Luna forced herself not to turn her head to look at the person who was glaring at her. Although, from her guess, she could tell that it was Diana. The lady that Ashford told her about turned her head to look at the person.Her eyes met Diana's; without thinking, her lips curled up into a smile, and she raised her hand to wave at the lady who was shooting daggers at her.“Who are you waving at?” Ashford demanded, his gaze following hers until they landed on Diana.The glare that was on Diana's face disappeared immediately as Ashford looked at her. Her lips twitched, forming a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. She raised her hand and waved back.“Don’t look at her.” Ashford's gaze shifted to Luna, and he reached for her hand to take it down. “You are not friends with her; don't wave at her."Slowly nodding, Luna peeled her eyes from Diana and glanced back at the people that were still bowing. Turning her gaze back to Ashford, a frown crossed her face.“You still let them bow? Coul
Biting her lips, Luna watched Evelyn sit up in the lake. A smirk was plastered on Luna's face as she watched the woman get out of the lake. She clutched tightly to Ashford; she could feel the woman glaring at her, but she felt safe with Ashford by her side."Oh, it's you, Mother.” Luna muttered with theatrical flair, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “What have I done to you? Why did you try to push me into the lake? You ended up falling in instead.”Evelyn's teeth gritted in frustration after getting a complaint from Diana. She was here to teach Luna a lesson.“You tripped me.” Evelyn muttered.“You pushed me, but I got out of the way. Do you want me to apologize to you for your lack of great stamina?”Evelyn glared at Luna while she smiled at her.“Mother, since you are here.” Ashford muttered, ignoring the fact that his mother was dripping wet. “Let me introduce you to the future queen, Luna, my soulmate.”Seeing that he was introducing them, Luna skipped the bowing part.“It's nice
Diana's gaze was focused on Luna as they approached her. She guessed that Evelyn might have spoken to Ashford, and he was going to get engaged to her instead.To her surprise, Ashford ignored her, was seated on the throne, and headed for the dance floor with Luna holding onto him.Her first tightening was glaring at Luna, and evil thoughts began running through her head. She had dressed up because Ashford asked her too, only for her to arrive and see that he was wearing matching clothes with someone else.Meanwhile, Ashford realized that Diana was no good. Since she wanted to create a scene at the party, he was going to avoid it. The party was going to come to an end soon, and he was going to avoid any problems until then.“I don't know how to dance.” Luna muttered as soon as they got to the dance floor.“I can teach you," Ashford replied.Standing on the dance floor, he set her hands on his shoulder while he held her waist. The song changed into a more melodious one, and he instructe
“Luna.” Ashford called out as he glanced down at her.He was still flying to that pack and hadn't gotten there yet. His heart was pounding in his chest; she wasn't clutching to him. She was dangling in his arms.Increasing his pace, in a few more minutes he was standing in front of her house and kicking the door open.“Father!” He yelled out.Hearing his voice, Bartram came running down the stairs. By this time, Ashford was already laying her on the couch. Bartram glanced at his daughter before hurrying to the door and pulling it close.“What happened to her?” Bartram demanded. “You should have protected her!"“I had no idea that she was going to be targeted."“Why were you even there with her in the first place if you couldn't protect her?!”“Father, this is not the time!”“We are talking about my baby here, and you are saying that it isn't the time!"Ashford took a deep breath. “I will try healing her.”“Let me hold her. What happened?”Ignoring Bartram, he held her hand and watched
Diana stood in the middle of the guards that were all surrounding her. Neon was standing in front of her, his gaze solely focused on her.Everyone in the party had been murmuring, wondering what had happened to the future queen. Some of them were pointing fingers at Diana, while others took her side.Most of them claimed that Luna must have faked the poison because Diana couldn't have done something like that.“I will ask one more time.” Neon's voice rang out. “Why did you poison Her Majesty?”Diana raised her head to look at Neon. “I didn't poison her; she was already poisoned before she came here.”Judging from the look in Diana's eyes, Neon knew that she was lying. He glanced down at her fingers, thoughts running through his head. There was a sight of blood on her fingers.“If you saw so, why don't you tear your skin using those same fingers you used on Her Majesty?” Neon challenged.Diana gasped, her feet unable to hold her. She took three steps back, a look of horror appearing on
Evelyn watched as the poison from Diana's fingers walked through her body. She needed to act fast before anyone else noticed it, or Diana would die from it."Since she already poisoned her, I'll take Diana," Evelyn said, turning her gaze to look at the members of the banquet. "The banquet concluded; the king has already introduced his bride."She picked up Diana, who was already being affected by the poison, and hurried away before anyone could stop her. Neon wanted to go after her but was stopped by Ashford."Let them go; I guess they have the antidote," Ashford muttered. "Neon, I want you to send a bat to keep an eye on them."Neon nodded before leaving along with the other guards. One by one, the people in the hall began to leave. Relief washed over Luna; the night hadn't ended well. However, she was glad that the one who poisoned got to feel the taste of the poison too."Are you trying to get us killed?" Una's voice echoed. "What was that? Putting your body in front of him?"Inste
Ashford continued moving, ignoring his mother as he walked into his room. After laying Luna on his king-size bed, he turned around and walked out. His mother was still there, where he had left her, wearing a serious expression.“Go on,” he urged. “Tell me what you want to say.”Evelyn's teeth gritted at his tone. “I made it clear that you have to get married to Diana, not Luna. You shouldn't have gotten engaged to her in the first place.”“I also told you that I was mated to Luna,” he replied. “I'm not 12 anymore, and you can't control me. Give it up, Mother.”He studied his mother's face; she looked like she was about to snap but controlled her anger well.“You are my son.”“So she is my bride.”“Diana is your bride.”“Remember what I said, Mother. If you keep this going, I wouldn't mind sending Diana out of the kingdom.”Evelyn's face twitched in anger. “You have to let her go; you should get engaged to Diana. She has loved you since you were kids.”Ashford rolled his eyes, saying t
Alexa folded her arms across her chest as she leaned back against the tree. Her gaze was focused on Adrian, Trevor, and Tristan, the three best friends. She studied their expressions.Adrian had a worried look on his face as he waited for Luna to step out of her house. Bartram had assured them that she was still in shock and couldn't come out. Trevor, on the other hand, had raised brows, and he too seemed concerned.It had been two hours since they had been waiting for her to appear. Adrian couldn't tell who was behind the break-in, but since the Gammas were checking, he was less worried.Others believed that Luna was in the house, but Alexa had second thoughts.“I don't think she is indoors,” Alexa remarked. “If she was really inside her room when the person broke in, wouldn't the pack doctor be here or something?”Trevor's gaze turned to her, and his eyes darkened with a glare. “I always knew that you hated Luna, but I never thought that you would think this about her.”Tristan nodd