Chapter Thirty-five.Diana's pov“They probably just got jealous when they saw the prince carry you in last night,” the boy said, his back turned to me as he continued to walk away.He was referring to Monica and her crew, he must have thought that was the reason I was shocked and scared, it would have been if he didn't drop a bomb on lap.They were the least of my problems. I was about to go face the very person that had wanted to end my life just because I knew a secret of hers. If I could go back in time, I would just erase the memory of her and Luke.Miss Beatrice didn't condone lateness and neither did the queen and so I began to rush over and then it occurred to me that maybe rushing over wasn't such a good idea and so I slowed down a bit.What did the queen really want from me? She had tried to kill me once, but that failed, so I'm guessing she wanted to fire me properly. If that was the case then it was a good thing right?Then again, she wouldn't have to go through all this j
Chapter Thirty-six.Diana's povI didn't bother to exchange words with Emily as it always ended up with me getting hurt, well not this time around.“I see you've returned. I had actually thought you died out there considering the state you were in before you left,” she chuckled as she moved closer to me.She was trying to rile me up, talking about how the king had tortured me but I wasn't going to be fazed, at least not in front of her.She stood so close to me, we were roughly the same height as our eyes locked, I wasn't going to back down and this seemed to have pissed her off a bit as I noticed the corner of her right eye twitch.“You seem to have a lot of nerve staring at royalty in such a disrespectful manner,” she noted and chuckled, before her eyes began to glow.She might have thought that would scare me but I've had enough of their threats, they could kill me anytime they wanted and I was tired of living in fear. It was stupid of me, yes, but what else was I supposed to do?“
Chapter Thirty-seven. Alaric's povI approached my father as he took a walk with Mr. Martin Hughes, the prime minister and my father's right hand, also Emily's father.The man had not always been the prime minister, nor was he always my father's right hand, there were others before him but for some reason he had won my father's trust the most.I always had a feeling that he was up to something and that he shouldn't be trusted but I couldn't tell my father about it as I knew he might be rash just like every time. My father didn't care about proof and would probably take a drastic action against Mr. Hughes himself which may lead to a chain reaction of events from him and other Lycans in the council as well.Just like he did with Diana, he needed just Emily's word and he had taken action, I needed to avoid such.That was why I needed proof first, I also tried as much as possible to delay the crowning ceremony for Emily, she was her father's daughter after all.I walked behind them befor
Chapter Thirty-eight.Diana's pov The history section was just as large as any other section, and just as dusty. I swiped my hands over the books not knowing which one to go through first, I decided to just pick a random book.“THE SERVANTS OF THE MOON GODDESS,” the title read, the book contained werewolves and how they were meant to serve the moon goddess, that's to say we had definitely lost history because no one did these things anymore. We're serving the Lycans instead.I placed the book back as it wasn't what I was looking for. The next book I picked out was just about the monarchy and how the first king came to be, quite interesting but wasn't what I was looking for at the moment.After a few more picks of boring history books, I finally found one that caught my eyes, “A CHOSEN TALE,” it resembled your old regular books but something about it was different, i couldn't tell what it was.I sat on the ground with my back pressed against the shelf and turned the first page open, “
Chapter Thirty-nine.Diana's povThose eyes couldn't be a lie. How was that possible? Was it a coincidence? Questions ravaged through my mind, those were the same eyes of the wolf I had seen in the woods, I couldn't be mistaken.Although lycans do have golden eyes, but theirs looked more yellow than gold, these ones looked like they were touched my the sun themselves and seemed to glow, its fur seemed to be just as white as snow as well as the other image of the mysterious man, his eyes too tell a different story that wasn't told.I couldn't stop pacing, I wanted to find answers but this only raised more questions—why would a thousand year old story have a wolf so similar to the one I saw? I didn't know how long Cordelia’s story was, I didn't even know if her story was true and this wasn't a fantasy book, I didn't know anything.I grabbed the book from my bed and turned it around to find the name of the author but there wasn't one, just the name of the editors that had been passed dow
Chapter Forty.Alaric's povI stirred in bed more often than I could count, a feeling of uneasiness settled in my heart that I just couldn't shake off, not wanting to stay in bed any longer as I couldn't get the sleep that was needed. I sat up on my bed.What is this feeling and why won't it go away? Emily stirred awake from beside me, “Babe, what's the matter?” She drew closer towards me and placed a hand on my shoulders.I didn't bother with her, glancing at the alarm clock on my nightstand, it was just three in the morning, it was still too early.“Dont worry about it, you can go back to bed,” I assured her. She rubbed my back some more before she kissed me on my shoulders and then drew the sheets over her shoulders.I still didn't know what this feeling was but my thoughts trailed to Diana—it was the mate bond. There was no doubt that this restlessness was from me, what could be so wrong for her to be feeling this way? It was horrible and unbearable.The thought of going back to
Chapter Forty-one.Diana's pov I was plunged into a never ending darkness where nothing existed— it was just me. The last thing I remembered was being bitten by a snake.Where the snake had come from, I had no idea.Did I die? Was this what death felt like? I swerved around but it was just darkness as far as the eye could see, was this what the afterlife presented to those no longer living?The question kept ringing in my mind, oh how I had longed for this moment but I felt like something was still holding me, drawing me back constantly."Hello?” I called out, my voice seemed to echo in the space as I heard it multiple times before it died.Who was I kidding, there was no way anyone would be here, if I wasn't mistaken, this may have just been the space in my mind.I began to walk through the darkness, I glanced down and shrieked in fear, I thought I would've fallen as there wasn't any plane that I stood on. It was like floating in mid air, like an invisible force held me up.As I co
Chapter Forty-two.Luke's povI waited outside the palace for an audience with the king himself, the one who ruled over all wolves and humans combined. It would have been impossible for someone like me to meet him but I had my ways.Lycans weren't my favorite people, I doubted if they were anyone's favorite, but we all had to live under them because they were more powerful than us, but that might change, more soon than we thought.The guard that had gone in to inform the king of my presence came back, annoyed, “Let's go,” he ordered before the other guard who held me released my shirt and glanced at his counterpart in confusion.“What would the king want to do with someone like him?” I could see the question in his eyes, I smirked briefly before they led me into the palace.I scanned the place a bit, everything looked the same, beautiful and pristine, just like it did when I was last present, too bad the ones who resided in it were just horrible. We finally reached the throne room, t
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