Chapter 5
"Are you sure you're okay? Do I need to call a doctor or something?" He continues to ask her over and over again and the Queen kept resisting treatment,"I'm fine Xerxes, you know how she can be at times, make sure you don't spare her during her session, she needs the workout." She laughs out loud, "I can handle myself.""You still haven't told me about the dream you had, have you found out what it means yet?" His brows crease for a moment before relaxing again."I'm working something out and to be honest it's not a laughing matter. Please, train my daughter's she needs to be able to fight, things aren't going to be easy anymore, especially for her." She takes his hands into hers and begs him with big eyes.He bends to give her a quick kiss,"She's my daughter too, I would make sure she's the best warrior in the kingdom. Whether she likes it or not." He slowly let's go off her, "rest well Octavia." He leaves her through the door.Arcadia is swinging her bladed fan in the air as she bends to rhythms, perfecting the stances her Master taught her, she was breathing gently as she was just warming up,"I wander what type of punishment I'll get this time around, mother is always getting me into trouble with master Xerxes." She murmurs to herself before blocking a blade that aimed for her head. It was a standstill and she was glaring at blue orbs before she pushed the attacker back, "is this my punishment?" Her expression is bored as she stared at him.His deep chuckle rings in her ears, "think of it as a challenge and not a punishment." He readies his blade with a stance and charges for her, she blocks it with an upward swipe and twils to his side to land an attack but he dodges it quickly, "not bad." He commends her."I'm your student after all," she's as proud as her mother, "but master, why are you freaking out because of a simple sprain? You do know that mother was lying?" She pleads her case as she really didn't want to fight her Master, she knew she would lose and lose bad."Yes, I knew, but you still made her run after you, you're no a kid anymore Arcadia." He swings his death bringer once more and she narrowly evades it this time her around, her blue eyes embodied fear in them, "you know how much the queen means to me." He plays his trump card which makes her roll her eyes."Why don't you marry her then?" She gives a smug reply before throwing the fan at him only for him to block it, but that was only a distraction, she grabs his hands that were frimly holding the handle of his sword, she flips him to his back with the help of her legs, applying a significant amount or force in a kick to be able to move him off his feet and use his hands to propell him to land on his back.She learned that from her mother,"Do I win the challenge?" She smiles triumphantly as she stared at his body that was beneath her knee, he smiles back at her only to give her a leg sweep and direct his sword at her neck as he did a get up,"No you didn't, you managed to knock me down but you didn't take me out. Taking out your opponent is very significant in winning wars Arcadia." He preaches before pulling her to her feet, "but I fancied the move you used on me, your mother's specialty?" He smirks at his most prized possession."You're always talking about her, she's not your student, I am." She pouts cutely, "I don't want to see your face." She picks up her fans deciding that training was over."But didn't I praise you just now? Do you want me to keep singing your praises my apple?" He pulls her cheeks like she was a child,"Stop calling me that, I'm not 10 anymore." She swats his hands away from her cheek as a nasty blush decorated her face. She loved it when he showered her with so much affection, he was the only one who did so, the king was too busy to even pay any attention to her, he couldn't even train his daughter.He made sure to spoil her with whatever she wanted but Xerxes made sure she was mentally and emotionally fed and not starved, so she preferred to be in his company."If it is what the princess wishes, but I wish for her to go back to training, there are still a lot of things you need to learn." He pulls her back to the middle of the training grounds, "first your stances, you legs still shake when you move into some positions. Begin!!"And the training session starts, and it lasts for hours, Arcadia is sore so they decided to get tarts to celebrate her not complaining throughout the practice. They're staring at the sunset while they are their tarts, sitting beside each other and enjoying the scenery, enjoying each other's company,"I think this is the most beautiful thing one can ever see, the sun making way for the moon to shine." She sighs lovingly, but Xerxes laughs a little making him choke on his tart, "what is so funny Master?" She couldn't understand the strange puzzle he his behind a laugh,"Well, the sunset and moonrise is beautiful, but there is something more beautiful than that." His eyes dilated as he thought of something, more like someone, the one who held his heart,"And what could that be? Please do educate me on it." She is suddenly excited and even drops her tart to listen to what he has to tell her. He takes a deep breath as a pause before throwing out one word,"Mate."Chapter 6"Mate?" Arcadia is genuinely confused, "what's so beautiful about a Mate?" She snorts before returning to her tart, "I thought you were GOING to tell me SOMETHING better but instead you mentioned MATE." she snorts once more before filling her mouth up. Xerxes laughs at her innocence,"What's wrong with a mate? It's a beautiful thing you know...." He is lost in thought,"Oh please!! This whole mate thing is just a scam the elders make, there's no such thing as falling in the love with someone because it's destiny." She laughs at the stupid myth,"And why do you say so?" Xerxes is indeed intrigued, "please do tell me more!!" He mocks her by mimicking her action,"Master have you ever looked at mother and father.......do you really believed they're mates?" She directs her face to the sunset and into his endless blue orbs to search for an answer,"Well—" he begins with the same answer he has told her for years,"Be
Chapter 7"I found them in Magnus' wardrobe, he knows we have an affair." She smiles a bit and this further confuses him, "they were with me until yesterday, so he must've found them and his nose-y attitude got the best of him." She laughs a little."Octavia are you serious right now? Is this a prank?? The king knows about us and you're laughing like nothing is wrong! You do know he can decide to kill us if he wishes to." He hurriedly arranged the letters until he sees one, a very familiar one, "does he know about Arcadia too?" His eyes widen in fear.The Queen of the kingdom nods like a happy child, she was enjoying the way the situation took a turn for the worse."You can't tell me you're not the slightest bit worried love?" His eyes are wide in fear, he must've fallen in love with a mad woman. She bends to move close to his ear,"In fact at the moment we are being watched," her eyes sneak to a tree and he sees one of the palace
Chapter 8"You're looking too beautiful today Octavia." The Queen praises herself as she did her hair, smiling at her mirror, her smiles disappears when the door to her room opens and she sees her husband staring at her with a grim look, "why welcome Magnus, you don't look too good? Are your ambassadors fighting again?" She laughs at her corny joke."Octavia I never expected this from you." His arms are crossed and he decides to close the door, she notices his gesture and she pulls her fan closest to her,"Neither did I Magnus, but if you can lie then so can I." She rises from her seat to look him straight in the eye, "I will not hide anything from you anymore but I will warn you, I will not hesitate to hang you on a tree if you do anything to my daughter or Xerxes." She snears at him."Don't you feel ashamed of yourself? You're a married woman and you're having an affair with someone who is younger than you with over 10 years, you're cheap and disgusting." He th
Chapter 9There was merry and laughter, her birthday preparations were in full swing, Arcadia would be 18 tomorrow and everything needed to be perfect. And apart from a birthday party there would also be a wedding. She was also getting married.Three men entered the palace looking like hot devils, all clad in black armour and welding heavy swords. One was particularly blond, almost a white blond, resembling Xerxes of some sort, his golden orbs were enough to take the light out of the room and his aura was cold and deadly.He was slender and built, he carried himself with a charisma that seemed to attract eyes to him, he had all the maids drooling, he must be the alpha she was getting married to.He sees the king and goes on his knee, "your majesty." He greets humbly and Magnus is delighted,"Czar, a wonderful surprise, I didn't know you would be so Early!" He lifts him up to embrace him, they both had wicked smiles on their faces,"A wonderful occasion
Chapter 10"Not one of us, but our master." They nod at each other, "he would be most happy to take you in, maybe then you would learn to keep your moth shut." He burns and his lackeys snicker at his comment,"I'm not surprised that something like that would escape your mouth, you don't look like the smartest anyway." She fans herself and one of the maid accidentally trips on hearing her statement, all of them gasped but quickly ran to do their work before they got fired.He was beyond embarrassed, and she has the proudest smirk on,"It's always good to know your place Arcadia, you're just a woman after all." He reminds her of her status in the wolf community, women are treated as objects, gifts, toys, that can be used anyhow the men please,"And I should remind you that a woman birthed you, and if she wished she would've killed you. We have the power of life and death, and if we want we would kill all of you." She smiles at them,
Chapter 11"Answer the question Magnus, what is the difference between a man and a woman? A paid of organs?" Her joke makes all the soldiers laugh, they have always known the Queen to be a very funny person, "cat got your tongue Magnus?" She smiles at him as she reaches the bottom,"And who are you to interfere in this matter Octavia?" He snorts at her,"I am the Queen of this Kingdom and Arcadia is my daughter!! Without me you wouldn't have built this Kingdom to where it is, show me some respect!" She commands it and there is a chill in the atmosphere, "she doesn't want your lame alpha, she would marry who she wants to marry and be happy with who she wants to be happy with." She stresses the last part for Magnus to know that she doesn't regret her actions. She doesn't regret Xerxes."You let your women run wild, giving them too much power, that's your mistake your majesty." Czar rolls his eyes,"Wolves like you fear unnecessarily, if you're as strong as you
Chapter 12Czar barges in and he is a walking volcano about to erupt, both men are concerned,"What is it czar?" Loki is the first to ask, "why are you so angry even though you're angry all the time?" Loki tries to soften the atmosphere but it wasn't working."It's Arcadia, that good for nothing princess just, she just, gahh!!" He kicks a chair off balance and they knew something was wrong,"She what? Does she already belong to someone?" Mace wanted to know, "tell me what happened to her??!!" He didn't want anyone to have her, she was his."She rejected you."The only thing that could be heard was the gasp that came out of a mouth, it was a maid that was bringing the food, she couldn't believe her Master had been rejected. Their eyes turned to her snd she quickly put the food down and ran back to her position, she was rather young, about 14, but she was going to be the one that would spread the gossip,"Are you s
Chapter 13"Octavia if you ever speak like this again I swear I will make you regret it." He pulls her ears so hard it began to turn pink, her eyes were teary due to the force,"Fine!! Don't take my ear, take something else!!" She manages to recover the organ before he ripped it out of her head,"I'll take something else alright." He jumps off the swing and pulls her with him, he lifts her to saddle her on his waist,"What are you doing?! You mad man!! Put me down!" She nags him but he isn't listening to her, he wasn't listening to her and he was taking her to his room, "Xerxes stop!! Stop!! I said—" he muffled her words before anyone saw them and when they were in his room, he dumps her on his bed and turns to lock the door, "what are you going to do to me?" She tried to gain her composure but she was a wreck.He doesn't say a word but he takes his clothes off to reveal an all too tempting body, a body she had never been able to get enough of,