Sienna ~This was taking too long and I had the dreadful feeling that something was wrong.Twin intuition perhaps? I hoped not.I sat stiffly in the backseat of the car as my fingers tapped anxiously against my thigh. My heart pounded a little too fast. The road ahead was nothing but darkness with a thick forest on each side of us. We should have been gone by now because everything had been planned out perfectly.The moment Kaden was dead, Dahlia would vanish, reappear here, and we’d be gone before anyone even knew what had happened. By the time the kingdom realized their Alpha King was nothing more than a lifeless corpse, we would be far, far away.But she wasn’t here yet and I couldn't help the rising panic.I clenched my jaw and glanced at Lord Malachi. He was sitting next to me looking completely relaxed as he flipped through a book like this was just some regular night and not the moment that would decide our futures.I narrowed my eyes. “We should go back.”He didn’t even look
Dahlia ~The drive to the Scarvyn stronghold was silent. And not the peaceful kind.The suffocating kind.The kind that made my chest feel too tight and my throat too dry. I stared out the window and watched with unseeing eyes as the forest blurred past in streaks of black and silver, the moon barely cast enough light to pierce the copse trees.I should have felt relief right? I was back. I was going home.But all I could think about was the way Kaden’s eyes darkened with so much hurt, so much heartbreak when he realized what I had tried to do. The way his voice had cracked when he said those words, ‘You were going to kill me.’I squeezed my eyes shut, pressing my fingers against my temples.Stop thinking about him, I told myself, even when I knew that was highly impossible.Lord Malachi was the first to break the silence. “We’re here.”I opened my eyes as the car slowed to a stop.I hadn't been to the stronghold in what felt like ages but had barely been a week. Through the windshie
Dahlia ~The Scarvyn Empire belonged to the Scarvyn’s again.The rogues were gone, their filthy blood stained the pristine white stone of our streets, their corpses left to burn far outside the gates where they belonged.But standing in the middle of what was left of my home, I was supposed to feel nostalgia or perhaps a bit of joy if I was being greedy, but all I felt was a strange, hurting emptiness.The streets were silent, they had been stripped bare of all the life I remembered them having as a child. The atmosphere reeked with the scent of smoke and old blood, but beneath it, one could still catch faint traces of what once was, honeysuckle from old gardens, incense from the temples, the warm, rich scent of freshly baked bread that used to fill the markets.My heart squeezed with a sudden burst of emotion.It had been so long since I’d last walked these white streets. And yet, I could still picture everything exactly as it was before the rogues took it from us. The maroon banner
Dahlia ~The morning of my coronation was perfect to say the least.The sky was painted in the prettiest shades of pink and azure, and it was as though the gods themselves were blessing this day. From my window, the white streets of Scarvyn looked renewed with life under the light of the sun.But despite all the beauty that surrounded me on this day, there was a crushing weight on my chest, as though calamity loomed over me for some reason.I took a slow breath and focused on my reflection as Sienna fastened the final clasp at the back of my gown.It was a beauty in scarlet red.The color of our empire.Sienna and I looked identical today, twin queens who looked indistinguishable.I should have felt beautiful and powerful, but that sensation of impending doom would not let me.I turned to Sienna. “Do you feel that?”She adjusted her earrings and barely spared me a glance. “Feel what?”Oh well, I had put too much faith in twin intuition. Something was coming.Something terrible.But b
Dahlia ~ “No, you can't take my sister away, stop, she is the only family I have left!” Sienna’s cries echoed through the place as I was taken away, Kaden refused to touch me and he had his soldiers drag me through the halls. Orion held Sienna back, halting her movements as she foolishly tried to get to me. I was thankful for Orion, Kaden was far too volatile now, I could feel it through this bond we shared, if Sienna did anything silly, she would certainly die. I couldn't stop my fear and regret from showing on my face during the carriage ride back to Lunaris. I was left alone with my raging thoughts and anxiety. Sienna would rule the Scarvyn empire as the sole queen, I had been stripped of my titles the moment I made that offer.My fingers absentmindedly moved to touch the cold silver of my crown. I didn't take it off my head as it upheld whatever was left of my dignity. “You belong to me now, little witch, every single part of you is mine now,” I remembered Kaden saying befor
Dahlia ~What could be more horrible than being reduced to Kaden’s pet? And it was so much worse because of the state he was in.Those glacier blue eyes never left mine as he took off his shirt and tossed it to the floor beside me. His scent flooded my senses, and I gulped thickly.His keen eyes noticed the movement and a lazy smirk graced his lips.“You look hungry, your majesty,” Kaden said to me as he looked down at my kneeling figure. It felt so degrading the way he was looking at me while calling me with that title.I looked away from him in an attempt to distract myself from my riding hunger.He stepped closer to me and squatted until his chiseled abdomen was at my eye level, forcing me to look up at him. “Don’t stress your pretty self too much, fortunately for you, I want your venom now.” Why was he being so soft on me? I expected so much worse… but maybe he was playing a psychological game. It sure felt like it.Maybe I should try explaining my reasons for my actions, yeah
Sienna~ I sat on the floor of the empty throne room and the bitter sounds of my sobs echoed.Dahlia was gone and I had let Kaden take her, I was far too powerless to do anything.The weight of it crushed me and fingers violently dug into the cold marble as if I could steady myself, but there was nothing steady about this moment. Nothing that could stop this overwhelming sadness from swallowing me whole.This wasn’t how it was supposed to happen.We were supposed to win and everything was supposed to go according to plan!I wrapped my arms around myself and squeezed tight in an attempt to hold myself together when everything inside me was breaking.Warm hands found my shoulders.My body tensed from the contact.“Come here,” Orion said as he pulled me to him and I let myself fall into his embrace. I pressed my forehead to his chest and my fingers curled into his shirt. His strong arms locked around me and it felt like he could hold all the broken pieces of my heart in place.I let mys
Dahlia ~The slippery wet engorged tip of Kaden’s cock nudged against my sensitive upper lip and I stuck out my tongue and tasted the saltiness of the underside of his tip. I felt his twitch on my tongue. He was so deliciously sensitive, perhaps I could enjoy this.I parted my lips for him and he slipped in, wet and salty.A loud groan erupted from his chest. “Let me see those eyes,” he said and my gaze snapped up to meet his. His eyes were completely dead, completely void of emotion, maybe I had managed to kill Kaden that night of the claiming ceremony, because whoever this was before me sure wasn't him.His strong hangers tangled into my hair before he shoved himself into the back of my throat with so much force that I gagged and struggled against him, but his grip was far too powerful. I couldn't breathe and I tried speaking to beg him to let me but the sounds only came out as a moan around him. “You deserve this, Dahlia, you deserve so much worse,” he finally pulled out enough
Sienna ~“We shouldn't have done that,” I blurted out, breaking the silence, “what do you think people would say if they found out about us?” I questioned.My body still hummed with pleasure from the things Orion had made me feel, I had come over and over until I lost count. He had prioritized my pleasure over his and I made a mental note to make it up to him soon. My cheek was pressed against the warmth of his chest and the steady thrum of his heartbeat was so calming to my troubled mind.I wanted to be here, wrapped in the security of his strong arms forever. Yes, I was willing to admit it to myself now, I was tired of fighting these things I felt and I was ready to fully give in now.“I don't know… why should they care?” he questioned, “why should we?”“Oh come on, Orion, a Scarvyn and a werewolf fucking?” I said, “And not just any Scarvyn, the acting queen? Our people are not exactly at peace with each other considering Kaden just kidnapped one of our queens, and of course the ag
Dahlia ~The slippery wet engorged tip of Kaden’s cock nudged against my sensitive upper lip and I stuck out my tongue and tasted the saltiness of the underside of his tip. I felt his twitch on my tongue. He was so deliciously sensitive, perhaps I could enjoy this.I parted my lips for him and he slipped in, wet and salty.A loud groan erupted from his chest. “Let me see those eyes,” he said and my gaze snapped up to meet his. His eyes were completely dead, completely void of emotion, maybe I had managed to kill Kaden that night of the claiming ceremony, because whoever this was before me sure wasn't him.His strong hangers tangled into my hair before he shoved himself into the back of my throat with so much force that I gagged and struggled against him, but his grip was far too powerful. I couldn't breathe and I tried speaking to beg him to let me but the sounds only came out as a moan around him. “You deserve this, Dahlia, you deserve so much worse,” he finally pulled out enough
Sienna~ I sat on the floor of the empty throne room and the bitter sounds of my sobs echoed.Dahlia was gone and I had let Kaden take her, I was far too powerless to do anything.The weight of it crushed me and fingers violently dug into the cold marble as if I could steady myself, but there was nothing steady about this moment. Nothing that could stop this overwhelming sadness from swallowing me whole.This wasn’t how it was supposed to happen.We were supposed to win and everything was supposed to go according to plan!I wrapped my arms around myself and squeezed tight in an attempt to hold myself together when everything inside me was breaking.Warm hands found my shoulders.My body tensed from the contact.“Come here,” Orion said as he pulled me to him and I let myself fall into his embrace. I pressed my forehead to his chest and my fingers curled into his shirt. His strong arms locked around me and it felt like he could hold all the broken pieces of my heart in place.I let mys
Dahlia ~What could be more horrible than being reduced to Kaden’s pet? And it was so much worse because of the state he was in.Those glacier blue eyes never left mine as he took off his shirt and tossed it to the floor beside me. His scent flooded my senses, and I gulped thickly.His keen eyes noticed the movement and a lazy smirk graced his lips.“You look hungry, your majesty,” Kaden said to me as he looked down at my kneeling figure. It felt so degrading the way he was looking at me while calling me with that title.I looked away from him in an attempt to distract myself from my riding hunger.He stepped closer to me and squatted until his chiseled abdomen was at my eye level, forcing me to look up at him. “Don’t stress your pretty self too much, fortunately for you, I want your venom now.” Why was he being so soft on me? I expected so much worse… but maybe he was playing a psychological game. It sure felt like it.Maybe I should try explaining my reasons for my actions, yeah
Dahlia ~ “No, you can't take my sister away, stop, she is the only family I have left!” Sienna’s cries echoed through the place as I was taken away, Kaden refused to touch me and he had his soldiers drag me through the halls. Orion held Sienna back, halting her movements as she foolishly tried to get to me. I was thankful for Orion, Kaden was far too volatile now, I could feel it through this bond we shared, if Sienna did anything silly, she would certainly die. I couldn't stop my fear and regret from showing on my face during the carriage ride back to Lunaris. I was left alone with my raging thoughts and anxiety. Sienna would rule the Scarvyn empire as the sole queen, I had been stripped of my titles the moment I made that offer.My fingers absentmindedly moved to touch the cold silver of my crown. I didn't take it off my head as it upheld whatever was left of my dignity. “You belong to me now, little witch, every single part of you is mine now,” I remembered Kaden saying befor
Dahlia ~The morning of my coronation was perfect to say the least.The sky was painted in the prettiest shades of pink and azure, and it was as though the gods themselves were blessing this day. From my window, the white streets of Scarvyn looked renewed with life under the light of the sun.But despite all the beauty that surrounded me on this day, there was a crushing weight on my chest, as though calamity loomed over me for some reason.I took a slow breath and focused on my reflection as Sienna fastened the final clasp at the back of my gown.It was a beauty in scarlet red.The color of our empire.Sienna and I looked identical today, twin queens who looked indistinguishable.I should have felt beautiful and powerful, but that sensation of impending doom would not let me.I turned to Sienna. “Do you feel that?”She adjusted her earrings and barely spared me a glance. “Feel what?”Oh well, I had put too much faith in twin intuition. Something was coming.Something terrible.But b
Dahlia ~The Scarvyn Empire belonged to the Scarvyn’s again.The rogues were gone, their filthy blood stained the pristine white stone of our streets, their corpses left to burn far outside the gates where they belonged.But standing in the middle of what was left of my home, I was supposed to feel nostalgia or perhaps a bit of joy if I was being greedy, but all I felt was a strange, hurting emptiness.The streets were silent, they had been stripped bare of all the life I remembered them having as a child. The atmosphere reeked with the scent of smoke and old blood, but beneath it, one could still catch faint traces of what once was, honeysuckle from old gardens, incense from the temples, the warm, rich scent of freshly baked bread that used to fill the markets.My heart squeezed with a sudden burst of emotion.It had been so long since I’d last walked these white streets. And yet, I could still picture everything exactly as it was before the rogues took it from us. The maroon banner
Dahlia ~The drive to the Scarvyn stronghold was silent. And not the peaceful kind.The suffocating kind.The kind that made my chest feel too tight and my throat too dry. I stared out the window and watched with unseeing eyes as the forest blurred past in streaks of black and silver, the moon barely cast enough light to pierce the copse trees.I should have felt relief right? I was back. I was going home.But all I could think about was the way Kaden’s eyes darkened with so much hurt, so much heartbreak when he realized what I had tried to do. The way his voice had cracked when he said those words, ‘You were going to kill me.’I squeezed my eyes shut, pressing my fingers against my temples.Stop thinking about him, I told myself, even when I knew that was highly impossible.Lord Malachi was the first to break the silence. “We’re here.”I opened my eyes as the car slowed to a stop.I hadn't been to the stronghold in what felt like ages but had barely been a week. Through the windshie
Sienna ~This was taking too long and I had the dreadful feeling that something was wrong.Twin intuition perhaps? I hoped not.I sat stiffly in the backseat of the car as my fingers tapped anxiously against my thigh. My heart pounded a little too fast. The road ahead was nothing but darkness with a thick forest on each side of us. We should have been gone by now because everything had been planned out perfectly.The moment Kaden was dead, Dahlia would vanish, reappear here, and we’d be gone before anyone even knew what had happened. By the time the kingdom realized their Alpha King was nothing more than a lifeless corpse, we would be far, far away.But she wasn’t here yet and I couldn't help the rising panic.I clenched my jaw and glanced at Lord Malachi. He was sitting next to me looking completely relaxed as he flipped through a book like this was just some regular night and not the moment that would decide our futures.I narrowed my eyes. “We should go back.”He didn’t even look