So it’s settled. Isla, Cayden, Daniel and Andrea… on a mission. The chapter births another part of this story; A new identity, a new setting and… a new chemistry… I’ll shut up now… Haha… see yA..
{Isla’s POV}“And who said I was going to hurt her?” A new voice poured into my and Ralph’s dialogue. It was a voice I was very familiar with but a voice I dreaded hearing at this moment.The tight glare Ralph had on his face now was a validation to my suspicion. Cayden had joined our conversation and was talking directly to Ralph.I turned around to see a tall broad frame standing behind me. He was standing before me but he wasn’t looking at me. He had his eyes on Ralph and like Ralph, he wasn’t smiling too. “I asked you a question. Who said I was going to hurt her?” Cayden said to Ralph again, this time more menacing.“You asking me that?” Ralph asked but Cayden didn’t reply. “You think I don’t know your plan? Your plan to isolate Isla so you can take advantage of her?”What? Take advantage of who? I’m right here!“My plan is to thrash the Lycans. A war General like you should know this.”“Oh, yeah?” Ralph mouthed as he crept closer to Cayden, closing me tighter into the middle. The
{Isla’s POV}[Day Of Departure]We’ve been out in the wild before but this time around is different. We’ll be out in the wild and still be surrounded by the wild… Lycans.— For weeks!Cayden might have brought a very good plan but this plan scares me a hell lot. We’d be four foreigners among Lycans whereby any mistake made would be freaking fatal— as it would be hundreds of Lycans against us.Today is the day we leave and I feel uneasy knowing I’ll be gone for a very long time. The plan is to cut the Lycan x Rogue population down to a half before the war and only then would we be able to return.We were on the outside of the Palace before the mighty walls and gates and a familiar group was scattered around to bid us farewell. To them, we were taking a big risk on their behalf but to us, we were undertaking a death sentence.I’m just kidding. Lol.Enough with my tragic talks. We would do this and return home successfully! I’m the freaking Queen and I say so!Among the crowd gathered wer
{Isla’s POV}“What the— Why the hell is Cornbread in my bag?” Andrea asked in disbelief, driving her gaze around as if the culprit was amongst us.But she was.“Isn’t that your bag?” Daniel asked her, creeping closer to have a look.“It is!” Andrea said as Daniel sneaked a glance in to check.“Woah! That's a lot of bread.” Daniel exclaimed. “Didn’t you pack it yourself?” “I did!”“Are you sure this is your bag?”“I am! Look, my other things are inside.”I turned to look at Cayden. He had his hands folded and had an amused look on his face as he stared at Daniel and Andrea. I sensed that he had realized I was staring at him and promptly threw my eyes away before he could catch me.I returned my gaze back to the two werewolves turned investigators. “Maybe a generous maid thought you might need extra food and decided to add some more. I personally think it’s a good gesture. Extra food is never a bad idea especially when it’s Cornbread we’re talking about.” Daniel said with a happy smile
{Isla’s POV} We were on the move again. The Quadrupled Force— the four of us, I mean.We had gotten up early. Since we had stopped yesterday’s journey early to rest, we got up early today to cover for the lapse. Oh, and for yesterday's Cornbread gist?Well, I had argued with Daniel about him being a cruel and savage Werewolf for wanting to take my Cornbread away from me! He hadn’t backed down in his request, nevertheless, so I had ended up giving him a few pieces.Evil Beta!And for our sleeping arrangement. Daniel had given us his sheets which Andrea and I had slept on while he had squeezed into a small space beside Cayden, careful not to wake him up— although we all knew Cayden had been aware.So now, we were on our feet again, trekking with the same formation. Two best friends at the front and two best friends at the back. Oh, and everyone had eaten cornbread for breakfast this morning. I had been feeling very generous and caring.— except towards Cayden. I don’t give a fuck abo
{Isla’s POV}“I’m hungry.” Andrea announced loudly for all of us to hear. “Me too.” Daniel agreed with her and turned to Cayden. “What about you, man? You’re not hungry?”“I could eat a fox,” Cayden replied. “But from the way things are looking, I think it’s the fox that would be hunting me down.”“Let it go, man.” Daniel elbowed Cayden and he smiled. I couldn’t see his face but I knew he had smiled. Unlike the previous strolling formation, today’s arrangement was different. Cayden and Daniel were the ones leading while Andrea and I were trailing behind.Why? You may ask.Well, let’s just say I’m not in a very hyper mood. Why? You may ask again.Well, it’s the same reason why Cayden had made his statement about a fox hunting him down. He was covered, head to toe, in blood and a fox could perceive it and threaten to attack him.Why was he covered in blood? You may ask.Well, it’s due to last night’s turnout. I.. uhm. Okay, I might have accidentally slept off buddy, and left the Look
{Isla’s POV}Daniel had come to the rescue. The Rogues had believed us and we were now one of them. I am now a freaking Rogue!Is that something to be proud of? Especially as the Queen?Well, in our case, yeah. Coming into contact with these Rogues had made things way easier for us. We wouldn’t be put under thorough scrutiny by the Lycans now. At least, I hope so.But in everything, a part of me was suffering. Others were enjoying strolling freely beside the real Rogues while I was being chained.The interrogator Rogue still held me by the wrist. For some reason, he was attracted to me - He has repeated that line to me a couple of times now.“What’s your type?“ The interrogator Rogue asked me again, revealing an ugly smirk he thought was stunning.“Uhm…” I looked at him. He was an older Rogue as he looked hoary and old— and his wasn’t due to disguising makeup like Cayden and me. His beards were like spikes and his breath reeked of alcohol, blood, and something else that made it worse
{Isla’s POV}Decayed-Mouth led us through the checkpoint. The Lycan stationed there was scowling like it was the only expression his face could create, but Decayed-Mouth had kept to his words.He had called us his people and had even told the Lycan guy and other Rogues about how he had found a new love.Me.I couldn’t find a gun, that's why I’m still alive to live through this. We were inside the Hold now and were strolling to the supreme Lycan commander’s shelter. That’s a long name. I don’t like long names. Let’s abbreviate it and call him the SLC-- for Supreme Lycan Commander.So, we were headed towards the SLC’s Shelter. The regular Lycans and Rogues stayed in normal tents while esteemed personnel stayed in shelters which were the bigger and more advanced form of tents.Turns out Decayed-Mouth here was an esteemed personnel in the Lycan Hold as he was camping in a shelter and not a tent. From what I had learned, he was one of the Generals of the Rogue division of the Oust Resista
{Isla’s POV}A tall Lycan had stepped out of the Shelter and was bellowing for us to come in now.That must be the SLC.“Oh, he looks angry alright,” I muttered to Sir. Skippar as we sauntered towards the Shelter.Sir. Skippar whispered back. “That’s not the Supreme Commander. That’s just one of his personal Guards.”“What?!”“Shhh. Keep your voice down and your head too. No eye contact.” Sir. Skippar reminded me before throwing his gaze to the ground.I promptly did the same as we stopped before the really huge personal guard. With his size, I had to wonder what the Supreme Commander would look like… and more disturbingly, the Lycan King!These blokes be huge!“Walk.” Was all the huge guard said before leading us in. With his size, there was no need to have our heads lowered. He was totally obstructing the freaking view before us.The Shelter was warm and the mood in it was warm too, a perfectly suitable atmosphere for an Org—Shit! The Orgy. I had totally forgotten about that, hence
{Isla’s POV}I was robed in a very elegant dress, and the dress was beautiful this time because my belly wasn’t 30 centimeters big anymore. It was coming down to its normal size.It was the break of dawn, since I had spent the rest of last night giving birth, and the sunrise was beautiful. I stood now, watching it from my Chamber’s east window, and just then, I felt a hand trail around my waist before I took in the calling scent of my mate and father of my child.His scent and the scent of our Son were my two most familiar scents in the world. I’m still getting used to the latter since he only just arrived a few hours ago— but I’m getting used to it fast.“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” I asked Cayden, staring at the overlying colors of red, orange, and blue clothing in the skies as the sun rose.“It sure is.” Cayden responded, his voice sweet and gentle. “But it can never match your beauty, my Queen.” He added and I blushed violet.“Well, I know someone who is more stunning than me and t
{Isla’s POV}I groaned and then I struggled to push my eyelids open. It was weighty but I overcame it and became conscious to a piercing sound ringing near my ears.… and then I realized it sounded like a baby. At once, my eyes stretched wide open and I threw my gaze in the direction of the sound to see Cayden sitting before me, carrying what I suspected in his arms.A Cub. Seeing it, I became aware of the pressure on my finger and I looked to see that the Cub was holding my finger. I promptly looked back at Cayden, wanting to get some sort of clarification from him.He smiled warmly at me and leaned in to kiss me deeply on my forehead. I closed my eyes as he did so.“I was never going to let you leave me.” He said with tears in his eyes as he pulled away and then he gently handed me the baby. “Meet our Son.”A wave of warmth swept over my body as I motioned to carry the baby. I felt very weak all around my body but grabbing hold of the baby seemed to revitalize me. And make me emo
{Cayden’s POV}The rhythmic sound of an infantile cry filled the room and the moment I rested my eyes on our Cub, I froze completely.It was pink, breathing and crying. It was real.The Midwives carried the Cub happily and came close to me. “My King, It’s a boy.” One of them announced as they attempted to hand him over to me but then I was unresponsive. It was hard to move a muscle and I could only just stare.The Midwives proceeded to talk to me but then their voices sounded muffled to my hearing and it felt like the world had faded behind me. It felt like it was now only I, the baby, and Isla that were in the room— the family I had created. And I stared between both of them and tears glossed up my eyes. I was scared.But then I was…I was happy. Very happy.I couldn’t believe that this moment was real.I had a son.I finally had a child… with the woman I loved. I finally started my own family. “Your Majesty!”“My King!” I kept hearing them call me with their seemingly muffled vo
{Isla’s POV}I felt my blood pressure rise and its volume pushing against my veins as the maids and Midwives surrounded me in their attempt to lead me to my Chambers.But then Cayden offered to carry me and he did but he immediately put me down as I let out another piercing cry. Carrying me made it worse.It felt like my groin was tearing apart.My water broke and tension swept into our midst. But I still preferred to walk.And so, planting my arms on the shoulders of a midwife on my left and Cayden on my right, I painfully started strolling. The entire Hall of Blissful Lovers was dead quiet now as they all stared in my direction and I knew that this occurrence had successfully put, on hold, every after-party or post-celebration that was to happen.I didn’t want that.My mum and the rest of my General family rushed from the crowd to meet me now, and when they got us, they visibly panicked seeing my pain-stricken face. My mum immediately ran to me. “Isla!” She voiced. “Are you—”I gn
{Isla’s POV}The Divine bliss.That unearthly feeling… It poured on the Reigns as the Full moon poked itself through the Reignile Skies into visibility. It was magnificent.It was powerful and I could just feel its empyrean effect throughout the stretch of my body. Wolves started howling as fated mates found one another. I immediately turned to Daniel and Andrea to find out that they hadn’t marked each other yet. They didn’t need to…They were mates— fated mates! Fate had divinely bound them together!The Moon goddess does pay attention. “They are fated to each other!” I screamed and jumped. My mum and Cayden looked at me smiling beautifully too.“Yes, they are.” Cayden said with an obvious elation in his voice.“Which is no surprise. The moon goddess knows the right souls to pair, and Daniel and Andrea look right for each other.” My mother contributed and stroked my back comfortingly.I couldn’t stop smiling and staring at them as they hugged each other now. It was beautiful and t
{Isla’s POV}As I had calculated, there was still time for Andrea to do everything she wanted on my skin and my claws. After having a bout of entertainment— going to the dungeons and killing that Butcher Cunt, sitting in that make-up chair for a few more hours wasn’t so bad. I didn’t feel that bored anymore, and in less time than I expected, Andrea was done.I was in my beautiful Royal maternity dress— which was most importantly comfortable while Andrea was in a purple silk dress— the same one I had worn years ago when I had started this journey of hatred to love and scoff to intimacy. She looked beautiful and I had almost worn my cheeks off smiling at her. We were ready to leave now. It was nighttime and an hour to when the full moon would reveal itself and the moment felt divinely peaceful. But then Cayden arrived and we both had to start acting. — Andrea was not very good at acting or lying so it became an issue when Cayden asked what the two of us had been doing all day asides g
{Isla’s POV}I forced my eyes open and blinked, and then I realized I was in the Royal Clinic.I immediately shot up to a sitting position to look at my belly. It was still huge and there was no blood anywhere. I sighed. “Hey hey.” A deep voice said and Cayden gripped me comfortingly. I turned to him with a look of relief. “It’s okay. You’re okay. You just got dizzy and fainted so we had to bring you here.” He said and he pulled me into his arms and hugged me. “I’m sorry I wasn’t there.” He apologized.“Mh-hmm.” I wrapped lazy arms around him and hugged him back and then he kissed me on the forehead afterwards. “Your Mum and Andrea…” He started to say but then the people in question stormed into the room just then. “Isla…” My mum rushed towards us and stole me away from Cayden’s clinch. “Are you okay?” She cupped my cheeks and ran her gaze around my body.“Yes, mum. I’m fine.” I said to her and she sighed.“We brought you food.” She said as she placed a plate of some vegetables and
{Isla’s POV}It was now two days to the Night of the Full Mating Moon and preparations were heavily ongoing. This would be one of the biggest celebrations for a full Mating moon night so we had to make a lot of preparations and provisions.During the Last Full Mating Moon, the Reigns was in turmoil and there was bloodshed due to the Lycans’ attack, and so the natural process of being mated had been disrupted, meaning fated mates couldn’t conveniently meet each other and establish their union. So this next Full Moon which was just a few days away now was more like a combined ceremony— a re-celebration for those that had been mated last time and a mating Ceremony for those who were about to be mated this time around.So it was going to be wildly amazing with a huge love-filled crowd, but the best part?My best friend was going to be part of that crowd.I’ve hugged Andrea like a thousand times before now. And it would have been up to a million if Shrilly wasn’t always coming to interrupt
{Isla’s POV}[Several months Later]Over the past few months, life has proved that having Cayden in my life as lover and King would make things better. The first time Cayden replaced me to go and hunt down the Rogue Lycans, we were only halfway into our feast when reports came back that Cayden had caught the Pilfers— yes, I had sent some guards to monitor the process.Not that I didn’t trust Cayden but it had been my first time completely letting go of my responsibilities for another person to handle. So I had been really worried and couldn’t help but pry. But as expected, Cayden had effortlessly trashed and captured the Rogue Lycans and he’s been doing so ever since. We had tried several times to squeeze more information from these captured Rogue Lycans regarding where their other gang settlements were but it had been in vain. They preferred to be tortured and wounded rather than talk, so we had to carry on with our blind hunt for the rest. But then, the amazing part was that I di