I turned to look at them as I was about to exit the chamber I glanced their way to read the expressions they had the minute I turned my back and smiled at them.
I could not read Lore's expression because her face was at that moment schooled into that of a poker one giving me no room to study it.
While the other lady-in-waiting, whose name I finally remembered to be Brigitta, had a look of excitement and surprise on hers. I could not also get a definite study of her expression because she might as well be faking the ones on her face.
But I'm not too worried, I will find a way to fish the perpetrator out without alerting them.
I walk out of my chambers in mind of finding my hiding mate first before heading to the training ground.
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We sprinted to the palace without stopping hoping what I was thinking wasn't what will happen. On getting to the gate the guards there were surprised to see all of us running and became alerted but that didn't stop us as we continued running to the Queen's chamber. I don't know the way there since I've not had the opportunity to visit her at her chambers but followed Alexa's lead as she took turns in the corridors till her chamber came into view. Her guards became alerted at first as they heard hurried footsteps before they saw us that it was us and stood at attention. Getting close to them, Alexa shouted, "Is mother inside?" One of them quickly stepped forward and replied yes. When we got to the entrance, we didn't stop running for the guards to announce us or open the door for us. We just ran past them towards the door and pushed the door open ourselves. We entered the waiting area where the ladies-in-waiting were, an
"Try me." Now chuckling, "growing up, Rye and I were more like enemies or more like him not liking me and me doing everything to annoy the hell out of him. Every opportunity I get, I used to annoy him which was fun for me but to him, I don't know, but I will use a nuisance he will do anything to get rid of. I remember when we were in grade twelve, we just ended classes for that day and I was super bored and was looking for something fun to do and I spotted him ahead of me with his current girlfriend at that moment when an idea popped into my head. To me at that time it was fun but to him, it was one of the embarrassing moments of his life." She shook her head as she could not help smiling remembering their past. "I had just eaten a cholate bar and could not finish it and was about to trash it but thought otherwise and thought to use it to prank him. I squeezed the remaining chocolate in the wrapper and extended the crumbled chocolate into the burning sun so tha
I raised my lid at her, "Was it that awful?" Scrunching her nose, "I wouldn't say awful, but let me tell you this, my annoying him didn't end there and continued till we ended high school, and even after that, I looked for ways to annoy him. It went to the extent that he started avoiding me at every given opportunity he has which didn't stop me at all but instead made me determine to pester the hell out of him." "Wow...Alexa, you really are unbelievable. I can't blame the guy for avoiding you. If it were me I would do more than avoid you. I might even leave the pack because of you." "I know right? That was the extent I went. The funniest thing is that it bounced back at me when I got in trouble. That very day, I sneaked out of the palace to attend this newly opened clubhouse but the annoying me landed my ass in trouble with the vamps of all creatures, and couldn't find a way out of it on my own. My eyes widen when I heard this. There has
At this stage, I don't know if I should be more surprised than I already am. Asking why she ran would sound stupid since I could already guess why she did it. It was obviously because of the embarrassing situation in which they both found out and she probably thought he hated her since he didn't pick her calls. She shakes her head, "Nevertheless, It was Brice that was able to locate me using his ability as a tracker and when they came to get me where I was in a hotel room, he was among them. To cut it all short, since then, he never lets me out of his sight until now and that's because I promised him that I've changed and wouldn't do things on impulse." *** We got to the training grounds and put all discussions on hold and started with me warming up. After an hour of warm-up, Alexa told me to try summoning my shield the way she showed me previously first and see if I could do it before we do it the other way. Nodding at her, I clear my m
Looking up at my mate, I raised my hand to touch his chin, "I thought you weren't around. When did you get back?" I try to change the topic? Try to get my mind off from feeling down. I don't like the emotion that comes from being dejected. "Not quite long, My Amore." "We were on our way to check on you both when we saw the smoke coming from here." Rye chipped in. He still had his arm wrapped around Alexa not intending to let go of her at any moment. My mind went back to Alexa's words on what had transpired between the two of them in the past and couldn't help but smile. If someone doesn't have any idea of their past and personality saw them right now, would find it difficult to believe anyone that told them about it. My mate looked at the area that caught fire in the forest one more time before saying, "Let's go back to the palace. You can continue your training tomorrow." I nod at him and we all walk towards the Palace. I guess th
"But..." "There's no but in this. You being involved will endanger your life and that's the last thing I want for you. I will handle the case you just need to focus on your training." 'I doubt he will agree to this Ash' 'Relax Aura, he will.' Resting her head on her paws, 'Sure give it a try, and let's see how it goes.' I gave him a pleading look, "Zeid, I want to be involved. Literally speaking, I'm already involved in whatever plans Lady Anya is concurring because I'm your mate. Also, Mother Goddess created me for a reason and if I'm not ready or you don't allow me to be involved in minute matters such as this, how then will I be able to face bigger challenges that are yet to come." Giving him a reassuring looking, "I assure you that I will be extra careful and would not do anything that will endanger my life. Just allow me please..." Pinching the bridge of his nose, he finally agreed. "Alright, but on the condition that I'm
"That's the reason why I've not appeared before you to put you through your training." Nodding my head in understanding, "Alright Hera. That's a fault from my side. I should have called for you before now." I decided to not let her know why I didn't call for her before now. That's if she hasn't already known. "Hera, as you might have been aware of, I've been trying to summon my shield but hasn't been successful so far even when I tried it in a different way than Princess Alexa showed me, I ended up getting a small portion of the training forest ablaze. Do you know the reason why it is that I've not been able to do so properly?" "Yes, your highness. I believe that in your last attempt of summoning your shield, you focused on a different emotion instead of the one you are supposed to focus on." Thinking on her words, If what she's saying is that on the two different occasions when I summoned my shield unconsciously, I didn't do that be
“Your Highness, that can only be achieved when your state of mind is completely at peace,” Hera answered my thought-out question. I glance at her and contemplated the meaning behind her words. What does she mean by that? Wasn’t that the first method Alexa showed me to use in summoning the shield? Hera smiled and shook her head, “No your Highness. What you did with Princess Alexa, was you clearing your mind of all thoughts, not putting your mind at peace. I’ve noticed that’s what you’ve been doing, and that’s due to you finding it difficult to fully concentrate, which was caused by what’s been recently happening. You don’t fully believe that you can fulfill your purpose.” She just hit the nail right on the head. I’ve indeed been finding it difficult to take my mind off the things that have been happening. I mean, everything just happened so suddenly, not giving me enough time to come to terms with the knowledge of my respon
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