BACK IN CAVERN KINGDOM.
Nika crouched down on her knees as she recalled everything that has happened to her starting from the day she was supposed to be engaged to Raphael and now this…this..
How can people she called her parents,her own blood tell her to spend a night with that ruthless Alpha.
Even if he was a ruthless and dangerous man, couldn't her parents at least fight for her?They didn't even give it a second thought before accepting to give her to him.
They didn't even respect her,there was no way she was going to lose her virginity to a stranger.
Tears clouded her eyes as she thought of what to do.
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In the royal bedroom,King Lawrence and his queen Elizabeth are both having tea.
"Nika is really stubborn,I don't know what to do about her, what are we going to do now since she refused".Elizabeth said to her husband.
"I will solve this,she has no say in this,I just want you to treat her well, don't make her to end up hating us,as you said,she is very stubborn,we have to plan this well so we won't turn out to be her enemy"Lawrence said to Elizabeth who frowned.
"I want you to show her affection this time around, show her that you love her and care about her. It's really essential for our plan to work. We have to make her feel pity for us and hatred for Regaleon,"Lawrence said, sipping his tea slowly.
"I don't really understand why you are doing all this,why do you think she can help in our plan to take over Northcrest Kingdom,she has no abilities and she isn't not even a vampire"Elizabeth said to Lawrence.
"You should know by now that Nika is the strongest of our daughters,"Lawrence said to Elizabeth.
"I know but without any abilities,how do you think she can help in our plan"
"She will be of great help because they will look down on her and see her as weak and useless,then boom,we will strike"Lawrence said smiling.
"The confidence you have in Nika is something else,is there anything else you are not telling me about her"Elizabeth said to Lawrence who sighed.
"Just forget about Nika, just do what I told you to do"Lawrence said to her and she nodded.
Back in Nika's quarters,Mara was very worried about her, she couldn't help but wonder what happened in the throne room.
"My princess,"she said, knocking on the door.
"Come in"she heard Nika's voice.
As soon as she stepped in,she saw Nika sitting in front of her dressing mirror.having served the princess for years now,she knew her well enough and just one look at her,she could tell that Nika was not doing fine although she was calm.
"Are you okay my princess,you know you can always talk to me if you need someone to talk to"Mara said to her.
"Is it that obvious that I am not doing fine"Nika said as she stared at her reflection in the mirror,a sad smile crossed her face.
"I know you well my princess,I know when you are happy,I know when you are sad"Mara said.
"What happened my princess?you have not been yourself since you left the throne room"Mara said to her.
"You are right Mara,I am not okay,my father wants me to spend a night with the alpha king of Northcrest Kingdom to avoid war"Nika announced and Mara's eyes popped out.
She was beyond shock,how could the king and queen approve to give their last daughter to the alpha king of Northcrest Kingdom who was known for his ruthlessness.this was sucide mission, staring at Nika,she couldn't help but pity her.
Not knowing what to say,she moved towards her to hug her but Nika stopped her.
"You don't have to pity me,I am okay,I have vowed never to cry for them again, while growing up,I never felt that I belonged here,today proved it, maybe am not their real daughter because I don't know why they would agree to this"Nika said controlling the tears that was about to escape her eyes.
She was really hurt but she didn't want to look weak by crying.she needs to be strong especially in this time.
"My princess, what will you do now?"Mara asked her.
"I have no plans of accepting this ridiculous request,I have to do something even if it means escaping from here"she said to Mara.
"I will support you in whatever you are planning my princess and I will go with you"Mara said to her.
Nika couldn't help but smile,she really appreciated the existence of Mara in her life but she had no plans of taking Mara with her.she didn't want to risk Mara's life.
"Before I escape,I have something to do"Nika said to Mara.
In the attic which was converted to a painting room by Raphael.when he visited the castle back then he was young, the king had gifted him the room where he would always paint,he had taught Nika how to paint too.This attic held so much memories about him and Nika.He was at peace with himself whenever he was here,he loved painting and painting was the only thing he had control of,he was free,he can do whatever he wants with his painting.He stared at the drawing before him and he became sad.he couldn't fight for their love.His father had forced him into agreeing to marry the first princess in order to be the next king of their Kingdom.The only thing his father was after was power without thinking about his happiness.He refused and even threatened to elope with Nika but his father told him that he can do whatever he wants when he becomes king.he can take Nika back when he becomes king and that's what he will do.he was just waiting for that time to come besides Nika was going nowhere.
"I should be asking you that,"Raphael said to Amelia."I heard you were here,I decided to come see you only to find you here with my little sister,can you explain what's going on here?"Amelia said to him, rolling her eyes at Nika who wasn't bothered by her presence."As you can see, nothing is going on here,we were just talking,"Raphael said to her before leaving.He didn't want to spend another time with Amelia,that's how much he hated her.Amelia clenched her fists because of his attitude towards her.She glared at Nika but Nika didn't have her time,she tried to leave but Amelia stopped her."Where do you think you are going?"Amelia said to her."Don't I have the freedom of movement again?"came Nika's reply to her."Well,I just want to let you know one thing,I know you have a history with Raphael but the earlier you know that he doesn't belong to you anymore,the better for you,I am the one he loves now,he chose me over you so stay away from my fiance or would I say husband"Amelia sai
Remembering that Nika slapped her,Amelia was filled with rage,she felt disrespected by her.she controlled herself from biting into her neck and sucking the life out of her but she didn't want to free Nika without dealing with her first.She must be taught a lesson for disrespecting her,no one goes Scott free after insulting her.She grabbed Nika's neck,Nika tried to remove her hand on her neck but Amelia's hold on her kept on tightening whenever she struggled.Amelia was a vampire and had more strength when compared to her.she was sure her neck had turned red at this point.Amelia's sharp nails dung into her neck,Nika felt an excruciating pain as blood trickled down from her neck to Amelia's hand.At the sight of blood, Amelia's red eyes turned darker,she was thirsty now.Nika knew this was a sign of danger, Amelia was not an ordinary vampire but a royal blooded vampire,she gathered up strength and pushed Amelia away from her,she tried to run but Amelia was faster as a vampire she was
The door to the throne room opened and Nika stepped in,her father and mother with Amelia were the only one present in the room.Amelia was standing at a corner, when she noticed that Nika was present,she didn't fail to glare at Nika and this didn't go unnoticed by Nika who ignored her completely."What is the meaning of this insolent behavior displayed by both of you earlier?"The king asked in a deep voice which could make one tremble."I asked a question,"the king said when no one replied to him."Dad,you should be asking Nika that,she is the cause of all this,if she had not tried to seduce my husband to be, this wouldn't have happened,she is also disrespectful,she doesn't know who her elder is,she thinks she can talk to me anyhow"Amelia stated which earned her a glare from Nika."Is that true?"The king asked Nika."It's of no use defending myself since you will side with Amelia at the end"Nika replied."She is so rude,"The queen muttered."I asked you a question Nika, Don't be disres
Nika was silent as she waited for her father to speak.ever since he told about sleeping with the Alpha king of Northcrest Kingdom,she couldn't proudly call him father again."I just want to let you know that we are still your family and we love you no matter what happens, I know you felt betrayed about what happened but I had no other choice,I am a king but I have to listen to my subjects too before anything,I am sorry that Raphael was taken away from you but I know that you will find happiness in another man, just know that I and your mother loves you so much"he said to her.Nika could feel anger rising inside of her,how can he say that they care about her after they made it obvious from their actions that she was never their priority."I don't need your apology,your majes..ty"she said, stressing the majesty."I am not dumb and I know what you are trying to do, maybe your conscience is hurting you,that's why you are apologizing to make yourself look good""Andronika!"came her mother'
"I know that you are not my real parents already,there is no need to hide it from me"she said to him.The queen adjusted in her seat,she was shocked too."What are you talking about?"the king asked her."Don't try to play dumb with me,I know the truth now,this explains the restroom while I felt that I never belonged in this family"she said to him tears rolling down her cheeks."Who told you that?That's ridiculous,"the king said to her."Nobody told me anything,it happened that I overheard the conversation between you and your wife, ever since that day,I felt at peace because all the pieces that I was trying to gather trying to know why I was treated differently, everything made sense to me then,I am not your blood"she said to him.The king sighed,there was no need hiding the truth from her Anymore."There is no need to hide anything from you again, since you have discovered the truth, what do you expect us to do?You should know that you disrespected the king of this kingdom today,do y
"Is this true?"she asked to be sure of what she heard."I won't lie to you Nika"the king said to her."But you lied to me for years about being your daughter, how am I sure everything you told me now is true?"she said to him."You choose what to believe,I won't lie about this, lying to you about being my real daughter has a reason,I didn't want you to feel sad"the king said to her."So if this is true then,how can you allow me to be sent to that evil man for a night,this proves that you don't care about me at all, how can you expect me to sleep with a man that killed my parents,this is wickedness in the highest order"she said to him."I am doing this for you, don't you think this is the opportunity to have your revenge on him,use this opportunity and get close to him then you strike him,he will never see it coming because he didn't expect it"the king said to her.He wished silently that Nika would not be stubborn and agree to his plan.it will help a lot in his plan.at least she is awa
The king was talking with his wife when he heard commotion outside his room."I will be right back"he said to his wife before leaving to check what the cause of the commotion was.He saw the guards struggling with a maid."What's going on here?"he asked.As soon as they heard the king's voice.everywhere became silent."Why are you all disturbing my peace?"He asked and all of them to bow their heads and knelt on their knees."We are sorry for the commotion your majesty,we will take care of things here"the chief guard said, trying to drag the maid away but the maid didn't want to go with him."Your majesty,I have something important to tell you""Shut up,you have no business with his majesty"the chief guard said to her, holding her tightly on her arm trying to take her away but was stopped by the king.Taking a closer look at the maid,he recognized her as Nika's maid.he knew Nika had only two maids so he knew their faces because they were only two."What's this all about?"he asked in a
"It's getting late already, good night and make sure you dream about me,"Regaleon said, kissing her forehead and Nika smiled before running into her room without saying another word to him.As soon as she closed the door behind her,The smile on her face disappeared.She haven't forgotten what King Lawrence said to her about the alpha king being the murderer of her parents.Making him believe she was in love with him was the only way she would get closer to him and find out the truth about her parent's death but deep within her she hoped that he was not involved in her parent's death.she hoped that King Lawrence was lying.she hoped that Regaleon was not her real enemy.Meanwhile in Regaleon's room,he lay on the bed but the smile never left his face.after so many years,this was the first time he felt his heart beat for a woman.he was sure that he loved her and he will protect at all means,he would make sure things work out between them well and he wouldn't let what happened in the past to
LIAM'S POV.I was captivated by the beauty in front of me,I have seen different beautiful women but this one in front of me was unique,she was my mate.her innocent Jade green eyes reminded me of someone.I had the urge tof kiss her on the lips.I tilted my head towards her but a familiar powerful scent wafted my nostrils.I heard footsteps.I knew who was coming already.I let go of her before smiling at her."You shouldn't wander alone here,you might get lost"I said to her before leaving.********"Nika""Nika"his deep voice broke her away from her thoughts."What were you thinking?I have been calling you for a while now,"Regaleon asked her."I am sorry,I guess I was lost in my thoughts"she apologized."What are you doing here?"Regaleon asked and she scratched her forehead."You shouldn't go far like this in the castle,if you want to come here,you can ask a guard to come with you,I don't want anything bad to happen to you"he said to her and Nika smiled.She knew he was worried about h
PEARL'S POV.I was in the servant's quarters when I was told that the butler was calling me.I wondered why she wanted to see me.that woman was trouble and no one wanted to cross paths with her.I sighed before going to answer.When I reached her office.she landed a slap across my cheeks before throwing a paper at me.I wondered what happened.what did I do wrong for her to slap me?."Your stay here has come to an end, that is a letter of transfer,you will now work for Alpha Dorak the alpha of silver moon pack, pack your bags now and her out of this castle before I open my eyes"The Butler said to me, closing her eyes.I needed no one to tell me that Liam was behind this.as far as I can remember,I didn't do anything wrong.I ran out of the Butler's office and headed to the servant's quarters to pack my bags.After packing my bags,I decided to see Liam before leaving.luckily for me,he was in his room drinking wine.As soon as he saw me,his lips curled up into a mocking smile."Why did you
Pearl knocked and waited for long before deciding to go with the thoughts of coming back later.Thinking about it now, this should be actually good news to her since the father of her baby is a powerful man.if he accepts her,she will be lifted from being an omega to a higher status.she can be able to give her family a comfortable life.She was about to go when she saw Liam coming.she remained at her spot,her head bowed.Ignoring her,he opened the door and went into his room.Pearl followed him in."What do you want?"Liam asked, unbuckling his shoes."I want to talk to you"Pearl said to him in a shaky voice.she was really scared.she didn't know how he would react when he hears what she had to say.she just hoped that he would accept her and her baby.she was ready to forgive him for raping her.Liam halted for a moment,he was surprised that a servant wanted to talk to him.thinking about it.who even allowed her into his room?.such audacity.didn't she love her life anymore?.He looked up to
Nika was in her room as she thought of everything that has happened throughout the past week.although she hardly see Regaleon,he has done nothing but be kind towards her.he has never for once made her feel like a slave and all she did was disrespect him and she got away with it.she wondered why he wasn't hurting her like she expected him to.This got her thinking if what she heard about him being heartless was true.it might be true that he was ruthless and kills people because she has witnessed it with her own eyes but there must be a reason why he kills people or is he psychopath?She was in her thoughts when the door to her room opened and Pearl came in with a cup of coffee."For you"she said to Nika who smiled before collecting it.NIKA'S POV.I was able to make friends with Pearl this past week.she is a great person.we shared about the story of our life with each other.she kept me company in this lonely place.she also reminded me of Mara,I wonder how she was doing.Pearl is an o
Liam closed his eyes to control the anger he felt when he saw how Regaleon held her close to himself.he groaned in frustration as the image of them together couldn't disappear from his head.Liam believed that he didn't have a mate since he didn't find his mate earlier like others did.he was not bothered about it, in fact he loved the fact that he was mateless since he could sleep with any woman he wants unlike others that are faithful to their mates or even being disturbed by their wolf whenever they are cheating.He was free to do what he wanted and it was like that for so many years now.Lately,he has been having this weird feeling and perceiving this sweet scent but he rather ignored it.Who would have thought that his fated mate was already in the castle and she was playing love and seek with his step brother.Although his wolf wanted her,he himself didn't want her and didn't care to know who she was.He has never seen Regaleon close to any woman before,he wasn't interested in wom
Regaleon's men were staring at Nika Wondering who she was,was she really okay in the head because they didn't see how a person that is in her Rightful sense would ask to fight the alpha king the strongest and most powerful Werewolf.was she asking for a death wish?.The only person that knew who she was was Oscar, Regaleon's beta.he knew that she was the last princess of Cavern kingdom.Nika threw the sword to Regaleon who caught it."Are you scared already?"Regaleon asked,his lips curled up into a smile."Why would I be scared of you?"she blurted out.Regaleon's men were now convinced that she was crazy."I won't fight you with that blood stained sword,I need another sword"she said to him and Regaleon smiled.He looked at one of his men who brought a new sword to Nika."I hope you don't have any other excuse to give me this time around,"Regaleon said to her."Shut up,you talk too much,"Nika said.Regaleon's men were surprised with her audacity,no one talked to their alpha like that but
NIKA'S POV.After taking a bath,I dried my body with the towel I saw there.I tied it around my body before walking into the room.I saw that same maid in my room.I felt sorry for her,I shouldn't have vented my anger on her.I couldn't apologize to her because she was just a maid and I didn't want anyone to see me as weak and disrespect me because of that besides I don't know her yet."The alpha king asked me to bring these clothes to you,"she said to me."Okay"I replied."I was assigned to you as your personal maid,"she added."What is your name?"I asked."My name is Pearl"she replied,her head still bowed."I hope we get along,Pearl"I said to her and she bowed her head."Do you need anything?"she asked me."No,you can go now"I said to her and she bowed her head before leaving.I wonder why the alpha king was still treating me in a special way.this is not what I imagined my stay here to be.i shouldn't conclude fast,he must have something up his sleeves.I examined the cloth.It was a sim
CARVERN KINGDOM.Note: This chapter contains mature words, please if you are not comfortable.turn to the next page.******Raphael is pacing up and down his room while his father is trying to calm him down."Dad,This is not we agreed on"he said to is father."The king had to do what he had to,I have no say in that,the royal council was in support of his decision"his father Marcus said to him."Why didn't you tell me about this development earlier,you knew that Nika won't be mine after my introduction as the next king but you kept quiet,you deceived me, nothing can change the fact that you deceived me,you made me get married to the woman I don't love,you don't care about my happiness"Raphael said to his father."Think carefully and Look at the good side of this, everything I do,I do for your own good,for your future,this opportunity doesn't come Everytime,many men wants to be in your shoes so don't allow your infatuation for that Nika to destroy you"Marcus said to him."Stop it dad"Rap