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
Kamala still felt exhausted after breaking the shield around the castle. She buried her face in her pillow and allowed the fresh tears to soak through the pillowcase. This couldn’t have been what Nyx wanted for her? Why would the moon goddess have her do something that nearly took her life? She was completely out of control, and she couldn’t be stopped.She wasn’t her anymore. She was someone else and it nearly destroyed her wolf in the process. She still remembered her wolf’s pleas for help as she was being drained of everything she was. She sounded so tired and afraid; Kamala wanted to reach out to her wolf and pull her closer, but she was being ripped from Kamala’s body.She didn’t think she was going to recover; she didn’t think she was going to come back from it but then Bob intervened and knocked her out of it. He tackled her to the ground and made her whole again. She was so grateful to Bob for helping her, even though she didn’t understand the motive behind it.If he thought f
My water broke right in the middle of Marlon’s proposal to me. It couldn’t have come at the worst time, but the contractions were awful and gut-wrenching. Pain coursed through my body, and I screamed as I tumbled onto the bed.It felt like the baby was about to break out of my stomach at any moment. I could feel the sweat trickling down my features and rolling down the nape of my neck. My breathing had come to rasp and my body trembled uncontrollably.Marlon tried to get me to lie all the way down in the bed.“Aaaahhhhhh!” I screamed as more pain went through my body like an electronic shock.I wished more than anything that I could have Kamala by my side, but she was still unconscious. I held onto Marlon’s arm tightly as the pain went through my body, nearly paralyzing me. I couldn’t believe this was happening right now. It was too early to be having this baby; I wasn’t due for another few weeks.“I have Dr. Lovewitt on the way,” Marlon assured me as he placed a warm cloth over my he
Bob carried Kamala back to the manor, and Deonna and Marlon walked beside them. As they returned, the maids were scurrying around the foyer, looking shocked and Winston also looked worried. Bob said nothing as he passed them to the grand stairs to bring Kamala to bed. She still hadn’t woken up and it was worrisome.Marlon felt complete to blame for that. He couldn’t believe he didn’t realize that her magic was no longer light and that she was using dark magic. Then again, how would he have known unless they told him?None of this made sense to him and he felt a knot in his stomach. He knew Deonna was upset with him for making Kamala come here to use her powers. Especially considering it nearly killed her the first time she used them. But at the time, Marlon felt like there was no other choice. There wasn’t any proof that they had won; though from what Marlon could tell, almost everyone including the king was dead.He hadn’t seen Alex’s body though, so he wasn’t sure if his other son w
I ducked and covered as the battleground exploded. Bits and pieces of the king’s ground flew all over the place; smoke filled the air so I couldn’t see if there were any survivors. I was lucky enough to be a distance away, so I wasn’t hit or hurt, but the ringing in my ears was surreal.I couldn’t hear anything, and I could hardly see anything. The smoke filled my lungs quickly and coughed to try to remove it from my lungs. I pushed my way through the smoke and stumbled across some bodies of the dead. I grimaced at the blood as I came across these bodies; they all looked burned to a crisp and blood soaking through the dirt that surrounded us.My breathing grew shaky as I continued walking through the battlegrounds; praying that I could find some survivors.As my hearing started returning, I heard some screams of the injured and some screams of terror from some others.I screamed out for Marlon.I screamed out for Kamala.She was in the air a moment ago, and now she was completely gone
The gunshots and the yelling were getting louder as Kamala left the forest and entered the town of Mooncrest. The battle was nearing as she ran closer toward them; she wasn’t sure what her game plan was, but Bob and Marlon seemed so sure that she would be able to stop the battle by using her magic.Though they didn’t know how deep her magic goes and how different it was. She wasn’t sure she was going to be able to control it once it started working. Once she came into view of the battle, she turned back into her human form.Or more like her body rejected her wolf form. She wasn’t sure which it was, but it was unsettling.The battle was going on around her; as she walked through the fighting, it was almost as if nobody could see her. None of them paid much attention to her; she realized that nothing was able to touch her.It was amazing; she was wrapped in a bubble of different energy. She couldn’t believe it. It seemed as though the dark magic was working around her without her tellin
I couldn’t believe she had just left. We discovered that her powers are darker than what meets the eye. I’m starting to think it wasn’t Nyx who had this plan; maybe she planned to give Kamala the power to use it for good and not drain her of her wolf and life. But maybe whatever dark magic Petra used was what took that light magic from Kamala and started to fill her with its dark magic.I feared that when she arrived and used those powers to stop the battle, it was going to do worse than good.I couldn’t just stand around and watch my friend and everyone I know, and love meet a fatal end. I had to somehow stop it from happening; I told her I was going to let her go alone. I made a promise that I would stay behind and get some rest, get Mateo in the morning, and wait around for Kamala to send me word. But I couldn’t just do that; I had to go back to Mooncrest to help them.But first, I couldn’t just leave here without seeing my son. This might be the last time I see him, and I needed h
“He wants what?!” Deonna asked, staring at Kamala with wide and worried eyes.Kamala sat at the edge of Deonna’s bed, playing with her fingers nervously. She felt the urge to cry but no tears would leave her eyes. She wasn’t sure what to do or what to think. She couldn’t believe that Bob was asking her to do such a thing. Especially after knowing what happened to her the first time when she used this power.Bob didn’t even know the extent of it, and he was wanting her to return to Mooncrest and defeat the king’s army using the light magic that Nyx had given her. He had no idea that her light magic was gone, and it was only replaced with the dark magic the castle’s shield had soaked into her.She was like a sponge, and she wasn’t sure she could handle such a task.It would put everybody in danger and probably kill her in the process.“I have to,” Kamala said softly, looking at Deonna. “I must help with this battle. If there’s a way to defeat the king’s army and fight for our freedom, t
Marlon was taking cover; he remained in his wolf form, but he feared no good would come from that. the king’s army decided to fight dirty and was using firearms. He managed to get a glimpse of Deonna and Kamala running toward the forest and it didn’t seem as if anyone was following her.Alex’s eyes never left her though he was growling as he too remained in his wolf form. He was obviously furious that she had gotten away but with one wrong move and he would have gotten shot so he couldn’t go after her.It pleased Marlon to watch Deonna escape and once she disappeared into the forest completely, he knew she was going to make it to the village and make it back to Mateo.He refused to die here though; he wasn’t going to let Deonna give birth to their second child without him. He couldn’t bear the thought of her raising their children alone. She wouldn’t have the proper resources needed to raise these children on her own.However, there was no doubt in his mind that she would manage just
I nearly dropped the letter as I continued reading it; it was a letter from my birth mother, Elianna, to my adoptive mother. it was all here; every bit of truth about what happened the night I was born. It was Frederick that told the duke about Elianna giving birth to me. It was Frederick that basically caused the manhunt for my birth father Robert and caused him to either die or run away.I wasn’t expecting the duke to forgive Elianna so easily though after she had an affair and a child with Robert. But he forgave her until she was sent my information and then she was never trusted again.Considering the journal entries were no more and this seemed to be the last letter that I know about; there was no doubt in my mind that the duke had his wife killed because of my birth.What hurt more than knowing about my actual past, was knowing that my adoptive mother knew about it. Everything was written out for her; I’m not sure when she received this letter, but she received it and read it. S
I wanted to write this letter because you have something that belonged to me a long time ago. I have lost everything, and I continue to lose so much even as I write this. I don’t know how much more time I have before they find me. But if nothing else, I want you to at least know the truth about Deonna. I know you adopted her in an orphanage up North. I know this because I was the one who put her there, and you might be wondering who I am and why I would give up such a beautiful child, placing her in a location as cruel as that orphanage. It’s because where I come from, I couldn’t take her with me. It’s not that I didn’t want to, it’s that I couldn’t. if she were to be found out, I would be put to death. But I made some miscalculations, and it seems I will be put to death anyway. Her existence is known, and I only have myself to blame. I’m sorry for writing this in a letter and I’m sorry you adopted her without knowing the truth about her. She will grow to always have a target on her