Zira’s POVIt wassweet having Ronan say all of those sweet words and reassurances. But I was waytoo smart to get deluded. So as soon as Ronan gave me my dad’s room number, Irushed away from him and went to dad’s room.“Wherethe hell have you been?” Dad yelled the moment he opened the door.“I…I...”Suddenly, I can’t think of anything to say. Was I supposed to tell them aboutRonan? Before I could find the best thing to say, dad’s hand descended on myface very quickly.“Why doyou always have to make me worry? You embarrass me and even allow some man totake you away for the night!”“Isthis how I raised you? To be a slut?” He yelled out in one go.Withhis every word, I feel my heart breaking even further. Slut?!“I fellinto the pool, and while Leah and Killian stood and did nothing, someone savedme. What are you talking about?” I was trying my best to be polite, but I couldswear on the goddess that one more curse word from my father’s mouth and hewould hear it from me.Mywor
Zira’s POVThequeen dowager’s chambers were on the palace’s south wing, which had me walkingfor close to forty minutes while being flanked by the three men.Two ofthem stayed beside me, while one stayed behind me, his presence looming andmaking even my wolf uncomfortable.UnlikeRonan’s chambers, as soon as we were in front of her chambers, a long row ofomega maids stood with their heads bowed while giving me sneak peeks.Thewhole place was like an entire world of its own, with so many bustling around.But despite all of that activity, the moment the maids caught sight of thethree men, their gaze immediately turned toward me.Theyhad varied reactions, with some deciding to look away immediately and somedeciding that staring as much as they could was what they wanted.“Nora,the queen dowager sent us to bring her here,” the man behind me said to amiddle-aged woman standing in front of a thick door. You can take her in fromhere, said the woman.Thewoman they called Nora nodde
Zira’s POVThequeen dowager’s words felt like prophecy to my ears. I mean, I already knew.Even before she sent for me, I was certain that the mate bond meant nothing toher. Perhaps,it might have been something of convenience if I had been worthy of Ronan. ButI was plagued with inadequacy, so it had to become fickle. “Don’tyou agree?” She asked, breaking through my thoughts with another web to lock meinto some game she was playing. But wasI going to let her have it easy? “From acertain perspective, Your Highness could indeed be right…” “…however,that perspective should come from people outside our kind; after all, they haveno idea for what reason the moon goddess had created a bond like this or howmuch she had sacrificed for our type.” The more I say, the more unpleasant herface becomes. Andsomehow, that gave me some kind of pleasure.“But asthe queen dowager, I know for sure that you would understand all of these evenbetter than I do.” “Yousure have some guts, y
Ronan’s POVI couldhave sworn my heart stopped for a second as I was talking with Diaz, the firstson and apparent heir to alpha Zank. Theirpack was the largest after the Royal family pack, and we had solid connectionswith them. To some people in the lower regions, packs like theirs were alsoseen as the Royal pack. “It’salways better to secure the most important thing first; as for love and women,we have more than a hundred years to live; you would eventually get to haveyour pick of them all,” Diaz said, and I resisted the urge to scoff at him. Whatexactly was the important thing, power? “Myfather has trained Aimee to be the queen from the day she was born. No othergirl can beat the experience that she has when it comes to this, Ronan,” Diazcontinued. Butthat was the problem. I wasn’t looking for a trained queen; I was looking formy woman, my mate, and then make her queen. It wasreally that simple. Aimee was trained to be queen, which meant that regardlessof who en
Zira’s POVMy mindwas reeling from everything that I had just heard. If some moments ago, I hadfelt that the palace was some deep and dangerous waters to swim in, now I knewfor certain that those waters weren’t just deep and dangerous. They were morbidand stinky. Butother than that, I felt so much heartache on behalf of Ronan. Even though hehad said everything so simply like that, I had felt some tug from my wolf thewhole time we were there that had me guessing he was there. Withoutknowing, tears rolled down my eyes at the grievance he had to suffer all theseyears and still say nothing. He evenhad to pretend to respect her. The more I thought about it, the more annoyed Iwas. But there was nothing I could do. Infact, at this moment, my body lay limp in his embrace from all the suppressionthat the queen dowager had done to my wolf, and I just felt like I was totallyout of energy. “Zira,I’m sorry,” Ronan finally said after some minutes. We were still walking, but Iwas
Zira’s POVMyplans to leave Ronan had been swept down the drain by just that encounter withthe queen dowager, and somehow, I couldn’t help feeling like she had to stopinterfering with fates. I hadbeen prepared to leave for Ronan until she asked her men to bring me down toher. Learning about Ronan’s loneliness in this place made me hesitant todepart.Iwasn’t exceptionally strong or anything, but at the very least, I had thestrongest lycan in my pack, and I could even contend with Killian. That hadbeen one of the things he disliked the most, and no matter how much I told himLuna needed to be just as strong, he never agreed.With mylittle bit of strength, I should be able to help my mate with something. “It’sall murky and scary in the back doors of the palace. Everyone plays their rolein making sure the kingdom is running well. But at the same time, right next toresponsibility is their benefits,” Ronan explained. Heseemed nonchalant like he wasn’t affected. But I could r
Zira’s POVAfteryesterday’s episode with the queen dowager, I had spent the whole day withRonan, and after we had dinner together, he finally convinced me to sleep inhis room tonight. Hedidn’t have to do a lot of convincing in the real sense. I always wanted to bearound him. There was just something that made me want to stay glued to him.Thismorning when I woke up, Ronan wasn’t there, but I saw a fashion dress standwith rows of dresses arranged carefully. I hadpacked little for my trip here, father had said two to three days, but I hadalready exhausted everything with all the unexpected drama that had beenhappening.Walkingto the dress rack and checking each of them out, I was amazed by how beautifuleach one of them was. I had seen beautifully made dresses on my phones and ongirls and always wanted something like that. Butthis right here was a lot more beautiful than anything I had ever seen, and tothink that each one of them was just as stunning as the other. A kno
Ronan’s POVTheroom was tense as I entered with Zira in tow. “You now have the information youneed to arrive,” one of the pack elders mumbled. Iignore him. Considering that after what Zira had told me last night, I hadplans to deal with a few of them, getting a little late to the action wasn’t abig deal. Stella was simply overreaching her power by seeking her father out.“Goodday, elders,” before anyone can return my greeting, Stella cuts in. “Why isshe here, Ronan?” She asked, her face sullen and morphed into a frown. “She’smy mate and your future queen; I need her to start getting used to meetingslike this,” I said curtly. Stellabacks down quite quickly, which is suspicious, and I take a look at everyone inthe room; some of them give their thoughts away from their facial expressionsand stance. Some others are more calculative, and I can’t read them from theirstance. It was not like I needed to; none of them was a problem.“Originally,this meeting was arranged so we
RONAN’s POV"Zira ...I have said this before but I am so madly in love with you that sometimes, I just don't know what to do at all. I don't want to lose you. I want...I want to spend the rest of my life with you!" I told her. Zira smiled. She teared up a little but then laughed and shook her head. "I. I love you too, Ronan, more than you can ever imagine. I love you so much."My heart swelled. I had never felt this happy in my entire life. "You've just made me the happiest man in this life."Zira laughed, then leaned closer to me, staring at me straight in the eye and then at my lips. "Do you want a kid?" She asked with a sensual whisper.I smiled, but I was stunned by her words. "What?""A boy or a girl?" Zira whispered, biting down her lower lips as I tightened my grip on her waist."Both?" I asked, raising a brow."You sure?" Zira asked."Four?" I asked with wide eyes, and Zira burst into laughter."Are you being serious right now?" She asked."Well, you asked first, so yes," I
RONAN’s POVI ignored him and turned to Keith. "As for you, Keith, you are banished to Alva. You are never to leave there for the rest of your life, and if you do, I will kill you!". I said to Keith. Keith sneered at me. "Don't think that you won because you are the strongest Ronan! You only won because you hated our father and didn't let him affect your life!"Keith sneered at me."Yes! It's only because you stayed away from him! Otherwise, you would have ended up like this! You are no different from us!" Lucan told me. I shook my head at their reasoning. "You are right. I hated our father. And wanted nothing to do with him. But you see, I am not here just because I stayed away from me. I am here because I strived hard not to be like him. I hated that man and wanted nothing to do with him, and I made sure to make changes in my life. The rest of you just decided to take the wrong path! You deserve this!" I said.....It took me the entire day to deal with all of the remaining issues
RONAN’s POVI walked over to Miles, preparing to fight with him. I hated it when he said that I was not fit to be the Alpha and I wanted to prove to him and everyone else that it was a lie. "You don't have to do this, Ronan! He is just trying to rile you up on purpose! Don't fall for his trap! Miles already lost, but he doesn't want to admit that he has lost!" Zira called out to me. I knew that this could be a trap, but I am past the stage of caring at this point. I need to put him in his place. It was a long and hard fight between the both of us, and at some point, I thought that I was going to lose, but then I managed to knock Miles out. He tried to get him, but I pinned him to the ground, breaking one of his legs and then ending the fight with me as the winner. Miles glared hatefully at me, probably because he knew that he had lost. I am now the winner, and there is just nothing that he can do about that. I leaned in closer to him and whispered, "Do you now believe that I am
ZIRA’s POVMiles glared at Ronan, and I could tell that he was shocked and upset to see that Ronan was back. I was feeling a whole lot of emotions watching Ronan. I wanted to jump into his arms and hug him, I wanted to yell to everyone that doubted me that I wasn't wrong. I said that he was alive, and he really did come back alive. But I did not have the time to do any of this. Right now, there's a war in front of us. A war that we were starting to lose.A guard tried to attack me from behind, but I immediately turned and kicked him away from me. There were tears in my eyes as I fought out with the guard. I was happy and sad at the same time, and the tears just kept flowing. "Ronan, you should have just died! Everything was going perfectly fine! We had a good thing going on! Why did you have to come back?!" Miles yelled at Ronan. Ronan smirked as he approached him. "A good thing? Miles, you are just a thief who wants what doesn't belong to you. You were never supposed to sit on th
ZIRA’s POVMartha shook her head. "I didn't see it myself because I was too scared of going in," she said. "I think that we should give it a try, Kyle. We can never know," Peter said. Kyle sighed. "Fine. We are going to check. I just hope that it's there" Kyle said and the both of them left together."I just hope that they find it. We will be able to defeat Miles then," I said. Mom glared at me. "Can't you just leave this alone? Do you have to go this far?" She asked me. I nodded my head. "I have to go this far, Mom. I just can't ignore it. I can't ignore what he's done! He's controlling the Entire Kingdom! Everything in this Kingdom will be destroyed in just two years if we don't stop Miles now!" I said. I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself. "Mom, I trust that Kyle and Peter are going to find the spell. The spell is going to be broken soon, and there's going to be a war. I am not going to walk away from it. I just need to know if the both of you are going to help me!" I
ZIRA’s POVA spell that made it impossible for everyone to either shift or use their abilities! I laughed to myself. If Miles thought that this was going to stop me, then he had better think again. The good thing was, I knew this spell, and I knew how to break it. But first, I have to find my cousins and tell them about it. They need to know what is going on! .....I entered Maria's room and saw my mom pacing around the room. She glared at me as soon as I walked in. "I almost thought that you weren't going to come back! Why can't you just listen to me? No matter what I tell you, you have already told yourself that you're not going to listen no matter what! What is wrong with you?" She asked me. I wasn't in the mood to listen to her scoldings. "Do you know where Kyle and Peter are right now? I need to tell them something!" I said. I haven't seen him since they said they were going to take care of Antoine on their own. "Are you even listening to me? Miles could find you, and then
ZIRA’s POV"I am tired of falling about this Maria. I am not going to leave, and that's it!" I said. I was upset listening to her talk, so I walked out of the room. "Where do you think you're going, Zira? What did I tell you about staying away from Miles? Don't you listen to anything that I say at all?" She asked me. I pretended not to hear anything that she said and walked out. I know that I will have to see Miles and confront him myself at some point. I just can't keep running away from it. I have to face it. .....I was standing facing the palace's garden when I felt someone walking up to me. My heart was beating fast against my chest. I already knew who it was without turning back. It was as if I was waiting for this moment. "Who are you?" He asked. I turned to face Miles with a big smile on my face. "Are you surprised to see me?" I asked him. If my mom or Maria could see me right now, they are going to say that I am looking for death, but I know that I just can't ignore
ZIRA’s POVI turned to face my mom and frowned. No matter what they tell me, I am not going to believe that Ronan is dead. I know that he's not dead because I can still feel the mate bond between us. If I could not feel the pull, then I'd accept that he is indeed dead, but as for now, I can still feel as if he's alive, so there's no way that I am going to accept what they are telling me. "Are you even listening to me right now?! Zira! You have to leave! Miles is the one in charge now! He's not going to let you leave if he finds out that you are still alive! Are you sure that you want to take that chance?" My mother asked me. "Mom, I already told you. I am not going to leave. I have to at least wait for the full moon festival," I said. "Why do you have to wait for the full moon festival....don't tell me that you think he is still alive?! Zira! You need to stop being delusional! He's no longer alive! They killed him! Ronan is not coming back! I know that this is a lot for you to tak
ZIRA’s POVWe walked back into the city to realise that everything had changed. Antoine and his guards were still in my cousin's custody. My mother and I decided to go back to the palace to find out what had happened while we were away. Immediately we entered the palace, we went to look for Martha. She huffed me immediately when she saw me. "Zira! I thought I had lost you! I thought that I would never see you again! Thank you so much for coming back! Thank you!" She said to me, I hugged her back because I was happy to see her. "I thought that Antoine had won, but my mother and cousins showed up. I am just happy to be back!" I said excitedly. "I am just happy that you came back! The Kingdom...the Kingdom is not what it was when Ronan was alive. Everything.... everything has changed!" Martha said. "What has changed? I could feel as if the Kingdom was in trouble when I walked in. Everything was just quiet!" I said. Martha nodded her head. "Yes.. that is because it has changed. M