Damian povI turned her around, keeping my hands on my shoulders, being so close to her always reminded me how tiny she really was. I pulled her backwards a little so her back was leaning against my chest, “if you don’t want to learn about arrows? Is there another defensive skill you want to learn?”“I just want to know why I’m doing any of this,” her small voice called out in what was almost a whisper. No one except from her would dare to demand an explanation from me, and no one but her would receive one. “You’re not just any ordinary wolf,” I told her, “you have something that’s been extinct for a long time. You are a healer.”“What?!” I couldn’t see her face but I could imagine her confused expression. “Healers have been extinct for years, it’s a blessing and a curse and every pack would want to have you for themselves, news spread, hence, the need to train to protect yourself.” She turned around to face me, “how am I a healer?”I ran my fingers through her hair, being this clos
Kira I kept my head bowed as we walked to his room, worried that I would be seen. I was still in deep thought by what he said but I didn’t care. He invited me into his room and all I knew this was a chance for me to be close to him again. He didn’t seem to care. The palace guards and a few servants were the only ones we came across making me realize it was still early. But the servants were the fastest way that gossip spread in the palace. Alpha’s room felt like a trip but we made it in. He locked the door behind us and started to undress, I immediately turned my head around widening my eyes, “wh- what are you doing?” “I have to get ready for my meetings, so I’m getting dressed before my men show up here. “Oh,” I swallowed hard not wanting to imagine that he was naked beyond me right now. “Why did you want me to come into your room?” I gasped as he pressed his chest against my back and wrapped his arms around me. "Why did you come with me?"“Because, because I'm-“ I couldn’t put
Although I had hoped that it wouldn't come but the king stirred, "I have to leave now, my entourage will be here soon and I'm going to be later if I don't leave now."His eyes scanned my body, "it's hard to resist you, I could spend the entire day fucking you."I tried so hard to hold the blush in as he got to his feet to prepare for his meeting.I did the same, adjusted my hair and slipped my clothes back on.He needed to change into his official robes and so I had to leave before anyone showed up.I was barely out of the room when I jumped into Natalie.I hadn't thought about having to deal with her."So you really are back? I thought they were nothing but rumors." She folded her arms across her chest. I told you to stay out of the Palace," she lowered her voice as though she was expecting someone to be listening in on our conversation.I bowed my head at her to keep my respect."I left like you said, and you said you would handle it, but I don't think you did good job otherwise the
I stared at him in disbelief, there was no way he just asked that."I-- I'll have to think about it beta," I said in a hushed voice."Don't take too long, you need to make your mind up so I can handle preparations," he said, I opened my mouth to speak but he cut me to it, "I have a meeting to tend to, I'll see you tonight, make up your mind by then." He took his leave. I watched until he was gone from sight before I realised I had been holding my breath in.He was confusing. Before I left the palace, we barely had any interactions and I saw his much he respected the alpha, it confused me, his current behaviour.I was making my way back to my bedroom when I saw a flood of entourage heading in the opposite direction. I bowed my head knowing that it meant a higher ranking wolf was coming."Kira!" I heard Melissa's voice.I lifted my head, almost mesmerized by her beautiful silk red gown that overflowed by her side."Where on earth have you been?" She beamed, inching closer to me and wrapp
"Alright then," he said. "I'll be done with my meeting in a few minutes. You should come and wait for me in the garden, I’ll get to you soon." I nodded, as if he could see me, and went back to the garden where I was before."Seriously, after this morning, you're still acting like this," Mel suddenly spoke to me."Oh, so now you want to talk?" I frowned. "Well, maybe after this morning, he shouldn't be asking a woman out to the ball.” The king was meant to have so many concubines and his mate. But I just wanted all the attention to myself, I didn't care how selfish it was.Beta came to join me in the garden. He had his hair combed, wearing a black tank top and gray shorts. He had changed into casual clothes, and now that he was up close, he seemed a lot more attractive than I was used to. I didn't know if it was because I was self-conscious about going to the ball with him, but he really looked hot right now.I bowed in acknowledgment of his presence and looked up at him. "So what do y
Everyone's eyes immediately scanned me as we walked in. I wondered if I looked terrible and my anxiety immediately skyrocketed feeling like I shouldn't be here.Beta seemed to notice because he held my hand tighter leading me into the ballroom.The walls were decorated with shimmering gold from floors to ceiling. The chandeliers hanging were engraved in all sorts of diamonds and golden rims."I really don't think I fit in here." I whispered to beta as he led us to the dance floor.Everyone looked like a high rank wolf, and their clothes were made out of the finest silk I'd ever seen."You look better than everyone here combined trust me," he chuckled."Then why are they all staring like I'm some disease?" I whispered back."It's because you look so beautiful, they possibly can't comprehend, you always hide your potential in the clothes you wear."Our observation was cut off by the band suddenly playing their strings instruments.Beta held his hand out to me, "May I?""Certainly," I bow
I wasn't sure I could maintain my composure but I went back to the ball room knowing that I wouldn't cry if there were many people present .I found beta standing alone while others were still indulged in the dance and when his eyes met mine I immediately broke into a smile. “is everything okay?” He asked raising one eyebrow. I nodded positively, “yes.” He took my hand and resumed slow dancing, “Are you sure?” “Yes,” I just wanted to move past it and not talk about it. There was silence between us at first and then he flipped me around pausing my dance movements, “you don't look like you're okay, if anything is up tell me.” I wanted to keep lying to him and say I was OK but the minute I opened my mouth to speak tears began to fall from my eyes. I could feel this internal panic as he immediately put his hand on my back, leading me out of the ballroom quietly. Once we were outside I buried my face in my arms feeling embarrassed, “I am so sorry.” He held my shoulder and tried to
I blinked at him in confusion, unsure of what I just heard."What do you mean?""I know you can't feel it because you are still healing from your bond with the king but the moment you broke your pact with the king, I instantly felt it and I know I might seem like I'm overstepping my boundaries but it's just what happened," he moved closer to me, holding my hand, "I can't help the protective instinct I have over you, so tell me, what did the king do to you?"I needed time to process what he just said but I didn't want to be awkward about anything. "I know you're upset right now but the last thing I want is for this to further escalate, I don't think you're in any position to question the king," I sighed, "let's just head back in there and finish the ball.""Or," he suddenly held my wrist to stop any movements, "we could go on and hang out somewhere else, something to cheer you up, you look too good tonight to be crying over something that's probably not worth it.""Thanks beta," I force
IThe king finally set me to my feet. After a long time of arguing, it felt like we had been walking for miles and miles. I completely lost my senses at one point, but I kept going because I was the one who insisted on coming here. We got to a cave, and it was huge. It was hidden in the mountains, and it could take all the warriors that were present. They only created a separate space for Alpha because he was the king and did not want to share all the space with everyone. He held my hand."What do you think you're doing?" he raised one eyebrow at me. "I'm going to settle in with everyone. I guess we all need to sleep before the big battle tomorrow." I shrugged at him. "Have you lost your mind?" He took me, pulling me closer to him. "Why would you sleep with all these men around? Come on, you're going to stay in the same cave as me.""But do you think that is disrespectful? I'm not your maid or anything. Everyone would get upset.""Nobody's getting upset, trust me. Everyone just w
IThe king finally set me to my feet. After a long time of arguing, it felt like we had been walking for miles and miles. I completely lost my senses at one point, but I kept going because I was the one who insisted on coming here. We got to a cave, and it was huge. It was hidden in the mountains, and it could take all the warriors that were present. They only created a separate space for Alpha because he was the king and did not want to share all the space with everyone. He held my hand."What do you think you're doing?" he raised one eyebrow at me. "I'm going to settle in with everyone. I guess we all need to sleep before the big battle tomorrow." I shrugged at him. "Have you lost your mind?" He took me, pulling me closer to him. "Why would you sleep with all these men around? Come on, you're going to stay in the same cave as me.""But do you think that is disrespectful? I'm not your maid or anything. Everyone would get upset.""Nobody's getting upset, trust me. Everyone just w
IThe king finally set me to my feet. After a long time of arguing, it felt like we had been walking for miles and miles. I completely lost my senses at one point, but I kept going because I was the one who insisted on coming here. We got to a cave, and it was huge. It was hidden in the mountains, and it could take all the warriors that were present. They only created a separate space for Alpha because he was the king and did not want to share all the space with everyone. He held my hand."What do you think you're doing?" he raised one eyebrow at me. "I'm going to settle in with everyone. I guess we all need to sleep before the big battle tomorrow." I shrugged at him. "Have you lost your mind?" He took me, pulling me closer to him. "Why would you sleep with all these men around? Come on, you're going to stay in the same cave as me.""But do you think that is disrespectful? I'm not your maid or anything. Everyone would get upset.""Nobody's getting upset, trust me. Everyone just w
IThe king finally set me to my feet. After a long time of arguing, it felt like we had been walking for miles and miles. I completely lost my senses at one point, but I kept going because I was the one who insisted on coming here. We got to a cave, and it was huge. It was hidden in the mountains, and it could take all the warriors that were present. They only created a separate space for Alpha because he was the king and did not want to share all the space with everyone. He held my hand."What do you think you're doing?" he raised one eyebrow at me. "I'm going to settle in with everyone. I guess we all need to sleep before the big battle tomorrow." I shrugged at him. "Have you lost your mind?" He took me, pulling me closer to him. "Why would you sleep with all these men around? Come on, you're going to stay in the same cave as me.""But do you think that is disrespectful? I'm not your maid or anything. Everyone would get upset.""Nobody's getting upset, trust me. Everyone just w
I remembered her name. Instantly, I knew that she was his previous mate, he had never fully told me the story of how she passed away. And so, I furrowed my eyebrows together, staring at him with a lot of confusion. "What do you mean, Libianca?"He suddenly bowed his head as if the memory of a person was taunting him. “It was like a situation like this too. We were going on war. She was a warrior this entire time. I knew that I should not have asked her to come on that journey, and I knew that she was not strong enough. But my selfishness, because I couldn't stay away from her for even a second. Was the reason why I convinced her to come to the war and I lost her, I'm not about to do that with you too. You're too weak for this kind of work. I'm telling you that I might not even survive. And you think that I will let you come along? What about the children?"“I already spoke to Locks about it and he's willing to take care of them under his protection.”"What.""Yes, that is how determin
The next morning, I was awake before it was even five in the morning. The king was still sleeping in bed, and so were the children.I had made up my mind, and I knew what I wanted to do. I got to my feet and I crept out of the door as quietly as I possibly could. I went to find Locks in the room that I thought belonged to him, and I was surprised when I knocked the door, and he was still in charge of this room.His eyes were heavy with sleep, and when he opened the door as if he wasn't expecting it to be me, he widened his eyes in shock and slammed the door in my face.I flinched, taken aback, wondering what was going on. He reopened the door a few seconds later. His face was washed, and he had packed his hair up. I couldn't help but smile. I wondered why on earth he was trying to look good for me."Hey, I wanted to talk to you. I'm sorry to come and barge into your room so early this morning.""What did you want to talk about?""So I know that you discussed with me about the King's W
I was shocked by Clyde's love confession. "What? What are you talking about?""Yes, that's the problem. I was also wondering why I was being so dramatic until I saw you with the king. The way you were smiling with him. It reminded me that the first day I saw you, I loved you from the start until you gave me that boundary, and I was going to keep it until the very end. But I didn't realize how jealous you've been with somebody else was going to make me so—-“ he groaned. "Trust me, I would still do it again if I havethe chance to.”“I'm not interested in all this nonsense that you're going on flapping about.” “I know it seems like I’m saying bullshit but as long as you're with the King, I will not back down, and I won't give up." I stood to my feet. "Clearly, you've gone mad, and I'm going to give you the chance to heal before I release you. Don't worry, I'm not going to be in this dungeon forever. It's just until you learn your lesson and learn that there are some things that you ne
I was still trying to process what he had said when the children started to cheer they had already heard what he said. "Yes Mommy, please let's stay in this big fancy room." They both started jumping on the bed, playing and giggling at the big bed. I turned to look at him."Why would you say that in front of them? Now I can't say no," he whispered in my ear. "Are you sure you can't say no because of them or because you don't want to?" I found that in the end, he was right. I could easily change my mind if I wanted. A part of me wanted to stay in this room with him. "Fine, but only because the children want it," I told him. "And don’t hold me like that in their presence." I warned him."You two must be very hungry." I turned to face them with a smile. "Yes, Mommy." "Okay, I'll go make you something to eat. Don't worry. You don't have to stress about that, I'll ask One of the guards to prepare something for them to eat.""Hell no I can't trust anybody in this palacs especially wi
"Where is he?" I asked them on top of my lungs, running away from them as if I knew where they would be.They ran after me, trying to keep up with my pace. "They are in the King's room with the king and a few guards."I increased my pace as if my life was about to end.I burst into the King's room, and I saw the children sitting on the bed.The king was still partially in his wolf form. His claws were still his wolves, and his body was still covered. His eyes were struggling, a very bright red. I wondered how the children were not terrified of his image.As soon as they saw me, they jumped to their feet, from where They were sitting and ran into my arms.I crouched to their height as they both came so hug me. I began to cry, checking their faces and inspecting them for injuries."Oh my goodness, my babies. How have you guys been?""Mommy I've missed you so much." Leah beamed."Me too," Leo said, showing off his shirt that the King gave to him."Oh my goodness." I turned around to look