"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
It had been two weeks. Two weeks since Diana joined the army and now they were preparing for war. She had been so busy with the preparation that she had forgotten all about Calhoun. The first week was very tough for her, she was the target of a woman who thinks she has eyes on her man. The idea still sounded amusing to Diana, appalling even."D! Hurry up and let's head out," Julitta called. "You have been sitting in the same position ever since, do you think you can perhaps try getting up?""Haha, very funny," Diana muttered. "I'm just worried about Coco." Julitta rolled her eyes. "Coco is safe. He will be at the campgrounds with us, just not with you.""Also, did you know that Jasyn is planning to have you fight up front?"Diana scowled. "That shameless beast.""You could say that..." Julitta laughed."I wonder what could be so funny to you both." Came Yolanda's snappy voice. "Oh wait, since you both are bitches, I bet everything sounds funny."Diana ignored her, tapping Julitta to
Diana was apprehensive about the identity of her visitor. Her fear stemmed from the possibility of it being Calhoun, whom she had been evading for a long time. She was not willing to be found easily by him. In anticipation of Calhoun's arrival, she was ready to flee. She trailed the soldier to Jasyn's office, prepared to make a quick escape if it was indeed Calhoun."Did you hear the man's voice?" Diana asked, willing her voice to be calm and not shaky so that her fear could be masked.The soldier did not respond immediately. "I'm afraid I can't exactly say what it sounds like. Perhaps if you could describe the voice of the person you were expecting, I would tell if it's him or not."Diana remained silent, knowing that revealing the sound of Calhoun's voice would only lead to unwanted questions about her situation. She understood the danger of being pursued by someone as powerful as Calhoun and chose to keep her thoughts to herself. Despite her desire to speak, she swallowed her words
Thomas's expression was skeptical. What did they mean by he had just killed an Alpha? Was he supposed to just allow Yara to brag about how he was going to kill Calhoun and take over the throne? He couldn't sit and do nothing, he had to do something. And he did the first thing that came into his mind. He knew that stabbing Yara was never going to be enough, so he had to lace the dagger with a corrosive werewolf poison, so even if Yara ever survived it, he will never be able to transform into his wolf form or shapeshift again. He will survive and become like a regular human."What do you mean?" He finally asked, voicing out his concern and confusion. "I did kill the enemy, what else was I supposed to do?""Thomas, you killed an Alpha," Evander said. "Two things are involved here.""Which and which?" Thomas asked.Felix hummed. "We might have to await the waking of Calhoun to determine what it's going to be. Being the one who killed the Alpha, you have the right to become the new Alpha
"Diana... How were you able to find out about the enemy?" Jasyn asked as they crouched down behind a big tree. They could see their enemies surrounding their tents in a bid to do a surprise attack. "Instincts," Diana answered. She was not about to tell Jasyn that she was a wolf just like him. "Where I come from, we have a special call for battle. How we can tell that our enemies are close by is because we have learned all their special and secret codes.""Codes?" Jasyn asked, chuckling. "Is this the police or what?""Don't mock me, Jasyn." Diana scolded. "I did a better job than you could do."Jasyn's face went blank. "Why is Eugene always coming for you? You never really told me how you got to know him.""I did," Diana replied immediately. "I did tell you that Eugene found me standing up for a friend of mine while she was being harassed in a public kitchen and he was intrigued.""Must have thought you were an enigma," Jasyn commented sarcastically, a way to show him that he wasn't b
Diana scoffed. "What do you mean by what? Were you expecting me to ignore her? She thinks she's safe because she's being fucked by the chief commander?""So she dares to call me a bitch? Hell no, if she didn't want me to hear, she should have at least kept quiet."Julitta didn't know if to laugh or cry. "Diana, come on, let's leave."They began to pull her away, silently. Diana allowed herself to be pulled. It was simple tactics; Yolanda has heard her but isn't so certain if she was there or not. Yolanda and Jasyn will come out and not find her there. Now, Yolanda would be uncertain if she had heard it in her head or if she had been there. She smirked as they pushed her into their tent and shut the zip."Diana...." Tisha began, shaking her head softly. "You shouldn't have done that.""Why not?" Diana returned.Tisha shrugged. "Well because it's wrong to eavesdrop on people when they're in the act."Diana chuckled. "Remember it was y'all who suggested we go out and verify. Also, I thi
Diana scowled. She walked over and opened the tent, it was Yolanda. She had a smirk on her face."Romance on duty, how nice." Diana scoffed. "Like you're one to talk.""What do you mean?""I didn't have to force myself on him, he came to me by himself, and I still stopped him." "You, however, look at you. You forced yourself on him and still dared to raise your voice."Yolanda's face turned into a terrible scowl. She had only come to make sure Diana wasn't the one who caught them, but she had stumbled upon her and Theodore in a hot and steamy romance. She couldn't just bear to leave so she stayed all through. She must admit, if Jasyn ever said the words which Theodore had said to Diana to her, she would have melted right before him."Hmm." Diana hummed. "Such ugly cries you have."Yolanda flared. "What do you mean by what?! What ugly cries?!"Diana asked. "Darling, don't raise your voice at me. Whereas you caught Theodore and me kissing, of which you have zero proof. I caught you an
Diana's gaze on Fifi was making her uncomfortable. Tisha also felt uncomfortable. Jasyn had called her and questioned her, she had been so chirpy with her answers and she made sure to not tell him about the Wisteria secret. But when she met Fifi on her way to Jasyn's office, she just knew that something was off. Diana couldn't wipe away the feeling that she had been exposed."I need to get something," Diana said, breaking the awful silence in the room. She turned and left. Julitta was feeling saddened as well. She couldn't help but want to follow Diana."Fifi, Tisha, I hope you both did not slip." She said, staring at the both of them. Tisha raised her hand in surrender."I didn't say anything, I only told him that Diana made the best pies," Tisha said. "Hell, that's the only thing I know about her."Julitta narrowed her eyes. "Fifi, what about you?""I don't even know anything about her. All I know is what Tisha told me, about the pie stuff."Julitta nodded. "It's alright then."Dia
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