Chapter: 5KING DAKARAI’s POV“What’s the situation?” I asked Nigel as he entered my office.“They are unharmed and are downstairs”“How many in total?”“Sixty. One werewolf and ten half breeds”“And the humans?”“Mostly males this time. I’ve instructed Hilda. She’ll take the human women and give them rooms”“And the men transporting them?”“They attacked us viciously and we defended ourselves. None of them made it out alive” I growled at his words.Yet again, we’ve allowed them to slip out of our fingers. This backyard trade of humans especially has been going on. Someone was selling them to the witches and it was unacceptable.“The owners of lands in that area, have them questioned. Inform the cabinet, we’ll meet in a few days and be on the lookout for more wagons”“Yes my king”“You may leave” he bowed and walked out of the office.I walked to my window overlooking the castle grounds, my head filled with thoughts.This was the first time half breeds were rescued not to talk of a werewolf. The
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Chapter: 4My head banged heavily and I opened my eyes, groaning in pain. I slowly looked around and saw other people chained against the wall.I remembered how I ended up in this situation.Coen was responsible. He was sending me away. But to where? Most of the people in here were asleep except for a boy who was wide awake, staring at me.He crawled forward, while I watched him in silence and then he pulled the gag out of my mouth.“Where are we? What’s happening?”“We’re being sold,” he said simply, still accessing me.“Why? To whom?” He cocked his head to the side.“The Witches”My eyes almost popped out of my skull. The witches? Communication was forbidden with the witches. They were as bad as the werewolves.From the stories I heard, there was a power tussle between them. The witches lost and they were driven out of the kingdom. They mostly stayed amongst themselves.“It’s illegal”The boy scoffed. “We’re humans. Nothing is illegal with us” his voice was empty.Another surprise. He was a hu
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Chapter: 3I couldn’t believe my eyes. Gaia was here and she was kissing my boyfriend? “What….” I couldn’t form words. The lack of guilt in their eyes only made things worse. “What are you doing out here?” Coen finally decided to speak and my eyes travelled back to him. “What am I doing out here? What are you doing with Gaia?” “Isn’t it obvious? We’re together now. She’s giving what you could never give” I scoffed. “This is about sex?” He stayed silent. “You said you were okay with waiting until we mated” He huffed. “Mate with a human?” “What…” “Nouria” I heard my name and Torin came into our view. “What are you doing here? You should have gone back to your room” he reprimanded. He wasn’t even shocked about what was happening. He knew. “When you said….” “No. I didn’t know about it then. I already explained what happened. I found out this a few hours ago. I didn’t want to break the news to you because I didn't want you to be heartbroken” “Why do you even care what she feels? I never
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Chapter: 2Torin quickly dragged me into his room and shut the door. I breathed heavily as we listened to the footstep in the hallway.“I’ll see who it is” he stepped out of the room while I waited. I couldn’t hear what he was saying or see who it was but after a while, he returned.“It was a maid. I asked her to leave and return later. You have to leave too now and I’ll send a message across when I find him”“Thank you,” I said in a hushed voice and he chuckled.“She’s gone. No need to whisper”“I know” I looked away from the door and noticed Torin had been staring at me with a strange look.“What?”“Why do you like to tie your hair? It’s prettier when you let it loose” he said reaching for the hair tie but I stopped him.“You know why. I hate when they drag me by the hair” he sighed.“I don’t know why things haven’t changed. I wish there was something I could do”“I wish so too” Torin was a good man and if he had the power to change the humans situation, he would do it in a heartbeat. But unfo
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Chapter: 1 “Assemble” I heard a thunderous roar and I jumped from the floor bed. The sound of people scampering around, getting ready to run outside to the gardens filled our small space. It was trouble to arrive late and an even bigger trouble to ignore the call. The punishment that would follow for each would leave you scarred and immobile for days but you’ll still be expected to complete your duties. I slipped on my worn-out shoes that barely fit my legs now and tied my hair into a messy bun at the back of my head. It was safer to tie it that way. Those who let their hair flow were yanked by it at any given opportunity. I followed the girls running outside, pushing through the bodies to make it out on time. Luckily, I made it out before the doors were closed and so did a good number of girls but sadly, three girls didn’t make it. Alicia, the woman that called us out, marched to the door, a stern look on her face. She was unusually big for a halfbreed and sometimes I wondered if she was a
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