I need a sound effect for the ending of this chapter! >> DAN DANN DANNN!!! Haha… You thought it was over? Hell, no! It’s not over until one Ruler dies; either The Lycan King or The Alpha Queen! … Oh, and two hearts merge… Lol… See yA!
{Isla’s POV}I left the Dungeons without answers but with annoyance and a little uneasiness. Those Lycans weren’t going to talk. They made that obvious.Despite my threats, they didn’t say anything because they knew they were going to die anyway— killed by their own King.I don’t believe that shit.Why would their King want to kill them for losing a war? They were his men and killing them would mean he would be short on men.Unless he has more…Nah, I’m not going to let that Lycan’s words muddle me and ruin my mood. Nope.I turned to Andrea now. “Take Lily to her nanny and meet me in my Chamber. I need my hair oiled.” I told her and drove my gaze to rest on Lily.“Hey… I’ll find a way to heal your father. I promise.” I said to her. She didn’t say anything or react to my words. She only stared.I looked over at Emkay. “Doesn’t she talk?” I asked her.“No, my Queen.” “You’ve never heard her speak?”“Yes. Ever since I found her at the Lycan Hold, she has never said a word to me… or anyo
{Isla’s POV}I spoke too soon. Of course, my harmony would always be ruined. I was the Queen and when was it ever recorded that I King or a Queen would have a benignly peaceful reign?Never.But I at least hoped for a little bit of peace and a calm night's rest… but I wasn’t getting any of that tonight.Once the words flew out of Andrea’s lips, I flung myself towards the door, and in no time, I was racing down the Hallway. I got to one of the main Halls to see chaos jouncing around. There was blood everywhere.Blood of my people.I turned to Andrea who was painting from trying to keep up with my haste. “Get a good amount of Generals from the Arena Garrison. These Rogues are stronger than the usual ones. Go!” I instructed, watching one of the Barbaric Rogues rip someone’s leg off. Andrea rushed away.I rushed towards the Rogue and he saw me and lunged at me. I caught his arm and uprooted it from his shoulder joint in a pull. “That’s for taking out his leg.”I then used his bloody arm
{Isla’s POV}“Killed the Rogue?” I asked, confused by what I was hearing.“Yes, my Queen.” Ralph said.“But how? I instructed that he be taken to the Dungeons immediately. How was he—.” “He was taken there but… but then we heard that he was murdered.”“Just now?” “Yes. I was told by one of the guards. It happened almost immediately.”“And nobody saw who did it?”“We’ve been searching and asking but so far, no one is saying anything.”I paused my quizzes as I tried to absorb everything I was hearing. It was so sudden and suspicious.“And how was the Rogue killed? Bite marks or claw scrapings?” I asked.“Bite marks, my Queen.” Ralph said. That means the Rogue didn’t kill himself. I frowned. This was really disturbing news. If this was really reality, then it meant that there was a traitor in the Palace. I hadn’t given any orders that the Rogue be killed but now we find him suddenly dead without traces of the killer. That’s all the proof we need to know that the turmoil hasn’t ended
{Isla's POV} “You make love to me so close just to throw me so far away,” I muttered in tears as I staggered through the shaggy forest path with my bruised heart and my wounded hope— I was literally drunk on my grief. Almost immediately, I realized I was being followed. I wasn’t quite sure who these creeping bunch were, but I knew they weren’t coming to have a chat. And I clearly understood why. It’s not every day you see the eminent Luna of GreyStone Pack wandering through the eerie Woodlands-- alone! I tried to creep faster now but the swollen weight of the grief in my chest hampered my already shaky legs from making any new advances. To be honest, there was no point in trying to escape from these prowlers. For all I know, nothing they could do to me would equally match my present agony. Nothing mattered anymore, not even my dear ‘esteemed’ life. So death was the least of my worries, and the stream of doleful tears still trailing from my eyes was an extra validation of this f
{Isla's POV} “Cayden!” I yelled, drawing all the glares at the table to my person. Cayden’s expression still remained straight as he didn’t bother sparing me a look, but in that instance, I wasn’t intimidated by it. I was there to pour out my heart and get answers, and that was what I did. “Who is she?” I started with a solid tone, aiming my finger at the crafty lady on his side. “For the past few days, this woman has been staying in this house and nobody has bothered saying anything? She and Cayden are suddenly so close, and everyone is chill about it? Don’t any of you think I deserve, at least, an explanation for all this muddle!” I was doing so well until my tears betrayed me and began trailing down my cheeks. However, I couldn’t blame the tears because, with the heat in my chest, even my heart was threatening to leap out. “You don’t get to talk to us that way!” Cayden’s mother, Sassaba, voiced as she shot to her feet. “Who do you think you are!” Who am I? Who is she! I motion
{Cayden’s POV}“Did she just…” I knowingly stopped my attempt at continuing that sentence as I already completed it in my head. It was the plan all along— for her to take the compensation and quietly leave my life, but I didn’t expect her to reject me so suddenly and seriously.I was to do that! In fact, the whole episode was still very shocking to me as I had never known Isla to be so… so wild. She had shown me her confidence and a feisty spirit that I had never seen before in all our years as mates.I had been really provoked with how she talked to me but at the same time I had been too puzzled to react, and she had walked off leaving me that way.I could still hear my mum cursing and protesting in the background, and for some odd reason, I wasn’t really comfortable with her volume anymore.“She has no right to reject my son! A low-born Omega like her rejecting an Alpha? She should be killed!” She bewailed while Ivanka supported her claim.“Mum!” I bawled as I spindled myself to f
{Isla’s POV}“Be cautious. They say she’s almost as strong as him.” I heard one of the cronies still trailing behind me chatter and I couldn’t stop the smirk that threatened to grow on my lips even though it was very insignificant in that instance. I wasn’t going to fight them and I wished I could just tell them— maybe turn around, throw my hands in the air, and plead for them to capture me. But that would be too dramatic, even for me.In any case, I knew it was only a matter of seconds before they attacked and seized me, and for all I knew, I was already a prisoner. But who knows, it might serve as a very good distraction from my harrowing misery.I suddenly stopped cold in my tracks to make things easier for them and almost immediately, I felt the aggressive weight of three hefty bodies collapse on me, sending me forcefully to the icky dirt of the forest floor. My face dug into the dust as my body jounced vigorously from their wrestle. One of the trio’s claws dug into my sides and
{Isla’s POV} The next time I woke up was due to the perception of hands gently wrapping around my body and lifting me. I slowly struggled my eyelids open and drove my misty gaze about in an attempt to know where I was, and my gaze promptly stretched with my realization. Home? Suddenly, I was forced to remember that I was still in the clasps of a stranger, so I immediately shifted my gaze to the figure’s face and my glare stretched even further. The figure had a graceful face that was complemented by his roughly coiled honey-blonde hair, well-groomed eyebrows, and a well-defined jawline that augmented his supremacy. He had fiery hazel eyes just like mine and from the breastplate resting over his unbelievably broad shoulders, I could tell he had just returned from scouting. “Dad? …” “Hush now, Buttercup. You’re safe now.” He pronounced in his warming baritone and I immediately dug myself into his snuggly embrace as tears trailed from the corners of my eyes. “Dad, I’m sor