"King Austin," said King Leonardo. He stroll in with his mighty horse. Like the king he was he had a dominating aura that surrounded him. "Oh. King Leonardo," said Austin. He bowed to greet him."There now, shouldn't you be calling me father-in-law."Austin faked a smile and said, "Yes, father-in-law. Nice to meet you.""How is my daughter?” asked Leonardo. "She's right there,” said Austin, pointing to Agatha catching another falling leaf. He cleared his throat loudly and Agatha, hearing him, turned around to look at him. Agatha saw her father. She dropped the leaf in her hand and walked towards them. When she approached her father she said, "Hello King and Alpha Leonardo of the Great Grey Wolves.” She bowed to greet him. "Hello, daughter,” said her father. Agatha flinched at his words. In the past he was never nice to her. For his words to her were always harsh and cruel. To be honest she never remembered many of his words at all. As he never once cared much to say to her. Ther
JUNIPER’S FLASHBACK "What! Father, you're not serious on marrying me off to that pathetic king of the Black Wolf," exclaimed Juniper. "Juniper, lower your voice down,” said King Leonardo. “Father,” cried Juniper. “I am going to marry my daughter to him.” Juniper inhaled sharply. She didn’t want to marry a nobody. To somebody who lives far up North where it’s freezing and barely anything to eat. Somebody who doesn’t have lively society or gossip about. He lives in the harsh countryside with not much to do. Her life will be boring and hard as she will have to do intense labor. She will starve and won’t be able to live the glamorous life she has now. "Father, how could you. You don't love me anymore." "Don't love you?" questioned King Leonardo, stroking his beard. "I'm not your favorite daughter anymore," cried Juniper. "My dear precious girl you're misunderstanding." "If you love me, you won't let me marry him.” “Okay.” Juniper smiled happily. “Really father?” “Yes. But I mu
Austin was trying catch up to Agatha, but she kept running further and further away from him. She took a huge leap and went across the river. Austin could not jump that distance like she did. Even though she was not as big as he was, she was lighter than he was. Not only that but she had more agility than he was. Her small and petite size allowed her to speed up and take a longer leap than he does."Agatha!" shouted Austin. He noticed that she looked back slightly but didn't turn to look at him.Agatha, not wanting to hear his explanation of why he told her sister, kept running. She didn’t want to know what happened during their moment together was. She didn’t want to know anything. So, in fear of being hurt she kept running. She let her hind legs push her further and further away. Away from him. Away from her sister. Away from everything around her.Austin stopped chasing after her."Your majesty are you going to keep after her?" asked Ash.“No,” said Austin, with a weary tone. His h
Grump seeing that Agatha ran away from Austin was probably due to a misunderstanding said, “It doesn't seem like she wants to talk to you now.""What? What do you mean?" asked Austin. “Wow, are you that dense?”“I mean it’s obvious something happened that she ran off right.”“Yeah.”“So, it means she needs some moment to herself.”“Oh. I guess so.”“So, let her calm down and then talk to her.”“Alright. I can do that,” said Austin, rubbing his hands into his face. "Hey it’s alright. We all made a mistake.”“Yeah, not as big as me though,” pouted Austin.“Aww, don’t give yourself so much credit.”“Pfft.”“You know some woman likes to have their time alone."“Yeah.” Austin sighs as it’s true that he should give Agatha some space. He wanted to tell her that in the past he had talked to her sister. Alone, but not secretly. Even near kissing Juniper. And of course, told her sister that he wanted her to be his mate. And asked her sister to wait for him. But now, he doesn't feel that way a
"Humph. Beat her," said Prince Frank. “Wait!” said Austin.“King Austin, if you’re not willing to get justice for the lady, then I will. I will get her the truth.”Austin frowned at his words.Juniper was wiping away her tears. Prince Frank smiled as he now had a chance to prove his worthy of this beautiful princess. He will make her see him as a good mate. He raised his hands and order his men to take the elderly woman to the center of the stage for punishment.“Please, please,” begged the elderly woman.“Make sure she doesn’t escape,” said Prince Frank.“Yes,” said one of the soldiers.“Wait!” exclaimed Juniper. She stepped in front of Prince Frank and said, “Let my men do it. Since she’s part of my clan, it only make sense if it’s her own wolf that is punishing her.”The elderly woman gasp for air as she saw that she was going to get a severe beating. “Alright,” said Prince Frank. He nodded his man away and the Grey Wolf’s solider came to grab the elderly woman by the arms and d
“Are you going to admit to your crime!” shouted Prince Frank.“But I really didn’t do it,” lowly uttering her Nana.“Whip her again!” exclaimed Prince Frank.Austin was on the sideline watching the elderly woman. He thought with a scowl on his brows, “Damn it, they’re beating her to death and they’re not giving her a chance. They’re not listening to her.” He was clenching his fist into a tight ball now.Juniper on the other hand sat next to Austin and was snickering at Nana. She looked at Austin and eyed him with a sneer of innocence.Austin unclenched his fist and nodded back at her.Juniper taking that as an acknowledgement of her, leaned into him and place her head on his shoulder.Austin didn’t draw back. He just stay in his position, letting Juniper rest in his embrace. His eyes was focusing on the elderly woman before him. He was trying not to show any displease.On the inside Austin was raging. “They’re basically forcing the elderly woman now. Making her admit to a crime she di
Agatha looked at the soldier. "You. You killed her." "No. No. No, it wasn't me. I was just following orders," stuttered the soldier. The soldier pointed at Juniper. Agatha stared at Juniper. Juniper backed away and held onto Austin's arm. Agatha shook her head in disbelief. She couldn't believe her fake husband have helped her wicked sister to killed Nana. Stabbing pains of needles struck her heart. She was going mad with hatred.The solider who whipped her to death started to panic. He was quivering in his shoes. His hands were still shaking as he pointed at Juniper and Austin. “I didn’t mean to. I didn’t mean to kill her. I didn’t think she was that fragile.”“She’s an elderly woman with a poor health. One could tell how weak she is from the way she looked. The way she’s dressed and you’re saying that she looks healthy to you?” she asked.The soldier shook his head.“It’s a rather pathetic excuse for a soldier if you ask me,” said Agatha, firmly.Prince Frank looked and saw the be
That night Agatha got into her tent. Inside she was surprised that Austin was waiting for her. He was sitting at a table with a small candlelight, reading his reports. She looked away from him. Austin looked up and saw Agatha walking in. "Agatha,” he said. He quickly got up from his seat and walked to her. He tried to reach for her hands, but she flinched away from him. He grimaced as she wasn’t willing to let him close. He have to calm her down and make her trust him again. Looking at her physical appearance it looked like she was drenched from the water’s mist. "Are you cold? Do you need a hot bath? I can-" Austin didn’t even finish his words. Agatha, not bothered by his pretend care and walked away from him. Feeling like she ignored him, Austin didn’t say anything and stared at her in silence. He wish he could say something to her, but what? He have no clue and no idea on this kind of subject. He was dumbfounded as to how to calm her. This scenario is different from before. He