Kai’s POVI stood in the hallway with my hand resting lightly on a door knob and watched the minute hand of the wall clock as it moved toward the hour hand that was on 12.Midnight.The second it clocked I push the door of the room open and was met with a completely dark room, and as I shut the door behind me I heard a gasp signaling that Cora had woken up. I tried to find the light switches but I heard her stand up from the bed and I knew that shit would soon hit the ceiling.“Who’s there?! Show yourself now!” She somehow managed a strong tone even with the slight tremble in her voice.When I didn't answer immediately, I heard a cluster of things clash and fall to the ground and before I knew it something huge was being hauled at me aggressively. I quickly used my enhanced speed to grab it right before it collided with my face and I realized that it was a metal lamp.A fucking metal lamp that could severely injure anyone? Cora was easily the most aggressive she-wolf I’d ever come acr
Leila’s POVMy excitement had risen by the day ever since Kai informed me that he’d be taking a date to the ball, and even if he was yet to ask me directly, I knew it’d be no one other than me.I was just as elated on this day as I practically hopped to Kai’s training session to ask him an important question I and my stylist needed to conclude on before my dresses were made— there were multiple dress options because I didn't want anything to go wrong.“Good morning guys,” I said in a sing song voice as I pushed the gym door open and saw Kai and Levi training.On hearing my greeting, Levi looked away from the punching bag he was going at and turned to face me as he wiped off his sweat with the towel around his neck.“Uh, hey” Levi responded and waved at me first but my eyes remained on Kai who was trying to catch his breath for some reason.“Morning, Leila” Kai’s morning voice always had me in a chokehold so I smiled on hearing him speak.“I don’t want to intrude, but I have a question
Cora’s POVUgh, I hated everything about this fucking palace.Those were my exact thoughts as I dragged a pile of dirt out of the kitchen as the head matron had instructed me to. I’d never been fit for grunt work but I preferred cleaning to emptying trash like a low level maid and it completely infuriated me.I dropped it on a pile of garbage and stood a few inches in front of it with my hands akimbo as I tried to catch my breath before the head matron gave me another silly errand.“That classless bitch! I'll kill her!” I heard a woman shriek as she entered the kitchen.I hated drama and I didn't want any part of it so I remained in the back yard in hopes that it’d blow over soon.“Where is she?!” Came the same voice, but this time it sounded awfully familiar.“Can someone fucking tell me where that manipulative whore is?!” The woman yelled again and from her choice of curse words I knew exactly who it was.Leila.“Get out of my way you clumsy idiot!” I heard a body hit the ground and
Cora’s POVThe past week had gone by in an unusually quick manner, it was almost like it went by in a flash despite how much I dreaded it. The week had been filled with crazy chores in preparation, occasional glares from Leila and having Levi avoid me even though he was meant to be preparing me as Kai’s dare to the ball.But the day of the ball had finally come and what I felt more than the hesitation and annoyance of being Kai’s date was an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia as I heard the instruments bring played to signal the start of the ball and the arrival of guests.I relived the memories of how I’d hear similar instruments being played while my parents were alive and I’d stay holed up in my room in hopes that I’d be exempted from their irrelevant festivities but my mother always arrived at the last minute and forced into a dress and unto the dance floor.Just as I laid back in bed to drown in those reflective memories, my door was pushed open and Nina walked in with a box under
Cora’s POV“I’d rip that off in a second if you misbehave at the ball” Kai whispered in my ears the second he was at my side and I pulled away to see a smug smile on his face.For the briefest moment while he was staring at me, I’d assumed that it was only because of how beautiful I looked but after hearing the words he spoke, I mentally whacked myself for thinking that he’d ever admire me innocently.“I'll be keeping this on and I'll be claiming my free pass too” I shot him a glare.“Those words were a promise, not a threat,” He said before bent his arm to create a loop where mine was meant to be intertwined with his.It was odd to see him honoring formal traditions.“Hand, now” He nodded toward his arm.“You’re not fooling anyone by pretending to be a gentleman” I responded after locking arms with him.He pulled me so I was face to face with him.“Nothing you think matters to me, just so we're clear” He suddenly had a thing for whispering.“Maybe I'll make you act like one seconds b
Kai’s POVAfter I’d shredded her dress, the remains were the parts of her dress that were budged around her waist and her sleeves, but her ass and boobs were bare for all to see.“I always keep my promises, Cora” I pulled her hair and pushed her so her bare boobs were flush against the glass case.Seeing as her ass cheeks were facing me, I smacked it loudly and I heard some gasps from the crowd.“Stop this Kai, now” She pleaded as everyone’s eyes watched us but I had no plans to honor her request.“I told you what would happen if you misbehaved, no?” Another painful smack hit her ass and I watched it turn red.“Fucking stop!” She ordered me and I responded by slapping her ass severally instead of stopping.Just then I decided that her panties were an unwelcome distraction and I ripped them off her in one swift motion. At this juncture, everyone in the crowd was invisible to me as I became face to face with her glistening pussy.“I’ll teach you a fucking less you'll never forget you wh
Cora’s POVEveryone’s eyes were on me as I slowly walked out of the glass case, my hands and legs were trembling slightly and I wished that the ground would open underneath me that very second and swallow me.whole before I died from embarrassment.Despite knowing that my wobbly legs would do a poor job at it, I decided to run away in that very second before I made things worse by bursting into tears before everyone and accepting defeat, just as he’d have loved to see.No, I wouldn't give him that satisfaction.Instantly, I started to run out of the hall, life my entire life depended of it.I kept running, my eyes blinded with the tears I’d been forcing back as I gripped the remains of my dress and tried to cover what was left of my dignity. My heart was drumming fast and hard against my rib, every single sound I heard as I ran was causing me a splitting headache as it magnified and I wondered why. The liquor, Cora, my wolf reluctantly reminded me and realization dawned on me that I’d
Cora’s POVTwo days had gone by and I still hated it, all of it.I could barely get away from the memories, I’d tried to shake it off by replacing it with hatred and anger but that was a futile attempt. On some rare occasions I had a blank mind while handling chores but every single time someone stared at me strangely when they passed by, all I could think of was that they were doing so because of how Kai punished me on the night of the ball.The roots of my hair were aching because of how much I’d pulled it out in frustration, I wanted a blank slate, one where I wasn’t battling the memories of the night with Kai that my body ached for. I couldn't wrap head around why the thought of it made a part of me develop a craving for more, why would I want more of him? Of a monster? Of a person that handled me in ways that were foreign to me? Angry with my body’s unusual reaction to Kai, I stormed into the bathroom for my usual attempt to scrub away the memories.I submerged my body in soapy
Cora’s POV“Bitch, if you don’t get back in there!” Nina caught me just before I could sneak out to Kai’s chambers. “Man, you’re such a cockblocker,” I blew a raspberry at her and rolled my eyes in annoyance before stepping back into the room. “It’s bad luck for the groom to see his bride while she’s fully dressed and you know it,” she entered right after me. Maybe If I’d snuck out the second after she left I’d have met up with Kai for a quickie and I’d be back before she could come and spew rubbish myths to keep me away from him. “That’s a myth and whoever came up with it is clearly a hater!” I sunk into my chair, fully dressed in the most stunning wedding dress I’d ever seen all my life. “I’ll let you get away with that only because it’s your wedding day,” Nina chucked a purple flower in her hair to match her chief bridesmaid’s dress. “It’s my wedding day!” I squealed so loudly that Nina had to use both palms to block her eyes while smiling at me. I still couldn’t believe it.
Kai’s POVLevi’s pain strengthened me even more, he had no idea.“In your next life, when you get an opportunity to kill your enemy, don’t be an egoistic bastard by waiting to organize a lousy ceremony first and just fucking do it!” I gave him the last piece of valuable advice he’d ever get.“C-Cora….” tears dropped down his face as he fixed his desperately pleading eyes on my woman.“You brought this on yourself, Levi. I’d never have grown to love or trust a man that could betray someone he’d sworn an oath of eternal loyalty to, it just meant that you could switch up on me someday too,” she surprised me by intertwining her fingers with my bloody ones as she spoke.“I could never ever betray you, Cora. You’re my fated true love, and it’s not too late to leave this deceitful monster and save me,” my blood began to boil all over again as I watched him plead with her.I gave him one fatal blow to the jaw and he dropped to the floor groaning.“Stop fucking talking to her, you dead meat!”
Levi’s POVIt was today.The day I’d watch Kai meet an embarrassing end just before all of his power was transferred to my deserving arms. The gods knew that I would’ve been better suited to be blessed with his boundless abilities and fate had finally turned things in my favor.“Are you prepared for the ritual?” I practically whispered as I bent towards the elderly men that were meant to perform the soul swapping ritual.They dropped their hoods at the same time and nodded in a slow synchronized movement, “As prepared as the gods permits their servants to be.”Creepily, that was also said in unison before the covered their hoods again in one swift motion and walked off towards the lifted stage where Kai’s body would be placed for the public execution. As weird and disturbing as their identical movements were, it didn’t deplete my excitement about the execution ceremony.“Welcome all,” I stood to my feet as I began to address the hundreds of people in attendance.“You have come from lan
Levi’s POVI knocked on Cora’s door again when I didn’t get a response.“It’s me Levi, are you in?” I called out.A few seconds passed and then I heard a door open that signified that she must’ve been in the bathroom when I knocked earlier.“I’ll be right there, give me a minute,” her sweet voice called out and I nodded even though she couldn’t see me.I tapped my feet on the floor as I waited for her, and then finally she pulled the door open.“You wanna come in?” she moved aside as she pulled the door open.Her hair looked a bit wet, her cheeks were glistening like they’d been oiled and she was wearing the most adorable little pink dress paired with white cute flats. Even before now, I was always eager to see what she’d wear every single day, but it was more fulfilling now because she was all mine to ogle.“Nah, there’s something I have to show you,” I grabbed her wrist and began leading her away from the room.“You mind telling me where we’re headed?” she finally asked after we’d ta
Levi’s POV“Has she gotten the bouquets?” I asked the maid that I’d sent on an errand earlier.“Yes, sir. I delivered them first thing in the morning,” she answered with a bow and I waved her off.The morning of the day we’d overpowered Kai, I remembered watching him gather flowers after he’d thought I left on a tax collecting trip. I watched him make them into a huge bouquet and I was pretty irritated that he thought flimsy flowers would fix all the damage he’d done to Cora when he regarded her as an enemy.However, it had given me a brilliant Idea.I decided that I’d send a bouquet or more to Cora’s room every morning with a heart warming note just to remind her of how precious she was to me. She never failed to thank me for it at breakfast and it made my heart swell. I loved that I’d finally gotten the chance to woo her and I knew I’d do a far better job than Kai could ever have.Speaking of that monster, Kai, I was skipping breakfast to go and see him in the dungeon, to see how muc
Cora’s POVI woke up in a pool of my own sweat.My eyes searched the room to see if the beast in my dreams had crossed into reality by some chance for an opportunity to continue torturing me, but I was lucky that that hadn't happened. The only other person in the room was Nina, not a grizzly monster.She was curled up into a ball on her mattress and she was buried so far into the duvet that I could only see her eyes and a bit of her forehead. And yes, she was crashing here because of the nightmares.The same horrid nightmares that had been recurring for a while now.After the first two nights, I’d told Nina about it because she noticed the heavy eye bags underneath my eyes and then she’d scolded me for not speaking up earlier before gathering most of her things and moving into my room.Oh, trust me, I protested. I assured her that it wouldn't happen again, but she gave me the ‘this isn't up for debate’ look and did as she pleased.Carefully, I moved off the bed and walked over to sit a
Kai’s POVI could smell her, so I knew she was near.Her scent was refreshing and intoxicating and I wished I could drown myself in it one last time, just once. I knew I looked like absolute crap but I was still eager to see her, to look at her and search her eyes for any feelings of remorse, to find out if the memories we shared meant anything to her.As much as my determination to kill Levi for betraying me was one of my driving forces for staying alive, the primary reason that I hadn't let my spirit break was because I was desperate to see Cora again.Delusions aside, I was ready to break my chains and make things right with her.I tuned my ears to the sounds of her footsteps as she neared, heels clacking on the cemented hallway she was walking down to reach the torture dungeon.One might tag me as a helpless fool, but I felt a tad excited to gaze upon her stunning face again.“You look like shit,” was the first thing that left her lipstick clad lips as she pulled the door of the d
As I walked behind her toward the dining hall, I couldn't help but admire every single detail that was in my view.Her body was clad tightly in a lovely purple dress—a color that signified royalty which was what she’d finally become now that Kai was put away— that made my insides ache as her full hips swayed in it, her legs were being carried in black heels that made her look elegant, and her hands were accessorized with pure golden bangles that matched the necklace she was wearing.The only thing that was out of place was the crystal bracelet that rested in between the golden bangles, but that didn't matter.All that mattered was that she’d dressed up for me.I remember how incredibly jealous I usually felt whenever she dressed up for Kai, especially because she was always so gorgeous and she still treated her like bird poop. I’d never make her feel that way, how could I even dare?“Have I mentioned how stunning you look tonight, Cora?” I asked as we finally stepped into the dining h
Levi’s POVKai’s face? Priceless.The mere fact that he’d been cocky enough to assume that I’d be blindly loyal to him despite how much of a monster he was made it glaringly obvious that he was nothing but a muscled idiot. So, seeing the shock on his face when he realized that I’d betrayed him was far more rewarding than I’d thought it’d be.Nothing could've prepared me for how powerful and satisfied I’d been when I saw him looking raggedy and helpless in chains.He’d brought his miserable fate upon himself and I was beyond pleased that the moon goddess had chosen me to put him in his place. I strongly believed that everything was set in stone on the very day that Kai had unintentionally exposed his weakness to me.I still recall that day like it was an hour ago.Kai had been drunk to stupor after our first major win, we’d conquered an army of almost a hundred and fifty thousand werewolves with an army of only two hundred werewolves. Kai had intentionally subdued the beast within him i