Louisa's POV
Lucas collapsed on a chair like a deflated balloon. His face was bleeding. His shoulders were severely burnt and he looked really painful and miserable. The sensible part of me told me that I should help him. But the trainwreck part in me told me that he should be suffering like this for the rest of his life. Eventually, I gave up my internal struggling and walked towards Lucas. He looked up at me with grievance and infliction in his eyes. Then, he lowered his head without saying anything. He looked so hopeless and vulnerable. I sighed silently and looked at Zackery, "Can I have a few minutes alone with him? I promise neither of us will get killed." Zackery shrugged and said, "Little girl, I can't believe that you're still going to forgive him." He turned back and wanted to walk off, but then he stopped and looked back at me, "You know what? Sometimes I think you two really deserve each other." Then, he waLouisa's POV When I treated almost all the wounded soldiers, I walked to the stable with Mana and Mata. I've sent all my personal guards away because I didn't want to get them involved in my runaway plan. A carriage was parked in front of the stable and I could see Akela sitting inside it. When she saw me from the window, she waved her hands at me. "Hey, it's you!" She exclaimed with happiness. "It's great to have you here! When I woke up this morning, I remembered that I had forgotten something, but then, I couldn't remember what I'd forgotten. Now that I see you, I finally remember it. I have an appointment with you today to pick up my wedding dress! It's such a shame that Lucas can't come with me. But I guess he can't give me any fashion advice. Do you know that the King is going to host our wedding? I want a wedding dress that makes everyone solemnly weep with tearful joy. Do you like lace? I love lace, I know. It's very uncomfortable, but I
Louisa's POV When we arrived at the crossroad in front of Skagen City, I saw Alex sitting on a small carriage, waiting for me. "That's a very strange carriage. It looks like a ship." Akela said when she saw Alex's carriage in a distance from the window. As always, I didn't pay attention to her nonsense. I was so happy that Alex showed up on time. Mana and Mata stopped the cart, jumped out of the carriage, and ran towards Alex. "Hey, why did this carriage stop?" Akela asked. "Sorry, Akela. I can't go to the tailor's with you today. I have to see my friends. You can go ahead and go to Skagen City by yourself." I jumped out of the carriage and said. "Where are you going? Don't leave me alone here. I don't know how to drive a carriage. It's a servant's job," Akela said. I put the reins and whip into her hands and said, "It's really not that difficult. All you have to do is to pull this when you want to stop and wave this when you
Louisa's POV I looked outside and saw that we were literally above the clouds. I could see the houses, trees, and roads flying beneath the carriage. Akela was right! This isn't a carriage! It's a flying ship! I thought to myself. I really should have paid more attention to Akela, but I was too arrogant and thought I was smarter than she was. I knocked on the door and raised my voice, "Alex, why are we flying? Where are you going to take us?" "I'm sorry, Miss Louisa. You've always been so kind to me. But I have to follow Lady Josephine's order. She has my brother in custody. If I don't kill you, she'll kill my brother," Alex's voice sounded very distressed. I said, "I should have known it was you. The stable's door was unlocked and you were the only one who had the keys. You saw the missing bottle in my potion box this morning and you told Josephine about it. That's why she came into my tent and demanded to see my potion box. And the
Louisa's POV "Miss, I really think we should find a place to land now," Mana popped his head out of the flying ship and said. "Now you're talking! Good for you, Mr. Know-it-all!" Mata shouted at his brother. "You don't have to be so sarcastic! I'm scared now because half of this flying ship is missing and it's the very important part!" Mana shouted back. "Guys, please stop talking and hold Alex tightly. I'm trying to concentrate on landing now," I said. "Miss, why don't we land in the woods?" Mana pointed to the forest in front of us and said. "So we can be pierced like a skewer by the sharp tree branch with the smoke coming off the explosion of this flying craft baking us underneath our feet! Great idea, dickhead!" Mata shouted. Mana covered his head and said, "It's just a suggestion. You don't have to be so loud." I looked around and I could only see an endless forest and a lake. There was literally nothing else to l
Louisa's POV In despair, I pressed his chest and started to do CPR on him. I saw Uma do it once when one of the soldiers drowned. I didn't know how to do it correctly, but I knew I had to try my best to save him. "Do you need me to take you back to the land? It's a bit tiring to float like this with two human beings on top of me," the catfish said. "Yes, sure. Sorry," I said. I almost forgot that we were actually staying on the back of a giant catfish. While the catfish was swimming to the shore, I still didn't want to give up on Alex. His face became deadly white and I couldn't see any sign of life. As we approached the land, I struggled to drag him out of the water and kept doing CPR on him. "Is he going to make it?" the catfish asked. He was floating around the shore and didn't want to go away. "I don't know, but I have to try my best," I said. "Are those two fishheads looking for you?" the catfish ask
Louisa's POV "The snails are amazing," the catfish smacked his mouth and said. "It has been a really long time since I ate so many snails in one take." "Can we go now?" I asked. "Sure," he said. "You and that white-headed can climb on my back. The two fishheads can swim with me." I carried Alex up and said, "Let's go." Alex looked intimidated. "Can we trust it?" he asked. "It's a catfish." "Wow, he lied to you and now he calls me a liar. That's interesting," the catfish grunted. "Animals don't lie," I said to Alex. "But they're animals. They're beasts. They don't have any reasons," Alex said worriedly. "Oh, yeah. You've got reasons and everything. That's why you lied to your friends," the catfish argued. Even though I was the only one who could hear him, he still kept talking to Alex. I found that a lot of animals did that. They never stopped talking to human beings even though they knew they could
Louisa's POV I kneeled on the shore and cried my heart out. I couldn't deal with the sudden departure of anyone in my life. Mana and Mata walked around me anxiously. They wanted to say something, but they didn't know what to say. They wanted to hug me, but they didn't know if it was appropriate. Eventually, they gave up and sat next to me, pressing their bodies against mine. "Miss, well, you know... When a whale falls to the bottom of the sea after it dies, its body becomes the food of millions of creatures in the sea..." I cried even harder. "Well, what dickhead wants to say is that... It's a life cycle, Miss. There's nothing sad about it. It's a solemn thing and it's worth celebrating." "Look at those fish in the lake. They are all his legacies." "Fish have a short memory, miss. But they never forget about their parents." I nodded and wept, holding both of them in my arms. Alex wiped off the water and t
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
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