DUNCANThose who don't take risks are the risks.I had managed to find a way past the swordsmen. First, I had to convince Deforest to let me take some food and water to the traitors. He had initially proven a hard nut to crack."They do not deserve it, none of them! The only thing they deserve is the execution, and I can't wait to have them hanging on the stake," he said, declining my request."You're right, they do not deserve to be shown mercy," I said, giving myself time to find the right words to convince him. I knew that if I wanted to get him to bend to my demand, I had to act like I was on his side."Then why do you make such demand of me?," he asked, his probing eyes fixed on mine."Mate, I don't know if you hate and want to see them pay for their treachery acts as much as I do, but even if they deserve more than the death sentence, they need to be alive to die as they should. Besides, it's going to be their last meal. So, they should have a taste of what they are going to mis
MR CALVINShe has no idea what love is.In fact, there is no love in Chicago. Here, you don't wait for opportunities, you grab them even before they show up.She was going to ruin everything for me; everything I had labored for. Davies' parents had been great business partners; they were my major financiers, and they had a stake in the business. I owed them big time. I could not imagine the prospect of losing them simply because Kerr had suddenly grown cold feet on Davies.His father had requested my presence that morning. "I have a business I need you to take care of for me," he had said. My heart briefly went into meltdown when he said that. It was very rare for him to call me, except it was extremely important, and every call always had a direct impact on business. I packed my bag and headed for the airport, but not before I had given Kerr a piece of my mind…"I don't care how you do it, just find a way to get back to him," I said, referring to Davies.It was an unusually long flig
DEFORESTHe must have thought that I was a fool, that he could outsmart me!I had initially bought what he was selling, thinking he was on the same page with me. I had briefly forgotten that he was Duncan, the very Duncan that would seize opportunities for his personal interests.Every other person was secondary to him.I had almost made the fatal mistake of trusting him with my signet ring. "With that, the guards won't stop us from getting to them," he said, sounding very convincing. "They deserve more than the death sentence," he had added, sounding more angrier than I was.To think that I fell for it!How could I have known he also deserved the same!I found my way to my chamber immediately I handed over the ring to them. I needed all the rest I could afford considering I had not slept the previous night. But I could not bring myself to sleep even as I lay on the bed; nature had refused my request. My mind kept pondering on the fact that I had entrusted the most pre
KIANNASucking in a sharp breath, I lift my gown off the floor so that I can easily Maneuver my way around the forest. I had let my wolf, riena out to play since she was antsy and time had passed me by."Princess! Your dress…" Erica half screamed, eyes streaking down my body. I couldn't help laughing. I had thought it fun to roll in the mud. I had enjoyed it then but was now regretting my actions on seeing the way Diana kept muttering snarkily at me as she tried removing the streaks of dirt with her hands."It was totally not my fault ri, riena wanted to play in the mud and we saw this pretty rabbit and…" I trailed off remembering what my father had told me earlier. How had it escaped my memory? Oops! I was definitely late.My father had told me that there was going to be a celebration to congratulate one of his best warriors for winning one of the elusive fights in the dunes, the dunes was an underground settlement where fights and all manner of depravity happened, even trafficking!
KIANNAThe world is startlingly obscene, lewd even.I watch helplessly as the brutes cutý down the guards at the door. Then they move briskly through the pandemonium cutting down every one of her people in their way. Men, women, nobody was spared.Pure hatred fills my heart as I see my people being brutally murdered like chickens before my very own eyes. Behind me. Erica is gasping profusely, I follow her eyes to where Keith is being stabbed in the heart by an abnormally large warrior with a disturbingly feral smile on his face.I glance sharply at the throne only to see my mother crouch gingerly under a table, her hands covering her bulging stomach. That's definitely not good for the baby. I idly think, feeling as if I'm dreaming…this can't be real.I try to push open the door, about to go help my mother, when she shakes her head profusely, a pleading expression on her face. 'Run away!' She mouths now crying gingerly.I feel Erica holding me back from taking any more steps further in
DECLANI stare distrustingly at the brute smiling down at me. I could see through his hypocritical smile. Besides, he was a warrior of the dragon empire ."Get up and mount the horse princess " the man politely drawls, a knowing smile on his face. He gestures to the black horse at his side. He frowns slightly when I ignore him and barks at one of who I assume is lesser in command to put me on the horse.I shudder, revolting as the soldier carries me and dumps me on the horse albeit forcefully. He then secures the saddle around me. I gingerly stay still not wanting any part of my body to touch him.I jerk a little as he barks harshly at the other soldiers who run like roaches to do his bidding. On a normal day, it would have been laughable really. But she hadn't any laughing bones in her body right now. The grief of the massacre still riding her hard.The brute who ordered his men to put her on a horse had to be the dragon lord's son. The dragon lord himself had to be older than this m
DECLANDeclan thinks back to how much of his thought had been occupied by the princess since yesterday. From the moment he laid his eyes, he knew there was something very special about him, he just couldn't pinpoint it yet.He remembers how he had subtly watched her on her horse. He tried to tell himself that it was so he would catch her before she fell while dozing but he innately knew that that wasn't the case. He was just stunned by her beauty. She had the bounciest hair, it was this shimmery blonde that looked so soft he had vaguely wondered if it was as soft as it looked. He had even tried to make conversation partly because he wanted her to stay awake but mostly because he wanted her pale, silvery eyes focused on him besides he could catch her if she fell.Even in a ravaged dress and ruined makeup, she still looked beautiful. So beautiful that he even caught deforest staring at her adoringly before he would meet his eyes and glance away.His thoughts move to how intently he had
KIANNAI woke up this morning from a fitful sleep.My room was a flurry of activities as the maids hurried to get me ready. Apparently, I was going to breakfast with the dragon lord .An information I had to coerce out of a flustered maid. I had laughed hysterically for a few minutes at such antics. It seemed they wanted to disarm me. Well, I would show them!I had felt a considerable measure of nostalgia as I looked at the people in my room. The scene resembled my room back home.I close the door to that saddening train of thoughts. I needed all my wits about me.Dutifully, I allowed them to dress me secretly wishing to be anywhere but here.Presently, As I walk into the dining room. I stared in utter Astonishment as I beheld the infamous dragon lord, the murderer of my pack and others, the greatest philanderer and the almighty alpha of alphas. This title I had heard from the little kids in my pack.They even sang a song to it.The man sitting at the head of the table was lanky, with