AUTHOR’S POV The warm morning sun rose brightly over the Kingdom, casting a golden hue on the inhabitants of the pack as they bustled about; everyone was doing one thing or the other. Banners, balloons, and ribbons with vibrant colors were everywhere, and every pillar and building was designed with vibrant colors. Even the flowers looked more alive today; the sound of music echoed everywhere, and people chit-chatted while they worked. The atmosphere was cheerful and lively, a very noticeable contrast to their regular days of work.All this enjoyment was all for one reason. The King’s Birthday. No realm in the world loved celebrating their birthday more than the Lycan realm. Huge festivities were always thrown a week prior to the event, dignitaries and wealthy influential people were always invited, and the entire pack would drink and be merry. Still, every ten decades, the King’s birthday would be celebrated by the inhabitants of his pack and his realm, no outsiders were allowed.
AUTHOR’S POVThe party kick-started in the evening in the center of the town square; excitement buzzed through the realm as people walked about dressed in different attires with masks of feathers to add an aura of mystery to the theme of the party. Odessa and Sunitra sat together to plan the day's whole event. The first event of the day was the outdoor party at the town square. Only people interested would attend as the actual party wouldn't start until late at night in the huge ballroom of the castle. The inhabitants of the pack arrived and donned different jewelry and exquisite masks. The whole outdoor area was bustling with colors of different shades and vibrance. Melodious notes of the music band filtered through the air as some of the members moved around with plates in their hands, filled partially with the first course of the day.After eating, some of the children held each other’s hands and began to lead a dance around the stage. Some willing adults joined in, too; the ban
AUTHOR’S POVOdessa didn't have the time to talk to Agatha, but she watched her all through the night. She wanted to know why the Female Alpha stood up for her when no one else did. One time, their gaze met, and Agatha gave her a slight nod in greeting.“Is everything okay? You've been watching her ever since you came back here.” Sunitra pointed out, staring at her in concern, “Does her presence bother you?” Odessa was quick to shake her head, “No, no. It's not that. It's just that she stood up for me and openly insulted Victor. I'm intrigued, and I want to know who she is. Not many can insult Victor and get away with it. There's also the fact that the King used the word ‘please’ for her publicly. I know my mate, and he's the most arrogant man I have ever met. Which can only mean one thing: that she's special.” “Well, what are you still doing here? Go and talk to her. She might be your newest ally.” Odessa looked unsure and told Sunitra that she would talk to Agatha after the part
AUTHOR’S POV Odessa looked down at the woman holding her legs, a sense of familiarity struck her as she scrutinized Sinai’s face. What is she doing here?...The princess thought as she stared at the woman kneeling before her. “Please, Princess. Spare my children, I beg of you. They are innocent in this.” Odessa suddenly turned to look at Caesar and scowled, “Is this your plan?” Caesar had the decency to look taken back, “My plan? Of course not, Your Highness. I would never stoop as low as that. Children are the heritage of the goddess. Priced jewels that should never be hurt…not even for anyone’s personal desires.” His gaze was stern and firm as he stared at her, insinuating that Odessa did otherwise. “Did he put you up to this?” Odessa asked Sinai, pointing at Caesar. Sinai spared a glance at Caesar and shook her head. “I refuse to believe that you're acting alone, especially today of all days.” “This is not an act, Princess Odessa. My children have gone missing, reall
AUTHOR’S POV Kaiden dispatched a set of soldiers to search for the kids. “Leave no stone unturned. I want those pups found and brought to me.” Once the soldiers left, Kaiden ordered Sinai to go home and wait for her children and gave order for the party to continue. “But father, what of the accident that happened during the festival? Or didn't you hear Caesar announce to everyone here that Odessa is the reason behind it?” Victor frowned, staring at his father with suspicion. Victor might not like his father, but he knew the kind of man he was. He would never stand for injustice or any vile act. And an accusation like that would not pass by without further investigation. “Don't use that tone with me young man. I heard what Caesar said and an investigation will be conducted. Till then–” “I apologize for interrupting, Your Majesty. But I've already performed my investigation and I also have concrete evidence as well.” Everyone was suddenly eager to listen to what he had to s
AUTHOR’S POVCaesar gritted as he felt the searing pain in his arm, his blood sizzled as the flames licked against his skin, frying them, but rhat was where it stopped. The pain didn't go beyond that and Caesar looked up wondering why. Odessa's hand dropped as the fire died out, the ones in her eyes went out as well, revealing her baby blue eyes. She turned to Sunitra and the other princess shook her head, indicating that she was fine. No one heard. She's safe, the chaos was too loud… Kaiden said through their bond-link and Odessa breathed out with relief. She silently chastised Sunitra with her gaze and the latter chuckled softly, “He's the only way we can prove your innocence. Let me handle this.” Sunitra walked forward, moving towards Caesar, her gaze stern as she glared at him with the aura of one in authority. “You made a stupid move that could have cost you your life. You slandered the innocent and made her out to be a criminal, a monster when in reality, it's you.” “Your
AUTHOR’S POV All he was focusing on was the feeling of her against him. She was small and petite and responsively sensual. His dick was throbbing and if care wasn't taken, he'd ram himself into her as they laid on the floor. “Ahhh…”Odessa moaned as his hips jerked against her as his bulge rubbed against her crotch.He had lost control for a moment there and her moan wasn't doing anything to help.Kaiden tried to move away but her ankle locked behind him and he growled a bit as it pushed him deeper against her. Odessa let out a moan and arched her back to him, she was having the time of her life but it was pure torture waiting for him to move. Slowly, he leaned back into the crook of her neck and licked her sweet spot “ Ahhhh…” He placed his lips around the pulsing part and sucked it.“ Oh my…” Her hands moved into his hair to grip it tightly “Kaiden…” She moaned out his name and he snapped. Thrusting his hips into hers. Rubbing their clothes privates together causing Odessa to dry-
AUTHOR’S POV “Ohhh, goddess!” He stared at his bulge. He'd have to wank himself like crazy. Kaiden couldn't concentrate on his work, he wanted Odessa too much. He rememberes the words she whispered into his ears, that morning and they kept ringing in his mind. His hands moved slowly to stroke his hard cock through his clothes and he moaned, the friction and the feeling of his hands against his dick was electrifying. His beast instantly started sending him images of her naked and hot. Her sweet treasure, pink and wet…just the way he liked it. He imagined his hands stroking that wet silky flesh and he watched her clitoris poke it's head out of he hood begging to be stroked, licked, tongued and fucked at the same time. He imagined doing a lot of naughty things to her and just hearing her erupt like fireworks. He imagined her pink nipples, standing erect and as he sucked he would lick the milk that flowed, the milk that was meant for his pups. The thought made his eyes fly open, his
AUTHOR’S POVOdessa couldn't control the gloomy cloud floating over her head and the racing of her heart. She couldn't help but still feel anxious and scared even though she was safely hidden in the cocoon of her kingdom. She had opened up to her father about her vision, and King Odesseus had increased his security, putting four guards on the princess and a shadow that followed her about in secret.“I don't think you'll feel safe until your mate is by your side.” King Odesseus said as he stared at his daughter. She was extra fidgety and always looking around. “Well, he's on the other side of the world, probably fighting a war right now.” Odessa sighed as she nibbled on a soft cookie absentmindedly. Thoughts of her mate’s well-being always managed to keep her preoccupied.“If he can help it, I'm sure he’ll be back before you know it. Just focus on yourself and your baby right now. You don't have to be worried about your security; I've deployed all my able men to every corner of the p
AUTHOR’S POVKaiden walked into the palace the next day, at midnight. He’d spent so much time today at the pack, erecting more buildings, visiting the new site for the second pack house construction, and checking the conditions of the industries and factories. It had taken most of his time, but it was worth it. When he went back into his office, his guard had delivered a message from Dokrado. On reading it, King Xarson told him about the rogue spotting close to the border. Just last night, the rogues attacked, but thankfully, they managed to hold out fine. Although Xarson expressed his concern about the rogues and his suspicion that they'd decided to stay at the border, he implored Kaiden to ride down to Dokrado and check out the situation. King Kaiden was a bit skeptical about the whole incident. Why would the rogues go as far as attacking the Dragon realm? Kaiden was sure that the letter wasn't a fake; it had Dokrado’s seal and Xarson’s blood print. The King sighed and placed his
AUTHOR’S POVMe?... Odessa thought to herself. “That doesn't make any sense. Why would the king stop you from telling me?” Odessa asked; her confusion was very evident in her voice, and Hansel was quick to clear it up. “He didn't mention your name, per se. There's no way he would have known about you then, or that the prince would go to your realm some years later. He just told everyone not to mention the Queen in front of any stranger coming into the realm, or the future Queen of the realm, which implies you.” “Oh, okay…” Odessa nodded. Now the questions she wanted answers to would never be answered. Her mate would continue burying his emotions until they spiral out of control again. She sighed, realizing that there was truly no way to help the King. She couldn't ask the Beta General for help because he’s also in on it. “Does any of you have any idea why he would not allow the future queen of the realm to know about Queen Kyra?” She asked. “N-No one knows. But there are some spe
ODESSA’S POVI frowned slightly when I felt the feeling of something cold dripping over my legs. I tried to pull it away, but something or someone held it down. The coldness disappeared and I sighed, settling to go back to sleep when I suddenly felt the chillness again along with a sharp pain. I sat up immediately, my blurry eyes pinned at the foot of the bed to see my mate crouched down cradling my foot in his hands. My toes curled and wiggled as he blew cool breath against my foot. “What are you doing?” I asked, as I stared at him with confused sleepy eyes that were quickly coming to focus. He didn't answer me and just continued blowing my feet with his cold breath. Minutes later, he gently set my feet back on the bed and walked away with a bowl and towel in his hands. I watched as he walked into the bathroom. I pulled my foot closer and stared at it, only to notice the bruises and reddened skin. “Did you walk here barefoot from the palace?” I looked up at the sound of Kaiden
ODESSA’S POVMy legs slowly unwrapped from his waist, one foot touching the floor before the other. My hands fell to my side as my head fell forward, burying my face in disappointment. I turned around and walked to the door, my hand on the doorknob, before my arm was suddenly grabbed from behind and I was spun around to face my mate. “What happened to you all of a sudden? Did I hurt you?” Even though I didn't look up at him, I could still hear the worry in his voice. “How could you…” “How could I what?” He asked confusedly, and I finally looked at him, my eyes getting blurry with tears. “How could you still be so worried about me when you're bottling so much inside? When you're battling with such guilt and self-hatred?...” My voice broke at the end as the lump in my throat grew bigger as more tears dripped down my cheeks. “Odessa—”“I caused that, didn't I? I made you feel like this; it was because of what I said, wasn't it?” I asked, even though I didn't need any confirmation.
ODESSA’S POVSo I ended up parading the entire palace barefoot, and by the entire palace I meant going to Kiaden's bedroom and home office. Of course, he wasn't there. I got to the palace entrance and looked down at my bare feet. I could have gone back to get my shoe but I was too lazy to go back to my bedroom even though I should have done that before making this entire trip. Was I expecting my maid to pop out like a devil and hand me my shoes? Yes. Did she pop out like the devil she was to hand me my shoes? A big fat Yes! But I refused because I loved the feeling of the tiled marble floor against my feet, and now, my legs were sore and I was starting to regret my decision. Evelyn already left the palace to see Hugo, such an incompetent and love-sick maid, so I couldn't ask her to help me either. “Is everything alright, Your Highness?” One of the guards stationed at the door asked as they both looked at me looking at my feet for the past twenty minutes. I contemplated sending th
ODESSA’S POV“He’s so stubborn!” I yelled. “Well, he's right in a way.” My maid sighed as she brushed my hair. I turned to glare at her, her hand holding the brush suspended in the air as she looked at me, “So am I.”“Actually, you are wrong. You hit him with a low blow.” Evelyn pointed the brush at me, giving me a very judgy look. I scoffed, “You're only defending him because he's the King. You know I'm right.” “Maybe, but your way of handling it was very wrong. Two wrongs don't make a right. He might have gone on a mass murder after his first Queen died, but our facts about that event are only based on here-says and nothing concrete.” “What are you talking about? Both He and Victor did the same thing. They got lost in their grief and did something horrendous, the only difference was that Victor was stopped before he could do anything.” “You're talking as if you wanted Victor to have killed you and your baby.” Evenlyn frowned. “Of course not. I'm just saying–” “That the King
AUTHOR’S POVA thunderous roar shook the grounds of the realm, the floor vibrated beneath their feet. With a motion as fast and swift as lightning, a huge figure slammed the Prince against the wall, cracks spread out like branches around his pinned body. Everyone watched in horror as the King stood in his half beast form, three times his normal height, towering over the Prince that struggled for breath in his hold. “Kaiden!” “Your Majesty!” “Victor!” Everyone echoed at once as soon as the first initial wave of shock wore off. “He treated what's MINE!” Another might roar echoed in the air. “Your Majesty, please let him go! You’ll kill him! He's your only heir!” Eira yelled as she watched the King and her husband with caution. “HE’S NOT MY HEIR!” Kieran yelled with all his might, tightening his grip on Victor’s neck. Odessa could clearly see the Prince's face turning blue. He’s going to kill him! He's going to kill him. Odessa moved without thinking, causing an uproar from the
AUTHOR'S POVA gut-wrenching scream resonated from the Prince’s bedroom. Lycans, with their very sensitive hearing, heard it from far and near; those outside the palace could only hear snippets of it. Odessa and Kaiden were just having their breakfast when the gut-wrenching scream echoed in the dining hall. They looked at each other before standing to their feet immediately and heading towards the third floor. They met Elixir and Miriyam on the way, and the confused looks on their faces showed that no one knew what was going on. As soon as they arrived, they saw some of the midwives bustling in and out. Now because they had to respect the Prince’s wishes, four of them stood outside the bedroom, watching the panic and chaos happen. Odessa could hear someone sobbing inside, the person came out and it turned out to be the midwife who had delivered Astraea and carried her in her arms for the first time. Miriyam quickly went to Gia and grabbed her arm, “What is it? Is the princess okay?