Chapter 143.Alaric's pov.Alpha Louis back downed his face twisting in confusion, “What are you going in about your Highness?”I gritted my teeth, not because of his question, but due to the fact that I couldn't tell whether he was lying or telling the truth.“I'm talking about the rebels, I've heard word that they might be some faction that do not agree with the monarchy's rule,” I informed him while he glanced at the few people in the room.They all filed out of the pack house, leaving alpha Louise and I alone, along with Charles that is.“Your highness, this is a serious topic and also a big accusation of treason which wouldn't be taken lightly if word got out.”I frowned deeply but listened as he continued.“The crystal Blue pack has not been in any relationship with any faction of rebel groups, nor do we harbor such people in our pack,” he stated clearly, his brows knitted as he couldn't believe I would call him out on such.“I'm sure the general has already informed you of this
Chapter 144 Diana's pov.Marilyn stared at me with a fear I was all too familiar with; the fear of being caught but then her fear turned into confusion, “Wait, did you know of this already?” I took a step back and acted surprised. If I informed her that I already knew about Sarah being a spy, she wouldn’t trust me either and would probably make the mistake of reporting to the king.“Of course not Mar, I'm just thinking of our friend and her safety as well as ours, if we go to the officials we might just be blamed and it wouldn't end well for us,” I tried reasoning with her.The suspicion faded away from her eyes, replaced with worry as she began to understand the consequences of this secret. She sighed briefly, “What are we going to do now? Do we… do we confront her?”The question was; what was I going to do to get her mind away from this? If she confronted Sarah with this, I didn't know what could happen, but I did know Sarah wouldn't want Marilyn to be involved in all of this, I
Chapter 145.Alaric's pov.The only reason we weren't on the road to the next pack was simply because I wanted to witness the changing of the guards myself, then we could leave.“Charles, send a message to the general at Devil's creek, tell them we are on our way, I wouldn't want a repeat of what had transpired here,” I instructed, hoping that the General there was more reasonable than the one in the Crystal Blue pack.Charles nodded before exiting the room and following my orders. I made the right choice of bringing Charles with me, but I had also made a wrong choice for not bringing enough guards as well, they would have been really helpful at times.While he was gone, I decided to venture around the pack on my own, to pass time and maybe I could pick up something that my men had missed, anything at all, which I highly doubted they did.They were trained in the art of combat and stealth as well as scouting. Going into search was their specialty. If there was someone that you needed
Chapter 146.Alaric's pov.On the other side of my door stood Sasha Wesley, with a tray in her hand and a glass of water atop it, she appeared to be shy just like she had always been I guessed.I hadn't known I needed water and didn't know when I ordered one as I gazed at her with confusion written all over my features.“I thought you might be thirsty,” she answered the burning question before strolling slowly into the room and placing the drink on the nightstand.She glanced around briefly, “You really didn't think to do anything to the place, it's the same as before,” she noted.There was nothing I could do with the space, I wasn't going to be here for long and I was already leaving the next day, provided the generals arrived on time.She didn't seem like she wanted to leave though and so I closed the door and pressed my back against it. “What do you want, Sasha?” I questioned, to which she shrugged it off.“I only came to keep you company, you seemed to be out of it in your walk ar
Chapter 147.Alaric's pov.I was momentarily carried away by the kiss as I hadn't expected it in the least. Her hands were riding up from my thighs to my abdomen.The more we kissed, the more I lost interest as there was no spark, there was no electricity that burned me in pleasure, not adrenaline that made my heart beat fast.Every touch I had received from Diana was hypnotizing, compelling and addictive, when given the first, you would always scream for a second and then a third.I craved Diana's touch on my thighs, her hands weaving through my hair and pulling at my locks, her scent which made the hairs at the back of my neck stand on edge.Sasha couldn't provide any of that for me, all I could feel as she kissed me was emptiness. The touch of her hands on my bare skin was rather irritating which made me break the kiss off and pull away from her.“What the hell do you think you are doing miss Wesley?'' I questioned, annoyed, “Your mate is somewhere in this pack house." I reminded h
Chapter 148.INTERMISSION It was a dark and cold night, the half moon shone barely in the night sky, covered momentarily by dark clouds ever so often.The trees shrouded in darkness and danced to the sound of the wind, rustling leaves mixed with the howling of the breeze.Howls could be heard that night as a figure stood in the middle of the forest, enveloped by a thick cloak that hid their face as well.One could tell they were waiting for something, but what exactly were they waiting for on such a cold night?Another figure appeared from the tree lines and made their way over to the cloaked figure, all though this one seems to have warm black clothing that blended perfectly with the night, his face however was exposed, his spiky hair hung just above his eyebrows, a ring on his nose and tattoos of a snake around his wrist which seemed to be a distinctive feature.Once he had gotten to the cloaked figure, he paused in front of them. They both stared at each other for a couple of seco
Chapter 149.Luke's povI arrived at Shawn's apartment a bit late, it took me a bit of time with my sore back.I banged on the door and called out to him repeatedly. There wasn't any answer for a few seconds until the door was pulled open rather harshly, “It's the middle of the night, can't you tell people would be sleeping by this time?” He whisper-yelled furiously.He did look like he had just been woken up from sleep, “Look, Shawn I'm sorry but I need to see you.”Shawn looked disoriented and confused as his bushy white brows knitted against each other, “And this couldn't wait till the morning?” I shook my head, “I need that orb Shawn, it's really urgent.” It was a matter of life and death, in the long run at least.He invited me into his house and ran his hands over his face.“I have the flower you asked for,” I said before fishing out the disheveled flower from my pocket. It looked like it had seen better days and would probably prefer the queen's jewelry room than the inner co
Chapter 150Diana's pov On the other side of the door, who I had thought would have been Sarah or Marilyn. It wasn't either of them, rather, someone I didn't think was going to come back.“Daemon,” my voice was barely above a whisper as I couldn't believe he was here.Although he had said he would protect me and wouldn't let me get hurt, I hadn't seen him since then and thought he had abandoned me.It would seem like the most reasonable answer as he might have gone to find someone else to fill the Chosen One's shoes.There really wouldn't be any time for me.“What are you doing here?” I held back the tears that threatened to spill from my eyes, “I didn't think you would want to see me again,” I said quietly as I avoided his gaze.I heard him sigh, “I told you I would protect you didn't I? How would I do that if I didn't want to see you again?” I remained silent, feeling stupid of myself. Feeling useless and weak like I had always been. Needing someone to go out of their way to prote
Chapter 293: A Royal End Diana’s pov The pack apparently had been silent as they waited for our return. We were bloodied, bruised, and exhausted as we arrived at the pack, carrying the injured as well as the losses we had amounted to, which was quite a number from both packs. We had won the battle but we had also lost a lot of lives in the process, was that really a win? I spotted Alaric, who might have just been waiting for us to return, running towards us before wrapping me in his arms and lifting me into the air, holding me close to him. His scent was intoxicating. I thought I would never see him again. The exhaustion had finally caught up with me and I collapsed in the safety of his arms, he pressed my hands against his chest and inhaled deeply, “I'm glad you're safe.” The sound of his voice comforted me, but at the same time made me feel guilty for what I had done back in the palace. The tears pooled at the corner of my eyes as I realized he was the last of his kind, “I'm
Chapter 292: Finally Diana's pov Karen and I met up while the others remained and watched the fire burn, leaving one after the other and not wanting to be caught as the fire spread rapidly. Karen had been thinking about it for a long time. She had wanted the werewolves to be on their own while the humans would be in their own zone and both shouldn't cross paths, “As much as I like you and you're a really good person, it's only for the best.” This I understood completely and wouldn't have had it any other way. We came to an agreement before staring at the blazing fire, it was going to burn as the size of the palace was humongous. This would also clear whatever had been killing them as we didn't want it to attach itself to us. It might have only been the lycans, but who was to say it didn't affect the locals as well? It might just be taking much longer before it attacks us. My prayer was to the moon goddess that it would wait for a very long time. The humans and the werewolves th
Chapter 291: The End Of A Reign Diana POVI drained the last bit of energy I had just to keep him alive which I succeeded in doing. Taking in a large gulp of air, I laid down beside him and his twin brother.He was alright, I repeated this in my head and thanked the moon goddess for not taking him away. She had been by my side the entire time just as she had promised.After taking that log of air, before finally realizing that the room had been occupied by the others, Karen, Roy, as well as others who had followed us into battle.They stood staring back at me as I stood to my feet and helped Daniel sit up. It was quiet, save for the shuffling of feets.Being surrounded by so many people, months ago I would have been scared and shied away but now here I stood. Our mission that day was to save the humans and the werewolves from the hands of the lycans but we had done more than that.“The Lycans after witnessing the death of their king had lost all hope to fight and fled the scene,” Kar
Chapter 290: Snapped Neck Diana's povIf I remember correctly, the pendant had been manufactured by Luke's mother, the witch. Apparently, it was made specifically for Silver bloods. I didn't know the full extent of it, but having been attacked by it with the king before, it had something that made us weak.“You think that's going to hurt me?” I stared at the pendant quizzically, the king had only held it out to me when there had only been a moment of weakness and nothing more, which was the same thing that happened now.Donald chuckled, “It might not hurt you, but might keep you down enough for me to kill you.” The smirk had vanished from his face and his eyes darkened, taking a step towards me with his hands stretched out in front of him.From this distance, I could already feel the effects of the pendant. A constant ringing that got louder and louder, it felt as though the very blood that ran through my veins was boiling and I felt hot all over.My teeth gnashed against each other
Chapter 289: An Imposter. A Bastard. Diana's pov.“Donald? What the hell are you talking about?” Who the hell was Donald and why was he speaking in such a manner? His voice had changed as well as his accent.His smile morphed into the soft smile I had always known Daniel to have, but in the next second, it disappeared, there was something different.He cackled at my perplexity, “You are not Daniel, are you?” I questioned his weird behavior.He shook his head, “I didn't peg you to be really slow, Diana. Then again, it's not like you can tell the difference, can you?” “Daniel is my twin brother, bring him out boys,” he yelled out and two of the guards brought out an identical person, dragging him by the hands while his knees scraped the floors.This version of Daniel was looking bruised and battered and on the verge of death, “Allow me present to you, my younger brother, Daniel,” he triumphantly said as he walked off the dias and towards the real Daniel.They were really identical tw
Chapter 288: A Riddle?Diana's pov It was over.Standing at the highest point in the palace for everyone to see and gazing down at them as they all came to a stand still.Hughes laid with his back pressed against the earth for everyone to see that the kingdom had finally fallen.A kingdom with no king is as good as doomed, at least that's what they said but I seemed to disagree, it didn't matter if we had a king or not, what mattered was peace and equality.This was a show and the Lycans knew that they had lost the battle and the war, and it was only a matter of time before they faded away into dust. There would only be one Lycan left in the kingdom.I needed to find the queen and the princess and save them, my thoughts trailed back to Alaric. He shouldn't have to suffer the loss of being alone, as much as I hated the both of them.The queen had been nothing but spite, holding me down on her leash like I was some dog, threatening me every second she had gotten, and the princess had b
Chapter 287: Gone Is The Usurper Diana's pov.I ordered some of the men to set out and look for the survivors and lead them out of the Palace. The humans, the werewolves, as well as Beatrice and the others that had been left behind.While the rest of us would be making our way to the throne room or wherever the king was, he would have to pay for the crimes that he had committed.We moved into action, the lycans were not a force that could be reckoned with, maybe a few months ago, now they were like children in the hands of mere wolves.Fighting then wasn't the problem, as we moved as a team, but we also needed to hurry and end this as soon as possible.I ran up to the throne room where I thought he would have been but encountered two of the guards which I had to fight. After putting them down I questioned them and found that the king was in his chambers.A coward he was, slitting their throats right afterward and making my way towards his chamber. My mind was resolute, my anger const
Chapter 286: A Unified FrontDiana's pov.Karen and I had returned back to the gates of the upper city and then arrived at the pack. Helene and Sarah were most shocked to see Kaleb on my back.“I can't believe you found him, I can't believe he's alive.” The tears pooled at the corners of her eyes as she fussed over him on the couch, thanking me repeatedly as she hugged her long-lost son.Sarah also tried to comfort herself but lost the battle as the tears spilled down the side of her face.“We don't have much time, Luke and Delilah are still in the palace. They were most likely captured and we have to do whatever we can to get them out, as well as your sister.” Helene sniffed and cleared up her nostrils, “I see you've finally met Beatrice.”I nodded, “We had already met quite several times, we need to storm the castle with whatever we have, but first I need to help him get stable.” They all stared at me with looks of determination, Alaric came up from behind me, his hands circling a
Chapter 285: Luke Vs Hughes Luke's pov.When I found out that Delilah had returned, my heart stopped as I feared that I might just lose her like I did the first time. But after watching her go through the lycans as though they were mere dolls, I couldn't have been more proud.My mate was practically the strongest wolf out there and even I couldn't compare to what she could do. I thought all this while I had to protect her when she could protect herself.At least Diana and the others had been able to escape, we just needed to worry about ourselves, but I was already getting exhausted.After going head to head with at least four of the Lycans, taking a few hits here and there, my focus was lost and I received a fatal blow in the guts, which I doubled over, gasping for breath.The lycan stood over me as I raised my head to look him in the eye, a smirk sat on his lips as he knew he had the advantage now. If it had been a one-on-one fight, I would have used his dumb ass face to mop the fl