as I looked at the Rulers it became clearer that the music came from them and was made for them.The pain is hidden behind happy, fast notes, with a lively beat that the other fairies follow instinctively, and it's almost impossible to perceive the undertones of sadness and melancholy.The voices want to cheer up their Rulers after a sad event, and I can connect with that because I
Victor POVI let my aura flow towards Soren so that he calms down because Ghost is right and Soren hates it when he's challenged. No matter who it was."You're right, Ghost," I said before Soren could say anything. "We really need to decide on the next in command. A lot of decisions have been put on the back burner by all the situations we've been through."Ayla is feeling guilty because she knows that Ghost only did what we asked, and she thinks she could have done more to help him."But this isn't the place for something like that. I'll arrange a meeting in the afternoon with the Heads of Houses and also with the leaders of the strongest Packs in your Kingdom." I continued speaking.Ghost looked at Ayla intens
Ayla POVI wake up and realize immediately that I'm not in the imperial bedroom and the smell of Ghost is everywhere, enveloping me and my heart squeezes because I had hoped this wouldn't have to happen and I couldn't hold back the silent tears that started to flow.I'm feeling so miserable, simply because I'm not strong enough to regenerate on my own. Then I feel a blanket being placed over me, the smell of Soren and Victor is there, and at the same moment, I feel better.It's as if I had betrayed my mates before, but now it's as if they are embracing me and understanding the situation. In parts, I can't believe I have such good and understanding mates.I lay there for a few more minutes before getting up and looking around; the room has a medieval style a
Ayla POVThe days have passed and more and more I feel my body aching and hurting when I take the potions, but at least I'm managing to withstand the auras of the various types of creatures and beings that are arriving to take part in the wedding.Of course, I don't meet all of them, just the most important ones for now and always in the Hall of Thrones, because there I feel much stronger, and I'm not so affected by the auras.Of course, I'm sleeping more and so the surrounding security has doubled. I always have a few soldiers around me when Victor and Soren aren't around. Even with Ghost present, everyone agreed that this extra security would be better.I didn't pass out in any of the encounters, but I was always drained at the end of them. This shows how
Ayla POVThe meeting to choose the flowers was kind of fun, as there are many types and many ways to create bouquets, and it was a bit difficult to choose the ones that made the most sense for the wedding.Of course, there can't be too many magical flowers, as that would add more weight to my aura and probably hurt me more, so I decided on just two flowers around the Castle that mean many things, the Smeraldo and Selene's Tears, even though we have few Tears, it's still an important flower.The two flowers will even make up part of my bouquet, and it's going to be beautiful, I never thought my life would change so much. After all, I was a mere slave, with no prospect of anything but dying.Living only to serve others, without ever uttering a sound or a word
Soren POVThe meeting with the Heads of House was extremely boring, one of the few things I hate about being Emperor, as these meetings can often go on for days, as each one wants to be better than the other and have the upper hand.Although each House had its function within the Kingdom, the Heads always wanted to have a greater influence. Even more so with Skyler's problem, I need to put someone else in charge of the House of Poppies, but the person I choose will be my third-in-command.For a while now, I've been thinking about putting Ghost as my third-in-command and choosing another leader for the House of Poppies, but the problem is that this is going to cause some strife among my subjects, whether they're Heads of House or not.I know the Lycan race w