Clyde stepped forward, blocking the men from interacting with me. "What does that have to do with us? You are lucky that you are able to come into our territory and go back with your limbs. Please leave.""I'm afraid we can't do that unless she tells us that she'll be there. It’s basically his dying wish. He's dying, and the only thing that he's been requesting is your presence," the guards told me.“You’re not in the right state of mind, get out of here!” Clyde threatened.Clyde opened his mouth to say something in response, but I put one hand up to halt him, crossing my arms across my chest. "You can leave. I'll be in the palace soon."They stared between each other, still in doubt. But then when I glared at them, they bowed their heads in reverence and turned to leave."That was good, great way to send them off, nice ploy.”“It’s not a ploy,” I told Clyde. “I’m going there.”“What are you doing? You can't go back there. You're done being a servant.""I'm not going there because he'
I started my journey by midnight. The route back to the palace was not familiar, but I knew that I was going to get my way.I hadn't left my hometown since coming here, and so as I walked through this path, memories began to flood from that night when I was stoned and kicked out. And the king did nothing to interfere.I clutched onto my bag, frowning deeply. I had so many people I wanted to see and how they were doing right now. I continued my way through the woods, not afraid of any creature of the night. I was undefeated I bumped into a rogue or two, but they were easy for me to take down. I had learnt to explore my strength by now, I finally got to the borders of the palace and took off the green cloak that I was wearing.The guards were hesitant to let me in at first until they saw my face.“Wait, I think she's the one the king requested for.” One of the guards pointed out. Another one stared at me with furrowed eyebrows. And proceeded to nod."Yes, I think so. We were there at
I stared at his hand on my wrist and then tried to meet his gaze. He seemed like he was struggling to keep his eyes awake. Even with the way he simply touched me, his body was burning up intensely. I sat by the edge of the bed, taking my cloak off, and immediately the number of guards in the room reduced. All of them headed out to give us some privacy. I rolled my eyes at how dramatic they were. That had been something I had completely forgotten about. I pressed my hand against his forehead. "You're burning up," I frowned. I wanted to look at one of the guards for information, but they were nowhere to be found. "What's the nature of the sickness?" I asked the king. Instead of answering, he gripped my wrist even while I was in a seated position. "The royal physicians can't find anything wrong with me," he said weakly. "I've never fallen this sick before." I was really curious to know what had happened to Fred and Arthur, since they were both so interested in having the throne to th
The king sounded like he wasn't very sure of what was going on, and so he tried to sit up. "Don't bother sitting, just announce it," I folded my arms across my chest. I did not have time for his long talks right now. "What are you saying? I can't make you my servant.""That's the only way I can stay in this palace," I said. "If you want to make the announcement, do it now."I was so authoritative in my words, I didn't care if I was talking to the king that everyone trembled for. He pointed at one of the guards that had followed me in and waved his hand. The guard bowed his head and left the room. Immediately, the King turned to face me."Alright, the announcement has been made. Is there anything else you want us to do, Kira- Valeria?" he corrected."And make sure that everyone knows what is about to happen," I said."Yes, Valeria." The door opened, and both of us turned to face the door. “Your Majesty." Natalie rushed in with a wide smile on her face, holding her gown as she made he
I stared at them in shock, still unable to believe that my children were right here. "Clyde, what are you doing?" I turned to face him with a frown on my face. The children jumped out of his arms and ran to me. "Mommy," they wrapped their arms around me, and they closed their eyes and smiled. "Oh my goodness, so nice to see you. We missed you," Leo said, putting his arms around my neck. Leah, on the other hand, started to ramble about all the things that she wanted to show me. “ And then, uncle…” I decided to break them off. "You know what? You can tell me everything when we get inside, okay?" "Yes, mommy." I smiled at them, trying to put up the pretense while glaring at Clyde. I turned to face one of the guards that had now made way for them, since the King's orders. They were very respectful to me and seemed to do everything that I asked them to do. "Can you guys prepare a room for me to stay with my guests? They'll be staying with me for a while." I asked them, knowing tha
We got back inside. Clarion was sitting on the floor, lost in thought, and he literally flinched. He got to his feet and bowed his head at us. "You're back." He noticed the cup in our first hands this time. And I could see the discomfort that settled on his face. Alpha Was going to say something when my mom walked in. He turned to look at her and nodded. “Perfect. I was just waiting for you to show up to have this discussion.”Alpha lifted the cup in his hands to Clarion’s face and raised one eyebrow at him. "Can you tell me exactly what this drink is supposed to be?""Oh, I already explained it to Luna, but it's supposed to help her ease her stress."Alpha nodded, staring at him a little."What's going on?" My mum came to whisper in my ear. But I couldn't respond to her. I was focused on the conversation that Alpha was having with Clarion.Alpha's eyes first fluttered to Clarion's hands and then back to his face with one raised eyebrow before adding, "You seem pretty stressed yours
"What do you think you're doing?" I asked Natalie. My eyes were fixed on the Leo as he cried, struggling to come my way but her Bodyguards were holding him down . She stepped forward, “You might no longer be under the command of the pack house, and that's why you think you can disobey everyone," she said, crossing her arms across my chest. "But things have changed, and I'm the queen of this pack, and whatever I say goes. The rules that I give, so I'm not going to let go of your child if you don't leave the palace this instant."I folded my arms across my chest, smiling widely at her, even though I was deeply in pain. "You're very bold, even after all you've been through.""That was just because you caught me at such a vulnerable time. I'm not going to let you get away with it."I attempted to take a step forward, but her guards immediately shielded me from her, about four of them standing in front of me and her like some sort of barricade."If you're very brave, I think you should d
I opened my eyes with my body soaked in water. “What did you do to me?” I asked him, sinking further into the water. I couldn’t believe this. I had no idea why Natalie would interfere and ruin the perfect plans I’d had. He was soaking a small rag beside me and patting it on my head. I realized I was sitting in the bathtub, naked.“Why did you undress me?” I frowned. “I couldn’t ask anyone., it's not because I wanted to, but I needed to.” He paused and then added looking up at me, “I wanted to.”I sunk myself in the tub, “I don’t need your help.”I attempted to get to my feet but remembering I was naked under, I hesitated. “Turn around,” I commanded him and he immediately did just as ordered. He raised his hands in defeat while I stepped outside the tub. “I fed you some relief herbs,”he said “Where are your towels?”He tilted his head to point me in the direction of them when he stopped in his tracks, remembering he wasn’t supposed to be looking. “On the racks there.” I tu
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