She’s alive.Bob couldn’t hide the relief he felt on his face; he stared at Kamala who was sitting on the ground, she was gasping for air, trying to obtain as much of it as she could. Deonna was wrapping her arms around her body and pulling her close to her chest. Tears flooded down Deonna’s features.He wanted to run to her as well and embrace her, but he had to address his brother who was staring at Kamala with dismay. He probably wasn’t expecting her to wake so soon; the annoyance rose in Bob’s chest.Bob wondered how much of the conversation Deonna heard. Bob wasn’t actually planning on keeping his father in the castle and allowing Alex to take over the estate. But he would have said anything to keep Kamala safe. He just wanted to get Kamala to safety before he figured out what to do with his brother.He was hoping Deonna understood that and didn’t take his words to heart. She should know by now that Bob can’t be that easily persuaded.Deonna glanced up, instead of looking at Alex
Marlon couldn’t believe what he was reading. He had just read journal entries from Deonna’s actual birth mother, Elianna. She was the former duchess of North-Valley, Jeremy’s wife. According to these entries, she fell in love and had an affair with Robert, a slave of the castle. During that affair, she ended up getting pregnant and she told Jeremy that it was his child.She allowed Robert that chance to name the baby after his mother, Deonna.Deonna was an obvious dark-furred wolf; there was no way that Jeremy bought the fact that she was his after Elianna gave birth. The entries stopped roughly before Deonna was born, which meant that something must have happened after she was born.It would make sense considering Deonna was thrown into an orphanage where she dealt with neglect and abuse from those taking care of her. Then when she was 3 years old, she was adopted by a commoner family, and they treated her like their own. They showed her love and compassion; something she never had b
None of us were really sure what the plan was for when we got to North-Valley. we only knew that Kamala was persistent in getting us to go there. She mentioned something about having a dream when she was technically dead. She met the moon goddess, Nyx, who told her that she had a destiny much bigger than what she thought initially.I wanted to believe her, but at the same time, I worried that she wasn’t going to be able to get into the castle. It was weird basing all of this off on a dream. But she’s my best friend and I trusted her. I wasn’t sure what to expect once we got there. I was nervous that something terrible had happened to Marlon.I haven’t spoken to him in a while, and he wasn’t answering his link. I feared the worst.The King was on his way to the manor after Petra completely destroyed the place and got rid of most of the help and the guards. Everything was turning into such a mess, and I couldn’t help but feel responsible for everything that happened.If only I had kept
As they got closer to the castle, Kamala was starting to feel something she had never felt before. It was like a surge of power that was going through her veins. She could feel the power of the castle and the power that the shield was bringing it.She knew at that moment that her dream was correct, and she was meant to be at that very location, coming to terms with what she truly was. Whatever she truly was. It still wasn’t clear to her but this is what Nyx was telling her she needed to do. She said once she arrived at the spot, she would know exactly what to do.She wasn’t so sure about that though.Even as she approaches the gates of the castle, she still wasn’t sure what to do. She could only feel the power of the castle coursing through her body. But her wolf was staying silent, and it was irritating. Her wolf has gotten much louder lately, especially since meeting Bob, but now when she needed her to wolf the most, it chose to be silent.She looked over at Deonna who was staring u
Petra stood in front of Marlon with a gun pointed at him. She was red in the face as fury flashed through her eyes. She was out for blood, and she wanted Marlon gone. He couldn’t believe that she’s been working against him this entire time. She’s been working with Frederick; spying on Marlon and working on the inside while Frederick worked on the outside and kept his eyes on Deonna.Deonna was supposedly Frederick’s sister; not that Deonna knew about that. Technically, this castle was partly owned by Deonna. She wasn’t just a dark-furred wolf, and she wasn’t just a slave. She was a duchess. It’s been hidden her entire life and now the truth was finally being revealed.He wondered if the king knew this information as well; he wondered if Deonna’s adoptive parents knew. He remembered that Deonna was placed in an orphanage until she was around 3 years old. Because she was a dark-furred wolf, she was treated poorly. They hardly fed her, made her sleep on the cold ground with no blankets a
I nearly fell as I ran into the room that Petra and Marlon were hidden within. She was holding a gun to him, and she looked completely unstable. We had gotten here in time to hear him try and reason with her. What he was saying was true; Alex wasn’t intending on doing anything with Petra. He had told us Petra was just his maid and fulfilling the tasks that he orders of her.It might have been a distraction, but telling from Alex’s eyes, he didn’t feel any romantic connection towards her. He certainly wasn’t planning on marrying her and letting her rule the kingdoms alongside him.She didn’t know that though. She was so convinced that Alex was in love with her that she was willing to kill to do what he wants.I glanced over at Kamala to make sure she was still nearby; she was a bit wobbly after breaking through the shield. It took a lot out of her to the point where she was actually crying blood. Thankfully Bob was there to literally knock her out of it; which also knocked her to the g
It was a race against time to get to Mooncrest. None of them were really sure what to expect once they arrived. But Marlon was determined to stop his son from doing whatever it was he was planning on doing; he was about to destroy everything Marlon and his family had built up over the years. It was never supposed to go down like this.The closer they got to the manor, the more fury that rose within Marlon.The manor came into view, and this only made him run faster. He could smell Alex and he knew the king was nearby as well.He was surprised that his remaining guards weren’t at the gates when they arrived at the manor. But he remembered Petra mentioning that she got rid of everybody at the manor, driving them away. He didn’t think that meant his guards as well though.It didn’t matter. He was going to get everybody back, once he found them. He’s not sure what Petra said to everyone to get them to leave, but she said she didn’t kill anybody so that was a relief on his end.As he barge
“I don’t understand,” Deonna said, peering up from him. “A duchess?” They sat on Marlon’s bed; Deonna had her legs pressed against her chest and her head buried in her legs. Her body was trembling nearly uncontrollably, and she sobbed lightly into her legs. He didn’t blame her for feeling this way; he knew this was going to be a lot for her to take in. Everything she thought she knew was being ripped out from under her. “I can’t be a duchess,” she whispered, peering up at him with her tear-stained features. He wasn’t sure how to comfort her.He sighed and stared down at his hands as she continued crying.“Why would my parents never tell me this?” She asked, her voice cracking as she spoke.“I don’t think they knew,” he explained.“What do you mean?” She asked, snapping him another look. “How would they not know something like that?”“Well, you said they adopted you from an orphanage,” Marlon reminded her. “I don’t think the orphanage had that on record. At least, the guards didn’t w