Chapter 59
The war was over and the south had been taken over my Queen Arcadia, all of her people were proud that their first Queen had successfully conquered a powerful alpha and they were bringing back the slaves they had taken away from them on the day of the death of king Magnus.
The journey back was rather slow but it was enjoyable as they made stops to various places as a request from the inhabitants of the land to meet their New Queen. They all hailed her and celebrated her win even at the defeat of their previous king. Most women were proud that their kind could sit on the throne and rule effectively, it was a great boost to their image and they all suddenly wanted to be like Queen Arcadia.And it was only natural for some wolves to have undying loyalty to Mace and not accept their new Queen, they would try to take her down and see how they can snatch their Master away from her. But whichever one that did so much as an attempt, met with a cruelChapter 60The night was still young but Octavia was rather tired with everything that had happened, she was Sharing a tent with her husband and when she walked in, she found him nude but covered with the sheets and snacking on some berries.She rolls her eyes, he was trying to seduce her but she was too exhausted to do anything with him."My Queen," he throws the greeting to flatter but she doesn't spare him a glance, "did I do something wrong?" His eyes flash mischief and hers are heavy with fatigue. She takes off her clothes and his eyes are fixed on the slash in her arm, "how did that happen?" She could fell the anger in his voice.But her eyes turn to the mark, and how it happened replays in her head, it was a result of lies. All the lies she told him, his anger, she didn't want to take advantage of him but even he wouldn't have been able to protect her the way he did if he knew who she was."It's nothing." She throws it away and lets he
Chapter 61.They finally arrived at their home and the whole crowd cheers for heir Queen, Mace and his Betas are put in bondage with chains and are made to walk with their heads bowed. They enter the palace in a grand style and their latest victory calls for a celebration,"Father, mother," she addresses her parents, "I wouldn't be who I am today without you, I don't know who I would have even been if I don't have you two by my side." She begins to test up and Sheila sniffs dramatically and leans on Asher while she cries. He rolls his eyes a her and listens to his lover, "I'm proud to be your daughter and I would love to give you a gift for being the most amazing parents on the planet."Everyone delivers a round of applause as Xerxes and Octavia blush like fools, they had never really gotten so much attention since Magnus was always stealing it. But he was dead anyway."We would be proud to receive whatever gift you give to us." She smiles a
Chapter 62"Is there anything I can get you madam?" Azure was a great nurse for Shelia but she was also a hindrance since she never let Sheila out of her sight, and it was very annoying to the assassin."I would love a glass of water." She makes a excuse and Azure runs to fetch it for her, once she was sure she was alone she pushes herself out of bed and into the passage. She watches her back and front to make sure no one saw her sneaking out of her room, she turned her head and saw some maids talking about the execution."And alpha Mace would be out of our lives forever, I'm sure the Queen won't spare his Betas." They gossip like they should but the death of Loki was still something that was haunting her conscience.She places her hand on her stomach, her child would be an orphan.... no. What was she thinking? The child would probably be dead before Loki dies and she can start afresh. She would forget him eventually. Even though she didn't
Chapter 63Night had fallen and the Queen had hard from Azure the attempt to kill the baby made by Sheila, she was beyond frustrated and decided to get out of her bed to have a talk one on one with the assassin. She knocks on Sheila's door and after a few moments it swings open to see a miserable woman hiding in the dark, Sheila squints her eyes to the light and she lets the Queen in.Octavia takes it upon herself to give the room a little light but opening the blinds and lighting candles, and when that was done she turned to Sheila with a hurt look on her face. She knew what this was all about,"My Queen, you—" cut off by a slap to the face, her eyes saw stars as she held her cheek to ease the pain but it still burned her flesh. She was surprised that the Queen would do such to her, "why?" Tears had run down her cheeks."I never knew you were so heartless to the point that you would attack a child." Her words re sharp an
Chapter 64"My hands are cramping." He growls as he fiddled with the chains that we're around his wrists, they had made red circles on them and he was frustrated with his situation, "master, we need to escape from this hell hole." Czar glances to Mace but he was silent with his thoughts burning a hole in his heart,"That's if we survive the execution, we are not going to be alive for much longer." He finally speaks up and his eyes go to Loki, he was backing them sitting in silence, he needed to see Sheila even if it was one last time.He wanted to apologise.But he also wanted to see Mace Alive."Loki?" He calls but he doesn't say anything, not even a nod or anything. Mace does his best to move to his front so he could see his brother, "brother, what is on your mind?" His hazel orbs were digging into his green ones,"I'm thinking of a way to get us out of here, I can't let you die." He looks around the shabby room the
Chapter 65Her people cheer for her and the praises get to her head, she clears her throat and speaks again, "alpha Mace has caused me too much trouble, he came to me with a proposal and he believed that I would agree to marry him because he was powerful!!" She begins to with the back story so everyone would know the Genesis and the revelation of his death."Xerxes, did you talk to her?" Octavia whispers to her husband but he only gives her a glance before turning back to his daughter with his head held high, her heart sinks and she knew he was in support of the execution, "well if they can play the game then so can I." She grunts to herself and her eyes rest on Loki.He catches her gaze on him and he remembers she came to him last night to heal him, she was the woman who came last night to help him. He smelled like her. She says some words with her eyes and he understood stood it clearly due to his nature. He looks at Czar and he was wan
Chapter 66"Arcadia please listen to me for a little while!" She begged her daughter but she didn't slow her pace down, she just sped up and slammed the door to her room behind her. Octavia couldn't run after her with a broken ankle so she decided it was better that she claimed down before she went back to her again.She turned to her husband but even he didn't want to speak to her either, she haves a very heavy sigh and follows him in silence to their room. He leaves the door open for her as she closes it behind her,"Xerxes please, talk to me, say anything." She was desperate but he didn't open his mouth to say a word, another heavy sigh escapes from the Queen's lips and she is forced to deal with the anger of her family. Her decision and judgement were far from wrong, it's just that it hurt the ones close to her.She changes her clothes and goes downstairs to supervise the kingdom while Arcadia and Xerxes brooded in silence.
Chapter 67Night had fallen and it was dinner time, it was very silent as no one as in the mood to speak to anyone. Octavia ate her dinner in silence and so did her husband and daughter. There were not even looking at each other. She had to admit she didn't like the atmosphere but what could she do?She pushes the plate away and stands up from her feet, Xerxes looks at her and her plate and realized she hadn't even eaten up to half of her food which was very uncommon as she usually asked for seconds,"I'm feeling very tired, goodnight Arcadia, don't be too long Xerxes." She leaves for the stairs, slowly climbing it, making sure to be careful with her feet,"I do not appreciate what mother did, not one bit." Arcadia finally speaks up as she pushed away her plate in annoyance,"I know she has challenged you and made you upset but she had a reason for what she did, she just hasn't told us yet. But she did mention something strange