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
BLADE’S POVLivid was an understatement for how I felt as I watched Evanora’s neck gets snap, resulting to her falling to the ground.I felt my blood boil, my rage consuming every bit of my being as her almost lifeless body hit the ground. Her eyes were immediately sent shut, color draining from her face as she was silenced.“HOW DARE YOU?!” I yelled, watching the guard who was responsible smirk and then laugh at me. He felt no remorse or guilt for what he had just done. If anything, he felt good and even better watching me burn with rage.I lost control of my sanity as I growled out, stretching my limbs as I broke out of the chains, immediately pouncing on the guard.“Didn’t I warn you?!” I growled at him, grabbing him by the neck. “Didn’t I ask you not to lay your filthy hands on her?”He looked gripped by fear and though it made me feel good, it wasn’t enough. I wanted him to feel pain on an unimaginable scale. I wanted him to hate himself and wish he never met me or Evanora. I wan
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