BLADE'S POVFive hours to go.Gradually, it turned to four hours more and then roughly three more hours.I paced around my room, anxiously glancing at the clock at intervals. I was going to be meeting Evanora in less than two hours and I literally couldn't wait.My whole day had gone like that. I spent it carrying out my normal Alpha duties with my attention divided the whole time. When she wasn't on my mind, the time was on my mind, and in the end, it drew me back to her.After leaving the pack meeting we had a few minutes ago, I immediately headed to my room to take a shower. I changed into fresh clothes, styled my hair, and resumed counting down the hours till the sunset."Blade."My room door was swung open to reveal Adam. I smiled and waved at him as he strolled in, replying to my smile with an awkward one."You seem to be in a good mood," he sat on my bed, peering at me. "Did something good happen?""No," I shook my head. "Nothing out of the blue.""Compared to you throughout th
EVANORA'S POV"Do you know how to swim?"I raised my head from Blade's chest to look at him. He still had his arms wrapped around my naked body as we sat, eyes looking directly at me. "Swim?""Yes," he nodded. "There's a pool close by so I was wondering if you wanted to swim. Just to feel a little relaxed."I smiled as I nodded in response. "Well, I can swim and I don't mind feeling a bit more relaxed."Though being wrapped around his arms felt comforting enough, I didn't mind going for a swim. I had decided to stay back a little longer so I might just as well enjoy my time to the fullest."Great then," he got up and lifted me as he did, carrying me bridal style. "Let's go then.""Blade!" I almost yelled, feeling his grip tighten around me. "Don't you think we should put our clothes on first?""No," he rubbed my back a little. "The pool isn't far from here so we'll just take a swim and come back here to get our clothes.""No," I held on to his shoulder, burning from embarrassment. "Le
"Princess Evanora."I froze as I heard my name get called. I was referred to as princess only by my father and the people who worked at the l palace.No, no.My breathing doubled and I feared turning to face who called me. I grabbed the hem of my dress, taking deep inhales and exhales at intervals.I had gotten into trouble and I knew it. My palms quickly became damp as I refused to move or even utter a single word in response."Princess Evanora."The voice had become clearer as whoever it was had moved even closer to me. I could literally feel him right behind me and as I shut my eyes, I immediately recognized the voice.My eyes flew open as I turned. I was right. It was him."Matthew," I breathed out, watching him stare at me. He was dressed differently and he looked exactly like the guards I'd spotted patrolling the woods."Princess Evanora," he repeated, this time with a light bow. "What are you doing here?""H-how are y-you here?" I tried to say but it came out in a stammer. "W-w
EVANORA'S POVI woke up the following morning a bit later than usual. After managing to get to my room the previous night without my dad seeing or stepping on me, I skipped dinner and went straight to bed.I was able to have a fairly sound sleep despite the worries on my mind. Sleep also surprisingly came easy to me as a few minutes after curling on my bed, I completely shut down.Now, morning, I was up and getting ready for my day's activities. I spent longer than usual in the shower, spent another considerably long amount of time drying my hair, and finally chose what to wear.I went with a plain t-shirt and black jeans. I braided my hair in place, applied my lip balm, and stepped out of my room to head to the dining for breakfast.Having skipped dinner the previous night, it was only going to seem suspicious to skip breakfast again. It was suspicious enough for my dad to not come to my room to ask me why I skipped dinner or at least, send a maid to check up on me.I stopped in my t
EVANORA'S POV"Tomorrow's training would be a little different from our normal training. You might want to get enough sleep tonight so you can get yourself fully prepared."Matthew's words echoed in my head throughout the night as I tossed and turned in bed at intervals.Morning came rather slower than usual and I immediately jumped out of my bed, got into the bathroom, got freshened up and dashed out of room. I had no idea what the training was going to be about but judging from the familiar glint in his eyes when he spoke, I could already tell it was going to be an exciting one.It was still earlier and way earlier than usual when I got to the training room. As expected, Matthew was already there and instead of his normal smile, he welcomed me with a questioning look and hands on his waist."What is this about?" He laughed as he walked towards me. "Look at me, thinking you were early yesterday not knowing you were going to be even earlier today.""Am I?" It was my turn to laugh. Thi
EVANORA'S POVIt wasn't the first time I saw those eyes and though I saw them only once, they never left my brain ever since.They were the eyes of none other than Luna. Blade's mother."Princess Evanora," the human called out to me, my abrupt push taking her by surprise. "You-""I'm sorry," I quickly said to her, shifting my gaze from Blade's mother to her. "But you can go now, I've had my fill. Thank you."She nodded, cleaned herself up, and left, leaving me alone with Blade's mother a little far from me. Seeing the human had left, she came out of where she was hiding and confidently began to walk towards me.I cleaned my mouth as I watched her approach me. I wasn't scared of her and honestly didn't care about what she thought of me. "You," Blade's mother said to me with gritted teeth when she was finally in front of me. "You are a monster.""Hello, Luna," I said to her in response. "We meet again.""You monster," she repeated and I clenched my fist in anger this time. "How dare y
EVANORA'S POV"Princess Evanora, are you okay?"Quickly wiping my face to hide the tears, I turned to face Matthew. He was walking towards me, his steps fast as he stared at me."Yeah, I'm fine," I lied. "Fine.""I meant, with the blood bank," he said, staring at me suspiciously. "She left abruptly so I was wondering. Did something else happen?""Oh no," I waved my hand. "Nothing happened. I was just full already.""Oh, okay then.""Are we done now?" I broke free from his gaze, looking around. "Can we go back home now?"He was silent for a while and I guessed he was observing me before replying. "Yeah, sure we can."I watched him carry his bag, give me a final glance and then lead the way back home.Our walk back to the palace was silent and slow. I was exhausted- mentally and physically and just wanted to get into my room and lock myself up as soon as possible but apparently, Matthew couldn't tell as his steps were slower than ever.I tried to focus on any other thing that didn't inv
EVANORA'S POVI was ready.Ready to finally end it all. Ready to bid both my feelings and Blade a permanent goodbye and ready to start a new life without him.It wasn't going to be easy, I knew that. I was going to be needing a lot of strength- both physically and mentally and I'd spent the previous night getting ready for that.After crying for an unusually long period the previous night, I wiped my tears and got to consoling and giving myself about a hundred reasons I needed to end things with him. By the time I drifted into sleep, I knew I had successfully been able to convince myself to let him go.I ate double my normal portion during breakfast and even my dad noticed. He asked about my well-being and seeing I was in the mood to eat a lot, he quickly joked and concluded I was better after seeing food.He didn't push further to ask me what happened the previous day and I was ever grateful for that. Though I was preparing myself to be okay and strong, I knew all it was going to tak
Three weeks later… “Evanora, would you at least have breakfast before you leave?” “For the hundredth time, dad, I can’t,” I replied my dad with a sigh. “I’ve spent a whole week here already. I need to return home.” Home. I smiled as the words escaped my lips. I could finally call Blade’s pack my home. I could finally proudly call myself a member of their pack. Not just as a regular member but as the Luna. I spent the past few weeks after our marriage shuffling between his pack and our coven. It was just as hectic as we imagined as I was constantly needed as Luna and at the same time, the vampire princess. The past week was the most hectic as I had to spend the whole week at our coven. There were tons of events I had to attend, and tons of matters to address and they just kept on increasing, everyone forgetting I was to be on my honeymoon after getting married in not the smoothest manner to the love of my life. It was finally going to pause though as after spending a week alone
BLADE’S POVWe literally ran back to the palace, the same thing evidently on both of our minds. Evanora. My Evanora. I couldn’t afford to lose her. I just couldn’t. Silently praying as I ran, I recalled the arrow hitting her right by her heart. Fear gripped me at the thought of her not being fine. She needed to stay strong. I needed her to. My breathing became heavier as I ran. Oddly, the palace seemed to be longer as after what seemed to be hours of running, we still hadn’t gotten there. After seeming like forever, we finally arrived at the palace. Side by side, we rushed towards the garden the ceremony was being held. Tearing through the crowd as we got there, we rushed towards the podium to see Evanora was no longer there. “Where’s she?!” I and the king asked in unison, the fear and worry evident in our voices. “Where is she?” “She’s in one of the tents with the witch.” Mumbling our thanks, we rushed towards the tent pointed at. Taking the lead, I ran and on getting to the
BLADE’S POV“Evanora!” My yell was the loudest it had ever been as I rushed towards her, watching her slump onto the ground. No, no. I shook my head. It couldn’t be happening. I felt my whole world shatter to the ground as she slumped in front of me. We were about to get married. We were about to go through the last ritual so it made no sense she was suddenly shot by an arrow.“Evanora,” I cried out to her, holding her close to me. I stared at her in horror, watching blood pour off her chest. Whoever shot her must have practiced well enough as the arrow hit her right by her heart. “No, Evanora. Please stay with me.”The whole crowd was thrown into a frenzy. It was too terrifying to be true. Not only had someone dared to shoot the princess, but they had also dared to do it at t her wedding. Holding her close to me, I was suddenly consumed by rage. How dare whoever it was trying to hurt her? Swearing on my life, I vowed silently to find whoever it was and have him or have to feel th
EVANORA’S POV A smile appeared on my face as I stared at my reflection in the mirror. It was finally the day. The day I spent the past week counting down to. The day I’d been anticipating ever since I realized I was in love with Blade. It was finally my wedding day I was dressed in a white gown, a bouquet of red roses in my hands. My hair was styled prettily, my makeup was done perfectly and I knew I looked beautiful. I could only imagine how dashing Blade was going to look in the suit we had chosen together, the image of both of us standing close to each other playing in my mind and having my smile even wider.The past few days had been hectic with literally the whole coven preparing for my wedding alongside me. Wolves from Blade’s pack had also freely entered our coven and vice versa, everyone is happy.My dad for one seemed the happiest. He actively took part in the preparations for the wedding as he was always busy around. A lot had to be done and a lot had to be changed too a
EVANORA’S POV“You have met my Beta once already, right??” I nodded as me and Blade walked out of his office to head to his home. Both excited with the way things were finally turning out, he was about to introduce me to everyone all over again. “Yeah,” I nodded to him. “Why?” “I don’t care,” he playfully replied. “I’m going to introduce you to him all over again. Officially, this time. As my Luna.”I blushed as I had been doing every single time he called me his Luna. The title still felt foreign to me and extremely exciting. “Alright.” Hands intertwined, we climbed down the stairs to step into a wide hall. Taking a couple of steps more, we walked into a corridor and after more walking; we were in front of a room.“Is this his room?” I got the answer to my question as he placed a knock on his door, calling out to him as he did. Initially, all we got in response was silence but after a while of more knocking, the door was finally open.“Were you asleep?” Compared to Blade’s smi
BLADE’S POV“Don’t you fucking dare lay a finger on her.”I growled out to the wolves as they tried to touch Evanora at my mother’s command. noticing the seriousness in my voice, they all stepped back, slowly loosening their grip on Evanora.“Blade!” my mum exclaimed, rushing towards me. “What are you doing? Her people got you captured and now you’re trying to protect her?”“They didn’t capture me, mother,” I replieto d her. “I voluntarily surrendered myself to them and I’m here alive, am I not?”“Blade-”“Order your little minions to let her go,” I breathed out. “We don’t have a reason to be enemies with the vampires anymore, mother.”“What?” she knitted her eyebrows in confusion. “What do you mean?”“Trust me, mother,” I took a step closer to rods her. “Call for an emergency pack meeting and I’ll explain it all. For now, let Evanora go. please mother, don’t make this any harder.”Her shoulders slouched in defeat as she heaved a sigh. She knew she was left with no choice but to liste
BLADE’S POV“Are you sure you’re really fine?”“For the millionth time, Evanora,” I laughed lightly, pulling her close to me to place a kiss on her forehead. “Yes, I am.”She shut her eyes and then let out a sigh. I could tell she was still worried about me not healing fully before heading back to my pack. I was fine though and as much as I wanted to do nothing but lay in her arms under the guise of taking my time to heal, I knew I needed to return to my pack.I could only imagine the frenzy the whole pack must have been thrown in without me being around. They must have been so confused and lost on what to do. After all, their Alpha was suddenly in captivity.It must have been hard for them all, especially Adam. I could only imagine how worried he was going to know there was almost nothing he could do. With me being in captivity, they couldn’t risk waging war against them. Especially since I voluntarily gave in.Thus, I was left with no choice but to return home to inform them I was w
EVANORA’S POV The past two days went by very quickly with me barely leaving Blade’s side throughout. After the whole very dramatic event ended with Blade accepting to get us married in a week, he slumped and finally collapsed. It was only natural for it to happen, given how much torture he had been under for the past week alongside the insane amount of wolf's bane that was injected into his system. He was immediately moved to the infirmary, and the best doctor around began to treat him. Though he had been responding to all the treatment he was receiving, he had spent the past two days in bed, taking his time to heal while I did nothing but watch him closely. I was overjoyed. Despite him being unwell and unable to celebrate with me, I still felt extremely happy. It was all over. We were finally going to be able to stay together. A light blush crept towards my cheek as I recalled how he accepted to get us married. It felt like a dream. I was finally going to be getting married to
EVANORA’S POV The chants from the crowd were getting louder with every passing second, my tears not stopping as they freely rolled down my cheeks. My dad’s guards were frozen, conflicted on what to do considering how torn the crowd had quickly become. Desperately, I turned my head in my dad’s direction to look at him. His eyes looked just as desperate as mine, containing an element of fear in them. Of course, he was to be scared. He could tell I wasn’t joking and knew even his slightest actions could cause him to lose his only child at that moment. “Please,” I whispered to him. “Please, dad.” We locked gazes for a while, both doing nothing but pleading with our eyes. I felt hopeless and after a couple more seconds of my dad staring, he looked away. “Silence!” At his words, the bubbling crowd became silent, everyone immediately shifting their attention toward him. Sparing me another glance, he walked towards the podium, looked at the crowd, and took a deep exhale. My heartbeat