Leon I had been a drunk mess. I wasn't supposed to feel this sober but it was hard not to when your brain kept going back to that night. You were just at the wrong place, with the wrong people. It always seemed to be something like that. “Enough of this madness Leon! Get your act together!” Mother yelled from the corner of my chamber, disappointed at the mess she had seen.I let out a chuckle that had a bitter aftertaste and replied, “Yeah right mother, as if that would happen! This is me trying my hardest, you know?” She looked over at me from her position and frowned in response, shaking her head slightly.“Be a man! People are starting to gossip you know, that you are in this state because of that riffraff and I know better than to believe it! You can't possibly be like this because of her right? ” she said as if I didn't already know.I rolled my eyes and sighed loudly, “You're pushing it, mother. Use the door!” I said, pointing towards the door. “No! I would not. What is wro
AvaI screamed when I woke up, my head aching and my skin clammy. I could see a faint blue light filtering in through the window, casting eerie shadows across the walls of the room I was in and my face as I lay there, sweat beading on my forehead as I fought the urge to throw up all over myself.I wasn't alone, there were people staring down at me, their faces were everything but familiar and my heart started pounding hard against my ribcage when I realized that this couldn’t possibly be some dream because the voices talking around me sounded so similar to what I remembered from the woods.The only difference was that they were close to me.I looked around frantically hoping for some sort of escape route that would take me out of here but I only found two doors. It was going to be impossible to get past them.“Relax,” One of them said. His voice hadn't lost its hostility either, his tone still held the same edge of irritation as he said “We aren't here to hurt you.”There was anothe
AvaI walked off with no idea where I was going, just endless woods that stretched far and wide, the sky a deep grey, as the sun set into them. It didn't look like any place I had ever seen before, not one bit familiar. I couldn't even tell how far from my home it was, for all I knew I could be hundreds of miles away by now. And it didn't matter, because there wasn't a single person around. The only sounds were the rustling leaves above me, the occasional cawing from what felt like an enormous raven circling high above, or the chirping of various birds in the trees around me. And then there was the faint sound of a stream running somewhere close by, which made my heart skip a beat. A stream meant water, and I needed water badly. I hadn't had anything to drink since last night.So I headed that way, and sure enough, it was a stream, and I drank greedily from it like I never had before, and it did little more than fill the hole in my stomach. I choked on my tears as I drank some mor
LeonI watched her retreating figure, angry at myself for letting her go. It wasn't supposed to be that way! I should have punished her. I should have done something but I couldn't. My beast was against me, against the sudden decision that I was making, against the anger that had built in my chest. My beast wanted her near.I wanted her gone.An unfamiliar darkness had clouded my mental space, pulling me in with its unforgiving claws. It hadn't been there before. Not since she had become my companion. Ever since she had walked into the castle, everything had felt a little different. Her presence had been like an electric charge. The feeling of it vibrated through the air around us even when I tried to ignore it.But it had all been lies, she had played with my head. We were nothing more than tools to each other, to achieve our objective. But she had the upper hand. She always had. Her power was unshakable and it was intoxicating, addictive, like a drug. Even though she hadn't given m
AvaThe hours crawled by slowly and with each second, dread filled my heart. I could already feel it tightening around my chest like a noose, ready to suffocate me if I was not careful. My fingers dug into the flesh of my palms while sweat dripped from the tip of my nose. The smell of fear and sweat mingled inside my nostrils until they became one.Even my wolf felt defeated inside of me , as she was no longer there to protect her precious territory. Her mate would never return. She would have to face the truth of her loneliness. My stomach churned at the thought of this new reality. I wanted nothing more than to escape from all of this. Nothing but to tell the King I was innocent, to prove myself, prove my innocence. I had never been unfaithful.The child was his, formed out of pure desire. I cried in despair. My wolf whined at my loss as she fought to regain control of herself. My hands shook as they now gripped my dress. As soon as the tears stopped flowing freely down my cheeks,
Queen MotherThat ungrateful little girl, she thought she was better than me, I watched her as anger flowed through my veins as I watched from a fair, she thought she was better than everyone else in the world and I hated her for it, but I don't think I would ever let anyone know that, no one will believe me when they hear what happened. The only thing I want is to make sure that she was not around me.She reminded me of a woman from my past, of a woman I wanted to forget with her stupid red hair.I could tell something had gone differently with her, I could tell she was hiding something other than the pregnancy , but what did it matter what she hid if I can see it? If she can hide behind a fake smile then why couldn’t I? If she can be a liar like she said, she has to have a secret somewhere, I’m going to find out where and make sure it doesn’t happen anymore.I was sure of these secrets because she had been acting shady the entire time and when I stared at her for too long, she’d squ