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 POV“Her head?” Victor asked shock evident on his face as he stared at Odessa. “Are you out of-” He paused before he could say anything in front of the maids. No matter what, he didn’t have any right to disrespect her in front of them. “You can’t just ask me to decapitate my maid, Odessa. Ask for something else.”“That’s all I want. Her head. She disrespected me and slandered my maid. I think I’ve tolerated enough insults from someone who isn’t even up to my standard. So you either give me her head or you forget about proving her right.” Odessa responded calmly. She loved the drama; in fact, she lived for it.Victor stood up to face her; Eira scooted behind his legs to protect her from Odessa. It was obvious that that woman wanted her dead.“Do you have something to hide? Because it appears to me that you do. You know that I won’t be able to accept that silly conditions of yours.”Odessa chuckled, “So you also don’t trust that your maid is saying the truth, that’s why you’re
AUTHOR’S POV “What the hell is wrong with you? Are you trying to get killed?” Eira flinched as the glass cup got smashed against the wall; she had to crouch down and wrap her arms around her body to protect herself from the shattered glass. She slowly looked up to meet Victor’s fiery gaze and gulped. If Odessa didn’t kill her, Victor would…at least, he looked like he would. “I…I-”“Shut up! I don’t want to hear another sentence. Every time you open your mouth, you drive yourself closer to death. I should punish you for the humiliation you caused me.” He thundered, Eira whimpered and moved back into a corner, trying to hide herself from Victor, almost as if the unmoving combination of brick and cement would save her from him.“Come here!” His voice bellowed, and Eira shook her head; she didn’t want to be anywhere near him when he was like this. Her rejection, or at least her weak attempt to show him she had a choice, angered him. “You must think I’m in the mood for jokes.” He walke
ODESSA’S POV“Where is it?” I asked, staring at the guard with a questioning gaze.He looked taken aback for a reason, in fact it wasn’t just him, it was everyone around me. “Is there a problem?”“Not really, Your Highness. It’s just… It’s just…”“Just what?” I was starting to get really annoyed and irritated. “We haven’t used the Minotaur in years. How did you know about it?” The guard asked and I froze. Of course, I’d accidentally slipped and asked based on my knowledge on my past life. I need to do damage control, quick.“Is that what you all are so shocked about? Because I know of the Minotaur? Fine then, if you must know, the King himself told me about it, now get me the whip.” But when the guard didn’t bulge, I turned to him in anger, “Did you suddenly become stupid? Get me the whip!”He fell to his knees in fear, “I’m sorry, Your Highness. But I can’t. The King himself placed a ban on it. It does too much harm than intended.”I walked closer to him in slow strides, swaying m
ODESSA’S POV“I’m bored!” Evelyn sighed and draped her body all over the chair, “Why hasn’t Eira healed yet? I want to play a little.” She whined.“The Princess did a number on her. I’d be surprised if she was fine by now. I don’t expect to see her for the remainder of this year.” Mitchell answered and I heard Evelyn sit up.“This year? Was it that bad?” Evelyn asked and Mitchell gasped, “Seriously? It was more than bad. We’re talking about the Minotaur here.”Evelyn huffed, “It’s not like I’d seen that weapon in action before. I missed the whole thing because of that silly vermin.” She sighed and I heard as her upper body plopped back on the couch, “Hugooooo…” She cried out and I snapped my book shut to glare at her.“I’m going to kick your whiny butt out of my room.”She pouted and rolled on her side to stare at me, “Can I at least go for a run?”“You just came back from one.” Mitchell chuckled, reminding her.“I know right. I’m just that bored. There’s nothing to do.” She turned he