Claudius' perspectivePlaying with the ring on my finger as I listen to my strategist come up with a plan how we'll conquer the realm by taking over the port across the Wilde seas. I find myself rolling my eyes at him.“If I take your advice to win this town and small pack, bit by bit. It would take me years before I get back to the realm and Regulus pack,” I snapped as my patience had run thin.“Alpha, you have hundreds of skillful deltas and warriors. Four fleets, but Regulus has thousands of deltas and warriors who'll do anything to protect the Alpha King, and their fleets, they have hundreds.” Gregor Conoire explained.“You come here to take back the realm and rule over the Regulus pack, not to destroy it, Alpha,” Caspian reminded me.“If you went ahead with your plan to challenge the Alpha King with a face-to-face battle. This will be a losing battle for us from the very beginning,”
Claudius' perspectiveAfter spending the rest of the day searching for Eero outside the manor and in the nearby forest and sea, we still couldn't find her anywhere.“Tillula has something to say to you, Alpha,” Cielo told me as she entered my room and behind her was another woman.I stopped pacing on my balcony and still to accommodate my mage.“You're a mage. Did you come up with a way to find my Luna?”“No, Alpha… and I am afraid that my ability won't help you find her, but I want to come clean. I want the truth to come out from me.”My forehead furrowed.“Why? Did you help her escape from me?” She remained silent.“You did?!”“Not exactly like that, Alpha,” Cielo attempted to calm me down, but I threw a dagger look at her and she shut her mouth.“Two weeks ago. The Luna asked me to wield an amu
Eero's perspectiveAs my consciousness sipped right back to me, my hand held the spot on my neck where I was shot with a needle that made me faint.Remembering that it's the last thing that happened to me, I got up feeling scared that I was being held captive.“What the hell is going on? Where am I?” I muttered to myself. I looked around and all that I could see around me was luxury.The powder blue silk material of the ankle length dress that I was wearing felt right around my body.
Eero's perspectiveSilence filled the Harren Hall. Everyone was waiting for the Alpha King to take those words back.“Alpha King, what is this nonsense that you're talking about?” Octavio was the first to say something that made me gaze up in his direction.He stepped near me. “Tell the Masters to bring back the Alpha King to his room. I think he had too much of wine and drank.”“My Lady, apology for the misunderstanding. He does not mean any of that. The Alpha King just
Claudius' perspectiveOne week has passed since Eero left the manor and up to now, Caspian and I couldn't find traces of her.“Alpha, are you even listening to me?” Caspian asked, earning a glance at me.“Yes, please go on.” He placed the miniature of our fleet down on the map and sighs.“You were listening to me?”“Yes, so carry on with what you're talking about,” I said
Claudius' perspective With Caspian standing behind me, both of us looked up at the chopper that the realm sent to pick us up. “You can still change your mind, Alpha. If you come to this event, swear your loyalty and bow your head to his heir, every influential family who'd be at the party will make you a laughingstock.” I glanced at him and lightly patted his shoulder. “This is why I am bringing you with me.” “Because you want me to do what?” “I need you to memorize every single person who'll laugh at me while I am struggling to make it on top. When I am their King, I'll punish them all.” My jaw clenched. “Did you really think that I wholeheartedly wanted to do this? I don't. Do I have a choice? None.” My eyes trailed the chopper that finally landed on the helipad, and the sigil of the Regulus made my jaw clenched. “The old saying goes, keep your friends close and your enemy closer and this is me doing that. Our warriors and deltas wouldn't be enough to fight them face
Claudius' perspectiveCodrus chuckled at me while my eyes remained serious.“What a bizarre choice of words.”“Bizarre it may sound, but that is the truth.” Codrus shifted in his seat and slightly bent his upper body forward to the table.“To your eyes, it may seem like I am treating you like a pathetic dog, but it doesn't change the fact that being my pathetic dog gives you power and a slight control over the realm.”
Eero's perspectiveA pair of ladies in waiting were flocking at my head, ensuring that they were perfect for occasion.I breathed deeply, and my world stopped spinning for a moment.“Claudius?” I whispered my mate's name. Standing up from my chair, the shifters halted their hands.“What's wrong, Princess Eero?” They asked.“Did you smell it?”