"MARIAN!!!"My whole body froze as I watched her kneel in front of the red guard who stabbed her. Her face turned dark before she fell to the ground, her body not moving anymore. My nose was filled with the scent of her blood as it wafted all over the place, giving me shudders all over my body. The hall turned silent as we all watched Lady Marian dead on the floor. I feel like my heart and soul were shattered into millions of pieces and it horrified me more when I could no longer hear my child's cry. He also turned silent as fear crawled all over me. "See what you have done, Eodelle... I told you not to fight me anymore. I may be a liar sometimes but you know what I can do when someone upsets me," Emyr sneered while I stood frozen, still in denial that Marian was already gone just like that.Tears fell from my eyes, "What do you want me to do then, Emyr? What do you want from me?!" I tried to contain the anger inside me as my throat ached while I sobbed. My whole body was trembling
“Aster no…”But I couldn’t stop him anymore.As fast as he could, I saw how he killed the palace soldiers one by one inside the Emperor’s Hall and saved Nina. But to his shock, he stopped in front of Lady Marian’s body which was lying on the marble floor, cold and unmoving. He stared at her for a bit with a solemn face like she was some kind of a sister for him and lifted her, and carried her towards me and Nina where she covered her lifeless body with a curtain he took from one of the walls with the insignia of the North Kingdom as one of the allied Kingdoms of the Empire.As soon as he came back to me and our baby, He held me tight once again and looked at the small child in my arms with his gentle eyes despite the agony he must be feeling all over his body. And then he glanced back at Lady Marian's body which made me sob as my heart broke into pieces for losing a great friend.“She is a good person, Eodelle… She helped me through a lot about you and Laurent. She never deserved thi
My life has never been so easy for a wolfless like me.As I watch all the people miserably at the birthday party, I cannot tell how many glasses of wine I have already consumed while trying my hardest not to have any eye contact with the noblemen standing not too far from my seat beside my father’s. It is my eighteenth birthday and they say that I am of legal age to wed one of the noblemen who came into this palace to ask for my hand. The larger the land, the better. As if I am some kind of livestock being prepared to bring in more possible allies from other countries. And I heard that it was because Helena suggested it to my father. Helena, his top favorite among his concubines is awkward and sickening because we are just the same age. I have no idea what Kingdom she came from but father was so crazy about this lady. She's supposed to be in here though but she left yesterday to visit one of her cousins. The suffering I have now is all of her doing and I will never forgive her and he
My feet were heavy as the maid led me toward the hall. There is this wrenching feeling in my chest. I suddenly feel too terrified, hurt, and confused about what happened in the garden. Terrified, because I thought meeting my Mate would give me a ticket on my way out of all this mess. Hurt, because Aster was already engaged to someone else despite being my Mate. And I have never felt so devastated after hearing it from his lips. And no matter what I do, I am still a slave in my father’s eyes; not even my Mate could save me from this. Confused, the man’s face was bright as the moonlight until the maidservant came and the reaction on his face changed from being amused to disdainful.Was he scared when he heard that I am the daughter of the Emperor? Because that’s what most people feel whenever I try to make friends with them. My status stops them from getting too close to me because they know how my father despises me and no one wants to make the Emperor upset. Unless they have a death w
“W-what? You cannot say that—”“Why can’t I? Your father is a murderer,” he growled at me with rage in his eyes. His lips pursed against his teeth, and I could feel the malice in his every glare. “He killed my parents long ago and I was just lucky I survived! He annihilated my whole pack and there is no way I could ever let him live after what he had done to my Clan!”I stared at the enraged expression on Aster’s face and I can see how much he has been waiting for this moment to avenge his family. I couldn’t say anything because I have known about this story every time my father boasts it to his colleagues while he was drunk most of the time. Subconsciously, I looked down at my hands and my dress and I could smell the disgusting metallic scent of blood all over me which must be from King Richard when he was stabbed in his chest and his stomach while we were dancing. My body trembled as I embrace myself, remembering the horror of cries and shrieks of the innocent lives killed in that b
“This is just the beginning of my revenge, your Grace,” The formality of his address to me sounds like an insult to my ears after I almost destroyed my vocal chord from the screamings I did while I push away the box from me and curled at one of the corners of my cell, crying. I cannot feel my face anymore. I have been crying for almost an hour now since they brought me here and I am starting to feel numb and empty. I embraced myself feeling so cold and weak after all the mental torture that Aster gave me.Without looking, I heard the cell open and I knew it was the guard who took the box again, and then the metal bars clanged when they locked it. I peeked at them and saw that Aster was still there talking to the blonde guy he called Emyr as if he was giving instructions. The guard who was holding the box nodded its head to both of them and disappeared towards the exit of this stinking, cold dungeon. I cannot let them do this to me! I am tired of always being the weakling!With trembl
[ASTER’s Point-of-View]I couldn't sleep so well last night.I thought it was just because of the humidity in the air or the uncomfortable softness of the bed that made me stay up all night so I spent it in one of the palace wings and stared down at the vast lands of the Empire I just conquered three days ago. I have been planning this revenge for so many years. Because the former Emperor was so careless for the past two years of his regime and ignored the call for help from his people about the disturbing poverty that spreads like wildfire in this State, some rebels joined forces with us and ended the tyranny of Emperor Oswald Wycliffe. All his subordinates will be facing death sentences soon for spending the tax money that they force people to pay. An unjust amount that people struggle to give as they worry about how to get food on their table the next day.But this kind of restlessness is just too disturbing and my inner wolf was feeling so down the whole day which affects my mood
[Eodelle’s Point of View]Did I just see remorse flashed in his eyes?I ignore whatever pity he feels for me. I can’t feel anything anymore after what happened to me in that dungeon. It feels like they took away a part of me that still believes that there is kindness no matter how cold this place is. But after all the anger, the pain and the violence they showed and caused me, all I could think is how unforgiving this world is, for the people like me who have nothing to do with any of these people and yet I am still hated for the crimes of my father.Every inch of me hurts and my head throbs terribly, “The only kindness you can give me is at least you had let me die in that dungeon…” I murmured bitterly on him and I watched how his face turned dark and stoic.“Do you think you can get away from me that easily, princess Eodelle? I am not as merciful as you think so you will stay here as long as I want. You are my prisoner and you will do whatever I say,” he uttered coldly as he looked