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CHAPTER 22 Ophelia was still in the garden when Nick approached her. He had excused Aaron and his father to talk. “What got you so lost in thoughts?” He queried as he approached her with even steps. “It’s nothing,” she replied curtly. There was no way she would open up about her current thoughts to him. “There has been something I have meant to ask,” she added. “Shoot,” he responded. “When I regained consciousness at the temple, I overheard you all discussing. I did not completely understand what you were saying, but something stuck in my mind. I have heard it a lot since I got here and noticed something different about the wolves here in the North. Back in the temple, I heard you guys say that I did not know our true history. When we were on our way to the clearing the night of my birthday, you called my mom an ordinary wolf, and when I overheard your conversation the other night at the study, you emphasized “your kind” as if there was something different about you and oth
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CHAPTER 23 “Come on! Do not be like that. I have gone out of my way to give you a nice place to stay, and you choose to repay my hospitality with a growl. Such a bad-tempered man you are,” the cloaked man said in amusement. Infuriated! Ethan growled louder and yanked at his chains with all the strength he could muster. He wanted to rip off the head of that bastard who locked him up and lacked the courage to show his face. What a disgusting coward. He thought. “Ooouuu!!! Let us reign in on that temper now, shall we? We do not want to hurt ourselves now. After all, we are still useful,” the cloaked man said. “I will kill you!” Ethan spat with clenched teeth. “That sent a shudder down my spine. I am quaking with fear in my boots.” The man mocked. “Get comfortable. You are going to be here for a while,” he said, making a move to leave. “Do you think no one will notice my absence?” Ethan threw behind his retreating figure. “I will give them more things to worry about. You w
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CHAPTER 24 The past few days had been hectic for Richard. He had been training the wolves Aaron selected. He could not neglect Ophelia’s training, so his time was thin. It had been a while since Richard felt so alive. He was thrilled to be able to train young wolves. His servants had finally contacted him with news, and they would be back shortly. He could not wait for the report they had. Aaron and Ophelia had been taking things slow. She was slowly but surely opening up to Aaron. They were a lot closer now, and he was happy for them. No matter how little it was, it was still progress. “They have arrived, master,” one of Richard’s subordinates said, interrupting his train of thought.“ Send them to the study and inform Nick. I will be there shortly,” he responded. The scouts looked horrible and malnourished. They cleaned up, but there were glaring scars on their bodies. Who or what would be responsible for putting his men in such a condition? His heart ached for them. Aft
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CHAPTER 25 “It will be okay,” he said after their passionate kiss. Her eyes flared with panic as she looked at him and shook her head, “No! Aaron, it will not be okay! I cannot do this,” she sobbed again. “I do not fit into your lives here in the North. It feels like we are worlds apart, and the distance still keeps growing,” she said. “I have been going down the hierarchical ladder, and now it feels like I am at rock bottom,” she rambled. “You do not have to fit into my life or any other life, Lia,” he said softly. “What exactly are you so scared of?” He asked. “Everything!” She cried out. “Their expectations and demands, their judgment and scrutiny. Look at me! I am a lone wolf. I cannot shift. I am weak, defenseless, and helpless. How do I become Luna to people who value strength when I am anything but strong? No one will accept me,” she voiced her fears. “The only expectation that matters now is yours, baby girl. It is now our life, and you are not alone. You have
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The waning gibbous hung low in the sky, its light casting shadows through the canopy of trees surrounding the Pierce manor. Ophelia was seated on the balcony gazing outside. Nervous was an understatement of how she was feeling. Her grandma made her invite Aaron for dinner and he would arrive any moment.“I think you should invite your mate to dine with us tomorrow,” Olivia said.“Grandma! He is here with Grandpa almost every day, I don’t think there is a need to make this a big deal,” Ophelia responded.“Sweetheart, he’s here with your grandpa on business as Monarch. I want you to invite him here as your mate, to meet your family. He is practically part of the family now,” Olivia said.“But grandma you all know him already,” Ophelia groaned.“No! But! Young lady, you will do as you have been told,” Olivia rebutted leaving no room for further questioning.“Oh! I hate this,” Ophelia groaned in frustration. She was in a dilemma about what to wear. She went from not having anything to ha
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CHAPTER 27Ophelia went to see Aaron off after the dinner. Richard wanted to be the one to see him off, but Olivia’s death stare made him hesitant. “Don’t you think they are moving way too fast? She is still too young,” Richard said, trying to persuade her.“Like you are one to talk. Do you need me to refresh your memory?” she asked, with hands akimbo. “I was younger than her when we met, and you were still climbing up my window at night. We should praise Aaron for his restraint,” she snapped. “That was different, our situation was diff….” The expression on Olivia's face effectively shut him up. “Fine,” he said resignedly. She was a small but ferocious woman. “You look so gorgeous in black,” Aaron whispered to Ophelia, who blushed in response. “Seeing you in this dress just made me fall in love with the color,” he said.“But you are always in black,” she rebutted. He looked down and realized he was indeed in black. He laughed softly in response.“Seeing you in it is what makes me
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CHAPTER 28The people were assembled in the conference hall, waiting for their king. There were lots of hushed whispers and mixed feelings in the air. Some were curious why he reappeared suddenly, some were thrilled to see him again, and some were infuriated by his guts to vanish for several decades and return as he pleased to summon them for a meeting. The younger ones were excited to meet the legend of their stories. It was even better than meeting the Cardinals.Aiden and Casper, the heads of the Sage and William family, were seated side by side. “I heard that there were bodies of our council members found hung at the border last night,” Aiden said and Casper grunted in response. “Do you think that is why the monarch is out from his hole, or wherever he was?” Aiden asked.“That should only be part of the reason,” Casper said. “There have been a lot of other incidents in the past, and none has triggered his response, at least not physically, so I think something bigger must be at
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CHAPTER 29Aaron strode in with an undeniable sense of authority. His head held, and his hands clasped behind his back, giving him an aura of elegance and confidence. His wolf was close to the surface, which further magnified his aura. All the heads in the room instinctively bowed in submission as their wolves whimpered with fear. Their wolves could sense their leader and had to pay their respects. Being in the same room as him was unnerving to most of them. They had forgotten what it felt like to be in his presence. The suffocating pressure of his presence was almost new to them, and some had even forgotten to breathe. The silence was unsettling. You could hear a pin drop. They were all on edge. Pleased with the effect of his aura on them, he withdrew some of it, just enough to let them breathe. He had to show them who was the boss, as they seemed to have forgotten his capability in his decades of absence.He strolled to the seat reserved for him, and as soon as he was seated, he wi
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CHAPTER 63The mist was sudden. One moment, Cayla was with the warriors and the next, everything just vanished. There was a mist that came, and it swallowed everything in its path. It was so silent and pale, blending into the floor and the walls around them as though a spectral fog swallowed sounds, light, and sensations and obscured their senses.Now, she was all alone in unfamiliar territory. Dealing with everything the cave had thrown at them as a group was hard, now she had to do it alone. Could she cope? Where was she?Cayla felt a sharp sting in her chest when she coughed. It was as though her innards were being rattled by something. There was a sharp metallic scent that stung her nose assaulting her senses and making her tongue bitter as though she had tasted something foul, bitter.Her limbs felt heavy as her heartbeat slowed. It was like poison was infiltrating her bloodstream and corroding her organs.“General Cade,” she called, spinning, “Raven? Theo?!” She was searching fo
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CHAPTER 62The warriors stood panting, silence wrapped around them like a shroud. The corridor twisted again, the walls closer, and the ceilings lower. If anything were to fall from above this time, they would be unable to dodge in time.The stones beneath their feet felt different. It was like the rough floors in the cave's entrance, not the chambers they were walking in, as stalagmites protruded from underfoot. The floors dipped and buckled beneath them.They reached a new chamber and this time, nobody was willing to move first. They stared at it from a distance with furrowed brows. Unlike the other chambers which had only one direction, this moved in two directions, and they could choose which chamber to enter, Cayla stared contemplatively and suggested, “Maybe we should split up. One half should go to the left and the other to the right.”Emperor Wudivra stared at her with a scowl, “There will be no splitting up. We’re not here to explore, we're here to find something, so we stic
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CHAPTER 61The ground had caved inwards, taking them with it as shrieks of horror filled the air, and the only other sound was the grinding of distant gears.They fell for an unknown period before they finally landed on hard ground. Their figures were caked in dust as they coughed and heaved. Their eyes soon adjusted to their new environment. The lights lit up in this chamber, and they did not need to carry torches.The corridors were wide, and beyond them were bronze statues. Dozens of them, knight figures carved, each holding a weapon. At first, they looked decorative, but Cayla knew better. “Trap statues,” she whispered, “Probably motion triggered.” “That’s not possible. We just left the chamber of physical traps. We have never faced the same thing twice,” a warrior scoffed.“We did not leave the chamber of traps. We fell below the chamber we were in, so it is safe to assume that Cayla may be right,” General Cade interjected. Another warrior scoffed and moved forward, “They are
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CHAPTER 60The stone door closed behind them and echoed loudly through the cavern and down their bones. A dull thud reverberated through the cave walls, throwing a dull vibration under their feet. The dust settled like an ancient breath as the torchlight flickered against the stone. Emperor Wudivra stood at the forefront of the group with his torch held high, his silhouette outlined by the golden flames of the fire that blazed in the darkness. The chamber stretched out before them, vast, looming, and silent. This space felt empty without logic, structure, or pattern. It was not like the previous chamber where the warriors had solved puzzles.This room was without markings or engravement on the walls or stone statues. There was a massive boulder ahead that seemed to hold a mechanical tool. It looked like a lever. If they pulled it, they would cross over or at least have a direction in this vast space of nothingness. With that thought in mind, Emperor Wudivra took a step forward, an
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CHAPTER 59Cave of the Gods: Cryptic Symbols.The heavy air inside the cave seemed to press down on Cayla and her group as they ventured deeper into the cavern. They had just finished with the riddles, and a path opened for them. They were curious about what the cave had in store for them. They had only survived the first round.Their footsteps echoed in the silent hallway as they avoided the stalagmites protruding from below the cave. Their steps were the only sound from the water dripping in soft puddles from the stalactites above. Their torches flickered against the cold stone walls, casting long shadows around them that seemed to stretch and move with life. The cave was vast, its chambers filled with various wonders and dangers. It was clear to Cayla that this place had been untouched for millennia, and they wondered how it looked when the gods were in this plane. The statues seemed ancient, each crack and crevice on the stone walls telling a story from a time past. But it wasn’
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CHAPTER 58They stepped forward together, and as they did, the stone plaque illuminated, revealing the first riddle carved into its surface."I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?"The emperor’s mind raced. The answer was just beyond his reach, like a word on the tip of his tongue, but it wasn’t coming to him. He glanced at the general, whose gaze was fixed on the inscription, as his fingers tapped against his chin.“I know this one,” he said, his voice steady. “It’s an *echo*. It speaks without a mouth and hears without ears because it reflects sound. And it comes alive when the wind carries the sound to bounce off surfaces. Just like the waterfall echoes around this cave.”The emperor nodded, impressed by his swift deduction. The general recalled the words that eluded. “Echo. That’s the answer.”The general stepped forward, placing his hand on the plaque. The stone sh
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CHAPTER 57THE CAVE OF GODS: RIDDLE OF PASSAGE The entrance to the Cave of the Gods loomed before the emperor and his group. The air had grown heavy with the scent of damp earth and ancient stone. Ahead was a distant echo of dripping water, a waterfall maybe, that was reverberating through the dark cavern. That should be the location of the herb they came searching for.The cave’s jagged mouth appeared like the gaping mouth of an ancient creature or extinct beast. It was too big to be a creature they knew. But that was to be expected. It was the cave of the gods. The cave entrance did not look like it had been a natural formation etched into the mountainside. However, it seemed like it had been molded and half-hidden by thick vines and moss. But over time, it molded perfectly with the scenery.They would call it beautiful if it did not threateningly loom over them. There was an edgy feeling. Beyond the mouth of the cave lay something eerie and dangerous. No one knew what awaited them
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CHAPTER 56The moon gently bathed the warriors in its ethereal glow as they emerged from the desert and appeared above the foot of the mountain. It’s gentle light cascading down the canopy of trees.The warriors released ragged breaths they did not realize they were holding. The last few days had been tough, but now, they were tired and weary. They looked around them to confirm if they made it across that treacherous desert. Their armor was battered and worn. They were gaunt and weary from the horrors they had endured, their faces marked by the scars of the horrendous battle they had fought. Their numb arms felt the weight of their weapons. They had endured so much, and yet somehow, they survived.Was this real? Or was this the desert playing tricks on them? Were they really out of the woods, or was this another torture conjured by the gods?They looked around and panicked. There was a hint of fear and trepidation in their expressions. It was safe to say they had been mortified, and
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CHAPTER 55 They had finally made it to the caves. The rest of the warriors, whose flesh was turning to sand, gradually became normal. Being on the sand was turning them into sandmen. The weight of the revelation was heavy and unsettling. How could they escape? It was no wonder the leader of the sandman said they would not leave without a toll. Now that their numbers had further reduced, they did not know what would happen next. The apprehension weighed deeply in their chest. Did they want to know what lay further out there? Cayla had expended a lot of energy and needed the reprieve. She found a corner at the corner of the cave and lay down to rest. The silence was hanging in the air as the remaining survivors replayed the day's happenings. Cayla curled up against the cold, damp stone wall of the cave. Trying to quiet her breath for an unknown period. The echoes of the desert battle still rang in her ears, the roar of the sandstorms, the shrill cries of the dying warriors, the
