Quinzel's POVWhen we get home I am famished. Echo and Mom are waiting for us outside the house, and the moment the car stops, I rush out like a mad mother who has been away from her kid for years on.The moment I get to him, I kneel and I open my arms wide and he crashes into me, and I cover him like he was long lost."I am so sorry," I start uttering, planting kisses on his cheeks, and his forehead, and my eyes start welling up with tears. I promised him. I promised to be safe, but a few hours later I was jailed, with the very man I said I was gonna be safe with. I am sure he is mad at me. I know I am mad at myself."I am so sorry Echo. Mommy is so sorry," I keep uttering rubbing his back, and he, tightens his grip on me."you came back," I pull away and when I look at him, he is crying. I wipe his tears away, and he wipes my tears away."I promised, didn't I? I promised that I trusted your dad, and look, he came back with me. Do you forgive Mama?" he quickly nods his head, and hug
Arthur's POVThe moment Quin leaves with Echo, I go take a bath. My body feels drained because of the sulfide I had to drink. It usually wears off in a couple of days.The last time I was imprisoned was when Accalia was executed. Ares went crazy and took over my body. In honest truth, I let him take over and we made a mess in the counsel house. The elders were mad at me, and I was placed under house arrest and forced to drink sulfide so Ares won't be strong and keep hurting other people.When I got home, Nanna could see that I wasn't my normal self, but she didn't inquire about what she should do to make it better because, in a way, she knew that there is nothing she could have done.When I am done with my bath, I get dressed and inform Sabre that I will be visiting Queen Mother. "Sabre,""Alpha,""For the next month, you are the pack's Alpha and I would like you to act as such," I inform him."But Alpha," he tries to stop me "For Echo. We are doing this for Echo," I cut him off."
Arthur's POV"Accalia," I whisper, remembering the pain that I felt after I kissed Quin, is this related? "When I'm close to Quin, my heart starts hurting, what is that about?" I inquire of her. I don't want to go into the details of what happened, although she probably knows the whole thing.She is good like that too, knowing what she shouldn't."Since her wolf is connected to the moon goddess' wolf, it means it's connected to all the other wolves. Both dead and alive. So a piece of Accalia's wolf is in her, hence why you feel pain again." she elucidates. "What does that mean for me? How do I stop the pain? What do I have to do?" I sigh. This information just keeps piling up and I am not sure what to do with it."At first it's gonna hurt, but once you mate with Quin, the pain will diminish,""You do realize that Quinzel holds tradition and will not mate with me until we both say I do at an altar?" I cut her short, "Did moon goddess maybe miss that tiny detail?" I question sarcastic
Quinnzel's POVAfter my walk with Echo, it's safe to say we may or may have not had a crying session. I know that I was with the kid for only two days, but a lot took place in this short period, and well, my emotions got the best of me.In truth, I am rethinking my whole life outside Ezra. If I were to leave that world and commit to just being an Ezrian citizen, how will that work out? I mean, how will I go about doing it?So without knowing any better, I ask Echo."Hey Echo, if I wanted to be a citizen of Ezra, what do I do?""You mate with Dad." I choke on nothing but air, and I cover my mouth, trying to pretend that nothing happened, because knowing Echo, he will probably ask what's going on.There was no need for this kid to be blunt."Right, okay, let's go home buddy." I take his hand, and we stand up and go home. When we home, mom is cleaning the house and I readily help her clean. One thing I have noted though is that Echo is fine. I am not sure what his daily normal is, or wh
Quinzel's POV"Accalia," I recall, "Am I hurting you now?" I ask as I move away from him a bit. It's one of the things he spoke about and the last thing I ever want to do is hurt Arthur knowingly."No, only when we get close," I nod my head, understanding what he means."Well, that is sortedout then because nothing will happen until we both say I do," I mumble, actually feeling better that one of the things he spoke about is covered, and we don't have to talk about it."And my mom, does she know about all this?" I add, turning and looking at him."No, not as yet." he shakes his head."And are you going to tell her?" I question."Yes I will, but I am still thinking of a way. I am not sure how I will go about doing it, nor what her reaction will be. It's best I do it tomorrow. I don't think I can handle her today if she reacts the way you did.""Makes sense," I agree. "But why would the moon goddess choose me? Winter is my brother, shouldn't it be him? He is powerful for goodness sake,
Nanawe's POV "What do you mean?" my dear husband asks."I mean exactly what I have said, dear husband. Echo's wolf is awakening because he is a hybrid, but his tiny body cannot handle it. And Quin, well Quin is rather a special wolf, Royalty if you may. Moon goddess's spirit wolf resides inside her. She is an original, and Echo is unstable. She is the only one who can heal him." I state. The whole counsel goes on an uproar and I give them a minute to quiet down."Are we supposed to believe you?" Phoenix appeals to."Do whatever you want with this information Phoenix. But we both know I have never given false information to the counsel, and I don't intend to start today." I fold my arms."Then summon her," Claudius chimes in. "Well, the metier is, the world doesn't revolve around the counsel, and right now, she is probably on her way home." I shrug my shoulders."Funny, she said the same thing," Lord Phoenix scoffs. "Well, what can I say, wise minds think alike. Anyways, I have got
Quinzel's POVWhen Arthur has left, I am left with a whole situation, Dawn. I don't know how to start explaining what I went through and how much a human can take. So I just wing it in hopes that she survives."What was that?" she is able to find her words the moment Arthur leaves."How is he able to do that?" she adds, breathing heavily."Okay for starters calm down," I urge her, and I usher her to take a seat, "And second off, I think if you want to hear this story, don't freak out," I warn her."I won't," she hurriedly replies."I know you Dawn, and I am serious. What I am about to tell you is about the livelihood of a lot of people and if this information is heard by the wrong people, a lot of people will lose their lives," she could see that I was serious, but she dared to joke."Oh come on, it can't be that bad," she hits my shoulder."Promise me," I show her my pinkie, " Right now, pinkie swear that you will talk this information to the grave.""Uhmm, do I need to know this if
Arthur's POVWhen I am out of Quin's house, my phone rings. It's Queen Mother, which is odd because she never calls, and I mean ever.I pick it up and I don't say a word."Where are you?" she queues."In the city," I state."Come back, you need to pack and go back.""what do you mean?" I get to the car and enter the passager seat, and without a spoken word, Sabre starts driving. He drove us as Ares was not very keen on letting Quin leave alone. So I was holding her, hoping that our mate bond was strong enough to wake her up. It didn't of course, and that made me freak out more than Ares. When I got her back, I was glad when I saw her wake up, and it begs the question, how much energy did Echo need to wake up?"It's a long story, just get home, I will be waiting for you." she ends the call, and I don't particularly like the fact that she had to come to me to tell me what is going on. Queen Mother rarely leaves her house and when she does, it's always a life and death situation and th