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Chapter 50 POV: Queen Tamara Vikesh-Pierce “Hail for the King and Queen!” Arlan dynamically cheered as everyone followed his chant. Tamara felt the contentment as they faced their visitors – with every smile pasted on their faces. She smiled at each and every one of them. Nothing could ever beat a genuine smile from people who are true and honestly happy for her and the king. King Hades held his hand into mid-air – stopping their cheers and asking for a short silence – while his other hand was holding her waist. Her cheeks burned for she felt like she was so little being caged inside his arms. She still couldn’t deny the fact that it felt surreal to her. It felt like a sweet dream which she never wanted to wake up. Despite the struggles, the pain, and the grief – she felt like this was worthwhile. For tonight, they were already married – for real! “Thank you for coming here and fulfill my Queen’s request.” King Hades’ voice reverberated around the place – causing her to focus o
Chapter 51 POV: Lamina Darkwood “What the hell did you say?!” Her voice was strangely low, but the fury it held couldn’t be hidden. “I am sorry, but it was announced late. The King was the only one who knew all about it, and he said it all and done in an instant. No one could ever contact anyone. So, I can’t send you a message.” A low manly voice replied from the darker part of the hallway – where a black curtain was hanging. The man couldn’t be distinguished from the darkness – only his black trousers and its shiny black shoes. But Lamina knew who it was. The man that she asked for her to be her spy. But up until now, he was always late in telling her details. And that made her more furious! “You are such an incompetent fool! You always do this to me. I asked you to be one of the king’s loyal men yet, I can’t gather decent information from you.” She annoyingly stated – in between her gritting teeth. “I asked you to know what it was about the competition, but you didn’t even kno
Chapter 52POV: Aeron Darkwood“What the heck happened a while ago, Leah?” He annoyingly inquired his sister, as he followed her into her room.Their parents were so furious at what happened in the palace a while ago, and now, they were in the study room with Elder Courdamus. He followed Leah to talk to her about what she did with Tamara.He knew that something had happened because Tamara seemed to be friendly – with all her smiles and all, but her eyes were too intimidating, wicked, and merciless a while ago.“Aeron, I’m exhausted. Can you just leave me alone?” She weakly stated as she sat on her bed.But he didn’t want to leave her alone. He might have been a weak brother to her, but he truly cared for her. She was his sister. And besides, he wanted to know. He wanted to know what Tamara would tell her.“Just tell me. I know that this is hard for you-”“Okay, then. You really wanna know? I am crashed, Aeron! I am such a loser!” Leah suddenly blurted out as her eyes blurred with tear
Chapter 53POV: Queen TamaraShe woke up with her entire body sore – making her realize that what happened last night wasn’t a part of her dreams. She blushed as she covered herself with sheets. Being in the Hades’ arms felt surreal and contented. She undeniably felt safe.And what happened to them was…Tamara bit her lower lip as she felt like she could still feel him inside her.She let out a smile of satisfaction when the bathroom door suddenly opened. She slightly flinched – as she was dragged back to reality.Tamara stared at Hades’ pitch-black intense eyes – which were turning a dark shade of gray now. He walked slowly towards her with only his towel wrapped around his waist.She gulped in anticipation – although her entire body was still aching all over her.His muscular body was waving at her – teasing her… seducing her.She swallowed hard as she tried to evade her half-naked body, but she just couldn’t. It was as if her eyes were totally glued to him.Hades let out a devilish
Chapter 54POV: Queen TamaraEverything was in chaos. Half of the Lunar Mansion was on fire – but some of the sentinel wolves were trying to stop it from burning down the entire manor.The soothing ambiance that it once held was now in ashes – dancing with the wind from the raging flame.Tamara was so stunned – the scene was so horrifying and more of a heartbreaking one.She felt her heart pounding in deep worry as her insides panicked – questioning herself what the heck just happened as well as the various hows and whys.The moment she heard that something was happening in their pack – a lot of things were already running into her mind. She was running with all of her strength that Shimuel and Dillion couldn’t keep up on her anymore.Now, she just couldn’t move her feet because of what was happening just before her very eyes.Tamara felt the clenching of her heart as she saw everyone trying to cope up with what was happening. She knew that their pack was a close one. Everyone was pro
Chapter 55 POV: King Hades Pierce “Are you sure that they were still quiet about what happened?” He seriously stated as they went with the hunters to track their progress in finding out what the Darkwoods were doing right now. They were in the depths of the woods where their secret hideout was and talking to the Mindsors was just leading them into nothing. And it was making him upset now. This was just too frustrating. He wanted to eradicate them now, once and for all. He knew he could. In just a snap, he could do it with his bare hands, but he wanted to do it right. He needed to have proof. He needed to do that, for he was the King, and he needed to set an example for the people – the packs – that he was leading. His parents taught them about their principles, but no matter how he tried to copy his father’s kindness – he was failing miserably. He was ruthless and cruel. But he knew that there’s something inside him that was indulging him into doing this right. And that was Tamar
Chapter 56POV: Lamina DarkwoodShe furiously pushed away every single thing that was on her table. She was breathing heavily, and her face turned bright red because of both humiliation and deep rage.“How dare she say those words to me! That Rania is really testing my patience!” She wrathfully spat those words in between her gritted teeth.Her canines were slowly becoming bare, and her wolf was wanting to take over her.Rania had embarrassed her from everyone, and she needed to shut her mouth and pretended to be deeply concerned – even though she just wanted to burst with her words to her. If it wasn’t for the people around her, she tightened her jaw as she clenched her fists.But what’s more about it was that everything that Rania had told her a while ago was just too much, that she wanted to talk back at her – especially the cursed words that it made her entire system shaken… a bit.“Damn that annoying bitch!” She frustratedly cursed out loud.“You must condemn her, Mother.” Aeron
Chapter 57POV: King Hades Pierce A loud sound from a solid punch resonated into the air as he let out one after the other.Kage groaned in pain as the blood from his mouth spit out onto the grass where he was kneeling from. They were currently in front of the infirmary – where Arlan, Dreyson, and Alpha Lorenzo were witnessing what was happening between him and Kage. Some were in a far distance from them – maybe, members of the Lunar Pack but he didn’t care any less. He was mad and he needed to punish him for letting Tamara shoot with that arrow instead of him.It was his responsibility to protect Tamara at all costs.She is the Queen!He gritted his teeth as he thought that those words should also be applicable to him.His inner wolf groaned inwardly.He could hear murmurs from the people around him – and he instantly shot a glare at them.Silence immediately filled the air as they bowed their heads.No one dared to come and stop him.Well, who would be in their right mind to do tha
POV: Queen Tamara Pierce Life is not always fair, beautiful, and perfect – like the moon, which is never full all the time. It has its own phase, and it must go through it until it finally serves its purpose. No matter how dark the night was during the new moon, it would be more fulfilling to see the full moon, finally gracing its luminescence in the dark night sky. Tamara only wanted to discover her identity, her real roots – who was she? However, fate had a different plan for her – showing her what she was destined to be. “Mom! Thanatos is making annoying antics again!” Her daughter, Styx, pouted as she grumpily sat on the single couch in the library before she crossed her arms. Her forehead creased as she was about to answer her when the door suddenly burst wide open, and Thanatos entered the room with his grim expression. He gave his twin sister a warning glare, but he didn’t say a word. Seven years had passed but until now, she still couldn’t believe that she had been given
POV: King Hades Pierce “I heard that you had mistreated your Sacred Emissary… again.” Hades made a serious remark to his brother, who was lost in his books. However, seeing how Raven was affected by the mere mention of that particular word, he smirked inwardly. “Shut it off, Hades.” Raven darkly told him. Irritation was filled by his voice. “Oh, so cold. After giving her some azaleas, huh?” He playfully commented, as he couldn’t hide his smirk anymore. Raven just clenched his jaw as he put his book on his lap and stared at him grimly. “Whatever.” He stated darkly before the corner of his lips rose, this time giving him a mocking smile. “Anyway, how about you, then? You have your own, right? The mark had been revealed. I can’t believe that the Lunar Pack is getting this huge responsibility.” Raven suddenly remarked. His forehead instantly creased, but he couldn’t stop the excitement that suddenly embraced him. Yes. The Sacred Emissaries came from the Lunar Pack, and he had no
Chapter 101 POV: Queen Tamara Pierce Tamara could hear voices from the people around her. However, because of her throbbing head – she stayed with her eyes closed until the voices became clearer this time. “I am sure she will go berserk later on once she gains consciousness.” She heard a cold voice – but she could distinguish a bit of worry in her voice. She might be guessing that it was Shanaia who said that. “We have no other choice but to do this to her. The King requested this thing, and I have no other choice but to follow.” She heard another woman’s voice – which she presumed was Tamika’s this time. ‘What the heck is happening?!’ She screamed in her mind, but she kept her mouth shut as she was trying to remember what happened to her prior to this. She suddenly remembered that she was talking to Hades and before he walked away from her, she had already lost her consciousness. “But-” Shanaia was about to say something when she abruptly stopped as Tamika let out a breathy si
Chapter 100POV: Queen Tamara VikeshCessair had finally reached his full lycan potential!Hades started to call everyone to back down as Cessair was already getting out of control.Raven started to turn into his lycan form as well as Kage into his wolf form. Hades was about to go when she held his hand.Worry was etched into her face – making Hades look at her with his gentle and loving gaze. Her eyes welled up. She knew that her concern for him right now was over the moon – especially as she saw how powerful Cessair was, now that he had turned into his lycan form.The liquid that he had drunk was making him more powerful, and she was scared of Hades. He still hadn’t fully recovered, and he still needed to face this.Hades held her cheeks in his softest way possible – as if he were holding something fragile. Her drifting mind was solely focused to him now.“I know that you are so worried right now, wife.” Hades gently told her as he moved closer to her – fanning her face with his min
Chapter 99 POV: Queen Tamara Pierce She opened her eyes as she felt a hand caress her hair, and she turned to face Hades, who only gave her a small and weak smile. “Hades!” She abruptly cried as she gave him a tight hug. Hades slightly grunted and she quickly removed her embrace. Her eyes widened when she realized how clumsy she was! “Oh! I’m sorry… I just… I…” Her eyes welled up as she looked at Hades gently caressing her cheek. She bit her lower lip as her tears fell and she firmly closed her eyes. Her hormones were truly making her more sensitive and emotional. However, she couldn’t stop herself from getting too emotional because Hades was now awake. She was so worried about him. “Shhh…” He soothed her as his thumb wiped her tears away. She opened her eyes and stared lovingly at him. “I thought I will l-lose you. I am s-so scared.” She finally admitted her vulnerability. Hades swallowed hard as he slightly shook his head. “You will never lose me, wife. I will do whatever
Chapter 98 POV: Lamina Darkwood Being shocked was an understatement. She was certainly astounded as to its deeper sense. She couldn’t believe that she was hearing everything about it. “Just like your father. I am very proud of you, Cessair, and I bet your father would have been very proud of you. You are as manipulative and as sly as he is.” Elder Courdamus cynically commented. “He should have said that to me. He should still be here with us. If not for Lamina’s father! That Lomero is truly much more cunning and treacherous.” His voice became so dangerous and firm. She pursed her lips together at the mere mention of her father’s name. Her heart was clenching inside her so hard that it was making it hard for her to breath. “Good thing that you ended his life. His daughter had compensated for everything that he should be doing for us. Lamina’s wrath towards the Royal Blood because of her blinded and unrequited love for the late King Reeve and for her thoughts that they had killed
Chapter 97 POV: Queen Tamara Pierce She couldn’t stop herself from being grateful to Shanaia and Tamika. She didn’t know them deeply, but they had been helping them with all their might, and like what she told them – their debts were now piling up. Hades was now soundly sleeping inside their master bedroom – and she was improving thanks to Tamika's assistance. She thought all of them were doomed because of what happened to Hades. She couldn’t believe that they had a plan for it. Hopefully, Hades will be waking up soon. “So, what have you done to my brother?” Raven’s voice inquired as his eyes darted to Shanaia, who seemed unbothered by his piercing eyes. His forehead creased as to how Raven said those words – as if he was suspicious or something. He seemed to be pushing Shanaia to speak up for the truth. ‘What the heck is wrong with him?’ Tamara mentally thought. “Tamika gave that to me, just in case. We all know that you’ve done something to the elixir during our surprise att
Chapter 96POV: Queen Tamara PierceHer breathing became heavier, but her strong will to protect her child was stronger than her fears.Lamina slowly moved towards the bed as they gradually moved away from her.Her gray eyes were turning a darker shade. She could smell danger and pure ferocity surrounding her.“What do you want now, Lamina?” Her stern voice resonated in the four corners of the room.She was glad that her tone wasn’t shaken at all – it was firm and full of resolve.The cruel woman – in her wolf form – just let out a low, eerie growl, as if it was telling her to shut up.But Tamara just wanted to end this peacefully – well, she might say that she was hoping that way.Lamina turned into her human form as she got some of bed sheet to cover her nakedness. She let out a vicious smirk. Her eyes were cold and unreadable.“Finally, I have come face to face with you, Tamara – oh, my bad. It is Queen Tamara now, right?” She sardonically stated.“What do you want now?” Shanaia in
Chapter 95POV: King Hades PierceHis mind was in chaos. He knew that when it came to Tamara, he was certainly affected. He was walking back and forth in the Throne Room since Tamika had told him to stay out of their room so she could tend Tamara.Shanaia had become their guard, and she was watching the front door.He was about to go back when Raven entered the room. He had bullets of sweat on his forehead and was breathing heavily with a worried expression pasted on his face.His forehead instantly creased.“C-Can’t you feel that?” He asked – full of unadulterated concern in his tone of voice.“Feel what?” He asked, bewildered.Because of too much worrying for Tamara – he was certainly out of focus.But then, he suddenly felt an intensifying aura slowly creeping in near the palace. It was coming from the South Side.Although there was the tranquility amidst the place, he would certainly feel the eeriness it had with it.“They’re here. Prepare everyone.” He commanded with his voice fu