“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
Altid's POV “Your Majesty, to answer your question. I believe the two are not connected. The fact that it happened on the same night does not mean the both are related cases,” I said. As I had arrived at the council with Lord Robert's body, I had been informed that Lord Harold's home had been robbed and the man and his wife had been severely injured. “If the cases are not interrelated, then you believe this is a coincidence?” asked Cyrus. He looked convinced that the two cases were linked but I did not believe that was the case. “Lord Robert was murdered in his home as a result of the audit; I want to assume that is the case. Someone did not want him talking and so he was killed but Lord Harold was robbed and injured. There were valuables in Lord Robert's home but nothing is missing except his life. Whereas, Lord Harold's life was spared but he was stolen from. There are different motives to both crimes.” “And one person cannot have both motives?” “The timing will be inconvenie
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