Chapter 117I laid on the bed with my back to Arnou. I love him very much but I can’t bear to look at him.It just reminded me of what I had lost. My best friend and half of my soul were gone.To accept that I could never shift again or be that powerful person I used to be was hard.And anytime, I breached the thought, I couldn’t just do it. I couldn’t think about it or come to terms with it.It had been two weeks since I had gained consciousness and I hadn’t left the bedroom.Not that I wished to, some days, my girls could coax me to the bath chambers.But most days, I lay spineless in bed feeling sorry for myself. I tried to block my mind to the outside world but it was hard.Since the mate bond was in place, Arnou’s marriage to me was sealed and legal yet some generals were raising concerns because I had lost my wolf.I was so scared about facing this new phase of my life. I knew Arnou was too. I kept recalling the panic I had felt when I saw my face in the mirror for the first time
Chapter 118I rolled over to face Triss with tears in my eyes.“Would you like to meet him?” She asked me again as she stepped closer to me.The emotion that welled up in me at the sight of the baby was indescribable. I gave Tri a nod and sat up gently.Lea looked surprised that I had sat up willingly and beamed happily.I stretched out my arms and Tri placed the baby boy in my arms.I shook as tears racked my body. Tri paused in surprise as my tears sizzled and evaporated on my cheeks.“Daciana? Are you?” She asked with mild fear in her voice.I couldn’t blame her, from birth, we had been thought to fear witches.It would be unnatural if she stopped now just because her best friend was one.“I’m fine Tri, what’s his name?” I sniffled.As I hugged the chubby baby boy to my chest. He was so beautiful and just holding him reminded me of Rabira’s baby and how she had betrayed me.“Tatum. We’ve called him Tatum,” she said with a smile.“He’s very handsome. He’ll be a strong wolf,” I said w
Chapter 119I stood in front of the mirror nervously. My stomach felt like it had a million butterflies flapping their wings but I knew I needed to be strong.Today was important and I couldn’t give the generals any opportunity to tear me apart.“High Luna, I think you look lovely. Scary but lovely,” Lea said with a soft smile.I flashed her a pleased smile and turned back to look at myself in the mirror.Truly, I looked beautiful.With my eyes fully golden, the resemblance between Herley and I was remarkable.But there would be no mistaking us, my gold hair was resplendent.Brie had lined my eyes with kohl and my new eye color gave me a piercing gaze, together with the blood-red lipstick Lea had applied, I looked like an alter ego of my former self.Arnou hadn’t seen my eyes since the first days of its development. I couldn’t help but wonder what he might think.“Are they ready?” I asked Lea nervously as I ran my hands down my turquoise dress.I had summoned all the members of the pac
Chapter 120The silence and tension in the air was palpable as Gabriel escorted Herley outside and placed her a few feet from me.“My pack members and subjects,” I called out loudly.“This woman has commited many crimes.She has conspired to kill me, poisoned me, blackmailed the entire royal family and generals, poisoned the queen mother, grew an illicit garden of toxins and poisons on the palace grounds, and almost killed the lycan, which led to the demise of my wolf,” I said loudly.Gasps came from the crowd and they began murmuring among themselves, momentarily distracted from my display of magic.“That’s not entirely true. I didn't almost kill Arnou. I would never do that, he only had that reaction because the aphrodisiac I had given him, mixed with the poison you kept on the bed,” Herley said drily.So that was what had happened.But I pretended like her words held no true meaning.“She has committed all these crimes, each of which is entirely punishable by death itself. However
Chapter 121I was trembling from the great amount of power I used on Herley, and I might have swayed on my feet had Arnou not clutched my arm tightly.I looked at him and he gave me a reassuring nod, Triss stood beside him and just like always, she could tell I needed a little bit of extra strength.She gave me an approving nod too, and I closed my eyes as twin tear drops rolled down my cheeks.This was as final a farewell as I could give Eva. I had finally given Herley the punishment she always dreamed of giving her.I had no idea where my wolf was but I knew she was at peace.I turned to look at Herley again, she trembled and kept trying but failing to stand to her feet. Her skin was pale and had lost its healthy glow.“I’m not done with you yet,” I said loudly.She paused and looked at me in surprise.“Queen of queens, I think the punishment you gave her is appropriate and enough,” Rabira objected with fear in her voice.“You might be a general but you do not have enough power to t
Chapter 122As I walked towards Nikkini's cell, I was still reeling from the intense love, and power I had felt in that moment when the people proclaimed me their Sun goddess.It was amazing how they had embraced a part of me I was still struggling to come to terms with.I was so exhausted, mentally and physically. I honestly wanted nothing more than to settle down and sleep on my bed, but that’s what I’ve been doing for weeks.Arnou and Triss trailed behind me as I arrived at the dungeon to see Nikkini.Her sentence was almost over, she had served six months out of the twelve. I knew it wouldn’t be easy to be parted from her child, especially the first three months of her life.I paused at the mouth of her cell and watched her and Eden. She was smiling and looked happier than the last time I had seen her.Eden had his hand on her belly and he looked in awe of the life growing there.“Since when has her husband been visiting her?” I asked Arnou quietly.“Since he finished his five-mon
Chapter 123I stared at Alisa in shock. Had she really said everything I heard or was I stuck in some unpleasant imagination?Tears filled my eyes as anger took over me.After everything? “I don't even know what I expected from you,” I muttered bitterly.“I have made every excuse imaginable for you. I have forgiven you more times than I care to remember and I have showered you with more life than I even thought possible,”“Yet all these time, your offer of friendship and sisterhood was fake,”“No Daciana it wasn't. That's not what I said,” Alisa protested mildly.“But it was. You would support your sister's attempted murderer or continuously propose friendship that you always desecrate,”I” grew up with a cruel sister and when we started our friendship, you made me experience what it would be like to have a real sister.But now I'm finding out that all the time we spent with each other meant nothing to you,” “Daciana wait. This conversation is going the wrong way. I don't support th
Chapter 124“Daciana, I think only Arnou can tell you why he's angry with her. It probably has something to do with the fact that she almost killed you,” Triss replied sadly.“But it wasn't her fault. She warned me against the consequences and I told her to go ahead,” I replied in confusion.“Well, I don't know much but I think the spell messed up something in her,” Triss said sadly.“The spell?” I asked her, confused.All these cryptic messages were confusing me.I needed to understand what was going on and while Tri was readily giving me answers, it still wasn’t enough for me to discern what the problem was.“Yeah the spell Herley put on granny,” Triss said as she put up a glass and took a sip of water.Spell? Was granny really spelled?“Hold on. Granny was spelled and no one told me about it?!” I asked incredulously as I got up from the chair and began to pace about the room.“Well, when you gained consciousness you weren’t exactly receptive to the news.Many times while I was upda
Hey guys! Thanks once again for all your support. A lot of you have asked in the comments about the sequel and my answer is I'm working on it. What will it be called? Honeslty I don't know. It's still in the works but once I have enough information for you, I'll make sure to update you all. For now, I have a new book out called MY SEVRANT MATE, MYH MOTHER-IN-LAW. Please go support me by reading the book, leaving gems, comments and reviews🙏🙏🙏 It would mean a lot to me and be such a great help. I really appreciate you all. The book has about 15 chapters now and is being updated daily. I hope you like it, I've included a preview chapter for you. Thanks to each and every one of you. Thank you. ********************************************************************************************************** Prologue Lydia’s Pov I LET OUT AN excited whoop as I ran through the hallways of the palace. “Lydia! Careful! Don’t fall!” Aunty Mardris called out behind me. “I won't!” I yelled b
EPILOGUE Narrator’s POV The woman floated around the ballroom in the arms of her beloved and surrounded by her pack members. Her subjects for she was their sovereign and their High Luna. Her heartbeat thundered with that of her husband. He was happy, she could feel it. So why wasn’t she content? Why did a niggling feeling seem to burrow away at the back of her mind? “My love? Are you okay?” The lycan asked as he focused his attention on her. “Yes, Just. I need some air. Please walk with me,” Daciana requested as she dropped her arm from Arnou’s shoulder and held on to his arm. . “Of course,” Arnou replied. No questions asked. Together, they walked out of the ballroom, their absence causing slight worry in a red-haired girl and her friend. “Do you feel a bit better now?” Arnou asked her as they walked down the palace hallway hand in hand. “Hmm. It’s just, we haven’t had this much peace and happiness in so long. Am I crazy, if I feel like it’s not permanent?” A slight frown
Chapter 224Maliya’s POVA scream tore from my throat as I watched what was supposed to be Herley’s execution turn into the High Luna’s suicide.I knew she wanted to die, but it was supposed to be from bloodlust. She was supposed to have some time to name her babies and hold and say goodbyes and…and…I pushed a trembling Alisa from me blindly as I crawled toward the burning figure in the middle of the dungeon.She didn’t even scream!Loud roars of anger resounded throughout the room as the Lycan sped into the dungeon and went straight for his burning wife.How could she do this?She burned brightly, with the flames so hurt that they charred my skin as I crawled towards her.As I screamed, cried, and sobbed, I vaguely registered someone wrapping their arms around my waist to keep me from reaching her.They didn’t have much success with the Lycan as he ran headfirst into the fire like it was water and held onto his burning bride.As I cried, I realized where the air should have been fil
Chapter 223Narrator’s POVThe night was dark and the prison cell was cold yet the girl didn’t shiver or whimper. She stood with her arms chains and a resigned look on her face.The goddess knows this time she tried. She had looked on as everyone dropped to their knees and begged her. And even though she had dreamt, for months of the day they would all recognize that they wronged her, In that moment, all she felt was genuine worry that her best efforts wouldn’t be enough.It seems almost ironic, as she had been a proud, confidant general, Second only to the lycan and primed to be his high Luna. But living about those dreadful humans for months would do that to anyone. They would grate at you until all your confidence faded away.She knew the golden-haired woman wouldn’t die. She had taken measures against that a while ago but looking into the fearful faces of what had once been her family, Herley decided to scrape together what remains of confidence she had left and do her best.And i
Chapter 222Daciana’s POVI stood in silence as I watched Arnou open my bedroom door weakly.The utter fear and grief on his face when I had agreed to end out marriage kept on replaying in my mind but I shook my head to clear my thoughts.Arnou stepped out into the sitting area and I followed closely behind him.The moment we came out, Maliya pushed herself out of Alisa’s arms and stood up with a fearful look on her face.“Well? What do we do now?” Alisa asked softly as she stood up and threaded her fingers with Maliyas.It gave me great joy to see that they had reconciled.“Nothing. We do nothing but wait fir it all to be over and I take this chance to say goodbye,” I replied her before Arnou could open his mouth to speak.He clenched his hands by his side in anger and I could feel the waves if his emotions and his hurt flooding through me.“But your children? Daciana reconsider this. Maybe there’s something we can do or-“ Danica said with a frown on her face.I walked up to her and
Chapter 221Daciana’s POVI gasped as Triss yelled and everyone in the room turned to stare at me.Maliya blinked confused but I could already sense the animosity pouring from her at Triss’s announcement as she listened and didn’t hear any heart beating in my chest.“EVERYONE OUT!” Arnou growled suddenly as he pointed at the door.He was afraid. That much I could feel, but he was also incredibly relieved and that brought me small peace.My legs shook as I pulled myself to a seating position and Triss snarled at Arnou angrily.“I left just for a few minutes. What did you do? Where’s Daciana? Why is that thing in her body? She demanded angrily as her eyes flitted to me for a quick second.Hurt racked my body as tears pricked the back of my eyes and I started to speak. To tell Triss something. Anything that would make her know, I wasn’t some strange enemy but Arnou beat me to it.“I SAID LEAVE!” He yelled angrily as the doors of my bedroom swung open and several palace guards rushed in.
Chapter 220Daciana’s POVIce flooded through my veins as I gave into the darkness. I was gone, drifting afloat in the darkness.Was this how Eva had felt? Was this how she had lived for months? Silenced and immune to the world.“Yes. Someone similar, except I was alone, but you’re not. I’m here with you, and together we’re stronger,” Eva’s soothing voice flooded my brain, and I smiled in ecstasy.Perhaps this place, this dark cocoon, was better after all.The sweet feeling of peace that lingered in my limbs, the love between my wolf and me We were made for this, just the two of us. No one else mattered.“Yes. We are,” I whispered back as a content smile flooded my lips. This place was perfect. Paradise.None of the suffering above could touch us here. Here we were happy and here we would remain-“NO!” The sharp scream of someone cut through my peace, and I blinked violently, disturbed.That wasn’t my wolf! Who was that, and why were they disturbing our peace? Were they trying to take
Chapter 219Maliya’s PovI groaned weakly as I blinked open my eyelids.“What’s going on?” I croaked to no one in particular.“Here, have some water,” A voice said calmly from my bedside.I sat up slowly and stared at Alisa in shock.She had dark circles under her eyes and looked extremely tired but apart from that, I could almost not tell she had been battling a magic wielding, Vampiric child just hours ago.Wait! What time is it?The last time I had seen Alisa, she had been battling Star by herself while Prince Xavier faced off some other Vampire.The moment Verena died and told me to get Herley for the high Luna, I knew I had to leave before the Vampires finished off Alisa and Xavier and came for me too.I crawled to their horses that they had left unattended, and this one is surprisingly because I have no idea how I achieved such a feat but I dragged my naked and poisoned ass up one horse and held on as hard as I could while the horse raced away.The goddess surely had a hand in m
Chapter 218Arnou’s PovPower surged through me. Expanding as the warmth of the fire licked at my fingers greedily. For a moment, I feared I was drawing on Daciana’s power too much, and I retracted my hand.It was unmarred, and when I turned my head around to stare at my wife on the bed, she lay unmoving, like the power draw hadn’t affected her at all.I already knew she was powerful, but it just put into perspective just how powerful she is.More confident than the first time, I put my hand into the flame again as the familiar feeling of warmth licked at my fingers. The fire danced like it was alive, and it was relatively easy for me to pluck a piece, almost like breaking off a branch of a tree.I withdrew my hand from the fire, and with the little piece swimming in my palm like mercury, I poured it into the tube and stood to my feet.Everyone in the room, including Herley, watched in surprise. It was almost like she hadn’t expected me to be able to do it.“You stuck your hand into f