"You want to enter into the painting?!" Ayden yelled incredulously, when Azalea finally divulged what she was planning to do with the finished painting to him. "That is the fastest way to get an answer to the questions that I need answers for. The painting would surely be taken into the queen's room without any doubt. To be able to accomplish what I want to do, she has to make eye contact with the portrait for as long as possible. A new portrait for her to admire, is just the best way to get her attention.""You must certainly be joking about what you are saying! How would you do something as risky as that, just to get some piece of information? What if you get trapped? What if you cannot get out? How would you even enter into the first place, and who is going to bring you out once you enter inside? Do you even realize the gravity of what you are saying?" Ayden rushed his words in exasperation, in response to what Azalea had just revealed to him. He could not believe his ears, that s
Armani could not help but feign sickness for many days, while pretending that she had no ability to move her body or even utter a word. Her mother who was really scared since she had never gotten that sick before, sent a message to the queen to inform her of the recent development of things in their home. The queen had sent one of her maids to sent her best wishes, while they continued for the preparation for the wedding at the palace. Elliott tried so hard to escape the responsibility of having to go and visit her, because that would really push him to his painful wall. He made sure he was never seen by anyone, no matter how many people his mother sent to call for him. She couldn't help but just be sick. Sick to death, where no one would even see her. It began the second day of being at her lover's bed, to the ravaging heat that painfully took over her body. It grew a slow fire in her entire system, that was scary, exciting and erotic and the same time. 'Could she say that she was
The entire palace was put into gloominess and less activeness, over the king's sickness that had finally gotten him bed ridden. There had been so many elders and officials visiting the palace more often, in an attempt to get to the root of what had caused the king's sudden sickness. The royal physician and every other skilled ones that had been invited, were unable to diagnose the cause of his sickness talk less of even finding a solution. As a result of that, the wedding plans had been put to a halt stubbornly to the anger of the queen. The palace elders had refused to agree with her point that the wedding could go on, without having the father of the groom who was also the king, be present for his son's marriage. Hendrix who had watched the situation of things in his home and the fact that no one was talking about getting married, got him so glad that he danced around in his room after he was sure that no one was watching. The marriage plans between his mother and the queen for
"No one should leave their houses as from today, until after the final crowning and coronation of the new Alpha king is over.""Anyone found outside their houses for any reason whatever will be give the ultimate judgement of decapitation, or be thrown in a dungeon and locked up till such person is weak and sore in bones. Permissions would be taken from guards that are around the city walls now, if there is a dire importance of something that needed to be done urgently.""From today henceforth, everyone should prepare themselves towards annual tax paying in this kingdom. The palace shall no longer personally house your unnecessary needs and demands, as all will be done from each and every household pocket.""Lastly, from today henceforth, the new appointed king is now Alpha Elliott who is the first prince of the kingdom. Any objections towards him and his sovereignty, will be counted as treason and such person or groups who commits such will be exiled to death!" The walls of the c
"And where do you say you are from?" The giddy old man they were sitting before asked them, which made them both turn simultaneously to face one another. 'Could they really tell him the truth without he chasing them back to where they had come from?' The entire kingdom had been on a tight and intense ruling for more than eight days, since Etheldreda put her son Elliott as a puppet on the throne. Arturo stood by her as her right hand man while publicly working his magic, without anyone having a say to whatever was going on. Instead, they used it for there own advantage for people to succumb to them finally. The first thing Arturo started to tackle was life threatening sickness of the people, in which he used dark magic to help support and extend their lives. Anyone who had lost hope of one of their families that would soon die, would swear their optimum loyalty to them if the sick person was healed finally. Through that process, the darkness began to transfer from family to f
"Why do you say that, wise one? That the queen cannot be easily destroyed? How is that possible?! It is not like she is immortal," Azalea yelled many words at the same time, in surprise at what the old one was saying. It was really surprising to hear such words from the man, that she had put all her high hopes and bet her all upon. Travelling through air together with Ayden was a more difficult task for her than she ever expected, as she got exhausted easily and fainted a few times in a day to poor Ayden's fear. The happiness that they had gotten to the mountain that the seer lived around in seven days was huge, but climbing up the mountain was the worst ever. They totally spent two days and a night climbing it. Meeting Armani at Azalea's old home was an unexpected one that had caught her off guard, when she saw that the pregnant beta had repaired every wreck that was made in the hut. She explained to Azalea that leaving the city was harder than thought, and she could never re
He had sobbed in fear every night that Ayden would never be safe anymore in the palace, and that something had probably happened to him without anyone's knowledge. It was so frustrating to the guts because no one could freely leave their homes without a permit, and even going to the palace to confirm if all was okay was not an option. He knew things could never be. The queen so much hated Ayden since his birth, so there was no way she would spare him after gaining tremendous power over everyone. Hendrix was so handicapped to actions and clueless to information. No one was telling him anything, since they didn't know either. For Azalea, he feared greatly too. Though he knew that she was strong and possessed the power and ability to fight with what he had seen, fighting against the queen for Ayden's survival was a ground to never be shaken. The guards would probably get rid of her even before she got to the queen bee herself. She was gusty and daring too. And he hoped she would
They both made their way down the slope along the part they were walking through, as they ran through the open canopy trees of the forest. Ayden was able to move fast at a great speed, because of his wolf ability that seemed to have activated real good at that point. That helped some of the soldiers sense that there were really people in the bushes. "I think they are racing in their wolf forms, Ayden. We need to run faster," Azalea informed again, as she tried using her powers to cause a tornado to the direction of where they were coming viciously coming from. The swirling and rotating funnel-shaped violent wind just appeared from nowhere with great force, as it moved so fast towards the direction that she wanted it to go. The soldiers that were coming in the opposite side of the vicious wind, continued to run faster in the pursuit of the main targets the had sensed strongly. Azalea started getting weak and tired to keep up with the metres they were running by minute, because
He gently walked towards the hallway that led to the garden to see if she was probably there, but the place was empty and lonely just as they had left it. His heart began to feel unsettling, as he quickly made his way into every room in the palace that he knew she usually liked going to. "Check every nook and cranny of the palace for Azalea, right, now!" Ayden dispatched every servant and soldier around, as he walked back into their room looking so confused and stressed out. That was when his eyes caught the paper that was folded neatly, and placed under the oil bottle in the dresser in the room. He rushed to pick it as he opened it. It thus read; "Dear Ayden. I know you must have been alarmed by now about my disappearance, but do not be. I am sorry to leave you in this manner, but this is actually the best thing to do for now. Do not look for me too, because you will not be able to find me even if you try. My powers have gone out of hand, and I have finally figured out why. Seem
The palace of many rooms and hallways was unbelievably quiet, with just servants and maids doing their best to clean every room in the large building. Everywhere was now more silent than ever, rather than the usual noises of the main family that once lived there happily. Everyone now had their lives to live.Zachary had left the palace together with his wife Armani and their son, after publishing his new book which had become best selling in a few weeks. Edla refused to go with Elliott when he came back one more time to see Ayden and Azalea, rejecting his offer to find a job for her in the nearest city which was many miles away. He told her that Eadlin had joined another pack as a warrior, and just spent her time training endlessly. Edla remained in and out the palace walls in hopes that one day,, she would still be able to capture the heart of Hendrix whom she still loved in her heart. Being well versed with the embroidery skills she learnt and spent her time doing during her
For the king, she had robbed him of his mate and the real Luna of the kingdom, because of her own selfish gain. She also made their only child's life a miserable one, and tried to kill the true prince of the kingdom several times without number. And she had even given birth to the children he had loved with his entire life, for another man whom she disguised as her brother to the palace. With him again she conspired to put his life into danger and left his already thin body to decay, so that she could finally usurp the throne with him. She also put a division between him and his bonafide son. For her first son Elliott, she made his life a miserable one since he had started growing up by pushing him too hard. Beyond his limits that put him into great depression and low-self esteem, and helped him to find solace in a lady who was willing to do everything for him. Robbed him of being the first son of the king. And to that beautiful union she put a division because of her greedy
Arturo was pacing his sword already in restless motion, in stark contrast to Azalea's as he traced roving loops with the point. He stepped forward, his sword swinging in a mock offense in an experimental probe into motion. He had put his dark magic power into the sword, and was ready to destroy the despicable little lady that was right in front of him. He hated so much that she had refused to die and always sat on his nerves, and that she was doing it till the very last moment. That was when he knew that she should not have underestimated her powers. However, he was ready to destroy her finally.Azalea launched aggressively straight into the attack as she filled her sword with her powers, left, right--she twisted away, jumped back, closed in for the attack again taking him off balance. The last time that she had hesitated to finish up everything with the fight, Ayden's sudden attack from Eadlin had distracted and almost caused both of them death.The werewizard swung his sword in a
Azalea was lying on the cold and bare floor hopelessly, weak and out of breath, with no assurance of surviving till the next day. Ayden had not even stirred ever since they had been locked up in the room, and was just motionless on the floor with also no one to tend to the wound he got from Eadlin's stab. If he was dead or alive she knew not, and her wrenched heart could also not take anymore pains or could her eyes shed anymore tears. The floors of the room were beginning to quake more violently, of the self-destruct effects it was having on itself. It was a glaring fact that the situation was just too despairing to do anything. If a miracle would occur by any chance at that moment, then she would first have to get out of the prison she was locked in unscathed. If there was another one that was willing to follow, she would also need the strength to escape together with Ayden. If she was going to escape safely with him, he needed to be alive and strong enough to migrate, for h
Edla and Zachary had remained restless all day while going in and out of his room, searching for clues that could help them discover where Azalea and Ayden could be. It was a tricky one because there were now twice as many soldiers in the palace, but they could now walk around freely however they liked. No one was talking about their mother and if she was okay, and they had no idea if the king was still even alive. The entire family had become a royal mess that the gossip about it could never be heard outside the palace if they all wanted to keep their heads. Eadlin was the only one allowed to see her mother and see her recuperation progress, while Elliott had run away from the palace the night the fight escalated with Azalea, and he saw his mother to the ground. Though he still felt the love he had for her as a son, she had ruined him too much for him to watch her stand back on her feet. He went back to search for Gianna at the inn where her parents owned, but they told him t
"We are all doomed now!! There is certainly no way out of this. There is no way!" Edla panicked, yelled and screamed, as she paced from end to end in Zachary's room. She had stood by the nearest room with a window to watch what had happened during the fight, but fled after the buildings collapsed for the second time. The next event that followed after the entire fight and commotion, was Arturo that now sat on the throne as the new king to reign. That same day, he summoned everyone in the city and called them to the palace, in which his new men informed all of them of the new development. It became the words amongst them that the wicked queen had been usurped, while their savior whom she also manipulated initially had come to save them from their misery. Everything had turned on Etheldreda to Arturo's full exploit. To make everything seem plausible, he started by banning the restriction orders and then fixed the reduction in tax payments. Grains were massively shared too among
"Azalea took the entire afternoon to rest by the hut and to regain her strength, while Ayden sharpened the sword that they found in a corner which was insinuated to have been left by Armani. She had a strong affirmation in her heart that no matter where Armani was, she would be safe and fine in everything that she did. They had nothing left to eat from their bag, and just had to wait till nightfall before they returned back to the palace. It was definitely where they had to start the fight from, and choosing the night was the best time to attack.There was definitely no time to waste time. Using her powers to become invisible through air, both Ayden and Azalea were able to get near the palace wall. And through the hidden tunnel which was still safely untouched, they both made their way into the tunnel as they crawled gently. As soon as they continued to get near to the other end of the tunnel in the garden, Azalea continued to sense some kind of ambience around but she could not
"Go and take any clothes that would suit you well from my wardrobe, and remain here till I come back. Do not open the door to anyone even if they knock!" She instructed, and hurriedly put on the clothes the girl was wearing initially, ignoring whatever sweat and dirt that might have gotten on it. The royal family which now consisted of Etheldreda, Arturo, and Elliott would be at the royal dining having dinner at that time. It was around that time too that the soldiers changed shifts and received dinner, so things would definitely be rowdy around without much attention paid to everyone passing by. But still, she had to make sure not to get caught, because she had no idea what her mother would do to her for disobeying the rules. With tension and some sought of contrition in her heart, she hoped so much in her heart never to run into anyone who would figure her out, even with her changed appearance. Edla stepped out of the room with the empty tray of food plates that the maid had