AUTHOR’S POVAs an elder in the Lycan realm, they all have access to one final verdict pass. This pass, when used, will not be overruled by any other judgment. It's a way of giving a final verdict irregardless of whatever crime is committed until whoever received the pass is dead. A free pass is not just given to any one, the council members worked hard for those passes and whoever ends up being given one is considered to be worthy of it and highly respected. Not even the Alpha King had received a pass and yet, somehow this princess who has been accused of committing a crime is suddenly given a pass. Kaiden wasn't expecting it and as King who could not command the council to give the pass to anyone. If he could, he'd have used it long ago. The pass was like a freeway to commit crimes and never get punished for it. Being more than nine centuries old, these council members could only ever have one in their lifetime and Elder Miriyam just used it on Odessa without any sort of influenc
ODESSA’S POVSometimes, no matter how thought out a plan is, some unexpected things will always happen. Victor claiming responsibility for Eira's pregnancy was not a scene I was expecting. I mean…Isn't everything just a replay of what happened before? Why is he being responsible for her baby now? I might not know how good or bad his relationship with Princess Eira was before, but I knew how amazing his relationship with Odessa the Maid was. He didn't show her his true colors, not until that day. Why didn't he do the same for Eira? Especially when she's involved in murder? There wasn't even any mention of a paternity test! Not that there would have been one when he had proclaimed it earlier in the palace. I was actually expecting him to weave himself out with a web of lies.Odessa! Odessa!! How big of a fool you've been. “Oh! So the Prince was going to marry the Princess?” Elder Wilton turned to Victor, “Wow, Your Highness, what brought about the change of heart? Was it the incide
ODESSA’S POV“Can't or won't?” I asked. “Can't. This should be the least of your worries, Odessa.” “Least? I was just given a free pass even though I have no idea what it means or what kind of value it holds. She just made me a freely-walking criminal in your pack. I could kill you, Your Majesty and I won't even get punished for it. Nothing stops me from turning the entire palace and your realm upside down.” “Go ahead. I won't stop you.” “You really don't see the downside of this decision she made, do you?” I glared at the King. “All I know is that she protected you when I couldn't. The Council is very strict with its rules. They would have killed you or done worse to you if she hadn't used that pass. I would have lost you, Odessa.” The King sighed and for the first time since yesterday, I saw him without his usual facade of composure. He looked beat-down and worn out. The lines of tiredness on his face made him look almost as old as his age. I raised my hand and placed it on hi
AUTHOR’S POV“Your Majesty, everytime I think you can't make you displeasure of being here more obvious but you disappoint me every single time.” Elder Miriyam smiled. “I was hoping to get dismissed early. Who the hell drafted out the order of service anyway?” Kaiden scowled. “Your Beta Female, Your Majesty. And I must say, she really did justice to it.” Her gaze drifted to the couples on the stage, where the ceremony was going on. “That asshole. I'm sure he had a hand in this.” The King folded his arms and the lines between his forehead squeezed up the more. “You mean her husband, your Beta? I've come to understand that no one annoys you more than that man, and yet he lives.” “Killing Elixir is almost like killing my own mate.” The King leaned closer to Elder Miriyam and whispered in her ears, “Don't ever tell him I said that.” “Your secret is safe with me your Majesty.” She grinned, popping a grape into her mouth. “There's only a handful of people that can make you miserable,
KAIDEN'S POV I grabbed onto the arm of my seat as the earth quaked hard, screams and shout echoed and resounded through the air. My gaze frantically roamed around as I watched my people, my family run around for their dear lives. The buildings were not spared from the quakes, blocks from the ceiling fell due to the turbulence but I wasn't worried about any building collapsing because they were built on a solid foundation. "What the hell is going on?" I yelled at the top of my voice, directing my question to Miriyam who was also struggling against the turbulence. It felt like someone carried the world in their hand and began to rock it. "The world is ending soon!" She yelled back and I rolled my eyes. "Can you be serious for once?" I yelled back, "This has never happened before!" She shrugged, her hands holding onto the pillar beside her chair, "First time for everything." I frowned and ignored her, my eyes roaming the figures running around. Odessa! My mate I looked at t
KAIDEN'S POVI tried to move my body as Layla snuggled closer to me but the more I moved, the more the metal scraped my skin, digging into my injury. Almost at the same moment I decided to mindlink someone for help, Cassian's voice echoed through the wind. "Your Majesty!" I heard tons of approaching footsteps behind me and in a matter of seconds, the metal was lifted off of me. "For the love of the moon goddess, Your Majesty, you're hurt!" Cassian exclaimed. "Badly!" Another man added, his eyes roaming down my back as he took in the severity of my burns and injuries."I'm fine. Here, take her to the bunker." I said, handing Layla over to Cassian, "When everything dies down, take her to her parents and let them know I want to see them." "Yes sir!" Cassian responded and carried Layla in his arms. "Any casualties?" "Multiple injured, zero deaths, sir." Another man answered and then I realized that these people were not soldiers. They were civilians that decided to help. I smiled,
AUTHOR'S POV“How did the wall fall?” Cassian asked, as he and his twin brother helped the King and the Beta General get set for their trip to Queens, the lower part of the realm. “It must have been the earthquake.” Elixir responded, strapping his sword to his hip. “The earthquake wasn't strong enough to knock out our buildings but it was strong enough to knock out the wall of the dams? I don't believe it.” Caesar scowled, “It sounds fishy.” “And we intend to find out.” Kaiden whispered as she got on his horse. They might not say it out loud or talk about it, but all four of them are thinking the exact same thing. Something is wrong with the barrier. Kaiden left the pack in the hands of the twins and Miriyam. Since the rest of the elders were not available at the moment, the three of them will have to do. “The Prince and his Princess?” Kaiden asked. “Safe and sound. Although, Princess Eira suffered some burns on her arm and leg, she should heal up very soon.” Cassian responded.
ODESSA’S POVTWO WEEKS AGO ON THAT NIGHTAs soon as I made it into my room, the first thing I felt was heat. An unbearable amount of heat that spread all over my body. I thought that it must have been from the explosion or the flying bark that went past my head.Beads of sweat began to appear on my forehead and slowly in other areas of my body, nothing I was doing reduced the heat. I began to undress, getting ready to soak myself into my bathtub when I suddenly felt pain, a sense of pain that I had never experienced before. Not even my death had caused this kind of pain. It was like been stabbed from within my body with a burning knife. Before I could even take the next step towards the bathroom, that's when it hit me and I passed out. PRESENT DAYI sat in front of my vanity mirror and began to brush my hair, mindlessly. Do they know? What do they know? How did I even know? How I knew was simple. My room had been destroyed and needed its own renovation aside the general palace r