INICIAR SESIÓNDo you think the King has another plan for Gwen?
The guilt was written all over my father’s face, but he quickly masked it, forcing himself to stand tall like the king he claimed to be. “I am the king!” he roared. “This territory needs me more than it needs my wife!” He was trying to defend himself, but I could hear the strain in his voice. “I will only call off this war if you sever all ties with Gwen and my family!” Lucian declared, his voice carrying across the entire grove. “Alpha Lucian, it was the queen who wronged you! Why are you causing trouble for us?” the consort snapped, one hand pressed protectively over her swollen belly. “Get out, you filthy wolf! I don’t want any trouble affecting my unborn child!” Lucian’s eyes slowly shifted toward her, a low, dangerous growl rumbling deep in his chest. “It seems she still doesn’t understand why I’m angry.” The moment his aura intensified, the consort stumbled backward, her face paling at the overwhelming pressure of his dominance. “The queen is already dead,” she said, her
“What is going on?” I asked as I watched the queen; her appearance seemed to shift before my eyes. Amanda and the Priestess exchanged a glance before beginning to explain. “Amanda foresaw that the queen was going to die. Your mother knew about the silver poison,” the Priestess said. “What?” My heart sank. If that was true, then my mother had put herself in terrible danger. “The queen wanted to escape the marriage that had imprisoned her for twenty-five years,” Amanda explained, her expression filled with concern. “So, despite the danger, she went through with the plan.” “What plan?” “The queen took a potion earlier to separate her lycan spirit from her physical body. She knew everyone had to witness her death.” My breath caught. That was exactly what I had witnessed. The cloud had taken my mother’s lycan spirit away, leaving her body behind. “The plan would not have worked if the eclipse hadn’t been scheduled for noon today,” Amanda continued. “Is that why everything was alr
[Gwyneth] It was as if Amanda and the Priestess had been waiting for me. The tower door stood wide open, as though they had been expecting my arrival. “Quick!” the Priestess urged. The moment we crossed the threshold, she shut the door behind us. “Lay the queen in the center of the crescent moon and star,” Amanda instructed. I followed her gaze and noticed the drawing beneath our feet. Its lines glowed faintly, the light of the sun depicted in the sky shimmering across the markings. I carefully laid my mother in the center of the symbol before shifting back into human form. “We have only one minute to bring the queen’s spirit back into her body,” Amanda said, urgency sharpening every word. I stepped aside, watching as the Priestess raised the bottle of concoction Amanda had prepared. She began to pray, her voice filling the tower with ancient words I could not understand. “Now!” Amanda poured the concoction into my mother’s mouth. At that very moment, the tower grew dark. T
“My queen, they wanted to hurt you!” the female beta muttered. Queen Leora’s heart sank. The pieces of what was about to happen were finally falling into place. The king had already warned her of the punishment she would face, and now she feared he would carry out his threat. By tomorrow, the entire territory might also learn that the consort was carrying his pup. Her chest tightened at the thought of her last conversation with the Lycan King. The female beta lowered her voice. “I also heard that Princess Gwen brought a friend with her. She’s currently at the border.” “Take me to Gwen’s friend,” Leora ordered. The queen rarely left the territory without the king’s permission, yet she had a reason to visit the priestess’s tower. The guards knew she often went there to train and confide in the priestess, so they thought nothing of it when she slipped away with them. “My queen, what brings you here?” the priestess asked, surprise flickering across her face as she opened the door.
[A flashback to the events of the previous night..] After the king declared his decision to punish Gwen, the queen could hardly believe it. “My King, you can’t do this to your daughter!” she protested. “Gwen is not at fault for having a wolf as her mate! We should be grateful that she managed to tame him. If she hadn’t, Alpha Lucian might have retaliated against our lycan territory.” The queen had carried guilt for five years, and Gwen’s happiness was the only thing she wished for now. But the king’s expression remained cold. “Gwen has insulted our territory!” he said. “Leora, for years, the only thing connecting our territories to theirs has been business. We never even considered a marriage between two different species because it is forbidden by law.” He paused, his jaw tightening. “The past has already shown us that they must be separated. Even the Moon Goddess does not believe they are right for each other!” “I was the one who separated them, not fate or the Moon Goddess!
Every crack of the whip against my mother’s back made the people gathered in the grove flinch. I could only clench my fists and force myself to remain strong, just as the Queen had urged me to. But with every lash, it became harder to keep my lycan from breaking free. I had already lost count. Twenty lashes, perhaps? A few moments later, I felt Remus step beside me. “Why are you so stubborn, Gwen?” he whispered. I glanced at him. His face was pale, and his eyes remained fixed on the Queen. Even he was struggling to watch her being punished. “Look at your mother! You’re the only one who can save her. Just agree to this marriage!” Remus snapped. “Agree to have the bond ritual between you and Alpha Lucian severed.” My eyes narrowed. Before I could answer, the head warrior suddenly stopped. The Queen collapsed, crumpling to the ground as blood stained her back and the earth beneath her. For a moment, I couldn’t breathe. Then panic seized my chest, and my entire body began to tr
My mind is a mess. I pushed myself to get into Lycan Academy because, just as Rumi said, it was part of my agreement with Soren. This is the most prestigious school for wolves, one that doesn’t favor any pack, no matter where they come from, because it answers only to its own standards. I had told
“Gwen?” Rumi’s voice snapped me out of my daze after I froze at what I had just witnessed. For a second, I tried to convince myself it was nothing, desperately gaslighting my own thoughts. But my heart had already dropped the moment Soren and the woman kissed. She has blonde hair, effortlessl
[Gwyneth] They say the Moon Goddess will grant you the things you desire most, as long as the moon and time are aligned. I’ve believed in her for as long as I can remember. That’s why I’ve always been certain that Soren and I are mates, from the very moment I first understood what love was. ***
Thirty seconds passed before I finally reacted, my eyes scanning the crowded room as if searching for an exit that didn’t exist. It was only my second day at school, and the last thing I needed was to be branded as a delusional she-wolf before I’d even learned anyone’s name. Then a flash of red lig







