AUTHOR’S POVKaiden’s eyes trailed Victor's movement as he reached for the doctor's breast pocket, pulling out a blue pen. “Victor, what are you doing?” “Protecting my fiance,” Victor replied to his father and signed the form. He walked up to the doctor, “Here, you have my consent. Do it.” Immediately, Kaiden’s eyes flashed red. He grabbed Victor by the collar, punched him square in the face twice, pulled the form from his hands, and threw him across the room so hard that his body made a human-shaped dent in the wall. Kaiden is breathing angrily as he glares at the form and the signature on it. What right does Victor have to sign away Odessa’s life like that? Not even he had that right; it was only Odysseus who could do that, and he wasn't here, so Kaiden would do everything in his power to protect his daughter. Even if he has to kill his son for it. Kaiden tore the paper in half, again and again, and again, before throwing the pieces into the air, allowing them to drop down lik
AUTHOR’S POVKaiden’s reason for not letting Odessa go to the hospital was because he was scared. No matter how much security he would put in place, those people would still get to her. “Alpha, please. We’re running out of time.” Ray pleaded. “Go and do the blood test. Come back for her once you've confirmed that their blood is compatible.” And with that, Kaiden turned around. He would need to put so many things in place before he would let Odessa go to the hospital. The first would be putting the entire palace on lockdown. No message goes in, no message goes out. “Let's go, Your Highness,” Ray said but Victor stopped him. “Before that, what were you and my father talking about?” Ray stopped and turned to look at the Prince, “I'm sorry, Alpha Prince but I'm not permitted to say.” “I'm going to be your next King. You should earn my trust now before I’m enthroned.” Victor said. Ray made a slight bow. “If I haven't earned your trust yet despite all I do for the Kingdom, then I'll
AUTHOR’S POVRay assigned a nurse to the Alpha King while everyone focused their attention on Odessa. She was impossible to hold down, her eyes were snapped shut tightly as she sobbed and begged for relief. “Please! Make it stop! Arghhhh!!!” She yelled. Her nails were digging into the sheets, tearing through them, and cutting into her palm. “What is happening to her?” Evelyn screamed as she watched Odessa in horror. This was not what she had been expecting when the King told her she'd be needed in the OR. What the hell were they doing to her? Almost immediately, Kaiden’s eyes snapped open and he jumped off from his bed, rushing towards Odessa. “Your Majesty! You can't get up yet!” A nurse yelled after him. No one knew that Kaiden had regained consciousness, well, except the nurse; every other person had their eyes on Odessa. “Move away,” Kaiden ordered weakly as he stumbled closer to Odessa’s bed. The doctors and residents in the OR flinched from the command that he issued. “Y
AUTHOR’S POVShe sat on the sharp curve of the moon, her hair long and white dancing according to the waves of the wind. Her white dress that wrapped around her body in form of light lacy tendrils flowed in the air as well. Her gaze was staring down at the chaos on earth minutes ago, bored out of her mind and system, but something interesting had caught her eye.A confused frown appeared on her forehead even though a small smile was on her lips and her eyes glinted with amusement. “What is he doing?” She asked, looking down at the figure. “Trying to gain your attention.” A transparent figure floated beside her. “Of course, I can see that. And he has gotten my attention, not that he never had it before. But why is he doing that?” Selene asked, her hand stretching out to point at the Kinng in the temple. “Well, what other way to grab an olympian’s attention other than disrespect?” The figure smiled, her gaze drifting over Kiaden as he smashed the entire temple with his sword. “At th
AUTHOR’S POVThe Generals of The Algarians, The Salideens, The Amalkeelites and The Hoardons all circled around the large table in the middle of the room. Each of them looked totally out of place. Baggy eyes, mud stained clothes, dried streaks of blood here and there, hair strands matted to the forehead with sweat. Today was not an easy day for them. Of course they won all the wars but the number of hours they had spent fighting, sleeping with their eyes open, scarcity of food resources and little to no water to drink because they were in the middle of the freaking desert. “Your Majesty, our men are becoming agitated by the minute. The lack of resources is dampening their morale and every day we worry that the outcome of the previous day would be different than the next.” The Chief General of Algaria spoke formally, his voice holding a little bit of tension and his face expressing his distress of the situation they were in.“Exactly, My King.” The General of Hoardon spoke out, agreei
AUTHOR’S POVThe King was right and his Beta General was wrong. Kaiden’s name had been the first thing Odessa called out for as she regained consciousness. When she’d asked after the King who had risked his life to save her, Odessa felt disappointed when she was told that he wasn’t in the hospital. At first, she’d thought he was too busy to come see her or was distancing himself again like she’d asked him to but she quickly realized that he wasn’t in the Kingdom at all. She asked Evelyn when she didn’t catch a sight of his shadow at all within three days of her recovery. If he was truly avoiding her, then Odessa thought he was doing a good job at it. Sadness filled her heart when she heard that he’d gone to war. Loneliness filled her soul for months as she waited for him to come back to her. Evelyn and Mitchell filled her in on the things that had happened in her absence, how her body had reacted on collecting the King’s blood, how the King broke down the temple. “I’m guessing th
ODESSA’S POV“That sly witch! She’s making you look like the bad guy.” Evelyn scowled as she paced in the room. “Aren’t I the bad guy?” Odessa asked, genuinely confused. “Of course not!” Mitchell yelled, slightly annoyed that Odessa thought so. “I might not know what she has done too you, but I know you Princess. You would never hurt anyone who didn’t deserve it.”“Exactly. Those fools that believe her crazy act clearly have no eyes or brains to think for themselves.” Evelyn huffed with anger.“Including the prince?” Odessa asked and the two maids chorused at the same time. “Especially the prince!”“Who cares about the prince.”Mitchell and Evelyn paused when they realized their words hadn’t rhymed. The look on their faces made Odessa burst into laughter. “Oh my goodness!”“We don’t care about the prince?” Mitchell asked confusedly.“No we don’t. Why would you even think that?” Evelyn asked, staring at the young maid amazed. “Well, because he’s her fiancé and they are getting marr
AUTHOR’S POVThe maids are looking at each other concerned and worried about Eira. The words coming out of her mouth were frantic and not making sense. She had a wild look in her eyes. It was almost as if she had already lost her mind because how could she accuse the princess of trying to kill her when Princess Odessa never left the dining hall in the first place. The prince too was also surprised and worried. So he turned to Eira and asked her to calm down. “It's alright Eira. You're safe now. No one will hurt you or harm you. Just carefully tell me what happened.” But instead Eira continued changing that Odessa wanted to kill her. “I swear on it, Your Highness, the Princess is trying to kill me. I don't know what I did to her but she tried to kill me today.” “Calm down will you?” Victor lashed out, he was honestly not very patient and Eira’s stupid words were starting to annoy him. “Odessa never left the dining hall today. In fact I met her here and I clearly remember seeing y
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?