Well, that was close. God knows what would have happened had his mate not stopped him. I sit back in my seat as everyone else dispatched and the teacher also entered right at that moment.
I think it's high time I left the pack. I've been thinking about leaving for some days now ever since the changes started. I can only hide them for a while. I don't know what will happen once they are discovered. Today was a close call and I can't afford them to know. It could lead to my death once discovered.
Luckily for me, I was soon forgotten because of the excitement in the air. Mrs. Johnson even added a bonus to my salary because of it which I was grateful for since I can now add more to my savings.
The day went by quickly and classes were over before we knew it.
When I got to the packhouse, everywhere was filled with preparations and I know for one that I would definitely be ignored for the rest of the day and mostly tomorrow also hopefully. I quickly went down to my room and lock myself in for the rest of the day. I hear our guest will be arriving at midnight and the celebration will start once he arrives.
As l lay in my bed I listen to all that is going on in the packhouse and discovered that the guest that was coming was the heir apparent to the throne of the werewolves. I also couldn't help but feel excited when I learned so. I have never in my life seen any of the royals much less attend the same school with one. Hopefully, I would be able to catch a glimpse of him when he arrives here. I heard their looks were otherworldly and they all possess unique abilities and those abilities are only known to those close to them. The royals consist of five; the king, the queen, the two princes, and of course the princess.
It was said that king Indulf wants to pass the throne over to the crown prince, Prince Zeid but couldn't because prince Zeid as yet to find his mate.
It was generally known that the throne can only be passed to the crown prince the moment he finds his mate as he needs the support of his mate to rule the entire werewolf packs.
I suddenly hear the pack members telling one another that Prince Zeid has arrived and that everyone is required to welcome him. I know by everyone, I'm not among them so I didn't bother joining them. Not long after I hear them start the party I could feel the celebration in the air and the excitement of everyone to be able to be in the presence of a royal.
My stomach grumbles out reminding me I haven't eaten since lunch break. I check the time and notice it's past 1 am. I got up from my bed and quietly open the door to my room. I check the basement and see that they left it untouched like they are trying to ignore the existence of the basement.
I walk to the entrance of the basement, quietly opened it slightly, and peek through it. I noticed that it was empty meaning they are all in the courtyard where the party is taking place.
This is quite good for me cause I will be able to sneak out to get some food without being noticed.
I take a deep breath and step out from behind the door.
The moment I stepped out, my wolf starts becoming restless. I pause for a bit wondering why she's like that....she hardly reacts to anything which makes things perfect for me in covering her up.
Today was an exception that got me worried I tried communicating with her but she ignored me and continue being restless.
No problem two can play the game
I chose to ignore her also and headed to where I know the foods are kept. She tried diverting me in the opposite direction but I didn't want to and continued in my initial direction. She tried taking control from me but I didn't let her.
She growled at me but told her to stop growling at me and that I would only listen to her if she tells me what's wrong. But she chose to be silent.
At least this is much better than the way she was acting just now.
As I got to the table full of varieties of foods, she started acting up again. This time around more than before. I tried talking to her but she wouldn't listen.
I sigh....decided to take her for a run when things are more settled around here. It's been so long since I let her out maybe that's why she's restless.
I pick up a plate and was about to serve myself some food when my wolf suddenly calls out a word I never imagined I will ever hear.
MATE...
at the same time, she said it, I hear a deep voice also say the same word
"MATE"
I stood frozen for what seems like forever and only came back to my senses when the plate I was holding fell from my hand and shattered into pieces on the floor.
I slowly turned around to confirm if what I just heard was said to me or not.
As I turned, my gaze fell on the most handsome guy I've ever seen in the whole of my life.
He stood at 187cm tall with broad shoulders complementing his height and looks. His chiseled face was framed with crystal blue eyes, a sharp-pointed nose, lips that would make one want to kiss it forever, and brown short hair that looks like it has been finger raked several times. Giving him an enticing look.
He stood rooted six steps away in front of me..... and we both stared at each other as though we were entranced by what we see. Making everything thing around us dull out.
"Prince Zeid....what's wrong" we only came to be when someone calls out to him breaking the connection between us.
I quickly diverted my eyes when I found who it was that called out to him and what his identity is.
I ran away out of fear not caring I might have offended him by not acknowledging him and also I didn't want to have a confrontation with the alpha once he sees me.
Yes, it was the alpha that called out to him.
I hear the alpha's growl at me as I ran but I didn't stop and kept running just to avoid them.
ZEID "Zeid....come to my study right away" the king, my father mind link me before cutting the link once more. Ever since my 20th birthday, my father has been wanting to pass over the throne to me but couldn't because I haven't found my mate. He has been persistent in helping me find my mate to the extent of inviting almost every female werewolves in the whole of North America to the palace daily. Despite that l still couldn't find my mate. I keep telling him that when it's time I will find her but no he wouldn't listen. All he wants is for me to find my mate so he can pass the throne to me. His excuse is that I'm fully ready to take the throne and that he fully trust my ability to lead the werewolf kingdom. Anyways I'm actually the one in charge of mostly all the affairs of the kingdom all he does is for him to put his approval On the necessary documents ....so I wonder why he is still in a hurry to pass the c
Zeid "You can both leave to prepare for your journey," my father said as he dismissed us. *** We got to my mate's pack, the blood moon pack at exactly 12am of the following day. When we got there it was the Alpha and the elders that came out to greet us but at the same time, we could hear the sound of music playing from inside. "Welcome Prince Zeid, Prince Brice" They all greeted us bowing their heads. My brother and I acknowledged them with a nod and followed them into the packhouse. On entering, my wolf started becoming restless and I knew my mate was nearby. I tried to calm him down as I tried...take note "tried" listening to the Alpha as he introduces me to all the elders one after the other. God knows I can't remember a single person's name among all of them. All my concern right now is to locate my mate. I mind link my brother to keep the Alpha and the elders occupied while
Ashley I ran as fast as I could to my room and picked up my already packed bag I know no one will be after me right now because they will want to leave a good impression on the Prince's mind. But that doesn't mean I shouldn't hurry up. I know the moment they have the opportunity I won't be left untouched for what happened. I heightened my hearing to check if any hurried footsteps were coming my way and truly no one was coming. I take a deep breath and whispered to myself "now or never". I opened the basement door quietly and checked the corridor once more to confirm if anyone was approaching. once I confirmed it, I heightened all my senses to help me leave without being noticed. In no time I found myself at the boundary of the pack. I take one last look at the pack before turning around to walk away not regretting my decision to leave. Not even after finding out my mate was Prince Zeid.
Zeid On walking into the restaurant, my gaze moved across the room as it landed on her. I move to walk towards her when I felt a hand on my arm stopping me. I growled in warning at Brice "Calm your ass down bro," he said rolling his eyes "you don't want to scare her away again right, remember how long it took for us to locate her. You wouldn't want to look for her for that long again or longer even," he said pulling me to sit in one corner of the restaurant. " prince Brice is right your highness. It wasn't easy locating your mate. It's better if we don't rush things and take it one step at a time" my gamma Rye said agreeing to Brice. " Why not let me walk up to her and make our order to see her reaction first" I nod in agreement to Rye and sat down. It took all my willpower not to stand up and walk up to her. I can't help it. Looking at her now, she looks so different from how she looked when I saw her in her pack. The d
Ashley "What...what do you mean 'by I'm not coming back.." he walks to the driver's side and hopped in "it means what it means.....you know what I think I prefer it when you don't talk or ask questions " he said driving out of the parking lot. I shut my mouth and turned back to see Prince Brice and the rest enter the other vehicles I failed to notice were there before following behind us. I look at the restaurant where I work fade slowly as we move farther away from it. My heart becomes heavy as I wonder where he is taking. Is it to my old pack or the palace? What is he going to do to me? Is he going to punish me for running away? Many questions keep coming up on my mind as I twin my fingers together trying to calm myself down. I take a look at him and couldn't help being drawn to him. He is just what you call perfection but I won't let his look distract me from my current situation. I need answers
Ashley "Alpha," she said suddenly bowing her head to him. I was surprised by her action and widen my eyes. wait a minute my eyes were opened but I remember closing them before, when did I open them without me realizing it. ok hold on, that's not important, how did she know what I'm thinking can she hear my thought? but how?. I widen my eyes more as I realized she just greeted Prince Zeid. can she see him? can he see her? but how is that possible. Am I going crazy here? no, I'm not crazy that I'm sure I slowly turn my head to look at the Prince to confirm my thoughts. seeing his shocked expression and his train of sight that was definitely wasn't looking at me but past me, confirmed my thoughts that they can see each other. "you can see her?" Still, I asked him to confirm it fully. That was when he finally looked at me with questions written all over his face. "what's going on here," he asked me confused. I turn to
ZEID "what's going on here," I asked my mate in which she turns to look at the woman for explanations to which she explained. the woman whose name She later said was Hera, explained the situations to a certain point to the both of us but despite the explanation, there were still some things that left me confused like was it not only the royal family that had the privilege to own special powers but it could still be understood that because she's my mate that she also could be entitled to a special ability just like my parents but according to what Hera said, she has more than one abilities in which I can also have access to whenever I'm in close vicinity with her. On hearing she has the power to restrain my access to her abilities, I was filled with a heavy heart. Why would she want to block my access to her powers as I am her mate? Except she doesn't want me as her mate, would she think like that? Was that why she ran away when she first s
ASHLEY "don't worry we aren't going back to your packhouse and besides they can't hurt you anymore now that you are my mate. We are going to the palace." when he said this, I visibly relaxed my trembling body which I didn't know trembling. I wonder what he means by they can't hurt me now that I'm his mate. Does it mean that he doesn't care about what happened to me for the pack to treat me the way they did? Is that why he came looking for me and didn't give up. "Do you know what happened to me in the pack?" I asked him. "Not in details but I know you weren't treated right by them." "You asked me why I ran away when you came to the restaurant" "Hmm.." " I did so because I thought u would reject me and end up being like my pack" I finally told him the reason. "hmm... I can't blame you for thinking that way. you were treated that way from a tender age till I came along. I give you my word that no one will tre
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTI want to use this medium to say a big thank you to all my readers for taking their time to read TSW and patiently following through to the end. You guys are the best. Despite the delays on uploads at some point, you were still patiently committed to TSW.Writing TSW has not been easy as it is my first novel to write. The researches that were needed for it to come out perfect, the construction of words, and the implementation of the right emotions were something that I had to take my time to put down in order for it to meet your satisfaction.I also want to say a wonderful thank you to my editor, she has been the best support system I could ever ask for during this journey. Even when I was stuck at some point in the writing she was there to help me out. Thank you Rosa for everything, I wouldn't ask for any other editor. You are the best.Lastly, I want to say a very big thank you to my family. They were also a big support
It’s been years since the war happened, and ever since, things had changed drastically. To be precise, it’s been five years, four months, two weeks, three days, eight hours, twelve minutes, and eighteen seconds, since the war.Yeah, I’ve been keeping count and during those periods, things have drastically changed.After the attack, we were able to locate where Lady Anya and the rest of their groups were hiding and annihilated them immediately. We made sure that there will be no more uprising from them or any other forces.And after the clean-up, we moved further within the walls of the forest where it will be so difficult to locate the palace and where no arms could befall my unconscious mate.She has yet to regain her consciousness after so many years, leaving us to only hope for a miracle to happen.The first few months were heart reeking for everyone as her life kept slipping away several times but mother and her team worked th
Walking into their room, I saw two of the most adorable pups ever, lying down in their cribs, sleeping peacefully and not having a clue of what was going on around them. I walk quietly towards them and saw that they weren’t only adorable but they looked so much like her. Even though they were just given birth to, the similarities between them and their mother were so obvious. My heart suddenly tightened in severe pain and went on my knees as I held my heart tightly. This only indicated one thing, and that was my mate struggling for her life and slipping away. I stood up to run towards the infirmary but came to a halt as my pups suddenly burst out crying at the same time and I knew instantly they also felt what I felt just now. I turned around and walk back towards them, ignoring the pain I was feeling. I can’t let them go through it. They are too little to be feeling this much pain. I need to do something to stop them from feeling such
She finally showed how she was feeling and I understood at that moment what she meant.“Can I see her?” I asked her and diverted my eyes away from her and towards the operating room.“Yes, once she is cleaned and taken to the ward.”After hearing what she said, I ignored her and went back to my previous position. I could feel her looking at me and wanting to say more but right now, I’m not in the mood to hear anything from her.Right now all I could think of is my mate, and the more I think of how she is lying down there on the bed, helplessly, my anger towards Mother Increased.An hour later or so, she was finally pushed out of the operating room by several medical aids and into the room they had prepared for her. I walked towards them and maintained a close distance as I follow them to the room. I waited for them at the entrance to get her situated and when they were done attending to her; they all bowed at me and left the room one afte
I closed my eyes and waited for the brunt of his sword to descend on me while with the last hope in me; I reach out to the mother goddess for a last-minute miracle.After waiting for what felt like hours to feel the brunt of his sword against my skin, I opened my eyes gradually to see what has stopped him from doing so.Only to see him convulsing on the ground before me with blood gushing out of his ears, eyes, nose, mouth, literally every part of his body was bleeding, and within seconds, he bled out dried, and died. I was taken aback at the sudden change of event as I watched him dry up to bones in front of me. I hadn’t gotten out of my shock and confusion when I suddenly felt the presence of my mate beside me.I quickly turned to face her direction and just in time, saw her losing consciousness. I ran towards her and caught her before she could hit the floor.Not knowing what was going on and why she was here covered in blood, I tried to shake he
ZeidI braced myself for what was to come as I watch him gradually make his way towards me.It felt like hours before he got to where I was standing, whereas it was just a few seconds.I took a shaken step back when I finally saw who it was."Surprise!!!" he said with his hands spread out wide and a huge smile on his face."Un... Uncle Maxwell. Y... You are the mastermind behind this." I stammered in surprise."Hehehe, of course. Who else has the power to do so if not me? Besides Zeid, It is very obvious that someone with ability is the one behind it all. Besides, you had me thinking of how dumb you could be by not thinking outside the box to find out. I mean who else apart from the Royal families can display an ounce of ability. Considering the fact that I'm also a royal, you should have discovered me a long time ago. Tsk"He mocked.“But why would you think so? To you and my cousin, I was anything but a royal and hardly anyon
I quickly contemplated on what to do as the pain gradually set in. From the distance at which I saw them to the palace, it will take them approximately five to six hours to get here if I’m not mistaken. Therefore it gives the palace guards and the warriors enough time to prepare for their arrival if I contact my mate and inform him about it. After making up my mind, I open the mind link between my mate and me and informed him immediately but left behind the news of me going into labor so as not to distract him. Not long after I told him, all the warriors around the palace were summoned to prepare for the upcoming battle and the war bell was rung as a warning to everyone that we were under attack. While my mate opened a general mind link to all the pack members that the women that were not warriors, with all the children and the elderly were to retreat to the safe bunk immediately. Seeing that everywhere was in an uproar, I walked gradually into the cham
I let out a heave of disappointment as I thought she might know who it was.“Rest assured my dear, that even though we don’t know his identity and the length of what he is capable of doing, we have you to save everyone. You are destined to do so and you will succeed in doing so.” She assured me.“Yes, mother. That’s why I’ve come to seek your guidance.”“Alright child, enough talking. Let’s begin. Oh, before I forgot, I will summon Zeid to…”Hearing this, I panicked immediately because I didn’t want him to know about any of this, and interrupted her saying, “No mother, please don’t. I don’t want him to know about this.”She was slightly surprised at my outburst before shaking her head and saying, “Of course child, knowing how my son can be, I wouldn’t dare. The reason why I want to summon him was to tell him to move your coronation forward.
“What…what do you mean by that?” My mate asked him. His voice deepened in anger.“What I mean to say was that Lady Anya vanished into thin air immediately after the dungeon was attacked. No one knew how it happened because she didn’t escape through the entrance. We only knew of her disappearance when a guard went to check if any of the inmates escaped, and she happened to be the only one that did.But bro, what baffled me was that she escaped with her cell gate still intact. There was no forced entrance or damage to the door. It was also still locked when we got there after the guard came to report to us. It was as though she disappeared just like that. It doesn’t sound logical but that was what happened.” He explained to my mate.To say I was surprised by the turn of events would be a lie. I knew from the moment I heard that there was an attack at the dungeon, that this would be the result.My mate kept quiet fo