The fog began to clear a little and Diana peered in closer.The Wisteria soldiers knew that Calhoun had something up his sleeve, they waited for his instructions but they had also watched him being shot. They didn't have guns, they used swords and relied on their heightened abilities to dodge the bullets. Calhoun appeared right beside them. "Ready?""Let's march out!"The soldiers ran out with a loud shout. The soldiers that stood before the gates were slaughtered as the warriors passed by them. Julitta gagged at the gore sight before her."What the hell?!""Shut up, they will hear you," Diana whispered. "Watch what a werewolf battle feels like."Jasyn had watched them get killed. He knew that that was Calhoun whom they had shot. He wondered if the man had died so easily. He had heard so much about Calhoun he didn't want to believe that the man had died so easily. Yolanda came up behind him. "That sly man."Jasyn glanced at her. "What are you doing here? You are supposed to take you
Julitta was dropped to the ground and she went silent. She waited until the bag was taken away from her eyes and she looked around to see where she was. She was inside the castle and she could tell since the walls were too rich to belong to a dungeon.She looked around and found some warriors staring down at her with their swords drawn. They seemed to be waiting for an order. She tried to feel her hands and she noticed that she was tied. Her mouth was full and she couldn't make any noise. Not like she would have made any noise.Her eyes darted around the place, and she could see that the only means of escape was the window by the left. But for her to get there, she would have to tackle several warriors. There were fifteen of them in the room and if they weren't werewolves but human soldiers, she would beat them up totally. She narrowed her eyes as she felt her fingers. She was still able to move them. She turned her back to see that she was set close to the wall and there were so man
Diana woke up to strange noises and quickly hid her baby before investigating. Upon exiting her tent, she found nothing in the surrounding area. However, upon circling her tent, she spotted a shadowy figure who had been spying on her. Without hesitation, she chased after the intruder. As she pursued the figure, Diana's heart raced with adrenaline. She was determined to catch the person who had invaded her privacy. Despite the darkness and the unfamiliar terrain, she remained focused on her goal. She was determined to catch the spy without making any noise. She chased the spy for a long time but eventually realized that the person intended to take her away from the tent and possibly harm her child. Realizing the danger, she decided to retrace her steps back to the tent. Her decision to backtrack was crucial in ensuring her safety and that of her child by arriving at the tent before any accomplice could carry out their plan, she was able to prevent any harm from being done. Diana h
Hal had fought and fought but he was getting tired. The warriors from Wisteria seemed to be never tiring. No matter how much they shot at them, they were never able to land one single hit. Even if they did, these warriors would simply take the bullet out and the wound would close up. He noticed a soldier that seemed to slay whoever she passed by. He paused to see who it was. Slowly, he passed through the pairs of fighting soldiers just to try and meet the person. From the dress, he couldn't tell if she was a Fraco soldier or a Wisteria warrior.She wore the Fraco combat pants but somehow managed to wear the leather sleeveless jacket that the Wisteria soldiers wore. When he got to where she was, he grabbed her shoulder and she turned with a punch to his face. He crouched down to dodge and he caught a glimpse of her face."Diana!" He yelled. She didn't stop at first until he grabbed her hand and tackled her down to the ground. Since she was enraged, she didn't have the tactics."Calm
Diana pushed him away. How dare he just kiss her as if they were married? She glared murderously at him."You have guts.""O... Kay. This just took a dark turn and I kinda find it amusing." Julitta said. Diana turned to glare at her but it only made her chuckle."C'mon, who could have expected slings to turn out this way? The man is brave." Julitta said.Calhoun smiled. He was happy to have gotten a taste of her even if it was unwillingly. He stared at Julitta and then at Diana but the small sound of giggles he heard reminded him of the child in her arms. His smile began to falter."It's not what you think-" Julitta tried explaining."Allow him to think what he wants to think. After all, he made no effort to stop me from thinking what I thought." Diana said.Calhoun's brows came up. "You think so? I searched everywhere for you. I ran through every forest, broke every tree, searched every kingdom, and earned myself three and more enemies who tried to fight me based on the fact that I t
Julitta was equally surprised when she heard the shuffling at the entrance of the tent. She assumed it was probably a trespasser and didn't bother going to attend to it. But it persisted and just as she reached to open it, a dagger tore through the cloth. She moved back in fright.Julitta became afraid when she thought about the possibility of someone monitoring when Diana and Calhoun had left and coming to attack her and Coco while they were alone in the tent. She worried about what she would tell Diana if anything happened to Coco, and how Calhoun would feel about losing his son before he even got to know him. All these thoughts made her back into a corner, crouching down and using a thick cloth to cover herself.As she crouched in fear, the tent tore further and she could see from a corner, a hand slipped in and unzipped the tent which she had zipped from the inside. When the tent opened, she was surprised to find Diana and Calhoun there. She was enraged for being so frightened by
Although the couple was serious with their movements, the little child found it amusing and he giggled to show his amusement. Calhoun and Diana turned to stare at the boy who saw them as clowns. Calhoun didn't know if he could continue with what he had wanted to do."Diana..." He called. Diana turned to stare at him and he went silent."What?" She asked. "Why did you call me?""You should stop staring at me like that, you're playing unfairly." He accused."Playing unfair?" Diana asked. She was taken aback by his accusations. "How can you so easily accuse me of such a thing?""When you stare at me in such a manner, it makes me feel as if I'm lost in a world unknown. A place where I can't feel anything anymore." "You're talking gibberish," Diana said, giggling. "But I think I get what you're saying.""You do?""Mhmm." Diana nodded, smiling. She grabbed the collar of his shirt and her hand slid down to the center. "You used to make me feel that way, once upon a time."Calhoun smiled. "T
Diana stood up but was frozen in her spot. She could endure being attacked by so many soldiers but not when her son was with her. She slowly freed herself from her frozen state and took a deep breath."Governor Eugene." She called with a small smile. "How delightful it is to see you.""Save the faux pleasantries, Diana." Eugene refuted. "I heard about how you turned on us just because your man was shot."There were gasps and murmuring around. Everyone was wondering who the man was. Theodore in particular was confused. The only person that was shot was Calhoun. Who else could have been her man?"I don't understand, what's going on?" Theodore asked.Eugene glanced at him from the corner of his eyes. "Ah, lover wolf." He mocked."Ask the woman you love. Perhaps she can answer your question better."Theodore came out from the crowd and tried to reach out to Diana. She remained in the same position, not moving at all. Her eyes followed every of Theodore's movements."Diana, what is he talk
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