Altid's POVThe case was baffling indeed. Except for the discrepancies in the testimonies of the suspects and the fact that beyond doubt Lord Robert had been murdered and his death staged as a suicide, there was no concrete evidence to nail any suspect. “I have released them, your Majesty but they are not to leave the capital until the murder case has been resolved,” I said to the Alpha. “You need more time to investigate?” he quipped. “Yes, your Majesty. I believe I shall find out more in due time but I want to request that you grant me permission to keep Lord Robert's estate under lock until the investigations are complete,” I told him. “You have my permission. As a matter of fact, the title and estate has not been given to Jonathan; I believe he will be here soon to… speak of the devil,” the Alpha said and true enough Lord Robert's son walked in, his face purple with anger. “Your Majesty,” he bowed to the Alpha. “Jonathan, you have my condolences,” said the Alpha although the
Agnes’s POVAnother full moon festival had come around. It was not the first since I had come to Ghysem but it was the first since I had recovered my memories. During the last full moon, I had transformed into a wolf but I had no idea then what was going on. Today was different.At the peak of the full moon, my wolf came out and joined the many others to howl a beautiful tone in the dewy night. Achilia’s POVI could hear the howls of envy at my emergence. The vast majority of the wolves in Ghysem had always envied me. I stood proud and taller than most of them. My fur was a deep shining brown with flecks of royal purple. I have been told many times that I had the most graceful form. But I was seething in anger as I stared at the multitude of werewolves that had doubted my existence. I disagreed with Agnes, I had nothing to prove. If they were werewolves indeed should they not have sensed my wolf? Adrianna’s POVI had spent the full moon festival with my parents. Partly because I
Jonathan was really getting on my nerves. He had refused to answer my question even though I had asked him several times now. Instead of responding to me, he itched his hair vigorously. “Your silence will be taken as an admission of guilt,” I told him but he remained quiet still.“Very well then,” I said and made to stand up to leave. But just as I stood up, he grabbed the edge of my clothes.“You must listen to me, the black veil is coming to get me too,” he cried out. If he was acting then he was really good at it, if not his terror looked real. I shook his hands off my clothes and walked out.I was not certain if I could trust his words but if something did happen to him while in my custody, I would not be able to live with myself. So I told Timothy to double the security around his cell. I reviewed the evidence that had been gathered so far and there was nothing about a black veil. What the hell was he talking about? I sat still in my office and allowed my mind to visualize
I agreed with Lord Drusus. Since the days of my father, the South pack had been a nuisance. It was something we had tolerated for years but I now had no wish to continue doing so. “We have no measures to protect ourselves as of now,” cried one of the Lords. “You insult the Alpha then and the military force behind him,” came Lord Drusus’ angered response.“I am surprised at the discussion we are having. I had not thought that we had any option besides going to war. We were stolen from and we are going out to plunder.”Audrey’s POV“It is quite remarkable that you thought to do that,” cried Larog with a wide smile as he eyed our new stolen treasure. “Not so remarkable really, It only makes sense that we divert Cyrus’ attention to King Ares. After all, the plan was to use the South pack to acquire Ghysem but I know Ares well, he is a coward who is scared of a confrontation with Cyrus,” I said before sipping my wine. “You are right of course. With Ares fighting Cyrus and the ministers
Adrianna's POV I was yet to decide if I liked Moana or not. She seemed pleasant but I knew there was something more to her calm exterior. Sure enough, she was head over heels for her husband even though she tried not to show it and I could tell that she was insecure in some way about me. Unfortunately, I had no intention of putting her out of her fears. I was loyal to my king but that said nothing about my morals. If I had my way with Theophilus, I would take it. It was no fault of mine really but some people were too handsome to be owned forever by one person; it was simply not fair. We had been in the mainland for about a week now and I had worked closely with Theophilus all this time. I had not made any effort to seduce Theophilus but whenever Moana was present with us I did not fail to see her watching me rather too closely. She could watch me all she wanted but when I was ready to have Theophilus, I would make him beg for me. At the moment I was taking my work here rather
Moana's POV I did not like Adrianna. I had never liked her. I had always thought she was a snob and I was right. However she was more than that; she wanted Theophilus, and she had made that very clear to me earlier. “You are more beautiful than the moon, do you know?” Theophilus said as he swooped down to kiss him but I turned my face away and he did not hide that I had hurt his feelings. “What is the matter?” he asked, perplexed. “You do not know? Or do you pretend not to know?” I asked, my voice betraying that I was angry at him. “My love if you do not tell me how shall I know? I can do many things but I cannot read minds,” he said to me. “You think I am stupid,” I accused him. I had not missed the look the two had exchanged earlier when I suggested that I should have the local women around for tea. “That is nonsense. I do not think you are stupid,” he said. “What did you mean then by, _Love, the local women have to take care of their family all day. They do not have time
“How did you know that? Was your spirit watching me this whole time?” he quizzed. “I told you that I would always be with you, did I not?” I asked him. “Well, my lady, I am not a perfect man and I am deeply sorry for all my faults,” he said with a deep bow which melted away my anger. The next day I went to see a dear friend of mine. “Your Highness!” Eunice could not contain her shock as she saw me sitting in her room. “I have missed you very much Eunice, how have you been these days?” I asked her with a smile. “Okay? but I am still reeling from the shock, ooh, I do not know if it is right for you to sit in my lowly room. I shall come to you if you need me, your Highness,” she said and my smile deepened. “You forget that we once shared this room and you can call me Agnes when we are alone. After all, we are friends,” I said. “Friends? Not so, your Highness. I cannot conceive the idea of being friends with your royal self,” she said. “Dearest Eunice, you say the funniest things
“Your Majesty,” Altid entered and bowed to me. I was a little surprised to see him here especially as the council was busy with so many cases at once. “Lady Asher,” he greeted her and I saw her face pale at the sound of his voice. “I was told I would find you here,” said Altid. “Why are you looking for me?” she asked as though nonchalant. “I need you at the council to answer a few questions,” Altid ignored the unpleasant tone of Lady Asher. “A few questions, you say? If that is the case you can as well question me here,” Lady Asher said. “I am afraid I shall have to question you at the council,” Altid's tone remained pleasant but firm. “At the council? Why? Is this an arrest?” “Not at all; just a few questions.” “If it is…” “I shall accompany you to the council,” I had been quiet all this while. “Then permit me to run a personal errand before…” “You will be back in no time,” Altid said. She looked as though she wanted to protest but she stopped herself. Ältid’s POV“My m