BLADE'S POV"I need you to mark me as your mate, Blade."I blinked at her words, immediately knitting my eyebrows. Did I hear wrong? Was she being serious?She looked me directly in the eye again and as our eyes met, I immediately knew she wasn't joking. She meant it."Evanora," I said, taking my hands out of hers. "What do you mean?""I want you to mark me, Blade," she repeated, holding me again. "No, I need you to. I'm your mate, am I not? And you love me, right? So do it. Go ahead and mark me as your mate.""Evanora, no," I replied softly. "Marking you is not just-""I read about it already, okay?" She cut me off, her desperation taking over. "You marking me is claiming me and allowing the world to know I'm yours. Once you do that, my dad would be left with no choice but to cancel the marriage. That's perfect, is it not? And it's exactly what I want. I don't want to get married to the prince.""No," I pulled away from her, uttering in a stern voice. "I can't mark you as my mate, Ev
EVANORA'S POVMy cutlery slipped out of my hands as I heard the door get violently open so suddenly. Ever since the incident of me almost getting kidnapped, I seemed to have become a bit jumpy as such abrupt sounds and movements easily got to me.I looked up in the direction of the sound, watching Blade do the same. We turned and behold, his mother was the surprise guest.I should have expected it though. After all, she was his mother and Luna and they practically lived together. I should have expected at least an encounter with her since I was in her house.She looked almost the same as she did the last two times I'd seen her. Fierce and at the same time, managing to look stunning. Her hair was tied up in her regular neat bun, her gown looking as exquisite as ever as she stormed in.I chuckled as she walked towards us, obviously already upset. She still never failed to hide her great displease for me every time we met. Her eyes screamed disgust, her gaze cold and unfriendly in every
BLADE’S POVThe kitchen was only a stone's throw from the dining after going down the stairs and walking for a few seconds, we arrived at our destination.Despite being the Alpha, I could count the number of times I’d set foot into the kitchen as I never really had business in it. It was wide with several helps working their magic on pans and pots, moving hurriedly around the kitchen at intervals. It was a sight to see as they all immediately composed themselves the minute they laid their eyes on me."Alpha Blade.""Good evening, Alpha Blade.""You're here, Alpha."Responding to all of their greetings with just a single nod, I went straight to the reason I was in the kitchen. There was no need to uselessly beat around the bush and in the process, cause panic among the innocent helps. "Who was in charge of the tables tonight? I mean, who was in charge of serving both me and my guest's meal?"My words erupted into mumbles and at the end, fingers were pointed toward a timid-looking lady
EVANORA'S POVI returned to the palace later than usual the previous night and immediately headed to my room to lock myself in.It was already way past dinner time by the time I got back so I was positive my dad would have noticed my absence. I couldn't care less though as I simply took off my clothes, jumped into my bed, and after hours of tossing and turning, finally got some sleep.I surprisingly woke up earlier than usual the following morning. Considering the type of stressful day I had, I expected myself to sleep in but apparently, I was wrong. My mind was still a mess making it unable for me to sleep properly. I got up from my bed, took my bath, got changed into fresh clothes, and climbed my bed again. I wasn't sleepy but already had planned on spending the whole day in bed.I had only shut my eyes for a few minutes when I heard a knock on my door. Pulling my sheets over my head, I knitted my eyebrows and replied."Who's it?"My heartbeat quickened a little bit as whoever was
EVANORA'S POVI woke up hours later with a splitting headache.My room was dark and empty, the only thing keeping me company being memories of how my dad and the witch had managed to have me down.I was tired and had no choice but to succumb to them. With a sigh, I rolled in my bed and shut my eyes in frustration as I realized I wouldn't be able to sneak out that night to see Blade.The following morning came in a flash, my exhaustion from the previous day not leaving me. I had no choice but to gather enough strength to get myself downstairs and manage to eat breakfast quietly. When I was done, I headed to the training room and had my morning training.I had no choice but to succumb to them. At least temporarily. That way they were going to be able to loosen their grip on me and finally allow me successfully sneak out to see Blade later at night.I kept my act on the whole day, being silent and doing exactly what they wanted of me at the moment. Immediately after dinner, I headed back
EVANORA'S POVIt was funny how the hard ground felt even more comfortable than the softest bed the palace had to offer whenever I was wrapped around Blade's arms.My eyes blinked and then opened, feeling Blade's grip around my waist tighten as I tried to move. Careful not to wake him up, I stroke his face, blushing as the memory of the previous night came flooding back.He was so good at what he did. How his hands worked magic and made me fill so fulfilled, love, and wanted. How his lips visited every inch of my skin, taking me to places I never knew existed and making me feel things I've never felt. "How long are you going to stare at me for?"I blushed again, watching his eyes shoot open without prior notice. Almost in a flash, he lifted his body off the ground and had himself on top of me, pinning me against the ground."Good morning, love."Shutting my eyes to allow him to press his kiss on my forehead, I smiled at him. "Good morning, Blade."My eyes fluttered then opened to see
EVANORA’S POV I blinked continuously at the sight of Matthew. For a second, it felt surreal and it took a moment of continuous staring for me to believe it was truly him. “Matthew!” I cried out, immediately rushing towards him. I had no idea I had missed him that much when it had only been a few days without him. “God, it really is you.” Taking him off balance, I threw myself at him, hugging him tightly. I heard a chuckle escape from his lips as he wrapped his arms around me, hugging me back. “Goodness, you acting like this is the reason your dad thinks something is going on between us.” With a playful scowl, I pulled away and pouted at him. “I missed you. And I’m so sorry.” “What are you sorry for?” he pats me on the shoulder. “You didn’t do anything.” I couldn’t help but smile at him. I wondered how he was fairing and if everything was really fine with him as I could no longer trust my dad. “How have you been?” I finally asked. “I know my dad dismissed you because of me. How
BLADE'S POVExcitedly counting down to the hours left till I got to see Evanora had become a normal thing for me to do but at the same time, it seemed to be one I never got tired of.As quickly as I could, I concluded my activities for the day and returned to my room to get prepared to see Evanora. She had managed to stay on my mind the whole day as I didn't just miss her, I was also worried about her.After our last meeting, I couldn't help but constantly worry about how she was fairing. How her dad was treating her and how she was dealing with it. I wondered if they were still insisting on getting her married and even worse if it was still affecting her to the point of tears.Just the thought of Evanora crying managed to enrage me. She was so precious to me, I swore I wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone who laid a finger on her or made her shed tears.With a grunt, I stepped out of the bathroom. Unfortunately, her dad was the one in question at the moment so there was little, if not no
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