~ KAELI had rode for hours and only stopped when I reached our house.My conversation with my brother still replayed in my head. There was also the possibility of being played this entire time.I sighed. Was it possible for Zira to be lying to me? She would have to be a good liar to pull that off. I doubted if she was.I was sure that she had nothing to gain from lying to us because she and her family still kept us close and never pushed us away. They always included us in everything that they did. Which was why Arden was able to get her to like him. He also made sure that she never had other friends by scaring them away.I smiled at the memory as I dismounted from my horse. I had always been there, watching from a distance as Arden and Zira built their friendship. If I walked into my house and found out that all that sacrifice was for nothing, then I had no idea what I was going to do.I exhaled sharply and tied my horse to a pole before walking into the house. There a few guards ar
~KAELI squeezed my eyes shut as I waited. My heart pounded heavily as I my intake of breath deepened. My wolf came to a stop and the world became very slow but I continued to wait for everything to take it's cause. Suddenly, a short ding sound resonated throughout the room. My heart skipped a beat and I feared that I was about to die or hurt myself. Then an unlocking sound was heard and the safe came open. I snorted a laughter as I stared at the now open safe. I felt like the greatest detective ever. Who knew, perhaps wen Sherlock Holmes or his sister, Enola Holmes. I laughed even harder before going back to the spot. I stared at the slightly open safe in fear. What if the answers I awaited were truly inside and I opened it to realize that Zira was right all long? What would I do? Or what if I found another truth that placed Zira's parents as the true culprit? How was I going to make it work?I felt Ocean begining to dance wildly within my heart. If waiting for the code to work o
~ZIRAArden crashed his lips unto mine. I widened my eyes at him as my wolf spurred to life with disgust. I did not know what suddenly came over me. I lifted my hand and landed a hard slap on his face. This forcefully broke him away from my lips ad I glared at him angrily. Arden gritted his teeth as he touched the spot that I had slapped. It had gone red with seconds and his dark orbs bored into mine."Don't you ever dare touch me again!" I roared. "As I said earlier, I am not your mate and we both know it!" I spat.He narrowed his eyes at me and breathed through his open mouth. "Who then is your mate?" He demanded. "It will surprise you how close he is," I retorted. He tilted his head as he narrowed his eyes at me. Then he lifted his brows when it finally made sense to him.He snorted and brought his hand to his chin in disbelief. He shook his head as he realized who it was. "How was I so stupid not to see? It had been right in front of me the entire time," he muttered as he star
~ZIRAMy heart sank into the pit of my stomach. My wolf stirred uncomfortably inside of my mind. I had run out of excuses to give. From the way my mother looked at me, it showed that she was not going to stop until we found the truth. I needed to give her something. The last thing I wanted was for her to know that I was about to visit the pit. She could lock me up in this room if she had to, just to make sure that I would not interfere."Say something, Zira. Has the cat got your sharp little tongue?" She demanded. I shook my head at her. I looked around the room as I tried to find something good enough. If I did not speak soon, she was going to pull me by the ear and probably start searching me. She had always believed that I was never up to any good despite being the quiet child before. And now, I had gone and become the rebellious one. My eyes soon fell on my father's journal and I decided to use that instead. At least, I could get away with it. She followed my gaze and she sp
~ZIRAThere was a small smile on my face as I watched them unlock the door for me. Although small, it was a triumphant smile because I had succeeded in getting though the first phase of seeing Bella. Now all I had to worry about was seeing Bella without Uther finding out about it before I was done.Briner gestured at the way in for me and I followed his lead. Inside, it only looked like a regular cell for holding a few prisoners. I doubted if they were truly prisoners and not undercover guards. "This here is the top cell. I shall now lead you to the pit itself," he announced. I did not say a word. All I did was follow him as he led me to the main door. The guards all stared at me, surprised that a woman was in their midst and doing the king's job. We finally stopped before a door at the back. He pushed it open and all I saw was darkness. "This way, my Lord," he announced and entered the darkness. I hesitated at first, as the darkness felt cold and reminded me of the time I had d
~KAELI felt beyond broken.All I wanted was to shut the journal and ace it back in the safe but I forced myself to keep going. Knowing half the truth was not going to help me. I needed to know it all. So I turned a new page and read the words written on it. "Now that I have two sons, they will help to do my bidding. All they needed to know was that Tyrone was the murdered. Anger and hatred fueled right from.their childhood is the greatest weapon I can ask for. They would use it to destroy the Dragons for me and I would have my Moon crest as well as my rightful place on the throne."This was all we were to him. Tools that he could use to reach his goal. Did he ever care about us?I moved it to more recent pages. "Once Arden takes the stone from the Dragons, I shall push him aside. Perhaps lock both of them up until they cool off so that I can have my place ok the throne. The Dragons can all die for all I care. They are not needed. I could spare the boys since they have my blood runni
~KAELI dismounted from our horse. Zira looked down at me with dreamy eyes and I smiled. She had this way of staring that always messed with my senses. I knew that with what was going on with me, especially the huge truth that I had just discovered, I was not supposed to be paying attention to these things. Yet it was the fact that I was with Zira that was stopping me from breaking down or lashing out at my father. She was the reason why I was still calm. "Let me help you down," I offered. She willingly lifted her hands slightly so that I would have access to her waist. Then I placed her down gently."We should head in before they figure out that we are here," Zira announced. I nodded in agreement but before moving, I took off my jacket and handed it over to her. She bowed slightly as she accepted it. "You know that it should be the other way around, right?" I whispered. She shrugged. "If you're my mate, then it means you'll be Alpha someday. Why not treat you like you already
~KAELIn my entire life, I had never seen a woman as excited as Zira was today.She was beaming like a child as we went through the dresses in the store. I knew this store because I had once followed Arden on a date with one of the many girls he was involved with. Of course, it had been pure torture then and I had never imagined that I would one day visit this same store with a woman yet here I was, blushing like an idiot. I felt Ocean mirror Zira's excitement. It brought me joy to know that I was the reason for all of the smiles that Zira was sending out to the world. I was now sitting on a chair while I waited for Zira to emerge from the dressing room. It was not long after I thought it that she came out in a blue dress that stopped above her knees. It hugged her body and made her look even cuter. I had changed into a pair of loose pants and a shirt. Everything I wore was white, except for the satchel that contained my father's journal. "Beautiful," I whispered. She blushed. "
~ZIRAWhen my eyes came open, they were met with darkness.I blinked multiple times in an attempt to force my eyes to adjust as quickly as possible. My body was cold and I doubted if I could move. I was trembling and mist kept escaping my mouth every time I breathed. My heart pounded heavily and my wolf kept stirring uncomfortably within. I felt uneasy as I could not explain what was happening. Was I dead?I forced myself to move and succeeded in getting into a sitting position eventually. I looked around the space and as my eyes adjusted, light began to brighten up the space. Sitting had chased most of the weakness away. I got to my feet and took in the space. The more I stared, the more familiar it became and realization finally dawned on me. I was in the same void where I had met the goddess the first time I died. "Hello?" I called. Like that was all the trigger needed, I felt the presence of someone extraterrestrial, of great honor and glory behind me. I instantly turned and
~KAELMy father's scream echoed through the space as thick blue mist rose in the air.I was still fighting with my supposedly uncuffed hands when I saw Arden's eyes go wide with shock. Then he instantly started running toward me as if to shield me from something. That was when my wolf growled menacingly and I looked toward my father just in time to see him launch a spear at me. As if on cue, my hands came free and I stepped forward but it was already too late. Arden took the hit for me. The force of the spear pushed him backward. He hit me and we both fell back against the pole that I had once been cuffed to. "I'm going to set the world ablaze! I'm going to destroy everything!" Uther screamed like he had lost his mind. The blue mist began to clear and for the first time, he saw that I was still fine and someone else had taken the hit for me. My heart sank as I turned a shaky stare at Arden who now had a long spear buried in the lower center of his body. I did not want to think an
~ZIRAI heard Uther's chuckles continue to echo around the space. I felt too weak to lift myself from the ground. I had cried so much that I could no longer stand. I felt numb and broken. I felt confused and lost. "Come on, Zira. The game is not yet over. We still have one more person to kill if you don't tell me what I want to know," he announced. The thought of losing Kael too made me shoot up to my knees. I stared at the man in disbelief. Was he really ready to kill his own son too just to make a point? Would he kill his flesh and blood?I turned a fearful stare at Kael. His blue eyes were filled with pain. "I'm sorry," he mouthed again. I could not remember how many times he had apologized to me in the last hour. He had been doing it over and over again. "Stop apologizing. . .please. . ." I said in a weak voice. "It's not your fault. . ." I said dryly. I realized that I was losing my voice. It was no surprise, given how much I had screamed and cried.Then I turned to Uther.
~ZIRAWas the world always this ugly or all the beauty had been taken out of mine? My mother gasped as her eyes went wide open. Father gasped, Uther laughed before he pulled the sword out of her body. She let out a pained sound that further broke my heart.The world seemed to slow down and all sounds around me began to echo. I did not know what to feel or how to react. I forgot how to breathe. I forgot how to speak. All I did was gasp breathlessly. Nala stopped dancing and I felt tears begin to form in my eyes. My father let out the loudest roar as the pain of losing his mate must have hit him hard. My mother still with her hands handcuffed behind the pole slowly began to slump to the floor. She was staring at me as if she wanted to say something. Blood spurted out of her mouth and she smiled at me. Then her body went still.My wolf sank to the darkest part of my mind and I had gone into shock. I just stood there and watched helplessly as my world had come to an end. "Zira. . ." I
~ZIRAMy heart skipped triple beats as I saw men spring out of the park and pounce on us. Kael let out a menacing growl as he prepared himself for battle. The first man that tried to grab me got struck by Kael's claws. This sent the man flying across the park. He let out another growl to warn them from coming. But the men were determined to apprehend us. Two more came at a time and he grabbed one by his neck as he struck the other man. Yet three more attacked him from behind. "Kael!" I screamed as they hit his head hard.This rendered him weak immediately and he went down on his knees. They used his moment of weakness to apprehend him and I did not try to fight back as they grabbed me. It was all futile and I wondered why Kael even tried fighting in the first place. They dragged us to the stream side of the park. From the distance, I spotted a set of poles arranged in a quite large circle. It was once used to play a dancing game in the old days. The center was where the dance batt
~ZIRAMy heart sank when I saw the note. My wolf continued its dangerous dance a plea to be unleashed. My world was slowly crumbling down before my eyes and I did not know what to do about it. My already trembling body only got more violent as I looked at the note."Do you want me to read the content for you?" Kael offered when he noticed that I was slowly losing it. I nodded and he took the letter from me. "If you want to save your parents, come to me unguarded with the Moon crest as my present. Meet me at the old park closest to Black City by sundown," he concluded. I could feel tears threatening to weaken me but I refused to cry. I needed to be strong. I could still fix things. The goddess would not let any harm come to my parents. Kael suddenly wrapped me in a protective hug. "We'll make it work," he assured me. "What will the goddess think if I give him the Moon crest? The whole point of my mission was to protect it not for selfish interests but for the safety of the world,"
~ZIRAI never expected what Kael did yesterday. But it turned out to be the best way to solve everything. I always knew that I would have to expose the truth to my parents but I never knew how I was going to make it work. I even had the fear that they would still not believe me after showing them the truth. But as fate would have it, the goddess just allowed me to sit down and watch the outcome of things unfold before me. I must have done a great job of planting doubting seeds in Kael to make him take up the job himself. I smiled as I looked up at him. We were now seated together in the packhouse mini lounge. My parents were seated opposite us and dressed in their usual royal attires. While I was clad in a short dress as always Kael wore his usual loose clothes. It was a set of blue this time that complimented his eyes. We had taken the liberty of explaining the entire truth from the top to the current state. Which was from the day I died to how I tried to convince Kael to find o
~KAELArden stared back at me in disbelief. Zira turned to face me and gazed at me with concern. "This was what was bothering you this entire time, wasn't it?" She asked. I only nodded. "I'm not done yet. I know that Arden still thinks that I have been brainwashed. Which is why I took the liberty of bringing proof!" I spat and turned to my father. Uther narrowed his eyes at me as he waited to see what I had on him. I revealed my satchel and took out his journal. "This here is my father's journal and it contains all the evil he has done. It even dates back to where his anger began," I revealed and placed the book on the table. Father widened his eyes and threw calculative gazes at the people closest to him. Then in a swift action, he launched at the journal on the table. But Tyrone was faster than him. He swiftly grabbed his foot and pulled him backward with one hand so that he landed back in his chair."I think that you have done enough! Sit still or I will be forced to take dras
~KAELFather looked as if he was sitting on fire. Eating had become a very hard task for him as he began to stir his potato aimlessly around with his fork. "Come on Father, what are you waiting for to tell us the intriguing tale of how my mother died? The world is listening," I teased him.Father began to grit his teeth but remained silent. He refused to speak. It was almost as if he was ready to sit there for eternity."You're always so eager to tell it. Why are you so quiet now? I wonder what might be wrong? Do you need help telling it? Should I begin so you can finish it?" I pointed out as my voice began to lose the amusement within and it started to turn into anger. Ocean began to dance wildly as my stare turned into hate. The more I looked at him, the more I asked myself if this man was truly my father. How unfortunate Arden and I were to be brought into this world by him. "Say something, Uther!" I roared. Everyone at the table flinched and that was when they realized that i