Callox POVI felt like I was in absolute hell, with my body feeling so dry and sore. Rayell was beside me crying, which made me believe she wasn’t in her senses when she attacked me.Her body was oozing out blood, which didn’t look so good. It made my fear elevate higher, but I couldn’t do anything about it; the pain could barely allow me to move around.All I could do was painfully stare at her. Her hands were tightly clenched around mine while her body cuddled against mine.I wasn’t going to die. When my blood is fried up, I’ll have a new one, and Kai would be too weak to do anything to me. It seemed Allen's plan worked as he shifted vigorously on the floor.I was, however, worried about Rayell. I didn’t know what was wrong with her, and I feared losing her.I held her closely to myself and did a silent prayer in my head before my eyes grew weaker and my vision went black.The next time I opened my eyes, I was no longer in the woods. I was on my bed in my palace. The room was empty,
Callox POVI stayed by Rayell’s side throughout the night, trying to get hold of my spiralling emotions. Her hands had been clutched to mine all through the night, along with droplets of my tears, raging from my frustration of not being able to talk to her because of the same people who had now decided to turn their backs on their king.I so regrettably wish I had run away with her. That way, she wouldn’t have a thousand-year-old spirit in her body. She’d still be awake and happily by my side.I managed to fall asleep in the royal infirmary with her body next to me. When I opened my eyes, I was in a cottage far away from the palace. Rayell was awake and swimming by the river near the cottage. She looked so beautiful and was giggling so wonderfully.I noticed she was in her undergarments and was playing with a tiny version of her and me, a little boy and a girl. When they saw me, they cheered my name.“Dad!!” they called out with brimming excitement.I ran to them and dived into the po
Dustin POVI lay on the bed of my savior, an old wolf who had found me bleeding and had chosen to have pity on me. I was barely alive after Kai’s attack on my body.But thankfully she’d seen me, and she’d been able to nurse me back to health.It’s been four days since the attacks happened, and I spent the days thinking of all possible outcomes of the war.The old woman who found me wasn’t a part of the Howlers pack, so she couldn’t provide me with current information on the Howlers pack.But she did provide me with hers. She was part of the Crescent pack and lived in the outskirts of the park's village, where Kai’s base was a mile away from here and where she’d found me.My eyes tilted to the entrance door, where she had just entered carrying a basket of freshly farmed goods.“I see you’ve awakened. How is your health?” Her warm smile reminded me of my mother’s own. I kicked the memory to the back of my head, not ready for any form of hurt.“Better than I felt yesterday.” That was alw
Dustin POVWe arrived at the supposed destination, which was just a bunch of bamboo houses in the woods. These wolves take the literal meaning of being a wolf to heart.The people were all scattered doing a thing or two, they were either talking amongst themselves.Or scraping woods against each other, most of the men took over this, while the children ran around.It looked like a normal village, except their living style was dated back to thousands of years ago. Even their clothing was outdated. Just robes with tiny stripes.It made them seem as though they came from the past.I was dragged into a bamboo shelter, that looked quite distinct from the others.It seemed this would be their leader’s base.“May we come in your grace?” The hooded girl asked.However, there was no response.“Your grace?”Still no response. The hooded girl was about to enter when she was halted by the sound of another person's voice.“Emory,” the soft voice belonged to a very beautiful woman dressed in silk,
Callox POVI had ensured to stop the trusted circle from carrying out a very dubious act of punishing the very person who sought help from them.Seeing as I was the king, the guards had no option but to listen to me, I ordered them to put Aria into one of the guest rooms but to also lock it up, and ensure it was guarded, so she didn’t escape.Then I left her for a while to rest up, and also commanded that she be taken well care of,I came back after some hours, eager to speak to her and get some answers from her. The guards were still situated at the front door,The maids had injected some wolfsbane into her, to keep her weak and unable to use her powers for now.Entering the room, I noticed she was lying on the bed, her eyes were open. However, she remained unmoving. I approached her further. Her eyes were stuck on the roof of the room, the maids had done a great job of cleaning her up,Given her new clothes and even brushed her hair, she looked like the royalty she claimed she was
Dustin POVWe had been walking in the woods for what felt like forever; my feet felt sore and limb, and I was starving for food and water.The trip back to the kingdom was quite far; they didn’t have carriages, and the horses they carried were only mounted on by the lady and some men; the rest were fated to use their legs to walk.“We shall rest here and continue the journey tomorrow,” the lady, whose name I heard was Lady Maria, noted when we got to a precise point in the wood, which was big and able to contain the tents that were being set up,I was tied to one of the tent holes and left to sit on the bare floor outside. At the same time, the rest shuffled to get inside the tent and get a night's rest.I swear my anger was already exhausted at this point, but I did make a mental note to kill every single one of them for daring to put me through these hurdles.They were out of wolfsbane to keep me weak, and the beat next option was to starve me.I’m sure we’ve been walking for a day
Rayell POVI sat in the royal garden, enjoying the cool breeze that tainted my skin,A harsh reality to the turmoil I was facing deep inside. My mind was still reeling from the conversations I had with Callox just when I thought things were going fine for us.I had been painfully knocked out of my sweet life and reminded of the harsh reality of life. Callox said he was going to do his best not to get married to someone who wasn’t me, except I didn’t know how to feel about that cause there was a high chance that he was going to go against his wordsAnd I have no idea if I would be able to handle such a thing when it happens. Seeing him with another woman would surely break me.If only I hadn’t gotten myself involved with Dustin's games, then maybe I would be here planning my wedding and not here confused about the next step to take,I was still lost in my thoughts when I sighted lord Marcus at the far end of the garden. He was having some discussions with the lords,When he saw me, h
Rayell POVImmediately after Lady Aria attacked me, I lost consciousness of myself for a while.However, when I finally regained it. It was for a short period. And that was to see my body fall to the floor.It grew eminently dark again when I finally opened my eyes.I noticed I was back in that desolate dream world. And this time, I was in a cage. My hands and legs were high-tied to a cage.I rattle against the cage. Trying to get out of the cage.But it was just too tight. “You are not getting released out of that.” Kai's voice echoed.“What have you done to me?”“You’ve been subdued. I told you it was going to happen sooner.”“Subdued? As in, you took over my consciousness?”“Yes, darling. Now, sleep tight. I have got some unfinished business. And when I do achieve it. I will do you a favour of killing you.” He said.“No! No! No!” I screamed. But it was too late. A mist came up. And soon, my eyes went blank.Kai POVWhen I finally woke up, I realised that I was in an infirmary.I co