I had never thought much about death.
I saw myself as almost invincible. I was a twenty-one year old Empress who had the whole kingdom at her feet. People would literally die for me.
As Posy said, I was a priority.
Death seemed like something that would get me when I was one hundred and thirty-seven or something but not now.
At least I died for a good cause, like my great grandfather Agaras.
We died for our people because we loved them so much. I would go down in history as one of the best Empresses to rule over Gynem
I would probably also go down in history as the shortest ruler of Gynem.
If there is a Gynem,
"Oz?" Hunter whispered."Am I still useless, brother?" Oz grinned. "Do you see my worth now?""Oz, how could you?" Penn asked."I would think you of all people would understand, Beta Penn. Hunter is a terrible Alpha. He is mean and he is cruel and he is incompetent! He treats us like shit!""But to betray your entire pack-""Was necessary, Empress." Oz cut me off. "No one ever treated me with respect. They all thought I was worthless!""The Aleni want to destroy our world!" Posy said. "How can you agree to that?""I'm tired of being the weak one. So if a new world is created where I'm at the top of the pack then I'll take that. U
“Excuse me?” Cedric asked.“You heard me. I challenge you to the Four Trials of the Forsaken Apex.” I repeated. “Do you accept?”“Chief...if you don’t, you will die.” Oz informed him. “Thanks for that information by the way Oz.” I smiled slightly.
Three Years EarlierSometimes I wondered if Cedric loved me the way I loved him.Sure he was insane about me and was always kissing and touching me and making love to me. But I worried about the other parts of our relationship.Like the fact that he knew pretty much everything about me and I felt like I only knew half of the important thi
“I heard my son is back in Gynem.” Mr. Vallan whispered. “And he’s already slaughtering.”I nodded. “Yes. I’m sorry, everyone can we have the room?”I watched as everyone slowly exited the room.“What’s he like now?” Mr. Vallan asked.
“Should we say something?” Penn whispered.“No.” I smiled. “She’s about to leave the guy she loves on the most dangerous journey there is. We should let them have peace. Not everyone gets to bring their boyfriend.”Penn kissed me, pulling me deeper into the dark hall. One of his hands hooked behind my neck while the other firmly gripped my waist.He pressed his body against mine. I hated that our clothes were in the way of our chests touching. That I couldn’t feel his skin against mine.“I love you, Zelda.” Penn murmured in my ear.It was almost like a secret that only I was allowed to know, although everyone knew it at this point.“I love you.” I moaned as his lips went to my neck and his fingers tangled in my hair.My hands desperately moved to tug down his pants. I needed him now more than ever. I didn’t want to think aboutthe Tria
All that could be heard were our footsteps crunching on the ground.When I chose these four, I hadn’t realized how awkward the five of us were. Three of us were wrapped in a love triangle. One of us secretly dated the other’s brother who turned out to be a spy. And one of us is just a cute Inrith who was head over heels for a very passionate man.We’re gonna fucking die.I looked up at the moon. It was incredibly stunning tonight. Big and bright, lighting our path through the woods“Hey, it’s a full moon.” I stated.“Very good Zelda.” Penn teased.“Shut up. I meant aren’t you boys supposed to be in wolfie form? Full moon and all of that?”“That’s a greatly exaggerated rumor.” Hunter grunted. “I mean what use would being a werewolf be if you could only turn on a full moon?”“I guess that’s fair. Gue
I didn’t like the way Cedric was staring at me. Neither did Penn.Penn’s grip on my hand was tighter than ever and he insisted on having me as far away from Cedric as possible.The others seemed uneasy about the fact that we absolutely had to do this journey with the Aleni.“Zel next time you have to choose someone for a journey, please don’t choose me.” Zeke drawled. “I’ve never been in a situation so awkward.”“Not even when you walked in on me and Zelda fucking that one time?” Cedric asked. “You seemed shocked with how far back her leg bend-”“Shut the fuck up Cedric!” I snapped.“Or what? Gonna punish me like you used to? You know I like pain.”“You’re vile!” Penn snapped. “Stop speaking to Zelda or I’ll make you!”“Oh did the little Beta forget?” Cedric taunted. “
When I opened my eyes, I saw two things: metal pipe and a lot of fucking dirt. I was having trouble breathing and at first I couldn’t tell why. I then realized something was on top of me.More like someone.“Cedric.” I groaned. “Wake up and get off of me.”He grunted and slowly got up. “That fucking hurt.” He grumbled as he helped me up.I lifted my head to see that we were deep underground in some kind of hole.“What the fuck happened?” I asked.“We fell.” Cedric informed me.“Thank you for that Ced, I had no fucking clue we fell in a hole!”“Don’t yell at me, it’s not my fault!”“Actually, it is your fault because the only reason we’re on this horrid journey in this stupid hole in the ground is because you bit me instead of asking me to marry you!”“I did ask you to marry me!&