In the days that followed, I continued to lie on the bed, contemplating the tangled web of emotions and the uncertain future that lay ahead. The room seemed to close in on me, and I couldn't escape the feeling that I was more safe in bed than out walking, who knew what the men working with the Queen could plan next now that their head was in jail.I made slow but steady progress in my recovery. Dr. Lyon and sometimes Gladys continued to monitor my condition, and I could feel the concerned eyes of Luke on me whenever he visited. I still did not want to see Magnus and remained resolute in my decision to keep my distance away from him. I needed the space and time to come to terms with what he had done.Little by little, I regained my strength and mobility. I spent my days in the room, reading and reflecting on everything that had happened. Occasionally, Luke would come to gist with me about some of the kingdom's affairs. They were not that serious, there was an unnatural calm from the e
The funeral of Luke's wife was scheduled to be held three days after her death. Her relatives all came to see the baby in my room. I could sense their displeasure at seeing me take their daughter's child but there wasn't much they could do. They were afraid to displease the King so they kept mute. I tried to reassure them the best way I could that I would look after the child like my own. For the most part, he was easy to handle. He didn't cry or fuss around much which was a blessing as I wondered what I would have done with a shrieking child. A wet nurse had been assigned to him who breastfed him constantly. For my part, I asked that his cot be brought to my room so that he was never far from me. Occasionally, Magnus himself came to see us and make small talk. I still feigned being ill so I could stay longer in bed.I had instructed the royal seamstress to make a black dress. I wanted to wear it for the funeral. I had already worn the ones I had to the other funeral and it wasn't goo
MAGNUS POVThe after-party of Ruth's burial was in full swing and I kept an eye around to see that nothing happened out of place and it befitted a royal celebration. As much as the noise and festivities in the hall grated on my nerves, I knew that it was important to keep up these appearances. I had looked out for Sophie ever since we came to the hall for the ceremony but she was absent. I knew she would be in the room playing with Bryce or even reading a book. I planned to have a serious talk with her about the duties expected of a Luna queen.My wolf urged me to check on her. For some reasons, he was restless. I ignored him though. While it was true that we both missed her body, I wanted her to recover fully.I spotted Luke in a corner silently drinking and i went over to him. In the few days, I had tried to make him get back to his usual cheerful self but to no avail. I knew that in a way, he was blaming himself for not always been there for her. In his defense, his Beta duties we
SOPHIE'S POVI continued backing away from the Lycans as they approached me as I scanned the area quickly for a free route to escape. I couldn't just believe that I was trapped here.Two things happened in quick succession as I desperately tried to run . A black van I had not noticed coming cut my escape and the harsh sounds of its squealing tires filled the air. The back of the van opened widely and two more Lycans in black sprang out. They regarded me coldly with their glowing eyes as they both crouched down. I'm fast as I ran back up the deserted street they had come from but they were much faster. They both held down my hands but I resolved not to go down without a fight.I punched the guy on my left and his hold loosened. The other guy clawed me and I went down. My strength was nothing compared to the raw strength I felt coming from them. Something hit my head and everything faded into darkness.Confusion and fear overwhelmed me as I struggled to make sense of my surroundings. T
MAGNUS POVI cursed aloud as I realized that it was her abductor calling. The voice seemed familiar in a way but I was having a hard time placing it."Whoever you are, I'll make you regret the day you decided to cross me," I warned him.He gave a humourless chuckle which was meant to sound deep and menacing but failed to carry off that effect. The person was trying to mask his voice."You're not in any position to make threats, Magnus. I'll send a location to you tomorrow. Bring the queen, your mother there. It's only fair we trade queens at this point. Come alone." He said and cut the call before I could give a response."Fuck!," I groaned, angry at having to meet the condition of the abductor.At that moment, Luke walked in to report his findings. "I'm sorry, no one has seen or heard anything about her outside the gate.""Don't worry about that, she's not anywhere around here, she's been taken," I said, pacing the room to keep myself in check."Taken by whom," He cried out in surpri
MAGNUS POVI parked the Porsche a little distance away from the warehouse, hidden behind some trees, and turned off the engine. I steeled myself to be calm as I prepared to face whoever it was. I had to get through the conversation without breaking the abductor's head or something."Wait in the car," I instructed my mother. "I have to have a little chat with your goons first before the tradeoff."She nodded once and still did not say anything. For some reasons that I couldn't fathom, she seemed to be nervous herself about the whole thing. Who knew if she really didn't know the people behind this. I doubted it though. I got out of the car, taking a deep breath to steady my nerves. I needed to buy some time before Luke and the others came around.As I approached the entrance of the warehouse,I saw several figures waiting there, their faces were obscured by masks but I knew from their scent that they were members of our kingdom. I couldn't help but feel a sense of disgust at their betray
SOPHIE POVI watched in horror as Magnus went down to the ground amidst the heavy assault of the wolfsbane gas on him. I was bundled back into the van with Sinclair and the queen while the others entered the cars around and we all drove away quickly."Speed up," Sinclair shouted, knocking the driver's head as he drove. "Are you sure he's not following us? I don't trust that bugger.""No, he isn't, we got him pretty bad, he's still on the ground," One of the subordinates answered him."Drive faster, you dunce, backup could be arriving." He yelled to the driver who took the cue and increased the speed."Get a hold of yourself," The queen said cooly beside him. She had regained her confident air and appeared to be unaffected with what was going on around her.She caught me looking at her and removed the gas mask from my face. I inhaled the cool air with relief and also picked up other smells. For one, the queen had not taken a bath in days and she smelled terribly."We meet again, how in
SOPHIE POVI laid still on the steel floors of my confinement, my eyes fixated on the fading light of the lamp before me, while my thoughts wandered . Sinclair had locked me up not in the nice room around but in a cell of some sorts. My body ached from lying on the hard surface, but the pain faltered when compared to the fear that predated my mind. I was being sold to Kal Fang, what could be worse than that? I could cry to be released, but my tears would amass to nothing. These men were not the type to be swooned by beauty or emotions, the only thing that could possibly make them consider freeing me was Sinclair giving the order which didn't seem likely. My fate was sealed, so I wasted no energy in crying, it wouldn't do me any good. Perhaps I was being too dramatic, maybe destiny had more in stock for me. Kal Fang could be the m—My thoughts were halted by the rattling noise outside. Someone was coming, one of my abductors I presumed. It was the middle of the night, what could they
SOPHIE POVI looked up with a sigh at the old decrepit building before knocking the door and I went in buoyed by a prompt from inside. I was nervous as it had taken me a long time to trace this location and now that I was here, it felt unreal. I was finally going to find out the truth. I was ushered into what I presumed to be a matron's office by a nun wearing a long gray habit. "The matron will be with you shortly. I hope you find what you came here for" She said with a wave before stepping out leaving me alone with my thoughts and the tired creaking fan above.I was trying hard to forget Magnus. There was a joint burial the previous week for them both. It wasn't still clear how they died. My guess was that they had been poisoned in their cells. Our enemies were also within the castle. Magnus' mother was right though, Kal Fang was no threat to us again, my guess was that he had been placated with Magnus' death. He might be the one behind it.With the death of the Alpha king and his
SOPHIE POVThe next day, I found myself thinking back to what the Queen had done the previous day and how she had stood her ground against the whole council. I wasn't sure I could do that and succeed. I would be eaten alive by all of them. Whatever she had done or not done, there was no denying her influence among them.So it was that I found myself heading to her room when I was done freshening up for the day. There were more guards around her room than other places. Magnus must have given them orders to watch her closely. He had still not trusted her fully. I hesitated then knocked gently on her door. There was no reply and I knocked again. Perhaps my first attempt had been too feeble."Who is it," I heard her ask from inside."It's Luna Sophie," I answered back. There was a long pause before she replied."Come in," She said at last.She sounded surprised which I knew she would. On normal occasions, we couldn't stand each other's company. No doubt, she was wondering what I was her
SOPHIE'S POV I was in the room, thinking about how to help King Magnus. I had called a lot of people for advice none of their suggestions worked for me. It was far too dangerous and I didn't want any harm toward my man. I breathed out loudly and lowered my head, it was frustrating and I hated the situation. This was the same man I had waited for when Luke was ruling, I had hoped he would return one day and make me happy again but to my deepest regret, I had forgotten that he might have gone through a lot and things were difficult for him too. If only I was a little wiser, I could have stopped him when he decided to call for a meeting immediately after his recovery and I could have taken care of more things before he woke up so his mind would be relaxed by the time he opened his eyes. Things wouldn't have been so difficult for him and he could have been happy now, filled with a lot of enjoyment at the moment instead of what he was going through. I felt bad toward him and I felt bad
MAGNUS' POV Everything was becoming dimmer in my head, I was unable to process the things that were happening to me but one thing was clear and that was the fact that I was among enemies. All of them hated me, they all wanted to kill me and were only being nice because I was so quiet these days. After what Luke did to me, many others wanted to try the same thing and in the end, they might succeed just as Luke had done back then. I couldn't let my wolf take over again, it would have killed so many people then if it hadn't stopped and I hated to kill my people. The ones that needed to die were the enemies surrounding me and pretending to be sincere when they weren't. I paced around the room, thinking of how to escape the wrath of the enemies. I was weaker than I once was, the wolfsbane was still taking effect on me, making me weaker every day. Before I started my revenge, the first person I needed to kill was Luke and I would make sure to do that, then I would find the lady who betr
SOPHIE'S POV I watched him leave abruptly from the meeting and I was bothered. "Everyone, I think it's time to leave. I will go and calm the king down and he will call on you all later." I told them before leaving the gathering too. I went straight to his room and I saw him lying in his bed. "King Magnus," I called. He rolled around in his bed and turned to look at me "What was that? Why were you siding with him when he did that to you?" He asked, his voice was calm as he sat up in his bed and looked at me. I walked closer to him and sat down beside him. "I wasn't defending him. I was just worried that you would make a mistake because of your anger. Luke already dealt with him and he is missing an arm already. Cutting off his pack would only endanger the lives of innocent people and I'm sure you don't want that either." I said to him and he was quiet for a while. "I understand. I was very angry back there when I learnt about what he did to you. I wanted to deal with him and the e
MAGNUS' POV The celebration continued as everyone had their fill, laughed and had fun. Sophie sat down beside me, staring and smiling at me now and then. She seemingly wasn't enjoying the celebration like everyone else and it was obvious she wanted to leave as fast as possible but was only waiting for me. I wanted to leave too, it had been a while since I last saw her so being with other people paled in comparison to how much I wanted to be with her. However, it would be rude to leave the Alphas who came from different places to celebrate with me and pledge their alliances. "Lord Magnus, will you drink with me?" Jax asked, coming toward me with a bottle of wine and a cup in hand. I nodded my head "Yes. Bring that here." I said cheerfully. I wasn't happy with him but I had to keep my font clean. He walked over and placed a cup in front of me as he was about to pour the drink. I looked at the cup carefully, images of how that lady drugged me back then played in my head and I frowne
MAGNUS' POV I groaned loudly as I touched my forehead, it was aching so bad that I found it hard to open my eyes. It felt like I had been out of it for a very long time and getting back to things was a bit difficult for me. I removed my hand from my head with my eyes still closed, trying to calm my mind so I would be able to open my eyes. It was hard at first but soon, my eyes opened only to be closed back again due to the sudden exposure to light that seemed like it was going to remove my eyes from its socket. I groaned again, wondering what had happened to me until I heard the door open and someone rushed in "King Magnus!" The person shouted. My senses were dull as it was hard to figure out who it was but the voice was so familiar that I dared not mistake it for someone else's. It was Sophie. "Sophie?" I called out loud, still unable to open my eyes. I felt her hands on my chest as she finally got to me "You're awake. I'm so glad." She mumbled. She seemed very close to me so m
SOPHIE'S POV Seeing King Magnus again warmed my heart a great time and the thought that the whole thing was over made me over the moon. I had always imagined a scenario where I would never see him again, a scenario in which my belief of him still being alive was a total lie but when I got to the throne room and saw him standing there, it felt like a dream to me. I pinched myself several times to make sure I wasn't dreaming and when he announced a duel with Luke, I couldn't be happier even though I was scared for him too. Well... Everyone was scared as they knew how dirty and devious Luke could be. While King Magnus was purely strong, Luke could always do evil things that would make him win. "It's over... It's all over now." I couldn't help but mutter with tears in my eyes. My happiness knew no bounds, I was so happy that my heart wouldn't stop racing and what I wanted the most at the moment was to leave the crowd, go to a room and make up the times we had missed together. I was r
MAGNUS' POV Luke flew to a distance and only stopped when he crashed into a building. He was there for a few minutes and I was already thinking he had given up only to see him running toward the battleground again. He stood a few feet away from me and wiped the corner of his mouth that was already filled with blood and I could see a part of his belly, injured too. It was taking longer to heal which made me wonder what was wrong with him. "I told you, didn't I? You and I are not on the same ground, We are not on the same level. I was created to rule, ruling is what I'm made of and if I should let you hurt me here, I don't fit for that." My wolf said and in the next seconds, it appeared in front of Luke and grabbed one of his claws, breaking it. Luke growled in pain, he ran back and growled again "You are... You!" He wanted to say something but kept quiet as he could see my wolf approaching him again. The whole matter was becoming a plaything as my wolf had overpowered him complete