Novels by STANSEO

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: BURNING MARKOnce Catherine was done she sat up “Ok, here it's all done, you can move around but don't stress yourself so that the wound won't tear up again” She explained and Lucy nodded obediently“I won't, you didn't tell me you knew how to treat people” Lucy asked as she placed her hand on her cheek raising her upper body.“Oh that, I learnt a little when I was young, at least I can help when necessary” She replied, packing her bag.After a while of discussion, Catherine left, since she has her chores to do. Lucy tried to stay awake so that she could speak to Kael but she dozed off.She yawned as she slowly opened her eyes, she gasped it was evening. Sitting up, her eyes roamed around the room in search of the king. But he was nowhere to be found, she bit her lips.Standing up she left the room, She wanted to go back to her room but she changed her mind and went back inside.Searching the drawer beside Kael's bed, she saw a bunch of keys, Grabbing it

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: WARY LUCYLucy stared at the ceiling in a daze, she wondered what other secrets the King and his people had, The name Kael resonated in her ears.He is Kael, it has always been him all this time.The King is Kael and her worst enemy but yet the only one who could make her heart race, she smiled bitterly.She overheard their conversation earlier.Curling up on the bed she cried, it wasn't what she planned.She didn't plan to be torn like this.Kael, who had stepped out earlier after the conversation with Lucas, walked in, his long black hair disheveled.He sat down on the black couch rubbing his forehead.*You should find a solution to this, we are attracted to her but then we don't feel the mate bond and the princess is elsewhere, all we have to do is to find the princess first* his wolf said to him and he shook his head *Rage what about her, j don't think I can stay without her* Kael replied, his eyes glowing as he conversed with his wolf.*Are you being serio

CHAPTER SIXTEEN:TORN KAELKael stepped into his room, shutting the door slowly so as not to wake the figure in his bed.He sat down at the edge of the bed his eyes on her lazily, He stared at her features, she looked familiar but he hadn't met her before right ‘she is a commoner, but my mate is princess Lucy according to the moon goddess’ he thought as he stared at Lucy, his heart ached as she occasionally flinched.‘We accept her but she isn't our mate, is she?’ His wolf questioned and he frowned ‘I can't tell, the attraction is there but I can't feel the matebond’ he replied and his wolf growled in annoyance.Shortly after, the royal physician came in “greetings your Majesty, you sent for me” the man who seemed to be in his fifties said and the King hummed in approval “yes, check if she is alright” he said and the physician nodded.The King's eyes followed his every movement as the man inspected Lucy, seeing the bandage placed .neatly, He pi

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: TOXIC VIKTOR Kael cradled Lucy in his arms carefully on reaching the door to his room, Catherine hurriedly opened the door for him. He walked in, placing Lucy on his bed he gently turned her, that she now lay on her belly. He wanted to rip her clothes off but it was inappropriate at least for now, Catherine seeing how hesitant he was, she offered to help “your Majesty let me treat her wound, I do know a few herbs that can be mixed to stop the bleeding” she said nervously and Kael nodded stepping aside, “you can go and treat her, make sure she is alright” he warned and stepped out of the room, Lucy winced as her face contorted due to the pain, Catherine brought out a small bottle from the little crochet bag she always wore. She gently removed the straps of her clothes exposing her back only. She cleaned the bloodstains with a wet towel, occasionally rinsing it in a stainless bowl beside t

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ANGRY KING Lucy winced but the head maid smirked “I warned you, I have always hated you and this?, it's my opportunity to torment you” she said scornfully as she whipped her again and again.Lucy laughed bitterly, she who was once a princess was now being whipped by a maid in her own home, Iris frowned standing up she took the whip from the head maid.MEANWHILE Catherine ran as fast as she could her breath unsteady as she stopped before the king's study room only to be stopped by a man with green eyes, it was the man who had brought Lucy to the King earlier, he stared at her “ what do you want” he questioned and Catherine coughed as she tried to catch her breath “I'm here to see the King, Lily.. Lily is being punished by the head maid” she said in between her breath but the man frowned, he remembered the girl he had brought to the King bore the same name ‘but then if she did something wrong she should be punished’ he thought.“And why wou

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: TROUBLE *Wait till I get you, I will beat you up* Iris mindlinked him, but he stuck out his tongue quickly when Kael wasn't staring at him.“Leave, till I ask for you don't appear before me” he ordered and walked back to his seat, Lucas wore his mask and left the room with his sister.Kael stared at the two paintings, he held his forehead, he felt torn.He didn't know if he should look for his fated mate or give up on her because his heart was slowly belonging to her, he closed his eyes, taking in deep breaths he rolled the paintings up and kept them in his drawer.Standing up he left for his room.On his way a figure bumped into him, he looked down and saw those chocolate brown hair, ‘Lily?’ his heart raced but then she shrank back as she realized who she had bumped into “good day your Majesty, I apologize for ruining your robe” she blurted out immediately, he stared at his rumpled clothe which was where she held onto but he was less bothered about it.“Lily are yo

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:SECRETS WRITER'S POV“Mother is everything alright” she asked as she noticed how silent her mother had been since she told her of the strange girl.On the other hand madeline thought that the description fits someone she knows “did she tell you her name” Madeline asked her daughter “No she didn't” she replied and the lady heaved a sigh “snow I have something to tell you.This should be the right time to say this even though I won't say all now I hope you won't be scared, I actually know a lot about crestland. My father is a Crestlander while my mother is human and we ended up living in Bathor because my mother loved Bathor so much she is an orphan, my father is one of the Lord's in crestland who took after his father's position”she said and Stephanie's eyes lit up.“So you are from Crestland and so is my grandfather but I've not seen him before?” she asked looking like an abandoned puppy “I miss him too but he has so many missions to accomplish since he had left h

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: QUESTIONS EAST DUKE MANSION STEPHANIE'S POV I climbed off the carriage as I reached the east duke mansion and the coachman took off. I walked in and as usual the maids shifted abruptly but I walked further unfazed by their actions while some greeted out of fear the others walked away hastily. I walked to the left wing of the mansion with the intention of knocking at my mother's door but I decided to take my bath first then come back. WRITER'S POV On reaching her room she kept the coin pouch and went to the bathroom and stripped relaxing in the hot bath in the bathtub. She took her bath and dried herself up and wore a brown dress her mother sewed for her. She then left for her mother's room. STEPHANIE'S POV On reaching there I knocked on the door but no one answered and I tried to open it and found out it was locked so I went to the only place I knew my mum would be whi

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: TELLING MRS ARIA WRITER'S POV Stephanie left the palace after the King's words and once she saw the Coachman waiting for her she entered the carriage and they left for Mrs Aria's shop. On her way she began to wonder, ‘if there was such invitation why won't he tell me and I would have been clueless about it while the king might punish me for disobeying his orders, I wonder the excuse he gave to the king, on the other hand the king talked about crestland just like Alice and I wonder where it might be because it is not found in the map which contains many major kingdoms and only mother can tell me about it because she had once mentioned the kingdom’ Stephanie thought as she relaxed on the seat of the carriage she watched the trees pass by which reminded her of when her father was going out for a sightseeing with Ethan and Raine, she ran to her father pleading to follow him but the man pushed her back and warned her not to come close as

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE KING'S WARNINGS AND ADVICE DUKE RUDOLPH'S POV 'Does this witch have to appear everywhere I go, with the king setting his eyes on her now he won't want to hear any excuses and the ones I've said are now lies which I have to face now' I thought as I pressed my lips in a thin line thinking of the type of punishment I might face for lying to the king. "Williams why didn't you convey my orders to your daughter in the first place and you told me she wasn't fit to attend my gathering so she won't be coming but right now I can't see anything that would make you utter such words or am I blind or dumb" the king asked in a calm tone but I could swear something flashed in his eyes as he gazed intensely at me just like when he killed the fourth prince who betrayed him and still insulted him, also when he gets angry most times. "your majesty please forgive me for I have done wrong, I couldn

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CRESTLAND? WRITER'S POV Stephanie went to queen Ruth's quarters and she met an elderly woman on her way “greetings to you my lady how may I be of help to you” the woman said after she greeted her, slightly blocking her way. “are you queen Ruth's chief maid” she asked the elderly woman she hadn't seen before “yes and I assume you are Stephanie so what are you doing here” she said with an annoyed look on her face “have you come here to leech onto the queen” she fired again and for a minute Stephanie assumed that today was not a good day for her in the palace but she decided not to waste anymore time so that she could leave quickly and avoid her father “I am not here for such thing, I came here to deliver the clothes the queen bought from Mrs Aria” she said nonchalantly “oh you're the delivery girl I see, didn't expect a Duke's daughter to do such cheap work” the woman said with a smirk “I can see you seek trouble but yo

CHAPTER TWELVE: NOT ALL RUMORS ARE TRUE WRITER'S POV The maid bowed to the ladies respectively "lady Alice and lady Stephanie please do not fight" she turned to Stephanie "my lady am sorry for not introducing you to to her, please pardon my mistakes" when Stephanie saw her face she recognized her, she is the one who had shown her the way on her first day of delivering clothes to queen Ruth, the girl was stunned meeting her for the first time maybe because of her hair or her look but she truly admired and respected her unlike others and to think that they always feared that she would curse them made it look funny but she knew why they would think so it was something more than her having a white hair and rising from the dead but she only did that to protect her loved one yet the villagers were blinded by their ignorance that they decided to tag her a witch that kills others mercilessly. "Hope it is fine you do not have to ask for forgiveness you did nothing wrong nor do I mind"