"Why do you keep avoiding me like a plague?” Liam's question seemed to have caught Joan off guard. Her eyes grew wide in surprise, and she didn't know the response to give. “I wasn't…I didn't…well…” She started to stuttered. “It's late” She threw in her trump card. Maybe he would leave her alone if she told him she was tired. Liam thinks the opposite of what she was thinking. If he left now, they would only continue to avoid each other to God knows when. He needed to understand her, to know what she was thinking. “You are doing it again, avoiding the problem” “What problem exactly are you talking about?” It was Liam's turn to not have an answer to her question. Joan smiled bitterly when he wouldn't answer her. “That's exactly what the problem is, Liam. And you know it, so why do you bother asking me” Joan suddenly felt a rage course through her body. She was sure Hazel was the one in his heart as he was speaking to her. He was only here because of the stupid mate bond. “You can slee
How could she do that to the person she claimed she loved? She couldn't imagine the pain Liam would have gone through all these years, thinking of how she betrayed him. And Ash, why the hell was he mad at Liam, it wasn't his fault she got involved in dark magic that she knew might destroy her. Joan knew she must have had her reason, but still, she could never do something like that to Liam. Joan suddenly felt sad for her made. “I was numb for many years and decided to push everything behind Me, I didn't want to even think about it” Liam continued. He hoped his words would get through to Joan. “And then you came along, and…everything changed.” He said the last part in a low voice, but Joan heard him. She felt angry towards herself for all the times she judged him and only thought about her feelings. His feelings mattered too. You can't be hurt by someone that way and move on so easily. “Liam” Joan called his name softly, Liam continued to stare into her obsidian eyes, it was so beaut
A few hours passed until Liam finally came out of his room. His eyes searched for his mate till it landed on Joan. She was fast asleep on the couch. He felt bad because of how he treated her, but it was her good. He didn't want to forcefully mark her and snap their mate bond. He walked to the couch and stood for some minutes in front of her just watching her sleep. She looked so peaceful. He reached out to her slowly and picked her up carefully so she wouldn't wake up. Joan stirred in his arms, but she still didn't wake up from her deep sleep. She must have been really tired, he thought.Liam carried her to the bedroom as carefully as possible, when he placed her on the bed he thought she would wake up but she only turned to another side and muttered incoherent words. “What do you keep mumbling about” He muttered and leaned closer to hear what Joan was saying. Liam froze for a second when he heard her words. ‘Can I be queen’. He continued to watch Joan in silence and didn't realize wh
"All of you are pathetic,” Jared said in a mocking tone. Ash walked back and forth in front of him and it was making him a little dizzy. “I don't think he will talk that easily,” Maximus said and Darius nodded in agreement. He hated his guts of Jared, even though he too was a shapeshifter. He just couldn't stand shapeshifters pulling their hands in dark magic, it repulsed him. Because of Jared and some foolish others, shapeshifters were seen as despicable people. “You are the real pathetic one,” Darius said through gritted teeth. He was finding g it hard to hold back his anger. He wanted to snap Jared's head off. A sneer and Darius couldn't take it anymore. “Calm down” Darius was about to bite the living hell out of Jared but Saphira stopped him. “ I see why you can't talk” She said to Jared who still had an annoying smile on his face. Ash said nothing and just watched in silence as Saphira took hold of Jared's jaw. “You are one beautiful witch, you know that Saphira. You looked the s
“Finding Ash is a piece of cake for me. But the main problem is getting Jared to talk. I'm sure since he has been involved with the dark witches, he wouldn't just be able to speak even if he wanted. A dark curse would have been placed on him, like an oath” Hazel paced around Liam's study slowly. Her mind was somewhere else. “Why are you really here?” Liam asked. He had no idea what this witch was up to. Why now of all times. Hazel stopped pacing around and turned to look at Devon and Miller “i was curious” She said in her low voice. The glint of before passed through her eyes for a second. “I was curious about what the dark witches were up to” She added after some seconds.“Saphira would have figured that out by now. So I guess Jared is either dead or they let him go” Her eyes traveled between the two brothers. They didn't look surprised at her words so they guessed they must have been thinking the same thing as her. “If he is on the loose then, you need to apprehend him fast” Hazel'
"So you still have feelings for him after all that happened. You must be really crazy. He has a mate Hazel!” Diana scoffed and sat on the couch opposite Hazel. “I know that already,” Hazel retorted. “If that didn't happen back then I would be with him not her. But there is no use regretting what has happened. It's not like I can change anything” Hazel sighed deeply.Diana wanted to laugh. If she was Liam, she would have Hazel taken to the dungeons for what she had done. He almost died back then if it wasn't for her. And now she was back to remind him of what had happened. “He almost died because of you” Diana couldn't hold her tongue. No she didn't want to. Hazel's face became serious as she raised her eyes slowly to look at Diana. “It wasn't intentional,” Hazel said in a low voice.“It still doesn't change the fact that he almost died,” Diana replied. Hazel glared at Diana, her mouth was still so unfiltered. “Did I push your buttons?” Diana had a smile on her face and Hazel wanted t
Joan's eyes flew open the next morning to find Liam staring back at her. She yawned and closed her eyes again, maybe she was still dreaming. Her eyes flew open and wide the seconds. She got up in a sitting position abruptly. Liam did the same too. He had been waiting for hours for her to wake up and she finally did. “Good morning” Joan greeted in a low voice. “Morning” Liam greeted her back. Joan tried to arrange her dishevelled hair but it only ruined it the more. Liam reached out to help her and Joan flushed.Where should he start this awkward conversation about Hazel? How would he explain, she would understand he knew it but it would push her away from him when she saw Hazel. He just knew it. The root of their problem was Hazel. She wanted to hold things back because she thought he still loved Hazel. And now that Hazel reappeared without a warning, it made Liam wonder how he felt. All he could worry about was Joan. Was this just the mate bond, without the mate bond would she become
"Joan!” Alice called after her friend, but Hazel didn't stop. Till she got to the door leading to the Palace courtyard on the west wing. She took in really deep breaths before turning to look at Alice, who was standing behind her with concern on her face. “Why did she come here?” Hazel said and ran her hand through her hair. Alice didn't say anything and allowed Joan to vent. “Things were finally getting a little better between us, and I was reconsidering leaving, but why now?” She said through gritted teeth. Joan couldn't hide the jealousy she was feeling. “What if he goes back to her? What about Me” Her breathing became a little erratic.“Joan” Alice called her friend's name softly. “Can you take me somewhere else? Anywhere but here. I really don't want to be here while she is around. Please Alice” Joan pleaded, and Alice nodded. She mindlinked Devon first and told him about it. He didn't think it was a good idea at all for them to leave the place. [Alice, it's dangerous out there. J
His words made Hazel burst out laughing. “To see me? Have you made a decision yet? It took you long enough.” She looked unfazed. “I regret it” She scoffed. “What do you regret, ever meeting me? Sometimes I regret it too. But in my heart, I don't because I loved you so much but you betrayed me.” Liam could only stare at her. He never imagined this would be the last time he would see her in this kind of situation.“You didn't fight for us. You should have, maybe we wouldn't have ended up this way.” she turned away from him. Liam stood there for a few seconds before turning to leave.When he got back, he called for Tyler and told him his decision. The news of what was to happen spread through the whole Kingdom like wildfire and everyone was happy except a few people. Joan sat on the bed with her eyes closed. Hazel was to be executed a Month from then. Hearing about her execution didn't make her happy at all. She stood up and started to pace around.She heard a knock on the door and w
"Your majesty, the people are waiting for you to make a decision,” Tyler said to Liam who was staring out the large windows in the hallway of the Palace. The people were waiting. It kept ringing in his head over and over again… The immense amount of guilt he felt was delaying him from making a decision he should have made already. It wasn't an easy decision for him to make and they all knew it but there was nothing anyone could do. He was the king and the only one who could make it. Joan stood a distance away from them staring at Liam. Liam turned towards the direction she was in when her scent invaded his nostrils. She smiled slightly at him and started to walk to where he was.Tyler saw her coming and bowed slightly at her. She nodded towards him as he walked away to give the both of them space. “You look troubled” Joan said and Liam nodded. He turned back to look outside the window and Joan stood close to him looking in the same direction he was looking at...“She told me about t
"No!” Hazel screamed out loud and fell to the ground as she watched Joan run into Liam's arms. Where did all her plans go wrong? Why! Why did this happen?“No!” She yelled and started to dark magic spells but Johnathan and Alice were on her without wasting a second. Alice brought both of her hands forward and channelled all the energy of light she had in her entire body towards Hazel, while Jonathan castes a spell to subdue her powers so she wouldn't be able to use her powers to the full extent.“Ahhhh!” Alice yelled as she let out all of her energy but Hazel was still trying to fight it with all she had. Diana came into the room to witness all of this.And started to chant spells Also to help Johnathan who was going down slowly. Ash felt pain never before as he watched his sister but couldn't do a single thing...Saphira couldn't just stand and joined in also. It was the four of them against Hazel who was fighting relentlessly.Alice closed her eyes as she felt her energy completely
Please wake up Devon I need you please!” Alice sobbed uncontrollably, as she shook her mate. She needed him now more than ever. She needed to save Joan, but her energy was so drained that she could barely do anything. Her eyes were red and swollen due to all the tears. “I can't believe Hazel could do a thing like this. This is all the moon goddess's fault. If she had just told me who their leader was like I asked none of this would have happened” Diana said through gritted teeth as she tried to use her powers to open the door of the room they were locked in but it didn't work because of the amount of forbidden magic that had been released by Hazel earlier to suppress everyone's power. But it would be different for Devon because he didn't have any magic and wouldn't find it hard to change into his lycan form. Did she foresee this? Was this why she made Devon unconscious?“What are we going to do? Joan is in danger I can feel it. I need to be there” Alice said to Diana who had no idea
Liam looked around the room that he was in and saw Hazel standing at the far end of the room. In front of her was Joan. “Joan!” He was about to run to his mate but Hazel's voice stopped him.She Brought out a knife and held it to Joan's neck. Joan looked at Liam with fear in her eyes. He didn't look shocked to see Hazel. He knew already. “I should release you now since he is here” Joan felt strength return to her body and gasped. When she felt the blade closer to her neck. She didn't want Liam to see this. He would be ruined for good if he watched Hazel kill her heart broke for him, even though she was scared shitless that Hazel would slice her throat. Gia watched from the crystal ball. She hoped Hazel would take her powers before she killed her. They needed it. She regretted handing the moonstone to her. As she was about to leave the room, the door to the Room flew open to reveal Alicia and everyone. “My powers are back” Johnathan said to Lilac. They were finally out of the spells
Ash and Saphira stood outside the tower with deep frowns on their respective faces. “I can't believe this” Saphira said. Ash couldn't believe also but it was happening and he couldn't abandon Hazel because she was his sister. He bent down and placed his hand on the ground with his eyes closed. Saphira watched as she did this, wondering what he was trying to find. He opened his eyes and looked at her. “There is an illusion spell around this place. I thought I should check for anything before we go in” He explained.“An illusion spell isn't that forbidden magic.” She said and Ash nodded confirming her doubts. She sighed and scoffed. “What has your sister gotten her hands into? I can't use my powers in a place like this. It has dark magic hovering around and you know what that does to white witches” Saphira sighed. “Should we just go in there? We can't. We would surely get trapped in the spell. I've never dealt with an illusion spell but long ago, my mother told me about it” She raise
Gia stood outside the room where Hazel was with Joan. Both her hand were fisted in rage because of what she had just heard Hazel confess to Joan. Her intuition had been right all along. She knew something was wrong somewhere and now Hazel had finally confirmed her doubt. All her life she had lived hoping that one day their great leader would rise again and make their name shine so they wouldn't have to hide anymore. But now their plans were in the wrong hands..She couldn't hold back her anger anymore and pushed the door open. “What do you mean by all that!” Gia said through gritted teeth due to pure anger. “I told you to wait outside” Hazel ignored her questions. She wasn't in the mood of listening to Gia whine about every single thing and she didn't a damn if she heard her. “Answer me!”Gia demanded as she walked fully into the room. Hazel ran her hand through her hair as she poured herself a glass of wine. “I just said it to deceive her. I didn't mean it” Hazel took a sip out of h
"Johnathan! Can you hear me” Lilac shook her mate trying to get him back to his senses but he was lost in his visions. His heart raced as he saw what was to happen.. and this time he also saw a way to avoid it without anyone getting hurt like he had seen before.He gasped when he came back to him. He turned to look at lilac who left out a sign of relief. She was so frightened that something had happened to him in a place like this. “Are you okay? What happened? You frightened me”“I am fine” He tried to get up but stumbled a little, luckily Lilac held him. “Are you sure you are fine?” She asked and he nodded assuring her..“We should get back to check the rooms. I'm fine I promise” He assured her again even though Lilac wasn't convinced. She still held on to him as they walked through the hallways. She was afraid he would stumble again. “This is the last room” she said and he nodded. They tried to push open the door to this room but it was locked. “It's locked” Lilac said and tried to
Alice's whole body began to glow brightly as an energy she had never felt before overshadowed her entire body illuminating her body from head to toe… Diana and Liam could only watch in awe as this unfolded before their eyes… The glow slowly started to die down revealing Alice with closed eyes. Her eyes flew open. “Joan” she muttered. She raised her eyes to look at Liam and then at Diana.“I think you both need to know this. Their leader is someone we all know. It's…Hazel” “What!” Diana exclaimed. Liam couldn't say a word. He was too stunned to speak. He felt guilty and at the same time confused about why she would do a thing like this. “I don't know how but she somehow got to Joan and I think Joan is in danger. She is somewhere in the tower but I don't know exactly where she is” Liam felt his heart stop when he heard Alice. His mate was his danger because of him. His wolf growled at him in worry. “We need to find her,” He said in a low voice. There was unconscious Devon with them