Louisa's POV
"Well, the good one," I replied. "We found that warlock and he's still alive, miss." "And Colt took him away to the vampire's castle." "That's great!" I said and frowned. "What about the bad news?" "The warlock's in terrible condition." "He wasn't in good form, miss." "And Colt was badly hurt because he wanted to protect us." "It's all my fault, miss," Mata wiped his tears and said. "What happened?!" I asked anxiously. Mata withdrew and hid behind Mana's back. He looked terrified. I held him back in my arms and stroked his back. "Please don't be scared. I was just a bit concerned. I wouldn't hurt you, Mata," I said. "It's all my fault... I saw some shiny gems in a jewelry shop and I couldn't control myself..." "So he sneaked into that shop and stole the jewelry!" Mana said accusatively. Mata covered his head and said, "I know! It's all my fault! I shouldn't have doLouisa's POV "Ahh!" Lucas screamed in pain and tried to push me away, but he couldn't. I didn't know where this incredible strength came from. I watched his arms burning in front of me and I wouldn't let go. The burning smell of hair and flesh immediately pervaded the whole tent. "Stop! Stop!" Lucas shouted in despair. His body was violently trembling under me, but he couldn't get away. The more violently he struggled, the harder I pressed him on the ground. For the first time in my life, I saw panic and fear in his dark blue eyes. Then, desperately, he shifted. Dark black hair appeared all over his arms and legs. Within a few seconds, Finn showed up in front of me. I immediately jumped up and stepped back. "Big paw!" I exclaimed with surprise. I wanted to hug him, but I couldn't. The fire in my hands was still there. I didn't want to hurt him. Finn shook his head and the fur o
Lucas' POV Fuck this world. Fuck my life. Fuck Finn. That mother fucker dwelled on my suffering. I started to complain about my grievance and misery like there was no tomorrow - "What the fuck is wrong with this fucking chick?! Why can't she just be like everybody else?! Just spread her legs and let me fuck her! She always gets on my nerves! The first minute she forced me to swear under the full moon that I wouldn't fuck with other people, the next minute she fucking changed her mind and decided to run away with that fucking warlock! Why it has to be this difficult?!" "She's Wray Fay's descendant. She was born to be a Gifted One. If you hadn't made her so angry, probably she would never have realized how powerful she is," Finn said. "I guess we could say, you made her who she is," Finn added when he didn't get a response from me. "Oh, fuck," I said. "What am I supposed to do now? I was planning to let Lycidas take her
Louisa's POV When I woke up in the morning, Finn had already left. I rubbed my eyes and saw Mana and Mata sleeping on the bed and snorting. As I was walking out of the tent, I saw Will and Alex running towards me. Will was wearing the cloak that I had made for him yesterday, whereas Alex was bare-chested. I could see some open claw marks and wounds on his back. Both of them looked very upset. "Louisa! You're awake!" Will hugged me and said. I held him in my arms and said, "Where have you been, Will?" "The stable! I wanted to check out Josephine's maid. But she's gone! There was a pool of blood on the floor and she was nowhere to be found!" Alex looked at me and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Louisa. I should have kept an eye on the maid last night. I remember clearly that I bolted the door and locked it up before I shifted into a wolf. But this morning, when I woke up in the haystack, the door of the stable was opened with the
Louisa's POV I frowned. "Violent ecstasy? That's exactly what happened last night!" I exclaimed in a low voice. It seemed Josephine's maid took this potion and created chaos in the camp last night. But how did she do it and why? I thought to myself. "Good morning, Miss." "Shall we prepare some breakfast for you?" I turned back and saw Mana and Mta standing behind me. They looked so cute in their cloaks. I lowered down and hugged them. "Are you feeling better now?" I asked. "Yes. We took a bath and we'll wash the linen for you," Mana said. "You don't have to. But maybe you can make some toast and brew some tea. It's going to be a busy morning because lots of wounded soldiers will come here for treatment," I said. "OK," they said. Then they quickly started to prepare breakfast. I saw a very disoriented man wandering outside my tent. "Biri, is that you?" I asked. Biri was o
Louisa's POV "It's really good to have you here, Miss. We don't have any doctors in this camp." A soldier said when I was applying a tourniquet on his leg. "So what happens when you get injured?" I asked. The soldier looked very awkward and said, "Well, for minor injuries, we usually get self-medicated. If it's major, we'll be disqualified and sent away." "Sent away?" I frowned. The soldier immediately looked panicked and said, "Sorry, Miss. I shouldn't have mentioned this. I intend to talk a lot when I get nervous." I tightened the tourniquet and said, "OK, you're ready to go." He stood up and didn't immediately go away. "Miss... I didn't mean to cross you... You're very kind to us. You cooked for us and helped us..." he whispered. I looked at him and said, "Don't worry. I understand that you can't talk. You're ready to go now." The soldier still lingered around and didn't want to go away. He looked very
Louisa's POV Lucas stood in front of me, looking angry and confused. At the same time, I could tell that he was a bit intimidated, but he was reluctant to face it. I stepped forward and he stared at me as if he was giving me a warning. "Are you going to change into a human candle and burn me?" he asked. "No. I'm going to treat the wounds on your shoulders. They look really bad," I said. "You're not a doctor. If Lucian saw someone like you lurking in the city, practicing medicine without a license, he would throw you in jail." Lucas frowned and said. "I've been to jail," I said, helping him to take off his shirt. "You sound very bitter about your past," Lucas said. His perfect upper torso was fully exposed in front of me. It seemed that he had been even more muscular after last night's full moon. I could see the veins popping up underneath his skin. "What have you been eating? You look all jacked up." I said and
Louisa's POV I couldn't believe this was happening to me. Josephine was literally filing the first suit, trying to blame everything on me! And the most tricky thing was, I didn't even know how to defend myself. I knew exactly what happened behind Lucas' assassination, Gianna's kidnapping, and last night's chaos in camp. But I didn't have any proof! The traveling druid had already been killed by Lucas. He obviously couldn't tell the truth behind the assassination and kidnapping. Mana and Mata could speak up for me, but their voices couldn't be heard by anyone except me. Josephine's maid was supposed to be the witness and testify to Josephine's crime, but she was gone. My only hope was Akela, but who would believe a crazy redhead girl? Especially when she knew nothing but shopping and daydreaming. Then, Josephine blew the final strike. "The potion box! Check her potion box! She was cooking something for all the sol
Louisa's POV "They were in my fucking way!" Lucas shouted back. I totally lost my temper and shouted, "Why can't you have some sympathy for other people?! Mana and Mata were already injured, but they were still trying to help and protect me. Your soldiers were wounded. They could be recovered and work for you again as soon as their wounds were treated. They were very good at what they were doing! Instead of getting a doctor, you abandoned them in the mountains to let them rot and die like animals!" Lucas roared, "Why can't you act like a normal woman?! Just shut the fuck up and lick my balls like everyone else?! All you have to do is to stay in my bed like a fucking doll and do what you've been told!" Zackery held me up in his arms and said, "Listen, why don't we take this into the tent?" "I'm not going into the tent! I have to treat those soldiers!" I said. Zackery held me in his arms and said, "Jafar and Zabel will take care of them. Now
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