"The bloody bastard!" Hazel muttered under her breath."Did you say anything, ma'am?" Georgia asked."Oh no!" Hazel said with a smile and continued eating."Everyone has been wondering who Edith is and a message has been sent to his household to inquire about the woman. The doctors think she is an integral part of his life," Georgia went on.Hazel waved the subject away. The bastard was still unconscious and she had long since stopped being Edith. She did not care about that anymore.Georgia kept on rambling on but Hazel's mind focused on much better things.She was considering when it would be appropriate for her to do what she came for. Trouble was looming, she had to complete her deal and leave.As much as she wanted to get out of the vicinity as fast as she could because Sam was in it, she also wanted to rest for a while. But one thing stopped her.Being around Aidan's family had accorded her the feeling of belonging she had not felt ever since she got her new life.She had always
Hazel's hands flew involuntarily to her neck and she clutched the crystal pendant in her hand so tight as if it was going to be snatched away from her."Umm..." Hazel started to say as her mind worked so fast to think of an excuse after being caught off guard."... it is just a normal necklace. There is nothing special about it," Hazel said with her eyes on her plate trying to avoid looking at Mrs Aidan and risk her seeing the anxiety in them.The room went silent and Hazel prayed they would find something else to talk about."There is nothing normal about that necklace!" Mrs Aidan said in a cheery voice and Hazel's heart skipped a bit.Where were the angels when one needed them?"I remember, seeing something like that once on a man..." Mrs. Aidan said, now addressing the whole table and not just Hazel.The whole room was silent except for Mrs. Aidan's sweet voice and the noise of silver cutlery hitting porcelain plates in the background as they filled their mouths."He was a human an
The night was a peaceful one for Hazel. She walked into her room and found a huge folder filled with papers on her bed.The folder was labeled, 'Family history' and she immediately knew it was the information that Aidan had told her would be at her disposal.With a hiss, she flung the folder away. It landed with a loud thud on the floor and Hazel did not give a mind to it.She got out of her clothes and climbed into her bed.She drifted off to sleep within moments.These days, sleep came so easily for her.She had never been one to sleep so much but she had used every time she was alone to sleep and this was because she was tired.Her entire being was tired –body, mind, and soul.She woke up the next morning and the rays of the sun shone into her room and the noise coming from her window pulled her out of the subconscious world.The noise was that of two people giggling and struggling. Hazel got up from her bed and walked over to the window.She pushed open the curtain a little and s
"Umm... go on ahead, there is something I forgot to get," Hazel said to Georgia as they walked down the corridor."What is it? I'll go and get it for you," Georgia said instead."No! Don't worry I'll do it myself just go on ahead," Hazel said and she turned and walked to the room.When she got to the room, she walked straight to the cupboard beside her bedShe pulled it open and then reached under the booksWhen she pulled out her hand, it came forth with her shiny dagger.She held it up to the light and smiled. She then tried tucking it into her trousers but the trousers were too fitting for the dagger to rest comfortably inside.Pulling it out, she wondered how she was going to walk out with it and she immediately regretted wearing a trouser and wished she had worn either a skirt or a dress. Wondering what she was going to do, her eyes roamed around the room searching for answers and that was when her eyes fell upon the folder.The folder was no longer laying on the floor where sh
Hazel stood behind Aidan and pressed the palms of both her hands on both sides of his head."Focus on the faces of the members of your family," Hazel instructed Aidan. Her voice grew louder like she was being possessed by a power stronger than her —but it was all fake.Her eyes were wide open as she watched Aidan, his eyes pressed hard together.She started to hum in a tone that sounded like the anthem of some tribal cult.After some moments, she walked away from behind Aidan and went to where she had been seated earlier on.Carefully, to make as little noise as possible, Hazel reached into the folder that she had placed on top of the table.
"He just gained consciousness and I also heard his wound is practically healed! They say his lineage could heal wounds faster than others," Georgia said."Oh..." Hazel said as her body grew cold with fear."Please excuse me, the Luna sent me to go and break the news to the Alpha," Georgia said."Okay," Hazel said and she started to make her way to the door."Are you not going to go and check up on Mr Sam?" Georgia asked, seeing the direction Hazel was headed towards."Oh sure! I will do that when I get back," Hazel said as her feet carried her body as fast as they could without letting off any suspicion.Georgia thought the stargazer was acting strange but she ignored it and went on to the alpha. Hazel let out a breath as soon as Georgia was out of her sight and sped off.She was out of the corridor and was at the door leading out of the house when a blood-curdling shrill filled the air.Hazel's blood froze in her veins and her body went numb. Her stomach clenched and her hands were c
Without thinking, she ran in the direction she was facing.It was as if the atmosphere knew she was doomed because the entire weather changed.The brightness of the sun was dimmed by a cloud which had covered it and the burning heat of the sun was replaced with a strong wind.The calm sound of the forest was now taken over by the howl of the wind and the sound of trees as they were violently blown about.Hazel sprinted like she was in a race. The wind was so strong she felt like she was tearing through a sheet of cold as she ran.All the exhaustion had drained out of her body and all that was left was the adrenaline caused by fear, fueling her legs as she ran for her dear life.She knew that if she got caught, it would be a miracle if she ever got rescued. Raglan already made it clear that he wouldn't be able to help her. She was on her own completely.Her heart was pounding with each step she took yet her ears were strained as she tried to pick up the sounds of her pursuers.Despite
'Was this hell or the goddess's throne room?' Hazel wondered as bright light flashed before her eyes.She had been floating at peace. Finally, she freed herself from the bondage she had been in the world. She drifted over what felt like a bed of calm water like the one she had used as a weapon to take her life.A huge smile played on her lips as she drifted away slowly towards a very bright light.The bright light was so beautiful. From where she was, she could feel its warmth call out to her. There was no one there but she.If this was what death was, she regretted why she had not killed herself a long time ago.Then suddenly, she felt herself being pulled so violently away from the bright light.Panicked, Hazel wondered what was happening. She tried to hold on to something to stop her fast journey away from her awaiting light but her hands could not hold anything as she had been floating.She could feel a pressure on her chest and then her entire body spasmed violently as a strong
"No!" Hazel's screams resonated through the walls of the midwives' workshop. Against their will, the midwives had lain Hazel on the worktable and had tied her limbs down to the table. One of the midwives took a cloth and started to stuff it into Hazel's mouth to muffle her screams. "Leave her mouth free. I want to listen to her screams," Raglan's cold voice echoed in the room, stopping the midwife. "Please Raglan! You can take my life but let this child live! He is innocent! Please!" Hazel pleaded with Raglan. "I should let the bastard child live?" Raglan chuckled. "I am putting an end to the lives of all the bastards in that family. Including the whore that dared bear him a child," Raglan said with such contempt his face contorted with disgust. Tears spilled down Hazel's face. She couldn't breathe. She knew this was likely going to be her end, but she had hoped she could escape. But she refused to give up on her son. Hazel continued to beg, offering her life in exchange for
Days had passed and Hazel was getting better and better in her skills as a princess of death but it wasn't as fast as she would have wanted it.Her baby would soon be out and she knew that the moment that happened, it was going to be the end of her.She worked harder in the small room she had created for herself, hoping to be able to restore her life to earth before the baby came. But all of these were difficult for her, especially since she had to avoid Raglan's mother by all means.Hazel had tried her possible best to steer clear of her. She knew that she hated her and she made sure she never had anything to do with her.But Raglan's mother made it her duty to be in Hazel's business. She found excuses to be around Hazel and to be part of her life and though Hazel tried her best to avoid her, it was not possible.As she finished her training with her instructor that day, Hazel slowly made her way to her room to rest but as she took the final bend, Raglan's mother immediately appeared
"What?!" Hazel squeaked, her face confused as to what she had just heard.Raglan held her by the shoulders his face lit up with a joy that she never believed could exist in the realm of darkness.He shook her as if to wake her from something."Hazel! We are in love! We now have a child on the way! All that's left is for us to get married!" Raglan said trying to connect some imaginary dots.Hazel knew she could not do this. She had endured the past weeks pretending to like him. Getting married to Raglan was going to the extreme and she was not sure she could survive it.With the same speed with which his face had lit up, the joy on his face dimmed out and a sadness replaced the light."You don't want me?" Raglan asked his voice pricking Hazel with the amount of pain that was in it.Hazel sighed.She knew this was not going to be easy. For her to secure what was hers, it was required of her to make certain sacrifices and this was one of them.With a weak smile that did not even touch he
Over the next few days, Hazel and Raglan's relationship blossomed.Raglan was so happy and he made sure everyone knew about him and Hazel –including his mother.Hazel was still trying to wrap her mind around how she became a girlfriend to the prince of death. The person who had taken away the joy from her life.Hazel had not factored a relationship between her and Raglan into her plans. She had envisioned a totally different trajectory for her plan and she was not happy with the way things were going.Raglan made sure she spent half of her day with him. He tried to make her move to his room but Hazel refused.Staying with Raglan meant she would have to have sex with him and that was something she dreaded happening.She however had been forced to be intimate with him.They cuddled in bed together before bedtime, and they kissed quite a lot –although she tried to find ways to avoid kissing him there was only so much she could refuse for her plan to really work.She did everything intend
Hazel spent the next twenty minutes thinking and rethinking her plan. 'What if it fails?' she asked herself. She knew that was a useless question to ask herself. She knew exactly what would happen if her plan failed. But there was no way she was going to back down. She placed her hands on her belly, rubbing it. She had to take the risk for the child's sake and his father's. With that in mind, Hazel got up and marched to the bed where Raglan lay lost to the world. He looked much more beautiful in sleep and he looked much less like the evil bastard that he was. Hazel looked at the left side of his chest. She knew he had no heart but she wished he had one so that she would have the satisfaction of impaling his heart just as how he had made her do so to all those Alpha's just for his selfish reason. Raglan was lucky she did not know how to send him to hell, she would have done it there and then. Rather, she got on the bed and started to try and take off his black tunic. It was no
She stood before the master of ceremony her entire body weak with fear.The master of ceremony turned back to face the crowd and then he rose both of his hands up into the air and then announced in a low voice, "It is time."As if on cue, the whole room erupted in a terrifying chant.The master of ceremony hurriedly walked away leaving Hazel standing in the middle tears running down her face as she witnessed the ritual happening around her.She could not move as she knew doing so will be fruitless. There was no possible way she was ever going to be able to make it out of the place without being caught moreover she was stuck there in fear.The blood that had been running past her legs started to flow faster.The chants from the demons grew frantic and the symbols on her body started to grow brighter and brighter making her body look like it had been set on fire.Hazel could feel a terrible presence in the room one which was more terrible than all the demons put together. This was follo
"When you said the entire realm would be present did you mean it?" Hazel asked Raglan as soon as Persia landed in front of the four walls.Raglan turned and looked at her dropping the reins. He could see fear spread all over her face."No, I didn't mean it literally," Raglan said to her. "Those who will be in attendance at the banquet are only royalty and those who matter. The rest will be celebrating it at other places."Hazel nodded, her anxiety was a tad bit relieved by his explanation."Shall we?" Raglan asked and he held out his free hand.Hazel nodded then took her hands off the chariot where she had been holding tightly for her dear life.Her legs were still wobbly from her experience but she willed herself to stand steady.The ride had been a bumpy one and many times, Hazel's stomach threatened to hurl out the contents of her stomach but she fought to keep it down.She clasped her hands once more in front of her and Raglan took ahold of her elbow guiding her down the chariot.
"You look so beautiful," Raglan said looking at her with eyes that were full of admiration."Thank you," Hazel said with a warm smile."So do you," She added and her comments were more than just mere flattery. Raglan looked really handsome even though he was dressed in intimidating attire. He had swapped his usual cloak for a tunic, black as night. Underneath the tunic, he wore what looked like chain mail armor, and in his left hand was a scepter that was shaped like a scythe, one very similar to the grim reaper's.There was something in Raglan's eyes as she looked at him. It was a look she had seen before but not on Raglan and it was weird that he had that look in his eyes as he looked at her.Her heart made a little flutter and she had to caution herself to keep her cheeks from reddening. She had to stay focused. The life of her child depended on it.Raglan also tried his best not to look into her eyes. That was very strange as he had never for once been timid before her or anyone
Hazel had lost track of time as she lay on the bed while her body was tattooed with a bunch of symbols she could not decipher.She had spent the time drifting in and out of sleep and when she woke up the last time, she was shocked to see that they had only even covered the front her neck to chest area, and her arms.It was now she understood the maid's issue about time.She wondered why just drawing figures will take so much time.She decided to glance down at what they were doing so she tilted her head down.When she did, she felt a sense of foreboding come over her.Something in her grew cold as a strong feeling of fear seized herAlthough she could not decipher the symbols drawn on her body, she knew that they were something extremely evil."What are these?" Hazel asked her voice more of a whisper."These are the truths of ancient times," The maid said, her voice very quiet as if in reverence to the symbols.Hazel did not know what she said but she did not ask further.She moved a