CHAPTER SIXTEEN.ROSALIE'S POV.Jacqueline took me to his destination which was at the mouth of the woods, and he loosened his hand from my wrist, giving me room to jerk my hand away from him, and I fell to the floor because of that sudden impact."Rosa!" Carl called and ran to me on the floor, "Are you okay?"I was not in the mood to answer him, so I just stared away, fixing my eyes on my wounded wrist and palms, which were bleeding.I was very weak as I sat there, and most importantly, I was mad at Jacqueline for treating me without care."Stop being pitiful and get into the woods to look for your ingredients. And of course, I won't be dumb enough to allow you to prepare it without proper inspection. I will personally inspect you today." Jacqueline said to me.His nonchalant attitude was echoed in his voice, and I missed the expression he had on because I was not ready to see any.It was like he was hurt by something, and he was taking it all out on me. I somehow also knew that some
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.JACQUELINE'S POV.My hands itch to hit something so bad, to at least reduce my anger if I couldn't take everything off my mind.I got to my chamber and stomped towards the mirror to see what I had become, and right there stood a homeless man whose face was squeezed up uglily in a frown.This man who was staring back at me was everything I wasn't. He looked cold, helpless, vicious, cruel, and a lot more bad things, and I hated that that same man was the man I'd become.I hated that I let people change me, but what could I do when the world suddenly turned cold and lonely for me? All the people I trusted betrayed me, and all the people I loved left me.I would have been okay if I had been warned, but no, nothing seemed wrong til everything turned wrong. Even my father made me believe that he wouldn't leave me, not knowing he was desiring his wife's touch deeply in his heart.If my father could do that to me, who is Rosalie and everyone else?Everyone was a snake, and
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.ROSALIE'S POV.I was beside Briana and watched her pounding the leaves we got from the woods, and her weird smile was plastered all over her face.She dropped the pestle in the mortar, and faced me, "What next?""Add the pure honey to it, and that's all," I instructed her with a bow at her.She smiled ruthlessly at me. "What does this herbs do again? What does it cure?"I stared at Briana, at first not replying to her.In my heart, I didn't want to reply to her question, but it felt like something in my soul was forcing me to answer her, which was against everything I wanted.It felt like my soul, mind, and body were in a great battle with each other, which caused a lot of pain for me, but I kept on moving on. So the alienated feeling won, and I answered her."Diseases, master.""Good."She returned to what she was doing, and suddenly, a mighty breeze began to blow, like a tornado, though not strong enough to be called a tornado, and then I heard a voice calling my n
CHAPTER NINETEEN.BRIANA POV.It was another day to work.As the head of all healers in the pack, I was not by any reason associating myself with the other healers, and my main purpose in the pack was not to be a slave to the sick people. I was here for their alpha. Jacqueline.Everything had been going on smoothly. Jacqueline was almost slipping back into my hands until Rosalie brought her bad luck with her into the pack, and she had been standing as an obstacle to me.Normally, I don't like obstacles, nor do I always keep them near. It was either I make them leave the pack house themselves, or do things to them that would make them kill themselves.I didn't stain my hands with blood. I don't kill, but still, everyone in the pack house feared me, and that was probably how Rosa was able to gather some information about me from people.They all feared me, and I loved it that way.They all knew I wanted Jacqueline. So, to stay clear from my path, they all stayed away from the alpha, mak
CHAPTER TWENTY.JACQUELINE'S POV.I stomped into the throne room with Carl behind me, and I met with the elders who were uneasy, "What the fuck am I hearing?" I growled out the question."The rogues broke into the pack and took away the messenger when he was returning to his alpha." An elder replied to me."How did it happen? Where was everyone when it happened?""We were not present, but an eyewitness told to us that he was targeted and taken from among them when he was going." Another answered me."How's that possible? Didn't the strong guards follow to see him off as I commanded?""They did, my alpha.""Then get them here right now, I need to question them to know whether to take their head or let them find the messenger. They'll have to choose one.""They can't be here alpha. They're dazed and look eccentric like their brains were toyed with. They're behaving like a pup."I began to pace, "How's that possible? They're strong and fearless, who would harm them without a fight?"No o
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE.JACQUELINE'S POV."I think it's fully covered now," I told Carl and he nodded."Yes, it is."We were already at the dwarfs' territory, and to easily conceal our identities, we changed our clothes to rags and hit the car in the woods, covering it with dry leaves and branches."Why's your hair looking neat?" I questioned Carl and drove my hands into his hair immediately, scattering everything about and pointing each tip to different angles."Now, you're looking like a wanderer," I commented and he chuckled."Let's go."We moved towards a small route and walked through it vertically, making sure that our ears were opened to pick sounds from miles away.We began to hear some sounds like rumbles, and no word could be deciphered from the sounds."I think they didn't speak English." Said Carl to me."Doesn't matter, we'll find someone who can speak English, and if there's none, I'll read their body language and expression to know what's on their minds.""Alright."We cont
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO.JACQUELINE'S POV.Craig Fritolar's eyes lingered on me before slowly he waved his hand to his men who were sneaking behind Carl and me, then he chuckled, "I'm not expecting something less, bloody werewolves."I stood up to my feet to look down at him since his 4ft tallness couldn't match my 6'3ft."You surprised me, Fritolar, you want to attack a boy like me from behind. Is that not cowardice to you? Because it is to me."He began to pick his brow in thought, then he spoke up, "I don't have it in mind to kill you, at least, not yet. I only wanted to capture you to make you understand you're fighting a lost battle. I bet your messenger is dead by now. You're just threatening your life for nothing."I pulled closer to him with my face turning cold, I was done with chitchat. "It's like you don't get it, Fritolar. I'm not my father, neither am I my ancestors, if I set my mind on something, I do it without thinking of the risk in it."But I must say, thank your god that
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE.ROSALIE'S POV.I was heading to the first person I would be treating after mixing up all my concoction, and I had two guards following me. They had made it clear to me that they were from Jacqueline. He commanded them to be with me throughout the treatment, to be sure I don't poison the people.I said nothing to that, so I just did my thing, trying to ignore their presence and pretend that I was alone.I got into the ward and met the woman looking so numb on the bed, and a healer was in there with her.I took over from her."What's her present condition?" I questioned the healer, tugging my hands into my hand gloves."She is in the last state of the disease, and she can fade away soon." I was told."She won't."I used my face mask and pulled the woman's mouth open. I scooped a spoonful of my concoction into her mouth and held her nose, blocking her nostrils for breath. I also held her mouth shut, and when she couldn't breathe, she swallowed the mixture, and I let
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE.JACQUELINE'S POV.I couldn't stop chuckling as my eyes glued to the scene in front of us, though I was a little bit amazed that Rosalie was keeping her cool.That scene was scary enough for humans to develop high blood pressure, and seeing her looking nonchalant got me thinking, 'What exactly did Carl teach her?'Whatever it was that he taught her really helped, and right now, she was being a very powerful pack's luna, not just my ex-best friend who my wolf and I were crushing on.I got tired of seeing the fake mystery in the hall, so I held my Luna closer to my body with my hand holding her waist and raised my other hand towards the things happening before us."What are you doing?" Rosalie questioned me."Putting an end to all these," I replied to her before flipping two of my fingers towards the scene. I flipped the
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR.AUTHOR'S POV.Jacqueline and Rosalie's car entered the Phoenix's territory, and they were stopped by the Phoenix guards who were waiting for them.Jacqueline winds down the window of the car to reveal himself to the guards with his eyes focusing forward. He didn't glance at the guards.They bowed to him, "Welcome, alpha and you too, Luna. We're here to lead you to the palace's hall where the banquet is taking place."He replied to them with no word, just with his face so serious, like he was tensed, but he was the most relaxed person on earth at that moment.The guards stood there confusingly. They didn't know what to do, whether to just let the alpha be or persuade him before he would join them.They waited, but no word.They would have sworn that Jacqueline was not the alpha if they hadn't seen
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE.ROSALIE'S POV.I woke up due to a knock resounding on my door. I rose from the bed and stared at the door sleepily, then the knock came again, "Coming." I muttered and the knock stopped coming.I got out of bed picked up a sleeping robe, which I wore, and knotted the rope around my waist, covering my transparent nightgown.I walked towards the door and held the knob, "Who's there?" I questioned, getting ready for the opening."The able beta."I rolled my eyes and opened the door to behold Carl. He was with some women who had thousands of things in their hands with a very weird smile on their lips."Hi, good afternoon." Carl greeted me.I let out a yawn, "Good afternoon, Carl."Others bowed, "Good afternoon, Miss." And I nodded to them.I had been given ti
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO.ROSALIE'S POV.I was in a secluded space behind the castle, preparing my herbs, which I had told Carl that I would drink before going to the banquet, which was just tomorrow.I had added all the ingredients for the first round, I was stirring the extracted juice I had poured inside a small kitchen pot, and its shaft was also by my side. I was going to use it for the special drink I would be mixing for Ophelia.I couldn't forget she needed to be punished. The only way she could escape my punishment was if she didn't bother to show up at the banquet, but if she did, then, sorry, I was unable to forgive.The herb had been well cooked, so I carried the pot down from the stove and kept it aside for it to cool down its hotness.I carried the shaft with a bottle of soda and I began to mix Ophelia's portion.Then, some steps p
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE.ROSALIE'S POV.I was not expecting Jack to listen to my words like he did, but all the same, he made everything easier for me. I wouldn't have to stress so much for Jacqueline to cooperate with me if his wolf was that obedient to me."Jack, take me away from here," I said to him, trying to prove to Jacqueline that I could be in control too.I was surprised at how fast he was. He took over Jacqueline's body and took me in his hands before all the way jumping down from the balcony."Woah!" I gasped.He then swung me to his back, where I sat with my hands holding tightly to his grey and black fur, and he dashed into the woods.I had no idea of where he was taking me to, but I bet was enjoying the ride. The way he galloped, jumped over dry leaves and dived between wet leaves, thereby leaving some drops of water on me, got
CHAPTER THIRTY.JACQUELINE'S POV.I was sitting on my throne with my eyes glued on my elders as they discussed their fears about my decision to go to the banquet, which was two days away.It was funny how they were worried about me, whereas, I was not at all worried, neither did I feel any sort of fear. I was very brave that I would go there and return.It was not hidden from everyone that the banquet was made for my disposal, but what they found unknown was my real intention for acknowledging the invitation and my strict decision that I would be there."In my personal opinion, I think the alpha should ignore them. Though we know that our alpha is not a weak one, I still think they aren't worth his presence." One of the elders said and the rest began again.Saying I shouldn't go and some said if I insist on going, I should go with all the palace guards."That's a good suggestion." I said to them, and they all smiled foolishly, "But if I go with all the palace guards, then who will gua
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE.ROSALIE'S POV.We were on a secluded field behind the castle, and I don't think anyone would be able to locate us, maybe except Jacqueline. Carl got our scents covered."First thing first as I told you, you have to know that those people are not just ordinary people, they are lords, some, kings, but even with that, you shouldn't bow to them, you're representing a prominent figure too, a luna, this pack's luna, and you must act like one."You will have to carry yourself gracefully. If you want to greet any of them, give the person your hand for a kiss, and form a small smile on your lips with your eyes strictly locked into their eyes, and mind you, avoid getting lost in their eyes."Some of them are chronic womanizers. They charm women with their eyes. So, I'll advise: anytime you want to greet the leaders, make sure you're holding Jacqueline firmly. If you do, their powers won't work on you, but if possible, Jacqueline is not around at that moment. Don't smile whe
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT.ROSALIE'S POV."Rosa!" A loud call pierced into my sleep, and I turned tiredly on my bed, growling."Rosa. Dammit! Wake up!"I wanted to listen to the voice and wake up, but I couldn't. It was like I was trapped, and not when I was having one of the weirdest dreams ever, in which Briana was included."Dammit!"And there was peace from the background, no more trial, and I was stuck in my dream with Briana.She laughed maliciously, "Your little guidance angel gives up on you so easily. What can I say? You're right here, with me."I had to do all the weird things she began to list out for me. I didn't know what was wrong with me. I just knew that when she said 'do', I did.Suddenly, I felt a calm touch on me and the real angel's voice spoke calmly into my ears, "Wake up, it's just a dream."That was more of a command than mere words. I was commanded to wake up, and I did. My eyes flung open to welcome a light-blinding room. It was sudden, and I groaned with my hand
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN.ROSALIE'S POV.I haven't seen more of Jacqueline since yesterday, and I was becoming worried. Though I knew that he was okay, at least, he must be okay since nothing seemed different.Everything was normal, and none of the daily activities in the pack house were left undone.It was in the evening, and I was just done with the last person on my schedule that day. I walked out of the ward and away when I was stopped by Briana.I grumbled, "I thought you were dead or something, for me to have a peaceful day throughout yesterday."She smiled and fixed her short hair behind her ears. "You know, Rosa, you can't ever be free or be peaceful in this castle. Though you know you can go somewhere else to have a peaceful life, the choice is yours.""Alright. I heard you." I replied to her just to get her off my neck and made to walk by her side, but she stopped me. Typical Briana."What?" I dragged the word, silently telling her she was disturbing me."One more thing." She fo