Chapter 12: Avalyn's POV
My heart resumed beating suddenly. Each pump caused an ache in my chest as her words replayed in my head.
"By mate... Do you mean sex? I have to have sex with him?" My voice broke at the end and I hoped she would give a negative answer.
I prayed to all the deities that existed in the world at least this once, I hoped they listened to me. I wished that the term mating in their world meant something entirely different.
My stepmother had always accused me of sleeping around in town but I had been preserving myself for the one man who would truly love me.
Out of all the misfortune that befell me, that was the one thing I thought truly belonged to me. I thought no one would take that away from me.
My tears resumed falling down my cheeks as my heart thumped so loud in my chest, it was the only sound I heard. I kept my eyes fixed on Sara waiting for her to open her lips and tell me that I was being silly.
I wished she could tell me that their king couldn't possibly sleep with someone like me... But a single tear dropped from her eyes shattering my already broken heart.
"No," I whimpered.
"I am sorry, Avalyn. But you are right. You will have to mate with King Talon for you to conceive him an heir," she explained and my stomach turned.
"No," I whimpered again as my hands clutched hers. "No, it can't be possible. They can't do that..."
This was the one thing I held. The one thing I thought I could protect.
"Sara, look at me," I said, swallowing my tears. "I have been maltreated. I have been abused. I have been spat on. I have been hurt in every way possible by my own father and stepmother..." As I spoke my body trembled in anguish but I went on refusing to stop now.
Who knew, maybe she would have mercy and help me.
"...but Sara," I said, tightening my grip on her. "I am still a virgin because I thought —I hoped that this would be something I could —I could give someone I loved and someone who loved me back... Not your King... No... Please tell me it's not true..."
Sara covered her mouth with her hands and got off the bed.
"I have to give you that injection now..." she said through gritted teeth.
I wiped my face clean and waited for her to get back with the injection before gripping her hands again. "Sara, please... Help me..." I begged.
She was the only one who showed human feelings. Maybe she could help me. I didn't want to lose my virginity to some monster who was only going to kill me in the end. I didn't protect it for so long only for it to be taken away like this.
Sara's eyes were red but she fought back the tears. She grabbed my upper arm and tapped it gently refusing to look into my eyes as she worked.
"This will hurt a little... It should help you sleep," she managed to say without her voice cracking. She injected me and in less than a second, my head went drowsy.
As I fell asleep, I watched her hoping I would wake up and she would accept to help me. I couldn't continue like this.
I couldn't.
The next time my consciousness returned to me, I was still in the hospital bed but this time it wasn't just Sara and me, there was someone else with her.
"Greg, I feel so terrible. Do you think the king will kill her?" I heard her gentle voice whisper.
"What makes you say that?" I recognized the voice at once. It was the towering man that had bought me from my father.
"Earlier today, Luna came here and after she left, Avalyn was a mess. She said that Luna said she will kill her after she delivers the child. The poor girl was inconsolable, Greg..."
Greg, the towering man, was quiet. I was almost tempted to open my eyes and see what they were up to but I feared they stood watching me. If I dared open my eyes, they would know that I was awake.
"Sara, your job is to prepare the girl for your King. Whatever happens to her after that, is none of your business. Do you understand?" His deep voice boomed.
"But Greg she is just a little girl. She has suffered a lot already. Did you see her body when you brought her?" Sara cried out and my heart clenched.
I didn't know if I should be happy or sad. For the first time, someone was rooting for me. Someone was concerned about my well-being.
Someone other than myself.
"The people responsible for her hardship have been killed, she should be grateful to the King and perfect her duties diligently and not cry..."
I heard shuffling of feet and then Sara spoke again. "You don't understand humans! They care about their relationships more than we do. Her father might have been a monster but he was still her father. You didn't have the right to kill him—"
"Mind your words, Sara!" Greg growled. "Don't forget your place! We serve the King! I admit his ways are certainly not the best sometimes but you and I have no right to question him! Do you understand?"
The air in the ward changed as Greg raised his voice. Evening felt cornered. This king they spoke of, was the same man they wanted me to have sex with?
Surely, Luna was right. This story could only end one way and that was with my death.
"I am sorry Beta. It won't happen again," Sara said in a defeated voice. "I will prepare her for the task ahead."
"When can the king mate with her?" he asked and I felt my blood drain from every part of my body.
"S—she is still recuperating. I gave her a serum with the King's blood to help her organs get used to the DNA. Her old scars have started healing but they'll take time to completely disappear..."
I heard heavy boots coming forward and I tried my best to keep a straight face. I felt the bed dip slightly and his heavy breathing fanned the skin on my neck as he spoke.
"The king needs a date. When can they mate?" He repeated and my heart froze and shattered a thousand times in one second.
"It's Friday today. Give the girl five days, please..." Sara pleaded.
"Fine. But she move to the palace today. You can move with her so you can continue observing her progress. Five days are all I can give you," he said.
"Thank you, Beta. I am grateful."
The sound of heavy boots echoed in the room and I could tell he was leaving. I waited till the door closed and I could no longer hear him before opening my eyes.
Sara heard my movements and she raised her head from the seat she was occupying at the corner of the room. There was a table there as well filled with files.
It was as if she had moved her office to my room. Did she have other patients?
"How are you feeling?" She asked, getting to her feet at once.
"Ummm... Fine..." I said with a small smile. "Thank you..." She looked at me and nodded but I shook my head. I wanted her to know that I appreciated her for trying to push this encounter with their king as far as she could.
"Thank you for giving me more time..." I drawled. "I heard your conversation with Mr. Greg," I said.
The cloud of confusion on her face dispersed and she smiled at me.
"It's the least I can do Avalyn. I would have done more but my hands are tied. We werewolves, we are strongly tied to our leaders —our alphas. My king isn't only an alpha but a Lycan too. I can't disobey him..."
I nodded and sniffled away quickly before the tears resumed. "I understand. It's fine."
She pulled me into a tight embrace and I leaned into her.
The sleep had helped me to see that there was no way out. All I had to do was embrace my pain and watch till I drown in it.
If the king would be kind then all I would ask was that I could see my child before I die —that was all I wished for. Besides, my child was going to be their king. My spirit would live on in him.
My story wasn't ending yet.
My stomach growled and Sara pulled back with a scowl on her face. "When was the last time you ate?" She asked.
My cheeks heated and I quickly bent my head to stare at my intertwined fingers. I couldn't remember.
I couldn't even remember what day it was.
"Oh, you were brought here yesterday. But your stomach shouldn't be growling this way if you ate..." she said more to herself than to me.
My stomach growled again and I held it, hoping to muffle the sound.
"May I get something to eat, please?"
"Of course. I will just head out and Dawn can bring you something to eat," she said, moving to her table to pick up her files.
"Why can't you bring it?"
She stopped by the door and smiled at me. "I have other patients I need to look at right now but I promise to be back as soon as I am done with my round, okay?"
I nodded and she did the same.
As she walked out, a small sad smile sat on my face. I was right. My story wasn't ending yet.
Chapter 13: Avalyn's POV Half an hour after Sara left me in the ward, I got tired of just sitting on the bed. I got down and walked to the window. That was when I noticed the small hospital gown I now had on. I didn't remember wearing them before I slept off. Sara must have changed them. I ignored the piece of clothes and approached the window. I pulled the curtain and looked out to the world outside. There were cars and horses parked in the field outside in different sections that made the place look like an organized circus where there was a designated space for vehicles and the animals that came to entertain people. My eyes went further and I could see the peak of the castle from where I was and a small smile sat on my face. The first time I saw it, I thought it was going to be the beautiful place where I died. How ironic because I was really going to die there... I would move there today, just as Mr. Greg had said. And then five days later, the King was going to come for
Chapter 14: Talon's POV I was standing by the balcony looking over the land. Now that Greg was back, we had to look into the rogue situation more vividly. Whoever dared to come into my land and slaughter my people, no matter how small and irrelevant —had to die too. The door to my chambers creaked open and I turned around just in time, to find my Willow stepping in. I had sent her on a mission to visit the human girl and made sure she was ready —I planned on sorting that problem as soon as possible. Getting the girl here was already difficult and we succeeded in that as well. Now, all we had to worry about was getting her pregnant. My wolf groaned as my cock twitched against my will. I had been trying to avoid thinking about it ever since I was told that she was here but my cock had a mind of its own. Deep down, my wolf wanted her. It excited it to touch the human girl and this angered me. I shouldn't be feeling this way about the girl. She was here only to conceive. I should on
Chapter 15: Avalyn's POV "Is this my room?" I asked as Dawn pulled the door open. It had to be the most beautiful room I have ever seen in my life and to put the icing on the cake it was mine! "Yup! All yours..." She beamed and my smile grew larger but she suddenly frowned. "Except that..." My heart skipped a painful beat as I stared at her waiting for the answer. Couldn't I have the room to myself? I could share if they wanted me to but I hoped my roommate wasn't like their Queen. "Except that what?" I whispered, holding tight to my tear gland. "Except that, I will be coming here all the time, so we could as well say it's mine!" Dawn exclaimed with laughter. My heart let out a deep hiss and I smiled at her. "Oh, Dawn, you scared me..." She threw her head back and laughed even louder. "Did I?" She asked and I nodded as my cheeks heated up in embarrassment. "Well, it only means that you need to loosen up! You are not forty-seven, are you?" She pointed a finger at me like one of
Chapter 16: Talon's POV I didn't know what came over me. I stood there by the window just staring at her. She looked so fragile yet so beautiful. It was contradictory to every belief I held dear. I never thought I could feel anything other than disgust for a human but my wolf proved me wrong. She looked even more beautiful than she did the first time I saw her on that street. Her eyes were brighter and her hair seemed fuller. Her chest was moving fast as she stared at me and even from across the window, I could tell she was scared. My wolf yearned for her. It wanted to peel the window open and go take in her scent but I held back. She wasn't ready. So as not to get pushed any further, I left the window and returned to the field. I did another lap around the entire perimeter, just to clear my head. I already felt like a cheat around Willow. It wasn't right that I would leave her in our room and come out here only for my wolf to lead me to the girl's room. "Fuck this!" I cursed
Chapter 17: Avalyn's POV I sat in the bathtub, subconsciously moving the foam over my body as I gently scrubbed but my mind wasn't there. Not with the bubbles, not with the water. I was staring into those burning red orbs. Who was he? Why did he come to me again but refused to say anything? "Avalyn!" I jumped out of my thoughts and my heart raced as Dawn's voice echoed into the bathroom. I scurried to my feet and hurriedly wrapped a towel around my body and then ran out to meet her. As I pulled the door open and my eyes fell on her, I paused. She was laying on my bed with her hands spread out as she gestured with them. She took a deep breath and let out another yell. "Avalyn!?" A smile broke out on my face as I knock softly on the bathroom door. Her eyes snapped open and she looked at me. "I am right here. You have to shout so much Dawn!" I said with amusement in my voice. She got off the bed and came to stand before me. "I am preparing for a scream competition. I need to pr
Chapter 18: Avalyn's POV Her elegant dress made low kissing sounds as she moved closer to me. Each step drained me of a pant of blood. She got to my bed and sat down graciously. I pushed down the urge to shift further into the bed. This woman scared me in every way. I felt like I was looking at death when I was in her presence. "Avalyn, I believe we started on the wrong foot," she said with her voice ever so smooth and soothing —but not in a good way. I opened my mouth to speak but it closed up again like a fish out of water. What response should I give a queen that wanted nothing more but to kill me? Her blue eyes pierced into mine and I could feel a shilling cold spread down my body as I stared back at her. She brought her hand together on her lap and let out a soft sigh —ever so graciously. "You are only a simple human girl..." She began. "I should not have scared you, the way I did the last time for that might affect your hormones, and getting pregnant might become a problem
Chapter 19: Talon's POV I was studying the reports from the villages regarding the rogue attacks wondering what Desmond could want from us. I know he wanted power but hadn't he done enough harm? The door to my study suddenly opened and without raising my head, I knew who it was. "I will have to ban you from barging in on me like that!" I hissed. "Ban me and you will have no beta left to run your kingdom," Greg replied as he dropped onto the chair opposite my table. His tone spelled stress and frustration —and these were two words that were never associated with Greg. I raised my head to his face and truly, I found a deep scowl on it. My bet was that he fought with Willow. "What happened this time?" I asked wearily. Having to deal with my mate and my best friend had to be the hardest thing I had to deal with —if I wasn't counting my sister's fight with Willow as well. Unfortunately, I couldn't send Greg to a foreign school as I did with Emily. As he said, I needed him to run t
Chapter 20: Avalyn's POV Today was the sixth day. My heart was racing and my head was planning on blacking out. I have been having the feeling since yesterday. I expected him to come last night but he didn't. Even the strange red-eyed werewolf didn't come ever since that first night. Was he avoiding me? It was crazy because I should be happy he wasn't coming to claim me but somehow, I knew that the sooner it came, the sooner he got it over with. I sat at the corner of my large bed with a copy of a novel I had picked up from the library when my door cracked a tiny bit and Dawn popped her head inside. "Hey!" She whispered for the first time. Whenever she came to visit, she would begin yelling my name from the staircase. I guess they got the message that today was going to be the day I got defiled and possibly impregnated. "Hey," I replied with a fake smile. She let her tongue kiss her teeth as she invited herself inside. She came to sit by my side and held my hand. "Look, I kno
Chapter 100:Violet’s POVAsher took me back to the Forgotten Lands. He showed me photos and videos of my parents. He gave me the family I had been craving for. I had it all except, my heart.I couldn’t help but feel like a piece of me was missing.“Do you think he will be fine by now?” I asked Asher as we sat looking over the setting sun while he held my baby —whom I secretly named Blade, after Axel’s missing sibling.I could feel Asher’s eyes on me, but I tried to keep a straight face. “It’s been two weeks since we left Axel’s lands, but you don’t miss a day without enquiring after him,” Asher pointed out and I felt my cheeks heat up instantly.“No, it’s nothing like that. I am just asking.” I tried to fix my sentence but even I knew that my defenses were only making it worse.Asher kept staring at me with that boyish face he always gave when he caught me, and I knew that lying would be pointless.I let out a sigh and closed my eyes. “I have really tried hating him. Forgetting him.
Chapter 99:Axel’s POVMy heart tore into multiple layers by Asher’s question. My eyes turned red as emotions curled through me. I opened my mouth to speak but words failed me. I turned to Violet, but she had her eyes fixed on her cousin. I wished I had protected our bond so that I could communicate with her at this moment.For the first time in my life, I felt stupid, dumb, and useless. I had no answer in my head to give that could be the right one.On one side, I wanted to tell him to fuck off and that Violet was never a slave here but not even my wicked conscience would let me say that out loud. I had been too cruel to Violet. Being a slave did not begin to define how far below I had downgraded her.On the other end, he was her cousin and probably the only legal family. I had to seek his fucking blessing and not be harsh. Yet I didn’t know how to begin. There was this large lump in my throat that reminded me of my sins and assured me that Violet would never forgive me —not after w
Chapter 98:Violet’s POV“This is even prettier than I remember it!” Skylar screeched as she helped me arrange my clothes in the drawers.“We are going to need baby clothes. The crochet tops you made, wouldn’t be enough. We will have to tell the king—” Hilda started to say but I quickly refused it.“No, Hilda. I don’t want his help.”“But he is your mate. Your husband,” she pointed out, but I shook my head refusing her words. “He isn’t my mate and much more my husband. He is just the man that fathered my baby,” I whispered. My eyes moved to where my baby lay in a beautiful crib. How Scarlett got everything made in such a short time was surprising. She was truly an angel.I was suddenly pulled out of my thoughts as I felt a warm hand rest on my shoulders. I moved my eyes off my child and traced the source of the hand to find it belonged to Hilda.“We all know that Axel did you wrong, but you can’t deny the fact that you love him—”“Before loving him, she had herself to fucking love,”
Chapter 97:Axel’s POVAunt Emily led me back to my room where I had left Violet and the baby —our baby. My heart doubted that Violet would ever forgive me after everything I did to her, but Aunt Emily was optimistic. She held my arm like a little child and as we got to the door, she knocked first before clicking it open.My heart was in my stomach as I held my breath, too scared to breathe as her broken face came into view but to my dismay, the bed was empty —and cleaned. There was no one except Scarlett glaring back at me.One look at her and I knew that she was already aware of the situation. Shame washed over me, and my eyes lowered to the ground.“Scarlett,” Aunt Emily called as she moved towards her. She embraced her and placed a perk on her cheek. “How are you?”“I am fine, Aunt Emily,” she whispered in that gentle voice of hers, but I could feel her eyes on me as she spoke, and I dared not raise mine to meet hers.“Where is Violet, did you meet her here?” Aunt Emily asked her
Chapter 96:Violet’s POVMy lower abdomen was killing me with pain. It kept shooting through me, weakening my legs to the point I could barely feel them anymore.Tears filled my eyes as I thought about what happened. The tears weren’t from the pain, it was from my heart.Even now, I couldn’t hate Axel. I wanted him still and this broke me. How could I enjoy what he did to me? How could I have moaned in between the pain when my little child was just a couple of meters away?What sort of mother was I?I couldn’t tell how long I was curled up on the bed, but it was long enough for me to realize that I had made a mistake birthing the child. I shouldn’t have allowed him to live because now, he was going to suffer for a crime he knew nothing about.Axel was going to hate and punish him constantly because he would see him as a bastard. And me?I would remain a sex slave for the rest of my life while he had his life with his new bride, Scarlett. Was this the kind of life I wanted my baby to h
Chapter 95:Axel’s POVI kept going all through the night, thrusting deep until I became intoxicated by her soft folds. I didn’t stop even when she started bleeding. I didn’t stop when she cried out, begging me to stop; not even when my wolf started clawing at me.This was both revenge and torture for her crimes. She had let someone else touch the body I craved. The same body I was ready to honor in every way possible. I cherished her and gave her everything, but she threw all that away and let some fool touch her.The pain in my heart spread and I felt tears dancing in my eyes. Violet had turned me into a mess. I was a ticking time bomb of chaotic emotions.I couldn’t even tell how I felt or what I wanted. One time, I enjoyed hurting her and the next it tore me apart. The moment she broke my heart and shattered my trust, everything exploded within me.Violet made a fool out of me. She stole my heart and placed me in a position where my love for her could not be erased. My body coul
Chapter 94:Axel’s POVThe darkness and anger in my soul shifted the second the news about Violet got to me. I didn’t even care about Aunt Emily. I knew she could handle herself and besides, she was still at loggerheads with me, and seeing her would only intensify my anger.But Violet, I could finally vent out my anger on her tight little pussy.“Good,” I declared getting to my feet. “Prepare her and bring her to my chambers tonight. She has been off duties for too long.”“Axel, have you lost your mind?” Greg yelled the second the words left my lips.My claws pushed out of my fingers, and I pointed them at him, baring my teeth as I breathed through my mouth with a rage that could match a hundred people.“I do not want to hear a word from you, Greg. You have done enough damage for one day and for your sake I hope Scarlett doesn’t get hurt by your decisions because if she does, I swear on my father’s name, I will forget the relationship we share, and I will end your life!” I roared befo
Chapter 93:Axel’s POVNathan was just like his father. A very annoying specie of wolf that enjoyed pissing me off more than they valued their lives. I told him to ignore Violet’s fake cries, but he chose to ignore me instead.“Fuck!” I cursed as I matched down to my office with a frown on my face.I would deal with him later, right now, I would have to solve whatever issues Asher has brought with him.I was making a bend to my office when Greg’s voice stopped me, “Where are you going? Asher is over here,” he said, and I changed direction to that of the throne room.When I got there, Asher was already seated with two of his men by his side. There was a box on the table in front of him and as soon as I stepped in, he snapped his hand to the man standing by his right and the latter quickly rushed to open the box.“King Axela, I present to you… Willow’s head,” he said with a wide grin on his face.The turbulent emotions I was feeling due to Violet got triggered by the nickname he had ref
Chapter 92:Violet’s POVThe pain I felt was great but the fear of losing my child as the pain shot through my body was greater as it moved like a boiling lava through my brain, causing my entire system to become on edge.“No… no, not my baby.” I sang like a mantra as my trembling hands reached to check if my baby bump was still intact.Tears pooled in my eyes as my fingers retracted at the pain that splashed through me at the action. My head started shaking and I resumed my mantra as I realized that something was wrong with my baby.My trembling hands went to the ground, and I tried to pull myself off the ground, but a sharp pain filled me so deep, I couldn’t help it. I tried to swallow the scream, but I couldn’t.“Argh!” I cried out. “I can’t feel my baby…” Tears spilled down my cheeks and my vision became blurry as I struggled through the pain.Then I felt it. The first contraction.I was only five months gone; I couldn’t be having contractions. “No… this can’t happen now. Help… so