LOGINElena’s POV“Lukas, Lukas,” I hear the word come out of Damien's lips repeatedly but this isn’t even the worst part of it.It is the way he is dragging the body into his arms that leaves me absolutely devastated.I drop down to the ground, mouth open in shock.This is when I remember the loud thud I heard when the explosion first happened.It was Lukas’s body dropping onto the ground.I widen my eyes, the shock refusing to leave me as I continue to stare at it. I couldn’t believe Lukas of all people was the one lying lifeless on the ground. I want to pull myself out of my grief and focus on Damien but I can’t even bring myself to get up.“Your grace,” a familiar voice calls from the door but immediately stops upon seeing the scene before him.Vale.“Your grace,” he repeats, stepping closer.But Damien doesn’t respond. He just remains in place, holding his brother tightly and crying profusely.“Lukas, please don’t leave me. I forgive you for everything, just don’t leave me.”The word
Elena’s POV.“Elena, Elena,” I hear someone calling out my name repeatedly but I’m too dazed to even understand what is actually going on.I don’t know if I’m dreaming or the calls are actually coming from someone. The only thing I can feel is the banging… of my head.It feels as though someone is using a sharp object to repeatedly hit my head with all the strength.I feel the weakness and I struggle to pull myself together.This is when I hear it. “Oh my goodness, Elena.”A familiar voice whispers.As I’m still trying to understand whether that is coming from, I feel a touch on my arm.“Elena, wake up, it’s me.”The voice sounds pretty urgent and this is when I realize I’m not saying anything.The name calling had been a reality, I was just too engrossed in a surprisingly deep dream to register it.Slowly, I flick my eyes open, staring at the familiar face in front of me.“Oh my goodness, Damien,” I mumble, stretching my hand forward.He looks at me with a big relieved smile as if he
Damien’s POVI begin the journey from the war site, heading straight to the palace in silence.I don’t wait for anyone and certainly have no chance to start discussing the details. I just want to get there as soon as possible because I know something is wrong.If Elena is missing, I don’t need a magician to tell me who exactly is behind it. I also don’t need anyone. Want to tell me how things will turn out if I don’t get there on time.“Your grace, I think you should calm down,” Vale says behind me but I say nothing, and just continue. “Your grace, you should calm dow—.”“Don’t tell me that, Vale,” I yell, snapping my head around towards him.He pauses, staring but there isn’t much shock in his eyes.“Don’t tell me that. Elena is in trouble and I have to get her out as soon as possible. Hell, don’t even think I’m fast enough please, Vale, I don’t want to hear it.”He sighs. “I know that, your Grace. I also want to rescue her as quickly as possible but if you continue like this, I fe
Elena’s POVFrom the moment the Alpha King caught me, I already knew that I was in big trouble and almost nothing good would come out of it.I thought I was ready to suffer the enemies plans without begging. I thought I could do it. But being in the face of the problem, I realize it is a lot more than I have ever prepared for.Not only does it hurt me that these people are about to take my life, the idea that they had done it to my family, and I haven’t been able to punish them, pokes deeply at me. I hate it. I hate being at the mercy of people people like this. I may not have minded what they are about to do if I had at least avenged my family. The fact that I haven’t gotten that far makes my chest twist in deep pain.I also know there is no hope. Apart from the hateful alpha king who stands a few meters away from me, I can also see the determination in Lukas’s eyes.He looks hateful. As if he has a lot of pent up anget against me. I can’t say I’m surprised though. He never really
Lukas’s POVI look at the woman who has been spread open on the table. Her hands are bound over her head and legs tied in place.Hmm.“Hello Elena, long time no see,” I hiss, sneering at the body on the table. I can’t deny that my fathers plan was perfect. He brought the suggestion of leaving her into the woods so he could pick her up. At first, I wanted to speak against it, but I knew better than that. Besides, why would I want to avoid anything that would hurt her. It was my way of dealing with both of them. She and my silly little brother.And I had nothing to be sorry for. After all, we were on our own when her parents came with the deal of using her sister as bait. If she was such a perfect daughter, the parents would have never said anything like that.“Lukas, I swear to the moon goddess, you are going to rot for this. You are such a horrible person and you are going to rot for this,” she mumbles but it does nothing.I just stare at, running my eyes slowly with a smirk on my
Damien’s POV We are still in the middle of the fight when I suddenly noticed something. Elena isn’t back.After she went into the woods and search of her sister, I wanted to go after her but Lukas’s men came out out of nowhere, blocking my path. I had to fight. And I tried to do it as quickly as possible so I could go join her but they just continued to increase a number.After a while of dealing with a bunch of them, I finally had some peace to myself, and that was when I noticed something else. My brother had also disappeared. I squinted my eyes at first, wondering if it was just a coincidence. After all, he didn’t come all the way here just to leave his man behind.No leader ever did that. And even if they did, my brother certainly couldn’t be found in such a list. So the fact that he left, actually, snuck out. The fact that he snuck out makes me feel uneasy.I start looking around, in search of Elena.“Man, we are doing it. We’ve wiped out almost half of them,” Vale says, join
Damien’s POV“Your grace, you need to come see this immediately.”One of my men says and I sprint past the trees, my boots crushing dead leaves and my heart pounding hard against my chest just at the prospect of what I know I’m about to see.Earlier today, we had sent some of the men to go patrol t
Elena’s POVI turn to him quickly, ready to throw questions about whatever was just whispered to him and I see that he’s expecting it. His side eyes are already looking towards my direction so at the last minute I decide it isn’t worth it.Now isn’t the time.Throwing questions at him won't change
Elena’s POVThe moment the quiet peace of the night hovers above the palace, I jump off the bed, looking around to make sure none of my attendants is still around.I slide on a black night dress, something to make sure I don’t get caught—at least in my mind.There is supposed to be a change of guar
Lukas’s POVI march out of our room towards mine, her words still stabbing at me. Words that can’t be farther from the truth.If only she understood what I’ve been through since I was born into this life— this very life that she thinks is a sanctuary filled gold and Honey.I push my door open, sto







