Only her? To do the cooking? Was Calhoun so intent on punishing her that he failed and couldn't just forgive her? She wasn't happy about it. The king's taste was weird and although she was willing to do anything to get him, at least for staring that and sending her away abruptly, she needed to pay him back, also in a way that he couldn't help refute."Go ahead, make me a nice meal to eat." He said, gesturing for her to head in. Patricia bowed and stepped into the kitchen. Calhoun smirked to himself, feeling victorious. He walked out of the kitchen. He went to the dining room to sit and await the meal. George came to his side."My king, don't you think that waiting for the food will be too much stress? Why not return to your chamber, she can serve you there."Like a devil's pawn, Calhoun thought. Now he couldn't say he didn't try to resist the temptations. But if the guilt of cheating on Diana wasn't going to leave then he might as well do the same action completely so he might feel
George woke up by the following morning, feeling very satisfied. He turned in his bed to find Patricia still asleep beside him, he rolled over to where she lay peacefully and hugged her tightly. The lady groaned in her sleep, finding a comfortable spot in his arms, and fell back asleep.George smiled. His mind went back to the previous night when Patricia had come in to see him, he remembered the way she kept talking about Calhoun, saying something was wrong with him or so. He sighed, what was wrong with him anyway?"Tricia, what did you say happened to Calhoun?" He hummed softly. Patricia muttered some inaudible words under her breath and turned to the other side to sleep. "Tricia... Tricia... Wake up dear." He shook her as he spoke softly. "What happened to Calhoun?""Who's Calhoun?" Tricia mumbled, rubbing her still sleepy eyes. George was a rogue in bed and had kept her wide awake for a long time. He never got tired and only stopped when she was on the verge of passing out."The
George returned to meet Felix with Evander and Simon. Simon was a noble who also sat with the king in the chamber of meetings. Although he held no serious position like Evander or Felix, the king still held him up in high esteem. He was more or less considered the doctor of all the wolves and yet he never treated anyone else but the king and Felix, but only once in a while."Felix, I heard your urgent call. What happened?" Simon asked as soon as he entered the chamber. He found Felix seated in the head seat where the king usually sat. "Where is Calhoun?""Calhoun is ill," Felix answered. "And it's an illness I have never heard of or seen in my life.""What?" Evander exclaimed. "What happened to him? What does it look like?""I was hoping Simon could shed some light on it," Felix said, gesturing to the king's bedroom. The other two men found their way into the room to see Calhoun sleeping peacefully in his bed. It was a rare sight that no one ever saw. Calhoun slept with no expressio
Simon stared at the lady in surprise. He realized that everyone was waiting on him to tell him why he had asked to meet the girl. Staring into her eyes, he could feel a slight rage build within him. He signaled for the guard to leave her, and the guard did."You must be Patricia." He said, masking his surprise and swallowing every other word he had to say that wasn't related to his spoken reason for wanting to see her. "I'm Simon, come with me."Patricia put her gaze down and followed behind the man. Simon didn't take her to the king's chamber, he took her to a different room, not knowing it belonged to Thomas."Patricia? Really?" He whispered. "What are you doing here?""What do you mean by that? What am I doing here? Of course, I work for the king!" She replied, whispering as well. Simon turned around to see if anyone was there, he inched closer to her, grabbing her arm in a tight grip."It was you wasn't it?" He demanded. "It was you that served the king the poisoned food."Patrici
Diana had been quiet mostly. She never used to speak again. Nobody knew what transpired that night when Jasyn had rushed into her dorm. By the time Theodore and his friend had arrived, Jasyn was lying unconscious on the floor, leaning half of his body on the wall. They stared at Diana who sat on the bed, curled up with a bullied expression on her face. Theodore was trying to understand what had happened, or what was most likely to have happened. Nothing seemed to come to his mind."Are you okay?" He finally asked, his voice was very soft and it touched Diana's heart in the tiniest way. She stared into his eyes and she began to sob quietly. Theodore turned to his friend, and the man nodded. He went and grabbed Jasyn's body from the floor and took him out. He was careful to be discreet enough to prevent anyone from seeing since he wouldn't want to spark any wrong reactions from the other soldiers.Theodore closed the door softly and locked it. He went over to where Diana sat, with her l
Thomas was panicked, he didn't know what to do. He managed to free himself from Calhoun's death grip and slid under the bed. Simon and George entered the room at that time. They found no one there."I told you he wasn't in here. You always fail to listen and did you forget that you are not the king's right-hand man? Just his doctor, your job is to sit by his side, administering drugs to keep the symptoms at bay while I go fetch the cure." George said angrily. "You all just seem too eager to assume your position now that the king is indisposed. I wonder what you all would do if he were to be dead. Perhaps a fight and a war would break out to select the new Alpha.""That's insensible, the beta is to come in after the alpha," Simon said. "No one is dragging the position with him.""Of course," George said. He turned and left the chamber. Simon stood for a few more seconds, watching Calhoun's peaceful body lie stiffly. He wondered if Calhoun was seeing anything as he slept. Perhaps he wa
Thomas waited for the sting of the viper to come but it never came. Instead, it kept hissing in his coat. He got up from the ground, wincing slightly. The snake had vanished from his coat and he became afraid. He quickly ran out of the dungeon.George and Simon were loitering around the place, and when they saw him coming out, they stopped him."What were you doing in the dungeon?" Simon asked warily.Thomas stared at the man for a full minute, in an eerie silence. "Sightseeing.""Sightseeing?" Simon scoffed. "What kind of sight do you wish to see in the dungeon? That place is ground zero for everything gore and disgusting.""That's exactly what I wanted to see." Thomas said. "allow me to return to my room, I think I might have seen something more than I can hold.""Something like what?" Simon probed. He wanted anything at all which he could use to hold the man as a prisoner or at least, send him away from the castle. Thomas ignored the question and continued his slow walk toward the
"Yeah..." Thomas replied slowly. "Look, I wish I could explain things to you now, but then the king strictly instructed me to keep it to myself."Felix stared at him. He stared at Evander too."Evan, I think you should head out." He said. "I will get back to you after this discussion."Evander, although not happy with the arrangement, nodded and left. Felix waited until Evander was out of sight, then he signaled for Thomas to follow him.Thomas followed Felix, and they walked the way from the side of the castle, to the back of the castle. Looking left and right, Felix took out a small key and unlocked the door that no one might have ever noticed. Thomas followed him, skeptical but curious."What is this place?" He asked. The room was dark and dusty, Thomas could tell that it hadn't been opened for a long time.Felix turned on a candlestick and held it in his hand. "Come." He urged. Thomas didn't like the eeriness he felt as he walked further into the room. It had seemed small when F
The following morning when Diana woke up, she felt more energetic than she had felt the past few days. Perhaps it was because of the marriage and she felt more at peace. She smiled and rolled to the side, expecting to see Calhoun but she was met with an empty bed."Great, the first morning as a married couple and he's not even here." She murmured. "I don't even know what and what not to expect from this man!"She heard a knock on the outer door and she had to instantly pull herself together, knowing that Calhoun would not knock on his door. She got up and picked a robe from the door to cover herself up first.Then she walked to the door and opened it. A new and unfamiliar face smiled at her. The lady looked so pleased to see her and her smile was too nice. Diana just had to smile back for the sake of her sanity. She felt like some sort of celebrity who was before their favourite fan."Good morning, my lady!" She greeted me enthusiastically. "I brought you breakfast. Well, it was Alpha
Diana was pleased too and she smiled. She came close to them and leaned into Calhoun's arms. Coco stretched his hands to her and she took her head closer."I think he wants to be carried," Calhoun said.Diana shook her head. "He wants to hug me." As she finished her words, Coco's arms went round her neck and he rested his head on her face. Diana giggled and so did Coco. Calhoun watched the scene before him and his smile became wider."Darling, let's go and prepare for the banquet," Calhoun said. "Time is not on our side.""Come on, who would judge if we arrived late?" Diana asked.Calhoun did not want her to notice the decrease in the number of servants. He had already begun his agenda to slay all of them and nothing was stopping him.He allowed her to do what she pleased for the next few hours until she was ready to dress up. Calhoun offered to dress Coco and he dressed him in a matching tuxedo he had gotten after he had seen the one which Diana got for him. Coco wore a mini robe ov
Julitta could not withstand Diana's glares and every time she tried to raise the topic, Calhoun always changed the subject to something unrelated.Diana noticed this as well but she assumed Calhoun was doing it to make her feel better about the report.When Calhoun left to check on Elizabeth in the clinic, Julitta used the opportunity to go and see Diana in their chamber. When she knocked, Diana came to answer the door and seeing it was her, she made to close it but Julitta grabbed her hand quickly."Let go, Julitta!" Diana snapped. "Will you also make advances at me?"Julitta was surprised by the allegations. Make advances at her? She was straight!"What? No! I won't ever do that, it's gross.""But it's not gross to make advances at Calhoun," Diana murmured.Julitta hadn't heard what she said and just held onto her more firmly. "Look, Diana, I only came to confess."Diana gasped softly. She knew it was true, she believed Calhoun but somewhere, she just wanted to hear Julitta deny it
"Hi," Elizabeth said softly. "Can I sit here?"Julitta did not respond to her and only kept slipping stones into the small pond."I can understand how you feel about this issue. Diana told me that you had been with her even before Coco was born. I told her that that was very wonderful and that I would be thrilled if I watched her grow another baby in her belly and birth her."Julitta scoffed silently."I understand that maybe I'm not the best person you'd want to speak to, right now. But I will also tell you something else.""Diana always spoke about you while I did your make-up. Oh, if Julitta was here... She would do this and that and somewhere, I got jealous-""Was that why you chose to steal the child's affection from me?" Julitta snapped."Steal is such a strong word, don't you think?" Elizabeth asked, cocking her head to the side. "Look, when I met Diana, I didn't know she had a child. I assumed she was just a young woman, probably engaged or newly married and she wanted to gain
Everywhere was silent. Would Diana say no to Calhoun? Could she say no? And for the first time in his life, Calhoun felt anxious, somewhat scared of what would happen in the next second. He looked up expectantly at Diana and when she shook her head slowly, his eyes showed the fears he had.Diana saw them and she truly realized that Calhoun was deeply and madly in love with her. If she said no, he could go on a killing spree and then if she came back to say yes to him, he would never believe it was out of love.She took out her left hand and raised it to him. Calhoun let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and he slipped the ring onto her finger."It's not like I have a choice though," Diana said. "But even if I did, I would still choose to marry you."Calhoun chuckled and stood to his feet. He still held her hands in his and he raised it to the crowd."Behold, the future queen of Wisteria!" He announced. "And my wife."Diana leaned into him, fighting the grin that wanted to spr
Diana lay in bed, trying to fall asleep. She had bathed her baby and dressed him in a cosy manner. She cuddled him under the duvet and tried to sleep.Just when she felt like sleep was coming, she heard a soft knock on the door. She ignored it and the knock persisted."Calhoun, go away. I don't want to see you." Diana muttered."My lady? It's not King Calhoun. It's just me." The soft voice came. "Someone is here to meet you, a lady from the antique store. I was wondering if you asked her to come.""Ugh. What is Elizabeth doing here? I thought I asked her not to show up.""My lady? Did you say something?""Yeah... Um, no. Um..." Diana rubbed her sleepy head. "Tell her to come."Then she wondered how the maid had easily found her in the room. Did Calhoun know where she was and sent the maid to her? If Calhoun knew, could he not even show up at least, to show her that he cared and did not mean any of what he said? After a while, Elizabeth arrived at the room with the maid. Diana had a
Diana had expected to find more bodies but was surprised to find none. It was just that which belonged to that one servant. She held her chest as if she could calm her raging heartbeat by rubbing her chest.Calhoun was behind her instantly and when he peeked over her shoulder to see what had got her screaming, he chuckled. Diana was such a scaredy pants. How can she be so afraid of a dead body?"Diana...""Don't you dare to mock me, Calhoun?" She warned. Calhoun raised his hands in surrender. "What happened?""I was just rounding the corner when the body fell at my feet," Diana replied. She was still shaken up by the sight."Calm down, darling. I'm sure it was just a prank that went too Extreme. I'll just ask around the servants and find out who has done it." Calhoun said.Diana nodded severally. As Calhoun took a step forward, she grabbed his shirt in a tight fist and held onto him. She did not trust him to leave without her. What if suddenly all the other servants in the castle bega
The preparation for the banquet was going too well. Calhoun had been extra nice to his servants that they all began to fear. Diana also noticed his unusual kindness to them and she wanted to ask about it, but then she noticed that Calhoun had kept to his part of the deal and wasn't always falling around her like he used to. Somewhere, she missed him. She missed his attention and she wanted to ask about it. But she also did not want to pass off as the loser of the bet. Was it that important anyway? Was it a bit more important than she and Calhoun having the best times of their lives?She walked around the castle, watching the servants go about their usual duties, fervently. She enjoyed the way they did their designs and occasionally she had something to input. And when she did, she would notice Calhoun observing from the side and if their eyes met, he would offer her a charming smile of approval.That was it, it was three days already and the full moon was the following night. She c
Calhoun was in disbelief as he realized that the werewolf he had tried to kill was Julitta, his woman's closest friend. The thought of Diana's potential hatred towards him had he succeeded in killing Julitta weighed heavily on his mind. He couldn't help but imagine the repercussions of his actions and the impact it would have on his relationship with Diana. The guilt he felt for even attempting to harm someone she cared about was overwhelming. As he processed the situation, Calhoun couldn't help but feel grateful that he had not succeeded in his attempt to kill Julitta. He knew that the consequences of his actions would have been far worse than the guilt he currently felt.Diana was equally surprised and then she remembered that Calhoun had fed Julitta with the potion that was to turn her into a werewolf. As the realization dawned on her, she slowly stared at Calhoun who held an expression that displayed the confusion that seemed to match the one on her face."You remember too, rig