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
AUTHOR’S POVKaiden and the ten generals behind him stopped at the entrance of the palace. The King’s eyes drifted across the room as he took in the way everyone stood singly in different places. He looked down at the pool of blood at his feet, his reflection staring back at him. The King looked up and the sound of Victor’s scream.He saw Odessa standing with his sword drenched in blood, raised in the air, descending fast. He took off towards her direction and the minute she heard him, she turned to direct her attack at him.He glided to the right, grabbed her hand that was armed, grabbed the other arm from behind her and locked her hands together. The two of them crashed to the floor, his body serving as her shield and he immediately locked her legs with his. “Get out! Now!” Within seconds everyone disappeared from there. The entire hall was littered with dead bodies and chopped body parts, blood designing the floors. Elixir came back to Kaiden, who was still struggling with Odes
AUTHOR’S POVThe next day at noon, most people in the realm were all heading towards one location, the council hall. There were hardly any seats left for people as the entire hall was filled to the brim, the only seats left were the ones at the high table on the elevated part of the hall. “Court! Order!” The entire hall went silent immediately and the announcer moved forward. “The Council elders will be here shortly.” Everyone understood that it was their cue to keep quiet and wait till the high chairs were filled. Minutes later, the Council members began to fill the hall, four men and four women, each one having white hair on their head, wrapped in white robes that covered their entire body. They moved with the aura of charm and grace, anyone that beheld their presence immediately accorded them the respect they deserved. The Council members were known to have been the foundation of the pack. A lot of people believe that the moon goddess blessed them with long life and good healt