And the fantastic three are here!!! … Cayden and co. I don’t want to say much, but the next chapter… !!!!!
{Isla’s POV}Korr was a Lycan and when he said he could smell his fellow Lycans, I believed him at once.As werewolves, we could perceive other things with our sense of smell but then the strongest scent we could perceive was the scent of another werewolf. So with that fact, I knew it was the same for the Lycans.Korr’s words shot me with dread and I rushed over to where the other warriors were scattered and apprised them of the new information. There were other Lycan spies.They all became silent and vigilant and I instructed them to stay that way. I crept over to the Lycan who was alive of the three we had captured and I slaughtered him. I knew he could smell his fellow Lycans too and it was just a matter of time before he gave up our location, hence my reason for killing him. Immediately. I took up a knife and sliced myself at the wrist. Andrea and some other person tried to stop me but they weren’t quick enough.“My Queen.” Andrea called in a hushed voice as she stared at me in sh
{Isla’s POV}The majority of us didn’t end up sleeping last night.It was hard to slumber when we knew our people were presently fighting a war that they were designed to lose. It was sad and scary but then it was part of the plan, and the sacrifice for such a plan was our comfort— a whole lot of us carried that discomfort and worry into the next morning.The Next Morning…Even as we crept through the forest now, as we journeyed back to the Palace amidst the beautiful dawn, everyone’s expression was far from claiming a cheery smile. We knew the grim reality of things and we dreaded it.By this time, the Lycan King and his army would be already returning to the Reignile Palace with the werewolves as their supposed slaves, and I could only hope that everything went as planned.The sun rose up into the sky to pour its orange, red, and violet rays on a threatening number of werewolves skimming through the forest with brutal creed on their minds and quest for liberation in their hearts.We
{Isla’s POV}I led the attack through the Main gate of the Palace, the North entrance gate, and the shouts of the warriors full of vigor all around me fueled my motivation. It gave me the boldness I needed to march into the Palace and face the powerful Lycan King. We stormed the Palace like a blast of lightning and any spectator around would think that we wanted to tear down the Palace… but no, we just wanted to retain our home.The gates were torn down to aid our entry while some of the warriors climbed up the crooked part of the wall that we had set up days before, and we entered the Palace with our warming numbers.But when we did, we were blown away by the sight before us. On my Throne, my own throne, was seated the Lycan King, a figure mightier than any being I’ve ever seen. I tensed.He had brought my throne out of the Throne room and the Palace building and placed it a short distance from the Palace gates and walls, and now he was sitting on it and wearing brutality on his sk
{Isla’s POV}Hot tears streamed out of my eyes as they abandoned the sad container that was me.The Lycan king’s friend was Natgy— the same ugly old straw-skinned lady.And here I was thinking she was beginning to become beautiful. My mother gripped me and her grasp on me felt weak. She was broken too, just like me and everybody else that knew Natgy.Natgy was the traitor. She gave a prophecy about me having backstabbers in my company and I had cautiously gone in search of them not knowing she was referring to herself.I should really applaud her ‘cause I definitely didn’t see this coming.I hated myself for being so gullible, and hated her more… but who did I hate the most?Cayden. I should have known that nothing good will ever sprout from his cruel self. He’s the devil’s embodiment and that all he’ll forever be, and to think that I was already beginning to trust him made me feel so stupid.So stupid!I took my watery eyes away from Natgy and the Lycan and rested a glare on Cayde
{Isla’s POV}The Lycan King stood up from the Iron throne with his imposing aura. He spoke with a stern voice, a voice that was meant to intimidate me.Funny.But, let’s put it this way; I wasn’t in the mood to be intimidated.“Now that the real Alpha Queen is here, I ask you to choose between surrendering and maybe having a chance to be one of my servants, or resisting and suffering my wrath.” The Lycan king said. He has been wearing a smile on his surprisingly handsome face all this while, a smile meant to leave me troubled. But now when he said this, he wore a frown. It was a hint that told me that things were about to get really serious and messy, and the tense silence that swept in afterward came with dread as everyone awaited my reply. Have a chance to be his servant?Funny again.The Lycan King looked like an all-powerful King, a perfect leader for such a brutal and mighty species, and he had more men than I did as my eyes could relay. It was scary…But then again, the only
{Isla’s POV}I heard a voice I had forgotten existed and it shocked me, but I turned around to become even more puzzled.Someone had clawed me on my back, a gaping cut which stung deep within me. I spun myself around, angry and confused— these Lycans were getting cheap shots at me. But then I saw his face and all my raging emotions dissolved away, except for shock.I was staring at the face of one of the Rogues who had captured me in the forest on that very day when I had been chased out of Cayden's Alpha Mansion.— The same Rogue who had taken me to the Palace back to my mum and Dad. “Kunuki?” I mouthed in raw disbelief, staring at his crookedly grinning face. It was really him.— really him that clawed me?“My Queen.” He bowed, still grinning. He was looking much taller and built than the last time I saw him— which was like an eternity ago.A Lycan lunged at me and I caught him by the neck and flung him in the air away, still looking at Kunuki. I was really confused.I stuttered, “
{Isla’s POV}I felt my blood seething against my veins. I was panting hard, heaving with breaths that were almost tearing up my lungs.I was perturbed.Before me was Kunuki— one of the werewolves I had grown to like. I had thought he and Shrilly had left the Palace to continue on their voyage as Rogues, which was sad news to me. But before that time, I had thought we had carelessly lost both of them during my first mission back then.But now…But now I was hearing something else, something dreadfully worse. My heart was shattered into pieces and those pieces were shattered further into tinier pieces.Kunuki’s words hurt me.Deeply.He and Shrilly were the ones that secretly led the Lycan army to the Palace during their first attack…They betrayed me. My two Rogue friends with incredible humor.I had grown to like them and trust them and they betrayed me so cruelly.Shrilly betrayed me…Tears started to trail out my eyes now as I stared at Kunuki wishing for him to tell me it was all a
{Isla’s POV}Describe a wild beast raging on a stormy night. Describe a creature that tears through flesh and bones like it’s their sole calling. Describe a Critter who goes through the shadow of the night ripping out organs, scarring and punishing warriors with death. Describe all that and you’ve just described me.I, Isla Canmore, turned into a raging beast, an accessory for the devil, on the day I was betrayed by three supposedly loyal subjects. I sailed through the sea Lycans with my claws as my paddle and the blood of my victims as the water for my deadly sojourn.I slaughtered anything I could identify as the enemy as I sank deeper into my rage. I was burning on the inside and I expressed it on the outside. And my sadness fueled this killer motive of mine.What’s the use of being happy and kind when the world is such a wretched and cruel place?You smile at everyone but everyone frowns at you when your back is turned. You help a brother pick up his weapon— a weapon he has design
{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