Zachary's pov " G...oodbye Zach." My eyes snap open as I hear her voice. And I suddenly felt breathless. Princess... A strange heaviness settled in my chest. And I felt suffocated. It didn't feel right. Running my fingers through my hair, I find myself sweating profusely. My forehead was dripping. Pressing my palms on the mattress I try to get up when I feel something pressing down on my chest. I look down to find blonde hair sprawled on my chest and that earlier feeling in my stomach only worsens. It's not her. Emerald's eyes flutter open to look at me and I immediately missed seeing those brown eyes instead. What's wrong with me? I don't feel anything for my mate because I am still obsessed over a girl who is imposed as my mate. " Zach. What happened baby?" My fists clench and I throw aside the comforter to get up. A strange fire of eerie burns in my chest. That sparks on my chest felt like daggers. " Who allowed you to enter my room?" " Zach. I w
Thunder struck the sky and heavy rain poured down. A large crowd gathered in the cemetery, to witness the aftermath of the tragic event. A figure stood in the front wearing a half-front open black shirt and pants, his hair looked dishevelled and eyes red. Signifying he hasn't slept a second last night. A guard was holding an umbrella above his head. One of the council guards crouches down to place the body wrapped in white muslin cloth, into the casket. When the man's fists clench. "Tomorrow after they kill me...I want you to touch me one last time...I want.....I want you....to be the one to lower my dead body into the coffin...your touch is the last touch I want to remember... Zach" The last conversation they had made Zach's fists open up. And he speaks, making the guard's hand stop mid-air. " Wait" Zach's bloodshot eyes snap up and the guard bows down to step back. Zach steps forward, stopping the man holding the umbrella from following him. Walking into the r
A cry of pain roots into his chest, and his vision of the ground blurred. He doesn't remember when he last cried like this. Probably 18 years back when his parents were murdered. He thought he had forgotten how wretched this feeling was until now. His sobbing form suddenly stills, and his limb body that lays on the ground gets up. Breathless, he looks around desperately. And there it was. The shovel. Picking it back up, he digs it into the soil hastily. Unrooting the entire ground within a minute. Starting at the casket, he doesn't wait a second to rip open its lid. Taking out the corpse from it, he lays it in his lap and touches it with trembling fingers. " Dewdrop..." His fingers unwrap the white gauze wrapped around the body, and a scream escapes his lips when he sees the face he dreams of every night. It was burned entirely. Unrecognizable. " Nooooooo! It can't be! You can't die like this, dammit! You can't dewdrop! You had our child! !" Pressing
Deadly silence fills the room as Zachary looks at the elders with hardened jaws. Putting down the paper, he leans back to speak. “ So this was the important business you all wanted to discuss? You all think I can’t work-” Cherilyn interrupts. Gathering enough courage to speak on everyone's behalf. “ Your Highness, please. Don’t get us wrong. You are the greatest of Kings this council has ever had. We are with you. But we are also obligated to think about the common people. Moon goddess forbids that if something were to happen to you, countless wars would break out worldwide. There will be chaos and bloodshed. All that we ask is for you to give us the name of a successor-” “ My blood will be my successor, Cherilyn! My father gave me this position, and I must hand it over to my child -” “ But it's been seven years already! Our Queen hasn’t given this kingdom an heir, Your Highness! Without a child, I am afraid the bloodlines will change in the future.” “ Whether you like i
Zachary’s pov I was leaning against the wall, staring at her. She was busy bandaging the arm of a kid who fell while training. David was a tough kid. He lost his parents in a rogue attack, and we found him abandoned near our pack borders. He rarely opens up with anyone, but with her, he seemed comfortable. His cheeks taint red as she says something, and I see him lowering his head shyly. She has that effect. I am a victim of it myself. Patting his head, she turns around to leave when David grabs her wrist. Her surprised eyes match his, and he motions her to crouch down. As soon as she squats down, he leans closer to kiss her cheek, and her eyes widen. A smile morphs on my lips. She is going to be a great mother to our kids. I can feel it. The kids run away with a soft ‘thank you, miss’, and she blinks to have a smile and adores her lips. “ How do you do it?” I ask, stepping closer to her, and she gets up to look at me in surprise. “ Zach? What are you doing her
1548 miles from the Royal Lands 1:34 am Three young boys sauntered through the dense forest. “ This is stupid guys! We should head back!” The one at the end, Desmond speaks, heaving. With dirty blonde hair and green eyes, he was the most practical of all. Being 12, he was the eldest, but he wasn't the one leading this exploration or rather challenge. They continue to walk in deeper. “ Aghh come on! It has to be here somewhere or I may die of hunger!” The second one, Harold, exasperated. Stopping, he hunched over to catch his breath. Being of a fleshy build, walking for 3 hours without eating anything wasn’t his cup of tea. He preferred TV and chips. But today was an exception. Desmond and Harold looked ahead at their friend who showed no signs of fatigue. “ Aiden. Let's go back, man. It's just a stupid dare.” “ Yes Aid. I am starving.” Their friend turns around to look back at them. His determined blue eyes looked too solemn to belong to an 8-year-old kid. He
Zachary’s pov I drop on my chair and stare at the piece of paper on my table. Picking up a pen, my fingers grip it firmly as I stare at the place I am supposed to write a name on. My inheritor. How? How can I name a third person as my successor when I and my forefather struggled day and night to withhold the power and position that comes with the werewolf King title today? We are purebloods. How can I just sign this all away to a person who is not my blood? If Xavier was alive, things would have been different. I would have blindly trusted him with everything after me. But he is not here. She murdered him. Why moon goddess? Is this my Karma? Why do you have to give me a fate like this? You took away the two people most dearest to me. My dewdrop murdered my little Munchkin. And now? This rarest of rare diseases. Me, dying with every passing day? Not having an heir despite trying for years? Why? Before I knew I was crushing the stem of the Rose. Blood tra
Aiden’s pov Scents are every werewolf's identity in our world. But somehow I can manipulate them. I can sniff a person and tell what the person is like. I can feel their emotions, their evil intentions and everything they hide from this world. Taking a deep breath. I open my palms to let my energy flow. I could feel each particle around me vibrating. Focussing, I let my scent overpower Des and Harolds. These men can’t go after them. I won’t let them till I stand here. I blankly stare as they both run away deeper into the meadows. Relief floods in my chest the further they escaped. “ Turn around. State your name and business.” My eyes stay fixed on my friend's minimising silhouette. As soon as they vanish into the thick fog. I turn around. A dozen of enormous wolves stood in front of me, baring their teeth at me. However that one scent that caught my attention was at the centre. There stood a huge man with bulging muscles. His eyes were malice. Dripping with n
Zachary's POV Flashback " Your Highness, the wound on your arm is deep. Why don't you stitch it up first?" I dismiss Ron to remove my armour. We just returned from a war in the neighbouring pack, those rogues managed to tear my arm and I could feel blood dripping down my forearm. But I didn't have time to tend to it. This can wait. I need to see my dewdrop first. Its been 3 fuc*ing days since I have seen her beautiful eyes and heard her voice. This is the longest I have stayed away from her in the last 4 freaking months. " I am alright. Where is your Luna?" " She must be in her room. But first-" " I am fine, Beta." Dismissing his comment, I walk up the long staircase. Excitement bubbles inside me at the thought of seeing her. All the fatigue and pains will be gone once I have her in my embrace. I wonder what she will be doing? Waiting for me? I chuckle. Of course not. My dewdrop can't sit idle. She must be helping someone or rather playing with the maids kids
It stirred something dead to life inside Zach. He wasn't afraid to die. All his fear vanishes in thin air. He was finally going to meet his dewdrop. Even if it meant after death. “ She… she saved me from those looters. She was a thief herself.. So I got this idea. I gave her an opportunity to visit the ball pretending to be me.” “ I gave her my scent bottle. My name. My clothes.” “ She could loot there all that she wanted for a day.” “ And that's where you both met.” Things were making sense now. Why Zach thought Eirene was his mate when she wasn't. Why she smelt like her. “ I returned to Caleb. We were happy but… we lacked the basics. We had no pace to stay, no food. Nothing.” “ And then I we got the news of your marriage.” “ You married Eirene thinking her to be me. Your mate.” Caleb smirks to speak next. His head stays dipped in Emerald ‘s neck. “ And then we made a plan. Em here was to return and you would know that your dearest Eirene had been nothing bu
The most beautiful and prosperous kingdom of all, the Royal lands was on the verge of getting turned into ruins. Fires had been lit, soldiers have intruded and treasures were ready to be looted.With eight enemy packs striking together, bordering the kingdom from all direction. Escaping was no longer an option. And maybe that's why the ruler has materialised walls of trees and depths of trenches to surround it. To protect his people till he could. Yet, the question remained. How long will the King protect them when he himself was surving on counted breaths. How long can one man fight against millions? And especially now, when his soul had been shattered by the betrayal of that one person he loved more than anyone? “ Em?” Her name left Zachary’s trembling bloody lips but no emotion becomes evident on her face. Lowering the barrel, she steps over his body to walk towards Caleb’s coughing frame. “ Baby? Are you alright?” She cups Celeb’s face and helps him get up. “ I
Zachary’s POV ‘I threw her to my men to be broken and tamed. They took their turns.’ ‘A toy first needs to be broken to be made according to your choice and taste.’ Each word the bastard spoke plunged a knife into my heart and the words Eirene told me suddenly started making sense. ‘I slept with another man. I am not a virgin.’ ‘I don't deserve you.’ ‘What if you get bored of me someday?’ It has all happened with her before. Her fears were not baseless.That bastard, her very mate pretended to love her and when he got bored of her? He tossed her to his men to be abused? Why didn't I realise it? Fuck! The way she flinched when I first touched her. That constant fear and lost look in her eyes. How her hands always trembled when they touched me. How she was always weary and on high alert. How it took months for her to finally relax and feel comfortable in my arms. Ex mate. Caleb. Rape? “ Villains and heroes are not born, Zachary. They are made. Never judge a pe
Aiden was waiting for that moment when a searing pain tears him and he takes his last breath. When his tender neck gets ripped under the beasts canines and his blood gets spilled along with thousands of others. He waited. Seconds pass. No sound was audible. And Aiden opens his palms to suddenly feel an aura of fear and vulnerability hit him in full intensity. It wasn't his aura. Saph's aura was out of question. Then.. It could only belong to... He snaps open his eyes and what he saw made his fearful eyes widen in shock. The shadow, the beast was still hovering over him. But he couldn't move. Not even an inch. Unknown tree branches have uprooted from under the ground and were tightly wrapped around Caleb's frame like a snake swathing around its prey. One thick branch was coiled around his neck, another around his hind legs and one around his chest. The branches were moving... coiling tighter with every passing second and Aiden could see saliva dripping from the Caleb'
Their footsteps were coming closer while our breathing was turning heavy. Closer… closer. “ Aghhhh!” Saph stumbles on a branch to fall and that was all it took. We stop and within seconds we were surrounded. The wolves surround us from all the directions and one of them shifts to look at me. “ Well, well, well. If it isn't the future Prince of this Kingdoms.” “ Did we got lucky boys? Boss would be so delighted.” His eyes cloud. He was sending a mindlink and my fists clench. Standing in front of Saph, shielding her from their disgusting gaze I seethe at the man. “ You are nothing more than cowards. If you think you can defeat your Highness like this? You are mistaken!” The men only look at each other to chuckle. Their huge frames tower over my 4’2 one. “ We don't think pup, we know. Your dear your Highness is going down today. Its just a matter of time.” “ Its impossible! He is an elemental! You all are of no match to him!” Saph speaks from behind me and I see det
Aiden's Pov Adults don't understand and see a lot of things that we as children do. The longer a person stays on this planet, the more he or she gets tainted by this worlds dark colours of greed, selfishness and mercilessness. We as children stay immune to this and maybe that's why all I could see right now was that my new family needed me, while all Rowan and Raven cared about was this kingdoms heirs safety, my life. They couldn't understand that I can't live like this. The kings title, the power, the responsibility. I needed none. I just needed my new family safe. I just needed the people who took care of me and loved me in this unknown place when everyone turned their back on me, breathing and taken care of! I was pinned under Uncle Rowan, restrained to not go back. Tears dripped my eyes at my vulnerable stare as I imagined my new family getting slaughtered to death. Saph... Grandma. And most importantly, Zach. The man who gave me what no one else could ever
Three pairs of thudding footsteps run through the deserted forest as screams and cries echo behind. Their breathes were laboured but none could afford to catch their breath, even for a second. " Aunt Raven. We need to stop. I am not going to flee like this." " Father, Saph and grandma need me! They are there all alone!" One pair stops to be only dragged ahead by Raven's grip on his petite wrist. He thrashes, begrudgingly moving ahead. " Don't be stupid Aiden! This is a war! They are going to kill you mercilessly if they reach us!" " We need to reach safety! Your mom is waiting for you!" Raven's blunt authoritative voice did nothing to alter the kids resolute. Determination shone in the kids eyes as he tugs to withraw Raven's grip from his wrist. Everyone stops to stare at the resilient boy. " Mom never taught me to abandon my people and run away like a coward. I am going back-" Aiden turns around to go back when Rowan steps in front of him to block his way. Softly
Zachary stood on the barrister, his emotionless eyes look down at the enemies army approaching his castle from all sides. Small forest fires lit the forest and he could hear distant screams. Clenching the barister tightly, he whispers in a low voice. " How many, Ron?" " In hundred thousands, Your Highness! We were attacked together from all borders! My estimate is that there are way more than 5 packs. And if I am not wrong it…it…” Zachary sighs to complete it for Ron. “ It's a coup.” Deadly silence followed. No one said anything and Zach breaks into a series of coughs. Unable to keep them in. Catching his breath, he gave his next order. “ Escort the elder and woman out. Take Aiden-” “ We are taking him along.” Zachary’s eyes shift to Rowan and Raven standing on the threshold. He could see the determination in Rowan’s eyes and this time he had nothing to argue about. In times such as this, the kid will be more safe with his family. Nodding Zach sighs to lean a