Chapter 2

He laughed. She wondered what he found funny , her miserable state ? “ your father had an heir ” her heart stopped beating. Her face shot up to look into his wicked eyes with the strength enough to snap her neck apart.

“ it surprises me princess that despite being in the palace you are as clueless as a donkey “ she shook her head , denying it all , her father was many things but a cheat wasn't one of it. “ tell me princess, the boy Marcus,whose son was he ? ” Marcus, Marcus was the nineteen year old son of the kitchen maid Anabel, her husband died on a journey to fund a better life for her and Thier son Marcus leaving her to care for him as both father and Mother. “ Marcus is kitchen maid Anabel 's son ” for once in her life she felt uncertain.

“ Marcus was the son of your father the king and the kitchen maid. A son who would have succeeded him on the day of his death , everything was arranged, you were just a means of getting more power for his son Marcus. ” her heart broke.

Tears clouded her vision and instead of crying she screamed, the great Marsa fell for nothing. she screamed for herself a princess in name and a means of securing positions , she screamed for her mother dying without being loved nor appreciated , she screamed for the women of Marsa who were running helplessly , she screamed for the men of Marsa whose death was all in vain. she screamed for Marsa itself, once a great city a shame it would take years to be rebuilt. she screamed and the more she screamed the more her tormentor laughed.

“ enough princess I won't kill you, but I will give you a life you'd wish you were rather dead . You'd beg for death to be brought to you but it won't. “ his smile was eerie , a dangerous stab to her already weakened heart.

“ I will make you a meal to the wolves of the emperor Fascar. “ the Empire of wolves was in the Land of Audreit, ruled by the cold Emperor Kaliel Fascar. The ruthless Emperor,the unfeeling emperor rumored to be as cold as ice.

“ it is forbidden !!! That is breaking the land treaty our ancestors built many years ago, you know this,no human is allowed into the land of the wolves as no wolf is allowed on human soul. Why on earth would you break the treaty high duke ”

She forgot she was talking to a man set to end it all . “ won't being the emperor of the entire Audreit and Marsa suit me ? He asked and the princess finally understood. “ you're hoping for war ” at that realization she finally understood that marsa's fall was already destined in the stars for if they don't fall today, they would fall by the hands of the wolves later. She sighed. “ good bye princess. I hope to see you in the after life. ”

The last thing she saw before darkness took her was his smirking face. She wished she could wipe it off , what made him so sure that he had a life in the after. With his evil heart his soul would turn to a ghost wandering around and scaring people. She wanted to laugh, even In death she was still making jokes. At least she did not die sad .

Kaliel Fascar ( pov ) :

he stood as regal as ever inside the Sharma's small house , his hands on the hilt of his sword ready to end the old man's life any minute should the wrong words pass his mouth.

“ your herbs didn't work Sharma ” he stated the obvious, he still wasn't able to sleep at night even with drinking all the herbs and leaves the Sharma put together. The man smiled “ calm Emperor, you'll get your sleep in due time. ” he unsheathed his sword but the old man showed no fear. “ perhaps we should try a different method your highness “ the crooked Sharma said while smiling, teasing the cold Emperor. Kaliel sighed. He had been too lenient with the old Sharma making it impossible to be respected and feared by him .

He sheathed his sword back “ I will behead you if this method fails again.“ “ quiet Kaliel, you had your chance to behead me long ago but you lost it “ the old Sharma stood up from his seat and offered it to the emperor who eyed it t wearily. “ would sitting on your seat make me sleep at night ? ” he asked just to be sure the Sharma wasn't using him to experiment and make his sleeplessness worst. “ just sit lousy boy ” and the rude Sharma walked away to pick up something else. At this point Kaliel was convinced that he was fake. The sleeplessness started some months ago and has been unable to be cured.

“ perhaps you need the touch of a woman Kaliel. ” his face darkened, the Sharma was approaching a dangerous topic . “ I have a woman Sharma. ” he answered to which the Sharma and his wolf scoffed . “ you have a queen alright. Not a wife . ” his wolf wholeheartedly agreed with the old Sharma.

He knew his wolf had been disappointed with his inability to find a mate for himself leading to his marriage with the daughter of the grand general of the empire for political reasons. He didn't want a mate because being mated would only cause distractions for him . A mate was bad for the empire, what if his mate turns out weak , unable to stand her ground against the many enemies she would face , his enemies would gobble her up and leave him feeling weak and devastated, that was not what he wants to feel.

“ Kasan Fascar is my queen and wife. Nothing more nothing less. “ he stated matter of factly for both his stubborn wolf half and the old Sharma to understand.

“ that is why you don't sleep next to her at night ” his wolf answered. Stubborn thing wouldn't give up . “ you should go to her with your sleeping problem not here begging for another cup of herbs to put you to sleep . A mates touch is all you need to sleep Kaliel. ” he unsheathed his sword for the second time and pointed it at the old Sharma. “ start grinding the herbs to make me sleep or you won't be sleeping tonight either “ .