~Hazel~When I was done having dinner in the dining hall, I bid everyone goodbye and headed straight to our room. I was excited to go back to Luciano only to be disappointed because he hadn't arrived in our room.I know he had to catch up with his family because things have been difficult between them for the past years. I'm happy that Luciano and his family are on good terms now.I saw the happiness on Luciano's face when he told me that he was going to have dinner with them. I didn't want to ruin his happiness and that is why I didn't protest. I didn't want to be selfish and that is why I accepted. He gave me time to bond with my mother when I found her and it would only be fair if I let him bond with his family now that they are talking.However, I couldn't help but feel somewhat neglected. I just wanted to be in his arms and enjoy the closeness.I want to cherish every second that Luciano and I are together because it's precious to me.I learned how every second to be close to some
~Luciano~THREE DAYS LATER"He deserves it, Luciano."I was looking at my reflection in the mirror as I fixed my hair when I heard Hazel's voice and I turned around to look at her."You gave him many chances to change but he chose not to."Heaving a deep sigh, I nodded my head to her words. I indeed gave the old man a chance to change but he took it for granted and now he has to face the consequence."I can't help but get worried about Mark, Hazel."I paused and heaved a deep sigh."Mark will understand that you have to do it!"Hazel encouraged me and I pulled her into my arms, planting a gentle kiss on the top of her head."He's going to pay for everything that he has done to you, to my mother and everyone whom he has wronged!"I said through gritted teeth and Hazel nodded to my words."I want you to stay in the castle. I don't want anything to happen to you and our babies, okay."Hazel nodded and I gave her a small smile. I didn't want her to go and witness the beheading of Nikolai. I'm
~Hazel~"We are finally free?"I whispered and more tears flowed from my eyes. I couldn't believe that Luciano had get rid of the forbidden rule. It was too good to be true.Again, he accomplished his promise when he told me that he would bend the rules for me, for us."Our babies won't be treated as outcasts when they are born.They will live a life where no one will hold a silver sword on their heads for being half-breeds."I wiped tears from my eyes using the back of my hand.I recalled how I was almost killed by the Southern soldiers when they found out that I'm a half-breed.I would be dead long time ago if not for Luciano.They wanted to kill me because I'm the forbidden creature in the South, half-breed.My heart twisted inside my chest when the memories clouded my mind.I'm happy that our babies won't go through tough times like I went through to survive in the South.They won't have sleepless nights because they are afraid that someone would know their forbidden identify.My children
~Hazel~"Who is it from, Sebastian? But he just left the kingdom a week ago."Monalisa asked and I could feel the curiousity in her voice."It's from Alexa,"I informed Lisa and she frowned at my words."Alexa? That's weird. What does she want? Come on, let's open the envelope and read the letter."My friend said excitedly, despite her being eight months pregnant, she hurriedly walked to me to read the letter.My mother looked at Lisa and shook her head, the corner of her lips curving into a smile. I opened the envelope carefully and pulled out the letter."HAZEL."My name was written neatly in capital letters."I hope this letter finds you in good health."I paused and heaved a deep sigh. I raised my head to look at Monalisa and she shrugged."I would like to thank you for helping me the night of my labour pain.Your care and patience helped me to give birth to the twins safely. Ava and Dean are doing fine and they are healthy,all thanks to you."My lips curved into a smile when I read those
~Hazel~I wanted to scold Luciano some more for not coming to us early but how could I when he just popped the question that I have been wanting to hear come from his mouth? I couldn't believe that he was proposing to me,it felt like a dream.I raised my head to look at Monalisa and my mother, they nodded to me with smiles on their faces, urging me to say yes to Luciano's words. However, I pretended to be still mad at him.I looked at Luciano and I didn't miss the nervousness in his eyes."No!"I said with a serious face. My mother and Lisa creased their eyebrows in confusion. The smile that was on Luciano's face just seconds ago began to fade away and was now being replaced with panic.I just wanted to see his reactions to my words and I could tell that they did some magic.My lips curved into a smile when I saw how nervous he looked."Yes, I want to marry you. I will marry you, Luciano."I said and tears flowed from my eyes, tears of happiness.Luciano and I have been through a lot and
~Hazel~Luciano and I exited the castle and I inhaled the fresh air deep in my lungs. The wind blew my dark hair which had grown long over the months.I raised my head to look at Luciano and realised that he had let his hair fall freely. His hair had grown long as well and the sight of it made me have an evil mind.As though Luciano sensed that I was looking at him, he turned his head to look at me with raised eyebrows."I was just admiring your hair, I like it," I said and the corner of his lips curved into a wicked smile."Would you like to run your fingers through it to feel how soft it is?"I groaned when I heard his question and a chuckle escaped his lips. I know he was just trying to tease me around.Luciano and I walked in a comfortable silence for a while. The sun was setting in the west and the surroundings looked so beautiful. I had missed having evening walks with Luciano since the rogue king kidnapped me.We stopped all of a sudden and I couldn't help but frown when Luciano
~Hazel~"MATE!"My mother and grandpa said in unison, confirming what I had just thought. I saw my mother fight the urge to run into her mate's arms.Grandpa remained standing in the same place, confused and surprised.My mother turned around and walked back to the room and that's when my mind jolted back to the present."Mother,"I called behind her but she didn't turn to look back at me. She walked to the bathroom and locked herself inside."Mate…"Grandpa said possessively and tried to follow my mother but Robert stopped him from going any further."Get out of my way! I need to go to get my mate!"He said through gritted teeth and tried to push Robert out of the way but he was too strong than him."Monalisa, can you Please look after my mother. "I told her and she nodded then left and headed to the bathroom where Mum had locked herself.I think she never expected to find her wolf back and the second chance mate. I know she was surprised and emotional because I saw the surprise and tear
~Hazel~"She's my mother."I told him and he creased his eyebrows in confusion, "But you told me that your mother died years ago."Grandpa asked in confusion.I recalled the day grandpa asked Monalisa and I about our families and we explained to him. He was so sad and promised that he would treat us like his own daughters and that is what he did for the few weeks that we stayed with him in the slave camp before Monalisa and I came back to the castle.I would never blame grandpa for what happened between Alexa and I because he was not involved."I just found out a few months ago that my mother was still alive."I paused and heaved a deep deep sigh."She has been staying here in the South for all those years that we thought she was dead, "I explained to Grandpa and he nodded his understanding."I would like to talk to your mother.Can you please ask her to come so that I can talk to her?"Grandpa asked with a pleading eyes."I don't think now is the right time, grandpa."I brushed hair str
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~Hazel~Another two weeks passed pretty quickly.Everything in our kingdom was going just fine. Business between our kingdom and other kingdoms was doing great.Southern Kingdom was trading with Mountain Pack and I was happy that we were on good terms. Seb came to visit the South often to observe the market in the South and studied ways to improve on his side.Sometimes Sebastian came along with Alexa to visit us.The twins were growing fast and they were healthy. Grandpa was so happy to see his grandchildren grow into strong and healthy kids. He was always happy whenever Alexa came to visit us."You need to get some sleep,"My mind jolted back to the present when I heard Luciano's voice. He pulled me into his arms and planted a gentle kiss on my hair.Luciano took half a day off from his kingship duties to spend some time with me. We went for our usual walks in the evening and it felt so good to hold hands as we walked around. My lips curved into a smile when the day's events clouded my
~Hazel~TWO WEEKS LATER I felt Luciano pull me close to himself and planted a gentle kiss on my hair and I hummed in response. I wrapped my hands around him so tightly,my lips curving into a smile."Good morning."His voice was raspy since he had just woken up from sleep. I blinked my eyes countless times to get rid of the blurry vision."Good morning too."I responded lazily and he chuckled, "Do you want to sleep some more? For me,I have to wake up since I have a lot of paperwork to take care of."Luciano informed me, giving my body a gentle squeeze."No! I would like to help the queen with the workload. She has been working a lot lately with the help of Monalisa and my mother. Many business proposals are coming in and we need to take care of them. I need to go through some pending kingdom reports too."I explained to Luciano and he was quiet for a while.The former queen has been working so much and I felt bad for her. I just wanted to help in some way even though she asked me to take a
~Luciano~The look on Hazel's face told me all. That is why I didn't mention to her where we were going for our honeymoon no matter how much she insisted.I wanted it to be a surprise."Do you like it?"I asked just to be sure.Her lips curved into a more bright smile when she heard my question and she nodded vigorously."It looks so beautiful."She said in a low voice that soothed my spirits and Liam groaned in my head."Let's get off the plane so that you can have a good view."I stood up and stretched my hand towards Hazel. She held onto it and stood up then followed behind me without a question. I liked it whenever Hazel was submissive to me because I'm used to her wild side.Hazel looked at the surrounding attentively. I have been here countless times. I usually came here whenever I wanted to pull my mind from work and have some alone time.Being here with Hazel was a different feeling. I turned my head to look at Hazel, admiring her hair which was being blown away by the weak wind c
~Hazel~I looked at Luciano,my husband,the father of my pups,the love of my life,you name it.I couldn't help it but smile."Yes, I do," I said in a gentle but firm voice,enough for everyone to hear that Luciano is exclusively mine now!I picked up the ring and slid it on Luciano's finger slowly,taking my time because it was my day.The crowd clapped for us.I looked my mother's way and she flashed me a broad smile, crying again."Is there anyone who has a reason why Hazel Del Mundo and Luciano Hernandez shouldn't get married? Please raise your hand."The judge said and we turned our heads to look at the crowd.It was silent and no one raised his/her hand in the air to oppose the wedding."Now I announce you as husband and wife."The royal judge said and the crowd cheered. I closed my eyes when Luciano leaned towards me,before I could wrap my head around what was going on,I felt his lips on mine."MINE!"He said in my head and Mia groaned in response. We are finally married! I'm exclusively h
~Hazel~TWO WEEKS LATERThe day that I have been waiting for for months is finally here. The day that Luciano is going to show the whole world that I'm his to hold and keep. I heaved a nervous sigh as the make-up artist continued to do there magic on my face, preparing me for the big day ahead of me.I spent the night in my mother's room and she woke me up early in the morning so that I could get ready for the day ahead of me.According to our traditions, I couldn't spend the night with Luciano before our wedding. I tried my best to get some sleep but I couldn't bring myself to sleep because I was anxious.Monalisa stayed in my mother's room for some time then went to her room to have a rest. Alexa and Sebastian have come back to the Southern kingdom again to attend my wedding.The make-up artists stepped aside when they were done with their work. I was sitting on the chair before the vanity mirror, I turned my head to look at myself and my lips curved into a satisfied smile."You loo
~Hazel~Despite feeling tired,I lazily stood up from the couch and walked to Luciano who was walking to me and we met midway.Luciano wrapped his strong hands around me, "I'm happy that you chose me."He whispered and his grip on my body only tightened.We pulled off after basking in each other's arms for a while.Luciano brushed hair strands from my face and tucked it behind my ear.I looked into those grey eyes and all I saw was care and affection."I will always choose you over and over again."I whispered but loud enough for him to hear.Before I could say more words,he locked our lips and kissed me deeply."I have been holding back from doing this to you for way too long."He told me through the mind-link as he continued to kiss me passionately.I was breathless when Luciano pulled off and I gasped for air greedily.The corner of his lips curved into a smile."I told you that I would come back to you, didn't I?"He asked with a raised eyebrow and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at his wo
~Hazel~Luciano pulled me carefully into his arms and patted my back to help me calm down. I held onto his golden robe so tightly as though my life depended on it and hugged him back."I would like us to go back to the castle so badly, Hazel. However,I can't because I need to talk to kings and queens from other kingdoms so that I can make allays and talk about trade between the kingdoms."Luciano told me through the mind-link and gave my body a gentle squeeze."I'm happy that you chose me."He said and I heard the happiness in his voice. He pulled off and looked at me as though he couldn't believe that indeed I chose him over Andrian."What about I ask Jonas Robert and Jonas to take you back to the castle? They will be accompanied by other soldiers for security, to make sure that you're going to be safe."Luciano suggested and I nodded my head at his words."I promise I will come back to you when I'm done with everything. I'm going to ask your mother to accompany you so that you don't ge
~Hazel~"MATE!" Mia purred in my head, just confirming to me that we had finally met our mate after twenty-five years.I searched my eyes in the crowd and tried to trace the scent.However, I couldn't see him.The scent became stronger with each passing second and my wolf fought for release so that she could go to meet her destined mate for the very first time."Hazel,Hazel."Luciano's worried voice woke me up from the trance that I was in and I turned my head to look at him and tears flowed freely from my eyes."I can smell his scent in the air, Luciano. He is around, my mate is around."I informed Luciano and he tensed when he heard my words but composed immediately."What?"He asked in a low voice but I could see fear in his eyes. I know he was afraid of losing me and so was I."Promise me that you're not going to give in to the mate bond, Hazel.You are Mine!"Luciano said possessively and gave my hand a tight squeeze.I wrapped my hands around Luciano so tightly without a care in the w