Yeah, I know. Crazy chapter! One that is about to end on a sad note. The all-powerful Lycan king wasn’t going to give up that easily… you should have known that. Well. See yA!
{Isla’s POV}The Lycan King and his men had fooled me and escaped. My warriors were chasing after them but I knew it was a lost cause. They would only catch a handful of them. No one had been expecting that crafty twist. And neither was I expecting this twist…Cayden had saved me. He had been behind me when I had confronted the Lycan King and I had ignored him. But then, he hadn’t ignored me.He had been watching my interaction with the Lycan King like a hawk and that was how he saw what I didn’t see— the vile scheme that was orchestrated against me.And now, he had a Sgian dagger stabbed deep into his heart…My hands were still shaking as I tried to comprehend the sight before me. I didn’t know what to say or how to react. I had never seen Cayden so cold.He’s one the fiercest souls I know. One to take pain and distress and munch them up. But here he was, lying on the ground soaked with his own blood. I watched a tear slip out of his eyes.He was in pain and for the first time ever
{Isla’s POV}Cayden had taken a death blow for me— which I thought was stupid, by the way, but I also couldn’t believe it. I mean, it’s Cayden and me. We’re perfectly synonymous with mortal enemies. It was unbelievable that he would do such a thing for me.Yet, now I was forced to believe that he had risked his life to save mine as the evidence lay in bloody decoration in front of me.I was still coping with that shock when he said my name. I turned to look at him, relieved that I could hear him speak, even though it came out as a faint rumble. But then he said something that I couldn’t cope with.“I know I’ve wronged you in so many ways, but I just want to let you know that if I survive this, I won’t hesitate in the future to give my life for you again…”He said those words and just as he concluded them, he was injected with the Narcotics which rendered him languid so that he drifted to sleep immediately.This was an improvement in the doleful situation. The nurses could attempt to
{Isla’s POV}“I know I don’t care about Cayden but then he had taken a death blow for me and as a being with a heart, I’m naturally meant to reciprocate the concern, and that’s why I want him to get better.” I told Andrea. She was following us on the hunt for the Lycan King. She’s already been through enough danger to shy away from this one. “Okay.” She muttered slowly. “But that’s not what I asked, my Queen. Do you think Cayden will survive, is what I asked?” She repeated her question.“Oh,” I muttered, and then I replied to her. “I think he’ll survive. If there’s anyone who can dine with death and come back to the living, it’s Cayden.” I said with certainty.But Andrea didn’t look convinced. However, I dismissed the topic and preferred to entertain silence rather than her questioning. I wonder why she cares so much. Andrea was strolling on my left while my mum was on my right. My mum had still followed us even after my disapproval. Her resolve had been keen and there was no way I
{Isla’s POV}Because of mine and Ralph’s little confrontation— well, it wasn’t a little confrontation but I’ll call it little because I didn’t end up snapping his throat to pulp.Anyway, because of my and Ralph’s little confrontation, Ralph had apologized and dismissed himself. And by dismissing himself, I mean he had left with his own group to go and hunt for the Lycan King.He left earlier than the other groups and now he was back because unfortunately or fortunately, he had crossed paths with the Lycans.He had lost most of his men to the Lycan’s ambush and that had given the Lycan King a little more edge over us. And as much as that was bad news, it didn’t really muddle me. What mattered most to me was that Ralph knew where the Lycans were hiding.Ralph knew where the Lycan King was and I was ready to confront him. Irrespective of how sneaky he and his men had become, we would storm the place.We were about to dart out for the Hunt when I heard a loud cry— a cry that shot me with m
Chapter 190{Isla’s POV}I needed a breather. I needed to reboot, but the Lycan King wasn’t going to permit this. He made that clear as he kept coming at me and putting me back down on the ground.But just as he was about to land another threatening blow, just as he was about to add more pain to my anguish, I saw a werewolf spear him to the ground.My mum.My mum came to my rescue and intervened powerfully as she sent the Lycan King crashing to the ground with one very strong impact. Immediately, both of them dissolved into an aggressive wrestle and aggrieved growls filled the air while claws and fangs dug into fur and skin.This was my breather. I used the break to gather myself and rise up to my feet. I pulled the crooked metal piece out of my side and winced from the piercing pain it left behind. I gritted my teeth to stop myself from screaming out loud.My left foot was dislocated so I twisted the bone and managed whatever correction I made there. I wasn’t going to let a dysfunct
{Isla’s POV}Being a Queen is a lot.It involves dealing with wars, administrative affairs… and dealing with Assholes.“Wow. Look at you. Now, I know I said I liked your mother but you’re making me reconsider that preference.” The Lycan King said, adoring my body as his eyes trailed from my breasts to my waist and stopped at the area in between my legs.Sigh.Like I said, being a Queen involves dealing with Assholes. It also involves dealing with pain— which I was currently going through as every stretch of my skin was stinging me. I was bleeding from numerous tears and tears kept me threatening to squeeze out of my eyes because of that.But I had to remain strong— this is the toughest part of being a Queen. I had to hide my pain and become ready to endure more. I had to shift my own worries aside and worry about the worries of others.My mum lay bleeding on the ground behind me, fighting for her life and I had to leave her to fight that battle alone because I wanted the Reigns to win
{Isla’s POV}I had him right here in my hand, in a death grip.And then I let him go.The Lycan had wasted no time in making his getaway. Once my clasp around his neck loosened, he vanished. He had given me one very puzzled look before he threw himself down the very steep cliff and just like that, he was gone.I was shivering now.For the first time during this degenerate night, I felt the impact of being naked in such weather. I was freezing.I hugged myself, stroking my skin to create frictional heat and then I raised my gaze to the sky. Tears claimed my eyes once more and I shivered more intensely as I stared at the moon.— The Full Mating moon.What did I ever do wrong to deserve such gloom?What did I do to fate? How have I ever scorned the Moon goddess to merit such periodical punishments?Warm tears trailed faster out of my eyes now. I still couldn’t believe it but then I knew that the feeling was unmistakable. It’s either you know or you don’t. And I knew.It was one of the fe
{Cayden’s POV}I woke up to realize I was still alive. I really thought I would die from the Sgian blade stab, but then I wouldn’t regret losing my life because of Isla.She’s too beautiful to leave this world.— and I’m not talking about her outer beauty.I, on the other hand, don’t deserve to breathe, but somehow I still am. Breathing and alive.I veered my gaze around to see that I was in a brightly lit room— a clinic room. One of the big light stands was directly arrowed at me and I squinted from the intensity.I don’t like bright lights.I realized there were no nurses in the room to help me turn the brightness down so I moved my leg and kicked it to the ground. The room was moderately lit now but my sudden leg motion shot me with pain from my abdominal region so that I was reminded of my painful predicament. That Kingly Cunt stabbed me deep.I might be alive but I still had a scourging and poisoned Injury labeling my abs area. The only thing I knew that aided my survival was t