Ronan’s POVMiles and I were in for a week filled off work, and I had to admit that being the founder and major shareholder of a company in the human world required less commitment than being King.And so my mood has been sour from the point where I had to get up extra early for today’s morning court.I had reluctantly left the warmth that Zira provided me and even now, I wanted nothing more than to be there with her.“Also, tell a commander to bring his troops into the place in two days, as the banquet is a big affair, the Queen can’t be left alone,” Miles mention of the Queen had me snapping out of my thoughts as I caught up with the conversation.One of the morning court eunuchs wrote the command down so that I could stamp it.“Also, let it be known that if any of your daughters have any funny ideas, this King has no intention of granting pardons,” I added and scanned the room for Alphas that had big reactions.After settling the matter of the banquet, Miles brought up other pendin
Ronan’s POV If anything, Killian had come prepared. If he had been given the chance, he would have started the fight right there in the courtroom. “Are you sure you saw things rightly? Killian’s wolf is even weaker than mine back when we used to train” Zira asked with a confused expression. “We can only know when the challenge begins, but you, my darling cannot be used as a measure.” I wrapped my arms around her, thankful that she hadn’t worn the typical dresses that the royal ladies favored. “Your wolf is one of the strongest I have met, and I have met quite my share of strong wolves,” I told her. I had also been surprised by the strength her Lycan held within her frail frame on the day of the coronation. Zira said nothing as she leaned into my embrace while Miles and Laura walked closely behind us. “So when is Sandra leaving?” I asked, remembering the sadness I had felt through the mate bond just yesterday. We didn’t get around to talking about it with Killian’s appearance in
Zira’s POVI watched as Killian delivered blow after blow to his opponent. A battle between Alphas didn’t have a lot of physical fighting involved. It only mattered if you could wear the person out mentally. If you couldn’t make his Lycan bow, then there was no winning. And Killian looked determined to win. So determined. It was surprising because I had never seen his ambition. Killian would rather skip all of the training sessions back then and run around the pack and if he wasn’t the only child of the previous Alpha, he wouldn’t have become the next Alpha right before the wedding day. Also, there was something different about him, something wild and maniac that wasn’t there before. I had a feeling that Ronan could sense it too. It was certainly something we were going to talk about when we got back to our chambers, but for now, I just watched. Killian delivered one more blow to his opponent and the man fell to the floor clutching his chest in pain. The entire hall became silen
Zira’s POV“The whole thing just felt really weird, don’t know,” I said, shrugging off the way I was feeling right now.Sandra chuckled as she stepped back to look at her work, which was, of course, my face.“With looks like yours, you were destined to be queen by the moon goddess,” Sandra praised and I flushed from inside, the warmth pushing the odd feelings I was having at the moment.“You are right though, Killian could barely fight against you. And his parents had pushed for you both because they hoped you would give them a grandchild they could train properly,” Sandra finally said with a whisper.I bobbed my head eagerly, glad that there was someone that really understood just how I felt.Something was really fishy here.“I couldn’t talk with your two handmaidens before,” Sandra added, expressing her distrust for Sophie and Julia.“You should tell Ronan about it, in between that honeymoon and those cries we hear from your quarters, I’m sure he knows that you can’t have Killian in
Zira's POVLaura stepped in as soon as Ronan was gone, her sensitivity higher than the rest and she bent and picked up my watch for me.“I was hoping he would leave your dress safe,” Laura said with a teasing smile and I rolled my eyes in reply.“He has enough self-control to know that this is an important occasion.” I countered and Laura shot me a skeptical look.“More like, he was out of time,”At this point, I didn’t even retort because bless the heavens, she couldn’t be any more accurate than this.“I don’t need the purse for anything, besides, this dress needs no highlight.” I passed her the purse and gave my phone to Sandra as soon as she came in.After two minutes more of hearing Laura bark out instructions to the guards outside and to Sophie and Julia, we were ready to go.Today was one of those days I wished that the elevators were working so that I didn’t have to walk from here to the hall where the banquet was being held.But with Laura and Sandra beside me, we got there in
Zira’s POV I watched Lady Stacie’s fuming face with bliss. Knowing that she had dared to make trouble without having a backup plan was just hilarious. “Your Majesty, forgive this subject but I just felt like these ladies deserved to meet with the mother of the nation.” “Also, knowing that you would need to meet up with them eventually, I decided to bring the meeting forward.” Lady Stacie eventually spoke up. The corner of her lips hooked up in a smile before she bowed her head and I exchanged a glance with Laura. “Why would the Queen need to meet them?” Brenda asked as she looked between Lady Stacie and me. “You might have forgotten but the Queen has yet to select the concubines that should enter the palace next month.” Lady Stacie said with her head still bowed. I sneered as I watched their exchange. “Ah, the concubine selection. It just happens that I’m also planning to select some and allow these ladies to enter the palace as soon as possible.” As soon as my words fe
Zira’s POVAfter calling out five ladies out of the about twenty girls that had come out for their introductions, the whole hall became quiet. The smiles and satisfaction on their faces were enough to let me know exactly what they thinking.Too bad that they were all going to be disappointed. Lady Alice, the one who had accepted my design and simply left the other day stood up and after giving her salutations, she started. “Your Highness, this lady doesn’t disrespect your decision but feels that choosing five concubines to enter the king’s inner palace at once is too much.” “Firstly, you have only just gotten married and are still in the bonding phase. Secondly, there are so many things the king had to handle. Having five concubines would keep him distracted.” After she was done, she gave another bow but stood there, not sitting back. “Lady Alice, thank you for your concern about the King. Since you have guessed his mind accurately, I would have some gifts sent over to your court
Ronan’s POV“I’m sure she would handle it,” Miles assured me and I nodded, watching the video from the surveillance camera.I had expected something like this to happen. But Zira had been so adamant about going all by herself. Something about staking her power for them to see.“Her friend is quite impressive,” Miles praised, a smile hanging on the corners of his lips as he watched Sandra.An idea flashed through my head, but I pushed it back, remembering how determined she had been about leaving.Maybe not.Besides, Miles was determined to not settle down until the power struggle was done. After all, family and loved ones were a potential weaknesses.Not my Zira. She was strong, and firm, providing a type of emotional and mental support that I never knew I needed.Zira had barely touched her food and I was almost sure that she was hungry. Since there was always a shadow guard around me, I called out to one.“Shadow, send a message to have the King and Queen’s meal sent here,”After th
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