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
AUTHOR’S POVOdessa stood up quickly and raced to the door. The urgency to see her mate filled her with weeks old longing and desire. His name has been the first thing on her lips, the minute she woke up, then finding out that he wasn't in the palace, that had been pure torture for her. Odessa grabbed onto the door handle, and was about to use her other hand to turn the key and unlock the door when she suddenly felt heat in her hand. Right in front of her eyes, the hand holding the door knob caught fire. She immediately yanked her hand away and began to shake her hand to put off the fire but it only made it worse. “Princess Odessa, are you in there?” Elixir asked from the other side of the door. “Yes! Yes, I…I'm here.” Odessa responded, blowing harder at her burning hand, and then the fire alarm in her room went off. Her eyes widened, There's a freaking fire alarm! How did I not notice it? “Is everything okay?” Miriyam asked, her hands pounding on the door. “Yes…uh…a minute, pl
AUTHOR’S POV“So if you know anything, let us know. It might help us in our investigation.” Elixir added. Odessa turned to him, trying to put on a smile, “I really don't know anything but if I do, I'll let you know.” “Okay, people. Let's move it. The Princess has spoken. We’ll leave you to rest your Highness.” Miriyam, curtsied and the rest gave her a light now before being ushered out of the door by Miriyam. Odessa shut the door close behind them and slid down against the door. Her arms wrapped around her knees as she held them close to her chest. The thought of what she'd done, what she'd been told, plagued her so bad. She buried her face in between the small space her little body had formed and sobbed quietly. Both the King and Caesar had thoughtful loo on their faces, both for completeky different reasons. One was worried for His Princess and the other, he was suspicious of her; she was hiding something. “Your Majesty,” Both their heads were snapped out of the thoughts runni
AUTHOR’S POVBefore Odessa could wrap her arms around him, Kaiden pulled away, holding her at arm's length, his gaze fanatically searching her face for any hint of pan before he proceeded to check her entire body. Odessa had no idea what could have caused him to react that way. “Your Majesty,” She called out softly, but it was as if he didn't hear her and was completely immersed in his own world. “Your Majesty,” She tried again, putting more force in her tone but when he didn't respond, she yelled out his name. “Kaiden!” He stopped, looking up at her slowly. Odessa didn't speak until their gaze was connected. “I'm fine.” She gave him a small smile. Kaiden didn't believe her at first but when he didn't see any expression on her face that would cause alarm, he visibly relaxed. “Are you okay?” Odessa asked, her gaze reflecting the worry that had been in his eyes seconds ago. Kaiden chuckled apologetically, “I'm sorry. I overreacted and it was uncalled for.” “Is it the bond?” Ode
AUTHOR’S POVKaiden scowled as he stormed his way to the garden that he knew Odessa always frequented with Hugo and Evelyn. For the past three weeks, she'd been ignoring and avoiding him like he had the plague. At first he thought he had done something wrong that night but after so many pacing and overthinking, he came up with nothing. He never handled her roughly, he never said anything that upset her, neither did he go against her wishes, so why was she avoiding him now? Everytime he tried to make small talks with her at the dining hall, she'd find one excuse or the other to not respond, lately, she was beginning to have her meals in her bedroom. At first, he'd thought Eira’s presence was affecting her, so he ordered both his son and his son's wife to start dining at the Eastern part of the hall, since that was where both their chambers was. Victor had tried to argue and Eira made sure her displeasure was known but one reminder of her worth in Kaiden's family, set her straight a