I lay on my bed with my eyes closed. Sleep hadn't come to lull me away yet and the events of the day kept running through my mind.I heard the sound of my door opening and I opened one eye to see who it was that had come into my room.It was Arnou.“How are you feeling now?” he asked softly.I sighed and sat up gently.“That's all everybody keeps asking me. What am I supposed to say? That I'm not fine?” I replied weakly.Arnou strode towards me softly and began to remove his shirt.“I know, you're not so happy with me because I supported Herley earlier,” Arnou said as he pulled the chair from my dresser and sat beside the bed.“Yeah, I'm not exactly happy about that,” I replied honestly.“But can you make me understand why? I understand that the both of you don't like each other. That's understandable, I mean I don't expect you to like everyone. But what exactly has she done to make you hate her so much?” Arnold asked me carefully.I could tell that he was trying his best not to trig
Chapter 69The next day was a flurry of activity. It felt good to have Arnou on my side, he was an effective worker. Much better than Eden, who used to leave all the tedious work for me.When I woke up sometime in the late morning, Arnou was already up and working. I had watched him for a while before he noticed I was awake.The pain this morning was better. At least I could be touched, but only lightly.Arnou had stood beside me like some guard or soldier to make sure everything went well.He had tasted every food and even the water I drank. I had protested, I mean if it was really poisoned I didn't want him falling sick. He had brushed off my concerns and adamantly tasted all my food items and made me wait five minutes before eating.It was really cute watching him get bothered like that.Arnou and I had been working since morning. Well mostly Arnou, I’ve been sitting on the bed and pestering him for information.I initially wanted to get up do and help in the research but he ada
“You can come in,” I called out in a loud voice.The door pushed open and Gabriel came inside.Arnou shot me an inquisitive look and I smiled at him.“Good afternoon queen of queens. Lycan,” Gabriel greeted with a bow.“Afternoon,” I replied pleasantly.“Do you have the information I requested?” I asked him directly as I motioned for Arnou to pass me a glass of water.“Not entirely, but I have some information. It's all here,” Gabriel said as he reached into his waistcoat pocket and retrieved a piece of paper.I stretched out my hand and he handed me the paper.I frowned as I tried to make sense of his squiggly handwriting.“And what am I supposed to be looking at?” I asked with distaste.“I'm sorry high Luna, I don't know you would request it so soon. I would have written it out clearly,” he apologizedI waved his apology away and tried to read the paper.“So? Did you find out where she's from?” I asked him while I tried to make sense of the information on the piece of paper.“Who?”
Chapter 71The door opened and Feyre stepped into my room. I breathed a sigh of relief while Arnou just looked confused.All the events that had been happening were making me a bit jumpy.“Good afternoon Lycan, Queen of Queens,” She greeted quickly with a bow.“Who is she?” Arnou asked skeptically.“This is Feyre, she’s the maid who I gave my phone to fix,” I replied.He nodded as understanding seemed to dawn in his eyes.“How are you feeling now? I called for you a week ago but I was told you were unwell,” I asked her.“I’m better now high Luna,” She replied meekly.“Okay, tell me what you’ve got for me. I asked you to put your eyes on Herley at my engagement party. Did she meet with anyone suspicious?” I asked her.Arnou seemed surprised but he didn’t say anything.“No high Luna, She seemed to speak with Princess Alisa a lot, but that’s not unusual.She also met with some generals, but nothing serious.” She replied with a bow.“Well she has an accomplice in the palace and it was you
Chapter 72“Arnou what is it?” I hissed in irritation. I stopped and tried my best to remain on my feet.“Sorry about that. It’s just, I recognized this plant from the books I've been researching all day.It’s poisonous, and you were about to walk right into it,” Arnou apologized.I felt horrible, he had just been looking out for me and I had snapped at him.“I’m sorry, Arnou,” I apologized sadly.“Hey, it’s okay. Come with me, let’s walk over there,” he responded as he herded me over to another part of the garden.I enjoyed the walk, Arnou and I have been so individually busy that we hadn’t had time to spend together.So the walk, made me kind of happy. We took turns asking each other all sorts of questions, both personal and silly.After our walk, we went back to my chambers and I took a quick bath. Arnou once again, stayed by my side the whole time.I had gotten used to him seeing my naked form, and his presence didn’t bother me.But it did make me wonder if he missed his chambers.
Chapter 73The rest of the meal passed in comfortable silence. At least on my part, I was so lost in my thoughts, Arnou gave up on trying to get to inverse with me after asking three questions and not getting any answers.There was just something about the information that Granny had given me that seemed so familiar.It's unexplainable. I tried to think of where I could have heard those names before but I came up blank.I could barely eat as the information took up space in my head. I had to find out more about those names and why they seemed so familiar.I dropped my fork loudly and Arnou jumped slightly.“Are you okay?” he asked, concerned. I looked at Granny, and she too seemed quite stressed and concerned about me.“I'm fine, sorry, my mind is just full at the moment. Please excuse me,” I said politely as I pushed my chair back and got up from the dining table.Arnou seemed surprised but held his tongue. He’s probably pieced together the fact that it might be our investigation tha
From the corner of my mind, I could register my room door opening and my maids rushing inside.Arnou was panicking badly and trying to get me to respond to him but I couldn't. It seemed like I had floated to a secluded corner of my mind from which I observed everything around me.Different people kept coming in and leaving my room and sometime during the commotion I fell asleep.That night, I seemed to be transported to a different plane. It was some kind of dream but felt so surreal I was confused.I opened my eyes and the first thing I observed was the cold. Someone was lying on top of me trying to conserve my body heat.I felt grateful for whoever that person was. Nafira. The girl laying on me was called Nafira.I don't know how I know that, but I do.“Hey, wake up,” I said softly as I tried to pry her off with my small hands.I knew she had to be able because someone was coming. I felt a sense of urgency I didn't understand and tried my best to wake her again.“Nafira! Come on,”
Chapter 75I took my shower quickly, I had no desire to spend too much time under the cold water. I still felt some cold thing underneath my lines that made me shiver.I turned off the shower head and wrapped myself in a fluffy bath towel hanging on a hook.My entire body felt strange like it belonged to me but didn't at the same time. I wasn't going to let Arnou know how I felt though. He was already worried enough, I didn't want to add to his worries.I could hear whispers coming from my room before I entered it. I stood outside for a beat and closed my eyes, trying to discern the people in the room.Granny was saying something I could hear her voice, Arnou was definitely there. They were arguing about sorts.As soon as I pushed open the door of my room and entered inside, the whispering stopped.They all looked at me weirdly but I ignored their strange looks of concern.Lea got a bathrobe the moment she saw me and opened it up for me to wear.That was when I realized, I had come 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