BLADE’S POV“Let’s take a five minutes break.”I watched sounds of pleasure erupt from the crowd of soldiers at my words as they all quickly dispersed. They were all obviously exhausted and so was I.We had all been training like maniacs ever since the night the vampire king declared war against us. We had no option but to slack and as a result, got used to pushing ourselves until we were at our limit.That morning was no different as we had started training as early as 6 am. It was going hectic as usual until I noticed how exhausted they all were and had no choice but to have us take a break.“No,” I said in a loud voice, changing my mind. “Let’s make that a fifteen minutes break.”Again, sounds of pleasure filled the air and I managed to smile at myself. They didn’t all deserve to train like crazy especially when it was for something so unavoidable yet caused by me.“I see you’re cutting them some slack,” Adam said, appearing out of nowhere to walk towards me. “Unfortunately I can’t
EVANORA’S POVI was woken up by the loud sound of fists angrily hitting the door, demanding a response. Slowly and sleepily, I got up and pulled open the door to reveal guards outside.“You are needed outside, Princess Evanora,” the guard coldly said. “Come with us.”“Fine,” I rolled my eyes. “I’ll be outside in a bit.”With a groan, I pulled the wooden door to give me a little privacy as I freshened up a little.Massaging my sore back, I headed to the bathroom and splashed water on my face from an old bucket. There was only so much comfort I got from staying in an old room after I rebelled and left my room for the Prince to enjoy. The bed was hard and uncomfortable, the sheets dirty and the water pressure was terrible.Accepting my fate, I got freshened up and changed into more comfortable clothes. I had no idea why I was needed outside but regardless I was going to be dressed the way I wanted. I couldn’t care less if I was to have an impromptu meeting with the Prince and then have m
EVANORA’S POVI remained in my position, watching the witch and my dad turn to face me. “You called for me.”They both looked surprised to see me, my dad’s expression quickly changing as he moved towards me to put his arms around me. “Yes, I did. We-”“Don’t touch me,” I cut him off, taking his arms off my shoulder. “You seem to have forgotten how things are between us. Say whatever you want to say without touching me.”“Of course,” he seemed a little hurt but I couldn’t care less. “A ritual would be taking place today. It’s a pre-wedding ritual in which the witch officially gives you her blessing.”“Yeah, I heard that already,” I replied to him, exchanging quick glances with the witch. “Say something else. I heard that part already.” “Evanora,” he let out a sigh. “Were you eavesdropping on our conversation?”“Eavesdropping isn’t really the appropriate word to use,” I rolled my eyes. “I didn’t want to be here. I was dragged here without my will and wasn’t told to close my ears or li
BLADE’S POVI let out a groan as I watched my alarm clock ring then moved towards it to turn it off.It was pointless to set an alarm as I pretty much spent the whole night awake. My sleeping schedule had become messed up ever since Evanora’s father waged war against us and became even worse after I met with her trainer.It drove me crazy to think that if nothing was done, in two weeks she’d be married to someone that wasn’t me. She’d become someone else’s wife and be his queen.I could barely bear the thought, not to talk of it happening. I wanted her to be mine and mine only. I wanted the whole world to know she belonged to me and vice versa but it was suddenly feeling like nothing but an empty dream.I had two things to stop- a wedding in two weeks and a war in a few days and I had absolutely no idea how to. Letting out a groan, I got up from my bed. I still had about an hour to get ready before training began for the day. As he had been for a couple of days, Adam was going to be
EVANORA’S POVTwo days had gone by since my dad’s failed attempt to forcefully get the witch’s blessing and I’d spent every second in fear of him trying to force another attempt.After all, he had made his intention of getting me married to the Prince with or without her blessing very clear. Not only that, the Prince had still not managed to get an ounce of shame as he still lived in my room rather comfortably, hanging out with my dad at intervals and interfering with the affairs of the palace.Though I had temporarily moved out of my room, it didn’t stop my dad from having tons of guards stalk me. If anything, it only seemed like they had increased in number, all watching me as if their lives depended on it.“Tell me,” I whispered to Matthew as we trained. “How much can you get paid for you to agree to do nothing but stare at me all day? Aren’t these guards seriously bored or do they all have secret crushes on me or something?”“It’s nice to know you flatter yourself that much,” he
BLADE'S POV"Get help!"I rushed towards one of the guards and watched him slump to the ground. Trying not to panic, I lifted him off the ground and had him rest on my lap.He was the third recruit to get injured for the day. Probably because they were new or probably because the training was rather harsher than usual- they just kept on falling out."The rest of you should get back to training," I said to them, noticing how engrossed they were becoming in the scene. "He'll be fine. It's nothing serious."With mumbles and muttered words, they all dispersed and returned to their training, leaving me with the injured soldier."Alpha Blade.""Yes?" I raised my head to meet Adam in front of me. Noticing the injured soldier on the ground, he crouched in front of me, checking the soldier out then letting out a sigh. "Oh, Adam.""I see another one of the recruits passed out," he said with another sigh. "Weren't they picked properly? This batch seems the weakest out of all our recruits.""The
EVANORA’S POVMy eyes fluttered then opened and though everything in front of me was in a blur, I immediately knew I was in my room. Not the old room I’d converted into my new room but my original room with my things around it.“Are you up?”I shifted my gaze to see Matthew seated next to me, his hands in mine as he stared at me apologetically. Things were only getting stranger. Not only was I surprised in my room but Matthew was also in it with me. What in the world happened?I felt my head hurt as I tried to recall what happened. The last thing I could remember was being at training with him than hearing there was going to be a surprise attack against Blade’s pack then…Right. The surprise attack.My eyes shot open as I recollected everything. My dad had ordered a guard to snap my neck and I passed out in the process.“Matthew,” I turned to face him, holding his hands tightly. “What happened?”“Evanora,” his voice was lowered as he squeezed my hands. “You should rest. You need to
BLADE’S POVEvanora’s dad might have seemed to have a problem with my whole kind but I was more than sure that at that moment, the problem was me.It was me he had a problem with. It was me he so desperately wanted to get rid of which was why I knew he was going to accept my proposition very easily.It was simple. In return for him going back on his words to attack my pack, I was going to surrender myself to him. I was going to be all his.It was probably a foolish decision to make but at that moment, I couldn’t think of any other way out. In a way, it was going to be a win-win situation with him getting what he so desperately wanted while I did what was expected of me as Alpha- protecting my people.He didn’t hesitate to accept my proposition, quickly ordering his guards to grab me. Without any objections, I gave up and allowed them to have their grips on me as the rest of their troop led the way back to their coven.It was quite comical. To think that the first time I was getting to