AMANISA’S POV“Stop looking at me like that and tell me what has happened, Ava.” I said nonchalantly. Ava had rushed into my room this morning with the same worried look she always had on her face whenever something bad happened.Obviously, someone had been killed or a family had lost their lives overnight. Although Ava haven't said a word to break the news, I could tell. How?Right after Kovan left my chamber yesterday, I also left and decided to pay his mom a visit. Not because I missed her judgmental gaze which had never been so cold until recently. I went to Sophie's chambers to spy on her. Perhaps a bit of me was also worried and that part had to be influenced by Arla who believed there was still some good in Sophie.While spying, I saw Byron and Ardin go in and out of Sophie’s chambers which made me follow them discreetly. The duo went into the Raven’s home where Violet had been staying since she left the palace. I couldn't hear a thing that was said but I did hear Byron tel
KING ARCHIE’S POVI had to send for Amanisa to prove that my mom was just unnecessarily terrified. She was terrified of Amanisa and that sounded weird to me even though it had been over five minutes since my mom told me about what she thought of Amanisa... I mean, Amanisa was the same woman she had dotted on when she returned to Royal Hills. The woman that saved her and took an arrow for me. It was okay for me to suspect Amanisa but no one else could. Not even my own mother… not my mom who had become less of a comfort to me. She was so off yet I had stayed true to my promise to not call the healers. “Don't you see how this could break the realm, Kovan? I am scared that the female has been working with Alpha Damon. I have been having flashes of what happened back then in that hell hole, son, and see her.” My mom announced. She was trying too hard for me to believe her. Yet I couldn't believe her. She sounded more like Ardin at the moment.“What is she talking about? During the tim
AMANISA’S POVI didn't kiss him just to escape his questions. I kissed him because I was forced to follow my intuition… I claimed his lips for myself because I felt the hunger to claim all of him before Violet’s games would start working on him. It was a miracle that Sophie had failed to make him believe that I was the killer. It was a miracle that he chose to believe me. Despite having doubts about him, he had managed to clear the air between us, and rather than speak about the truths I had figured out, I kissed him fiercely, pouting out my emotions. The kiss was for him to feel my love even though I still wasn't strong enough to let him know with words. At least I was still using my mouth to communicate my love to him. Arla melted within me as Kovan’s hands sneaked around my waist within seconds. The kiss started intensely and we both fought for dominance as we kept the intensity of the kiss alive and strong.My lips felt numb when Kovan finally let me detach them. My forehead
KING ARCHIE’S POV“What the fuck is this meeting about!” Jay exclaimed within me. He was furious. I was furious too and I didn't hide it as I walked through the Lycans that had been gathered in the throne room without my knowledge. What the heck! Did they forget they have a King? No decision should be made about my realm without my knowledge. Perhaps I was this angry because Curtis had uninterrupted I and Amanisa this morning when he forced a connection between our minds to tell me that my cousin had called for an impromptu meeting. Even Curtis knew nothing about the meeting but at least he had the decency to tell me about it. Ardin didn't think about telling me and neither did Byron who was my cousin. I was livid.I saw Byron standing by the throne with Ardin, booking nothing like the Delta he was supposed to be. Violet was also there wearing black just like Amanisa but Amanisa looked better than she appeared. Violet looked like she had been dragged through the pit of hell and
AMANISA’S POVthey had him.They had trapped him too and he hadn't realized it yet. Byron had trapped Kovan and as I watched the scene quietly, I realized that his friendly enemies had planned even the beautiful night Kovan and I enjoyed together last night.Of course, they knew how to make me forget my priorities and how to make Kovan drop his guard.They had us both.Ardin shoved Eva to the floor like she was a sack of worthless material. That made Eva scream and she ran to her sister at full speed but Ardin smacked her away even before she could reach her sister. “Don't you dare lay your hands on her!” I finally broke my silence, seething at Ardin like a mother hen. I rushed to Ava and helped her off the floor still hissing at Ardin. He should just wait till I understand what the hell they were doing at the moment. Ava tried to reach for Eva again and I did all I could to hold her back while Byron continued speaking about how Damon wasn't a truth-worthy subject of the throne.“L
KING ARCHIE’S POV“We might have found our man, My King.” Curtis found a way to tell me that through the mind link when everyone else was focused on the female that had been introduced as Ava’s twin. It didn't have to be spelled out to me. I understood Curtis immediately. The closet Lycan to me… the most powerful that could stand against me.There he was in his dark robes, disobeying me and making me look like a sick joke before my subjects.Byron. My cousin. But for what?If he was the mastermind we have been searching for, why would he do that? Why would he send that letter to me only to perform his drama?He wasn't coming for me or my throne. He was going for Amanisa instead. He was going for the woman I loved. Insulting her and calling her a criminal yet I couldn't stop him from talking for two reasons. One, Byron had the support of the Lycans in the throne room. Secondly, the more he spoke, the more Curtis and I could access him.“Amanisa mentioned something about Violet kno
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 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