Louisa's POV
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, I'm afraid I have other engagements tonight. Doctor Jafar and I have to take His Highness Zabel to the Moonlight Cave. The salt in the cave is considered to be helpful for His Excellency's condition." Lucian stood in front of Zackery and said. "Moonlight Cave? I have never been there before. Can I tag along?" Zackery said. Jafar frowned and said, "Your Excellency, it's getting late and we'll have to spend the whole night in the cave for His Excellency's treatment." "A whole night camp out beside the bonfire? I'm in. Let's go." Zackery looked quite excited. Lucian looked reluctant and said, "Your Excellency, it's a dark cave with sulfide. We can't set up any bonfire inside." "OK, so no bonfire. I'm OK with that. Do you want to go, little girl?" Zackery looked at me and asked. "I've heard it's a beautiful cave with thousands of stalactite and crystals. We can go inside and explore while Zabel'Louisa's POV Akela's tent was in the western part of the camp, which was close to the mountainside. A stream was flowing down the mountain, through the aqueduct, and into the camp. All the bushes of plants around the tent were maintained neatly, but only a small bush of sedge adjacent to the back of the tent looked a bit messy. As soon as I walked into Akela's tent, I smelled something salty and fishy. It reminded me of the fish market that I had been to. "Did you smell it?" I asked Zackery. "Yes, and it's like a shark rotting inside of a puddle of water," Zackery said. "Soldiers, open the window right now. I can't stand the stench of this place." "Wait!" I stopped the soldiers and said to Zackery, "Let me take a look at the window first." Zackery walked towards the back window of the tent with me staying in his arms. The window was completely shut, but I noticed that it had been tampered with because there was a piece of clot
Louisa's POV As soon as the soldiers poured the hot oil into the well, I heard screaming and screeching coming from it. Then, I heard the splashing sound of things getting into the water. When the sound disappeared, I quickly ran to the other side of the canal. Just when I arrived there, I saw two dark shadows shooting out of the darkness in the water. "We caught them!" the soldiers shouted. "Cover them with sacks! Now!" I raised my voice. Several soldiers jumped at the two creatures and covered their heads with sacks. As we walked closer, I saw their hairy legs kicking in the webs. "Ahhhh! I can't see anything!" "Shut up, dickhead! You're stepping on my feet!" "We are trapped in the webs and me stepping on your feet is the only concern on your mind?!" "Let's kick the webs and get out of here!" "Strap their legs! They try to break the webs!" I told the soldiers. They used ropes to tie
Louisa's POV "Are you going to touch my brother?" The tuna head winked his giant eyes and stared at me. "Are you sure? He's pretty slimy. Your hands and dress will be dirty," he added. OK. So he's the one who's having priority issues. I thought to myself. "Your brother's life is on a thread. You don't have to worry about my dress and hands getting dirty. Come on, he's too big. I can't move him by myself. I need your help," I said and pulled his brother's arm. The tuna head looked at me as if he was about to cry. Then, he moved right in front of me and gave his brother a push. The tuna head's brother rolled over and started to cough violently. I patted his slimy scaled back, trying to help him to cough it out. After another episode of coughing, he finally spat out some pus-like sticky fluid on the ground. Something was shining in the fluid. I picked it up and saw it was a diamond ring, which I saw Akela wearing earlier t
Louisa's POV "What did you just say?!" I was shocked. "On our way to this place, we heard some traveling druids talking about their plans to kidnap a man called Alpha Lucas from the White Walkers." "They broke a street lamp and tied up some rope on a road. Then, they were hiding in the dark and waiting for his arrival." "But halfway into the operation, they suddenly called it off." "We didn't know why, but we heard that they wanted to kidnap Beta Lucian's wife and brother." "Are you sure about what you've heard?!" I asked. "People can't hear us, but we've got good ears." Both of them shrugged and said. Lucian seemed to notice something wrong must have happened according to my facial expressions. He asked, "Miss Louisa, what did they say?" "Lucian, where is Gianna right now?" I asked. "She's on the way to our camp with Leo," he said. "You need to call Gianna right now. They said that those traveling
Louisa's POV "Don't say that to yourself. You aren't stupid. The real stupid people are those who try to bully others for a living," I said. Mana looked at me with sadness and said, "I don't think they're stupid. They're living a very good life. They've got everything. Those traveling druids live like Kings on islands in Agier Sea." "Nobody will live a good life by making others' lives miserable. In their consciousness, they know they aren't doing the right thing and they will be punished for what they've done to others," I said. "Well, Miss. I agree with you," Mana swallowed his saliva and said. "But the thing is, not everyone has consciousness as you do. Those traveling druids are mad right now. They have been mad ever since we were driven away from the mainland." Mata heard our conversation and said, "Thousands of years have passed. Some of us have already started to evolve, to move on with our lives. But some of them just refuse to let it go.
Louisa's POV "Yeah. You didn't know about it?" Mana asked. He looked very confused. "No! I know nothing about it!" I said emotionally. "Well... You've lost me..." Mata asked. He looked twice as confused as his brother. "Do you know that you can talk to animals?" "Yes! I've already known that," I replied. "Do you know that werewolves can't communicate with animals?" Mana asked. "Yes, of course, I know that!" I said. "And you don't feel anything suspicious about being able to talk to animals?" Mata asked. "No! I mean... Yes! But..." I couldn't even articulate my thoughts properly. "Well, You've lost me as well..." Mana declared. "But I'm a werewolf!" My eyes were wide open. "I don't have magic power!" Both Mana and Mata covered their heads and said, "OK, OK! Maybe we're wrong. Please don't be angry at us! We're just two stupid tuna heads..." Who am I? I thought to myself. In despair, I looked a
Louisa's POV "Where's their camp?" Lucian frowned. "Take us to their camp." The rogues looked reluctant. "Sir... Are you sure you want to go there? It's very bad luck to see dead druids..." "Take us to the camp, or I'll rip off your arms and feed them to my friends here," Lucian said and pointed at Mata. Mata looked very confused and looked at me for help. "We're vegetarians, for your information. We get lactose intolerant when we eat meat products..." he said. "Show them your badass look now, Dickhead!" Mana shouted at him. "Do I really have to...?" "Do it now! Dickhead!" Mata sighed. Then, he opened his giant mouth and snarled. He had got a tentacle-like tongue and the inside of his mouth was covered by hundreds of spike-like teeth. "Ahhhhh!" Some of the rogues passed out whereas others literally pissed themselves. Mata closed his mouth and looked up at Lucian, who frowned at him. He covere
Louisa's POV The melancholy and tenderness in his eyes made him irresistible. No woman on earth could stay angry at a man for long with that kind of look in his eyes. "You want to toast me in a moat?" Lucian drew himself closer to her and asked. "Well, if you don't come closer, you won't get burnt," Gianna whispered while entangling her fingers in Lucian's hair. "That's not possible," he whispered. Then, he pressed his lips against Gianna's mouth. Gianna moaned quietly and knocked her hands softly on Lucian's back. Then, she ran her hand gently into his hair and held his head. The way they held each other was like a missing piece of a puzzle was finally placed back into its position. Every curve of their faces and bodies was glued seamlessly together. They became one. Nothing seemed to be able to penetrate between them. Then, Lucian looked down at Gianna's stomach. "He kicked me," Lucian said with s
Lucas' POV "Fucking Kings and Queens! A bunch of mother fuckers and losers!" I shouted. Derek looked intimidated and turned his head towards Lucian. "Don't you fucking look at him! Nobody can fucking save you today!" I kicked him. "I should have killed you long ago! You're a fucking cancer!" He rolled on the ground for a couple of laps and coughed out some sticky muddy fluid from his mouth. "Master... I'm already dead... For a dead man, there's nothing on earth that matters... But my brother... He served you... I forced him to do a lot of bad things, but he was innocent... Please spare his life..." Derek said. "You have no right to negotiate anything with me! I'm going to let you witness I torture your brother to death!" I said angrily and grabbed his neck. "Now, break this fucking ice shield and give my fucking woman back to me. Give her back!" Then, I heard a faint voice. "Leave... my brother... alone..." It's Darren
Louisa's POV "What?!" I couldn't believe what I had heard. Pregnant? I'm pregnant with Lucas' child?! But, I have to tell Darren that I... Then, I heard a wave of hysterical laughter coming from Derek. "The prophet's true! The advent child! The Dark King rises! He who has Lycan, witch, and vampire's blood will marry his mother and be the tyrannic ruler in the Kingdom!" Every single word was like a knife, stabbing my heart. Was it a vicious curse? Or just some disturbing nonsense coming from a madman? Then, before I realized it, my ankle was grabbed fast by Derek. I tried to move back, but I couldn't. Frost started to spread all the way up from my feet at a fast rate. I didn't know what happened before my whole legs were sealed in frigid ice. "No! Stop it!" I saw Vincent and Will trying to pull Derek away from me. But they ended up pulling the remaining of his legs off his body. More sparkling ice w
Louisa's POV Vincent looked at me and didn't say anything. The look on his face was almost lamenting. "Vincent, where is Darren?" I frowned and asked. "He's inside," Vincent said. "But he's in a very bad condition. Miss Louisa, I have to brief you before letting you see him. You have to be prepared. The werewolves at the slave market tortured and humiliated him. His skin was badly burnt. His face was deformed. His head had concussions. He is completely shut down right now. He refuses to communicate with anyone and it seems that he has developed a certain mechanism to protect himself." Vincent took a pause and said, "It seems that he has lost his memory, Louisa. I doubt he will recognize you." "No... No!!!" I felt like I was struck by a bat or something. My vision was black and I fell to the ground. Vincent caught me and held me in his arms. The world was spinning in front of me. Something bitter was stuck in my throat. I curled up a
Lucas' POV "Lucian, I really should have told you about this... I really should have told you about it long ago. But I get this kind of feeling... you know, if I don't talk about it, then it means this whole thing has never happened... And Derek has never betrayed me." I said in a low voice. Lucian was silent. "Anyway," I said. "it wasn't very long until the Red Queen found out that Derek was just lying to get back to the Underground City. So the Red Queen was furious and wanted to kill him. You remember the time that I was summoned to King's Land. I was actually forced to go there to cast an imprint on Derek. I did it and I tortured him. But it was just for the Red Queen to know that I was her loyal subject. Then, I faked his death by sending a corpse back to his uncle. I was planning to hide him somewhere, but those fucking traveling druids took him away. I was enraged, so I took his brother Darren away from the brothel to replace him. I thought one da
Lucas' POV "How many secrets have you been hiding from me these years?" Lucian stared at me and asked. "I'm sorry, brother. But my woman is missing. And she might be pregnant with my child. Can we just focus on looking for her?!" I said. Lucian didn't say anything, he took the tuna head and got on horseback. Then, he rode off without saying anything. Oh, fuck. Now Lucian's not talking to me. Like I haven't got enough on my plate. "I have a good suggestion for you." I heard Finn's voice in my head. "What now?! Don't tell me shit like rubbing the back of his neck. It fucking didn't work," I said. Torrent snorted his nose, urging me to catch up with Lucian. "Fuck, Torrent. Sometimes I get the feeling that you're fucking riding me! You can get as fast as you can, I don't give a shit as long as my ass is still on the saddle. I'm busy having a conversation with my fucking wolf," I patted Torrent's neck and said.
Lucas' POV "What's on her fucking mind?" I said. I was really fed up with women in my life. They were so fucking unpredictable. Lucian said, "She's gone this morning after Louisa told her off in front of everyone. And we've lost contact with Kylo. He took away our best people and our soldiers in the camp were either killed or wounded. Louisa tried to treat some of the soldiers this morning, but it will still take a few days before they're fully recovered." "Kylo's fucking with me! He sent his fucking sister to mess up with my soldiers. His father was with me and he still dares to fuck with me! Why does he do this to me?! Why did he betray me?!" I kicked the grass on the ground and said. "I don't know. If you left that traveling druid alive, we could have asked him," Lucian said. "Stop blaming me! That fucking asshole was blabbing about my fucking identity in front of Louisa!" I said. "Why don't you just tell her who you really are?
Louisa's POV Derek put his hand into his pocket. Colt thought he was about to take out a weapon or something, so he stepped forward, trying to stop him. "This..." Derek took out an amber-colored stone from his pocket and said. "This is Amber of Star. I want to give this... to your friend. I got it from... Underground City. With this stone, people can communicate with the soul... of their beloved deceased ones... I'm sorry that..." "I don't want anything from you." Mata cried out. "You took away my brother's life and there's nothing you can do to make up for it! He's dead! You killed him! You took him away from me! I have been staying with my brother ever since I first opened my eyes, and now his eyes will never open again. He can never hold my hands when I'm scared! It's a big scary world out there and I'm always scared!" "But you can talk to your brother... As if he's still alive..." Derek tried to explain. "You just don't understand, do
Louisa's POV The fire spreading all over my body dimmed. I stared at Derek and walked closer to him. He looked panicked and desperate at the same time. "What's the matter with you?! Where's the fire?! I have just killed your friend! Why don't you kill me with that fire of yours?!" He barked at me like a mad dog. I didn't say anything but kept stepping closer to him. "Come on! Hit me with a fireball or something! Hit here!" Derek pointed at the empty void in his left chest and said. "Don't you want revenge on behalf of your friend?" I stood right in front of him. Still, I didn't say anything. In despair, he grabbed my arm and said, "Come on! Hit me!" "Where is Darren," I said. "Take me to see him." "You'll never see my brother again..." He said with a sadistic grin. Before he could finish his sentence, I strangled his neck. He didn't protest or struggle. Instead, he kept smirking at me. I did
Louisa's POV The smirk on Derek's face was gone and replaced by ferocious malice. "Let me correct you, Miss Louisa Reeds. Nobody is supposed to be dead. We were born into this world to live our lives and hug our beloved ones, not to destroy and manipulate other people's lives." He looked exasperated for a brief moment, but then he regained his cool. "I used to serve Lucas when I was young and vulnerable. He's such a hypocrite and he used my innocence and love for him to take control of me. He came into my life without notice. When he was gone, he took everything away from me, including my life... and he told me it was for my own good! He locked me up in a cave and let those monsters torture me to death! And is this for my own good?!" Derek pulled off his shirt and let me see his naked chest. I could see there was a hole in his left chest. The place where his heart used to be. I was horrified and stepped backward. At that time, I rea