Each time I tried to give up, I remembered what happened to my family and how the royal family was enjoying their lives. That made me desperate for power and to be at the top, so I trained harder, kept up with the hardship, learned to live with pain and by the fourth month of practice, I stopped fal
~Arineth~ Time, they say, changes anyone, and that was what was happening with Lyrielle. When the masked women reported that she was taking her training seriously and improving, I knew I had to see it for myself. Leaving her alone for six months was a test to see if she’d change her mind about giv
Silence. Only the pounding of my heart against hers broke the quiet. It beat so loudly I knew we both heard it. Then I made the mistake of looking into her eyes. I shouldn’t have. The thoughts I’d buried resurfaced, worse than before. Jolts of shock coursed through me, affecting every part of my
~Lyrielle/Elyriah~ “You will be known as Queen Elyriah, like you always wanted.” His words echoed in my head as I stepped into the portal with him. I had no idea what he meant by that, but I’d been thinking about it ever since the masked women addressed him as “Your Highness.” It couldn’t just be b
~Lyrielle/Elyriah~As we drew closer, the castle was so much more beautiful, and I could not stop staring at how majestic it was. Faerie truly does live up to its name of being the most powerful and influential among other creatures, and I was about to become one of them.As soon as we got to the fr
I was being pathetic, forgetting the reason why we were together in the first place. This was about revenge, I tried to remind myself. He would never like me because, after all, I had rejected him, and if not for the revenge, if my family had not died, we would not have been like this.I reminded my
~Lyrielle/Elyriah~“This is our new queen?” Alexa asked, her face contorted in anger. She pointed a finger toward me and eyed me suspiciously. “I am sorry, but she doesn’t seem like queen material and…”Arineth grabbed my hand and raised it. “She is my fated mate,” he announced, and the looks on the
It makes me want to go back in time. Maybe we could have been happy if I had not turned him down. My family wouldn’t have had to die, and I wouldn’t live miserably like this.“Welcome, Your Highness,” a loud voice broke me out of my deep thoughts. I raised my head from the ground to see that we had
“But we have encountered more war than they have ever had,” he heaved a deep sigh. “If only that boy was here, then maybe he would have put himself to use and helped us fight against the faeries.” I knew he was talking about Arineth. After all, he was the son that was used to wage war, and Arineth h
Daveth heaved a deep sigh and placed a hand on his beating chest. “I fear for our lives if she is truly alive because we had wronged her. We had…” “Enough!” I shouted at him and slapped his face. “She is dead! That woman we just saw is the fae queen! I do not want you to breathe another word of thi
~Eiraeth~ It can’t be her; that was what I had told myself when I saw the veil be lifted up. Everyone had the same look on their faces because no one was expecting to see Lyrielle’s lookalike. She was gone and didn’t exist anymore, but this woman, the fae queen, bears so much resemblance that it w
My father turned around and quickly lowered his head even before I spoke up. “It is my fault for not teaching my family properly, and this has made them take the king’s mate as someone they know.” I knew he was going to do damage control and pretend to be a great father as always, but I knew that h
They all stared at Lyrielle as if they were seeing a ghost. Those who made it evident that they were indeed staring were the Luna Queen, Eiraeth, and Daveth. After all, they were the ones deeply involved in what had happened to her and her family. Their plans were what ruined her life. “Is everythi
Lyrielle nodded and thanked them again. “It’s a pleasure to have you here, and I hope that later, you will be open to a girls’ get-together, and we can hang out.” Both of the queens exchanged looks, and I had thought they were going to decline, but they didn’t. Instead, they nodded in response. “We
~Arineth~ I should have known that she would be affected by them. It wasn’t easy to walk past them, especially when they brought back the memories she was trying to forget. When she had been frozen, I had rushed to her side, and it took some words to bring her forward. She had listened to me, mean
~Lyrielle/Elyriah I stood paralyzed, my eyes locked on Diana, Eiraeth, Daveth, the Alpha King, and the Luna Queen. They formed a perfect, infuriating tableau of joy. Diana’s hand rested on her stomach, leaning into Eiraeth for support, while Daveth stood tall between the royals, all smiling. Smilin
The door burst open again, and my heart jumped because I had thought that the person walking in was Arineth. I hadn’t seen him for two days since I was confined in the room, but it wasn’t him. Instead, it was the twins who had attended to me the first time: Malara and Delara. “Your Highness,” they b