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
He needed men. He only had a few hours before sundown and he wasn’t trusting that the trial was going to happen without a fight breaking loose. It was supposed to be a civil trial between Marlon and his son, with the king and queen ruling, but he had a feeling there was going to be much more at play once they arrived.He didn’t want to tell Deonna of his suspicions, but he knew he was going to need the strongest of the strong to fight by his side tonight.He also needed his servants back so they can help clean up the mess Petra and Alex left around the manor. Deonna slept peacefully in his bed beside him as he scurried out the door and into the darkened hallway. There was still no lighting, so it was darker than usual.He made his way down the hall to the guest room that Petra was sleeping inside. He was glad that she was already awake. She was still cuffed to the bed; the cuff that he used was made to prevent her from not only going anywhere but also transitioning into a wolf.“Wher
Marlon was worried there was going to be another fight, and truth be told, I worried too. He calls it a revolution; the fight that will end it all. If we win, this could mean the end of slavery. If we lose, we will all most likely.I wondered if he was right about a fight breaking loose; Petra doesn’t’ seem to know anything about it but it seems Alex keeps things from even her. Marlon seems to think that Alex was raising an army of his own and we already knew the king’s army was going to be there.I pressed my hand against my stomach, and I could feel the baby kicking. I worried for the fate of our unborn child, and I worried for the fate of Mateo. I missed him so much and couldn’t wait to hold him in my arms again. It pained me to think that I may never get that chance.Kamala and I had made a promise during our time on the slave farm that we would see beyond those chains and put an end to slavery. Neither of us could believe that this could be the moment it all happened.I would be
There had to be over a hundred wolves at the trial; it was in the yards of the palace. Almost everybody was in their wolf forms except for the king and queen. I had never seen so many wolves in one setting before; even at the slave farm, they didn’t hold this many of us.I couldn’t stop thinking about what Marlon had said to me, that he wanted Kamala and me to run at the first sight of danger. He said it was to protect us but there was something inside of me that didn’t want me to run. My wolf wanted to stay and fight alongside my mate, but he was persistent that I left for our safety.The king had vowed to kill us regardless of if we won the trial or not; he didn’t want dirtballs to have this much control over his noblemen. It seemed that both Kamala and I had control over noblemen. I glanced over at Bob who stood on the other side of Kamala.For a while, I insisted that they stayed apart. I wasn’t sure what Bob’s motives were when it came to Kamala. I knew him to be a flirt and to u