Cassi pov The next thing I did was to immediately someone the best hunters in the entire Kingdom and it was barely half an hour before they all arrived bowling in recognition to both me and my husband then I told them that their hairs that I had a very confidential an important mission to give to them after that I handed them the girl's uniform saying that this was her sent and providing all the information about her. After going through the documents that she submitted we decided to check if there was any information that seem to be reasonable after all it was possible that she had intentionally or unintentionally given some real information about herself in them, I even showed that the letter that was delivered to my husband and after all of this I told them that I needed a response in less than 24 hours about the owner came and told me that they will report to me even sooner than that and then I dismissed them. My heart was racing at this point but I kept a camco look on my
Alder pov The truth was about to be unveiled I could feel it with every bone in my body and my heart was telling me that it was close, I looked at my beautiful wife still basking in the beauty of our passion and then I had to look away the next minute because my friend downstairs was getting exhausted again and I knew that she needed her energy for the rest of the day. But even after I had looked away all I had to do was just close my eyes and the next thing I knew I would see the image of her and what we had been doing to each other underneath pur duvet. I looked down to confirm my thoughts that I was already rock hard and revving up to go again, I glanced at her staring at all the buttons that i could press that would make her fully awake and put her right in the mo- Alder control yourself! I scolded myself with a slap as I sprinted out of the bed and rushed over to the bathroom after pulling the duvet over her body, then when I was in the bathroom I turned on an ice cold sho
Alder pov It took a longer conversation than I had initially expected but I was eventually able to convince my wife to allow me to go and see the friend of hers that was always constantly bothering her from time to time I thought that at the very least I would be able to nip him into the bud because you needed to understand that she was a married woman now and she could not be as easily available and accessible as she was to him before when she was not with a mate. The look of anticipation and his face when he heard the jingling of the bells that announced somebody's entrance into the coffee shop was almost prophetic especially when he noticed that it wasn't my wife that was coming to see him then the smile immediately retaliated into a frown and he asked me what I was doing here instead of the Queen I told him that I wanted to discuss with him and it really didn't make any difference which one of us was here. He gritted his teeth and told me that there was a huge difference g
Cassi pov I thought that I was walking on pins while I was waiting for my husband to return and the more I looked at the clock the slower it seem to allow time to flow. I was pacing around the living room. I don't know why I was so tired, it wasn't as if I have sent him to an executioner but something about all of this was just making me feel unease and this lack of rest was only able to end when I saw the car pulling up and I heard the engine assuring me that it was him. Immediately I rushed down to welcome him and I hugged him as if he had just been to the moon and back he responded by pulling me into his embrace again and then he asked me why I was so enthusiastic that he was back he said his jokingly but I noticed that his eyes were not smiling at me when he said it. Not that he was angry but he looked sad I asked him what happened between him and my former trainer and then he said that it was better we talked about it inside so I took him over to my study where we had pr
Alder pov I knew that my mate was fuming with me right now because of what I did, but I was only doing it to protect her the stuff that's why she refused to speak to me and even though we're under the same roof, we might as well have been a million miles apart because that was definitely how I felt. I decided that if a manhunt was what was going to destroy my marriage and I was just going to let it go after all, it wasn't as if I have found any concrete evidence against the guy. it was just my tension because of the way he had been acting and she claimed to have known him more so I might just be jealous without realizing it if not I don't know why my gut is telling me that guy was up to no good but my mate was not having any of it and I had already stressed her enough if I kept pressing on this it would look as if I was the one that was responsible and I was trying to shift the blame over to her friend and I definitely didn't want it to come out like that. so I summoned my men t
Cassi pov I settled on my bed and a groan found it's way out of my trembling lips before I even realized it at all, all of this was so tiring. Now I had been looking for him all day and I've not been able to find him as much as I had been trying to, for some time I had been contemplating if he ran away again. No, I had been on guard now more than before and so he was not going to be able to get far without at least raising an alarm. Now I was sure of that indeed and that was what made me a bit calmer however I was still troubled about a lot of things in general and I didn't need this on my table as well.After all the promises that we made to each other he was not even touched enough to consider listening to me when I told him to let that investigation go instead he was just going ahead with whatever he wanted to do and it really pained me but what was I to do in that situation. I rolled uneasily on the bed thinking about it all and my stomach growling for food that I was not i
Alder pov my heart was beating so rapidly inside of my chest that every time I looked down I was surprised to see that it had not jumped right out and I will quickly return my eyes back to the road as my fingers seem to crave also the steering wheel as if my life depended on it and anyway it sort of did. With every inch that this car covered I knew that I was getting myself into deeper trouble with my wife because I knew that by now she would probably be panicking and asking where I was and the most reliable thing that will come to her mind was probably that I run away and abandoned her after everything I said and if that didn't come to her mind again she would probably think that I was stalking her friend. But therewas this high possibility that the friend she trusted so much was still the one that betrayed her however I could understand that right now she was on the fence about the whole thing after all this was someone that she had known and trusted for years and I was the one
Alder pov Even though both of them were shocked by me calling them out that did not stop one of them from immediately sprinting out of my sight, but I did not allow the other one to be able to escape as immediately reached out and grabbed him before he could even take another step forward and pulled him back with a frown on my lips as I looked at him with fury burning through every part of my body. "You have a lot of explaining to do and I think that this will be the best time to do it especially since your head is still connected to the rest of your body…" he was struggling until I said that and by that time I had to drag him over to a dark alley connecting to the club where I will show that even if he screamed at the top of his voice nobody was going to come and help him and if there was anybody that was even old enough or care enough to come and help him the only thing they will help us it was gathering what was left of his corpse because I was going to shred him to pieces if h
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