The wedding rituals were over and I was happy to see the corpse taken out of the ceremony. However, judging from the reaction of the people present I could tell that the wedding will be forever ingrained in their minds. Well, it was time now to dance with my bride. We had gone through the wedding rituals but we had yet to speak since I had missed her. Seeing her today however, reminded me of why she had remained on my mind. She was beautiful, _ethereal_. I had not missed the jealous eyes that had bored holes into me as the priest finalised our union. “You are beautiful,” I whispered into her ear. “I know,” came her conceited response. “It was a compliment, you should have said thank you,” I responded. “You stated a fact, I have been told those words so many times,” I did not doubt her; it was hard to see her and not register that she was a beautiful woman. “I see; what about ethereal?” “I do not need your compliment, you do not love me,” she said. “You refuse me your heart.
Theophilus' POVSomething was wrong here. Something had been wrong all this while and I berated myself for not having noticed all this while. Lord Marshall did not care about his daughter. It all started to make sense now. That was why he had not cared if she had a corpse at her wedding or if she had to marry someone she cared nothing for. But why had he done so? My mind went back to the shapeshifters. Was someone impersonating Lord Marshall? And if so why? And more importantly, why was Moana hiding it? All I knew was that I was not allowing Moana to return to such a place. “Lord Marshall, as the Alpha I will have to intervene. Lady Moana is to leave your home and move into her husband's house,” Cyrus said. I could tell Lord Marshall was not pleased with this development but I could not care less. Audrey's POV “What was that about?” I asked in fury as I confronted King Ares. I had been shocked to find out that the wedding hall had been attacked. It had not been part of the
Theo's POVThe wedding had come and gone and the couple were now living in wedded bliss of disaster. The pack was also out of mourning for Lord Salmon. Life continued in the palace as usual. “Your Majesty, that idea is preposterous! There are noble Lords that look after the affairs of their coffers not to mention the fact that we assign governors to every region,” a man named Donovan spoke up.Cyrus had finally presented the plan to make the locals choose their own representatives and the noble ministers were not open to the idea. I had known they would not like it anyway. What Cyrus aimed to do was going to reduce the power they had at the grassroots level. “In my opinion, it is a good idea; the common people do not have to wear it with every little request they have. Whoever they have chosen will bear the burden of that and will only come to us when big issues arrive,” returned Cyrus. I could see that he was in a good mood today. On a normal day, anyone who labeled his idea as p
Theophilus' POVI was getting frustrated with my new bride. I had prevailed the other day and she had come home with me but as we reached my home she had made it very clear that we would be staying in different rooms. “Why? Are you embarrassed that you might snore?” I had been teasing her but her face had remained stoic. “We just got married, Moana. We may not like each other but I know there is chemistry between us,” I remembered that even though she had bitten me the other day she had responded well to my kiss initially. “I will only be intimate with you when it is necessary to birth your heir,” came her response. “And if I want to start making my heir now?”“I am not ready. I shall be ready in a year,” came her stubborn response. I had given in to her because I did not have the strength to argue with her. She had her own room and I had mine but what I did not expect from her was she avoiding me. She avoided me like I was a plague. I could not understand her and to be frank
“He deserves to be locked up for what he did to you,” I could see his veins pulsating due to his rage but I had to find a way to calm him down. “You will only complicate matters by confronting him about this,” I said to him but I doubted he was listening to what I was saying. “Complicate what? You are not to return to your father anymore,” he said. “That is why there is no need to complicate this further. Whatever he did to me does not matter anymore.” He wanted to say something more but I stopped him with a kiss. “My father…” I started to say but my words were lost in his mouth as he captured my lips in a deep kiss. He stopped kissing and stared into my eyes to ask, “Are you sure?” I answered him with a kiss and standing in the middle of the long corridor, we made love. Theophilus' POV I had to be the happiest man in Ghysem.I had married the most beautiful woman in the world and now that there were no secrets among us I was enjoying marital bliss. As I walked into Lord Rob
Cyrus' POV Larog was scared. I could smell his fear and I had to say that it had a nice scent to it. I had enough reason to end Larog's life. In fact, I should have done so long ago but I did not want to sever the link between myself and those who wanted my throne. I had left him alive this long for that purpose. He did not know it yet but he was going to reveal to me all those that wanted to betray me. “There is something that I want from you however and that is to look for Lady Audrey,” I watched him closely and I was pleased at the reaction I could draw from him. His face had lost whatever colour that was left on it and I saw him trying in vain to still his trembling fingers. “Your Majesty?” was all he could voice. “Well, my Luna tells me that she was kidnapped by Lady Audrey and I have reason to believe that Lady Audrey is guilty of treason.” “Treason?” his face held a sour expression. “Oh, yes. Her sister will testify against her at court tomorrow but I want you to star
Imagine the tone with which he spoke to me. If I had nothing to hide I should not be worried.Back in the day, there had been no council and when one had been put in place, it had been managed by respectable noblemen and not men like Altid who were of common birth. “You will regret this; I assure you that you will,” I said bitterly and left the building. Before the audit began, there was someone I needed to tell. Altid's POV I did not need to do much digging. There were lots of discrepancies in the project Lord Robert had been assigned. The next day I went to his house to question him. I had brought just Timothy along with me. I explained to the butler my urgent errand and I was allowed into the house. The butler has led me to his personal library where he assured me Lord Robert would be. I knocked on the door and on getting no response, I opened it. Lord Robert was there alright but he could not have answered me because he was dead. “He killed himself?” Timothy's face was
“I was disappointed to see you flirt so shamelessly with my mate,” I said to her but more so I was disappointed in Cyrus for giving into such a flimsy temptation. If he had called her bluff she would not have had the guts to seduce him. “I have nothing to say to that. You were dead and I did not think you would ever be reincarnated. Reincarnation has only happened once and that was many years back,” came her response. “Perhaps you are right but I find that I cannot put it behind me,” I said. “You can do as you wish,” she said. “And there is your…” “Why exactly did you call me here? Give me ten reasons you hate me now?” she retorted. I did not remark on her rudeness. It could be that she still viewed me as a slave. “Given your situation, I want to extend an olive branch to you,” I said. I had no intention of continuing our friendship this time but I still cared about her. I could also imagine that given her sister's betrayal, she must be going through a lot. “I do not need yo