IANNAThat night I slept like a log; I did not dream about anything or wake up in the middle of the night. I think I was tired to a point that I just shut down. But I felt relaxed and well rested this morning.I went for a run, something I have not done in weeks since this damn war started. I came back and went to fetch breakfast for Aegen and I. he was still asleep when I got back, and I didn’t wake him.He needed his rest after everything that happed. There was a knock on the door, and I went to open. Aegen’s mother was standing on the other side of the door. “Good morning, Ianna. How are you doing?”I smiled opening the door wider for her to get inside. “I am fine, well rested. How are you?” she glanced at me giving me a small smile. “I have had better nights. Aegen here?” I nodded going to pour her a cup of coffee.“He is but still sleeping.” She took a seat next to me. “That’s alright, I am not in a hurry. Will you attend Christina and Adolph’s funeral? I organized them for this
AEGENI didn’t mean it like that, the Goddess knows I didn’t. I glared at my mother. “You just had to come here and talk about this damn funeral.” She looked shocked by my outburst. She shouldn’t be, she asked for it.“Aegen…” I raised my hand and stopped her from talking. Her mouth hung open not believing I just did that. I didn’t want to, but she was forcing my hand. “I told you I didn’t want to go to this funeral, but you keep pushing and pushing. I am not a child anymore mother.”I laughed mockingly. “What am I saying? Even when I was a child all you knew how to do best was to reprimand me just like father did. Nothing I ever did was good enough for any of you.”Mother looked sad when I compared her to my father. It was the truth I never wanted her to hear. I endured everything growing up and keeping everything to myself.“You were more of a mother to them than you were with me, your own son! You never asked how my day was when I came back home with bruises. All you did was tend t
AEGENI walked out of the house leaving my mother crying her eyes out. It was not like I didn’t care, I did. I cared too much that I never blamed her for how she and her mate treated me. but I had to let her know how I felt. Just this once, I wanted her to be on myside and know how I felt.I couldn’t reach Ianna on the mind link, she shut her line down and I had to open a link to the warriors in the palace asking for her whereabouts. I was told she was in the training grounds.I went there and when I appeared. She was training with another warrior, more like kicking his ass but he was not giving up. He kept landing on his ass but would always get back up.Ianna was not training but taking her anger out on him. The poor moron was taking it. I wondered why. I watched for a while before deciding it was enough. I went to them. “Take a break, I will spar with her.”He nodded but she called someone else. I glared at him, and he turned and left. The others could see what was going on and the
IANNAMy father was like a dog with a bone. We said no to the fairy kingdom and now he is giving us the Malraux kingdom. If we accept them, we will never leave. Leaders don’t lead from a different place.“I can see the looks on your faces and I know what you are thinking, and the answer is no, you are not leaving this place.” He sighed and leaned back on the chair. “Listen, we have just been through war that left this kingdom broken. If I go to the fairy kingdom then who do you expect to take over this one?”I had no answer for that, all I knew was that I wanted to leave. I needed a break from that place, and I knew Aegen wanted the same as well. “Dad…” Aegen placed his hand on my lap stopping me from saying what I wanted to say.“Ianna, my child. I know what you want, and I am sorry I can’t give it to you. The only thing I am able to give to you now. Is this kingdom and prevent you from going to the fairy kingdom because you said it will change you. But we can’t neglect this kingdom.
MICHAELI looked at my father’s staff and I could not believe I was about to give it away. My brother was supposed to have this staff when he took over as king. But he never got the change, and my father never got the chance to give it to him.They were both killed, my entire family was killed by the fairy king, and they never got to do anything after that. I still wonder how any of them could not sense the danger that was coming.My sister could see the future, but she didn’t see the war coming that time. My mother was a seer too, but she saw things that happened in the past and how they were going to affect our future.Father could also sense the future and danger, but he sensed nothing that night. I guess maybe it was their time and maybe the moon goddess did them a favor and did not show them how they were going to die.Let’s face it, if we all know who we were going to die and when. We would do anything in our power to stop it from happening. They say you can’t run from death, bu
MICHAELI could not believe what I was hearing, he said he just heard the moon goddess’s voice. Could that be possible? I guess it could since this was the moon goddess’s pond. Maybe this is where my father would come whenever he had a decision to make.The moon goddess would tell him if it would benefit the kingdom or not and he would take it from there. That is why the kingdom was so prosperous and everything he touched turned to gold.The pond was the source of it all. My mind was blown, and I could not believe I never knew about this. “What did she say, tell me. What did the moon goddess say.” I asked now eager to know what he heard.I only heard many whispers but could not make out anything. But he did and maybe because he had his hand in the water. “I think you should listen to it yourself.” He told me.I looked at him wondering why he wouldn’t just tell me what the voice said. But he
IANNAThe witch was explaining everything I had to do as a queen and answering my questions. I must admit, all the information was overwhelming. It made me realize that I had a lot to learn in such a short period of time.My father and Aegen got in when we were laughing about a joke I made. My father looked like he had seen a ghost and same applied for Aegen. It was like something happened, something big.The witch stood but my father stopped her in the sternest way possible. She asked what happened which I was also curious to know. But I didn’t expect the answer he gave. He said the witch killed his parents.My grandparents. I could not believe my ears, I looked at Aegen and he looked worried. I looked at the witch and her face was pale like blood had been drained from her face and with that look in her eyes. I knew that she knew what my father was talking about.“How could you?” my father asked. I kept my eyes o
IANNAThe way my father looked at her gave me chills. She looked so pitiful, and I could not help but feel sorry for her. I believed she didn’t do it because she hated the man, but because she was afraid of losing everything.The way she went about it wasn’t ideal, but it happened. It’s in the past and I think she has made up for it a thousand folds. She has been loyal since then and has made it her mission to free my father.If she didn’t want him to be free, then he wouldn’t have been freed. She would have kept his whereabouts and continue to let me believe that he was dead. But she didn’t, she told me all about him and even helped to rescue him.Those were not the actions of a vindictive woman but those of someone who cared. “Father, please, you must forgive her. I am not saying that what she did is okay because it’s not. But we can’t move on like this.”My father looked at me without saying a word. “I know she hurt you, the betrayal is painful. You trusted her and she broke that t
AEGENThe guard went looking for Ianna’s phone in all the places she went to toady, but he could not find it. I tried calling it again, but it kept ringing with no answer. I didn’t think much of it when I asked my head of security to track it.But I started to worry when she told me that she tracked it to the woods close to our spot. Our spot was between the palace and the deep-water pack. There were only three people who knew about that spot and one of them was dead.Me, Ianna, and my dead sister. Also, I knew that Ianna would not have gone to that spot without me. We promised we would find time to go there together. Plus, the guard said she never left the palace grounds since I left.That only meant one thing, that her phone was stolen, and the culprit was someone who worked in the palace. I wouldn’t have cared about finding the phone if it wasn’t for the serial killer we had in our hands.I could not take any chances and there were no coincidences with these kinds of things. So, I
IannaI studied until noon then I went and got lunch for myself. I was starting to feel dizzy, and I knew it was because I didn’t eat breakfast. Aegen would have been angry with me if he knew I didn’t eat breakfast.He would have accused me of starving his child. Not knowing that I didn’t have appetite this morning. After eating, I felt sleepy, and I decided to go and take a nap for a while before going back to my studies.The week has ended and there were still no new leads on the serial killer. Aegen was getting frustrated by all of it. I could hear it in his voice very time we spoke on the phone. But there was nothing either of us could do about it.This person has to be stopped. One way or the other he has to be found. I told my guard I was going to take a nap for a while and that he should not let anyone disturb me. I missed having a friend in the palace.Now that Aegen was not here, I didn’t have anyone to talk to. It was lonely. The omega bless their souls try to talk to me and
AEGENLeaving the palace was difficult, not it was not but leaving Ianna was. Especially now, knowing that she might be in danger. We didn’t know who this was, we didn’t know where he was. He could be at the palace for all we knew and yet. I was leaving her behind.My heart was not at ease, but I had to go. She wanted me to be the best warrior in the kingdom and not her mate and father of her unborn child. She trusted me to get this person and put this matter to rest.It has been a week since I left her, and three more people have been killed so far. A she-wolf from the silver moon pack and a close guard to the young alpha of the deep-water pack. Jeyden. He too was killed the same way as the others.Another was the young alpha from the Golden Moon pack and this one was a friend of Jeyden. Now I believed that the person who was doing all the killings was after Jeyden, but we still didn’t know why.We were now back at the Deep-Water pack to question the kid. I want thinking this person
IANNAI sat there listening to Damon explain about this serial killer and I didn’t know what to do. Aegen and I have just taken over as leaders of the kingdom and yet the very first challenge we had on our hands had nothing to do with finances.Resolving pack disputes, no, our problem was bigger than anyone else’s. we had a serial killer in our hands, and we had no idea what to do or how to stop the person. I hear Damon saying they are trying to figure out what this person wanted, and I couldn’t care less about that.I wanted the person can be found. The only way to know what the person wanted was to find them and question them. “Tell me Damon, since you and my father have discovered what this person’s Amo is, have you not discovered what he wants already?”I mean, his actions and the scorpion should give them an idea what he wants. “It’s not that simple with this person. The Amo is the same, but that doesn’t give us anything at all. Just some killings done by the same person nothing
AEGENI watched from the window as my mother and Ianna’s father got into the car and left. She has been trying to talk to me since the coronation, but I would not hear any of it. She did something wrong and she needed to know that and learn.This is how Christina started her evil ways and because I forgave her when she did that. She continued to a point that she ended up almost killing my mate. Mother needs to know that we don’t do things like that I was not going to allow her to start now.What she did was vindictive for no reason because Ianna’s father chose her. Why did she have to go the extra mile rubbing it. That is one thing I will never understand.Ianna came and stood behind me. “You should have said goodbye to her.” I scoffed. “She is not dying but leaving the kingdom.” She came and stood in front of me. “You are going to miss her.”I took her into my arms inhaling her scent. “Of course. I will miss her; she is my mother after all and I love her. But, not enough to encourage
MICHAELIt was so good to see how well she was received by the kingdom. I knew they would be like that as soon as they knew who she really was. She too looked happy, I didn’t know if it was because of the crown or the pregnancy. But it didn’t matter.What mattered was that she was happy. But I wouldn’t say the same about Aegen, he looked bothered before going to be crowned. I asked his mother to go and talk to him. I didn’t want him taking the crown if he didn’t want to.My daughter deserved more than that, though I didn’t think being with her was the problem. I was sure it had something to do with his family. That was why I asked his mother to talk to him.“Penny for your thoughts?” I snapped out of it. “I was just thinking about Aegen and what could be bothering him on a day like this. Doesn’t he want the child?” I asked his mother. I didn’t know what to think and I didn’t want to leave Ianna if things were not right with them.“No, it’s not that, he is looking forward to being a fa
AEGEN I didn’t know what to say when she told me that she was pregnant. Of course, I was happy but damn it. Did she have to tell me in front of all those people. How I had to restrain myself and not act cry in front of them.I was going to be their king after all. I pulled her gently close to me and whispered. “You are a very cruel queen and you have not even been crowned yet.” She chuckled. “Why would my kind say something like that on such a day.”I gave her a playful glare. “You told me this here on purpose knowing very well I can’t do what I want to do to you. How could you do that if you were not cruel?” she laughed. “Well, Malraux kingdom, I think we should crown them now before they show us things we are not prepared to see.”That fucking elder said making the crow laugh at our expense. “This is not over, not by a long shot my dear queen.” I whispered to her, and she blushed. I could not believe she was carrying my child.No wonder she was adamant on finishing her studies ear
IANNATwo months have passed, and it was the day of the coronation. Today Aegen and I are going to be crowned king and queen of the kingdom then my father will leave with Aegen’s mother to lead the fairies. I still can’t believe those two. But they were happy and there was nothing I could do about it.I was happy for them. Aegen and I have been happy, and we are expecting. But I have not told him about that yet. I plan to tell him after the coronation. To surprise him, am sure he is going to be happy about it.Damon also took the girl from the deep-water pack as his mate, and I believe she had made him soft if I dare say. “I can’t believe this is happening, it is packed out there that it got me scared a little.” He said coming in.I turned to look at him and fixed his tie. “Well, you better get rid of that fear because it is happening. We didn’t want to go to the fairy kingdom, and this is what we got.” He sighed pouting. I kissed him.“Don’t stop, why are you stopping?” I chuckled mo
LUPEI felt sorry for my daughter, the Goddess knows I do but I could not take it anymore. It was too much. The only thing she has been doing through all of this is complain, call me stupid and asking me why I didn’t kill my other daughter.I was tired of it, we have done enough and the reason we were now going to live with the humans, it was because of us. We did this to ourselves, and we had no one else to blame but ourselves. Me especially, I am her mother, and I should have taught her right from wrong.But I didn’t and now it was too late to do anything. “Lissa, go get your bags so we can leave.” She scoffed. “Didn’t you hear what I said mom, I want them to pay for what they did to me. You have to do something.”This child is driving me insane and if she continues this way. I am going to lose my mind and I don’t know what she will do then when I am cray. “You will get me in the car and if you are not there in the next twenty minutes. I am going to leave without you.”I told her th