Crazyyy chapter here!!! it’s about to go down!!! Haha… I’ll really love to know what you guys think! Do you think Isla made the right decision by giving the permit for Cayden’s arrest, or do you think there’s a hidden agenda at play here¿ Well. I don’t know… haha. But we’ll see. Lol… See yA!
{Isla’s POV}I gave the permit and the next minute, Ralph was gone, and with him, the crowd of warriors. They were going to capture Cayden.I stared at Andrea as she had an uneasy expression bathing her face. I didn’t like the look so I asked her, “What’s wrong?”“Do you think you made the right decision, My Queen?” She asked me.I entertained a moment of silence as I thought about her question. Did I make the right decision?I’m not sure about that.But did I also make the wrong decision?I’m not sure about that either, and so I’ve not done anything wrong as of now.“I don’t know, Andrea. We’ll have to find out when they bring him in. Besides, his behavior these past few days has been dubious so he needs to be questioned nonetheless.”“I think you should have put another person in charge.” Andrea said as we strolled away from Cayden’s Chambers front.“And why do you say that?”“I don’t know…” She trailed off. “Ralph seems… hate-driven. He might not follow orders.” “I’ve given—” “My
{Isla’s POV}I seized Kayla and lifted her off the ground as I glared at her. “You don’t joke about such things, Kayla!” I scowled at her.“You can’t come in here and say thrash and call it a discussion! Is this how you would behave if you were truly made my advisor?” I quizzed sternly.She winced and shrieked. “Put me down. Please…” I growled. “I’ll kill you with my own two hands if you joke about something like that ever again.” I said and dropped her to the ground, and while she choked and tried to stabilize her breathing, there was a gentle knock on the door.I frowned as I strolled towards a chair on the side. “Come in.” I said and the guards opened up the door for me to see a maid walk in. It was the same oddly-behaved maid from before.“You again.” I said with a sigh.“Your Highness.” She bowed promptly and I nodded in response.She grew silent and I just stared at her. Doesn’t she know she’s to state her reason for being here?The silence continued for a moment and I was sta
{Isla’s POV}I paced out of my mum’s Chambers and the small crowd that had gathered trailed behind me. Andrea was still beside me and she gripped my left hand and stroked it gently. She knew I was angry— and I do crazy things whenever I’m angry.“Ralph.” I called.“Yea, My Queen.” He inched closer.“Bring out all the suspects to the fields— except the kitchen maids. They prepared food for the general populace and if only one person died, then they are innocent,” I said and Ralph nodded before he trudged away to do my bidding.“Also bring Cayden.” I added.“Isla…” I heard my mum’s voice so I halted my haste as she tried to catch up with me. She got to me and rested a gentle touch on my cheek. It momentarily gave me peace but the aggression that was inside of me was too strong to be defeated now. “Don’t let your anger rule you, Isla. You rule your anger ‘cause when it’s the other way around, we tend to make mistakes.” She said. “You can always rest for the night and carry on the inves
{Isla’s POV}My gaze stretched in shock as I realized what I was holding, poison— what I had found in Cayden’s possession.“Seize him!“ I roared and a ton of guards rushed to bind Cayden to the ground on his knees. He was immediately injected with Wolfsbane as he was wrapped with more chains.He looked at me with alarm and confusion on his face but I crept over to him and wiped those fake expressions off his face with a strong fist. Blood came pouring out of his mouth.“You traitor!” I bawled and clenched his neck tightly to raise his gaze to meet mine. “You murderer!” Cayden coughed out some more blood and then he turned to look at me. “What are you talking about?” He said.I see. He wants to play pretend. I smacked him again as stinging tears clothed my eyes. “You killed Carlot, you demon!” I cried. “How could you?!” He spat out more blood and with his mouth gaping, he turned to look at me again. “Carlot is dead?!” He voiced.I immediately inched away from him. I don’t have time
{Isla’s POV}Her smile always irritates me and that’s why she reveals it to me without effort.I felt like going over there and wiping it off her face with a good punch but I had to remain calm because she was the one who could help us bring Cayden to Justice.“What do I want?” Ivanka muttered dramatically. I rolled my eyes.“Well, I’m not asking for much. It’s simple, what I want. I want to be out of that hole of darkness you put me in and brought to the surface where I can see the light… by Your Majesty's grace that is. I don’t mind serving as a slave or worse, but I just want to be out of there.” She bowed. “This is my request, my Queen.” Slowly, the hall began bobbing with murmuring and chattering. Ivanka was requesting freedom from the dungeons to be brought up here and put to harsh labor which was a strange demand— as in the Dungeons, she only had to sleep, wake up, and eat but out here, she would be put to afflicting labor through every hour of the day, every day— as per how s
{Isla’s POV}Cayden was tugged roughly to the wooden post where I was standing and waiting.He was dragged on the floor because his feet were useless. He couldn’t use them to walk due to the lava heat from the Critter Dungeon that had burned them. He also had blood-stained injuries on his arms and legs, and whip marks from the rounds of vain torture the guards at the Critter Dungeon had put him through. His hair was messy, stained also with blood, and he was really bruised.Filthy.The guards dragged him until a few distance from me where they dumped him on the ground. He crashed limply with the clanking of the heavy chains while the guards chained him to the Execution Post.He looked drained and weak but I knew it was all a facade. He could kill a wild Boar if one was brought to him now.I covered the distance between us with a short step and held his jaw, raising his head up for his gaze to meet mine. I needed him to see the hatred I had in my eyes for him. I needed him to see the s
{Isla’s POV}I went from feeling optimistic about the execution to feeling very confused with it.There was no execution anymore.Cayden had tricked me and then he had vanished. I blamed myself for believing he wanted to die a noble death… but then there was more to the story.He had left behind a message.Mysterious Pack. It sounded familiar but that didn’t help reduce my confusion by one bit.The guards were still in the woods chasing after him but I knew that was a vain attempt. They could never catch Caydne out there, except if he wanted them to. With his velocity, he was most likely a mile away from where the guards were searching.I drove my gaze around to see how cold the crowd had grown. They had come to witness an execution but had instead witnessed carelessness. My carelessness. “My Queen.” I heard familiar voices call my attention before I saw Emkay and Andrea appear before me. They must have seen how disturbed and confused I was looking.“Are you okay?” Andrea asked me.
{Isla’s POV}“What’s our next course of action?” Ralph asked me.I was buried in my thoughts and his question had interrupted me but I had an idea.“We’ll search Cayden’s chambers— see if we can get any clues from there.” I said, rising to my feet with my words.I had come to my room to rest but I just couldn’t. I couldn’t just lay around and do nothing.“Now?” Kayla asked.“Yes.” I said, already strolling towards the door. They both trailed behind me as I crept out of the room and started for Cayden’s chambers. I was pacing fast now and someone joined us on the way. “My Queen. What’s going on?” Andrea asked in her tiny voice. “Where are you guys headed in such a hurry?”“Cayden’s chambers.” I said.“Is he there?” She asked promptly, confusion lingering in her voice.I can understand why she would think that. Recently I’ve been thinking that I’ve become slow in my actions, so I decided to start doing things a little faster. Walking included.If I had been quick-witted, I might have b
{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