THE LYCAN CITY. UNKNOWNFUGITIVE DERON“Great! Just great!” The noble man barked at his servant, the young boy had just dropped another ceramic plate I guessed.“Do you know how much those cost?! More than your worth that’s for sure!” He barked again.“I’m s-sorry master please forgive my clumsiness…” the boy stuttered as he probably picked up the pieces of the broken plate from the floor.The room I lay in was spacious and vacant, this must have been a guest room. I was as uninvited as an ugly zit on the forehead. I managed to sneak in through the back with the help of ankh and even helped myself to a balanced dinner in the middle of the night. The noble that lived here was generous to himself with his food, in fact, he ate so much and so fast you’d think he could eat a whole feast.When his mate and their toddler son all retired to bed, I was left alone with the servant and we ate the perfect left overs in silence. The servant of course had no idea I was staring at him from across t
THE LYCAN CITY. HIDDEN WOODSSYLRIASaying it was hard to think was an understatement. It was like anything did somehow reminded me of Deron and it was made even harder because my room stank with his scent.The day has passed by pretty quickly with me for the most part rolled up in my sheets, doing absolutely nothing and I felt just as empty.I sat outside my cabin, staring into the nights sky and visualising the two of us dropping from a star like we did in the fare. Nelma played with some large insect a few feet from me, I gave her a mindless prod on her head and she looked at me with an awkward smile.“Where’s pretty boy?” She stood up, looking excited. I winced, I had hoped she’d somehow forget about him the way kids forgot about important things pretty easily, though I wasn’t sure she’d be forgetting about Deron anytime soon—and so wouldn’t I.“Nelma…”“Is he at sleep?” She beamed. Deron almost never slept, it was like he was always planning. Whoever had made him abandon his king
THE LYCAN CITY. LUKKAR CASTLEVALERIEThe little woman must have been a fairy or some other magical entity to have made such a dress in such a short of time. I had Ariel put the dress on a manikin and place it to the to wall of my room where it would be close to the door window so I’d wake up every morning and it would be the first thing I’d see. The dress made the one the Alpha Emeral had gifted me seem like a rag, its fabric glittered with diamond dust and would catch a beautiful rainbow gleam if put just at the right angle to the sun light.I freshened up quickly once I woke, Lukkar had so thoughtfully made me a teapot of sweet tea and placed it on the cabinet. My introduction was merely three days away and I wasn’t confident in my own memory shelf of the names of dead rulers Reila had been trying to teach me for the past weeks.Lukkar hugged me from behind, I had sensed him enter—a sign that I was getting closer to bonding with my wolf—but I pretended not to.“Like the dress?” His
THE LYCAN CITY. LUKKAR CASTLEVALERIEThe door opened and I felt Reilas presence behind me but did not turn back, I was transfixed staring into Rosalies icy gaze.“Your grace… and Lady Rosalie…” I could feel her raise an eyebrow.“Ahh, my time is up.” She said in a tiptop manner, draining the cup and placing it back on the cabinet.“Have a nice day… miss Ariel.” She smiled deviously before brushing past me, her perfume so thick it could choke me and I wondered how she was able to breathe Judy fine with the cloud of fragrance up her nose all day.“What was that about?” Reilas curiosity was something I could tell she was trying to hide but failing to do so, do I tell her about it or not? She was already getting careless with handling my identity, maybe I should keep this to myself.“Nothing important.” I said at once, but even I knew that my very expression spoke otherwise.“Nothing important? Nothing important has you all sweaty?” She asked, walking to my front and my eyes where anywher
THE LYCAN CITY. UNKNOWN FUGITIVE DERON I paid less attention to the possibility of being caught tucked in bed by the noble wolf or his servant, my mind was filled with scenes of Warriors setting fire and destroying the Hidden Woods and Sylria being dragged off into the flames. I could barely sleep but when I did I had a dream that I was torn between saving Valerie from a Hunter or saving Sylria from a deathly Warrior. I couldn’t choose and I woke up when they were both dragged off out of my reach. Jharad had told the Warrior to make their attack during the night of the Queens introduction, my plan was to warn Sylria before the sun goes down, just when I was sure Jharad would not be in the Hidden Woods. If I could warn her and still make it in time for the introduction, I could save Sylria and snag Valerie in one night. The Queens introduction was three days from now, if all goes as I planned I would be out of this kingdom with Valerie in three days time. If all goes as planned. Bu
THE LYCAN CITY. LUKKAR CASTLEALPHA LUKKARI wanted Valerie to shower in my room, would have taken the advantage to get my blood hot with a little romance.Yesterday she had told me she was fine from the dinning table, but I could tell there was something disturbing her. There was something on her mind; something she wasn't telling me and as soon as the sun rose she was already out of my room.Amin came in after she had left, he had a muffin with a plump cherry on top.I took the muffin from his hand, plucking out the cherry and I shoved it into my mouth, Amin’s cooking was so good it could save him from a death sentence.I saw the way he looked at me, ashamed that I had eaten the muffin he baked specially for himself.“Oh, I didn’t know that was for you.” I put what was left of the cake in his hand. But that wasn’t it, something else was wrong and it definitely was not the half eaten muffin. It was something serious.“That’s not it is it?” I asked and he shook his head slowly. “The s
THE LYCAN CITY. THE HIDDEN WOODS SYLRIA Two days, just two days until I get to kill Deron. The trees were my obstacles, I teleported through shadows striking the trees with my Bo staff. I was fast, the ankh on my neck fuelled me with its magic and I felt invincible. I swing my staff for a tree but someone blocks it with their hand. I only took a second to register it was Papa before I lash out on him, staff and feet attacking from every direction. He effortlessly blocked and dodged my attacks, shifting into the darkness and appearing behind me. I tried teleporting to the next shadow but someone he has snatched the ankh from my neck. I whipped my head around, squeezing my face when I saw his fist speeding for my nose. But he did not punch, he stopped just a centimetre from breaking my face. My breath was heavy and thick, I had put myself through this routine since morning only for someone to easily disarm and practically kill me. He stepped away, tossing the ankh back to me with a l
THE LYCAN CITY. SACRED FORESTVALERIEIt was easier to make a decision when you knew it was the safest or most valuable option, in my case I was torn between running or staying. Not that I did not like it in the castle but I just couldn’t bring myself—my actual Valerie self—to living within the polish walls and that meant I could not allow myself to get married to Lukkar.I scoffed, how pathetic, I ran from one King Alpha to another—and worst brothers. And I was still planning to run away from this one.I had practically dragged Reila out with me.“The Sacred forests aren’t for drills!” Reina whined, but I was already fastening the cloak around my neck and doing short jumps on the spot as a method of prep.“Yes, but it’s the safest, closets to the castle and the only forest I somewhat know my way around so can you please stop complaining!” I shook my head sardonically.“Nooo… the suns too hot and what if we run into some a meditating pack or something?”She had a point, not with the m