Chapter 2 - Renovations with the TwinsReturning to Rexhus Tower where most of my training as priestess felt surreal to me. The last time I was here was when Geraden brought me to Ehnrelil to be judged. Of course, I was made to stay in the bedroom, so I hadn’t witnessed the changes in the tower’s interior, which basically consisted of...none.The black-tiled rooms, gray-colored brick walls, dull furniture, and even the training set-up and equipment were all the same. One would think that in a fae kingdom, everything would be glimmering and fanciful. This wasn’t entirely true, at least not in this place.The tower was designed solely to enclose a would-be priestess, which technically was me. In the history of Ehnrelil, they had been always strict with training priestesses, but this was a first for them to actually build a tower for one person. I reckoned this probably stemmed from the fact that my mother had an illegal affair with my father. They didn’t want that to happen to
Chapter 3 – Welcoming the QueenAt last, the meeting ended, but it wasn’t smooth-sailing for me the entire time. Twice or thrice I had to stifle a groan so as not to catch the King of Sattus, or Queen Adna, or anybody else’s attention. I had to also force myself to sit still on my chair despite my wolf wanting to surface and jump space to Ehnrelil where Serena was currently. I was trembling with the need to leave the table, but I reprimanded my ass against such foolishness; told myself I was a well-respected alpha king with a duty to the kingdom and not to my cock.Well, at least not during the meeting.But just thinking about Serena: where she was at the fae kingdom and who she was with, made my mind run wild. It didn’t help my case when she tuned off our mate connection either. This brought me to believe she was deliberately doing it so that I’d focus more on the meeting. Well, it was successful but certainly with difficulty.When I arrived in Phanteon by nightfall, I sought
Chapter 4 – Surprising the AlphaSerenaHonestly, I wanted to join the leader’s meeting in Agotta on the second day. I wanted to mingle with the rulers of each realm and establish a good working relationship with them. The last time the leaders and I met was at Phanteon’s masquerade ball. That was close to two months ago. Like Aero, Queen Adna advised me to join too and I would have if not for my plan today.I purposely blocked Aero’s mind from reading part of my thoughts as I didn’t want him to learn about the special surprise I’m putting up. I was pretty sure though he had sensed I had been secretive. He’d probably even interrogate me about it when he returns to the castle later, but by then, he’d see the many things I prepared for him.Damn, I’m so excited to break the news to him. He’d surely flip out!While I was inside the receiving room of our chamber, I heard a knock on the door. With a smile, I dropped the powder blue and light pink flaglets on the coffee table, stood up, and
Chapter 5 – The Best Damn NewsAeroThroughout the meeting, I felt uneasy. Something just wasn’t right. Though Serena and I parted with hugs and kisses, still my beasts and I could sense something amiss. We couldn’t pinpoint if this was negative or positive though so that all the more lead me to worry.Once the meeting adjourned, I hastily left Agotta by coach. William, my beta, was with me this time, doing the paperwork for me. At one point, he mentioned Serena requesting two ladders in our chamber but didn’t explain what it was for. I had to mind-link her to ask about it, but she tuned me off once again.This and the uncomfortable feeling I had since yesterday made me transform into my werewolf form and jump out of the coach. I promised Serena I wouldn’t carelessly use my teleportation ability and I was keeping it. So, as an alternativ
Chapter 6 – Visiting EarthSerenaAfter the great howling, Aero and I decided to go to Mount Thersa—to the place where he finally conceded to me. I always teased him about how I won this moment of our lives and yes, he didn't mind at all. He even told me he was glad to lose to a challenge if it was me.How sweet.
Chapter 7 - Princess of PromiseSerenaMy family was ecstatic to find out I was pregnant. Mother, who had the biggest smile on her face, immediately called her gyne doctor friend and set up an appointment with us. The clinic was conveniently located around the corner of the house so we headed there after lunch.En route, Aero remained silent and moody. Apparently, he still disliked the idea of his name being used by my sister’s cat, but it wasn’t a cat really, it was still a kitten with little whiskers and deep blue eyes and fluffy orange fur. It was the cutest thing in my parents’ house and I understood Jessica why she decided to keep it aside from the fact that it was given by a special friend.Aero the Kitten and Aero the Alpha King’s fateful meeting was comical at best. It was at lunch when this happened. They had a staring contest for an intense three minutes when the former climbed up and sat at my husband’s side of the dining table.If looks could kill, the kitten would have bee
Chapter 8 – Hyenas OnboardAeroA cruise ship.Ugh.I never liked going to such mainly because it’s an unnecessary extravagance and it deals with water. I had always considered myself a grounded man and thus I preferred the ground under my boots than a big slab of metal with a buoyancy that was questionable for me. I never saw any advantage of being surrounded by that much body of water for a week but anything for my queen, I would agree, so I accompanied her without complaining.Our first night inside the ship, I admit, wasn’t bad at all. It was sublime. Making love to Serena on the balcony with the sea view and underneath Earth’s moon made me appreciate the place we were in. Not only was it romantic, it was also the closest to nature inside the ship. This would definitely be something I would enjoy doing again and again
Chapter 9 - The Viral SensationSerena“Oh! A ring!” I exclaimed, feeling really surprised by this.“I had it created by the most skilled blacksmith in the Silvernale Pack earlier and had Farryl deliver it to me. It has a twin. Here is mine.” He pulled out another black box and opened it. As he said, the second looked just the same as the first, but it had a thicker band and a bigger cut stone nestled on the center.Huh.I rolled my eyes in disbelief.It seemed my husband had been secretive this day and blocked me from reading his real activities, making me think he was with the viscount when in fact he was busy elsewhere.I overlooked the fact that he hopped realms again since the reason was a valid one and just felt happy with this gift.“Oh, these are beautiful, Aero.”I watched as the pearly, opalescent stones glowed agai