Jenni's POV As consciousness slowly returned to me, I became aware of a dull ache coursing through my body. Every movement sent sharp waves of pain radiating from the wounds inflicted upon me. Blinking my eyes open, I found myself in a dimly lit room, lying upon a bed of straw.As my gaze shifted around, I caught sight of a figure hunched beside me, concern etched upon his weary face. Kendrick. Relief washed over me, mingling with the pain that still gripped my body. His presence brought a sense of comfort and strength."Jenni," he whispered, his voice filled with worry and love. "You're awake. How do you feel?"I mustered a weak smile, my voice hoarse. "I... I've felt better. But seeing you... it gives me strength."Kendrick's eyes filled with tears, which he hastily brushed away. "I'm so sorry, Jenni. I never wanted any of this for you. I should have protected you."Tears welled up in my own eyes as I reached out to touch his face, my fingers tracing the lines of worry etched upon
Jenni's POVThe pain seared through my body, each breath a reminder of the merciless lashing I had endured. I lay on our bed, propped up by pillows, while Kendrick gently tended to the wounds on my back. His touch was both soothing and painful, but I welcomed it, for it brought a sense of comfort amidst the turmoil that had engulfed us.As he delicately cleaned the wounds, I winced, biting my lip to stifle any cries of pain. Kendrick's face reflected a mixture of concern and guilt, his eyes clouded with regret. I reached out and clasped his hand, seeking to reassure him despite the anguish I felt."It's not your fault, Kendrick," I murmured, my voice filled with tenderness. "We both knew the risks we were taking, the price we might pay. I don't blame you for any of this."Kendrick's gaze met mine, his eyes searching for absolution. "But I should have protected you, Jenni. I should have found a way to keep you safe from Audrey's wrath."I squeezed his hand, my voice firm and resolute.
Audrey's POV I sat upon my throne with my regal posture exuding power and authority as my eyes scanned the grand hall, filled with courtiers and servants, all awaiting the next decree I would make. The room was thick with tension, anticipation hanging in the air.Suddenly, the heavy doors swung open, revealing Jenni's figure, her chest heaving with each breath. My brows furrowed in confusion as Jenni stormed into the room, her eyes ablaze with a mix of anger and desperation."Enough!" Jenni's voice echoed through the throne room, the words dripping with defiance. Her gaze locked with Audrey's, and a chill ran down the queen's spine. This was not the submissive and meek woman Audrey had grown accustomed to. No, this was a different Jenni, a Jenni fueled by anger and determination.Audrey leaned back slightly, her composure faltering for a brief moment. She hadn't anticipated such a direct confrontation, especially from someone she had deemed inconsequential. But beneath her surprise,
Kendrick's POV I stood in the dimly lit room, my gaze fixed on the door. Jake stood by my side, his expression filled with concern. We had just witnessed the confrontation between Jenni and Audrey, and now it was time for us to intervene, to reason with Jenni before her actions led to dire consequences.The heavy weight of worry settled upon my shoulders as I replayed the events in my mind. Jenni's determination had been admirable, her courage shining through as she challenged the Queen. But her anger, fueled by her love for me and her resentment towards Audrey, had clouded her judgment. I couldn't let her jeopardize herself or our cause."Kendrick, we have to talk to her," Jake's voice broke the silence, his tone filled with urgency.I nodded, my thoughts aligning with his. "You're right, Jake. We need to make her understand the risks she's taking. Challenging Audrey like that will only lead to more suffering."As we approached the door, apprehension settled within me. I knew Jenni'
Jenni's POV “Arrrghhh….” I shouted when they had left the cabin. I couldn’t take it anymore. I couldn’t hold myself from the anger that was already building inside me. ‘I should just kill this girl’ I thought to myself. Because I just wouldn’t let her come snatch my Kendrick from me. Even though she was fated as his mate, that was in the past not anymore. Because I was now his bride and not even fate would change that. I paced around for a bit as I couldn’t hold myself from the anger eating me up. Frustration boiled inside me, threatening to spill over like a torrential storm. I paced back and forth in the confines of the room, my footsteps echoing off the cold stone walls. Every thought, every emotion, seemed to collide within me, fueling my anger and confusion. I couldn't understand why Kendrick and Jake had abandoned me, why they refused to support my desire to challenge Audrey directly. They were supposed to be my allies, my confidants, and yet they had walked away, leaving m
Audrey's POV I rolled my eyes as Jenni walked out of the throneroom with Kendrick and Jake rushing after her and turned to Eric. "I need guards to be stationed at the entrance to this room from inside the palace. It seems like we just don't need guards at the outside entrance only," I instructed. "Yes, My Lady," he bowed and began leaving the room to carry out my bidding. "And also send someone to inform that fool to clean the stables," I added and he paused his exit to listen. "Make sure you send a guard first to confirm that the stables are extremely dirty before sending someone to her." "I will do that," he responded and finally left. Cleaning the stables was even such a small task. Jenni deserved way more punishment for her stupid behaviour just now. She had also been acting rudely towards me throughout my entire stay here in the Blood Moon pack, without any remorse or shame for how she had treated me when we were children. How could she dare to act in such a brazen manner?
Kendrick's POV I knew that there were only two things that could be happening right now. It was either I was being set up to be punished or Audrey just wanted to stress me out. I was fully aware that she had eaten already which was why her being hungry certainly wasn't an option. There was however no way out of the ugly situation Audrey had planned ahead for me so I had to go to the kitchen to request for food for her just like she had requested. "Food for the queen please," I told the head maid as I ran into her even before getting to the kitchen and she bowed. "You really don't need to do that." "You are still the Alpha of this pack, My Lord," she countered and I wasn't even in the mood to argue at all. Everyone in the pack already plainly refused to stop calling me Alpha also so that kind of remark didn't surprise me anymore. Sometimes, it didn't even feel like some of the people did that because they still respected me but because they had gotten so used to calling me Alpha t
Audrey's POV "My lady," Eric bowed in front of the throne where I sat. "Eric, what do you have to report?" "It's about your parents who went to the Lycan kingdom," he began. "Everyone leave us alone," I commanded and the guards and maids in the throneroom began walking out. Soon, there was no one around except the guards at the outside entrance to the throneroom and they were out of our earshot. I sniffed the room just to be sure only to realize that I could sense the presence of a werewolf even though there was no one around. "Eric, look around if anyone is nearby," I instructed and he swiftly obeyed. "There is no one around except the guards outside," he reported and I frowned. Were those guards the werewolves I was sniffing? The smell wasn't coming from that direction though, it was coming from the inside entrance. "Did you check the corridor that this door leads to properly?" "Yes, My Lady, no one is there." "Speak then, what is happening in the Lycan kingd
Epilogue Readers' POV "Uggh!" William groaned as he arched his back. He loosened his grip on Kendrick and staggered backwards. Kendrick coughed and sat up tiredly. He finally noticed that an arrow had pierced the back of William's head. There was not healing or coming back from that! Kendrick sighed in relief and looked around for the person who shot it. From the balcony on the second floor, he saw Jenni standing there with her bow drawn. She seemed to be shocked by what she had just done as she stared wide eyes at her bow. Jenni came back! That was shocking, after she suddenly left him because he went back to Audrey. Kendrick diverted his gaze back to William, who had now collapsed on the floor. He seemed to stare longingly in a particular direction as the light faded from his eyes and he went on a journey to the underworld. He looked in the direction William was looking and saw that he was staring at Audrey! Annoying prick! He just didn't want to let her
Readers' POV After they both marked each other, they shared a really nice kiss and after so many hours of talking, imagining their futures together, they finally slept. The next morning, Audrey jolted from the bed and she opened her eyes instantly. She looked around and she saw Kendrick sleeping peacefully, with his hand lying lazily on her waist. She had thought that her mating with Kendrick was a really good dream that she badly wanted to come to pass. She touched her neck and she could still feel the heat from last night. She pushed her head into the pillow and smiled. It wasn't a dream at all. It really happened. She turned her head to face Kendrick. She didn't want to wake him up, but she couldn't help touching his face, nose, hair and literally everything her hand could touch at that moment. She was touching his hair, when her eyes went to his lips and she started using her index finger to trace the little line around his lips. She was really enjoying what sh
Kendrick's POV "Find him!" My voice boomed across the kitchen and Audrey flinched as well as the rest of the sentries who scampered out after my outburst. "Hey," I said softly, reaching for Audrey, but she flinched again, breathing hard and fast, staring at the direction in which Williams had gone, eyes wide with fear and despair. "Ar--" A whimper escaped her and I hated that I could smell her fear. I hated that she trembled so much. It hadn't been long since I had made her go through the same fear. I had made those tears drop from her eyes, broken her spirit, broken her heart, and...seeing her now, with the same fear in her eyes…I hated myself for everything I had done to her. "Audrey," I said, barely able to hear my voice over my raging heart. Audrey didn't either as her sobs began in full earnest. It was like I didn't exist. She couldn't see me. Or hear me. She was scared out of her mind. "Audrey!" I roared, unable to keep my wolf at bay. Her gaze snappe
Audrey's pov Inside my room, we lay cuddled against each other, as we slept soundly. Time ticked by slowly. I soon untangled myself from Kendrick and turned to the other side of the bed while sleeping. I began to fidget little by little. My face soon morphed into a frown. I began shaking my head subtly from left to right. My body tensed and I instantly shot up. I was panting like I had just run a marathon. My eyes were dazed and unfocused as I seemed not to see everything around me. Kendrick also woke up after he heard my panting. When he looked towards me and saw my disheveled state, panic and worry settled in him. He crawled out from under the covers briskly as he came to stop before me. He saw that I was totally unfocused so he cradled my face and made me look into his eyes. He already had a vague idea of what happened. "Baby! Look at me! You are all right! I'm here! I'll always be here. He cannot hurt you!" He comforted as he rubbed my face soothingly.
Audrey's povDays later... When I saw Kendrick looking like he was half dead in Eric's hands, my heart skipped so many beats and I ran towards him. At the moment, I was just thinking one thing; Kendrick. My eyes were so focused on him. When I was just a few steps away from him, Eric stretched his hand forward, to stop me from moving any closer to Kendrick. When he did that, I looked up at him with confusion written all over my face. I didn't know why Eric stopped me from hugging Kendrick when he clearly needed my hug more than ever. "I'm still the queen, don't forget that,"I I said, and ignored his stretched out hand. I tried moving closer to him, but this time, I continued pushing his hand. I backed away from Eric and Kendrick and I left the way for him to bring Kendrick in. I walked past him and I went to the bed without answering Eric. When I got to the bed, I grabbed his hands and I placed soft kisses on both of them. I dropped the left one and I raised
Kendrick's POV After checking her, the doctor confirmed that she was okay, and slowly woke her up. When the doctor left, I tried convincing Audrey to sleep, but she continued refusing as I continued asking. She looked really tired and I knew that she was going to pass out if she didn't sleep in the next few seconds, so I didn't give up. I still continued telling her to sleep, but she wasn't having it at all. It got to a stage and I started begging her to sleep. "Please, just sleep. For me? You can do that for me, can't you?" I tried making puppy dog eyes, but it didn't work. It only made her laugh loudly at how ridiculous I looked. She hit my shoulder playfully and she told me that she was fully awake, even when her eyes were closing every second. "Of course, I can do that for you." I looked into her eyes and asked her, "what's the problem, then? I knew I was never important to you." I removed her hand from my hand and slightly pushed her away in a playful mann
Kendrick's POV After we saw that Audrey was now stabilized, we took her back to the pack house to rest properly. I stayed with her till it was late, and I went back to my room because I knew that if Audrey was awake, she would have been so angry at me spending the night in her room, regardless of the situation. I sat on my bed as I held on to my head, memories of what had happened earlier replaying in my head again. I screamed in anger as I threw my pillow to the floor, as that scene kept replaying in my head. I dragged the duvet off the bed and started ripping it with my bare hands, imagining it to be the leader of the rogues. Still angry, I went to the vase on the table, picked it and started smashing it against the wall and while I did that, I imagined it to be the leader’s head. To continue, I started kicking against the wall angrily, while I screamed in anger and pain. I fell to the ground as I punched against it in anger, hatred and betrayal. I kept on seei
Audrey's pov After everything, I started hearing some noises outside. It sounded like a fight was going on, or about to start. That caught my attention, as I stormed out to check. Oh no! Just like I thought, a fight was really going on, but it was just a fight, it was more like a war. The rogue pack that we fought with recently were back, and they seemed like they were in for a big one. The leader stood in front of them, and glared at me. Slowly, I backed away out of fear and suddenly felt someone's hand around mine. I flinched, and was about moving away when I saw that it was Kendrick;he stood beside me in defense, with his eyes fixed on the rogues pack. "Why are you here? Aren't you scared to be back here?" Eric shouted from the back of us, and I glanced back to see the whole pack members assembled behind us. The leader chuckled inwardly, before the dirty frown settled on his face again. "We are not here for any of you, we are here for him," he said, po
Maria shook her head as she began to speak frantically. "I'm sorry my lady... I mixed up the plates... it's my fault, I got confused." The stupid girl couldn't do a job properly and almost got me killed. The poison wasn't meant to kill anyway, a good thing since I ended up talk it. It was meant to weaken and cause Aubrey pain, so she wouldn't be able to keep seducing my husband and acting all mighty for days. I deepened me elbow and I saw her wince in pain. "So you tried to kill me?" I said. "No,.. no.. my lady. I would never do that... It was a mistake!" Maria was hysteric, pleading with all that she had, she was crying already, her eyes red. "You know what would happen if I say that you were the one who poisoned the food right? Because in a way you did" Maria nodded now full on bawling, she clasped her fingers over her mouth to prevent her cries from echoing. "Please my lady.. " "Kendrick will kill you for touching me, his wife." I said again because I needed to instill fear i