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The ground swayed beneath Noelle’s feet as she listened to Marcus relieving the secrets. She shook herhead, disbelief and denial warring within her.“Then when I sat down and thought about it, it dawned on me that he did all that for his throne. Heneeded everyone to love him, to see him as the flawless Lycan who was worthy of the throne. And as longas I was around, he knew there’d always be someone stronger, smarter... someone the people might prefer.So he eliminated the threat.”“Nico was a smart one, he made himself seem innocent easily. He was a good actor.”Noelle kept reprocessing the event in her head, it was almost suffocating. Marcus continued.“I watchedhim celebrate after her death, Little Treasure. I saw him take everything from me and then smile as if he’ddone the world a favor. My wife’s blood was on his hands, and he wore that guilt like a crown. He didn’tknow I was watching. Even though I was far away, I was always watching.”Noelle’s heart pounded in her ches

Noelle’s eyes narrowed at Marcus, her mind racing to grasp what he had just revealed."What do youmean by ‘not by mistake’? I was told King Nico tried to protect you. He... he had no choice” Her voicewavered slightly.“Don’t think of lying to poison my mind towards him, I would figure out that you are lying,” Noelleadded. Marcus let out a deep, guttural laugh that sent chills down her spine.“You think low of me, littletreasure. I don’t need to lie about Nico and make you hate him. I can always force you to hate him but Idon’t need that.”Marcus told her.He asked.“Do you want to know what really happened or you will just assume I’m about to lie?”For some reason, Noelle wanted him to go on, she felt that he could be saying the truth. If what Alainahad told her about King Nico was nothing but the truth, then Marcus could know more since they wereonce close friends.“I want to know everything that happened.” Noelle finally said. Her curiosity evident.“Nico is not who you th

Marcus's stern gaze shifted from Leo to Noelle, softening only slightly. "Get up," he said, his voice a low growl that made the air in the room thicken. Noelle stood slowly, her muscles still sore from the fall. She dusted herself off, trying to hide her discomfort as she shot Leo a smug glance, though the guard’s expression remained placid."You don’t need to challenge everyone here, Noelle," Marcus muttered as he turned, motioning for her to follow him. She hesitated for a moment but then trailed behind him, curiosity and frustration swirling in her mind. Marcus had been confusing from the start, cold one moment, then protective the next."Where are we going?" she asked, trying to keep up with his long strides."Somewhere you can breathe," he replied cryptically.They walked through the dim hallways of the mansion until Marcus opened a large door at the end of the corridor, revealing a greenhouse-like garden enclosed by tall glass walls. It was beautiful, filled with strange plants

It was the third day of being in Marcus’ house. Noelle had almost been bored to death. It turned out that the driver that had driven her and Marcus to his mansion, whom she had exchanged mean glares with was one of the securities accorded to her, his name was Leo, and he was no nice man.Marcus on the other hand hadn’t spared her lots of time, she had even thought he had forgotten about her at some point not until he came back and she got to see him.Today, she had bathed, and was dressed in pink joggers and pink big hoodie, she was thankful that she had bought those along, because the cold weather there was extreme. And without her powers, she was fragile.When she was done dressing up, she sank into the medium sized bed, huffed out why her gaze narrowed to the wall. Her room was a comfortable size one. She hadn’t expected that Marcus would give her a room, she had actually thought he would make her share a room with some wicked creatures, but the man seemed to be unpredictable.Some

Silas heard a knock on his door as he put on his coat. He recognized the knock to be his father’s. Opening the door, King Nico stepped in. But Silas didn’t acknowledge his father as he turned around and get busy with whatever.“Where are you off to?” King Nico asked.“Why are you asking?” Silas retorted, his voice holding grudges. “We have to go and check our people’s welfare. You are following me now.” He said.Silas let out a scoff. His gaze hardened as he looked at his father. “Everyone is okay now, the kids are faring well and my bond with Noelle is broken. What more do you need from me, father? The kingdom is yours, not mine. Now, let me have my life.” He spat.King Nico was taken aback by his son's remarks. “The kingdom is ours, stop behaving like a rebel that you aren’t. Sooner or later, you will rule this kingdom one day, don’t talk about your people like that.”Silas straightened up, now facing his father. “You know what father? I don’t think I ever want to be king again.” Ki

Alaina had said exactly the same thing he was saying also. The so-called ex wife is the woman called Jaffy, who was also Alaina’s late best friend.“So that’s why you’ve been acting kind towards me?” Noelle said to him. “I’m not acting kind, little treasure. I am not kind.” Marcus said, his voice intimidating on the last four words.There was silence in the car for a moment befor Noelle decided to speak again. “I’m sorry about your wife. Alaina told me what King Nico did.” Noelle said, again, wanting to give Marcus the perception that she wasn’t an ally with the King. And telling Marcus that she knew the evil things King Nico had done could help.“He’s not King, I am.” Marcus said, a wicked grin on his face. Noelle huffed. “Someone like that doesn’t deserve to be king, I can’t wait for him to be dragged out of that throne. He’s a wicked person who acts otherwise for people to believe he’s goo.” Noelle’s face morphed to a scowl for effect.She needed to make Marcus think she hated King