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
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"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
“Alright, your Highness, what you need to do is what you’ve been told before, but this time around you just have to make it a long-lasting one.” I nod my head at her, as I’m determined to make it work this time. Striding to the center of the room, I sat down on the floor and close my eyes and let go of everything that has been bothering me. Let go of my fears and insecurities, and focus on finding a balance of harmony within myself. It took me some time to find, but when I finally did, I felt refreshed and in sync with everything around me. I could feel the energy surging through me and around me. I felt light weighted as I do the hand gesture and summoned my shield out from within me to my hands. Opening my eyes, I saw the hues of the shield surrounding me and spread out my hands to spread out the shield to cover the entire room. I smile in excitement as I see how surprised my mate was looking at the shield.
After some minutes of letting them have their fill of fun, I told them to calm down before opening my eyes. They scan through the room before landing first on my mate, who was gazing at me with mixed expressions I could not decipher completely. One thing I could from it was that he was worried about me getting hurt. I smiled at him in assurance before facing Hera. She smiled at me and said, “Very good, Your Highness. Now that you’ve channeled the air element, get acquainted with them and become one with them. By doing this, you will have access to command them as easily as moving just a finger. Make use of them as you please without losing much energy.” Understanding her words, I nod at her and close my eyes once more, channeling the air energy within me so we can become one. I did as she said; called to the air element, command them to become one with me. They obeyed me and felt the flow of energy within me. I sensed them flowing into my being, becomin
Too tired to stand on my own, I leaned back against him and closed my eyes, enjoying the feel of his hands on my body as they roam everywhere, removing all the clothing I had on down to my undergarments. Completely naked before him, he stepped slightly aside with me still somehow leaning on him and turned on the faucet, letting out steamy water into the bathtub, then he filled it up with all the essentials for bathing before turning me around to face him. He lifted me off my feet and placed me in the tub, directing me to a sitting position in it. I leaned my head back against the edge of the tub and closed my eyes, getting ready to just soak my body in it before proceeding to leave the washroom after some minutes, only to feel his hands with the bath sponge on my shoulders. Because I wasn’t expecting to feel his hands on me again, I almost slipped in the tub, nearly injuring myself in the act. He hurriedly reached out hi
Pecking my lips once more, he said, “let’s go.” *** Walking into the dungeon, the first thing that hit me was the pungent smell coming from within the walls. I didn’t or would I say wasn’t expecting it, but because I was determined to see Micaela and thought to myself that it’s also living beings that are placed here and watches over the prisoners, I Just had to force myself to adjust to it. I followed my mate down the narrow hallway leading to different cell doors on both sides of the corridor. As we walk, I tried not to make eye contact with the hostages occupying each cell but despite my avoiding them, I couldn’t help sharing eye gaze with some of them. The demeanor I saw in them wasn’t one I wished to perceive. In some, I saw total despair that had me thinking they were wishing for death to find them the very moment they noticed the presence of my mate. It was as if they saw the devil himself when they look at him. S
Moved by her tears, I leaned forward and hug her, letting her cry her fill out while soothing her. I patted her on the back and stood by her to calm down before I released her. Gasping for air, she responded with much difficulty, “Y… Y… Your Highness.” I reached for her palms and stroked them in a reassuring rhythm. “I’m here Micaela. Speak to me when you are ready. Just have it in mind that I’m here to help you out of here. I promise to find the one behind all this.” I reassured her as calmly as I could. She lowered her head in dejection, not speaking a word, and I watched her patiently as I wait for her to make the first move to communicate with me after stating that. A little while later, she finally raised her head and glanced me in the eye with tears flowing down hers.
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