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Scarlett 31 Betrayed
Scarlett. They took me to the great hall, and I was shocked that was where the trial would be taking place. The woman dragged me to the centre, and I stood in chains. There were people in the great hall there to witness the trial. While others seemed worried or hateful, some were indifferent. I searched for my mates but couldn't find them. "They have secluded themselves from you. You are no longer their mate until proven innocent," Tasha said, and I looked in the direction of her voice. There was a small stage in front with five tall chairs. Old-looking people occupied each chair. I believed they were the elders. Tasha ascended and sat on the last chair on the left. In the centre was an older man who looked slightly like Lucian but had wicked eyes. How would these people know to go easy on me? "Do you know why you are here, Vladislav?" The man in the centre asked me, and I shook my head. "You slept with a guest and tried to get him to take you away from here after you have been cla
Scarlett 32 Unlucky
Scarlett. "If you wanted to leave, all you had to do was say so, Scarlett. You went too far," I finally heard Lucian in my head. He was angry. I sat in the dark room and welcomed it despite his angry tone. "I did not do it," I said. "Bianca has no reason to lie. We trust her with our lives. She has never drugged or poisoned us before. Her family has served ours for generations. She would never betray us," He said. "But I am a Vladislav, a tyrant's daughter," I said, and he was silent. "We will send you warm clothes and investigate. I want to believe you, Scarlett, but the evidence is damning. I had Bianca flogged, and she maintained the story. I threatened to cast her out, and she maintained the story, Scarlett. If you had told me. We would have let you go, and I would have gotten back with Stasia to ease the heartbreak. I might not love her, but I would have tried with her. You made me end that bond only to try to leave us, Scarlett," he said, sounding betrayed, and I began to cr
Scarlett 33 And She Ran Away
The Present Lucian. "Strip her bare and let the world see what is left of the Vladislav bloodline. Let them know that the king of the south is no more, and we own it all!" I ordered. Scarlett had hurt us in the worst way ever. She killed half of Redcape using the same mix she was accused of using on us. I could not even look at her. All our efforts to exonerate her had gone down the drain. How could she have been so stupid and wicked? Now I began to believe she actually did what Bianca claimed she did. We all had doubts initially, and we were investigating the issue. We remained on the go, trying to find Gregory so we could get a confession out of him and kill him in a way it wouldn't be linked to us. We hit a dead end but continued hunting for Gregory, and we were still yet to find him. Our plan was to find him, torture him, and send him away from the north after he had confessed. Our parents were the ones that gave the elders unnecessary power when they felt they would not be aroun
Scarlett 34 Freedom On The Way
Scarlett. I watched the crowd disperse, and the cold began to seep into my bones. They had left me out here to die. I did not mean to kill anyone. I just wanted to get away. I was tired of everything, and I wanted to get away. I looked around me, teeth chattering, hoping someone would take pity on me, but no one was there. Everyone had left. I was forgotten. Bet they were all waiting until I die and my corpse becomes frozen before they come and help. I wanted to tug at the mate bond, but how they looked at me before they left discouraged me. If they had doubts about Bianca's allegations, this was an apparent offence. I had indeed drugged the reservoir, and it had led to deaths. I was a mass murderer, and I did it all in desperation. When I was doing it, it seemed like a good idea. I just wanted them to sleep. I guess it wasn't everyone who could tolerate high doses of the pollen and wolfbane. It was a sad situation. I remained tied to the stake, praying to the powers that be to save
Scarlett 35 A Wall
Clay. I was going crazy. I could not control myself, and neither could my wolf. Why did we allow this? I was determined to go rogue by wiping the Elders out and forcing the people to accept Scarlett, but Lucian and Maxwell had to be diplomatic about it. They wanted us to exonerate her and make the people love her. Look where that landed us. When the guard took off her clothes, I could not even look at her. They weren't feeding her. They weren't fucking feeding her. We ordered the kitchen to give her three meals a day same as we ate, and they weren't feeding her. We would have known if we weren't busy hunting down the elusive Gregory. We made mistakes all the way. "Clay, you need to calm down; your eyes are red," Maxwell said, and I knew he wasn't calm either. This wasn't going to be good. Anything could happen to Scarlett out there. She wasn't safe. She was too naive and trusting to be out there alone. I slammed Maxwell against the wall with all my might. "You should have come with
Scarlett 36 Arrival In Woodshire
Scarlett. Ebenezer and I rode for a while. I slept a bit in the car. Images of what happened in the north still plagued my mind, but there was nothing I could do about it. I had never been so mistreated in my entire life. I thought my life with my father was cruel until David shipped me to the north. Thinking about my mates brought tears to my eyes. They treated me so badly for a crime I did not commit. I remembered everything they had promised me and realised they were all lies. To think Lucian was going to bring a bride there even though we were bonded. He wanted to make me suffer; I knew it. He left me to die in the cold because he could not end my life himself and Maxwell and Clay were part of it too. I actually thought I would have a life with them. I was wrong. I just prayed good things awaited me in the west. Clay, Lucian and Maxwell can rest and keep everything with me gone from the north and not going to the south. That was what they wanted anyway. They exerted their revenge
Scarlett 37 Numbness
Scarlett I entered a beautiful, warmly lit room with a polished, four-sitter, premium-crafted wooden dining table. The type my father had. The wood shined, and it was beautiful. The dining room was a bit ostentatious, but the alpha was rich, so he had money to spare. I was given a place to sit, I was the only one there, and I felt a bit weird. The beige dinner gown I wore was the only reason I didn't feel out of place. Who would have thought a random man I stopped on the highway would lead me here? "Alpha Keith Harold is making an entrance," I heard a voice say, and I wondered if that was the alpha of the west because I had heard my mates speak a different name; I stood up immediately. I was afraid, and my hands were shaking. A very handsome dark-haired man walked in with Ebenezer. "Annika! You look exquisite," Ebenezer said, walking in with the man. The stranger was tall and brawny; he had dark hair and blue eyes, and his beard was cleanly kept; he wasn't an old man; he was somewh
Scarlett 38 Unworthy
Maxwell, Sleep was our enemy all through the night. We kept raking our minds about where Scarlett might be. I stayed up in my room and wept. The seer could not help us this time, and I could not blame her. How could we have allowed our mate to be treated the way she was? We were so focused on not having issues with the Alpha of the West that we neglected Scarlett's needs. I couldn't blame her for running away from us. I doubt she would ever look back. She left with the notion that we wanted her dead. There was no coming back from that. I doubt she would ever come back to us. I spent two days in my room, waiting to feel pain from the bond, but nothing happened. I tried to feel for the cord that connected us, and it was still there. The cord was my only hope that she was alive and well out there. I finally decided to exit my room, and found Lucian drunk on the floor in the living room. "We fucked up," he said in tears. He had never drunk this much before; I guess pain could do that to
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Scarlett 52 Frozen
Scarlett. My luggage was packed, and Keith escorted me outside. I saw Lucien's jeep at the entrance and noticed a black van at the back. The Van had a western number plate meaning it belonged to Keith. I looked at Keith, a bit confused, still holding on to his hand, unwilling to let go. Afraid of what awaits me in a Redcape. There was Jealousy in my mates' eyes, but they dared not speak. "Your clothes are in the Van, and I packed an extra gift for you. I have instructed your mates not to show you until you get home," He said, kissing the top of my head. "Remember to practice meditation and magic. If you have any issues with focus and wielding, I am only a phone call away," He said, and I nodded. He gently let go of my hand and walked back in. Tears streamed down my cheeks, realising I might never see him again. I did not trust my mates, but I had no choice. "Where would you like to sit," Lucian asked me with a meek voice, and I scowled at him. "As far away from you as possible,
Scarlett 51 A difficult Goodbye
Scarlett Clay looked at me with hope in his eyes. He expected me to say something, but I had nothing to say. I had broken someone's heart for their sake. I knew magic was part of the reason Keith and I clicked, and now that he had pulled his magic away completely. I felt nothing for him. My pain for my mate's betrayal returned. Keith's magic had dulled the pain to the point that it was non-existent, but now it was back. It caused an instant emptiness in me. I guess that was what Keith was suppressing with his love and magic. I felt the mate pull, and Midnight was tugging hard. I was able to control her eventually, but it wasn't easy. My body wanted them; it craved them. It was as if I needed to feed. I would lie if I said I felt nothing towards them, but what they did to me in the north made me bury every ounce of love I felt towards them. With Keith out of the picture, the love I buried was rearing up its head, and it was out of my control. I was angry and afraid. I was worried
Scarlett 50 Begging
Scarlett It could not be; the three of them were in the mansion? I stared at Martha. "They forced you here?" I asked her, and she shook her head. "They begged me to plead with you for forgiveness and ask you to come home. I was the one that decided to see you privately while they discussed matters with Keith," she said, and I realised why Keith did not want me to leave the room. He did not trust that I could keep my senses with them around. "I am not returning to hell, Martha. I am sorry. I won't return to where I was treated like shit. A place where no one cared or respected me. Where my father was hated, and people plotted against me. Where my mates were the source of my pain, I cannot go back there, Martha." I said and stood up. I planned to face the three of them to let them know they had come to waste their time and they should leave. I no longer want to be their object of torment. "Please, Scarlett. The East is at war with us. They aren't focused at all. They are spending
Scarlett 49 Martha
Scarlett I sat still, battling the pull to my mate. Why was it so strong? Lucian's bond was tugging the hardest, and the weird part was that I was the one pulling. "What is this, Midnight?" I asked my wolf. "Mate," She said in response, a bit off. I sat still for almost forty minutes, and when the pull became too much to bear, I decided to leave the room. There was no way Keith would be mad about this. I had the right to move about the place. "Are we going to our mates?" Midnight asked me, and I sighed. "We are going to the kitchen for a snack and drink. Maybe that would ease the feeling of discomfort. Our mates are far away, and you know it won't be wise to show up there. Their people might lynch us for escaping their terrible punishment for us," I told my wolf, and she rescinded. I was angry, and I hoped there was a switch I could flip to stop me from feeling anything towards the three idiots, but there wasn't any. My emotions and pain were mine to bear alone. No matter how
Scarlett 48 A Little Fun with Foe
Scarlett My heat returned with a vengeance, and Keith placed me on my hands and knees and started ramming into me fast. He was doing all he could to satisfy me. I hoped our bond would form eventually because I did not want to lose something this beautiful. He was perfect for me. All my mates gave me was pain. They made me loathe myself and my heritage. Lucian made me feel ugly, and they quickly believed outsiders over me. Not once did they try to make it work at their expense. Everything they did was at my expense. There was no way I would keep my bond with them. I wanted Keith. He was good to me. He was good for me. He accepted my flaws and all and has loved me genuinely since we met. I could not leave him. We spent the whole day fucking. I wouldn't say making love, even though that was how Keith saw it, but my heat made it primal. My wolf and I enjoyed every bit of it, and Keith was up to the task. Neither of us was exhausted. We showered, played, and then fucked when the heat r
Scarlett 47 Trying To Bond
Scarlett I lay in Keith's arms in bed while he caressed my back. I had never experienced heat before but was glad I didn't experience it alone. My wolf had come, and I was still yet to process what had happened to me. Her name is Midnight, and she had tried to claim Keith as her mate. I fought her. As much as I felt a strong pull to Keith, I still felt like I was doing something wrong. I knew it was just a residual feeling I had for my mates, and I hoped it would go away soon because Keith was a great guy, and I was glad to be with him. "Should they bring us something to eat?" He asked me gently and kissed the top of my head. I moved away from his chest and sat up. "Let's eat in the dining room," I said, and he chuckled and sat up, then pulled me close to his body. "You smell delicious, Scarlett. Even I can't control myself right now," He said and nibbled my neck. His touch sent shocks of pleasure throughout my body, building up an ache in my pussy. "Don't you know every male
Scarlett 46 From Garland
Clay We left the apartment and went outside. The stench of the box's content was real, and I knew it was something rotten or dead. Maybe an animal. I wondered why Garland would send us a parcel with a letter. I also wondered why we did not get news of the attacks until the morning. Had they wiped out the settlements, or had the people there worked against us? Normally they should have reached us during the attack so we could send backup. The silence meant it was planned meticulously, and the people had actively chosen the Eastern Alpha over us. We were indeed a joke. Thinking of it, we were the only Valkin Alphas in history that bent to our people's will. Thanks to our parents, our authority was limited when they had the bright idea of sharing out responsibility with a biased narrow-minded council. The fact that war took our families from us, the three of us avoided it at all costs and always opted for a peaceful resolution even when it would cost us. It was this attitude that m
Scarlett 45 Hopelesness
Clay Learning where Scarlett was, and Keith's intentions towards her broke my heart completely. I had been driving to different towns to search for her. I had sent people to the South to look for her, all to no avail. I was glad to have found the traveller in a tavern at the Highlands. He was the one that told me of Keith's new obsession. He called her the last of the Vladislavs. I also knew that he spoke highly of her and Nikolay. At this point, I did not care about my misgivings because what Elsa told us about Nikolay made me realise we had messed up and hurt ourselves. I visited the highlands to see the renovation of the packhouse there. A separation from Lucian and Maxwell would be best. Had they allowed me to do the things I wanted and had they listened to me, we wouldn't have been in this predicament. Lucian was too hateful to think straight, and he was always there to choose the most painful option. Maxwell would always side with Lucian against me, leaving me with no choi
Scarlett 44 BitterSweet
Lucian "I am sorry, Maxwell. I swear I will do everything within my power to fix it," I said to him, and he looked at me with teary eyes. "You can't bring her back, Lucian. You can't fucking fix it." He said, and my heart reached out to him. "She has no money, nothing. We took it all. We stole it all. Nikolay was right to shield his daughter from us. He was right," he said and buried his head in his palms and began to weep. "Please let us work together on this, Maxwell. I felt the pull, and you did too. She is somewhere out there, and I know we will find her," I said with hope. "I have been praying, and I know the goddess will answer," I said, and he chuckled. "Praying?" he said, looking at me with rage. "When has a prayer ever solved anything, Lucian? Just leave me the fuck alone," he said, and I knew it would be best to respect his wishes and keep my mouth shut. I hoped Elsa had something to say to revive our hope, or the tunnel would have no light. Elsa finally walked in wi
