ODESSA’S POV“You must be having a lot of fun up there. Just watching my life shattered to pieces.” I sighed, “This wasn't the deal I made with you when I asked you to bring me back. I wanted a peaceful, violence-free life…Okay maybe not violence-free since I still want to enact my revenge on those two. But putting me in the same situation with them as the last time is the perfect definition of cruelty. Changing the roles doesn't make it any better. She's still the apple of his eyes, and I'm still the scapegoat regardless of the new title I have now.” How do I escape this damn marriage? I can't tell the King because he'd want to know my reason. Having a mistress is not something new, and it's not even a valid reason to call off a marriage because two things are always put in place in situations like this: you either accept it or you eliminate competition. Eira had clearly chosen the latter during her time. A soft breeze washed over me, and I slowly closed my eyes, taking a deep brea
ODESSA’S POVI sighed, placing my hands on the sides of his face, my thumb stroking his cheek “Fine. You can help but only if we do it my way.” “No problem with that. Do you have an idea?” Kaiden asked with a smile and I grinned. “I didn't have one before but now, I do.” Why didn't I think about it before? Everything was playing out just the way it had occurred in my past life, so it only makes sense that the same incidents will occur again. Eira is pregnant! She has to be! And with her current upgrade, she’d want to spite me with the news. All I have to do is wait for her to come to me herself. It's a risky plan but I just have to have faith in her dumb stupidness. She'd feel threatened with the news of the marriage and attack me, trying to make me feel less of myself by telling me she was carrying Victor’s heir. “Will you tell me what your plan is?” Kaiden asked, his eyes moving side to side as they looked into mine. “No, but I will tell you what your role is. Which is tryi
AUTHOR’S POVEvelyn immediately grabbed Mitchell by her hair and tugged her out of the room. “Jeez! Evelyn! What gives?” “I've warned you on so many occasions not to barge into the Princess’s room like that.” Evelyn glared at the young lycan and Mitchell immediately looked down feeling guilty. “Sorry, I was just so happy and excited to tell her about the upcoming Moon Festival.” “Really? She's been depressed and moody all week and all you can think about is talking to her about the festival?” Evelyn scoffed. “No, that's not what I meant. Please don't misunderstand me. I just…I wanted to–” “That's enough Evelyn. Stop scolding her. She made a mistake, that's all.” Odessa said from the bed, her voice a low whisper but Evelyn and Mitchell were still able to hear her. “Come in and shut the door behind you. Stop talking about me like I'm not here.” Mitchell walked in first while Evelyn walked in after shutting the door behind her. “I'm sorry, Your Highness. I didn't mean to interrup
ODESSA’S POVWhen I got to the dining table, Victor was already seated and Eira was standing beside him.What a wonderful coincidence! I exclaimed within me, suddenly feeling giddy. I wasn't expecting her presence at the table for another few days since Victor wanted her to lay low, but this…this was better than I expected. I might as well start carrying out the plan now.Although I knew where the King was and why he wasn't there before me, not asking would make it look suspicious.“Where is His Majesty? He's never late for breakfast.” I asked, ensuring that I sounded very concerned.“I'm sure he's fine. He's my father and can at least miss one breakfast in his lifetime.” Victor scoffed.“I asked a question. You don't have to sound so bitter about it.” I rolled my eyes and gave Evelyn an appreciative nod when she placed a cup of freshly squeezed orange juice in front of me.“I'm just bothered that you sound concerned about him. Asking after the King first thing in the morning before a
AUTHOR’S POVVictor ran as fast as he could to his bedroom where he knew Eira would be waiting. He dashed into his chambers and halts when he realized that his bedroom was empty.He turns and begins to search the entire place.“Fuck!” He yells out in panic.Where the hell could she have gone?… He thought to himself.An idea suddenly popped up in his head and he immediately ran out of his room. The guards stared at the Prince in worry, exchanging confused glances amongst themselves but none of them intervened.Victor headed for the maid’s quarters. As soon as she was close by, he halted, trying to get his breathing in control. He walked into the quarters with an aura of grace and poise.“Your Highness,” The maids chorused as soon as they caught sight of the Prince. Some of them began to wonder what he was doing in the quarters as the only time he'd ever been there was when he wanted to pick his personal maid.“Have any of you seen my maid today?” Victor asked, his eyes roaming their fa
AUTHOR’S POV“Princess! Princess!!” Odessa looked up as Evelyn rushed in, her breath fast and choppy. She stood up immediately, dropping the yarn and knitting pins that she'd been holding. “Evelyn, are you okay? What's the matter?” Odessa asked, holding her maid by the shoulder, her eyes frantically moving all over Evelyn's face which was filled with panic. “Mit…Mitchell, Mitchell…” Evelyn couldn't speak properly as she was still trying to catch her breath. “Mitchell? What happened to her? Talk to me!” Odessa asked. “Mitchell…fell…” “I don't understand you, Evelyn. What do you mean she fell? Fell from where?” Odessa began to panic as tears filled Evelyn’s eyes. She'd never seen her maid cry, not even once. “Someone pushed her from the top floor of the castle.” It felt like Odessa was doused with a bucket of iced water. Her hands holding Evelyn’s shoulder dropped to her side and her gaze was unfocused for a moment. Evelyn continued speaking, oblivious to Odessa’s reaction, “I
AUTHOR'S POVAs the three of them stood in the hallway, waiting for the surgeon to come out of the OR, Hugo and Evelyn began to talk about the accident that happened. “Whoever pushed her off, drugged her. That would explain why there were no signs of struggle on her body at all. Her claws weren't even out, no dead skin under her fingernails.” Hugo scowled. “We can always find the person who did it, my main issue is why didn't the maids deem it fit to report it to anyone? Why did they just stand there like spectators, watching her die in her own pool of blood?” Evelyn yelled out with anger, while Odessa just sat down on one of the chairs, pulling her knees close to her chest as she stared into the air. Hugo sighed, he didn't know he'd explain it to her that incidents like these were never reported because the lives of the maids were so little and ignorant in the lycan realm. Odessa felt empty inside, and her brain was void of thoughts. Her entire system was shut down and then slowl
AUTHOR’S POVKaiden glared at the men in his office. They'd been here for hours, devising and revising plans. “I'm telling you, we can't bring up a wall in this area. It will lessen our escape routes. We need to think of something better.” “It might lessen our escape route, but it'll delay the external attack from coming in.” “No, you…” Kaiden sighed as the men went at each other's throats, bringing up the flaws in each other's plans. They'd brought about more than a hundred ideas but each one got rejected. Elixir shared a look with Kaiden and winced internally, he looked miserable…worn down totally. If only he could save him from this stress. Elixir looked up at the ceiling and wished the goddess would send a distraction and almost immediately, they both received a mind-link. ‘What!’ Kaiden yelled, standing to his feet, the rest of the men in the room stood with him as well, staring at him in confusion. The mindlink cut off and Elixir sighed, shaking his head at the sky, This