AriaAria drags her foot against the floor in hopes that it is good enough to annoy Prince Zane so that he will let her go."Lady Aria, if you continue to act like this I will order Nadia to carry you. So it's your choice on what you want lady Aria."Aria stopped dragging her foot on the floor. Nadia woke Aria up in a very rude manner in the morning. it was so early Aria that tried going back to sleep but Nadia didn't let her continue her sleep. Nadia was following Prince Zane's orders. Because of Aria's bizarre behavior the other day, he decided to follow her lead by doing something he didn't usually do. He made Aria follow him, throughout the day to any events he needed to attend. And to make things worse for her, Prince Zane isolated her by giving Erika a day off. Aria opened her mouth wide without manners and yawned for the 5th time, or was it the third time? Aria didn't know anymore. She couldn't tell if the reason she was feeling so tired was because she didn't get enough slee
Aria"I said no!" Aria whispered, yelling at General Caldwell. "Why are you in the palace? Didn't Prince Zane tell you not to come to the palace again until he calls for you?" Aria asks the unreasonable man in front of her.Her mate was making her angry, he wanted to ruin her life against her wishes. General Caldwell had sent Radford to call Aria so that they could meet each other in secret. Aria at first didn't want to come but decided to because she knew how stubborn General Caldwell could be. Aria was expecting another confession of love from him, along with words that spoke of how much he missed her. Aria didn't expect that General Caldwell was going to ask her to run away with him so that they could be together. "Don't you love me, lady Aria?" 'no.' Aria thought firmly. spending so much time with him preaching about how much he loved her and wanted to be with her was starting to help Aria get anything that had to do with him out of her system. She could control her wolf desire
Aria"From General Caldwell, my lady. He said that you should read it when you are alone." Aria remembers the words of one of the maids who had pretended as if she hit Aria by the shoulders when all she wanted to do was to secretly pass General Caldwell's message. There were two different maids, Erika knew them but Aria didn't. "Is something wrong with the food, Lady Aria?" Erika asked when she noticed that Aria wasn't eating. Aria thought back to the little note that she had hidden inside her dress when coming from Lady Brunhilda's lessons, she still hadn't read it and thought to herself that she should just ignore it and talk to Erika about what the General was up to."Is there any way, you can get me more meat?" Aria asks."Of course, my lady, I will be right back." Erika smiled and left the room. Aria took out the little piece of paper and read it. If only the maid knew what it was that they were sending to her they wouldn't have agreed to it. General Caldwell wanted to meet h
AriaAria struggled to set herself free from the rope General Caldwell tied her with, her little strength wasn't working. The rope wasn't made of silver or wolfband but Aria kept struggling against something that used to be easy for her. All her werewolf strength had been locked away by Elqenna's pendant. Aria was now starting to wish that the pendant was strong enough to go against her mate bond, that way, her wolf would also be locked away, and then she could fully hate General Caldwell without holding back because he was her mate."If you don't let me go, someone is going to notice that I'm missing." "Do you think that I don't know that lady Aria?" General Caldwell snaps at her. Even though Aria didn't want to feel hurt by his actions, she couldn't stop herself from feeling that way, her wolf was already feeling betrayed."I'm sorry." Caldwell gently brushes a strand of Aria hairs away from her eyes, she tries to push him away with her head. "Don't lie to me, if you are truly so
Aria"Prince Zane brought me here to take care of you." Erika begins to untie the rope that had been used to tie Aria. Aria looked at General Caldwell in fear, but General Caldwell was already paying attention to the door of the horse barns waiting silently for what was to come. Even though he had kidnapped her and wanted to forcefully take her away from the kingdom, a part of Aria still wanted to tell General Caldwell to run away. He should escape while he still had the chance. "Prince Zane." General Caldwell bowed down to Prince Zane in respect. Aria was surprised to see that he still had the guts to greet Prince Zane after what he had done. He wasn't even going to run away, rather he was ready to fight. Aria thought he was a fool. Prince Zane was always with Aidan and Nadia, there was no way he was going to win, regardless of how strong he was. Aria stared at her mate with sadness in her eyes. She didn't like him, but she didn't want him to kill himself because of his stupid ma
Aria"Aren't we going to Lady Brunhilda lessons today?" Aria asks dully. She didn't care about the lessons and didn't want to go. But she didn't want Erika to know her true feelings."No. We are staying in the room, all day today." Erika arranges the bed. "Why?" Aria asks, "Was it Prince Zane's orders?" His name brought a bitter taste to her mouth as she thought of the way he killed her mate the other night in front of her. "No, it was me. Prince Zane isn't aware that I want you to stay in the room today, but we can go out on a stroll if you want." Erika changed the bedsheets, and for a second she stopped and smiled warmly at Aria, "Don't tell me that you are not okay with it, unless he knows. I thought of telling Prince Zane about my idea, but I didn't because I knew he would say yes to it anyway." Aria sat down on the chair in the room, from her seat, she could see the throne-like chair Prince Zane liked to sit on whenever he wanted to intimidate her. She glared at the seat as th
Aria The door opened as Prince Zane came to the room with Aidan and Nadia by his side. Aidan helped him to take off his clothes while Nadia went ahead to prepare a bath for him. Aria watched silently as they walked around the room, They didn't even bother to turn off the lights, probably because Prince Zane likes the dark. Aria couldn't fall asleep. Erika had left a glass of water for her to take before going to bed but Aria didn't take it. She suspected that whatever Erika had put in the last two glasses of water she drank the other two nights she had been able to sleep after General Caldwell's death was in the glass of water, Erika had given to her. She wanted to drink it, but Aria felt like she had no right to sleep because of what she did to General Caldwell. Prince Zane put on his nightwear. Aidan and Nadia both left the room, after giving one final bow to him. Prince Zane silently climbs into the bed with his back facing Aria. Aria was sure that he knew that she was on the
Aria"What did you plan to do if General Caldwell had successfully freed you from those ropes?" Prince Zane asks Aria. Aria wiped the tears that were running down her eyes with her hand."Would you have told him the same secret you shared with me after taking off your necklace? I'm sure you wanted him to accept you so that you could run away with him just like he wanted." Aria stared at Prince Zane's back, his back was still facing her. General Caldwell was dead, no one was planning to run away anymore, and yet Prince Zane sounded like he was jealous and angry. Aria thought of his questions, a part of her wanted General Caldwell to know the truth, perhaps she would have been able to like him for real if he was able to accept her, maybe she would have willingly run away with him. "I don't know." Aria lied."Remember the question I asked you months ago about your mate?" Prince Zane asks, "Are all werewolves like you? Full of lies and always go against their words?"Aria couldn't mus
Aria "I'm sorry my Queen."the young lady whose name is Clover bowed down in front of Aria. She was one of the new batch of humans who had agreed to come to Esterial. Aria had chosen to show them around the town. she loved going outside the palace, Aria now knew every place in Esterial kingdom. the human Clover, her head was still down. she was afraid, the other humans with her, looked as though they were equally afraid."It's okay. it's just a little stain." Aria said kindly as she encouraged Clover to raise her head.Clover had clumsily stained Aria's dress with the snack that was given to her. Aria brought food for them when she noticed that they were hungry. although they were afraid of her, Aria knew that they were going to adjust to a different lifestyle in Esterial, and they would soon realize that they were safe. "Please forgive me, my Queen," Clover begged again."don't worry, my current maid is not the type who loves to scold me for everything I do." Aria tried to clean
Aria "Dad there's not much things to pack," Axel said to his father.Aria had thought that she would be relieved when her father and her brother returned to the pack, but she didn't feel relieved. her chest tightened with unknown pain. a little voice in her head said, 'Everyone is leaving you. no one is going to stay, you are all alone.' Zane's hand brushed against hers, driving away her fears, taking away her pain, and helping her to feel light. he won't hold her in front of her father. Zane usually likes to do whatever he likes without caring, but he is careful with his actions in front of alpha Draven. "why won't you let me escort you out?" Aria argues with her father in his room. We heard that your last escort ended in tears, I can't let myself cry in the palace in front of all the girls who are always watching me," Axel said. it annoys Aria that she couldn't tell Axel that no one cared about him because he was right. somehow, he had managed to get himself a lot of admirers du
Aria Aria tried to hide the tears in her eyes as she gazed at Erika and Brian. Erika was already crying, and seeing her tears made it difficult for Aria to stop herself from crying. "you two ladies are making me feel bad." Brian said, "Maybe we should stay in Esterial." he said to Erika. "no. it's okay if you both don't stay here, staying here means you have to quit your job as Bryant Beta, and let's be honest, Bryant would be lost without you by his side." Aria said in between tears. Brian chuckles softly. "Besides, living here isn't a good idea. there are a lot of politics that can turn into a headache. I'm sure you don't want that." Aria wipes the tears on her face. she was in front of the palace gate. she had only wanted to follow them out a little. but now she couldn't stop crying. "Queen Aria." Erika left Brian's side and hugged Aria. "I'm going to miss you." "I'm going to miss you too," Aria murmured into Erika's shoulder. "thank you for everything, Brian." Aria removes
Aria "My Queen, I was sent to tell you that you have a visitor. General Radford isn't sure if Alpha Bryant is allowed into the palace or not." Genevieve said, her head bowed. "is Brian here too?" Erika ask. eager to know if her mate was in the kingdom. she removed her hands from Aria's hair even though she hadn't finished braiding. "Beta Brian is with alpha Bryant, along with Lady Lillian." without a word, Aria hurried off to them. She didn't need Genevieve to relay a message to people she wanted to see. "You still haven't informed your guards that we aren't enemies anymore. I don't want anybody threatening me anytime I come here." alpha Bryant nagged Aria. Aria rolled her eyes. "I have told them, but they are vampires, you can't expect them to start trusting our kind just because I say so." "but they trust you," Bryant stated. Aria could see that he still couldn't understand the difference between them. She was Zane's wife. of course, they trust her. after Aria free alpha Bry
Aria Aria looked at Zane's schedule, she collected it from Aidan. even though she was no longer doing any of Zane's duties she wanted to help him. there was not much for her to do as a Queen.Aria squirted her eyes at the paper she was holding. "Erika." she called. "did Zan_ I mean did the King leave the palace today?" Erika put down the tea she was having with Lady Brunhilda. "I believe King Zane had been in the palace all day." "What is the point of coming to my chamber to see me if all you are going to do is think about your husband." Lady Brunhilda mumbled audibly for Aria to hear. Aria examined Zane's schedule again. "he's doing it again." she said to herself. she got up from her chair and headed straight to the throne room. Erika wanted to follow her but Lady Brunhilda stopped Erika. She raised a tea cup in front of Erika. "we are not yet done with our tea." "everyone please excuse us." Aria tried being polite so that she could hide the anger in her tone. all the official
Aria The dungeon was just as Aria remembers. Zane was back to his duties as king. not many people in the palace have seen him yet. Aria suspected that he didn't want them to. but he couldn't hide forever. those who have seen him were shocked, some were scared. Aria had almost fired a servant who was terrified of Zane's looks but Zane stopped her."Are you sure that you don't need General Radford's help with interrogating them?" Aria asks Zane. Elder Orvyn had gained back his consciousness. but Svend was still passed out. elder Orvyn screamed in fear when he saw his colleague's swollen face. 'this could be you.' Aria thought as she watched Elder Orvyn distancing himself from his friend who hit him. She wonders if he appreciates the fact that he was passed out while Zane beat Svend up. "This is something I want to personally handle," Zane said. he hasn't been able to get any words out of Elder Orvyn."you can't keep me locked up in here." Elder Orvyn said!Aria raised a questioning
Aria the wind blew with a heavy rush around Aria's ear. her eyes were closed as she held on, tightly to Zane. She could feel herself going up, higher and higher. made her wonder how far Zane could Jump. they were supposed to be coming down by now but his feet hadn't touched the floor yet. in curiosity, Aria opened her eyes and gasped out loud at Zane's dragon wings. "you can fly?" she asked amazed. "yeah," Zane replied in a low voice. he sounded as though, his being able to fly was a crime, an abomination. Aria was barely able to catch his words, it almost escaped her. A few minutes ago, he was able to face her, now he was hiding his face from her again. his fears were coming back. Aria knew that it was because of his dragon scales wings, 'I have to do something,'"this. is. amazing!" Aria screams out loud in a voice full of excitement. her random outburst caught Zane off guard. he was confused. "I can't believe I'm flying. I can't believe you can fly," she said excitedly, as thou
Aria Elder Svend comes out of hiding with a sly grin on his face. Aria and Zane both watch him as he claps his hands together as though he just came out of an amazing movie theater. He was being annoying. "That was so sweet. the two of you know how to put on a great show." he continued clapping and pretended as though he was wiping a tear off his face because of how touched he was. "what are you doing?" Elder Orvyn asks, Svend. he came out of hiding with an angry look on his face. "can't you see what I'm doing?" elder Svend asks, "I'm clapping, it been over a hundred years since I last saw an entertaining love tale like theirs, so full of sickening emotions, I'm too old to feel anything like that," he said in irritation. "This wasn't the plan." Elder Orvyn's fearful eyes looked over to Zane before he turned his fears away. "you are ruining the plan." "of course, the plan." Elder Svend said in a voice that sounded like he didn't care about whatever plans they had made. "the plan
Aria 'he's afraid.' Aria thought. after listening to Zane, she understood the fears she saw in his eyes. the fear of being accepted as though all his life he had lived like an outcast even though he was King Kaida's son. something like that wasn't going to disappear in one day just because she told him that she loved him. even if Zane could hear the truth in her words, he would prefer to isolate himself and believe in what he had always believed all his life. it was his way of safeguarding his heart. his way of living. 'I need to bring him out of it.' Aria thought sadly. if she left him like this, he wasn't going to change. he won't want to change. Aria thought that Zane was no different from a blind man if he continued like this. he got his sight back but he still wanted to remain in darkness. his darkness. something he had unconsciously created for himself without knowing. 'I need to be gentle, let him know that he can trust me instead of assuming that he was going to trust me.'