Chapter 254: The King Vs The Chosen One Diana’s povThe centaur weighed down on her and I screamed Ava's name as loudly as I could. My heart pounded in my chest for her as the monster had gone rather closer to her than one would have imagined. I calmed down and managed to block his attack and rolled out of the way.My breath heaved with desperate shallow breaths as I slowly regained the sensation in my legs and I shot up on wobbly feet. Ava fired on with multiple attacks and seemed to be giving the centaur a bit of a hard time, but was also taking an effect on her as well. Her breathing rattled out in an uneven rhythm but she wasn't giving up.My fist bawled beside me, I had frozen up in the middle of a fight that would have gotten me killed, I had been scared and I froze. With no sensations in my hands and feet, glancing back at the king and his other centaurs, I gritted my teeth in annoyance. I was meant to face the king, how could I do that when I couldn't even face one of his me
Chapter 255 : The CombatThird person povThe sound of metal clanging filled the air as Diana stood in the distance, narrowing her gaze on King Williams. She had her fists clenched by her sides as she blended with the chaos unfolding before her. It was an all-out war. Battle cries escaped from the lips of the soldiers as they charged toward each other, words drawn and claws pointed outwards. Ava was shoved back by a powerful centaur, sending her tumbling to the ground.Diana was about to help her friend up when a chilling sensation ran down her spine, causing the hairs on the back of her neck to rise. She raised her head and instantly locked eyes with King Williams who was a few meters away. “You’re the only one that can take him down.” Ava’s voice echoed in Diana’s head through their mind link. The Lycan king stepped forward, his lips twitching into a triumphant smirk. “For eighteen years I’ve been looking for you, and now the universe delivers you to me as an act of providence.”
Chapter 256: Gone Is The King That Never Was Diana’s povI felt a hand plunge into my heart and squeeze at it as I watched Alaric who had popped out of nowhere slowly descend towards the ground and I went down with him in my arms. Staring at him with my mouth opened agar in utter shock.His head rested on my lap as my eyes took in the dilemma before me, a constant ache in my heart that seemed to grow the longer I stared at him.I barely managed to find my voice as I tried to speak, to understand what in the world he was doing on the battlefield. When I finally did, it was an octave above a whisper as my body trembled, “what… What are you doing here? What have you done?’ The words had been stuck in my throat the entire time and I only had to find the courage to speak as he was never meant to be in the woods. He was meant to be back at the castle, safe where no harm was to come to him, where he would enact the change he had promised me.My breath came out in gasp as I pressed my hand
Chapter 257: The Rolling Head Of The King.Diana's povThe image of a silver wolf crossed my mind, its fur kissed by the moonlight, blowing with the wind as it took a regal stand in front of me. Its Golden eyes staring back at me in a contest as though passing off a message that I seem to understand unknowingly. What I realized from the seconds that passed was that, I wasn't staring at just any wolf, I was staring at myself.“How is that even possible?” I questioned.Daemon's voice resonated in my head of how I should let my anger go, “Your quest for revenge, let it dissolve. Let your actions be more of your responsibility and fulfilling your destiny.” The pain in my heart was too great from the trauma that I had come across over the past few months. It was hard for me to let all that anger go but I found a way to.Focusing on the real reason that I had come all this way, it had never been for me. Although, part of it had, but it had mostly been for the others who had lost their live
Chapter 258: Howl Of DefeatDiana's pov The war had ended, or at least that was what I had hoped to happen.The others after witnessing this scene realized what the king's death had symbolized and began to back down and retreat one after the other, not all of them. However, the most ferocious and strongest of them all remained unmoved.The centaurs stood their ground, strong and valiant as they all turned to face me, gazes of anger and I thought they couldn't show expressions. The other silver bloods had seized on attacking them and they no longer entertained their antiques.Although they looked a little bit rugged up, bleeding from a few cuts and claw marks that were visible, however they stood, fazed by only the death of a bastard monarch.One of them who had assumed the post of leadership roared loudly, for the first time, his voice was not more than just grunts and barks and were actually words, “You have wronged us and the kingdom and you shall pay.” Although his voice was a bit
Chapter 259: The Glint Of HughesThird person povThe palace was in an uproar at the sudden surge of the warriors as they entered the palace at the break of dusk. Only a few of them had returned and they appeared as frantic as ever while one of them broke away from the group and into the walls of the castle.He whispered a few words to one of the guards who had a stroke look on his face at the information he had received and was instructed to pass the information across and the warrior was not allowed to enter the other halls where the lycan royals lived.The guard had taken up this duty and passed on the message to the man who was surrounded by the Lycan ministers and other vassals, whispering the same word that he had received. The man, Hughes, couldn't believe the words he had received, actually, he couldn't believe them as he tried not to let the smile slip on his face; rather, he wore a sad poker face, “The king, sadly, has passed away in battle,” he announced to the public.A s
Chapter 260: The Royals RiskThird person's pov The palace was in an uproar as they barely understood the words that had been spoken by the maid who had suddenly dropped dead.Hughes, however, stared with no interest at the slew figure on the ground, blood dripping from her nose and ears. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head.He proceeded to order her immediate removal and call for the physician to examine her and what had caused her death.Although he was a bit disinterested, this was the time for him to be king and to rule over the kingdom. However, he saw the best fit and now someone had barged in just to ruin it.The crowd's attention had been brought to this matter, they were all frightened by the crazy girl and what she had said, something about the others dropping dead.“Escort the others out of the palace,” Hughes ordered the guards as he massaged his chin, deep frown lines etched on his features as he was plunged deep into thoughts.The others had willingly left the thron
Chapter 261: Darkest Of OrbsDiana's povI remained in my position, despite the whispers that surrounded me.The others were still a bit cautious in approaching me but I didn't care. I remained on the floor on all fours by Alaric's side, refusing to let him go just yet.A silence stretched out afterward as I stared at his unmoving figure.“Diana, everything's okay, we won,” Ava mentioned. I barely glanced at her or any of them as they hadn't known of my bond with Alaric. It had been a secret that was never needed at the time.When Raine wanted to take another step forward, I let out an animalistic growl, stopping him in his tracks. I had no idea where that had come from but for once I had become rather protective of my mate and didn't want anyone to get too close to him.My gaze locked on Ava's and a realization seemed to dawn in her eyes as she glanced between me and Alaric's body and her mouth dropped open, slightly ajar as she whispered in my head, “He's your mate, isn't he?” I di
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