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
The forest was seen nearby; I could hear the distant commotion of the trial from behind us. Marlon’s army did a decent job of keeping them from chasing after us. Most of them probably didn’t realize we had left the area and were running towards freedom. I was glad that Kamala was nearby and didn’t stay behind to fight alongside Bob.As much as we both wanted to run back and help our mates fight in this battle, we knew it wasn’t in the best interest of our survival. I needed to get back to Mateo and make sure he was safe. I needed to make sure this unborn child was also safe.Something was going on with Kamala that I couldn’t figure out. She was more worn out since she broke the shield around the castle. She was more tired and there was something in her eyes that I couldn’t shake. Like somehow this “light” magic had taken over her and had changed her somehow.She doesn’t want to admit that something is wrong and that she feels off, but I’ve known her for a very long time. Even though t
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
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
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
“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
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