KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 76.ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV.“What do you want, Anthony?” I asked, my tone blank as I settled back on the bed of the tent I woke up in with his help, which to be honest I am not so happy about but my body feels oddly weaker than I expected, and it does not seem to be getting any better though it has only been a couple of minutes since I woke up.Anthony instead of replying, picked up a bottle of water which I did not notice earlier, popped the cap open for me, and then handed it out quietly. I retrieved it, my throat parched as I tilted my head back and downed the liquid without any worries of him poisoning me or something. I know he can, but I know at the same time that he would not—not in this very moment.Why? Because there are too many people here, and almost every one saw us coming into the tent together. It is not a fact I am entirely proud of, but we would definitely need the privacy to talk, and the fact that our mate bond is already known by all, at
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 77 ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV. I have no idea how long Anthony remained seated in that position, simply staring into space and letting the information all dwell on him. He seemed beaten, as if he had lost his entire pack or some thing else he worries about, and there was no ounce of faking it in his expression. I know Anthony, if he is faking it, I could see right through to him and I have no doubt in that exact moment that he is not faking it. I sat in silence as well, and we silently mourned what we lost in our own ways. In my own, I feel as though I am finally getting the closure I wanted, while Anthony is just beginning to process it entirely, and might end up doing so for the longest time even. I am not sure what position our relationship is at this moment, but I would like to believe we have come to the end of him plotting against me or what ever stupid notions he had in his mind up until this moment. A while later, dejectedly, he got in his feet, nearl
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 78 ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV. It has been two weeks, two weeks since the incident with Cole happened, two weeks since the test at the enchanting forest, two weeks since Anthony and I seemed to have grown a mutual agreement to stay out of each other’s lives with no malice whatsoever, and two weeks since Kai started acting weird. At first, I thought he was just trying to hide our bond, since I heard it was quite a scene when he found out I had been attacked. From what I heard, he nearly had the entire test stopped and stopped the Alphas from searching for me—instead, opting go alone and with the exception of Anthony whom, he could not turn down since he is the one that is recognized as my mate by the students and the instructors alike. Then, he was the one that brought me back in his arms, and apparently, there was a whole rumor that started as a result of that. But that rumor died down over the course of the past two weeks, especially with how indifferent
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 79 ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV. Before I know it, soon enough, finals week came and we were down to a total of 25 recruits or shall I say, students. From what I heard, only about fifteen of us would pass to successfully become a part of the elite guards while the other ten would be eliminated during the final exams. We were not exactly informed of what our final exams would be, or should I say consist of exactly, but we all knew it was not going to be an easy feat in the slightest. So, everyone prepared brutally for it both physically, and mentally. For sure we knew it would be a test that would test both our physical strength and mental state as well, and when I say physical I mean both human form and wolf form wise, none is excluded. And mentally, some mind games might be played and all just like in the enchanted forest, except we knew this would be more brutal. Speaking of the enchanted forest, luck seems to be on my side, because despite getting attac
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 80.ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV.I have channeled my entire energy towards practice. The final exams is tomorrow, and it is the moment that will change everything for me. At long last, my life long dreams are within my reach, and I am just a day away from either getting it, or losing it entirely. However, I do not consider the second option as an actual option—not in the slightest. Rather, I am more focused on the possibility, the belief and certainty that I would pass. I have no—I cannot have the thoughts of failing stop me from believing I can do it.If I have come this far, and I have, then of course I would be able to make it. I have defied all odds, I have to make it—I just have to, there is no room for any mistakes or the thoughts of failure. Every thing that has happened thus far, every thing I had to go through to reach this point, I would make it count. I have to. I will make every single thing count once I emerge as one of the winners, and once I am dec
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 81. ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV. I have heard of the brutality of the royal pack, especially when captured and imprisoned. Yet, for obvious reasons, I never thought I would find myself in that position. I was never even the rebellious kid. It was a phase I could not afford given I was trying to get on my parent’s good sides and all. So, that teenage phase kids have tend to act out, I had never had it. If any thing, I prided myslef In knowing I have always green a good kid—always. So of course never in my wildest thoughts would I ever imagine hurting someone to the point of being captured and sent to prison, and especially not if that someone is my mate but they do not know that. Instead, all the know or should I say seem to believe by whatever reason and evidence they have, is that I want him dead, and so, we’re determined to make me pay the full price of it—to pay for something I did not do not have a hand in. How can I think of hurting my mate, how can I
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 82. ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV. It was not until the fifth day that someone finally came to see me for questioning, officially. By then, I would like to believe they have put me through any form of torture they can but I know it is just wishful thinking on my part. Perhaps, every single thing I have went through is just small compared to what awaits me, and though I dread what is to come, I will like to think I have resigned to fate and what will come. I do not know what I am waiting for, but I know help has to come some way, and the one hope I have the most right now is that, Kai will wake up and get over this, and then they will know that I did not do it, that I could not have done it. By the time that the person to question me came, I was exhausted and beaten to say the least, figuratively, and literally. I had just endured around round of beating and was feeling nauseating to say the least. I cannot help but wonder how I have managed to still stay awake
KING’S LUNA CHAPTER 83. ESMERALDA STONE (RANIA)’S POV. “Why did you poison the Crown Prince?” He asked once again, repeating the same question that I have heard from him one too many times already since he started this official interrogation, that is, after he had given me the back story of my life which I did not ask for, but was forced to sit through entirely just for whatever sick reason he has in his mind. A heavy breath escaped my lips, and I could still taste the steel like taste of blood from my busted lip, thanks to the beating I had gotten from the guard he invited in just so he would not taint his pretty hands. He decided to get someone to do the dirty job, just so he could force an answer out of me. But, it is not working, not in the slightest. Yes, my body hurts like hell and every piece of my body is aching, but still. I still have refused to spare him a glance just less, respond. I have plead the fifth and I have earlier realized it is better for me to keep shut.