Rayell POVI was lying on a bed, but I didn’t recognize it, and my body was paralyzed, the room was extremely dark, I called out to see if anyone was lurking in the dark, but I got no response,Except for the sound of voices and footsteps, and the closer they got to the bed, the louder their voices were, they were all echoing the same words,“Filthy, impure,”, over and over, I tried moving from the bed, and when I finally did, a man in a mask jumped on me, I woke up screaming, sweats were all over my body, my heart pounding heavily,“What is it”, Callox asked, worry written on his face,I hugged him, as though it would take away the frightening dream,“Please don’t leave me, don’t ever leave me again”,Callox hugged me back,“I won’t love, you must have had a nightmare, it’s okay, I’m here, you don’t have to fear”, I soaked in his smell, wanting to forget the bad experience so badly, We went back to sleep, my nose attached to Callox's neck, as it felt comforting,I woke up to Callo
Dustin POVI was still in my thoughts trying to figure out what the hell was wrong, and drunk Elijah didn’t seem to be helping much, he wasn’t taking the situation as liberal as it needed to be,“So you’re not going to tell the circle”,“I want to be sure this- the situation is an advantage for me”,“If it’s not?”,“I’ll deal with it, now can you stop being an irritating drunk, and help me figure out what we can do with the body”,“We can eat her”, his suggestion made me want to bawl his eyes out, I truly hated drunk Elijah,“Are you crazy, you know the consequences for that, we don’t eat the humans”,“Yeah yeah, the moon goddess curse and all, I get it, but how do we sneak a dead human out of the palace”,“Firstly we are going to clean all this blood”,“Can’t you have one of your servers do that?”,I gave him a hard stare,“Just get me the cleaning towels and antiseptics”, I ordered, as Elijah dropped the liquor, heading towards my bathroom, I dragged the dead body away from the blo
Callox POVThe next day, I did my morning routines with Rayell, which were the wake up, shower, dress, have breakfast, take a stroll around the garden, and back to our bedroom.Rayell was still acting distant and reserved, at breakfast avoided my eye contact, and kept fidgeting now and then, and when I got close to her, she puked and flinched, as if she was scared I would hurt her, It was getting harder and harder to deal with her, which is why I was determined to find out what happened the day she went missing, but I didn’t press her on the matter, for I was determined to find it out my way, so when she fell asleep for her afternoon nap, I left her, but I wrote a note that I had to attend to some royal duties, for when she woke and I wasn’t present, Unfortunately, Rayell wasn’t my only responsibility, I had been pulling it off to take care of her, making Marcus deal with the issues, but now it seemed I couldn’t anymore, for my presence was needed, Marcus said something about how i
Dustin POVI walked down the stream of the rivers near the cloven hills, following a very discreet Dave starling, I learned his name from the head of the guard, and also the fact that Dave was the son of the tailor, so that may explain why he recommended the shop to his girlfriend Emily, however, Emily made no mention of it, which was weird, cause if she were to be his girl?, he sure as hell would have told her about his family, the head guard also let me on a secret yesterday, about how Dave never liked to talk about his family, said Dave had practically begged him not to speak to anyone in the palace about it, I found that strange too, and so when I saw him leaving the palace walls today, I decided to follow him, and turns out he lead me to exactly the location Emily said was the tailor shop, I had chosen not to interrogate him yet, as he could always deny my accusations, probably say the clothes got stolen from the tailor shop, If he truly was involved in the blood scene in
Callox POV After the meeting with the people of the pack, I called Liam to discuss the investigation we had planned to carry out, He told me he had gone ahead to make some investigation on his own, just to narrow down the search, he gave me a list of guards who were on duty post the day Rayell left, and came back after a long while of missing,I was studying the lists and also interviewing the guards, There were six guards on duty the afternoon she left, and then the evening she returned, Liam called them into the royal court one by one,The first one was a lanky lad, who looked quite young to be a guard, with red hair and spotted freckles,“Did you happen to see Rayell on the day she left the palace unescorted?”, “I was on a bathroom break in the afternoon, and by evening my post ended”, he replied avoiding my eye contact, why was he part of the royal guards,“And you are?”,“Derek Argonaut, Your Highness”,From the house of Argonaut, “How did you end up as a guard”,“My- brot
Rayell POVI spent the rest of the evening getting acquainted with Elara the new server girl, she was a lot more fun than I expected, she’s from the house of Sargasso, an ex-noble family, According to her, her ancestors lost their nobility due to their punishment for going against the laws, but they let them keep name, She was quite chatty, another trait I liked, for she seemed to help take my mind off my sad guilted thoughts,After we chatted, I made her promise to come see me tomorrow, which she agreed, she left, and I was truly grateful for the distractions, it hadn’t lasted long, for Callox came back shortly, and I was gushed with all my sickening thoughts,I truly hated it, for I was always excited to see Callox, and I still am,Just that the guilt and pain exceeded my excitement, and when he looked at me, I felt he would find out what happened and then cast me away for it,He gave me a weak smile, proceeding to the bed,“Hey”, he said, his gaze softening, I smiled at him,“He
Rayell POVI was pacing the room to and fro, my lips were in incessant biting as a result of the turmoil in my nerves. Callox had gone downstairs to attend to some matter, leaving me alone with my thoughts. I still couldn't shake off the feeling that he suspected something. Although He hadn't pressured me about anything this morning, the silence still felt deafening.As I turned to pace again, my gaze fell on the bed where we had slept together just hours before. My mind raced with memories of our intimate moments, now tainted by my secrets. My heart felt like a stone, heavy with the gravity of my guilt, and worse I was still confused about the step to take,I wasn’t going to find the guys who molested me sooner than Callox was,Which leads to the final solution,Telling him the truth…., I however was too scared, but weighing my options, the less death-threatening option was to tell him what happened,Easier said than done, aye…The sound of footsteps outside my door drew me away f
RAYYEL’S POV"Dad, I am begging you, can you please don't go? I promise to be good and not disturb you, but please stay?" Tears fell in drops from my eyes as I pleaded in despair.My hands clenched on to his sleeves and I refused to let go.No.He can't leave me at the hands of that woman again.Not today.I really can't take it anymore."I have something important to do." He yanked his sleeves away from my hold and said to me in his usual calm tone while adjusting his tie without turning to look at me.it was so difficult to get this chance to be alone with him, but it seems it won't be of any use now.No way.I can't continue like this."Dad, please, You can't leave me at the hands of that woman, I beg of you." Distressed, I voiced out my inner thoughts and he gave me a sidelong glance with furrowed brows. "She is your Mother." He declared coldly and I shuddered at the ferocity of his voice.She was not my Mother.And she would never be my Mother."No....my Mother... died.