ELYSIA'S POVMy heart was beating fast as I looked up at the Alpha who was looking down at the body with tightened fists and pulsed lips.The sight of the dead body terrified me to the point that I had to snuggle close to the Alpha. I could not help but wonder who must have brutally murdered the sorceress. Could it be Finnegan?Well, the answer was certain since he was nowhere to be found around the cave."Let's go." The Alpha said under his breath and took my hand after searching inside the cave and around the woods and he didn't find Finnegan anywhere.A sharp pain cut across my abdomen as I tried to keep up with the Alpha's pace because he was holding my hand but I did well to mask it.The Alpha was breathing hard by the time we arrived at the palace, but not out of tiredness, the way his muscles flexed when he spoke conveyed the amount of anger burning inside his heart.I stood back with shaky legs and watched as he ordered his men to go into the woods and search for him."Make su
ELYSIA'S POV"I'm just going to the kitchen for some water." I turned to Lucius when he started following me the moment I stepped out of my room to go get water in the kitchen.I looked at him for a while hoping he would get the clue and step back but he didn't, neither did he say a word or act in a way to acknowledge that he heard me.When I didn't get a response after a while, I let out a deep sigh and kept going while being consciously aware that Lucius was walking behind me. The thought of that made me extremely uncomfortable but there was nothing I could do about it.I had woken up to the Alpha gone from my room but I didn't think much about it because I believed he had some other things to do regarding the pack, since there seemed to be a moment of unrest in the pack.I eventually decided to go to the kitchen for some water when I felt thirsty, only to be followed around by Lucius who refused to give me any breathing space.A maid walked up to my room later in the morning to inf
ASHER'S POVMy fists clenched and I swallowed hard, I was panic-stricken by Nikolai's revelation but I decided to play cool for the sake of Elysia in order not to scare her."I will be right back," I said to Nikolai and took Elysia's hand."We have to get you inside," I said to Elysia who was already looking back at me with panic-ridden eyes."What is going on?" She asked and I squeezed her hand in mine."Nothing that you should be worried about," I said sharply without glancing at her."Then why am I being forced inside?" She tried to protest."Because it's safer for you to be inside Elysia." I insisted and pulled her along even though she kept protesting that she wanted to stay."Stay here okay?" I said to her as I forcefully tucked her into bed. "I will be right back before you know it. You can talk to Lucius if you need anything, he is just outside your door."I leaned in to kiss her forehead.She finally let me go, even though she didn't look convinced enough, but there was nothi
ELYSIA'S POVTime was ticking quickly, and I was equally running out of patience with the same proportion as I sat on my bed waiting up from the Alpha with my eyes glued to the clock. It's been moments since left the room to go for a walk, I could not help but wonder what was taking him so long to get back.Or was he back already and was having a meeting with Nikolai and the elders?I decided to wait for him for a while longer, and when he didn't show up after a while, I decided to go out and look for him.At the same instant I set out of my room, I was immediately reminded of Lucius whose presence I had been forced to accept no matter how uncomfortable it was for me. I didn't try to argue with the Alpha about it again because no matter how I felt about it, the truth was that he just wanted me to be safe.As usual, he followed right behind me as I set out to go look for the Alpha without saying a word to me, now even a word to ask where I was going, he just followed like a robot.I p
ELYSIA'S POVEveryone around the vicinity including myself came to a standstill as soon as the Alpha walked in with the woman and we all had our eyes focused on them with our mouths wide open.The woman was awkwardly dressed with a lanky figure, her long, almost waist-length hair formed a nest on her head and hung over her shoulder and engulfed her oval-shaped face. One could easily tell that she had not brushed her hair for quite a while. Her eyebrows were thick and bushy, and her lips dried and chapped.She was barefooted and staggered as the Alpha pushed her forward. The chains she was held with clattered with each step she took, and I could not help but wonder who she was.My mouth was wide open as I observed the woman being pushed forward by the Alpha.The awkward air which rose around the premises following the Alpha's entrance was not hard to notice because we all stood upright to watch.My eyes moved to Nikolai who was standing right behind me with panic-stricken eyes. Apart f
ELYSIAThe night seemed long and unending, especially since the Alpha left moments after our conversation and was not yet back. Although he didn't make any promises to come back I expected him back. I thought he must have been in a hurry to leave that he didn't remember to tell me he was coming back.I knew he was with Serafina, and even though I knew the only reason he was there was to get answers from her and probably torture her, I could but help the constriction in my heart at the thought of him being close to another woman.I waited in my room as time went by and it got darker, and he was still not back. It was already almost the middle of the night and I was starting to doubt that he was going to come back so I decided to go to bed.It was hard for me to fall asleep because my mind kept wandering from place to place as I lay awake in bed there, either staring at the ceiling or tossing around on the bed till my eyelids eventually became heavy.I was just About falling asleep when
ELYSIA'S POVI hid behind a pillar and watched the guard who was in charge of watching Serafina's cell.He was pacing around the cell and trying to make sure no one trespassed.I stood there for a while studying him and waiting for when it would be most convenient to sneak in.I was glad I didn't have to wait for too long, because after a while, he slowly walked out, probably to urinate.The moment he was out of sight, I tip-toed and hurriedly entered the cell. My heart was beating fast as I walked in and saw Serafina sitting on the ground in the cell.She was bound in chains, even while being locked up in a cell. Her head was bowed and all her hair ominously swept forward to cover her face.She slowly lifted her head the moment she felt another presence in the cell.I paused in front of the door and gulped my saliva the moment she lifted her head. My heart beat so fast that I was scared it was going to burst out of my chest.There was something eerie about her and the way she looked,
ASHER'S POVI woke up the next morning feeling worn out and exhausted because apparently, I didn't get a good sleep that night.I kept thinking about the execution which was supposed to hold that morning and for some reason, I found myself unable to shake of the feeling that something bad was going to happen. But I kept pushing the feeling behind.Nothing would happen, Serafina would be executed that morning and everything about her would be forgotten.While I was going through my wardrobe and searching for what to wear before stepping out to the execution ground, I heard a ruffling sound from the bed, the ruffling sound was followed my Elysia's loud yawning."Where are you going?" I suddenly heard her ask. "Is it time yet?"My eyes moved to the wall clock which has been ticking incessantly all through the night, it was daybreak already, but I didn't want Elysia at the execution ground.I turned back and walked towards her, she was still sitting on the bed."I have to step out real qu