LeonThe healers were rushed down by my beta and we all watched in silence as they went through different jars, applying their contents on Mother who looked very pale and still very much unconscious.The tension in the room was as loud as carnival drums, we could almost hear the thunder that was pounding inside of our skulls.Mother was not breathing steadily, her chest was not rising up and down, rising and sinking rhythmically like it was supposed to.The air around me thickened with dread.I wanted to yell, scream at something, someone.I clenched my fists tightly and my knuckles turned white.My fingers dug deep into my palms, drawing blood.I was trying desperately hard to push away what I just saw, but it wouldn't budge no matter how hard I tried.Why?Why would she do this?Was it because of what I said?The healer asked us to leave the room while she attended to Mother. After unbearable hours, one of the healers came out, her wild hair looking wilder and more crazed. She sla
Ava “You are with child” Madam Rosalie peered into my face curiously before she let her gaze fall to my stomach, she held a mixture of pity and disgust. “I am not” I denied immediately. She gave me a disbelieving look, “I saw what you did, it was disgusting” “What do you mean?” I questioned, my voice coming out slightly choked. “You are with child” She stated again , this time her tone holding more weight, as if there was something other than pity that she had seen. “I am not ma, please” I lied but the look in her eyes told me she knew I was lying. “Just please don’t say anything” I pleaded. “You filthy girl! Were you trying to deceive us all? Come with me” She tried to yank my hand but I pulled away from her grip. “Please Madam Rosalie, please” I begged, “I have been working hard and I know my place, I am not expecting any special treatment, please help me keep this a secret” Her expression shifted to anger at this plea. “If you don’t come with me willingly then m
AvaThe morning sickness became a daily routine. Today, I snuck out when the other slave girls were not watching to empty my stomach in the bushes. It wasn't very ladylike and it certainly wasn’t smart – but no one noticed me leaving the slave house or even questioning where I had been going. I gagged as my throat burned, my eyes watering with every retch I made, I bent over and threw up again. I tried not to think about who would hear and or see.I just had to be fast about it. When I was done, I straightened up immediately and when I turned to leave, I saw him standing near a stump, staring at me with unblinking eyes. My heart skipped a beat. That’s impossible - my eyes widened.My feet refused to move. I had managed to be caught by their leader.“Ava” His voice was firm , authoritative. His face looked calm and collected, almost as if he weren't looking at someone trying to hide whatever she had going on.I swallowed hard. No way of getting out of this without revealing everythin
LeonIt had been weeks and I was yet to know what my fate was by the council. I saw Mother when I was asleep, no, I saw her eyes. They were scared and it stirred something inside of me, a feeling that made me feel sick to my stomach.I woke up and I couldn't get the image out of my head. So I gently pushed my duvet away. My heart pounded like mad against my rib cage and sweat trickled down my back. There was some kind of nightmare or vision playing in my mind. I left the room and walked through the hallway down towards Mother's room.Her bed was well laid and it didn't look like someone had slept on it There was no sign of the blankets being twisted or anything like that, the room seemed perfectly neat. The lights on the side table were turned off and everything else seemed normal.I moved to the gardens and everywhere else I could think of that might have roofed her but I found nothing.Her scent was still in the air but barely, it was faint - weak as a pulse.Nothing.The naggi
Unknown POVI still watched them waiting patiently for when to hatch my plan on them but no time seemed perfect enough, they were fighting and making up immediately and it happened too fast for me to do anything.So I focused on chaos- creating chaos.I needed to work with the distraction so I attacked those unsuspecting children, leaving them dead in the woods.I saw what their death did to the Lycans, I watched how overworked they were about it. They searched all areas and looked for all signs but all I did was laugh.I could only laugh, there was no way they were going to find me, no way.I could tell how infuriated their King was and the people had this permanent look of fear in their eyes, they were unsure of so many things and it gladdened my heart.I ran through the woods looking for what to haunt but it seemed that all had gone into hiding.That was when I saw her, going through the woods, her blonde hair that was not so different from the spoilt brat's own moving in any direc
AvaIt was dark and I was with Maria. She held me close to her chest, running a thumb along the scar on my cheek while I snuggled into the warmth of the embrace she had stolen from a lonely corner. “What are you here Ava” She asked when she pulled away, looking at me as if she were seeing me for the first time. The darkness only emphasized how warm her eyes were even more than usual, making it hard to see what exactly she looked like, but I had come up with a few possibilities. “I came to see you, aren't you happy to see me?” My voice sounded so tiny in comparison to hers. I tried not to be embarrassed about it but the fact that the world had gotten smaller and I could hear nothing was still kind of surprising.She laughed and placed two hands on my shoulders, “Of course I am! How could I not be? But the king?”“What about him?”As if on cue, the Lycan king entered, and when his eyes met mine, I froze.I could see anger and agony on his face, and I could feel his rage and hatred t