Maisie got to the Mystic Shadow pack boundaries and stormed in, breathing very hard. She couldn’t stop running from the palace, nor did she look back. I couldn’t wait to hear what happened from her sister, and why she decided to fail her. Getting to Maeve and Maisie’s home, she banged the door in haste and anger. “Maeve!” She called out her sister’s name with aggression, and before she could call out her name again, the door opened. In front of her stood Alpha Cephas, his face was swollen, and half of his face was tied with a white cloth which was beginning to get stained with blood. Terror overwhelmed Maisie as she gazed at him. “What happened to you?” “Maisie?” Maeve answered from inside the house and stepped out, pulling Maisie along with her. “Let go of me!” Maisie smacked, snatching her hand from hers. “I just saw the girl that is supposed to be dead at the palace! How did it happen? You were supposed to kill her!” Maisie smacked. “No, Cephas was supposed to kill her! Bu
Noticing the frown on Damon’s face, Megan's curiosity was heightened. She walked from the end of the training hall to where Damon stood. “What’s wrong?” She asked him as he kept his eyes on Belinda. “You know what is wrong. I hate it when you lie to me.” He answered coldly and walked away from her. He moved closer to where Belinda was fighting with another army, making them stop. “I’ll fight with her alone.” Damon uttered with a straight face. The armies in the hall began to make their way out without uttering any words. Belinda looked at Damon with furrowed brows. She knew something was up with him, and she was scared he was going to be too serious with their fight. “Prince Damon, are you okay?” She worriedly asked, moving closer to him. Damon heaved a loud sigh and turned to look at Megan, who stared at them from the door. “What did I do wrong?” She further asked. Damon clenched his jaws and stormed towards her. “You almost made me look like a fool in front of Isla. You said
Getting to Damon’s chamber, Belinda couldn’t find any of the guards in front of his door. She could guess it was because she was coming that he made all of them leave. She proceeded to knock on the door, waiting for his permission before going in. Almost immediately after she knocked, Damon opened the door. Before she could say a word, he pulled her into his chamber and shut the door. Pinning her against the door, he began to kiss her again, almost devouring her whole mouth, giving her zero chances to breathe. “Hm… hmm…” She moaned, trying to catch her breath. “I missed this so much.” Damon moaned, lifting her from the floor and making her wrap her legs around his torso. Moving her to the bed, he dropped her and began to get rid of his clothes. Without hesitation, Belinda began to do the same. As they stripped, their eyes were locked, feeding and filling themselves with more desire and want for their bodies. Soon they were naked, and Damon moved closer to her, crawling up to meet
~The Next Morning~ Queen Marlena walked down the passageway that led to Prince Damon’s chamber. She had only one thing in mind. She wanted to know about Miss Maisie. Getting to his doorstep, his guardsmen bowed their heads to their Queen, and made an awareness to Prince Damon that his mother was around to see him. “Mother? Let her in!” Damon answered from inside his chamber, and shortly after, the door opened and the Queen elegantly walked in, dressed in her casual yet elegant corset and ball-shaped skirt. “Mother. What a pleasant surprise.” Damon called with a smile, getting out of his bed. “Of course, a pleasant surprise. I haven’t seen you since the last time we were in the throne room. I was expecting a breakfast proposal from you or Miss Maisie, but I got nothing. I haven’t seen her in days. Is everything alright between you two?” “Everything is alright, Mother. I guess she found out we are not compatible, and so she’s given up.” “Please sit, mother.” Damon further pointed
“What?!” Damon smacked, storming out of his chamber. “They cannot do such a thing! What are they even thinking?!” He ranted as he made his way down the walkway. “Damon, can you please listen to the end?! This anger will take us nowhere! If they don’t do it, they’ll send her away!” Megan yelled from behind him, making him stop abruptly. Before he could look back, Megan ran to him and stood in front of him. “Our father is worried. He’s scared that when she’s all trained and set to fight, she’ll turn against us one day.” “But she’ll never do that.” “And how do you expect to prove that point to the king, hun?? He made up his mind already, and there’s nothing we can do about that. We need to look for what to do next to keep Belinda with us.” “How? What if she totally loses it and we can’t do anything about it? Remember she is yet to know and control her full potential.” “I asked father the same thing, and he said if one of us are not her anchor, then Mr. Theron will take care of the
“What are you doing to her?! Stop it!” Damon yelled as he watched Belinda snarl. Belinda grabbed her head as she began to feel an intense migraine. Every time she opened her eyes, all she saw was Alpha Cephas’ face, and soon, she heard nothing else but his voice. His disgusting and annoying groan anytime he forcefully laid with her. She snarled and growled even louder, and suddenly, she began to shapeshift. She fell to the ground and pressed her hands and knees to the ground like she wanted to pluck it. She threw her head backwards and afterward, her wolf took full control of her body. Keeping her deadly eyes on Mr. Theron, who was now Alpha Cephas to her, she started to approach him, keeping her head low like she was looking for the perfect time and place to attack. Mr. Theron began to move back and immediately, Belinda began to charge at him. “Should they come in now?” King Talos asked under great pressure. Everyone that watched, including Damon, were under great pressure and
Prince Damon took long strides from his chamber to the library to see Mr. Theron. He had so many questions to ask him from what had happened the previous night. Getting to the library, he found Mr. Theron dusting and cleaning some old books from the shelves. “Mr. Theron.” Damon called, making Mr Theron look up. “Prince Damon. Good morning.” He answered with a bow, putting the books on the table, so he could pay attention to what the prince had to say. “I have some questions for you, Mr. Theron, and I’d love for you to be honest with your answers.” Damon uttered, and Mr. Theron nodded slowly, wondering what kind of questions have brought the prince to his abode very early in the morning. “About last night. How did you do it? Why was Belinda calling Alpha Cephas’ name?” Damon started throwing his questions. “Because I made her see him instead of me. It’s also called Hallucination, my Prince.” “I know what hallucinations are, Mr. Theron. But how did you do it? I knew you were a sp
Damon headed to the barracks where Belinda was training, and one his way there, he saw Megan, heading the same way too. “You are going to watch her, aren’t you?” She teased and winked at him, but Damon wasn’t having it. “Not now, Megan.” He responded coldly. “Why? What’s wrong?” She asked worriedly, staring at his face. “I think Belinda and I haven’t been doing a good job keeping our relationship a secret. Mom and Dad think something is happening between us.” Damon answered, and Megan exhaled loudly. “I don’t like the sound of that.” “Neither do I, Megan. Mr Theron even knows I marked her.” He whispered, and Megan’s eyes popped wide open. “What? How did he know?!” “I have no idea, Megan. But it’s Mr Theron. One can’t keep a secret from him forever. Though, he promised not to say anything to our father, and that I should keep things low or I’ll lose Belinda forever. Mother hates the idea of us being friends, talkless of being together, father also cannot let that happen. It’s a
After 3 months~ Damon kept pacing in front of the room where Belinda was to conceive. His heart was thumping violently against his chest. He prayed silently that Belinda and their baby were going to be okay. King Talos and Queen Marlena also stood not so far from the room, waiting in anticipation. After the wedding ceremony, Prince Damon and Belinda became the talk of the kingdom. Everyone had their own parts to say about what happened, but Damon didn’t care. He wasn’t ready to lose Belinda again. He approached his parents after the wedding ceremony, and he told them that if they wanted their lineage to continue ruling, they had to want what he wanted. He went on to explain all the evil that Maisie had once done and that he was never going to settle down with such a woman. He told them the only way he would forgive them for erasing all memories of his wife was if they accepted her in the palace. After thinking about it, his parents finally decided to accept Belinda as their da
Everyone gathered in the large hall, and in front of them stood the Monk, Damon and Maisie. The Priest read out words from the scroll to repeat. Maisie was the happiest woman on earth, while Damon on the other hand couldn’t stop worrying about why Megan was yet to get to his marriage ceremony. Damon never felt any surge of happiness, but he just had to do it for his parents, the king and queen. “We promise in front of every kind of us present today, to cherish our bond and love each other till eternity.” The monk uttered, waiting for them to repeat these words. Maisie opened her mouth to speak, but realized that Damon was being hesitant again. All the words they were asked to repeat seemed like a burden to him. It was more like he was forced to say these words. She didn’t care, because what she had always wanted was right before her now, and there was no turning back. “Please repeat after me.” Damon heard the voice of the monk from a distance, throwing him back to reality once m
Getting to the palace, Megan led Clara and Belinda in through the back door, sneaking them in. The palace was so busy with the preparations for the Prince’s wedding that they hardly noticed their entry. “Where are we going now?” Clara asked, turning to look at Megan. They hid behind a wall; watching how the people walked to and fro. “We need to get to Mr. Theron, I believe he can help us.” She suggested, causing Belinda’s eyes to widen. “What? You just told us Mr. Theron was the one that placed a spell on Damon and made him reject and forget me. Why would he help me now?” Belinda asked. “I have spoken to him, okay? He has always regretted what he did, and he told me he had to because of my father. But now, he’s ready to do anything because he doesn’t want to be the one to change fate. So he’ll help. I promise.” Megan reassured them. Belinda and Clara exchanged looks and nodded at each other. “So what do we do now?” Clara further asked. “You two need disguises. I have some in m
~Six Months Later~ While Belinda sat in her room, rubbing her big belly bump, Clara rushed into her room. The loud noise caused Belinda to jolt and turn to the door. “Belinda!” Clara called, panting seriously. Belinda hastily stood up in fear and approached her. “What’s wrong, Clara? What’s happening?” She asked fearfully. “I… I have bad news! And there are two of them. But one of them is very urgent! We need to get out of here, right now!” She uttered, causing Belinda to shake her head. “Why? Talk to me? Where is Agatha? And everyone?” “Agatha sent me to you, and told me to take you somewhere sef. Cephas’ pack has found us, and there is going to be a war soon. Though we would defeat them, we need to keep you safe.” She uttered, rushing to Belinda’s closet and picking a big jacket and wrapper. “But I don’t want to leave. Nothing is going to happen to me. What if Cephas dies in the process? I don’t want to leave without watching him get the death he deserves.” Belinda answered.
Agatha and Clara took Belinda to the cage where they had locked Alpha Cephas. He sat on the floor, his hands over his knees and his head bowed. The clothes he had on were stained with his dried blood. He tried putting up a fight with Agatha and one of the men in the pack, and he ended up getting brutally wounded. “There he is.” Agatha uttered, and Cephas raised his head and looked up to see Belinda standing in front of him. He clenched his jaws angrily as he stared at her. He just wanted to get rid of her once and for all but he kept failing and getting himself humiliated. He hated her even more because of this. Belinda stared at him speechlessly with lots of thought going through her head. A part of her wanted to pounce on him and kill him right away, while the other part wanted to make him suffer slowly until he died. “What should we do about him? If you want us to eliminate him right away, we can, Belinda. He hurt one of us and we don’t take that lightly. He should be dead, b
Belinda’s eyes slowly opened as she felt the hot sun rays hit her face. She moaned as her consciousness caused a throbbing pain around her neck. “She’s awake! She’s awake!” The loud voice pierced her ears like they were going to destroy her eardrums. “Argh.” She groaned, covering her ears tightly with her hands. She slowly opened her eyes, and with her blurry vision, she tried to recognize where she laid. The last thing she remembered was somebody trying to strangle her to death on a rock, in the woods. “Where am I?” The question came in her head as she reached for her neck, slowly running her fingers through it. But then she found out that something was tied round her neck too. She creased her eyebrows, touching the bandage around her neck and finally looked up to see two women staring at her. One of them looked very young, while the other woman was pretty old. “How are you, dear?” The elderly woman asked, and Belinda furrowed her brows. They didn’t seem familiar to her. “Wher
Queen Marlena asked the maids to prepare breakfast for her, Miss Maisie and Damon. She could not contain the joy of having gotten rid of Belinda for good. The maids finished setting up breakfast in Queen Marlena’s room, and she invited Damon and Maisie in. “Welcome.” She uttered, with a large grin, sitting behind the table. Maisie looked at Damon and found him grinning too. She couldn’t help but ask herself what had changed. All she knew was that the queen put a call out to her that she should come and claim what was rightfully hers…Damon. At first, she was scared that she'd have to face Belinda again, but she summoned courage since it was the queen that summoned her. “Thank you, Queen Marlena.” Maisie responded, as she sat on the chair. Damon also settled next to her, staring at the meals on the table. “What are we celebrating?” He asked, furrowing his brows. “What is there not to celebrate, hun?” Marlena responded, and he raised his eyebrows. “Please don't tell me this is a
Belinda slowly opened her eyes as the sun's hot rays touched her face. She winced, feeling a throbbing pain at the back of her head as she tried to shield herself from the sun. Using her hand to block the rays, she fully opened her eyes and surveyed her surroundings as she sat up.She found herself in an isolated place, far away from civilization. The events of the previous night rushed back to her instantly—the night she was forcefully expelled from the palace, treated like an unwanted stray.Her eyes welled up with tears, and a surge of emotions overcame her. She held the back of her aching head and struggled to stand up, leaning against the tree beside her for support.As she rose to her feet, she instinctively placed her palm over her belly, feeling through the fabric of her garment. Through tearful eyes, she murmured, "I won't give up on you, my love. No matter what they try, I'll protect you. We'll be reunited with your father, and we'll find happiness once again."Beside her, t
"Arrrghhh!" Belinda clutched her chest, experiencing an intense pain unlike any she had felt before. It felt as though she had become disconnected from something or someone she cherished deeply, causing her heart to fracture within her chest. Her face flushed red, and her eyes rolled back as she collapsed onto the bed, desperately attempting to alleviate the overwhelming pain.Standing by the bed, the maids observed her struggle, hesitant to approach due to the head maid's warning not to intervene. "Leave her be until the arrival of the King and Queen," the head maid instructed, and the others nodded in agreement.As Belinda grappled with the excruciating pain coursing through her body, the chamber door swung open. King Talos and Marlena entered, their attention immediately drawn to the tearful Belinda. "Is everything prepared now?" inquired Marlena, and the maids nodded in response."Yes," replied the head maid, and they all bowed. "Excellent. Now, summon the guards to remove her f