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
Zira’s POVThingshave been going really well. A little too well, to be honest, because I hadthought there was going to be some back and forth for a while. Iwatched as Laura packed my hair into a loose bun that looked like it wasstruggling to hang on. It wasn’t part of the styles she was used to, as I hadinsisted on it. But somehow, she had made it a little too tight. “I’llpick up the delivery while you have breakfast with the Alpha,” she said andrushed out of the room with a quick bow. Ismiled a little, already used to how she always rushed to get things donebefore I stood up and left my dressing room. WhileRonan had been reluctant to let me go to another part of the palace or thecourtyard originally prepared for the next queen, I had been able to bargainfor him to let me get my own room and chambers here in his quarters. Withhow my wolf and body reacted every time he was near, I wasn’t sure I would beable to keep my hands off him until the next three days, when we w
Ronan’s POVFuckingkingly duties, I thought as I stalked out of the royal court, my mind reelingfrom all the things we just had to discuss that morning.Peacetreaties, relief supplies for villages that were suffering from a lycan plague,how to mobilize the soldiers and keep them training for war, how to feed theyoung pups, how to, where to, when to—these were all the questions runningthrough my mind Beingking was not going to be easy; I knew that I had been trained to be king sinceI was born, so I knew all the responsibilities I would have to shoulder, but itdid not stop me from getting frustrated with all the queries and questions andpapers that needed my signature all in one morning.“Alpha…you look a little tensed.” Miles, my beta, asked with concern laced in hisvoice. He was walking behind me, eyes roaming everywhere, taking note of wholooked at me for a second too long, eyes narrowed and stance ready for a fightevery time.Milestook his king’s guard and beta duty t
Zira’s POVMyheart beat faster in my chest, but I raised my chin just a bit in defiance.Theywere just bluffing, right?Theywould not be so evil as to hurt me… kill me, right?My wolfwhimpered inside me; I bit hard on my lips to keep that scared whimper fromleaving my lips; if I understood anything about power tussles and stuff likethis, it was not to show any fear.I wouldtry not to show any fear even if my heartbeat was pounding in my ears, and Iwas sure everyone in the room could hear it.Thequeen dowager stared down at me with a smirk that did nothing to ease my soul.For theone-millionth time, I wondered how someone so beautiful and regal could be sosoulless and wicked.Mythroat bobbled as she leaned closer.“Youngwolf… you should have just listened to me when I was being nice; who knew, youwould have been a baby-bearing consort, and your life would have been good,”she leaned backward again, still managing to stare disgusted down her nose atme. Sheshrugged as sh
Ronan’s POVIturned to Miles, who immediately stood at attention, ready for anything; hiseyes bled with the fury I was sure mirrored in mine. I could barely controlmyself. My heart beat loud and fast as I tried to think about where my matecould be.Fuck!“Gatherall the guards and meet me at the throne room right this instant.” I snarled athim and did not wait to hear him communicate telepathically with the otherguards as I stormed into the throne room. In the next second, Miles stalked inbehind me, and the room was filled with guards from the palace.Ilooked every one of them in the eyes, watching how they shivered and loweredtheir heads in respect and fear of me. I knew I should do something about theAlpha Suppression that I had let out, but I could not bring myself to do it atthat moment.In alow and dangerous tone, I informed them that Zira, who is my companion and willsoon become your queen, had been abducted from the palace. “You will doeverything to find her and br
Zira’s POVPainlanced through my weak body over and over again, my bones were turning to mush,and I could feel it; I could feel it.Oh,goddess! Was I dying? I did not want to die! Not when I had just met my mate orwhen things could improve for me.I beganto cry, or at least that’s what it felt like, as I was unsure what exactly Iwas doing.Please!I begged the moon goddess. I could not die now. I feltmy body soak in blood, and I had already written myself a goner when I heard aroaring sound somewhere really far away. For a moment, I thought I had pickedout my name in that inhuman roar.Wasthat the reaper? Had he come to take me to heaven or hell? Wherever?Butinstead of fear, I felt relief wash over me unconsciously. It was certainly notthe reaper then. Suddenly,I noticed the smoke that poisoned my wolf, and my lungs stopped, and in thenext second, the chains that were tightly bound around my wrists, causing greatdiscomfort and pain, were also removed. Then I was being
ZIRA’s POVI hearda whimper somewhere around me, and I was not sure if it was Blue or me.As soonas Ronan’s lips slanted across mine, I lost all my senses, and without thinkingtwice or thinking at all, I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled himcloser, kissing him back.Hiskisses were urgent and desperate, and they made me so hot all over; they mademe want him all the more.Ronangrowled as his hands came up, one wrapped in my hair, holding him close to me,and his other hand held my neck still in a very hot and possessive hold.Iwhimpered once again; this time, it was all me, pressing my hurting breast intothe firmness of his body with my core molten and wet.Hissoft, warm lips caressed mine as he pulled me closer, earning me a small gasp.Using that opportunity, Ronan slipped his tongue to stroke mine, and I almostdied of shock as a wave of sinful butterflies fluttered around my stomach andheart. My palm closed on his chest, feeling the soft but very frantic thud ofh
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