Celine I broke down on the floor of my room as Kaiden left, and I struggled to accept the words he said overnight, causing me to lay in the floor and cry for hours. He was getting married to Sheila? He came here to get me to confess… then when I didn’t tell him the truth he made up his mind to marry Sheila?My heart couldn’t handle any of this. I wheezed as the tears refused to stop flowing. I should have explained what happened that night in any way I could.But it didn’t stop it from being my fault. Because of this, I was losing Kaiden forever.I could call him back and tell him, but what if he sees me as a worse monster? What if he kills my child because he feels my child would have the soldier in it too?Kaiden wasn’t that sort of wolf, but that’s all my wolf has been saying. Silver never speaks, but the one thing she made me swear was that I would never tell anyone about her so I wouldn’t die.I couldn’t put my baby in danger.But that meant I was losing Kaiden to Sheila. The pa
Kaiden “Do you accept Sheila as your lawfully wedded wife and Luna? The future mother of your pups? In sickness and in health, in fitness and obesity?”The whole hall fell pin drop silent as they all stared at me, waiting for my answer on that question that sealed the fates of four people, myself, Sheila, my pup and Celine, my mate.Sheila’s eyes stared at me expectantly, her emotions evident in them as she silently prayed I say yes, I do.I didn’t. But I wasn’t alone in this.Sheila’s face began to morph into the one face I wished was here getting married to me and suddenly saying yes seemed like the best thing in the world.But she murdered my neice, I reminded myself despite my inner doubts. I had to let her go. I can’t love someone who I knew nothing about.I blinked and Sheila’s face reappeared, fear in those wide eyes as she realized that I wasn’t mentally present for our wedding.She had no right to be disappointed. I didn’t love her.But heavy was the head that wore the crown
Chapter 44The stench of her perfume filled the room as the dim light of the candle flickered as Sheila’s oiled and glittered body sparkled underneath the rays of the candle. She approached me, her body twisting with each step as an attempt to seduce me, her face stained with faint blush as she tried maintaining eye contact.She was trying to seduce me, and in her head she thought it was a real marriage. As if i could ever love someone who was vain and conceited like she was. I clenched my jaw, irritation and impatience spreading to every corner of my body as I glared at her."Cover yourself," I said coldly. “You are just making a fool of yourself.”Her demeanour cracked and I saw the shame spread all across her features before she pushed it away, a slow smile spreading on her lips as she stood in front of me, her hand reaching out to touch my chest.“You can’t keep pushing me away Kaiden… We are married now. I am your wife. You have to start treating me like one. Stop resisting us.”
SheilaMother told me to get rid of Celine a while ago, but I didn't want to be caught by Kaiden, so I refused, as I watched him leave me in my nakedness, I knew I had to do something. Mother did say that she suspected that Celine was using magic to charm Kaiden. There was no other explanation as to why he must hate me so much. I was done losing to Celine. So I decided on a little plan of my own to make Kaiden see me as his wife, instead of being hung up on that useless step-sister of mine.Now that she has run away, it was the best opportunity. With Celine gone, Kaiden was vulnerable. And I knew the perfect way to turn that in my favor.“Find her for me!” Kaiden roared in the throne room, his face filled with beards, his hair disheveled, and his eyes filled with rage as he paced through the throne room. “It’s been a week and you fools haven't given me a lead!”He hadn't eaten. Hadn't slept. His desperation for Celine was a festering wound and wounds, wounds could be infected.I took
Kaiden Fuck. I cursed in my mind as I waited for Magnus to tell me the health status of Sheila, whose stupidity caused her to fling herself in front of me to save me from a rogue.What was she thinking? I couldn’t even understand the process behind her thoughts, and I just hoped she was alright. Yes she was vain and conceited, but ever since Celine left, she had been nice and helped me get up from the bed in the morning. I summed that all up to be manipulation. Celine was gone and she wanted to take her place, but after last night, I knew no one was stupid enough to jump in front of a rogue just to prove a point.I had no idea why my limbs froze up. Magnus summed it up to be exhaustion and my brain going numb in the presence of trouble, but I was a king, my brain had never gone numb a day in my life.The only explanation I was willing to accept was the exhaustion and that almost cost me my life.My desperation to find Celine almost cost me my life, but I didn’t care. Celine hurt me b
Celine For the past week, breathing was easier in the hidden house Mika and I stayed in to hide from Kaiden and his soldiers. The house was hidden in plain sight with an ancient spell, one that Mika said her grandmother who was a witch used to hide her father and his friends from danger. Mika was able to use a cloaking robe to go in and out of the house to a neighboring market in a pack nearby, and she heard the market ladies talking about how the king had gone crazy looking for a pregnant girl. I never knew he cared enough to look for me, but all that fact made the pain in my chest spread wider and I forbade Mika from telling me anything about it.I hated that I had to run, I hated that I had to raise my child alone, but this was my life now. I had to move on and hope that my child and I were going to be safe in hiding.Mika has been nothing but nice to me, but we didn't have a connection. We could, because all I did was sit at the window and talk to my baby. My
SheilaMy whole body protested and I groaned as I struggled to sit upright on the bed, tired of feeling sorry for myself and internally cursed when I didnt see Kaiden by my bed, hating himself for being weak and loving me for sacrificing my beautiful body to save him from the rogue I set up. “Your Highness. You are up! I am glad the herbs worked–” The bloke stopped talking the minute I raised my hand, and gave him a look to tell him I was not interested.He sobered up immediately.“Where’s my husband?” I asked as I pulled away the IV drip attached to my arm. The sharp sting barely registered. I had more important things to focus on.“The King is in the war chambers, your highness,” the healer answered quickly, bowing his head. “He is planning the next line of action concerning his missing mate–” he paused, uncertainty swimming in his eyes. “Maybe I shouldn't have said that,” he murmured beneath his breath.“Of course, you shouldn’t have,” I said cooly, as I swung my legs over the edg
CelineDays have passed since I last saw Neil and worry gnawed at me relentlessly as a day turned into a week. Many thoughts and possibilities ran through my head and I shivered as they turned dark. Has he been captured? Did the truth serum not help him? Did Kaiden find out he was helping me? Is he dead?To make things worse, it has also been four days since I last saw Mika, and there was no way to communicate with either of them.My bump had grown at an alarming rate, a development that only added to my unease. Too fast, I thought, pressing my hand against the firm swell of my abdomen. But Silver, my wolf, remained calm."It is normal," she reassured me. "The pup is both a crown prince and a dark great wolf, one that will be feared by all."Her words sent a shiver through me. Feared by all? I tried to press for more answers, but Silver withdrew, her presence fading into the recesses of my mind. That, more than anything, terrified me. If my wolf was keeping secrets from me, what did t
Celine“I-I am… I…” I started to say but I was at a loss for words, I quickly raised my hand to my face and wiped my tears away. “That doesn’t matter for now. What is more important is getting you out of here.”“Where are you taking me—“ she started but didn’t let her finish.I stood up straight and gestured for Kaiden to move closer to me. We helped her stand and though her limbs were weak from being unused, we could manage with it. She stumbled but Kaiden caught her and I steadied her, Kaiden looked away from us and towards the other coffin. “What about the other coffin?” He asked as he slightly nodded his head towards it. “It belongs to King Charles and he was the first alpha king. No one has dared to touch it for centuries.”My ears perked up at his words and I couldn’t help the curiosity that flickered inside me. “Let’s check it out,” I said as I looked away from him and stared back at my mother who was now standing by herself. “What if there is something important in there th
CelineOut of nowhere two guards walked closer to us, their steps far and their boots silent against the rocky floor of the cave grounds. I was scared and I hid behind Kaiden almost immediately even though my mask was still hiding my face but my body was exposed from the torn parts of my clothes and I couldn’t risk it.The weight of everything that had been happening pressed heavily in my chest and I couldn’t wait to see all that was hidden beneath the surface of the cold and possibly cursed cave. Kaiden walked away from me and the guards stood at attention as he addressed them. I had no idea what they had discussed or the other he had given them but with a single wave of his hand, the guards bowed and turned away without a backward glance.He walked over to me and flashed me a bright smile. “I told them that I had important things to do here and being the one in charge of the key to the cages, they didn’t question it,” he said in a soft tone, slightly gesturing towards the inner are
Celine “So you have superpowers?” He asked as he couched an eyebrow at me. I shrugged in response. “I mean… it’s not like I can fly or anything but I can tell when something is wrong. I can feel the lies in someone’s words. Turn into a ghost and walk past people without being noticed and many more. It’s not what I expected but I was more than happy to discover them.”“That’s not fair,” he said under his breath, pretending to be angry and offended. “I only just got better at swordplay and being part of a team.”I laughed, really laughed, hard and aloud. Then he grinned like he hadn’t seen me smile in forever and he was happy to see me smile again. And honestly, he hadn’t. Then, the smile slowly faded from his face and his voice became quiet once again. “Anya. What really happened between the both of you…”I nodded as I let out another sigh for the umpteenth time. “Like I told you, I have powers that I didn’t understand then and that time she put my life at risk so the soldier that
CelineThe sun was starting to set and starts were beginning to litter across the night sky. Kaiden hadn’t let go of my hand ever since we sat down on the blanket he had placed on the rooftop. And I didn’t want him to, not yet. Maybe not ever. He kept stealing glances at me like he couldn’t belive that I was real or even alive. Maybe I couldn’t either. After everything that had happened, being here together in the quiet after the raging storm felt like I was waking up from a nightmare and walking into something that felt peaceful and out me at ease. I still couldn’t believe that not only had Kaiden sent the dress to me, he had also planned out a picnic for us to bond and talk. I owed him the truth. All of it without holding any bit of information back. “I hve to tell you everything now,” I finally spoke up, my voice that was barely above a whisper slicing through the quiet and silent night air. “No more lies or hiding.”His hand tightened around mine, squeezing it reassuringly. “I
Kaiden“Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear what I was saying?” Lucan barked. I didn’t listen to him, I couldn’t hear him over my raging anger. “Let’s go,” I said as I turned to Celine, grabbing her by the wrist and pulling her towards the door. I paid no attention to him, not his bedding, not his cursing nor the malicious words he spat out as we walked out of his room. Nothing mattered to me except the woman whose hands shook in mine. Her breath was coming out in soft shallow gasps and the beautiful mask on her face was out of place with her dress torn. Seeing her so silent and shaky broke my heart into a million pieces. Lina. Celine. She was real. Alive and in my hands. And I had almost lost her again to the stupid man. I barely knew where I was headed nor did I notice the staircase that we stepped on as I led upward—past the chambers set aside for kings and alpha, the meeting halls and through a hidden door that no one else but me knew existed. It was a shortcut I had used to esc
Celine I ran away from the ballroom breathlessly, bumping into anyone who stood my way as I turned the corridors, wanting to get as far away as Kaiden as I could. “I’ve always loved you and had hoped you were still out there…”His words echoed in my head and no matter how much I tried to stop it, it didn’t. My heart was pounding and I was terrified, Kaiden knew. He had known all along even when I had tried my best to hide it. And worse than that was the realization that the time that I thought I had was slipping out of my hands. Stop! Focus Celine, you have to get the key before we’re exposed, the tiny voice at the back of my head echoed. I stopped running, my heart was still racing as I tried to catch my breath. I had run as far away as I could and I needed to remain level headed and calm for the next step in my plan. There was absolutely no reason for me to barge into Lucan’s room out of breath and anxious, he would definitely think something was up and I couldn’t risk it. I
KaidenCeline and I glided across the dance floor, we were in sync like we were born to do this. We fit perfectly and I couldn’t help but admire how beautiful she looked in the dress I had picked just for her. I knew she might have been wondering who had sent her the dress but I could tell realization had dawned on her and she knew who it was when she set her eyes on me. I felt a strange sense of tranquility settle over me. For the first time in months, I felt complete and I felt at peace. The music played on and we kept dancing but I didn’t want the night to end, hell I didn’t want to stop dancing with her. There was something about the way she moved and the way her finger trembled slightly in mine. It made my chest ache, not from pain but from joy and familiarity. I had underestimated just how much I had missed her and now that I had her back in my arms, I didn’t want to let go. Not for anything. Her fingers slightly trembled in my hands and my chest ached with familiarity. I
CelineI walked into the grand halls, my steps were light but filled with purpose. The room was decorated beautifully and as I stepped further into the room, the light radiating from the chandelier caught into the sun themed design of my dress. It was golden, amber and radiant and I couldn’t help but admire the intricate designs of the gown. I felt and looked both elegant and powerful. I was unrecognizable, even to myself and if I couldn’t recognize myself then no one would. Focus on finding Lucan and not admiring yourself, a tiny voice at the back of my mind said, reminding me of what I was truly there for. I couldn’t help but feel nervous as I went over my plan of seducing Lucan, getting every information about the key and cage from him and then going to release my mother so we could escape. But despite my anxiety, I was determined to follow through with my plan. Letting out a deep breath, I walked to the corner of the room and my eyes started scanning the length of the room. It
CelineIt was finally time for the ball. I was standing in front of the mirror, staring at myself while I adjusted the final touches on my dress for the ball. The dress was elegant and it fit me perfectly which only made me wonder who had sent it. Who could have known my perfect size and just what I liked?When I had left Kaiden’s room, I had gone to the kitchen and grabbed something to snack on with water, placed them carefully in a basket and made my way to my room, not bothering to look back as I took quick steps. My mind came back to the present and I turned to look at Sybil who was staring at me with anything but malice for the first time since I had met her. She knew she was at my mercy and I would punish her if she acted out but what she didn’t really know was that I was merely threatening her and I would never bring myself to hurting her.I walked over to her, looking at her as gently as I could, trying to make her calm down but it was futile. I leaned forward and placed my