Chapter 208Maliya’s Talk about what? She couldn’t be serious.I wanted so badly to yell at her. I wanted to hurt her with words as deeply as she had hurt me, but I had drained my reserves, and my body demanded recuperation. With a sigh, I closed my eyes, and my head lolled against the guard’s shoulder.I only had a vague memory of the guard picking me up and my hands wrapping around his neck before everything went black.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The temperature of the dining room plummeted suddenly, and I shivered at the sudden cold.“Just how long will this go on?” Nikkini hissed as she threw down her fork with a frown.I had the same exact question on my mind, but I ignored her. Sure, the queen of queens might have forgiven her for the part she played in making her miserable, but I couldn’t forget so easily. The High Luna had been in labor for over 72 hours now, and she was steadily approaching the 80th hour, yet Danica wasn't done wi
Chapter 209Maliya's Pov continuedI shook my head vehemently as the whole world went silent as Danica spoke.“No. No. Absolutely not,” I yelled suddenly.“Maliya,” Dahlia warned as she tried to hold my arm.“WHAT?!” I hissed in anger.“Why Maliya? Maliya, this Maliya, that, Are you deaf or did you not just hear her ask the Lycan to kill his wife or his children?!” I replied hotly.The Lycan just sat frozen on the bed with unseeing eyes. almost like he had left this plane and gone someplace else to meet his wife.“You’re all being ridiculous if you think that’ll ever happen!” I yelled again.But I seemed to be the only one with the strength to be angry. Luna Triss, who had been yelling and bothered less than five minutes ago, melted back into her seat and just burst into tears. Everyone in this room knew how much the High Luna longed for children of her own. To save her life but take away her children after this suffering was practically a death sentence. She was strong, but even she
Chapter 210Alisa’s PovWe raced. Through woods, narrow, dusty roads, and even streams. Never slowing, never faltering. We were free.My wolf and I hadn’t felt like this since we were on the search for Danica, but this was different altogether.We were stronger, heightened with every smell of baking bread so deliciously intensified, but unable to tempt or bring forth a grumble from our stomach.We had so much energy without limitation, and it was amazing.Hours passed and my mind drifted away until my wolf took complete charge and I was just a spectator from behind my eyes, watching the clouds change and the sun go down, signaling how long we had been racing.We didn’t race alone, though. No, we raced beside her.Her, who had been there for us when Arnou’s wife sent Herley away; her, who had been there to comfort us when Granny had died and we were left utterly alone in the world.She had been there for us, and we had hurt her. So terribly that she raced like she was alone. Not sparin
Chapter 211Maliya’s Pov.Alisa howled softly as she came to a stop behind me. I clicked my claws in warning and continued to stare at the trees where I had seen the movement.I had stopped too fast for them to possibly detect me, and I could only hope that was the same case with Alisa. She had been lagging behind the whole trip, and if I didn’t know how strong Danica’s herbs had made us, I might have thought she was tired.No, she was probably not bothered enough by Daciana to push herself. I hadn’t let her sentiments stop me, though. I had raced as fast as I could towards the Dark Jade pack, and my efforts showed.The last pack we had passed was the Crimson Shadows pack, and it was exactly three packs away from our destination. It was almost impossible, and it might have been if we hadn’t gotten help from Danica.Although I couldn’t feel the effects of the journey dragging at my bones, my logical mind knew we had just completed a four day journey in 19 hours. And while we were a li
Chapter 212Maliya’s PovThe prince stared at me for all of five seconds before bursting into laughter.I clicked my tongue a bit offended, but then again, Alisa and I had leaves, twigs, and the goddess knows what else in our hair. We were stained with dried blood like patchwork all over our bodies and probably smelled like dumps too.In all honesty, we looked like rogues. If I were in his place, I probably wouldn’t believe myself.That knowledge didn’t stop me from getting offended, though, and I crossed my arms under my boobs and narrowed my eyes at him until his laughter dried up.“Sorry,” He apologized, although he still looked like he would love to go on laughing.“It’s true,” Alisa chipped in with an irritated eye-roll.“So, you’re both from the High Palace in the Lycan territory? How did you get here?” He asked skeptically.“We left the palace little more than a day ago and have been racing non-stop to get here. If you hadn’t knocked us out we might have been on our way back no
Chapter 213Maliya’s povI gave an irritated growl as Xavier rubbed his hand in my fur.When the Dark Jade alpha had suggested that Prince Xavier go back with us to the Lycan Territory, my initial reaction had been absolutely not.But when he offered us a carriage drawn by the fastest gray wolves in his pack, I grudgingly agreed.I regretted my decision with every hour that passed though. It seemed the Prince was a touchy person and had picked me over Alisa as his target.Hence I had to endure him petting and playing with my fur coat for the entire ride.To say I was beyond irritated was an understatement and I blamed my predicament on the alpha.He had refused to sacrifice any of his pack members for our good and had set off with ordinary wolves.Well not so ordinary after all, considering Verena had proceeded to mix and feed them exactly the same herbs Danica had given Herley and I.Now they flew over the terrain drawing our carriage at unusual speed.With the symbolic sigil of the
Chapter 214Maliya’s povThere were five of them in total with four horses. And my eyes narrowed in anger as I noted that little Star was one of them. So the little witch had gotten away after all.Some part of me had hoped she died in a ditch somewhere. And while that’s a cruel fate to wish on a child, she was no innocent child and my wish for her to drop off the surface of the earth didn’t leave me with an ounce of guilt.She had probably gone back for reinforcements just to make sure the High Luna didn’t have her babies safely.And curse her because she might succeed too. We had five hours left to get Verena to the palace. All she had to do was delay us sufficiently and she would have won.Alisa growled in anger as they left their horses behind and approached. She and Xavier formed a back to back ring around themselves.Kind of like she and I had done when we faced the Crimson Jade pack.I wasn’t worried about Alisa, No. My main fear was Xavier.He hasn’t taken the herbs and he wa
Chapter 215Arnou’s PovI let out a growl as I punched my fist into the bathroom mirror.The glass splintered and broke around me as my skin tried and failed to heal around the glass shards sticking out of my hand.The bathroom door burst open, and Yeran ran inside with a panicked look in his eye.“Lycan?” He asked in mild shock as he stared at the scene before him. I suppose I must have looked ironic. I was standing in the bathroom, crying and smashing mirrors, while my mate fought for her life.Perhaps he even secretly enjoyed my pain, after all, Daciana had made his wife a scullery maid less than six months after she birthed his baby.Nevertheless, he rushed to my side and grabbed my hand.“Hold still,” He chided as he began to remove the splinters so my skin could heal.I didn’t want them gone, though. They were a constant reminder of the pain Daciana was going through.Sometime in the last fourty eight hours, I had harbored a silver of hope that Alisa and Maliya would make it ba
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