Aria povI have never been the kind of girl who hangs out with other girls. Before I left dreamstake pack, my best friends were all guys. Our friendship lasted for a few years until two thought that killing me was a great idea. I won't deny the fact that I did deserve it, but just because I deserve it means that I wanted to die. I was the first one who got betrayed by them anyway. So I feel nothing about what I did. I was in a different garden at the palace with princess Thaisa. I know what anyone might what to ask, what was I doing in a garden, peacefully sipping tea with princess Thaisa? Even though we weren't even friends. Well to cool anyone's mind. I wasn't the one who made the first approach, I wasn't even a tea person but princess Thaisa didn't need to know that. Right now she was right where I want her. Unlike every other garden in the palace. This one was different, I don't know how the flowers were grown because it was in the palace, flourishing as though they were planted
Aria pov"My lady, your planned work. A lot of opinions about princess Thaisa have changed. Those that were in support of her love towards prince Zane are no longer in her favor." "I know Erika. It was a nice plan wasn't it?" I play around with one of my makeup that had been neatly arranged on the dressing table. "I was warned by prince Zane to stop messing with his beloved guest." "Oh, is that the reason why you are looking so gloom?" "No. Not really, I can't tell why I feel like this." Maybe the idea of leaving princess Thaisa alone was already making me feel bored. "What does this mean my lady? Are we going to continue with the plan to get rid of princess Thaisa and her family or are we going to stop here?"Erika." "Yes, my lady." "I will let you decide. Should we stop or not?" "I would love to say no but if prince Zane is against it, then I guess the best option for us right now is to stop." Just because he was against it doesn't mean that I had to listen to him. "Where i
Aria pov"Are they gone?" I asked Erika as I slowly took a little sip of my tea. I don't know if it was because of what was going to happen today. My tea was tasting sweet. I was in the garden Thaisa had brought me to, the day I push her off the balcony. I smiled as I thought back to that day. "Yes, my lady. Princess Thaisa was putting on the gown you bought for her." The stage has been set, the characters are ready. I took another sip of my tea and nodded at Erika's words. "Can I sit with you?" Erika ask. "Of course." Erika sat down and poured herself tea. Princess Thaisa wasn't going to last one hour on her outing with prince Zane. She might not even last thirty minutes."My lady..." Erika hesitated on her words. "Perhaps... I think... Maybe we went a little bit too far this time." I remove my gaze from the flowers that haven't fully bloomed yet and look at Erika. Was she starting to feel guilty? Or was she afraid that Thaisa was going to die? "We can't create a sleeping b
Aria pov"Leave us!" Prince Zane orders in an angry tone. How did he get here? How did he even know that I was in here? I watched Erika as she hurriedly scramble out of the room at prince Zane's orders. Could it be her? No, I don't think Erika would betray me even though I knew that she likes prince Zane more than me. It can't be her.Prince Zane's personality was always sunnier with everyone except for me. When it came to me, he became more deceitful, dark, and cold. Does he hate me that much? The thought of him hating me that much made my heart hurt. There was a loud bang as prince Zane close the doors to the garden chamber. "It was you wasn't it." Ever since I started my plans for princess Thaisa. I and prince Zane have been having this conversation more often. And it might probably not end here because I still wasn't done with her yet. Sleeping beauty needed to wake up eventually. "She won't die from the poison, only fall into a deep sleep. I'm sure she passes out from the pai
Aria povThe doors to lady Brunhilda's chamber opened, I look at it in expectation, hoping that the one coming in was lady Brunhilda. But it was just Erika. We were both nervous, but I needed to calm myself for Erika's sake. Don't want her getting scared, even though there was something to be scared about. The whole palace was on fire, king Edward found out about his daughter and he was furious. Never had such a thing happened in Esterial before. A member of the Athelstan family got attacked, it was unheard of. A meeting had been called between kings and nobles. Prince Zane send Nadia to instruct me to stay in my room, I wasn't allowed to go out. But I was too curious and impatient to know what was happening, so I didn't listen to him. I left my room and went to lady Brunhilda's chamber in hope that she might have an idea of what was going on. But lady Brunhilda still hasn't returned from the meeting with the nobles. If a meeting called by king Edward was being held, that meant prin
Aria povSo far from lady Brunhilda's words, there was good news and bad news. The bad news is that a lot of humans are about to die, the good news is that king Edward isn't wasting any time in putting his plan into action, he was ready to find out which human was involved so that he could kill them. I know that doesn't sound like good news. King Edward's men were already at the palace gate restricting the soldiers in the palace. He had secretly planted his men in Esterial, in case of a moment like this. I saw his actions as an act of betrayal to King Kaida. After all King Kaida had done for him, he turns out to be ungrateful, him and his wife. His secret men were useless, Thaisa went outside the palace and still got attacked. I had a feeling that for them to hide how incompetent they are, a lot of random humans were going to be paying for crimes they never committed. Okay, things were looking really bad, I know it is hard to see any go news from any of it. But I like to be positive
Aria pov"My lady! Have you been to town?" Erika asked.That was a dumb question. She of all people should know about how I was encaged in the palace, I'm either allowed to escape with her or if prince Zane invited me out. I can't remember the last time he did that. Probably he might never take me out again because of the recent events and my crimes. "Everyone in town loves you. News got out of how prince Zane's fiance fought for the humans of Esterial. Everyone in town wants to meet you. I heard that even the human delegate wants to meet you, my lady." Erika was all excitedI didn't know if I should be happy or scared. If it was just the humans of Esterial that wanted to meet me then it wouldn't be so bad but if it was the delegate then things were looking pretty bad for me. I'm sure he kept documents to know which humans came from which country, having an investigation being done on me was going to be a problem. Because there was I high possibility of me being found. And that might
Aria povBlood spurted out of my mouth as I cough continuously. I knew that this was a trap but I didn't know that princess Thaisa was awake. I thought she was too dumb to do anything by herself, but then again I wasn't entirely wrong. She wasn't doing this by herself, Luthera was with her. I chuckled at princess Thaisa as she glared hard at me. I wince at the pain I felt from the hit I got to my jaw from Luthera. Even though princess Thaisa was trying hard to be vicious she was still looking dumb in front of me. I knew that she was a vampire and I could die but it hard taking princess Thaisa as an actual threat. "How dare you laugh in my face after everything you have done lady Aria." Princess Thaisa was angry."I hate her. She is too full of herself, all because she is prince Zane's fiance." Luthera gave me another hit to my stomach. I was just happy that they weren't sucking the blood out of me. Maybe it was the magic necklace Elqenna gave to me that made them not to have known t
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.'