Third POV.Aurora asked as she ran towards Leila, nearly knocking her down.Hearing the question, both Elana and Marcus were brought back to reality and remembered why they were outside late at night in the first place.Leila looked at Aurora in confusion since she couldn’t understand why the girl was asking her that.Seeing her puzzled look, Aurora bit her lips before saying, “Well, I hope that there wasn’t any misunderstanding between you and my brother because of the witch.”Leila lowered her head in shame because she knew that she had clearly misunderstood and nearly rejected her mate because of that. She was afraid that they might all be disappointed in her and thus didn’t dare say anything and hoped that Aiden would snitch on her.“Well, you aren’t mistaken, she did. She had made things difficult for me. At that time, I was so afraid of losing her that I wasn’t thinking clearly. When I failed to answer her, she took my silence as a yes. That I had the intention of making Madeline
Third Pov.They all turned around and saw the old King making them wonder whether they were so loud that he was even woken up.“Why are you all standing here?” Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping at this hour?’ he asked once more when he neared them but they lowered their heads out of guilt.“Daddy, you really can’t blame us for wanting to spend time together can you?” Aurora asked coquettishly as she held her dad’s hand firmly.Looking at how her daughter was behaving, the old man shook his head and sighed since he knew that she was never up to no good every time she came to this floor. He kept thinking about what she was up to, whether she was discovered or whether both Elana and Marcus were in that with her. He had heard some words thus he had an idea of what was going on.“Your majesty, we…”Elana tried to explain but was interrupted by him.“Why are you still calling me that even when I said that both of you are now my kids? As your father, aren't all of you supposed to call me dad
Third POV. The first rays of sunlight lit up their room and the dawn chorus of melodic bird songs drifted in as a sign that the day dawned crisp and clear. As Leila turned around and opened her eyes by mistake, she was hit by the rays of the sun making her groan. Hearing the sound, Aiden knew that she was wide awake but he still couldn’t help himself from chuckling.“Good morning, mate,” he said as he drew the curtain to allow more sunrays and lighten the room.“Do you hate me that much?” she asked in a sleepy voice but didn’t dare to open her eyes.“Why?” Aiden asked since she was confused.“I am sleepy, can’t you let me sleep a little longer?” she asked.“As much as I wanted that, I can’t. It’s already past nine o’clock and people are waiting for you downstairs,’ he said as he pulled away the duvets uncovering her.When Leila heard that, she was hit by the past events and remembered that she wasn’t at her parent's house where she could even wake up in the afternoon if she wanted. S
Third POV. They all looked at the person who interrupted them and frowned.Leila and her maternal family recognized him as one of the men who escorted them out of the ballroom when the rogues attacked but they still couldn’t remember his name.“What does he want?” Aiden was coldly clearly not pleased with the interruption.“He claims that his daughter went missing yesterday night,” Matteo answered as he looked at his partner who had just walked in with him.Hearing the answer, Aiden chuckled coldly as he knew that whatever was going to take place wouldn’t be so simple or peaceful. He hated it since they had just woken up and they had not even taken breakfast.“Since it seems that it is a very important matter, as the king, I can’t turn a blind eye to it, can I?” he asked coldly without asking anyone in particular.Everyone was holding their breaths since the room’s temperature was so low and they were also afraid of making him mad.“Since I can’t, why don’t you invite that old fellow
Third POV. “What are the elders doing here and there is no meeting today?” Aiden asked with a frown on his face. The others were also confused because nothing was making sense. Simon took Aiden’s action as he was afraid of getting caught. He sneered inwardly as he waited to watch what he would do or how he would be able to get away from the Lycan's rule. “I am the one who called them here,” he said, making everyone look at him. “Why? What are you planning to do now?” the old King asked. Deep down, he regretted giving the man a chance to prove himself since he had only brought his son sadness and wasted everyone’s time just to get what he wanted. He wished that he had listened to the rest when they warned him not to. But thinking of how things were and the fact that they needed someone to take over Josiah’s position. “What am I planning? I am not planning anything,” Simon answered as he snorted. “Then why did you call them here? Do you think that everyone is as idle as you are?”
Third POV. Even though he did not complete his words, everyone understood what he was trying to say. “I ….I… I don’t know what you are trying to say,” Simon denied as he hid his panic. “You don’t? Simon, we know what you are trying to do. We know that you can’t accept the fact that your daughter will be the next queen of our land. That’s why you can’t even respect Leila. You are jealous of her,” Mike said calmly but his eyes were looking at him sternly. “You just can’t accuse me without any evidence. That’s slandering and you will get punished for slandering me,” Simon roared as he was tired of listening to Mike as he was afraid it was too late. The other elders understood what Mike was trying to say and it was proved right when they saw his reaction. They sighed as if they had ever thought that he could do such a thing to get a high position and become rich and respected. They even suspected that he could kill the king if he could get a chance so that he could be the king. “Simo
Third POV.“What do you mean locked up, Aiden?” his father asked him since he was confused.“What I mean is that Madeline is locked up in the dungeon and she will be punished according to the rules,” Aiden said calmly.The more he said calmly, the more everyone present felt a cold chill running down their spine. Even though Mike had said what Simon's intentions were they all hoped that he had turned out to be wrong, but now? It seemed that his daughter had done something worse. Thinking of what might happen, they knew that they would be suffering from severe headaches soon.“Why did you lock up my daughter and she has not done anything wrong?” Simon asked after getting the courage to do so.He had thought that he had a clever daughter and that their mission and dreams had been completed but never had he thought that it might turn out to be the way it was currently.“She hasn’t done something wrong, huh? You know the rules better than the others who are out there, Elder Simon! You know
Third POV.“Am sorry but Aurora did not tell me your name,” Leila said as she looked at the woman whom she had been told was Jordan’s mate.“Gosh. No need to remind me that I forgot to tell you,” Aurora said as she halted.“My name is Doris,” the woman said with a smile on her face.“I am Leila. Hope we will be good friends who look out for each other,” Leila said as she smiled.“Yes, we will,” Doris replied.“With these guys here, I don’t think I need to worry about you,” Elana said as she looked at how her sister was socializing with others.“Don’t tell me that you are now thinking of leaving me here. Please stay a little longer,” Leila said as she held her sister's arm firmly as if she was afraid that if she did let go, Elana might leave her.Seeing her behaving like a spoiled brat, Elana smiled and patted Leila’s head before saying, “I am not leaving now. I was just speaking about when I will leave.”Leila nodded her head and started looking at the scenery in front of her. The gree