And chapter 33 is in! A rollercoaster chapter here— one where the Ferals mystery is being revealed. Why do you think not many people know it or why the few that know don’t want to talk about it¿ Well, we’ll find out soon, but for now, a fight is about to happen. (Fingers crossed) See yA!
{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}“But arrest my son first.”I tensed with that statement and I looked at the Alpha Queen in my terror.I didn’t think I would ever hear her say something like that. With her utterance, not Sentries, but Warriors started pouring into the Throne room and surrounding us on every side. I couldn’t count them. They appeared scattered and uncountable. I gazed around in shock and confusion. I still couldn’t believe this was about to happen. In my swiveling and staring, I caught Abasha’s face and caught her smiling. Ivanka, who was beside her, looked tense by the switch of events but Abasha seemed to be fancying this outcome. But just as I realized this, her guise changed and she jumped up to her feet, looking troubled.“Oh. My Queen, please no. Don’t do this!” She pleaded in sudden tears and I stared at her in disbelief. What the fuck?!“Abasha, stay out of this!” The Queen commanded and Abasha halted her pace. “The Prince knew the consequences when he challenged me!”By this
{Ciril’s POV}My chest started heaving as my heart started to beat threateningly fast.I was not on the public post anymore. I was free. I was literally free to roam about, free to go anywhere I wanted to.— free to leave this place.But then I heard from the Hencher Mistress that we weren’t escaping anywhere… but going to her room. I was confused.Her room?I had been bound to heavy chains for more than two weeks just for her to set me free and want to take me to her room?I bombarded her with questions now as we raced through the shadows. The Palace lights and lamps were off so that the full Moon was the only light source which gave us the grace to move about sneakily, but then I was almost jinxing it with my restlessness and questioning.“But we’re not going to stay in your room, right?” I asked. “Did you forget something in your room?” “Does your room have a secret doorway that can help us escape secretly?” I asked again when she didn’t respond to the first two questions. She
{Ciril’s POV}“Just hang in there for a little more time.”The Hencher Mistress had said and left me with those words. But then she had stopped at a short distance away and chipped in a line.“I’ll be back.” She had added and now, she was gone.She was gone… and I needed her. I needed her to be here because I had grown scared.— scared of dying. Yeah…The people’s ridiculing words had broken through my defenses and made me gloomy and vulnerable. And now that I was thinking of how close I was to the hour of my death, I was scared. And it was made worse by the fact that Taka had told me how everyone would be competing to be the one to take off my head after the Guigon moon’s arrival. Hence, I needed the only friend I had left, the Hencher mistress, here with me but then because of how she had been acting and the statement she had made, I hadn’t been able to tell her.“Just hang in there for a little more time.” I repeated the words now and then tears glossed up my eyes as realizatio
{Ciril’s POV}I was outside the Revel Hall like they said I would be.And I was tied there to the post as they said I would be.But then as an added compliment, I was stripped naked. Every worker or servant who passed by now seemed to have fun with their eyes and talk about my body and appearance before leaving.It was still the early hours of the day so the Reignile people hadn’t started coming yet. From what I had heard, the Guirgon full moon visits a few hours before midnight which meant that the people of the Reigns who had been invited would begin coming in during the evening.And so I was left out there in the open for the sun to dry and make harder the fecal matter that was on my body and for the wind to blow specks of dust into my eyes.I saw some of the maids and slaves I used to work with back then when I wasn’t tagged as the Kingslayer yet. I saw some of them pass by and gaze at me with clear disdain and irritation on their faces.Normally, this would break me but now, I di
{Ciril’s POV}It was noontime.And I was surrounded by darkness.— sweating and clothed in poop.I was back at the Dungeons and I stinked. I stinked badly and had a foul look on my face, but then the stench of the dung wasn’t the reason for my foul mood. My foul look was brought about by the realization that today had brought upon me.What Prince Landon had done to me had broken me in so many ways. What he had done to me had killed whatever sell-worth I had left in me and for this I loathed him. He was on the list now and in truth and at this moment, I wanted to kill him more than I wanted to kill anyone else on that list. I wanted to yell curse words at him while I stabbed him so many times in his face and chest with a knife.— I wouldn’t hesitate by even the slightest bit if I was given the chance to do this.Yeah. That’s how much I hate him now. I had found the ring. After almost an hour, I had found the damn thing but not until poop had almost diffused through my skin.People
{Ciril’s POV}“Come with me.”Prince Landon had appeared from nowhere and had told me to come with him so now I was trailing behind him and Dylan without any clue as to where they were taking me. General Dylan looked specifically elated while Prince Landon looked aggrieved, and these were the only clues I had to work with.I wanted to ask Prince Landon where he was taking me but then I didn’t even want to speak to him so I kept my curiosity to myself. I was that hateful of him. We left the Palace grounds to the common grounds where my curiosity was inclined to the max. General Dylan turned back at one instance to smirk at me and this made me even more confused.What were we doing in the Common Grounds?We were trailing through the ground villages and I looked left and right, wondering what could possibly make them bring me here. The local people were both happy and angry to see our group.Elucidation: Happy to see Prince Landon.And angry to see me.They looked like they wanted to t
Ciril’s POV}The Hencher Mistress has cleaned my wounds and helped me clean the vast floor of the Hall just like she had said she would.She had to run away into hiding a couple of times to evade the guards who had come to check up on me but then she had helped me, not leaving until what was left was a small portion to clean.I didn’t understand.I didn’t understand why she cared so much about me. I had asked her why but then her reason hadn’t done justice to how she acted towards me.I’m lovable?Lovable my foot! I’m miserable. I’m miserable to the max and yet she still cares so much about me. I really didn’t understand how or why. She was gone now and I was wrapping up— cleaning the remaining portion of the ground. She had told me that Anika had been seen being seized and taken away by some warriors earlier and so I was thinking about that now.Anika had said she would try to reveal the truth about everything that had happened in the Dinner hall that day and I had mentally doubted
{Ciril’s POV}[ ~ Day Thirteen ~ ]“I need you to eat because you’re going to need your strength for tomorrow…”What do you mean?What is happening tomorrow?These were the questions I had asked Princess Anne following her weird statement… and these were the questions she had ignored. She had left me without attempting to answer any of them but then had also left me with a confusing line as usual. “You will either lose your life or someone else’s...” She had said as she left and I had stared at her until she was out of sight.I didn’t bother to ask her what she meant by that sentence because it didn’t matter to me. I was going to die tomorrow and be free of this world and its tortures so I didn’t have anything to do with her and her fatefully confusing words anymore.I was only grateful for the food— I was really grateful. The food had been the best thing that had happened to me since all these torture episodes started and I was thankful that Princess Anne’s crazy mind had led her to
{Ciril’s POV}[ ~ Day Thirteen ~ ]Morning came and met me in my foul mood.I hadn’t slept.I hadn’t slept because I couldn’t do so with all the hate I was now carrying in my heart.I still wondered if the Hencher Mistress was okay but then I wasn’t sad about it anymore. Every sadness I felt was being translated into anger and resentment… and I didn’t mind. I was seated on the floor now and glaring in the direction the vile bunch would come from. I wanted them to come and get today’s torture over with so I was somewhat anticipating them, but then I didn’t see them for several moments. Soon my attention was diverted from waiting for them to looking at my body.— Some of my wounds were healing and I had scars forming now. I could see scars of random I’s, R’s, and S’s.. which stood for Ivanka, Ruika, and Sam— Dolores’ children.She had scourged me with these marks and wounds the other day as her own form of punishment and now, the wounds were healing and turning into a reminder that th
{Ciril’s POV}[ ~ Day Ten ~ ]I didn’t kill myself.For some reason, I hadn’t felt like doing it anymore after Anika’s narration but it didn’t mean I didn’t feel wretched. It didn’t mean I wasn’t still emotionally broken. And as for Anika, I had sent her away— After I had heard her narration, I had still sent her away. She had wanted me to forgive her but I just couldn’t. I was still very angry at her. I still felt like I hated her. Story or no story, she had landed me in this predicament, and even though it wasn’t her intention, I was still very mad at her. I don’t think I’ll be able to forgive her.“I’ll go and tell Prince Landon the truth.” She had said before she left and even though it had sounded like a relief, I didn’t feel relieved.I didn’t feel relieved because I knew she wasn’t going to achieve anything with that plan of hers. Ivanka was the one involved in this cascade of torture so I knew Anika’s attempt would be a vain one. But then I didn’t stop her. I didn’t care i