Nathan:
“You and your wife have completely lost your minds” Celine said glaring at Kiara and I, she held her belly with her hand, which was growing in size by the day as her and Sebastian’s child grew inside her, the baby’s heartbeat was calm despite his ranting mother who was trying to compose herself for the sake of her child.
“Do you expect us to leave the king to do what he’s doing Celine, or do you expect to sign a treaty?” I asked Celine raising an eyebrow at her, trying to read her expression which not only looked annoyed, but worried.
“Bloody hell no, I do not, and will not stand by you if you do so” Celine said looking me in the eye, I raised an eyebrow at her, as did Kiara “they killed the two kings Nathan, your father, and mine”
“Pardon?” I asked frowning, Grace tensed as she looked at Celine who avoided our eyes, my own eyes widened as I heard the words that left her
Chapter 81Nathan:“Prince Nathan!” Daniel said walking inside the throne room, he bowed to all of us before straightening to look at me “the guard woke up, he is asking to see you”Daniel’s words had my eyes widen as I felt my heart race in anticipation, wanting to know what had happened when father had died, what had happened to the man himself, how he was shot, how the kings had died, what mother had done, all these questions swarmed my mind making me feel like a heavy weight had been thrown on top of my shoulders.I looked at Kiara who nodded at me to go, she knew that I wanted to listen to whatever the guard had to say on my own, she respected that and I was happy that she did, Grace walked toward me and I raised an eyebrow at her, but she raised hers at me making me fight back shaking my head at her, but she didn’t bother waiting as she walked toward the door of the throne room, clearly letting me know that she wa
Kiara:“Well, you can’t expect us to sit here and do nothing” Nina said the second we were sure that everyone was out of earshot.“Very funny Nina, have you never met us?” Ashton asked the girl who smirked raising an eyebrow at him, wanting to know what he had in mind.“We may be royalty, but our old ways won’t simply change because of a stupid title” I said sitting cross legged on the chair which I sat on looking at our eldest brother who was smirking, his eyes holding a hint of amusement “what Elijah? Tell us, which stick is shoved up your bum?”“None, but I do find it amusing that you are all calm in front of your husband or wife, and now you’re planning on doing something ‘behind the scenes’” Elijah said raising an eyebrow at me making me smile and shake my head.“You do know that none of them is thinking straight right now and that they need our hel
Nathan:“Don’t you even think about it Kiara” I snapped at Kiara for suggesting that she and her siblings to leave the kingdom to go and see King Deniz, my eyes widening at her as she looked at me, her eyes somewhat avoiding mine as she knew that I would not approve of this, how could she even think of something like this when the kingdom was literally on the verge of war.“Nathan! Come on you know that the king can help, he can suggest something, plus we’ll be in the kingdom of The Sea, it’s not like we haven’t been there before, and you know that it is safe” Kiara said looking at me as I paced our chamber, I glared at her making her shy back, knowing that she was asking me for something that I would not be approving of, especially at a time like this, no she wasn’t my prisoner here, I would never treat her as so, but if her safety was on the line, then she was not going anywhere.“I said no Kiara, don
Kiara:“Why the hell not?” Elijah snapped at me when he found out that I wouldn’t be joining them to go and see King Deniz, after what had happened last night, how broken Nathan looked, I was NOT going to put him through any worry or pain about me leaving him or about anything happening to me.“Elijah, he doesn’t want me to go, and I won’t pressure him when he’s in this much pain, please don’t ask me any more questions on the subject” I said looking at my eldest brother who frowned in confusion, me, Elijah, Ashton, and Nina were all sitting in my chamber after Nathan had left to tend to his duties of the kingdom, the peace treaty was yet to arrive, but he had things to take care of, and he wanted to keep himself busy instead of thinking through the whole day.Elijah got up and nodded at me to follow him, I raised an eyebrow and looked at Nina who nodded at me to follow him to the veranda which I did, Elijah w
Nathan:“Elijah and Nina are on mother and King Alexander’s side…” I said looking at my mate whose eyes widened in surprise, Kiara looked at me as if I’ve suddenly grown a third eye and I couldn’t blame her, I suddenly slapped her with a shocking piece of information about her eldest brother, and despite Elijah once being close to her, we had heard him and his wife plotting how to get Ashton and Kiara out of the castle to set an attack against us.Flashback:“Ashton!” I called the human prince who was walking in the garden with Grace, he frowned in confusion when he saw my exhausted eyes having broken down a while ago in the chamber, I had fallen asleep out of exhaustion, but woke up about an hour later finding Kiara curled up in my arms as she slept, I slowly got up careful not to wake her and went out to get some air, something about her leaving to the King of the Sea did not feel right, the fact that Elijah kne
Kiara:I walked back inside the chamber after Ashton, Grace, Celine, and Sebastian left us.Knowing that I would be having a mind battle of my own, Nathan had told the princes and princesses that we would be talking about matters later though when this later was going to be I did not know, especially since I knew now that I had to stay in control to be sure that I did not harm Elijah or Nina, and knowing myself I might do so, which might lead to ruining Nathan’s plan, whatever it was, I knew that he had left them because he did have a plan, otherwise, he would’ve had their heads by now.“Kiara…”“Why would they do this Nathan? You have been nothing but good to them, even when Nina and the other kids needed a home, you were sure to provide it, you didn’t leave them to freeze or starve to death, why would they repay you this way?” I asked looking at my mate, remembering the number of times which Nathan had st
Nathan:I wrapped my arm around my mate hugging her tightly before I got into the carriage.“Take a good care of yourself” she said in my brain, using the mating bond to her advantage, I smiled and nodded at her.“I will baby girl, and I’ll be back before you know it” I looked at her through the carriage’s window, listening to her racing heartbeat as I knew she was having her own battle in her mind as worry filled her veins about us leaving, but she knew that it had to be done, there was no other way around it, not for now anyway.“You alright?” Ashton asked me noticing my worried expression, we usually took different carriages when going out, but today was exception, especially since we knew that danger was still lurking around every corner, it was no use denying or pretending that it was anything different, if we were going to be attacked, we were prepared to fight.“Just wor
Kiara:My eyes met the queen’s who I knew was internally cursing the day I was born.“What does she mean by this?” Nathan asked the queen, he walked away from her and came to my side, he cupped my cheeks looking me in the eye before turning to face his mother, his arm wrapping around my waist in a protective manner.I could see Sebastian walking toward Celine and wrapping his arm around her, checking if she was okay and Ashton doing the same thing checking on Grace who was glaring at the queen, her own mother, who had sent Nina and Elijah to us as spies to do her dirty work.“Nathan…”“What is the meaning of this mother? You sent someone to kill my wife?” Nathan asked repeating what I had said, his eyes glaring daggers at his mother “the mother of my daughter and your grandchild?”“She was never supposed to be your wife to begin with, you are blinded by her, I’m doing t
They watched as the kings and queens smiled upon entering their kingdom, smiles were drawn on the people’s faces, they were greeting the kings and queens with pride and happiness, excited to be back to their old ways, their comfortable ways.“They will pay” Queen Beatrice said glaring at her husband, King Alexander raised an eyebrow at her as she turned to face him, her eyes wide in rage, she has been yelling at him for hours now, the king was furious with her. But he was containing himself as he tried to process what had happened, the loss he had.“You had failed me, I should have never listened to you, I could have been living as a queen with Ned, I lost my husband, my children, now, my throne and people, what else am I going to lose because of you?” Queen Beatrice asked angrily, her eyes wide in rage, she stood and slapped the king who stayed quiet as he looked at her, the vision of his son challenging him, telling him that he didn&rsqu
Kiara:“I’m surprised that you two have come, even after the loss of your daughter” King Alexander mocked, Nathan had managed to find Delilah inside the vampire’s palace, however, it broke him to see her dead on the ground when he reached her. Her mother having been the one who had killed her, her canines dug deep in the young girl’s neck, and her heart pulled out of her chest. Queen Beatrice was by her husband’s side, her head held high as we all stood in front of one another, ready for battle.“King Alexander, I do recommend that you do not tempt me to break the rules and kill you here and now, before the battle even begins” Nathan said angrily, both of us were at loss and were still in a weak state after having lost Lilian, I couldn’t understand how Queen Beatrice was still managing to remain strong after losing both her mate and daughter, both of them killed by her doing or her order.“I do suggest
Nathan:“Why does this keep happening Nathan?” Kiara asked crying, she was laying in my arms, we had buried Lilian a few days ago. Her heartbeat was weak and I could feel her pain. I was in as much as pain, we had lost our daughter. Her curly hair was wet after just taking a bath. Her body was stagnant as Diana scrubbed her body clean, softly scrubbing her body with soap and rinsing it, it was the time when I was able to cry. I knew that I had to stay strong for my mate, despite feeling her pain and her feeling mine, I couldn’t show it to her.“She’s a little bird in heaven baby girl” I whispered to her. Tightening my arms around her waist and pulling her to my chest. My own tears fell from my eyes but I was doing my best not to show Kiara how hurt I was. Though I knew that she could read my mind and was well aware of my pain and tears, I wanted to be her strength, the weakness she was in, the pain that we were both in, burying our l
Kiara:I rocked Lilian who was being restless, she had been crying for almost an hour now, and nothing I was doing seemed to calm her down.“Baby girl, come on, rest for me” I said softly, kissing her temple. Nathan was somewhere out of the forest, planning on how they would be getting Delilah back, I was intrigued about having her back I had to admit. But I knew one thing, I couldn’t allow her to be in the same place as that bastard excuse of a king, he would kill her in an instant, if not kill, then he would torture her making her wish that she was dead. And no matter what she had done to me, no person was supposed to feel the pain the king inflicted when he was angered, and I was not a cold-hearted person to want that on any person.“She still hasn’t calmed down?” Nina asked entering the room with a small bottle in her hand, I shook my head. I couldn’t even understand why she’s been crying. She has been fed, cha
Nathan:“Your grace, the king has agreed to get into war” my messenger said entering the forest, Kiara and I were both sitting by one another’s side. Her head laying on my shoulder as we watched the bonfire at night, our hands in one another’s, our fingers intertwined, the beautiful breeze hitting the two of us.“Have you seen Princess Delilah?” I asked, the messenger shook his head and looked down at his feet, I could hear the man’s heart race as he seemed to worry about speaking of something, a habit I noticed most of my servants had when wanting to tell me something that might anger me.“I have heard from your guard Blake, the princess has been locked for almost a month now, she hasn’t been let out of the tower, the queen isn’t even allowed to see her” the messenger answered. Kiara tensed and my eyes widened, Kiara pulled away from me and I stood up and walked toward the messenger who avoided m
Third Person Point of View:“What is the meaning of this?” King Alexander snapped, standing on his feet from the throne as he received the war letter from Prince Nathan “you idiot of a son, is challenging us, to war?”“What?” Queen Beatrice asked with wide eyes. They had not heard from the prince in months, after Mason had died, all possible spies have feared approaching seeing the body of the second beta as he left that house. Even when the king did try and put another spy, no one refused to be by his side. That only angered him with Delilah who was now locked in the tower despite her mother’s pleads. It turns out, the king did not keep his promise to the queen about trying to build a family. At least not toward the young princess, he kept his part toward the queen. Giving her a chance to prove herself, and loving her through it.“Nathan has lost his mind” the queen said taking the note from her husband and
Kiara:“Are you sure about this Kiara?” Ashton asked standing beside his little sister, she nodded to him and gave him an assuring smile. Her Ashton, Elijah, Nathan, Nina, and Grace were standing by the riverbank, waiting for King Deniz.“Would he even come?” Grace asked looking at the water.“Yes, he will, I have sent him word myself” Queen Alaura said from behind the princes and princesses, startling them. They turned around to face her, all of them bowing and she nodded smiling at them “I was aware of you planning on seeing him, I know that you want to speak to him, and he is coming for you”“Thank you, Queen Alaura” I said smiling, the queen nodded at me and looked Nathan, with a smile on her face.“You have grown child” Queen Alaura told my mate who wrapped an arm around my waist, he hadn’t grown, he had lost a glow in his eyes. I knew that it was because everything
Nathan:My chest ached as I thought of what my mate had said.Despite me assuring her that I was doing everything for her, I hated the fact that she didn’t see that. I knew that she was worried about me, I knew that she didn’t want my heart to darken. But she didn’t realize how much her words had hurt me.I walked toward the house where Mason was kept with a heavy heart, what I had been doing to him killed me more than it helped me. I couldn’t admit it to anyone, not even to my mate, but I was hurting. Being betrayed by my second beta, a man who I trusted, who I considered as one of my closest friends, it killed me.Walking inside the house, I looked at Mason who was sitting on the chair, his head sagged as he looked down at his lap, his body exhausted. I cleared my throat snapping him out of whatever daze he was in, he had been like that for a while, his body would jerk at the sound of my voice, or my scent. I knew that he was fri
Kiara:“Nathan, that is enough” I told my mate, it had been a month with Mason here, he’s been locked up in this house. Which now had blood on literally all its walls. Nathan had made sure to make him suffer, he made him cry for days, begging to end his life, but my mate wouldn’t allow it. He would heal him, he would let the pack doctors treat him, he’d force him to eat, then he’d repeat the process all over again.“Kiara, I told you do not interfere” Nathan said looking at me, I was stopping him from entering the house, the man had suffered enough, whatever he had committed, he was punished for it. I knew that Nathan was still determined in making him suffer, but I didn’t like this. This wasn’t my mate.“No, you are not going to enter that house Nathan, that is enough. Mason took his punishment, you have caused him enough pain, just stop” I said looking my mate in the eye. His eyes widened