MAGNUS POVNo matter how much I tried, I just couldn't quell my conflicted emotions. Not only did I lose Sophie, I had just discovered that my own mother could potentially be the real mastermind of this, not even Sinclair. It couldn't be helped, my rage was justified, and so was my hate. I wasn't the type to act rashly, but right at this moment, putting a kill order on my mother's name was probably the kindest thing I could do for her at this point in time. It could have been a death on sight order, but I wanted to give her a chance to explain herself. I believed everybody had a story to tell regardless, and depending on her explanations, I will decide whether or not to do away with her. But for now, finding Sophie and bringing her back to safety was my biggest concern. "Employ all the soldiers you can! Find her!" I screamed at Luke . Though we had all been outsmarted, the fact that they had been waylaid without overpowering the kidnappers still stung me. There was no need guarding
SOPHIE POVThe soles of my feet hurt badly more than ever but I persisted in running. I'd been running since night, and now it was well beyond noon, yet I failed to stop running. I had no idea if the Lycans had now woken up and were chasing after me, the queen's last orders were for me to run, and until I felt the need to stop, I was going to keep running.I paused momentarily the instant a familiar structure came to sight, and I immediately felt like giving up on life. Throughout the night I've been going round in circles, and I was yet to realize till this very moment. How many times have I passed through the doors of the enemy?I immediately raced behind the protection of a tree to keep myself hidden from the eyes of the two men that had just exited my former cage. I couldn't recognise them, they weren't a part of Sinclair's group, but I knew better than to just throw myself out for them to see. Even though they looked a bit familiar, I remained hidden behind the tree waiting for
SOPHIE POVI woke up with a start to find myself holding Magnus closely. I had just had a terrible nightmare. I had seen Kal fang chasing me, he had been about to cut me down with his claws when I had woken up. I snuggled more against Magnus body. He had clearly missed me which was evident by how passionate he was the previous night. Judging from his eyes, it also seemed like he hadn't been sleeping well these past days.It was the early hours of the morning and the cold was biting. I threw on the warm covers once more and went into a light sleep.I woke you to someone nuzzling my nose. Magnus tickled my stomach when he saw that I had opened my eyes. I remembered what Sinclair had told him when we were at the tradeoff. He has talked about how Magnus was weak and soft compared to other Lycan kings that he knew. It made me appreciate what I had more and see Magnus in an entirely new light. I had thought him so callous. Frightening to think that they were others worse than him."Good mo
I found Luke as usual in his office. He looked up in surprise as I came in with the baby and immediately reached out to embrace the both of us."Welcome home once again, Sophie" He said, as he hugged us. He smelled good and the hug was warm so we both lingered in it for a while. Bryce made a squeal which disrupted the moment and we pulled apart."So how are you holding up," He said, returning back to his seat."Quite good, just a few nightmares but who doesn't have those these days. I can't complain," I said with a shrug."I miss you," He said, looking at me intently and I knew he really did."I missed you all," I said guardedly, careful of where the conversation was going. After everything, Luke was still Luke and I had once had something for him."So what did you notice while you were with Sinclair? I couldn't believe it when Magnus told me that he was responsible for everything that had happened," He said, shaking his fist. Apparently, the subject was an annoying one for him to han
SOPHIE POVNo matter how much I tried to convince myself that it might be a hallucination, my instincts insisted that I had actually caught sight of the queen. It made me wonder, what was she doing there? Could it be that she had come to spy on me? Was she working with the enemies again? Or had she come to check up on me? My mind was troubled, the possibilities surrounding her appearance were many, and I hoped none of them were connected to working with the enemy. I've done my best to convince Magnus that she wasn't a traitor, he had promised to tone down her punishment a little. If she was working with the enemy again, then there was no redemption for her this time around. I moved on from the possibilities of the queen being a traitor and focused on the possibility that she might have had people with her. And what if they had spotted me? There was no way I was going to let myself get kidnapped a second time, being sold to Kal Fang was not something I desired. I reached home and Ma
SOPHIE POV"Tell me about Magnus. What does he like? In summary, just tell me everything I need to know about him since you've been here for long." I demanded from Eirik as we strolled through the cold forest. He fell silent for a while, and for two whole minutes I was left with my thoughts, and the soothing sounds of nocturnal animals. Eirik was in deep thought, Magnus wasn't an open man to those he didn't trust, so I figured he was trying to recall as much as he could. He always did his best to give me the best of his ability, and I respected him for that. Others might immediately give me shallow information, things that I might already be familiar with. But Eirik knew that this was very important. He was emotionally smart, I probably knew more about Magnus than he did, for me to ask him this question meant that I wanted something more than just basic information. "The king is a kind man even though he doesn't always show it. We Lycans aren't especially liked by society, since we w
SOPHIE POVI got into the white Skoda Octavia immediately Magnus had agreed to my demands. It had taken much longer than I'd anticipated, but I finally managed to get him to change his mind. He argued that the members of the council weren't familiar with me, and I countered him by arguing that this was the perfect opportunity for me to bond with them. If they weren't familiar with me, then shouldn't I try to get to know them?After that, Magnus had finally conceded defeat and had given me what I wanted. He gave me a book containing every event that had gone down in the kingdom for the month. I was to study them closely, find the flaws in the previous month's decisions, and come up with a better way to help the kingdom. It wasn't exactly difficult, but I knew that things would change the instant I step into a room filled with proud and hateful Lycans.I swallowed hard, and calmed myself down. I already knew this wouldn't be easy, so there was no need to panic over something that was
MAGNUS POVI paced around restless on the bed as I couldn't sleep. I thought of Sophie and longed for her closeness. I didn't see how she was still weak, especially after the energetic performance she had given earlier in the day at the council. My inner wolf too was craving her company, staying away from her these few days had been hard.I got up and made my way to her room to see her. When I got there, the room was empty. The bed didn't even appear to have been slept in. My first instinct was that she had been attacked or kidnapped but it didn't make sense. There was no way they could get to her seeing as the security measures around had been improved. I looked out of her window to see her training with someone. I got furious on seeing them. It appeared to be her guard, Eirik or so. She was indeed only training with Eirik, her personal guard, under the moonlight. But it was night and she had lied The relief came from knowing she was safe and under the watchful eye of a skilled war