Chapter 48 Olivia's POV Everywhere seemed weird. I had never been here before and the last thing I remember was the sand and water burning my lungs as in I had tried to struggle out of the quicksand. There were streaks of colors that ran down from the skies to the ground and even then, it felt like I was walking on the clouds. I saw several wolves, and some of them were in their human form. There was something eerie about this place and I thought about Augustus. I closed my eyes and tried to reach out to him, trying all my best to speak to him, but there was nothing. My mind was blank. I shook my head and looked around, wondering why I was here and how I would get home. “OLIVIA BRANDON!” I heard a voice call out to me and as if controlled, I found myself moving towards a cave with fire set in it. “Who are you?” I asked when I got to the mouth of the cave and peeked in. It was pitch-black inside and I couldn't imagine who the person that had called my name was. I heard the s
Chapter 49 Olivia's POV “Are you okay?” I heard Augustus's concerned voice bedside me as I struggled to remain awake. “She is awake. Just in shock. Within a few minutes, she should be totally awake and aware of what is happening around her” I heard Elana's and sat up. A wave of headache hit me and I closed my eyes to beat the pain. “Are you okay, Olivia?” I heard Augustus ask again. “Yes… it was Ariel. She was the one who controlled me. She told me you were evil and, just now, she was trying to pretend to be a family of mine so she could get me to kill you. Tell me the truth, what happened between the two of you” I demanded. “You saw her in your dreams, and she was trying to get you to kill me?” He asked, but then I squinted again, my head banging. “Take it easy. Olivia, I think this conversation can wait until you are alright. Now is not a good time for this, you are just waking up” Elana added and moved to me, holding me in her arms. “When can we leave here?” I asked, t
Chapter 50 Olivia's POV “Honeymoon? What do you mean honeymoon?” I demanded, confusion and anger flaring in my head. “We were supposed to leave immediately after the wedding remember?” He asked. I had totally forgotten about that, he was saying the truth, we were supposed to go to the witches, the one that Ariel had asked me not to trust. Even though I wanted to disregard her words, something at the back of my mind couldn't understand what could have happened between them that made them to fall so far apart and become enemies. “I remember. You could have told me earlier. I would have known that was why you were so eager to get me discharged out of the hospital” I said and scoffed, but he threw his head back and laughed. “I was so worried about you, I thought that I had lost you” he said and closed his eyes briefly before he focused on the road again. The kingdom was far behind us now, and I turned back to catch a glimpse of the place just in case Ariel had been right and this
Chapter 51Augustus's POV I had always wanted to tell her the whole truth, it was just whenever we started out on it, I was never able to finish. She had looked so distraught in her sleep and I knew that Ariel was never going to let her be if I didn't take her to the witches. “Where is this place?” She asked me as we drove into the witches' coven. I could not remember the last time that I had been here but even then, I was hit with a nostalgic wave of familiarity, almost like it had just been yesterday. “It's the coven, you will be taken care of here for a few hours. I will be with you every step of the way, but I need you to trust me” I said to her, and she gave me a long considerable look before she casually shrugged her shoulders. “Ariel said that you were giving me to them so they could prepare me for you to kill” she said, and I nearly laughed, Ariel was definitely getting out of her element because she had never failed so terribly at lying before, and now it seemed that she
Chapter 52Augustus's POV “What do you mean by she is an ace wolf?” I demanded, walking into the circle and standing behind Olivia where she stood, looking at the women in confusion. “The ritual is only acceptable for lycans or werewolves, but your wife here is none of that. She is an ace wolf.” The woman who had spoken earlier repeated. I could not even believe what I was hearing, so I was not shocked when Olivia turned to me and the tears ran down her eyes as she spoke. “You did not have to bring me here to mock me about my wolf. I had not wanted to be honest with you about it, but you told me that it was safe with just us and yet, here we are.” She said and wiped her tears off her face with the back of her hand. “I didn't tell anyone anything. They are witches Olivia, they knew before we entered here, if what they are saying is true, something bigger than you and I is happening, and we have no idea about it, even though we really should. Just listen and let them speak.” I said
Chapter 53Olivia's POV I felt weak. The sound I could hear was that of feet shuffling and the birds chirping. The last thing I remembered was struggling to take control over my body as Ariel wanted to take over. My body felt raw, it felt like I had been scrubbed for hours. I opened my eyes, slowly, adjusting my sight to the light. A strong scent wafted to my nose. It was the first time that I had ever been able to scent so many things distinctively at the same time. “She's awake” I heard a young girl's voice beside me. The shuffling of feet filled my ears and I finally opened my eyes to see what was going on. Augustus entered the room and rushed to my side. I could feel the concern in his voice. He held my head in his hands and supported me so I could sit properly. “What happened?” I asked him and held my forehead, the headache threatening to drive me mad. He rubbed my head and pressed a point in my temple. It didn't make sense, my wolf was alive. I could feel her slowly breakin
Chapter 54Olivia's POV I stood there shocked, refusing to believe that what I was being told by Augustus about my identity was true. It didn't make sense, nothing made sense.“I know this is a lot for you to take in right now, but there is an explanation for it. Just stay calm and come with me. We will talk while taking a walk” he said and nudged me forward, falling in step beside me.My head was still reeling from the headache, and now I had to deal with another shocking news. It was like I didn't know who I was anymore, and everything I had been made to believe about my life was a lie. “Your Majesties” the witches greeted us as we made our way out of the coven. There was not so much I could see, until we were out. The sounds were a lot in my ear, and I was hit with the wave of different scents. I could distinguish each of them, even though it was my first time, I felt like I had been preparing for this my whole life and now that it was finally in front of me, I did not know what
Chapter 55Olivia's POV "You are a special one" the old woman said. I had lost count of how many potions I had drank today. I did so many things and by the time it was evening after we had returned from where I went to talk with Augustus. He sat opposite me,his eyes following everything I did, even what I drank. He tasted every one of them first, fought with the women when they wanted to force me to take a potion that tasted like urine. "She is truly a special one. I wonder why the moon goddess changed your fate this time around?" Another woman said while Augustus knocked. "When will you be done with her? We have to be on our way soon" Augustus said when he saw that my face was not looking good. I felt relieved. A bit better that we now had a plan to work with. "Just give us a few more minutes" one of the women said to him then turned to me, "strip" she said."Strip?" I asked in shock. It was the last thing that I had been expecting and I looked around to be sure that everyone wa
Chapter 76Olivia's POV I didn't know how much time had passed or how much longer I had, but this was hands down the toughest decision I had ever had to make. There was no one here and for a minute, I wondered if Elana wasn't supposed to be here as my ace guardian. Thinking about it again, this was a test to see my abilities alone without anyone's help. I was scared but then, I had not been with my family since I was born. It was hard to know what being with them would be like, I was curious. Augustus on the other hand, the thought of staying with him for the rest of my life was pleasing. I could feel my wolf leaping in joy. She wanted Augustus, we were going to pick Augustus but the thought of picking a man over my parents didn't sit right with me, so I decided that nothing was too big for me to sacrifice for them. Even if what I was sacrificing was my life and my mate. My hands were just about to pick my parents in a force field when I suddenly heard Elana's voice screaming my n
Chapter 75Olivia's POV “You are my father?” I asked the man who sat in front of me. He didn't look so much like me, but then, I could see some similarities. He was the reason I had crooked fingers, seeing his crooked ones too. “What do you think daughter?” He asked me and I nodded my head. I never expected to meet my real family like this, I knew they were dead, but somehow they are alive in a different world. “I thought you and mom died. How come you both are still here?” I asked him and he laughed. “Because this is not the real world. Every ace that has ever lived is here. This is the home of the Aces after death. It's why no one can find it. Out there in the real world, you have to be dead to it before you can have access to this place…"It was as if him saying out there in the real world had juggled my memory and I remembered Augustus. I thought sadly about how he would never be able to come and see my home. “I have to go back” I said and heard Elana gasp behind me, “what is
Chapter 74Augustus's POV It's been three days. Three days since Olivia and Elana had lost touch with this reality. I knew they were at the Ace Kingdom, the only kingdom that was untouched by time or the realities that we lived here. I am sure that Olivia and Elana do not know how long they have been there for. The kingdom was agog with activities, one that included them seeing their brave queen who brought them victory, but I couldn't tell them that their queen was an ace wolf, and she has gone home for now. I wondered what Olivia would choose when it was time for her to decide, a part of me dreaded that she might choose never to return her and have her body transported to the ace world. That would mean that I would never see her again, something that scared me more than life itself. “Your Majesty, the councilmen have been waiting for over four hours now. They think your delay is to disrespect them.” Alexander said and I hissed. I wasn't in the mood for those clowns, especially n
Chapter 73Olivia's POV “Princess?” I asked the strange woman as she smiled at me and bowed. I was confused, Elana looked equally confused. “Yes, very soon my darling, you will understand what is going on” she said and I sighed. “Here we go again” I murmured under my breath as I didn't like that she did not explain things to me immediately but rather, wanted me to wait and understand. “If you are the princess Olivia, it can only mean that your parents were actually ace royals” Elana whispered as we waited for the slow but grand arrival of someone I imagined was the royals that I was related to. Suddenly, all the wolves stood up, clapping and chanting like they were performing some sort of welcome ritual. I didn't know what to do or if I should join them. Elana bowed her head and since she was the only person I knew here, I followed her to do the same. “Rise my darlings” I heard a woman's voice above my head. When I raised my head to look at her, I was shocked to see the most pre
Chapter 72Olivia's POV My eyes widened in shock, I had heard about Ace Guardians only in the books I have stolen from my father's library to read about wolves. No one told me anything and I had been struggling to see if there was a way to strengthen the weak one that I had. “Yes, she is your ace guardian” Augustus said when he saw the shock in my eyes. “You knew?” I asked him and could see that Elana was shocked that he knew too. “Olivia, do you know how many lifetimes I have lived with the full memory in my head? Trust me, I can smell some things from a thousand years away” he said, with a smile on his face and turned his attention to Elana, “Elana, I want you to know that I, Olivia Augustus Mate, the Great Lycan king and Uniter of the wolves and all life forms accept you as her Ace Guardian wolf” Augustus said just as Elana began to glow. I started to glow too and jumped up in shock. I was confused. What in the bloody hell was happening to me? A lot of questions were rummaging
Chapter 71Olivia's POV “You mean I was never supposed to kill anyone?” I asked and Elana heaved sadly. “Did they tell you about your mom?” She asked me and I nodded my head but even then, there was so much about me that I didn't know. “Yes. They told me she was alive. I need to go back. I didn't mean to kill anyone, but I have a duty to protect my people” I said to her. “And you are sure you didn't kill her out of anger or anything else. Just what you have told me?” Elana asked again, she wasn't answering my questions, yet she kept asking me hers. I was confused. How did she know so much about me? “No, I didn't. Look, we can talk tomorrow morning, for now, there are certain things that I do not understand, and I am not in the right frame of mind to wrap my head around, do you mind if I get a few hours of sleep, and we regroup later in the day to talk about this?” I asked her, Elana looked at me for a while and threw her hands around my blood stained neck for some time. I hugged
Chapter 70Olivia's POV On the way back to the palace, I felt a new sense of power pumping through my veins. I felt powerful and energized, more than ready to take on any challenge that wanted to come my way. Augustus held my hands as a source of comfort, I appreciated it. The palace came into view and there was a sea of people waiting for us, including Alexander, who had a terrible look on his face before our eyes met. “Are you ready?” Augustus asked me, distracting me from my face off with his two faced beta.“Never been more ready” I replied and he squeezed my hands. We both smelt alike. We carried the scent of battle, a mixture of smoke and dried, caked up blood.He opened the door and the screams of victory welcomed us home. We made our way to the palace, the men, and women looking at me with a new-found respect. They had obviously heard the rumors and thought that I had betrayed them, but they were the closest thing to a real family that I have ever had. “Welcome home your ma
Chapter 69Olivia's POV Their eyes widened in shock when they saw my wolf. There was now chaos outside, and I knew that Augustus was taking care of every single man in that camp. I was tempted to go out to see him in action, but I also had some things to take care of. “It's…it's not true! It can't be” my father said and staggered backwards, nearly toppling over a bucket that had been kept there. Annalise didn't even move and no one helped to steady him. “How? You don't have a wolf? We made sure of it” my mother said, her eyes filled with confusion. “What do you mean by you made sure I didn't have a wolf?” I demanded, she looked at the ground and slowly backed away, her hands placed in front of her like a shield as I marched towards her. “Wait, I'll tell you everything. We exchanged your wolf for powers, we gave you to a deity so that we would become the Alpha and Luna of the pack” she said. “You mean, all those years you treated me like trash because I did not have a wolf, you a
Chapter 68Olivia's POV The guards threw me roughly in one of the tents, making sure to secure it properly. I could hear the guards beginning to surround my makeshift cell, and prayed to the moon goddess for victory today. “So, you said that you wanted to talk?” Lucia asked me with a satisfied smile on her face. “Stop this madness Lucia. It has gone on long enough. We had an agreement, and you were supposed to let me have three years before this. Why now?” I asked her, looking as concerned and passionate as much as I could. Lying was not a big forte of mine, but a queen had to make so many sacrifices, both for herself, her mate and the Kingdom itself. “I have a little surprise for you” she said and paused, “maybe not a surprise because I am sure you must have heard about it, but I just want to give you the honor of meeting your parents one last time” she said with eerie laughter reverberating around the room, “guards! Bring our lovely guests in” she yelled and I heard feet shuffl