“My love, wake up!” I heard Arnou whisper in a low voice. I blinked groggily and stared at him confused. Last night after I had sent Papa the letter, I had fallen asleep still in my clothes, too exhausted to take them off. “Arnou what’s going on?” I whispered sleepily as I looked around and realized it was still night. “They’re here,” Arnou said calmly yet I could see the trepidation in his eyes. I tried to feel for his emotions but he had closed them off and I couldn’t feel anything. Probably because he didn’t want me to panic. “No, that can’t be right. They camped for the night already,” I muttered in disbelief as I shot up from the bed in fear. “It was a ruse. They are a few minutes away from the palace,” Arnou replied as he bent low and quickly helped me put my leg in slippers. That was when I noticed what Arnou was wearing. Armour. It clung to him like a second skin. It was strong enough that it protected his frame yet looked like liquid silver. “Is your armor made from Ti
When I woke up, my hands were tied behind my back and my head throbbed. I could feel my hair matted together where the blood had gotten on it, and I was in some dark smelly tent.I let out a pained groan and attempted to use my magic to light up the tent so I could see where I was but my magic well was out of reach. It surprised me because since I had been able to use my magic, it had never disappointed me. Not even once.In a slight panic, I closed my eyes, concentrated, and tried to draw on my magic again. The action made my head swim and a wave of nausea overtook me at once.I heaved but nothing came up, my stomach was empty. From my position, I could hear some people talking outside the tent. “What’s going on?!” I tried to yell but my throat was so dry, it came out as a raspy scratch.Tears filled my eyes as I realized my legs had been chained as well.I tried to move around but it just made the pain worse. My limbs throbbed and I had no idea how long I had been out for.I know
“There, he should be asleep for a while,” I said with a tired smile as I handed the baby boy to Maliya. His mother was feeding his twin sister and she looked at me with gratitude in her eyes. “Thank you, your highness,” She said as she inclined her head. I scratched the back of my neck awkwardly. “That’s actually not my title anymore but you’re welcome,” I replied to her with a slight smile as I got up from the mat and stretched my back, I was rewarded with a loud crack. “Oh, but-” The woman started to say in confusion but Maliya shook her head slightly and the woman remained silent. I tried to walk amongst the people sprawled across the floor, some sleeping, eating, or doing other things. Maliya said a few words to the woman and came to stand beside me. We shared a pleased smile as I looked around. It had taken a while but we had done it. We weren’t perfectly ready but at least we could withstand whatever the enemy decided to throw at us. Just then I noticed Yeran standing to
Chapter 145- Gabriel's POVI ran my hair through my hair again as my heart raced. I hated being like this, seeing her always got me worked up. Maybe it’s a good thing we didn’t end up together, she has so much fire in her spirit.That’s what I love though, it’s what drew me to her. And made me wonder how close I could get before I got burned.I chuckled as I thought of the way she has hissed at me in surprise when I entered the tent.“Stop smiling like a love-sick fool and come join us celebrate,” Terba said jovially as he pushed a cup of the cheap liquor we had and directed me to the campfire.“Let go,” I said gruffly in mild annoyance as I shoved his hand off and took a seat amongst the rest of the soldiers around the fire.The firelight danced and flickered as the soldiers laughed with each other and shared mugs of liquor amongst themselves. I was surrounded by the delighted members of my team yet all I could think of was the golden witch we had tied up in a tent.It seemed almost
Chapter 146 >>Daciana’s POV’t given me food, but if they had, I wouldn’t have eaten it. Sleep was far from me the entire night, as the onslaught of Arnou’s emotions came slamming into me one after the other. He had probably realized that I was gone and I could feel his fear, anger, panic, hurt and so many other emotions I had a hard time discerning them. I was lying still on the floor and trying my best not to cry when the tent flap opened again and I sat up alert. “Who’s there?” I asked if the person had come in without a light source. “Relax and go back to sleep,” I heard Gabriel say softly as he staggered in the dark crashing
Chapter 147I screamed loudly for the second time as the tent flap opened and the woman who had been with Glen ran inside panicked.“What is it? What happened?” She asked frantically as she looked around the tent trying to find what could possibly have made me scream.“Oh, nothing,” I replied with a chipper smile.She froze and looked at me in disbelief.“What?!”“It was the only way I could get your attention. Please I need Gabriel, can you call him for me?” I asked her politely.She scoffed in annoyance.“You can’t need him. He doesn’t work for you anymore and you can’t expect him to be there for you whenever you call,”“Please, he’s the only one I know here and I need to ask him something,” I whispered.She rolled her eyes and left the tent in silence.I could only hope she called him and didn’t go tattle to Gen.A few minutes later, Gabriel opened my tent flap with a small smile playing on his lips. He carried a plate of food, I guessed was mine.“Zena told me that you called for
Chapter 148>>Gabriel again“Why do you look like a tomato?” Zena asked suspiciously as she looked up from the meat bucket.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I mumbled as I passed her and walked quickly to my tent.I could only hope she didn't notice the small explosive I held in my hand alongside Daciana’s plate.I know it’s stupid for me to hope and I shouldn't have bought explosives for her tent, but I just didn’t want to disappoint her.She looked at me with so much admiration, I just lost all sense of reasoning and couldn't refuse her.She had so much power over me yet didn’t even know it. But giving her what she wanted, worked. She kissed me.Just the thought of how her lips had moved against mine had me touching my lips and smiling widely.If we went to my pack, the lycan wouldn’t be able to us find there. Besides, Glen might even decide to kill him and then Daciana and I would be free to
Daciana’s PovI stumbled after Gabriel as we tried our best to run out of the camp quietly. It was almost an impossible feat, but luckily for us Terba was fooling around by the fire as usual and he held the attention of the soldiers drinking and having their dinner by the fire.It would take a while before they figured out we were missing. With Gabriel’s clothes masking my smell, we were able to pass by the wolves cages without them detecting me.Two soldiers stood at the edge of the camp, looking tired but alert as they stood guarding the camp.Gabriel left me hidden behind some barrels for a few minutes and walked up to talk to the soldiers. After exchanging some words, the guards deserted their posts, and one of them even clapped Gabriel on his back cheerfully.I figured he either had some rank in the camp or was just a very good liar. I’m betting on the latter.Once the coast was clear, we stole out of the camp, using the night's darkness as cover and ran as stealthy as we could i
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