Night came but there was still no sign of Nova. Damien had already grown restless. She wasn't found and neither was her body. Assuming she had gotten shot and died off somewhere like one of the soldiers had suggested. But nothing was and this had had him more worried. He didn't know why though but he just couldn't bear that she was unfound. Giving up and as it was already late, they had turned back to return to the pack house. But not without him stationing two of the guards back in the bush, Incase there was a sign of Nova. Incase they were lucky enough to find her. Maybe she was hiding from him. **Back at he pack house, Skylar had come out to stare at the gates of the pack house. There was still no sign of Damien or a y of his soldiers. No message had been sent across to them, Incase anything had happened. And it was already late, which nestled more on her worry and anxiety. She had seen Freya's gamma during the day but he didn't seem perturbed by her absence. Even late at
It took a while before Damien could get a wind of what had happened. "Where is she?" He has asked impatiently, hoping that one of his men might have shot her down with an arrow which was why she was currently missing. But when everyone, including Freya had gathered, no one seemed to know where she was. Freya seemed least concerned, recalling her gamma whom she had met earlier before coming out on the hunt with them"You will make sure to kill her during the hunt" she had told the muscled man as the party left. Disguising her discussion with him as if she was asking him for help with her arrow. "But only those let in the hunt are allowed to shoot arrows. I am not invited and thus won't be able to participate" he had declared hours ago. But Freya had been able to get him to sneak into the bush with them.Inder the guise of protecting her, he would lay an ambush for Nova where he would have her killed. If she struggled and this causes her death to be unnatural to the hunting they
Everyone's gaze switched to Nova as she began limping with the bowl in her arm. They couldn't tell why she was limping but Freya knew. Likewise Damien who was grinning from ear to ear as she struggled to raise her feet each time she walked. But Nova didn't care. All she looked at right now and cared about was her freedom. Nova had succeeded in walking up to where Damien sat without spilling any drop of the water on the floor. Infuriated that she had succeeded in the task he mapped out for her, Damien had collected the bowl of water from her , took it close to his lips before he flung it away and gave Nova a harsh slap. Everyone became curious. Freya most especially as he mouth opened agap. What had she done now when she clearly brought the water he has requested without spilling anything. When he noticed that everyone's attention were now on him because of what he had done, he stood up from where he sat. "There is no forgiveness for traitors in my land" he shouted out loud and
Nova gritted her teeth as Damien ran the piece of clothing all over the open wounds on her chest. Making sure to douse it with more of the liquid wolfsbane each time the one on the piece of clothing seemed to run out. The guard by her side was charged with opening her cloth to reveal more of the wounds on her body to him. And he doused the whole places with the clothing. Nova kept silent even though she writhed in pain deep within her. But because she had seen Damien laugh the first time he had doused the clothing on her body, she held herself from wincing in pain, not wanting to give him the satisfaction he craved. Freya watched without saying anything, her thoughts juggling. She had to do something. This was no longer about Nova being punished. It was slowly turning into what she dreaded the most. "Bring her out" Damien instructed when he noticed that the wolfsbane in the containers were finished. As he stopped out, the guard fell. Appeared that he smell of the wolfsbane whic
Nova rose up from her cage as she could see the figure approaching her. It was Freya. "What brings the Almighty Luna to such a dirty place?" She asked in a trembling voice with barely contained rage. Freya slammed her fist against the wall believing that Nova was mocking her. She wasn't Luna and the specifications of her bond with Damien forbid her from claiming one. She would have aimed for her face if not that she had been instructed to stay away from Nova. Nothing seemed to be going her way these days and even the little respect Damien had for her before had vanished since after the mating ceremony. "What's wrong?" Nova asked, staring at her mockingly from head to toe. She had once overheard the guards talking about how she became an Alpha all of a sudden. And then how Damien had announced before everyone that she wouldn't become the Luna of his pack since she was already an Alpha. She had been overjoyed by the news when she heard it. The Almighty Freya? Being embarrassed th
Thwashabami, Lucien's consort pages to and fro at her chambers. She was the only breeder to have one, others simply didn't appeal to Lucien or after having them, he has sucked life out of them.. she was the only exception. Her face looked worried and there was a clear stench of panic evident in her tongue. To tell or not to. Her mom was conflicted by which decision to take. Things were looking bleak and she couldn't ascertain the future. Right now it looked much more like a load of uncertainty. But what could she do, she was merely a consort, who wasn't even favored on some days and sometimes months whenever Lucien failed to see her worthy of his presence. She finally headed to her door and left from there, walking out of her hallway and about to enter the hallway that led to Lucien's chambers when suddenly she was stopped by the sentinels on duty. "The King requested that no one be left to disturb him" one announced to her. She ignored and tried forcing her way through but was