Cassi pov I had lost my husband in the dungeon for some time now and I sent a guard everyday to ask him if he was willing to admit to his crimes and the every single day they got returned to me to give me the same answer that he was not willing to admit claiming that the only thing he had done before was that he had punched and assaulted my friend and there was nothing more than that and even that was too sore to the ears. I wouldn't have been so worried if he's obnoxious anger was the most that I had to worry for however it wasn't I decided that I was not going to be beating around the bush anymore before I have been wondering why I was going to trust between him and my friend but I decided that I was going to push my emotions to the side and just trust my friend because apparently he was the only one that seems to be functioning properly between the two men after all we are not going to head to forcefully attack my mate because of any reason even though he had been suspicious as w
Cassi pov So my friend was asking me why on earth I had done something so reckless and stupid for such a person and in front of so many people as well be reminded me that the reason I had done this was to show my loyalty to my people over my husband so prove that I was a good friend and I will always choose their safety over a man that was probably trying to have all of them and in the midst of it all when I was about to really prove myself to everyone I have just jumped in to save him recklessly he was saying all of this to me while I was trying to massage the bandage that had been placed on my back because of the whip. The impact of it has been so strong that it had literally tore through the dress I was wearing and what was really scary about all of this was that the person that was plugging my mate had actually become very tired at this point because you have been doing it continuously and yet despite the fact that this was the pain that I was receiving from getting flogged fr
Cassi pov as much as I was trying to keep as many secrets as I could for my parents and you that this was one that was eventually going to come out to the open and so when they eventually summoned me to speak with me it was not something that I was surprised to hear about and I already knew how our conversation was going to go before I even saw them face-to-face so I proved myself I prepared myself for whatever I was going to come to me ready to give them any kind of explanation that they needed. from the day that my parents took me back in after we have been reunited after so many years I had one here that approve in my heart every single moment but I spent with them and it was the fear of disappointing them I didn't want them to look back and wish that we had never even met me at all that they had just been exchanged for me for the rest of their life and they have not even come to find out that their daughter was a failure. So that was exactly why I worked hard every single da
Alder pov The pain that was running across my entire body was so strong that has a certain point and stopped feeling anything anymore it was almost as if I had was collected from my body and even though I could see this happening around me it was almost as if I wasn't even there as if I was borrowing someone else's eyes to experience the world. I thought that I was going to be killed in public with the whipping but then I could have not been more shocked why my wife suddenly stepped in and took a match for me now this was not some unless I want it at all because that thing was quite painful and I did not want to make her experience even more pain and what she was going through right now and with this I was able to confirm that she still care about me. so even if I was locked up in this cell and I was being given food that tested as if it had already been eating and vomiting I didn't feel as discouraged as I expected it to be in the first place the situation something told me tha
Cassi pov"My Queen, we need to talk…" I had been expecting this conversation to pop up eventually but for some reason I was so surprised when he finally brought the topic and I became tense, although I made sure that my expression on my face that I was ready to handle whatever conversation was going to happen and just like how are you suspecting he asked me if I was really planning to do anything for the people. recently whenever my former trainer will say anything I would have to glance over to him suspiciously and wonder if somebody else had possessed his body and taking over his voice to be speaking to me but no it was just him in his normal senses and he was speaking exactly the way he would or at least how he felt was most appropriate in this situation despite how I was feeling. I knew that you were supposed to be worried about our people but he needed to understand that as a queen right now I was in a difficult position it wasn't as if we had a walk hard evidence against m
Cassi pov Another night came that I would spend alone on my bed as I crawl into it my heart feeling frozen things I did not really gotten better in the time that has passed my friend if I was still supposed to call him that was still breathing on my neck however he was given me more space now ever since I had laid out boundaries between the two of us or what he could say to me and what he couldn't but he was still finding sly ways to mention to me that I was not performing my true duties as queen well he would immediately back away from it and denied that he had made any sort of statement that resemble that it was like a timing cat-and-mouse came to me. That was not the only issue at hand after a public disgrace like that everyone who was now talking about it and stories like that spreading from mouth to mouth could be very powerful mostly because they could be spiced up with all sorts of lies and since those were far more than digestible to some people, there was no surprise at all
Cassi pov I knew that I was not supposed to be going to see him but what harm is it believed to be to me after all I couldn't get any sleep right now and I was also worried about him and how it was like living inside of that cell for days practically being treated like an animal. this was a man that had basically only known luxury for his entire life after he was raised as an offer and then eventually I married him as a queen so now he was living a life where most of the time if the people were not yelling at him to confess for crimes he was surrounded by cockroaches and rats and other unsavory beings. now just thinking about it was enough to make my skin crawl well enough as I started making my way towards where my husband was locked up I will constantly look towards my back from time to time as if I was expecting the made it to immediately pop up and question me and where I was going but in case you didn't I was fully alert for anyone else that could appear at this time and inte
Cassi povI was seriously refusing to accept if what I was still in front of me was reality because it had to be some kind of twisted dream that I was forcefully inserting into reality. How could this really happening to me, I thought that I had been suffering from insomnia last night but ever since I saw that empty cell it was another level altogether it has gotten so bad that the word slip has been completely eradicated from my dictionary and they don't come up at all weather it was only panic that was ringing in my mind over and over again like a bell that was held next to my head and somebody was banging on it seriously. My guards who have sent out last night to search for him had come back early this morning to tell me that their search had been unfortunately fruitless at this point I was sure that you had already escaped from the borders of the pack, but then again I have realised that my own personal opinion can be so wrong at times so I told them that they should still bl
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