AMANISA’S POVThere was no way that was Damon… the real Damon. That clown couldn’t be Damon. No way! “The real Damon knows you aren't Princess Isidora's friend.” Arla pointed that fact out. “He knows who you truly are. What's going on with him?”Two things could be going on with Damon.First, he could be fake just like we have established that Eva was but I still couldn't understand how that was possible.Secondly, Damon could be himself and have been captured somehow by Byron but had decided to still protect me to the end… “How is he protecting you, Ama? He is literally accusing you of killing all those people and Kovan can't really save you if Damon continues. You might get killed, Ama.”Arla argued.Yes, Damon wasn't protecting me. He was giving me out in ways that the Damon I knew since way back wouldn't. The real Damon would never give me out or put me in danger no matter what the case may be. That Damon wasn't real.“She brought about the idea of saving the King’s mom herself
KING ARCHIE’S POVWhy does it have to be like this?Why does everyone have to stand against my happiness even though I was the King?Being a leader sucks.Just when I thought I had found a way to save Amanisa from the web she was tangled in, Byron brought about another way to snatch her from me… He was snatching my happiness and peace from me.There was no way I would see Byron in the same light anymore. Despite how confused I was, I was still certain Byron wasn’t as pure and loyal as I thought he was.There was no way he was doing all of this for me. He was ridiculing me in the presence of everyone here. He was making me look incapable.He was making my heart hurt.“He is opposing you and I wonder how much Amanisa knew about all of this.”Jay called my attention to the fact that Amanisa wasn't actually stunned to see or hear all that I have been seeing and hearing.Until now.Until Byron took threatening steps toward her, making my blood boil.“I have had enough, Jay. I can’t sit her
AMANISA’S POVLook at me.Take a look at the royal darkness that many had worshiped. Right there in the middle of a cold, lonely, and soul-draining hell hole.Take a look at me. Amanisa Isidora, sitting like a pitiful princess in distress in a place that was meant for criminals. Hardcore criminals.Take a look at me as I drift away in a dark, cold, killing, and suffocating cell room. I could see the spiders. The roaches. The slimy remains of dead rats and other irritating small pests. I could see them all.But after staying here for a night. I have learned to overlook and ignore everything in the cell except myself. I was locked up just like Byron, Violet, Ardin, and perhaps Sophie wanted. I was locked up. All alone. And since fate has always been against me, I felt sick in the guts. Like I would puke anytime soon.“This place is built to weaken Lycans, Ama. I am able to communicate with you because the energy here couldn't sense me.”Arla announced, making it known that it could ha
AMANISA’S POVIs she one of them?As in the healers?“What are you talking about?”I queried as Ava crouched, dropping the food tray in her arms and signaling that I should crouch too so I could eat before her time elapsed.“Say something, Ava.”I urged impatiently. I did hear her clearly but I couldn't digest her words. My twisted guts wouldn't let me.“I am sure you must have questioned my identity within yourself a couple of times in the past. I am certain you know that my aura differs from other werewolves. I am weak physically but not completely weak.”Ava began. She made me eat while she spoke and I gladly did that because I was hungry and thirsty. “My sister and I were born with mixed auras due to our parent's origin and identity. Eva had a strong aura because she inherited our father’s aura while I had a weak aura because I took after my Lywolf mom.”Ava announced. My jaw dropped and the crumbs of the bread I was eating fell off my mouth. She had a Lywolf mom? She and Eva? Th
KING ARCHIE’S POVI was doing all I could… Perhaps I could have done more to get her out if my hands weren’t tied. I had no evidence to counter the ones that Byron had presented to the Lycans yesterday in my throne room.Those pieces of evidence were made up but I still haven’t been able to prove anything. “Please tell me you found something.”I said without hiding my frustrations from Curtis who had been doing everything to follow up on the clues Amanisa provided. “I still haven’t found anything that proves that Alpha Damon isn’t himself, My King. I have calculated his take-off time and arrival and also found the place he was captured by the Lycan Prince—”“What about my mom? What do we do to help her become herself? We can focus on her and use her to find ways to expose the fake Damon and the other female. That will make releasing Amanisa possible.”I interjected emotionally. Jay and I were worried about two women. My lover and my mother. Amanisa claimed that my mom wasn’t herself
KING ARCHIE’S POVI caught her before she could be grasped by pieces of broken glass.I caught her and held her despite the fact that she felt nothing like my mother. The fact remained that she was my mom. “Is anyone out there!”I barked as my mom’s eyes rolled, closing as life left them. She has lost consciousness and if Curtis was coming, he should make it now. He should arrive now before I lose my mind.“I am here, My King.”Byron.By fucking ron!Why not Curtis?Byron attempted to take more steps closer to my mom and me after he entered her sleeping chamber but I stopped him with one word.“Don’t!”My voice lacked friendliness and neither did I make him feel welcome. He has become a betrayal. A liar! “My King. Please let me help–”“Do not take another step towards her, Byron!” I sneered. “You have done more than enough.”Byron bowed his head but that didn't stop my anger from growing. He was the one that made me lock up the only person that could comfort me amidst this chaos. He
AMANISA’S POVWas this what misery felt like?The dizzy feeling. Blurry sight. Could that be misery?The draining effect in my guts. The emptiness and constant constriction of my heart. Could that be misery?Could the sad and bitter vile in my throat be symptoms of misery? Could I be dying like a pauper despite being born into the royal family? This has to be misery. Amanisa Isidora was miserable and to be honest, this misery was different from the forms and levels that I had to endure in the past.The ache in my chest was caused by something bigger than betrayal. It was caused by heartbreak. I couldn't believe that I was still locked behind bars after many hours. Kovan should have gotten me out by now. I trusted him too. And perhaps my trust would still be in him if he wasn't taking too much time and if I could still feel Arla’s presence in me. My Arla was gone. I didn't know when or how. She just suddenly stopped being present within me. She vanished like she was never there,
AMANISA’S POV“Oww. look who is eager to die.”Violet cooed with a straight face. Her annoying face was making me sick to the point of feeling nauseous but I didn't puke... Not yet.If there was one thing Violet and I had in common at this moment, it would be the straight face and “could not be bothered” attitude that we showcased. That doesn't mean that I still wasn't in pain and that I wasn't breaking internally.“This will be your last chance, Murderer. Do your thing and stop wasting our time.”I retorted, holding my ground. Perhaps I should have kept my tongue in check. That might have saved me from getting struck across the face by my biggest rival and spiteful opponent, Violet.“Did you get stronger after killing your parents? Because that sure hurts like a bitch.”I uttered, maintaining eye contact with the Violet eyed bitch that thought slapping me would change the truth about her involvement in her parent's death.“I wish I could make you see death without killing you now.” V
AMANISA’S POV*SIX MONTHS LATER* I was a sweaty mess. My senses were heightened and I stared eagerly at Davina who was still standing in between my legs. I was lying on the same bed Davina pointed at when I asked her some hours ago about the bed I was born in.Davina had said, “That one. Your mother had difficulty with you, Queen Isidora. Are you sure you wnat to push her out on the same bed?” I had nodded without hesitating, choosing that bed and that room to push the Princess Of Royal Hills out of my swollen and tired body. Yes, I just delivered my baby girl and I couldn't wait to see her or hold her even though I was still breathless after pushing for hours. My baby decided to come early but that didn't mean she didn't take a lot of hours to show herself to the world after my water broke. “She is here. The Princess has been born!”Davina exclaimed. I let my head fall on the pillow as Davina walked to me with my bloody bundle of happiness. Ava and Rahela were in the delivery r
KING ARCHIE’S POVContrary to my belief, things were going well. The scent of death was hanging in the air the moment we stepped into the room slowly dissipated. Amanisa and Lulu held their Mom for minutes and we all saw the former Queen heal at the hands of her daughters. Jay questioned, “All they had to do was touch her?” As if Rahela could hear my Lycan Beast, she repeated the same question but audibly, “All we had to do was make her two daughters touch her together?”Davina simply gasped, shocked that her sister was showing signs of life. Lulu answered Rahela’s question, “We have to do more than that, Rahela and that’s where you all come in.” Lulu went ahead to explain that this wasn't how their mom would recover. She also mentioned that she believed that the moment she and Amanisa take their hands off their mom, she would return to her vegetative state… her health might also deteriorate quickly. Since Lulu was knowledgeable, no one questioned her or how she knew what to do.
AMANISA’S POVMy story– our story wasn't getting sadder. At least, I couldn't see it becoming more sad.There was no way I would allow it even though I could feel it in my gut that a lot could still go wrong. Davina said it, in fact.She said my mother was dying… Right after I found the perfect sister, I also realized that my mom has been living in pain for twelve years. What was I saying? This could get worse and very sad. I mean, how was I supposed to be the strong sister when Lulu was breaking as we walked to the forbidden first room?How was I supposed to not break when I was going to see my mom who has been suffering alone and in pain all these years?How would I stay strong when I walked in to see life leaving my Mom’s eyes? It could get worse and I could see myself breaking without restraint. I had a sister to shield but—“No one will stop you from breaking, Ama. You have been strong for many years and you have suffered greatly too. Take the break if you want it.”Arla voi
KING ARCHIE’S POVEver since Amanisa asked Davina about her Mom and younger sister, I had been in shock. Coupled with Amanisa being unconscious for days, I was partially a curious living dead. I’d asked questions from Davina but she refused to say a word concerning my concerns and Lulu had been sticking around for the past thirty hours for reasons I didn't know until she revealed that she was Amanisa’s sister… The same sister that I kept wondering how she could exist. I mean, I had never heard of a second child of Queen Idalia and her mate. But from the look on Davina's face, it sank in that there was still so much I needed to know about my mate. Amanisa was shocked as well and Rahela and her girls were equally shocked as Lulu wept her heart out in Amanisa’s arms– a place I wanted to be but couldn't be at the moment. Jay etched, “I can’t believe this. Lulu is her little sister and her mom, Queen Idalia who we all thought was late is alive and in the next room to us…”Yes.. that w
AMANISA’S POVThe first voice I heard belonged to Kovan. I didn't realize how long I had been out but I heard my mate’s voice first. Kovan etched, “You still won’t tell me what she was referring to before she passed out?”Obviously, Kovan was speaking to Davina whose presence could be felt as my eyes fluttered open. My eyes met with Lulu’s sad eyes the moment they opened and the little but grown girl gasped as her eyes widened. I smiled at her and her lips trembled which made me wonder why she was so sad. That was unlike her.Davina responded to Kovan before she realized that I was awake, “I can’t say anything until Amanisa wakes up. I am sorry, My King.” “You don’t have to be sorry, Aunt Davina. I am already awake so you can begin.”I let out breathlessly. As their eyes shifted to me, I winced. My neck was still aching which meant that I had not fully healed from Byron’s tight hold. How long was I out for exactly?“Amanisa!”“Ama!”Davina and Kovan exclaimed simultaneously. Both o
AMANISA’S POV“Two…”Davina let out through the mind link. Byron, on the other hand, kept yelling to get the Gammas to obey him but after I had announced that Kovan doesn't have to beg or listen to Byron anymore, Byron lost the little power he had over everyone.“Now!”Davina declared and with the little breath I had left, I pushed my hands upward, grabbing Byron’s ugly face. “What the fuck do you think you are doing? Do you have an immediate death wish–”Byron cussed at me but the sudden splash of water on his body cut his irritating voice off. Byron yelled at the healers behind me, “What did you do that for?”Lulu’s soft voice broke out, responding, “You will find out in three, two, one…”I didn't let Lulu finish counting before I dug my fingers into Byron’s eyes and immediately, Byron screamed, not just because of my attack but because of the effect of the cleansing water as well. His hold on my neck loosened.“Ahhh.”Violet gasped loudly, jumping away from Byron when she reali
AMANISA’S POVPlease… Just two minutes, Kovan… I need two minutes to save you… to save us all from his clutches.“Bury me alive, Curtis… Do it now.”Kovan’s voice still found a way to hit my eardrums even though I was literarily dying from Byron’s tight hold. His palms were big enough for one of them to wrap around my neck, choking me, and restricting me without him breaking a sweat.“You are almost there, Isidora… Please don’t give up.”Davina’s voice spread in my mind. I could feel myself getting drained. Although the energy I was trying to move from Byron’s chest had been pulled up to his throat or somewhere around that part of his body, I could still fail. But I couldn't let myself fail… I had too many people counting on me. “I think it’s time we move to the tomb. I mean you can’t miss this, Baby.”Violet whispered sweetly which would have made me cringe if I wasn't losing my strength slowly. Byron chuckled, “I can't be there while they bury him. Tradition says that while he
KING ARCHIE’S POVSomething wasn't right. I could feel it in my guts that something was wrong with how fast Amanisa struck my demonic cousin down.“To be honest, he doesn't seem to be breathing well at the moment.” Jay pointed out. “But the knockdown was too easy.”Davina countered, “You don't understand how strong Princess Isidora is right now. Aside from releasing her unused energy, we have shared our energy with her and also weakened the demon. This isn't strange at all, My King.”I begged to differ but Lulu voiced, “We don't have the time to argue. That beast’s energy is getting stronger by the second. Drain him now, Amanisa.”I could hear Lulu’s conviction and fear. She was a child that should be protected from this scene. When did she get here?“We will help you before he bounces back stronger--”Rahela uttered, making me realize that even though Amanisa struck Byron in his demonic state, he had the tendency of regaining his power quickly. And Byron could become stronger with ev
AMANISA’S POVHe was huge.He was ugly.He was terrifying. And I could perceive that he was growing powerful with every second that passed. I didn't understand how he could get this string with the power of the same which I defeated with Rahela yesterday but I knew one thing… Certainly.Certainly, I had to fight this huge, ugly, and unnatural strong demon trapped within the spiritual cage before me.Was I scared?Yes. That fact has been established even before I set my eyes on the new Byron.But was I still doing this regardless of my fear?Again, Yes. There was no other option. Everyone here is looking up to me. I was their hope and I wasn't about to fail them.Therefore, I swallowed my fear and declare, “Let's get the funeral started.”Seeing how fast Byron was growing, the healers wasted no time after my declaration. They started chanting. My eyes caught sight of Lulu amidst them. She was also chanting with her hands stretched toward the cell. I was terrified that a young child li