Cassi pov The war was becoming imminent with every moment that pass by because now it was not just something that was being drafted on my study table but a reality that was about to become mine. I was quite surprised that everything was happening so quickly, I had arranged for divisions to be created that would take a new recruits and train them and my former trainer was one of the trainers for the divisions this was to enhance efficiency and to have as many people as possible well equipped for the battle that was about to come and yet I still didn't feel ready. Naturally anyway there were other things that I had already put in place to make everything easier for everyone but I still felt like I wasn't ready I guess I would never really feel like I was ready because this was not a kind of situation that somebody could go in and they would have everything that they needed at hands reach but I had done a lot of research and had asked everyone that could give me any credible informati
Alder pov So the day is finally here? Ever since I received that note from my mate it was almost as if I was living in a sort of a bubble where I had to started directing my people for a fight that I couldn't even understand why it was happening at all. But from the little that I have learnt about Cassandra after being married to her, I was guessing that this was probably retaliation for poisoning her and abandoning her like that I knew that she wasn't going to take it easy but after having several days of rest I thought that maybe she has decided to move on he thought that have seen quite under justable until finally I got the notes from a messenger that she had sent saying that she wanted war. Honestly it was like being jolted out of a dream as my eyes had scrambled through the words and my fingers have sunk to the into the note almost to the point of ripping it apart some of my men have told me to beat up the messenger that came alive one of the most my second-in-command James
Cassi pov"So the big day is finally here?" With a heavy heart I looked at my former trainer as he said that and he could tell that there was still hesitation in my eyes. We were in the training Hall for the last run through of the strategy for the war. After this everything else that would happen will have to be out of the pocket somehow because you will need to assess the situation to a certain level before making any more decisions. "Queen Cassandra there's something that is bothering you isn't there?" I wanted to deny it but I knew that even if I did he was going to see right through my lie once more and it was going to be ridiculous for me to have to endure being drilled over and over again. so I just simply told him the truth from the start, there was definitely something bothering me but I didn't want to talk about it because there was no solution for it and therefore it would just be a waste of time and energy to talk about it all. He looked at me like a child with a br
Cassi pov As my eyes went up and I saw that we were finally within sight of the pack house I decided to turn around and explain the plan to the recruits once more because the last thing that I needed now was any mistakes because it will be very costly if anybody made a mistake right now or did something that will blow our cover that we have been trying our best all this time to maintain. While we were running here already shifted in our wolf forms and our sense mostly locked away from even the sharpest of noses, the warriors that we came across watching the border as we passed by with fewer than I had expected that means that they are really put even more people that I was thinking about into the war against this worked in our favor but for some reason it made me feel uncomfortable it was this kind of negative feeling that someone would feel bubbly at the bottom of their stomach when things were going so well and they were just too accustomed to everything have been a glitch or a p
Cassi pov I made a big mistake and this time it was not one that was easy to fix just like how I had asked the recruit back then to stay behind. This was far more difficult because I had expected to see my mate here and to take him by surprise by taking him again just like last time but surprisingly enough he was not here and unguarded. But he was not even here at all and the shock of that had made me to be completely immobile for some moments and this was practically all the enemy needed to take advantage of me and the people on my team because soon we were surrounded by some strange gas that was so thick that what I turned my eyes towards my teammates, I could barely see them as anything other than blurry silhouettes of their person. The next thing I knew my eyelids became incredibly heavy. I tried to fight against it as I was shaking terribly and my legs felt even softer and more wobbly than jelly eventually the fight against the gas was one that I could not win and I fel
Alder pov There was something that was telling me that they shouldn't loosen up the ropes for her, but I couldn't help it. I really thought I wasn't feeling well at all seeing her in that uncomfortable position. It was odd because the wife that had been arranged for me had literally been throwing ceramics in my direction and yet it had barely startled me at all. obviously I was shocked by the fact that she was doing that at all but most of the time I just felt completely unreactive to anything it would be happening to her it wasn't as it right there or what I was mostly not really disturbed by anything that related to her and just saw her as another pack member without any special difference. But the moment I saw that my men had tied up my mate I felt like ripping those ropes off her and then finding people that had tied her up like that but I had to remind myself that right now she was on the enemy side in fact she was the one that was practically leading them. Since she had
Cassi pov Why was he not fighting back? This question was running around my mind as I chased after him following the trail of blood that was dripping down from his arm, apparently the pain was so intense that between weekend and he could not handle maintain his werewolf from so he shifted back into human form and began to start the running away and I run after him. I can also feel myself within a week because of all of the energy that are exhausted fighting him just now even though he only been on the defensive and was not even retaliating any of my attacks, I had gone as far as even injuring him and yet he still didn't try to attack me back. This man really didn't have the right to be confusing me like this I wished after him my breath hitched up as I shifted while I was running I knew that he was looking for the fastest exit out of this place, I'm from where we were right now that will probably be a back door that we had snuck in through. He was faster than me in this situa
Cassi pov I waited for the shock to settle in him, patiently as I wàs sipping on the tea that had been prepared for me. When he was finally able to speak again he sounded like he was ready to pass out at that very second. "Queen Cassandra, keeping him alive is already going to be hard enough but now you eve-" I cut him off by raising up my hand after freeing it from the cup of tea that I had been holding at that second. "I know it will be hard…I'm not daft, I'm sure that the high Court won't even let me sit down first before they call me over to be drilling me…but all of this has taught me how to handle them…" After I said this I could see that he was digging through his mind for a good reason to discourage me from the decision that I was about to make but I told him not to bother with that at all. I was going to bring him along with me. I had already made that decision with all of my heart and there was nothing that was going to change it no matter what he said there was not go
Cassi pov I had let down my guard more than expected because the two of them soon spotted me and then shifted into the wolf forms and began to chase me. I turned around and ran, my breath becoming ragged with every step I took. Fighting with them was not going to be an easy task. I was already outnumbered and I already knew how capable my former trainer was, I didn't know how strong Danielle really was but I was not able to find out. Unfortunately this was not a choice that I would get to make as I kept turning around to check how close they were to me I wasn't able to focus on everything in front of me and I ended up bumping into a tree, this immediately threw me off guard and while I was struggling to regain myself it's all of them surrounded me and my former trainer pounced on me. "Now why am I not even surprised to see you here, you are always showing up when you are not wanted like a pest…" he said to me in mind link. "...maybe you would have been able to live longer if yo
Cassi pov I had to place my palm over my mouth so that the gasp that was coming out will not be heard by the two of them beyond the bushes standing there was Daniella and the person that was approaching her was someone that I had trusted for so long. My former personal trainer, Hanson by the time he got close enough to her he wrapped his hands around her waist and then he pulled her in for a passionate kiss that lasted for so long until he finally pulled away and both of them looked breathless and their faces flushed while I was struggling not to throw up in the bushes that I was hiding in. "What took you so long?"she asked him."...I have been waiting for you so patiently ,"he ran his fingers through her hair."And I appreciate you for that after all what would I do without you?"The more I looked at them the more I fell into deeper denial that what I was seeing in front of me was reality. I even pinched myself and when I glanced over it was still the same. I had literally expect
Cassi pov I had expected my visit to this place to turn out in many different ways, however I didn't think that I would be having dinner with my husband's ex-wife but I guess I have been in more awkward situations in my life. While the food was being made we sat at the table together and then she poured me a glass of wine quite generously as well. I was staring at the glass suspiciously for a long time without thinking and then she laughed covering her mouth and told me that it wasn't poisoned. I looked up at her with shock covering my facial features but I guess I shouldn't have been blown away that she was able to notice my obvious reaction. "If it makes you feel any better I can switch glasses with you," She said still wearing that smile on her face that appeared to be warm but was so very cold that it made me shiver a little bit. "That will not be necessary…"I said to her, as I took the wine glass from the table gently sniffing out the smell while I tipped the glass arou
Cassi pov I didn't think that I was going to be emotional when I saw my former home again it has been so long even though it had only been two years it felt like it had already been 20 since I last saw it I remember that's the reason I come here was to look for my mate and then I have seen him with another woman even then I decided that it was going to be a good idea to pursue him later on maybe I deserve to the suffering that came to me because I couldn't just open my eyes to see that that man was not meant for me even if it was something that was meant to be it will be at a great cost as well and yet I was not ready to sacrifice that. I was wearing a cloak so that I would not be easily recognised and I could blend into the crowd while I was sure that nobody recognised me I am very sure that I was also not blending into the crowd from how everybody was glancing at me every chance they got looking at me as if I was some kind of exotic attraction that they couldn't comprehend maybe
Alder pov Most of the passing nights, I was dreaming of my wife. I could barely remember where we would meet or what we would say to each other all of that was usually nothing more than a messy blur. All I knew was that she would be desperately trying to kill me and then I would try to stop her convincing her that I was not against her but I was on her side more than anybody else more than the fake friend that was pretending as if he cared about her when it was actually a facade to mask what his real plans were… Just thinking about it made me sick to my stomach that man was around my mate but through the spy that I had working as a double agent he told me that my wife had actually become very close to him and they were not behaving as friends anymore but rather casual enemies to each other. Now this both relieved me and made me even more worried because it meant that he was probably getting closer to his school and so he found a little reason to remain with his facade meaning
Cassi povAs the spice I was sending will not give me any results I decided that I was going to return to my former home and they look for my husband personally. I decided to avoid my family in order to avoid any unnecessary encounters. I still cared about them but maybe it was better than they thought I was dead for now because I was still not ready to meet them after the years that have passed. Despite how well they had treated him at the end of what could have been my life they were the ones that are mostly push me to my limit, if it wasn't by the slimmest of chances that I was actually a princess then I would have just rotted way at the bottom of that cliff and nobody would have been able to find me. My husband always used to tell me that everybody was always desperately looking for me for the longest time, especially my brother. He told me that sometimes he would go out to look for me throughout the years that passed. He told me in one of such occasion it was raining ca
Cassi pov there was a certain heaviness that settled in my heart when I was returning back to the palace knowing that my husband was not going to be there it was the same kind of pain I had every night sleeping in that bed in a long cold and lonely knowing that he was not going to show up. I have loved this man with so much passion that I didn't know how to live my life without loving him without showing him the same endearment but why should not treat me the same way? Why was it so difficult for him to treat me right? Why do he feel so physically drained to do it? Did he think that I enjoyed the suffering that he always put me through? My car was driving through the policy and anyway I felt like I was going back into a kind of prison that has been designed especially for me, I love my position as the Queen and being there for my people and serving them but social situations like this made it so dreadful for me. As I was heading up to my chamber anybody that saw me will s
Cassi povMy jaw fell to the floor when I realized that my parents had been deceived before I could even speak to them. "What did you tell my parents?" I demanded to know and the only thing he did was shrug lightly and said that he only told them the truth and nothing else. just that my parents called my name and they told me that they knew everything that has been happening from my husband's escape the crimes he was supposed to have committed and then my summoning by the high Court. I could hear the disappointment in both of their voices as they were speaking and I could feel it telling me apart just listening to it because this wasn't what I wanted my fingers fell on my lap and began to shake terribly knowing that they were probably disgusted by my actions. the two last people I could rely on you to stop seeing me as your daughter and just see a fool that they had mistakenly placed on the throne, there was a reason that I was intentionally holding back all of this from them
Alder pov "So this is it…" I said anything that both sounded like a question and a statement as I looked across the traitor that was not helping me and he nodded his head frantically."I could have not made any of this up…' he said leaning from his chair, almost standing up at this point."I'm telling the truth.. I'm on your side!" This was a sentence that he had repeated to me practically a hundred times since he supposedly helped me out of the prison."... I'm going to be frank with you,"I said to him, my fingers tapping on the table as I looked at the evidence that he had presented to me."... when all of this settles down he will still be punished for involving yourself with those murderers even if you didn't personally kill anyone," I could see his face immediately drag down to the floor when I said that and his eyes were not able to look towards me again then in a voice that was just a little above a whisper he asked me."... but my family will be safe right? they will not be