Chapter 95“What are you doing here?” I took a small step back and allowed my magic to rise, the black shadows coating me like a second skin.“Relax, I come in peace,” The King’s eyes scanned my powers and he crossed his arms behind his back.Drusilla’s senses were still heightened at the possible threat. “You tried to kill me. I’m not trusting you,” “I’m not asking you to. I’m asking that you disappear,”His words pricked me but I frowned and ignored him.“If you won’t rekindle a relationship with the queen , then. At least leave her life. Let her go back to being happy and content,”“Leave,” I crossed my arms and narrowed my eyes at the king.How did he even get here faster then Dimitri and I.“I warned you,” he slid his hands into his pockets. “Don’t hurt her. Forgive her or forget about her,”“Leave!” Drusilla growled at the king as I stepped aside for him to go out my phone door.If you hurt her, I’m coming after you, and you don’t want to make me your enemy,”I was about to re
Chapter 96I stood behind Margery, my stomach in knots and my Palms sweaty. I was nervous to see him, yet had no real reason why.“You’re okay?” Margery looked back at me with a raised brow.“Hmhmm,” I gave her a nervous nod and worried my bottom lip with my teeth.We shuffled out of the jet in a straight line.As I walked down the stairs, my eyes scanned the people that were gathered on the pad to welcome us.Amari stood by the roof top door beside a sour looking Lyssandra.By the look on her face, I could tell they all knew the truth about my heritage.My eyes scanned the pad, looking for him. I could feel him close by but couldn’t see him.“Oof!” A figure slammed into me, making me stagger back a few feet.“Lydia!” I blinked in surprise as Lily burst into tears.Her comforting scent of lilies bought tears to my tears and I let my hands wrap around her. “Lils,” I sniffled and blinked my tears away. How many times had I been around my best friend without realising what life would b
Chapter 97I was so happy it felt like my heart would burst. My hands snaked around Darwin’s neck as he broke the kiss and I chuckled lightly.“I guess you missed me too,”“More than you could imagine,” Darwin’s walls came down and the full force of his emotions slammed into me. “Not just me, but the whole palace. Nothing has been the same without you,”“What changed while I was gone?” I cocked my head and stared at his face. It almost seemed like there was something he wasn’t telling me.“Well, Lily and Amari are finally getting married,” Darwin chuckled.“Finally,” I rolled my eyes dramatically as a smile tugged on my lips. “We should get married too. Maybe like a joint ceremony?”My heart beat nervously as I blinked and waited for Darwin’s reply. It wasn’t like he would refuse me, but a slight doubt still nagged at the back of my mind.“Yeah, it’s time we made your coronation official,” Darwin chuckled and pressed a kiss to my head.“That won’t happen,”I jerked back from Darwin’s a
Chapter 98~~~~~~~ROYAL LETTER FROM ELOISE AZIRA, ~~~~~~~QUEEN OF FAE TO LYDIA SHAPIRO, ~~~~~~~QUEEN OF THE ROGUE KINGDOMMy Dear,Dear Lydia, my sweet girl. Did you know I wanted to name you Nehemia? It means Life. Because that's what your birth gave to me.I was stranded in a foreign territory with foreign species of people who viewed my blood as a life elixir. I was drained and tortured and almost lifeless when I met him for the first time.Mike. Or alpha Mike as you know him. Did I love him? No. Not in the same way I love Theran. But he did show me some semblance of love. He held my hand and got me flowers. He was a gift to me from the moon goddess their people worship so much.When he left me with child, I was frightened and numb. But then he took me to the palace and I met Cathy. You know the rest of the story. How I gained my life back when I felt you kick for the first time.I used to jokingly say you took all the life in me, that's why you came out loud
Chapter 99Darwin blinked and I watched in surprise as his face seemed to go confused. “Sister?”“Yeah,” I pushed on, “your sister. You know, from your pack,”Almost immediately his eyes lit up for a second so small I almost thought I imagined it. “Serena! Her name is Serena,”Serena? Where is she? Why has Darwin never spoken about her?I crawled off the bed and walked slowly towards him. “Your sister's name is Serena,” I repeated slowly.He gave me an affirmative nod. “Yes. I had a sister called Serena,”“And where is she? What happened?” My heart sank at the word— had. Did he lose her and was I being insensitive by asking so plainly?“I…” Darwin pauses and cocked his head strangely. “I don’t remember,”He doesn't remember? That makes no sense.“What do you mean, you don't remember? You don’t remember what happened to your sister?” I asked incredulously.“No,” he shook his head like some clueless child.“What…What about your parents? And the throne?” I asked as suspicion crawled up
Chapter 100It had been a full week since Dimitri left. I spent more time refreshing my email than was normal but still. Nothing.“Relax. I don’t think he has forgotten. At least not so soon,” Lily tried to cheer me up as she flicked a single chip at me and continued to noisily munch another one.“It’s just…” I groaned in annoyance and threw the cracker back at her. “What’s taking so long? Why can't he just send It? What is the problem,”Lily smiled in amusement. “What???” I groaned in exasperation.“It’s just you're so fast sometimes you forget that Not everyone has that luxury. You need to calm down to normal speed. It’s just been a week and it definitely takes more than that to gather the information you need,” Lily rolled her eyes and passed me the bag of chips.Maybe she was right but it didn’t stop me from worrying.“Fine,” I dramatically dropped my tablet on the bed. “But I’m calling if he still hasn’t sent it by tomorrow,”“Sure you—“My bedroom door opened, Lily and I turned
Chapter 101“Nothing important just guests for Lily’s wedding,” I shook my head and smiled at him.He looked from me to Amari and gave me a nod.“Alright,”I frowned immediately. Something was wrong, he seemed down and I could practically feel his worry leaking to me.“Bye Amari,” I waved Lily’s mate goodbye and locked arms with Darwin.“Hey,” I whispered and tugged on his arm. “You okay?”“Yeah, I just…” he paused and shook his head “I want us to have our wedding and do the coronation on the same day as Amari. You need to officially take the office. The pack members don’t recognize you as queen yet,”His concern made me frown. “We can’t do anything about that. You gave the power up to Lyssandra so she gets to decide if she wants to dissolve the joining bond or not,”I knew it wasn’t his fault. He had no idea his marriage wouldn’t work out or that he would get a second chance mate, but yet it hurt me.“I’m so sorry Lydia. I spoke to her but trying to reason with Lyssandra is like tal
Chapter 102“So that's the plan,” I looked around the room waiting for their reactions.I had gathered Lily, Amari, Margery and of course, Darwin in the meeting room to tell them Dimitri’s plan.Of course, I omitted the tiny information that it was Dimitri’s plan and that I wanted to visit Silver Streak.“So to get it straight, you want to fool Lady Lyssandra along with the rest of the kingdom and royal guests into believing you joined with the king,” Amari asked.“I think it’s genius,” Margery chuckled. “It’ll certainly drive her mad. And yes, power is in perception. If the pack members believe you’re both married Lyssandra loses all credibility,”My chest lightened up at her words and I turned to Lily.“Lils,”It was her wedding too. I needed her permission, I wouldn’t ever want to upstage her on her wedding day.“I like it. We’ll have to be careful so Freya doesn’t find out. But that aside we should be good,”Relief flooded me at her reply and I turned to the man of the hour.Darwi