Chapter 85We kept running, and I kept stumbling. I wasn't blind but I felt like I couldn't see because if the thick darkness that enveloped the woods.My legs felt tired but the adrenaline and fear in my blood keot me moving. Nafira held my hand and kept on tugging at me trying to help me run faster.But we both knew it was futile, we had gained some ground but even the both if us could tell that we wouldn't last another night in the woods.Mama's men could track us and they were closing in on us. We had run out of food and even the soggy loaf of bread we had managed was finished.Tears streamed down my eyes at the fear of what Mama would do to us when they captured us and took us back.“Neha wait!” Naira whispered as she came to a halt and held me beside her.She dropped to her knees on the muddy forest floor and began to loosen the belt she had used to tie the clothes around me.That makes sense, she's probably tired of me weighing us down with the pounds of wet clothing I had on.
I woke up choking on my tears. The room was empty and sobs racked my whole body.I couldn’t believe what I just realized. Herley had been my sister all along? How was that even possible I mean I hadn’t shown a scrap of magic ever.But one thing was certain the alpha shoes hands Nafira had pushed me into that day was my adopted father.I sat on the bed crying bitterly. Two little abused girls had both dreamt of becoming princesses but only one had made it through the sacrifice of the other.And even though, my experience with Nikkini as the Princess of the Moon crystal pack Danny has been the best, it was loads better than growing up with a grieving terrorist of a mother.But I don’t understand. How had Nafira gone from that to this wicked thing that Herley was?And did she recognize me? Did she know it was me all along and still try to kill me?I officially have the worst luck. Both of the women who tried to kill me are my sisters.One adopted and the other one by blood.At just seven
“Arnou, stop!” I yelled the moment I stepped into the room. Granny was present and stood up from her seat in surprise. “Daciana you’re awake?” She asked in surprise. “Yea Granny, I’m awake. Please stop Arnou before he makes a fatal mistake,” I replied as I stepped further into the courtroom. “Look high Luna Daciana, all these antics of yours are highly unethical. We can’t just stop a court proceeding because you will it. If you have something to say to the Lycan then you can mind link him or excuse him and speak in private,” Yeran said to me in annoyance. “Yeran! Mind your language,” Arnou yelled at him and he shut his mouth. Herley, who looked like she had been crying on the witness stand, looked at me in surprise. I ignored her. Just because I was defending her didn’t mean we were best friends all of a sudden. She had still tried to kill me. Sister or not. I wasn’t interested in bruising some kind of relationship between the two of us anytime from now. “No it’s fine, since
Arnou’s POVI had gotten the garden appraiser and hoped to bring Daciana along with me.I was still reeling from the weight of all the information we had uncovered. I mean my father was a tyrant and I have no long lost love for him, but finding out that he could potentially have been killed by a witch my family cared for was unsettling.There was no way I’ll let this situation slide. For Herley’s sake, I hope the poisonous plants I saw that day in the garden were a one-off.I strode to Daciana’s chambers and saw her staff waiting outside for her.They all bowed to greet me as soon as I came into her line of eyesight.“Open the door please,” I asked them politely and they opened the door for me and Veer, the gardener I had found, to go in.“Wait here,” I said to Veer as soon as we entered the sitting room.When I left Daciana earlier, she had said she wanted to go over Venera’s sales book.Hopefully, by now she would be done. I walked ahead and pushed open the doors to the bedroom.I
Chapter 89Daciana’s POV.I doubt the importance of my words affected the court at all because they all remained seated, staring at me like I had grown two heads.Herley was the first to react. She had been crying hysterically from the moment I spoke about the memory block.When I announced that she was my sister, it seemed too much for her because she collapsed immediately.Only after Herley slumped did the generals realize the implication of my announcement.“How do you know she’s your sister,”“Are the both of you playing with us?”“Is this some sort of sick joke?”“You met her barely six weeks ago!”“Isn’t Nikkini your sister? Does this mean she’s related to her as well?”“If she’s your sister, why would she poison you?”“Does this mean you’re part witch as well?We can’t have a witch on the throne as high Luna!”The last one was from Yeran and I narrowed my eyes at his insolence.The rapid fire questions kept coming at me, and i could barely open my mouth to answer one when anoth
Chapter 90As I walked down the hallway back to my chamber, I had the vague impression that Arnou was angry with me.Well, I wasn’t so pleased with him either. We’re supposed to be a team, despite all that Herley had done, it’s quite disappointing that he had wanted to make such an important decision without consulting me.“High Luna, what’s the new plan? What are we going to do about Lady Herley?” Lea asked me worriedly as she escorted me to my room.I sighed in exhaustion. Why does everyone keep asking me what the next step is? I’m just as clueless as the next person.All I hope is that everything goes fine. I haven’t had time to come to terms with the fact that Herley is my sister.And the fact that she sacrificed herself to make sure I got away from that abusive situation is just overwhelming. I mean how am I supposed to react? Am I supposed to be thankful?This woman tried to kill me! And she blocked out a part of my life for twenty years. Granted she might have done it for my be
As I kissed Arnou, my first reaction to the pain was to pull away.He seemed shocked but like always, he could sense that I needed to be touched, I didn’t want him to pull away so he didn’t.Instead, he deepened the kiss, and the pain I felt, mixed with the pleasure of our tongues dancing together until I was sure that this was the best kiss we had ever had.And it was funny because I didn’t touch his hair or clothe like I normally would. I admit, it did feel a bit strange to kiss him so intimately without him holding my waist and tangling his fingers in my hair.I broke the kiss first so I could take in more air.“Wow,” Arnou said looking at me in surprise.“What is it?” I asked him shyly.“It’s just, you took me by surprise. That’s all,” he replied with a roguish grin.I playfully took a pillow from my bed and threw it at him. He caught it laughing with so much joy that my heart ached.Arnou was totally right. This was what she had wanted to steal from me. A chance to spend days wa
Chapter 92“Herley,” Alisa whispered in shock. Herley's face crumpled as the realization of what Alisa had witnessed dawned on her.“No, Alisa. No, Alisa please don't believe anything this lying wench says. You know me better. I I was just -” Herley said as tears filled her eyes and she walked slowly towards Alisa.I felt hurt pool at the bottom of my belly. It seems like Herley really cared about Alisa. Once upon a time, that protective sister's love had been mine and now she stared at me like I was the devil himself.“What do you mean by that? I just I I heard you say so many terrible things to her. You told her you wouldn't give her the antidote. Did you really try to kill her?” Alisa asked Herley in disappointment and anger.“She tried to steal my life. I had to do something. I wanted to marry Arnou so I could continue to protect you,” Herley said softly as she gripped Alisa’s hands and tried to get her to believe her.I watched the entire situation with tears pooling in my eyes
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