Shocker there! Haha… I love the Princess Anita Character! Oh and the mystery of the Ferals is slowly beginning to come out… I hope you enjoyed the chapter See yA!
{Ciril’s POV}“I know you’re still mated to my brother, the Prince…” She whispered. I stopped walking.I stopped walking and stared at her in shock.I wanted to speak but I couldn’t. I wanted to deny it but I didn’t know how to.She had stopped walking too and now she was gazing at me, smiling a bit. I started to tremble. “Come on.” She said casually, prompting me to keep walking and I did as I realized it was for my own good. Me reacting so shocked would make everyone around figure out that something had happened. They might get suspicious and I didn’t want that to happen so I continued walking.She turned to smile gently at me now and then she looked forward. “Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone.” She started to say. “I just told you so that you would know that I’m aware.” She said and turned to look at me once more. I still didn’t react. I was still tense. She laughed now. “Oh, you look funny when you’re frightened. Has anyone ever told you that?” She asked me and I shook my head b
{Ciril’s POV}I swiveled around in every direction just to meet more eyes.These people were everywhere.They were watching me, waiting for me to be their source of entertainment.I trembled in fear. I didn’t want to entertain anyone— I didn’t want to get killed since that was what ‘entertainment’ meant. I roamed my gaze around again, but this time, I searched for the one who could save me. My mate— he would help me, wouldn’t he? A mate wouldn't allow his mate to die. I searched for Prince Landon but then I saw Ivanka, her mate General Dylan, Princess Anne, and then the Alpha King and Queen. I saw all the vile faces but I didn’t see the little Princess Anita or the Alpha Prince anywhere.The Alpha King and Queen were seated side by side under the Royal Wynd and then there was another seat beside the King and it was empty— Landon’s seat. He wasn’t around. Of course. My memory was incited now. He was out deploying troops for the scouting mission— troops that would later be brought
{Ciril’s POV}With the way the Alpha Prince had barged into my room, you would think he would be pouring out words nonstop but then my room was quiet as a graveyard now.The room was quiet.He didn’t say anything else because apart from me, there was someone else in the room— someone who he might have just told that we’re mates. The Hencher Mistress.He looked from her to me and then back to her. He was shocked that she was here and in reaction, the Hencher Mistress rose to her feet and bowed down at him reverentially.“Your Majesty.” She greeted him but Prince Landon didn’t respond as he just stared at her. She turned to me now and rested a sampling hand on my belly, above where she had made the stitches. “I think I’m done with the stitches.” She said and started packing her treatment kits. “I’ll come and check to redress the tourniquet again tomorrow. “ She added as she stood up straight and started for the door. I made a nod in understanding as I watched her go but just as she was
{Ciril’s POV}I turned back to look at the Hencher to see the Alpha Queen and King coming out through the doors. They trailed out and after them was a train of Sentries carrying the body carts outside too. There had truly been a massacre as the bodies I was seeing were truly warriors— but warriors who had been maimed and torn apart; Warriors whose bodies were now mutilated.Whatever or whoever had done that to them had been brutish as the signs were all visible for us to see. With the sight, the timid girl motioned to leave since that was what she had been doing before I had stopped her but then as she tried to do so, a group of Sentries suddenly crept out of nowhere and stopped her.“Nobody leaves. By the Alpha King’s decree, all witnesses are to stay in sight.” One of them told her and she wasted no time in trembling back to where I was standing. She was obedient. She would live long around here— in contrast to my stubborn self.I looked at her briefly before I returned my gaze to
{Ciril’s POV}“Are you here to quiz me again? Force answers out of me?” The timid girl asked me. She randomly found me at her door the next morning and I had knocked but she had refused to let me in. “No, I’m not here to quiz you again.” I told her. “You told me everything I needed to know yesterday… but I have one more question to ask.” I said. “Will you answer?” I asked.And she sighed. “I will have to. What choice do I have? If I don’t answer, you’ll probably beat me and force me to.” She responded with a sad tone and I frowned a bit at that.Why does she always think I’m a bully or I want to beat her?I can’t even shift into my werewolf form, meanwhile, I know she can, so if there was any fighting, she would definitely win.“What’s your name?” I asked her and she looked up at me since she had been looking down before. Her timidity was out of this world.“Anika.” She responded and I nodded and motioned to step forward but she stopped me with a gesture of her hand. I stopped back a
{Ciril’s POV}“Yes, I am, mistress. Let’s just hope that my dead friend, Vera, doesn’t rise up from the dead and come for all our heads …”Those were the words I said that made all the amusement in the room vanish. At once, all the gases at the table were thrown at me and they all turned to glaresSo many pairs of eyes glared at me now— except for some that conveyed shock and confusion, like Prince Landon’s and the little Princess’s expression.Princess Anne didn’t react. She was the only grownup who hadn’t said anything since the dinner started. It was weird but it was the least of my concerns right now. The Alpha King was the first to break the silence. “What did you say?” He quizzed me with a growl escaping his lips. He hadn’t been interested in me up until now that I had said something this triggering. I calmly repeated my statement. “My King,” I started slowly. “I said, let’s just hope that my dead friend, Vera, doesn’t rise up from the dead and come for all our heads.” I said
{Ciril’s POV}I immediately shot up to my feet And my heart seemed to make that motion with me as it threatened to break out of my chest with the way it was beating against it now.Abasha was in my room and she had seen me with Prince Landon. She had seen us together. It was a live and an unquestionable sight. I started to tremble.With her smile still on, she casually walked into the room now and I started to panic. She had caught me with her husband and mate-to-be— once he marked her, but she didn’t look angry because she knew it was over for me. I turned my weary gaze to look at Prince Landon. I wanted to know what he taught about what was happening. I wanted to get a glimpse of what was going through his head and I met him scowling.He looked angry… and seemingly, he was directing that infuriated expression to Abasha.— who didn’t seem to care.“So,” She started to say calmly.” Are you two just in love… or are you still mates?” She asked Like did you lie to all of us about bei
{Ciril’s POV}I don’t like kneeling.I’ve been kneeling all my life but I still haven't gotten used to it. Well, I shouldn't, because it’s an uncomfortable process. I knelt down now… or I was thrown to the ground so that I landed on my knees— Any way you want to put it.The Sentries, happily led by Taka, had hauled me through the Palace common grounds— as they have done in the past, and they had brought me to the throne room where the Alpha king and Queen and their Generals were seated. Some of their council members were around too and I was resting on my knees before them now.The air was quiet and tense and they all looked not-happy and this filled me with dread. But then, it didn’t end there as on my right was where the orchestrators sat down. — Abasha and Ivanka.It was a full house— they had all come to witness my misfortune. I saw a cruel smile on Abasha’s face— as expected, and then on Ivanka’s face, I saw a scowl— also as expected. I drove my gaze away from them and bowed
{Ciril’s POV} “Bring me her head!” “Check over there!” I heard Dylan’s voice… and I tensed. I couldn’t mistake it. He was my first mate ever and because of this, I had familiarized myself with parts of him during that little moment before he had rejected me that day in the Alpha Mansion’s grand Hall here at RawHowl several months ago.And one of the parts I had familiarized myself with was his voice… and so I was sure to my bones. Rowan, Feryt, and Clord panicked now. I could see it in their expressions and in their movements as they raced about the room, contemplating the next move they would make and measuring how dreadful our predicament was.I just stood there, motionless in the middle of the room… and I clenched my fists. “Ciril!” Feryt came up to me and poured on me her dread. “What are we going to do?! They are burning the whole place to the ground and will soon get to us!” She voiced in her trembling.“We can’t hide here! We are going to die!” Clord joined in the compl
{Ciril’s POV} ~ Three Days Later ~ I was standing in an open space. It’s been two days since that incident at that Neighboring Pack, Grayvel and I haven’t stopped thinking about it.— Or feeling good about it.Lives had been lost but it felt good knowing that I had made a difference.Yeah. Another thing to feel good about was the fact that I was beginning to make improvements in my training…“Okay, Ciril. Are you ready?” Clord asked me as he stood before me in the open space, wearing so many layers of clothes to the extent that he looked like a fat mannequin. He couldn’t even move properly. He was scared of me and emotionally scarred by me and Rowan had bid him to train with me today so that I could gain his confidence by not losing control and killing him once I went into the Celestial State. I was learning how to control myself. After almost killing Feryt and realizing I might mistakenly kill someone else in the future, I made it a must to have control of my powers so Clord h
{Ciril’s POV} It started to rain… and it took me a moment before I could register this.I was panting. I was panting hard.And then I was raging. Nothing was happening anymore but I had a sea of anger bubbling within me. The water started to splatter on my skin now and I threw my gaze up to glare at the skies like I wanted to attack it… but then I realized that it was just rain so I calmed down, and then I sighed.I poured out a heavy breath and stared at my body as the rain started beating me more furiously, washing all the blood that bathed my skin and clothes. I was still heaving and my claws were still out, but soon, with the chill of the rain, I calmed down and my eyes went back to normal. I blinked. I looked away from my claws now as I retracted them and I looked up to see all the dead bodies of Ferals before me— presented as disintegrated rotten flesh, splattered at random points on the ground.I drove my eyes about the scene as I took the sight in and then I heard voices s
{Ciril’s POV} I didn’t want to go… but I had to.People were in danger. And even if I wasn’t the Reignile Champion, going to help people in distress was the right thing to do, so this was the reason why I got up.Clord?Closed felt like he had no reason to go. He was strictly hesitant until Feryt poured on him one of her death glares and threatened to come to him. And so now, we were all darting through the woods, being led by Rowan towards the Pack in question. As we drew close, I started to hear screams that made my heart quicken its pace at once as I realized how serious the situation was.We took some turns and soon the Pack came into view. My heart…I saw people racing helter-skelter and then I saw some other people dead so that I tensed in fear. Clord, Rowan, and Feryt were several paces before me now as when I had caught sight of the scene, I had slowed down and started pacing slowly instead.I was overwhelmed with the sight.I knew I was to do something to help but at the s
{Ciril’s POV} I saw Abasha and I instantly trembled. She was someone I would never expect to see out here, but there she was standing at a fair distance away from us, smiling. My heart started to race…… and all the traumatizing memories of my doleful past started to come back to me.Fear claimed me.— Its chilly claws seized my lungs as I stared at her instead of helping Feryt or checking how badly she was injured. She rose up to a sitting position some seconds later before I realized that I had totally forgotten about her. “Feryt. Are you okay?” I promptly asked her now, forcing my gaze away from Abasha but still conscious of her presence.“I’m not.” Feryt complained while I helped her up, my eyes now back to monitoring Abasha. I didn't pay attention to what Feryt had just said and I ended up letting her go untimely as my entire focus was on Abasha. I had a scowl on as I stared at her but then my heart was really racing fast. Abasha soon noticed this as she stood defensively b
{Ciril’s POV} ~ The Next Day ~ A little recap from yesterday’s emotions hunt around RawHowl…Once I got into the Alpha Mansion, I tore it down.-End Of Recap-Sigh…Yesterday's events had put me through a lot.The first day we had come here to RawHowl, I hadn’t experienced any emotion that disconcerted me but then yesterday, as we started to go deeper and towards the more sensitive parts of RawHowl, things started to get more twitchy… and when we had gone to the Alpha Mansion, I had exploded.Literally. I had told Rowan that the Alpha Mansion was the most sensitive place to me and I had been right. I had been breathing crazily fast and waves of anger had stormed me once I stepped foot into the wretched place.And now, it was crumbled to the ground— All 10,000 square feet of it battered to dust. In addition, I had almost killed Rowan, Feryt, and Clord in my raging. I had almost buried them along with everything else in the Mansion but fortunately, the three of them had managed to es
{Ciril’s POV} Tears bathed my eyeballs as we went around RawHowl to see how broken and destroyed it was.This was the second day of doing this. We had gone around yesterday, and nothing in me was triggered so Feryt decided that we went around today also. And now we were doing just that. We were going deeper into the heart of RawHowl, towards the area where the Aloha Mansion was situated. And as we went now, something was beginning to happen. — while the others saw how broken down RawHowl was… I only saw how much it broke me.I was getting flashes from every angle and they scourging my being. If I didn’t know Feryt as a good friend from my childhood days, I would have definitely misinterpreted things and thought that she purposely brought me here to scourge and punish me.I was pushed to the back of the line now as I was walking slower than the rest of them. I didn’t want to do this.RawHowl was torn down by the Ferals— it was turned into a ruin due to the Feral’s rough and Britis
{Ciril’s POV} ~ Two Days Later ~ “What are you guys doing?” I asked as I came out of the cave to see Clord, Rowan, and Feryt chattering around the sitting wood blocks. It was morning time and I was apparently the last one to wake up from sleep. Even the Bears were up before me. Did I mention that those two Bears were now staying with us?Yeah. For some strange reason, they hadn’t left us since they followed us back to the Cave two days and for some stranger reason, they were now acting like pets rather than the Ferocious beastly creatures they were— especially to me. They were very drawn to me.“Nothing serious.” Feryt responded now as she got up to her feet to face me. “Clord was just explaining the details of how he thinks we could get you to enter your Glowing State.” She explained while I brushed my fingers through the dense but smooth furs of the Bears as they both strolled before me in a form of greeting. They rubbed their bodies on me as they went by before going to lie arou
{Ciril’s POV} “Feryt?” I muttered, not believing my eyes.And then my eyes told my brain that I was in a new environment so I proceeded to not believing my brain also.I grew very confused.I impulsively looked to my left now and saw Clord and Rowan standing there and looking at me in a weird way. That was strange and disturbing but then I looked to my left to meet an even more disturbing sight. Bears…Two Bears were positioned there.Two mighty black Bears— not attacking but just snarling and staring at me. It was all they did but it was all I needed to be more jumbled up.I didn’t understand this scene in the slightest and to make it even more confusing, standing before me was the person of someone I doubted I would ever get to see ever again.“Feryt?” I said her name again, contemplating if she was real, and with that, she started to pace closer to me with tears in her eyes and a matching expression of doubt and confusion. Instantaneously, she looked fearfully to the side where the