Boom! Who dropped a bomb? =Andrea. Who did she drop it on? =Poor Cayden. Haha… Please vote for my book if you enjoyed this chapter!! If you don’t, I’ll stop writing! Okay, that’s a joke, but I’ll cry! I’m not joking… I’ll freaking cry! Lol… Do you want Cayden’s POV again? Let me know…
{Cayden’s POV} No one could move. The Lord Luna and her daughter, Kayla, seemed puzzled by the maid’s audacity while I was dazed with the contents of her utterance. I took my eyes off the panting maid and gazed back at Isla who was still lying rock-still on the bed. It made sense now. It made sense why they had all been extra moody. Isla was in a coma! … and the Lord Alpha was dead! Two distressing news. It was a lot to take in. In my stupefaction, I drove my gaze around and caught the Lord Luna’s gaze. Her attention was now on me and no longer the maid. But she was glaring. The murderous kind of glare. Rageful pants assisted the glare and together they frightened me. She might be a Lord Luna that weeps but her strength and power couldn’t be doubted. I could feel its threatening intensity and the best advice I could give myself was not to test it. Somehow, the gutsy maid had spoken the mind of the Lord Luna, as her sudden change of countenance revealed, and I was left not kn
{Cayden’s POV} A confession? “What confession?” I asked my mum, making my confusion visible. My mother had only just woken up but she was already aware of so many things I wasn’t aware of. That’s my mother alright. She breathed. “The tiny-looking maid had also informed the Lord Alpha about the occurrence and the Lord Alpha—” “Is it true that the Lord Alpha is dead, mum?” I butted in. I knew it was unrelated but I just had to ask. I also knew that such news coming from a maid’s lips in the presence of the Lord Luna couldn’t have been a joke but I still couldn’t believe it. It’s the Lord Alpha we’re talking about here. The strongest Alpha Werewolf in all of the Reigns who has never been challenged or defeated during his reign as no other Alpha had ever gotten the nerve to confront him. Including me. And now they say he was dead? Who could murder such a mighty entity? “Yes, Cayden.” My mum muttered slowly. “It can’t be. How can you be so sure? How do you even know?” My last
{Cayden’s POV} I jumped out of my mum’s chamber and threw my body into a sprint down the hallway. The maid would probably have gotten to the East gates by now and with the way the Palace security was volatile and inefficient, she might have successfully made it out of the gates. I wolfed out, allowing Kiba to completely take over. She was faster than my Werewolf form and could catch that maid before she got too far. Within a few minutes, Kiba was out of the gates. As I had predicted, the maid had sneaked past the weak security. But Kiba could smell her. I didn’t know what her scent was, but Kiba could smell fear— her fear. She hasn’t gotten too far. Kiba veered around and slowly started to pick up the maid’s trail. Soon enough, we were dashing in the woods towards her. We caught sight of the maid and she had also wolfed out to aid her swift escape but from the way things were looking, Kiba was faster than her. The wolf took a left than a busy trail but Kiba kept darting onwar
{Cayden’s POV} It’s been five days now but time seems to have no effect on me. I still feel very muddled and uneasy as I had felt days ago. Rachael, the wretched maid in disguise, was locked up once again in the Palace dungeons and this time, her escape wasn’t a possibility. I’ve not had the time to deal with the louse yet. Recently, my anger surges have been down and I’m not sure why. But turns out her improbable narrative was true. My clod of a wife has been stealing from me and was actually planning an attack on GreyStone to conclude her mission of overpowering me. A rotten Turncoat she is! Thankfully, I had gotten my mum to convince the Lord Luna to send some troops over to GreyStone to aid their reformation and scare off Ivanka’s forces, and so far, no ill news has been reported. The Palace has also been restored to its former glory, as buildings have been erected and warriors are back to their glorious numbers. It’s safe to say that we’re stronger than we ever were and
{Cayden’s POV} The tiny-looking maid shot to her feet in her fear while my gaze stretched at the sight. “How did you get in here?!” I asked the Straw-skinned woman but realized that her presence wasn’t as disturbing as her words. “And what do you mean by Isla is an Omega?” I added with a frown. I had seen the Old woman during one of Isla’s outbursts and she had looked really creepy and mysterious so there was no reason to be frightened by her sudden appearance… even though it was really frightful. The Old lady strolled towards me and I stiffened up my pose. She had a really weird-looking staff and a freakish smile on her face and it made me alert. If she did any weird shit, I wouldn’t hesitate to maim her. “You’re always maiming people around you. Both the ones you know and the ones you’re just meeting.” She said as she took a seat not too far away from me. She turned to look at Isla while I grew confused. Is it me or she just peeked into my head? That's creepy. I don’t like
{Cayden’s POV} So Isla’s painful and chaotic outburst is the result of my rejection? She had sacrificed her Wolf’s voice and taken an Omega form because she wanted to be with me? She had abandoned her role as Princess and future queen and had gone against her entire family because of me? And now, she’s in a Coma because of me… I slowly drove my gaze to rest on Isla while the Old lady and Andrea just remained mute and stared. Her body looked very pale and seemed almost-lifeless and the sight immediately filled me with misery. All these years, I had scorned, neglected, and ignored her but she had stayed and tolerated my insults. She had waited for me to love her but it never happened. It never happened because I didn’t want it to happen. To me, she hadn’t been the ideal mate I wanted so I settled to give my love to someone better, Ivanka. The irony in that sentence has me boiling with anger. I remember the night when I had returned from my outing after having sex with Isla for
{Cayden’s POV} “You love her?” I asked the angry bird of a General. “Yes, I do! And I want you to stay very far away from her. You belong to her past. I’m in her future.” He bawled. “Look. We’ve had this discussion before and I’ve told you she’s yours. I’m not trying to get back with her.” “Really?” “Yes.” I said firmly. The General grew a scowl. “Then why have you been visiting her even more than her own mother does?! I asked Andrea yesterday and she informed me that you visit Isla’s chamber every damn day and not less than two times.” He explained and I just stared. I didn’t know what to say. I hadn’t realized my frequency of visit was that…frequent. Since I realized that my mother was telling the truth about Isla saving her, I decided to begin visiting Isla but didn’t realize I was becoming this persistent. What’s happening to me? The raging General gripped me tighter, bringing me back to concentration. “You’re quiet! Can’t say anything in your defense, huh?” “You don’t n
{Cayden’s POV} I paced towards my mother. My ears couldn’t have heard right. Isla might never wake up again? “What did you say, mum?” I gripped her shoulders tightly. “Mum! What did you say?!” “Isla is dying!” She cried. She had tears in her eyes. I wasn’t mishearing. She just said it. Isla is dying. I turned to the Lord Luna and her tears looked more like blood in her eyes. She was sad and at the same time, she seemed furious. At me. “You!” She suddenly roared and every guard around her axis shifted away and bowed their heads, especially Carlot. He was already near the wall. The Lord Luna was mad. She had been tolerant towards me because she owes my mother her life but now, that devotion didn’t seem to matter. I loosened my grip on my mother and paced backward simultaneously bowing my head in surrender to her. I hated myself so it was understandable if she hated me more. She started walking towards me now, sharp long claws and threatening fangs inviting chilling terror. “
{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