Stepping out of my room, Darius is waiting. I know I said we would go in together, but I just assumed he would go in alone and see me there. He's meant to be with Lyra, not me. Has he forgotten that part?"How are you feeling?" I glance towards him."Foolish." I stare at him. "Not so much about my dad and him killing our mother. More the fact I never noticed William, I need to find out if he knew.""Surely he wouldn't." I can't see William ignoring that."He vowed to our mother over and over that he would watch over Kellan and me. So, he would stay and ignore what our father did." He stops and looks at me. "See, that there. How didn't I realise? He didn't say it like the other guards. He said it like he fucking loved her.""You can't kill him, Darius." As much as he feels like he wants to, he can't do that."His affair with my mother led to her death."I stop walking and grab him. "Don't blame him. Yes, it was wrong, but that letter said they were mates. He already no doubt blames him
As I finish the dance with Kellan, he smiles at me."Don't! If you kiss me, people will talk. Let's not cause more riots."I watch as he pouts at me."You spoil all my fun.""Wait, I spoil your fun? I'm sure when I try to fuck you, you're the one to say no and spoil my fun.""I made a promise that I wouldn't fuck you until this ends. I want to prove this isn't just sex.""How can it be just sex when we haven't had sex?" I smirk at him."You know when you get your wolf. I want to switch roles. You will need to be the one to say no, and I taunt you." His eyes darken. "It's not as easy as you think to ignore your taunting ways.""You make it look easy." He doesn't, even though I notice his struggle to say no and push me away. Even though he shouldn't, I agreed. This isn't like he's going to turn around at the last minute and pick someone else."I make it look easy? A few times, I ran because it was clearly that easy." He leans forward, his mouth stopping next to my ear. "I want to, but I
I stay with Sage, and slowly, the guests begin to leave; William has left as well.The other contestants are glaring towards me. I feel like this is going to be an argument. I wait and watch as they step towards me. So they are going to blame me. It seems like they look at me as the reason for every issue that happens."Is your plan to destroy everyone's events just so you can be sure to win!" Lyra glares at me."I have done nothing wrong."Selene laughs. "Really? This person seems to be doing things that ruin everyone else's chances! Are you sure it's not one of your slave friends?""Ladies' I don't think it is right that you're blaming Elara for something she didn't do." Yori looks at them."How do we know she didn't? She could have planned it all." Lyra steps closer to me, and Yori puts his arm between us."Wait, don't tell me you slept with their Betas as well." Selene laughs. "You wanted something to sell to the papers when you leave, right? Finally, earn a penny or two, so you'r
Kellan and Darius come back a short while later. Darius advises that we go to our rooms and stay within them until further notice. He made it sound important and like it wasn't safe to leave to our rooms, so now I'm wondering why? Something must have happened.I walk up with Sage whilst Beta Ash follows us. Sage leans into me."So, you and Kellan are looking cuter together." She turns, grinning at me. Kellan is cute, I won't deny that. Yet I can see by her face she means something totally different."We haven't had sex. We've done other things, but he refuses until this ends."She stops walking and laughs. Everyone turns and looks at us."Oh, just Elara telling me a joke." She grins and starts walking again. "Sorry, but Kellan turning down sex is funny." She continues to laugh as we walk to the room.Hugging her goodnight, I go to step into mine, and Ash stops me."You're needed downstairs."My eyes roll. "They waited until I got to my room to say?""No, they knew, but having you walk
I watch as Darius orders everyone to leave. Moving, I go to stand, and his head shakes. Something has happened."What has happened?" Kellan looks at him, and I listen, Darius is going to tell Kellan about their mother and William. I'm not sure how he will take this. Darius took it badly, so will Kellan?"I was searching places today. Trying to find where dad would hide things that might answer why he ordered those murders.""You found it! Show me then." Kellan moves closer."I found something, but it isn't about that." I watch as Darius places the ring down on the desk. Kellan looks over at it, confused."You found a ring?" He laughs slightly. "That was mum's ring from her mother.""That was a lie. The ring didn't come from me." Darius hands him the letter. "Mum and William were having an affair. Apparently, they were mates."Kellan laughs. "I know."Darius' eyes widen. Oh no, this won't go down well. "How long have you known?""About a year before she died. Dad had left, travelling t
After telling the brothers my plan, I went to bed. Exhaustion had taken over me, and I fell asleep far too quickly. I've not seen Kellan, Darius, or even William today.I woke up alone, had breakfast, and have spent most of my day with Sage now. Later today is Callista's banquet, which I'm not looking forward to. It can't be any worse than Lyra's Ball, though; at least today, there are no masks.Sage is currently painting her nails. Something which she insists she does herself. Where as Lyra and everyone use the maids, who are trained to do it."Are you doing yours?""No! My toes won't be on show." We both laugh at that."Has May sorted your dress for tonight?""She has. It's a very tight-fitting gown. I think she's trying to help me taunt Kellan." It won't help, as I'm not seeing Kellan tonight. Not that anyone knows that."Go get ready then." She points to the door. Hugging her, I walk out and bump into Callista."What are you wearing?"I step back away from her, confused. "A dress.
DariusTonight is painful. Callista won't stop talking, and because she is between me and Kellan, it means I have to talk to her because Kellan is focused on Elara.Solely Elara, which means I have to deal with Callista alone, and my head hurts. While listening to her yattering, I am also trying to remember not to act too friendly with Elara.I'm meant to be pushing her out, not caring, whatever.Lyra's masquerade ball wasn't as painful as this. Sure, I spent most of my time with her, but we moved around the room. Constantly talking to people, new conversations. Away from her own agenda.No, Callista keeps talking about how much she has trained for this. How she has practised her routines for situations the queen may find herself in.Things like this are meant to be fun and relaxing. It is not so tense. Everyone else is laughing, so I can only imagine their conversations are better."It's amazing, Alpha Prime Darius. A perfect example of how a queen would help.""I think my brother ha
I'm not sure what happened that night, but for two days, I have barely seen Kellan or Darius. William has told us they were busy with issues. Issues, I apparently can't know as when I ask, I get told he's not allowed to tell me. "Something is happening." Sage looks at me and I nod. "I agree, and no I don't know. Neither Darius nor Kellan have told me. I've barely seen them." She looks across the room. "What I don't get is why are both Beta Ash and Yori watching you?" That, I don't know. "We can make up our own ideas?" I laugh slightly. "All Yori told me was that the brothers are busy and can't check in on me as much. They are together so Kellan doesn't need his Beta's." I feel that's a lie. I've no idea if they caught Aurora or if it was even her. "Maybe this has something to do with the people outside the wall?" I turn and look at Callista. "You didn't know? I left something in my old room and went to get it. There are banners and such calling both the king and prince murderers