AVA KILLIANHer lips were dry and her eyes darkened as she sat before the vanity desk, glaring at the mirror reflecting her miserable state. Her hands shivered as she reminisced about the other night. It was blurry; she couldn’t have possibly done it. There’s no way.How did Alys' scarf get into her hands? What could have come over her to become so ruthless? A child?"Don’t hide behind the cloak of your righteousness. You killed her!" Her own voice spoke, betraying her will. She smacked the table and nipped her hand until it turned red."You killed that poor girl! After all, you are just as mad as your father! You want to escape the punishment of the king so desperately, you killed an innocent child who caught you escaping!" Her voice spoke eerily into her ears again as she blocked her ears with both hands."Please... stop! I am sorry, I didn’t mean to... please," Ava pleaded, her voice grating as tears blurred her vision. She buried her face in her lap as she panicked and hallucinate
KAILA ASHFOLDShe walked through the castle corridor of her quarters floor with her delicate, noble gait, as her wine-colored, flowing hair cascaded down her shoulders. Her face was held high, and her shoulders were back, as though the world was beneath her. Maids stopped to bow whenever she passed.And of course, behind her was Jeremy. They walked into her chambers. She removed her gloves and flung them into the air as she loosened her tightened corset. She walked towards her vanity desk and stared at the mirror, her cheeks aching after spending the day faking a smile at the female court."How dare those wretches! They still treat me like one of them!" Kaila smirked as she reminisced about the noble ladies of the Great Packs and Houses speaking to her casually despite being the king's mistress. Their subtle and indirect jabs about her chances of being nominated as Queen Consort were clear."I can't wait to be nominated as the Queen Consort! I'd do whatever it takes to win the tests!"
AVA KILLIANThe gate creaked open as Ava immediately crawled out of the Iron Pit, traumatized and trembling, her silver hair wet from her sweaty scalp as it cascaded down over her face.Immediately, she got out, and the gate was dropped down and locked at once.She couldn’t believe her eyes. She was unscathed. The beasts didn’t touch a strand of her hair when she spoke to them in the ancient Lycans’ language.“The gods are by your side, Princess. The Direwolves have gone totally mad, and about twelve of our keepers have been brutally devoured. How could you have escaped this?” one of the keepers said.Ava’s heart was thudding fast, still trembling cluelessly. Why her? Why did they bring her here to test the Direwolves’ appetite?As she sat close to the rocky wall, hugging her legs while still shivering in shock, her flimsy gown was red from the devoured keeper’s blood. She raised her head to see Alpha Karl walking down the stairs.“You did this to me! Why?” Ava yelled as tears streame
AVA KILLIANAva slightly tucked her hair behind her ear as the thought of being in the midst of these noble ladies made her heart thump fast. She wasn't allowed in court when she was a young princess, and she was never allowed to socialize with any noble ladies or attend courts and events.All she had were strict chaperones and scary orders and punishments from her father. She practically lived her life in isolation and punishment, especially her young adult years, which were all wasted as she was a slave at the monastery with mean nuns.She never had any social interactions, and the anxiety of being inferior to these highborn ladies, who were well-trained, had loving parents, and attended courts and events, intensified. Even though she was a princess who received rare and expensive things, it was only a title she never enjoyed or understood what it truly meant to be a princess.Layla noticed that Ava felt intimidated. She quickly held Ava's hand, having practically spent all her life
AVA KILLIANHad she cut it? Ava couldn’t tell. She couldn’t breathe."Huh... You wench! You were the one!" Kaila yelled at Layla, as the other ladies squinted their brows, clueless as to why she had stopped.Layla walked towards Kaila, smirking. Anger coursed through Kaila’s veins. This wench was the one who had exchanged her meal with a bloody piglet's head and written that blackmail message."Leave her alone now!" Layla ordered, authority in her tone as a vicious smile crept across her lips. Ava immediately felt the release of Kaila’s grip on her hair. She stood up and staggered backward, trying to catch her breath.Layla walked very close to Kaila, bending slightly, her mouth near Kaila's ear. She spoke softly, barely a whisper, inaudible to anyone else."You do not want your secret revealed here, to these ladies," Layla threatened.Kaila scoffed, though her legs were frozen in place. A lowly physician had just threatened her in the midst of everyone. "How you killed your daughter
AVA KILLIAN Standing before the mirror, whilst dressed in one of the same provocatively revealing dresses all made for Axel's unchallenged appeal, the armless upper part of the dress clinging tightly to her body and looking utterly like her second skin, accentuating her breast and exposing her cleavage, the corset sculpting her tiny and curvaceous waist. The flared part had several splits around both revealing her naked laps, it was undeniably gorgeous especially the sequined beaded gems used to lace the upper part, Ava wondered what was happening that tonight. It was quite obvious this was Axel's order, what could he want from her? Clearly, if he wants to sexually punish her she was usually dressed in flimsy and not so elegant dresses that does nothing to cover any part of her body, It was usually easy to rip apart, usually easy to bind her with its torn fabric pieces if it wasn't thorned rose stem he'd use. "What are you planning Axel?" She thought inwardly until so abrupt
Hey lovely HOTL readers, Thanks for your support! I think you might need to understand this marriage pact backstory before we proceed, in other not to bore you with the alliances backstory in the next chapter! THE MARRIAGE/ALLIANCES PACT The DarkSword pack is the second most powerful in the realm, just behind the BloodClaw pack, now led by Alpha Axel after the annihilation of his family. During the war, the DarkSword pack remained neutral, refusing to side with either Alpha Axel or the Mad King. This neutrality was due to a marriage pact with both the Royal House of Lycans and the BloodClaw pack. - Princess Aemma of the BloodClaw pack (Alpha Axel’s older sister) was married to Danes Cole of the DarkSword pack, solidifying ties between the two powerful packs. Together, they have a daughter, Ava Cole. - In addition to this, Cahir Cole of the DarkSword pack was betrothed to our female lead Ava Killian from the Royal House of Lycans, as arranged by the Mad King when she was young a
AVA KILLIAN The room blurred for a moment after Axel left the room, "I was stupid to ever think this was something!" Ava cursed as she sat on the bed, Her pulse raced, not from the closeness of his body anymore, but from the humiliation pooling in her throat.Her heart ached after realization dawned on her that she was no more than a mere sex slave to him, how could she feel something for someone who hates her with every fiber of his being?she wondered why the moon goddess paired them when her life with him will be like this, knowing that he was going to reject her.Tears welled her eyes as she held tightly to her chest, and soon the door was banged open and the royal guards walked in, "follow me." They said, Ava walked behind them on reaching the small Council room.She was escorted beside Alpha Axel who sat at the head of the long table, five beta Councillor sat each at the long sides of the table, the table filled with rich banquet.Axel leaned back in his chair as she was esc
AXEL VOSS "I said strip." Axel's voice was low and warm at the back of Ava's ear, which made her pretend to wonder what he meant again when she had stripped to only her pants, her breast, and her already hard nipples were bare to his cold eyes to rave. "If I do it for you. You'd not like yourself when I'm done." Axel said, Ava swallowed hard as she dragged her pants down; she felt the breeze on her folds opening as she bent, which was quite relaxing. And she feared the next thing her folds would feel was pain, as Axel would most definitely be reckless like the previous day. “Now lean to the table and spread your legs." His order was clear as he walked some steps to his shelves. Ava knew what was up for her, and she wouldn't dare not do what he had just ordered before he came back. She bent and leaned her upper body on the table, like a meal served, her breasts pressed on the surface, her stomach pressed on the surface too, and her groin area around the edge. She slightly spread
AXEL VOSSAxel leaned back in his chair, his expressionless gaze fixed on Ava as she stood at the center of his study. She looked small, like prey cornered by a predator, her hands clasped at her sides as though they could shield her from what was coming. Yet, even in her vulnerability, she exuded a beauty that burned into him—her femininity, breathtaking and utterly maddening.At her provocatively revealing figure, his cock hardened in his pants like his hatred for her. She affected him in ways he liked and despised.How could someone so gorgeous be so venomous? So cunning? Ava was her father’s daughter in every way that mattered—mad, cruel, sick, and ambitious. She had inherited more than just his blood; she had taken his insanity, his callousness, and wrapped them in a guise of grace and elegance.And now she was passing those traits to his children. He needed to stop her, but it was a challenge. Axel couldn’t stop Ava from seeing the sextuplets. The children had known her for six
AXEL VOSS "Don't lie to me Ansel, look at my face." “I… I didn’t mean anything by it,” he mumbled. “I just said—”“You just said what?” Axel interrupted, his voice rising slightly.Ansel hesitated, then blurted, “I called him a bastard, but it was a joke!” Kaila took a deep relief of pent up breath, if he had mentioned her name she can't predict what Alpha Axel would do to her.The room erupted into murmurs, but Axel silenced them with a single raised hand. His fury was palpable now, his jaw clenched so tightly that his teeth threatened to crack.“A joke, you say?” Axel’s tone was ice. “And where did you learn such a word? Who taught you to mock your brother like this?”Kaila stepped forward hastily. “My king, surely you cannot blame the boy—”“I need to know and i will hold those responsible accountable,” Axel snapped, his gaze cutting through her. “This is not a word a child learns on his own.”"This shouldn't be about the joke of two little brothers, this should be about the vi
AVA KILLIAN As Ava feared, Kaila wouldn’t let it end there. The King had summoned her and Cavil to his study at once. Her heart pounded in her chest. Would Alpha Axel expose her to Cavil? The mere thought made her stomach twist. What would her son think if he learned the truth about her? That his mother wasn’t just flawed, but a sinner—a babe-slayer. It would shatter him, create a void in their always full life, life they had so carefully built together. A life she had fought so hard to keep full and warm despite the shadows of her past. No. She couldn’t let that happen. Ava prayed Axel wouldn’t force her to confess everything now, especially not in front of the Sextuplets. She wasn’t ready for their judgment, for their faces to twist with betrayal. She needed more time. Time to prepare herself. Time to figure out what came next. Now wasn’t the moment to be exiled from their lives. She had come to terms with being punished in secret. She could live with the damnation, the
AVA KILLIAN“You lost! You thieving bastard, the son of a sinner whore.”Ansel cursed with a smirk, leaving Ava shocked to the bone. Before she could gather her thoughts, Cavil, who had a tough time managing his anger, struck Ansel on the face with his bow. Ansel fell to the ground with a bleeding cut and a scream.Ansel’s scream echoed through the field, sharp and pathetic, as everyone witnessed what Cavil had done to his half-brother. Blood trickled from the gash on his cheek as he writhed on the ground, his small hands clutching his face.“My son! The Crown Prince!”Kaila let out a piercing shriek, rushing to her son’s side with a flurry of panicked energy. “Ansel! My poor boy! What has this savage done to you?” she cried, cradling him in her arms as if he were gravely injured.Her voice cracked with overly exaggerated anguish as her gaze snapped toward Ava and Cavil. She quickly glanced around, making sure everyone was witnessing this—that everyone saw her son was injured by his j
AVA KILLIAN Vera pat young lord Dawn's shoulder just before the boy ran along with his peers, she stood glancing at Ava, Ava didn't age one bit since the last time she saw her at the pavilion after 6 years, Her beauty wouldn't stop irking her, it is a cheat, having the blood of the Lycans and not being able to age older in look was a cheat... This cheat she secretly envied and wished she was a Lycan Princess like Ava Killian and remain alluring as Ava. The royal archery teacher clapped his hands to gather the crowd’s attention. “We will begin the contest now. Prince Cavil and Prince Ansel, take your positions. Three shots each. The one with the most accurate and consistent aim will win. The loser will relinquish their place in this archery class.” Jared quickly pressed close to Ava, "I'm saying again.. a single order from only Ser. Henri could fix Prince Cavil in this class, you don't have to do this if he loses he'd not be allowed in." Jared said. "I've promised to make my chil
AVA KILLIAN "How about we judge by skill? Let the princes compete in archery. Whoever loses will withdraw from the archery lessons." Ava’s voice rang clear, her gaze stoic and demanding. The murmurs of the gathered nobles fell silent as eyes darted to Kaila. Kaila's face darkened, her lips curling into a tight sneer. Ava could see the storm brewing in her rival’s eyes, that flicker of rage barely contained. "What? Do you think you have a say here?" Kaila’s voice sliced through the air, hatred and resentment dripping from every word. "I am the Queen Consort, and you will remain silent when I speak!" The force of her tone would have made a weaker woman shrink, but Ava stood confident, refusing to be cowed once more, Even if she could not fight for herself when she was bullied by Kaila years ago, she could at least fight for her son's right, so to channel the mama bear power and fight for her son. Cavil is so passionate about Archery and she sees no reason why her ow
AVA KILLIAN The next morning Ava stood before the mirror in her room, the light seeping from the open winding casting on her as her fingertips traced her neck and collarbone, searching for the bruises Alpha Axel had left the previous night whist trying to force her to confess who had burnt, and who instilled that panic of fire in her.His tortures, bruises and hickeys wouldn't make her tell him anything, knowing she doesn't have enough evidences and the way he's known her as a cunning spider, he wouldn't believe her if she told him it was Kaila's doing.She would rather keep this card and use against Kaila in the future, perhaps to threaten her. Than rather wasting it by telling Alpha Axel now and she wouldn't be believed.Using it against Kaila sounds reasonable instead.She bit the inside of her cheek, willing herself not to cry, seeing the scars from the fire and the painful memory it brought back, Though Alpha Axel had ordered his royal physician to deal with all the scars, that
She was frozen in absolute shock. The scream about to escape her lips got muffled by his big, veiny hand that covered almost half of her face."You don't seem to understand me, do you?"He asked coldly as his fingers applied pressure on her cheeks.Her ocean eyes were opened wide as fear danced in them. She immediately tried to get off his lap but his free hand grabbed her thigh keeping her in place.Her frail hands came up as she attempted f to remove his hand from her mouth but he just watched her struggle. Her eyes were closed."Don't scream," He muttered and she immediately nodded her head. He slowlymoved his hand away.Aurora took in a deep breath filling her lungs to the fullest as her lips parted slowly and then she screamed at top of her lungs."HELP." He abruptly covered her mouth again rather roughly and grimaced at her.Her eyes were closed as she tried to pry his hand off her mouth."If*cking hate disobedience," He hissed lowly near her ear as he pulled her face closer.H