RONA'S POVI had barely sat down on the bed after unlocking the initially locked door when Annalise ran into my room. Her face was red, she was panting, and I couldn't help but feel nervous. Did someone catch on? “Princess, a murder just happened in the imperial city for the first time in more than a decade. The killer must have a death wish. No crime has ever gone unpunished in the imperial city.”My fingers instinctively tightened on the prayer beads that I was holding, and I froze for a while. I soon regained my composure and continued counting as if nothing happened. “Why are you panicking? This place is inhabited by the most powerful people in the wolvern world, it's expected that an assassination will happen at some point. The past ones might not have had the courage to do something inside the imperial city, the criminal this time must have gotten desperate.” I said nonchalantly, admonishing her while pretending it had nothing to do with me. “You don't understand. This palace
LORD LIAM'S POVI got down from my horse in front of the emperor's palace where Micha was waiting with his men. Just then, I saw Olivia walking towards us with the fifteen soldiers made up of the private guards the emperor bestowed to her. “What's your findings?” He shook his head slowly. “According to the stylist, they have never given the princess that particular coat. It could be from the stock she came to the palace with, if she's truly the culprit.”Olivia arrived and stood beside me. “Lord Liam.” She greeted me and curtseyied elegantly. I barely stopped myself from frowning and crinkling my nose. When did Olivia become so well mannered and respectful? She seemed to be in a good mood today, too excited and happy. Of course, she should be. She had never made her hatred for Erica a secret, always seeing her as some rival. She must be delighted to hear about her being the suspect for the murder of a higher ranking soldier. I may not like Erica, but I detest her even more. Arrog
RONA'S POVMy heart dropped to the pits of my stomach, what did he mean by that? They figured it out. Why didn't they say anything? Is it because Richard won't believe them? “You know, when I told Richard about you, he won't believe me. Hehehe. Who would have thought you personally delivered the evidence to me?”A huge lump formed in my throat and cold sweat formed on my back, dripping down to the crack between my ass. What kind of situation is this? But how could he tell that I'm not the real Erica? “I was in the room. I had went for a stroll in the morning, but returned soon after. Then I remained here till Annalise ran in and told me about soldiers surrounding the palace because an official was assassinated.”He scoffed, then laughed. For the first time since I knew the cold Gamma, the alpha of Shadow Frost territories, he laughed. He must be pretty delighted that I fell into his traps. His laugh was mocking me and his shoulders were shaking. “Little girl, you must think I'm her
MEDIEVAL WOLFDOM; FLAME BLOOD WOLF PACK. PRINCESS RONA CAMPBELL'S POV Tomorrow is my seventeenth birthday when I will finally shift. Well, I was pretty much excited. There are some rare bloodlines that shift at fifteen or less, but mine was not that privileged. I didn't mind it though, our wolves were very powerful. Besides, no matter the age at which you awaken your wolf, the mate function and bond remains dormant till eighteen. So why the hurry? I heard lots of people screaming. Smoke was choking me, almost as if something was burning. I was probably having a nightmare. I rolled on the bed as I tried to separate the noise from my dreams, from reality. However I couldn't. People kept crying and screaming. I began to cough severely, making me force my eyes open. The smoke was not from my nightmare, our castle was on fire! "Princess wake up!" I heard my mom shout, running into my room. The sleep immediately disappeared from my eyes, and I quickly sat up in alarm. My
RONA'S POV I was blinded by pain and wanted nothing more than to rush the evil emperor and face him myself. The fact that his men were looking for my mother and I to kill us too, meant nothing to me. My mom dashed into a secret corridor, dragging me along. She was still crying profusely. However, tears never clouded her reasoning, unlike me that was plain confused. My legs were still shaking in horror and I couldn't stop crying. "You will go to your mate's pack to take refuge, I'm sure he will hide and protect you. That's the only option now," my mom whispered, as we entered the tunnel. Mate? What mate? Since when did I have a mate? "Which mate?" I stuttered, while still shivering as she dragged me along. "Alpha Kenzo Stewart of Raven pack is your mate. It has been long we found out, but we blocked you from feeling the mate bond, according to the priestess's directions. However, Kenzo knew you were his mate and tried to claim you. He felt the mate bond during your fat
"Why will the goddess give us such a mate?" My wolf wailed in my mind. "I Alpha Kenzo Stewart, reject you princess Rona Campbell as my mate!" He said coldly. I staggered as pain blinded me, it was finally happening, I got betrayed once more. "Now get her for me!" He ordered his men. "In your dreams!" I howled as my wolf took over. My mind went blank immediately, while she took over my consciousness. What I realized next was me back on my horse, escaping in a haste. "Ara, how did you do it? How did we escape?" I asked. A series of memories flashed before me, and I saw her transform and tear the person behind us apart with her claws, before jumping over the blockades, all in a few minutes. She also sprayed something on them that momentarily blinded them, before mounting the horse. "Thank goodness your mom packed the delirious powder for us!" She said, as I increased my pace. Tears dripped down my face at Kenzo's betrayal. Even though I didn't know his identity as
RONA'S POV "Princess, princess. Princess wake up already, stop scaring us" I heard someone calling out to me. My head felt woozy as I opened my eyes. "Thank goodness" I saw a young girl, kneeling over me. She was the one who spoke. What the fuck? Where am I? I sat up and looked around. There were men dressed in guards' apparels and armor, in addition to some girls in costly maid apparel. It was obvious that they came from a very rich kingdom or pack. I looked around and saw a body of water stretching as far as the eyes could see. Wait, I fell into water? How did I end up here? Why are they calling me princess? I looked up at them. They all looked pissed off at me and resentful. As if they were being forced to do a chore they hate very much. "Princess, this is becoming too much. The Alpha king is pissed off at you. We had to search for hours before we found you floating on the lake. What if you had gotten washed into the sea before we arrived? You keep throwing silly tan
I found myself walking down a dark stairwell. I came into an abandoned garden and entered a cave. I immediately stopped in my tracks when I saw the source of the attraction. There before me, lay a girl that looks exactly like me, seemingly dead. She was dressed in white silk, almost the same design with the one I wore when I got washed up here. "Wow! You indeed look exactly like me." I heard a voice say. I looked towards the voice and gasped. The girl was standing there with a cute smile. However, her body looked semi transparent. "Who are you?" I asked, looking cautiously at her. "I'm princess Erica Miller, daughter of Alpha king Harvey Miller, of the ice flame territories. Wow, what's your name?" She asked. "Rona," I whispered. "Our names have almost the same meaning. Please help me to resurrect. I have been calling for help to no avail. The only one that could hear me was you, because we share a connection. If you help me, I will give your wolf my ice crystal, to st
RONA'S POVMy heart dropped to the pits of my stomach, what did he mean by that? They figured it out. Why didn't they say anything? Is it because Richard won't believe them? “You know, when I told Richard about you, he won't believe me. Hehehe. Who would have thought you personally delivered the evidence to me?”A huge lump formed in my throat and cold sweat formed on my back, dripping down to the crack between my ass. What kind of situation is this? But how could he tell that I'm not the real Erica? “I was in the room. I had went for a stroll in the morning, but returned soon after. Then I remained here till Annalise ran in and told me about soldiers surrounding the palace because an official was assassinated.”He scoffed, then laughed. For the first time since I knew the cold Gamma, the alpha of Shadow Frost territories, he laughed. He must be pretty delighted that I fell into his traps. His laugh was mocking me and his shoulders were shaking. “Little girl, you must think I'm her
LORD LIAM'S POVI got down from my horse in front of the emperor's palace where Micha was waiting with his men. Just then, I saw Olivia walking towards us with the fifteen soldiers made up of the private guards the emperor bestowed to her. “What's your findings?” He shook his head slowly. “According to the stylist, they have never given the princess that particular coat. It could be from the stock she came to the palace with, if she's truly the culprit.”Olivia arrived and stood beside me. “Lord Liam.” She greeted me and curtseyied elegantly. I barely stopped myself from frowning and crinkling my nose. When did Olivia become so well mannered and respectful? She seemed to be in a good mood today, too excited and happy. Of course, she should be. She had never made her hatred for Erica a secret, always seeing her as some rival. She must be delighted to hear about her being the suspect for the murder of a higher ranking soldier. I may not like Erica, but I detest her even more. Arrog
RONA'S POVI had barely sat down on the bed after unlocking the initially locked door when Annalise ran into my room. Her face was red, she was panting, and I couldn't help but feel nervous. Did someone catch on? “Princess, a murder just happened in the imperial city for the first time in more than a decade. The killer must have a death wish. No crime has ever gone unpunished in the imperial city.”My fingers instinctively tightened on the prayer beads that I was holding, and I froze for a while. I soon regained my composure and continued counting as if nothing happened. “Why are you panicking? This place is inhabited by the most powerful people in the wolvern world, it's expected that an assassination will happen at some point. The past ones might not have had the courage to do something inside the imperial city, the criminal this time must have gotten desperate.” I said nonchalantly, admonishing her while pretending it had nothing to do with me. “You don't understand. This palace
The first person I thought about after hearing the description was none other than Erica, our good little girl warming the wolf emperor’s bed—his little darling. But she hadn't shifted yet, how could she be so powerful, powerful enough to kill Alex in one strike. “Seal the imperial city.”“Already done.” One of the men whispered“This cut wasn't made by someone inexperienced, it looked like a clean cut from a warrior who is not only well versed in fighting in wolf form, but also with a weapon.” I whispered, checking the wound on his neck. The men’s expressions were heavy, making it obvious how upset today’s shock had made them. I took a deep breath and turned to my assistant who had been silently standing to the side all along, motioning him to come closer.“Check the official records, the identification records at the entry points, and records for foreign mates. I need you to make a comprehensive list of all the women who joined the imperial city in the last six months, the imperi
LORD LIAM’S POV I quickly accepted the reins from a servant who had thoughtfully brought out a horse when he saw me rushing out after the alarm went off. This was one thing about the servants around me. They were trained to be very sensible and helpful. I didn't need to tell them before they did the right thing, almost as if they could read my thoughts. I quickly got on the horse while my assistant followed me on another horse. In three minutes, we arrived at division B military hospital and I rushed in. A soldier pointed to a passageway the moment he saw me, knowing the reason I came. I rushed into the passageway, and at the third door, I saw soldiers dressed in guards uniform huddled together. I immediately entered it, knowing it was definitely the right room. On the bed was a familiar young man, Alex, one of the younger rising stars in the military, just twenty years old. But he was truly powerful and efficient, making him to be promoted in quick succession. The victim wa
RONA'S POVI finally summoned the courage to practice the technique since the emperor would be gone for a few days, alongside most of his very powerful men. So it wouldn't be that easy for someone to sense my aura. I was in a secret garden, not one of the emperor's forbidden sites, but one of his secret gardens leading to a dungeon used to keep truly terrifying criminals. No one has been here in ages, so it was the perfect hiding spot. For at least five years now, that particular dungeon has been empty because no one dared to commit such kinds of heinous crimes that could deserve being locked in the underground prison yard. I was especially crafty, going out the first day Richard left, while pretending I was going for a stroll, using the opportunity to discover many short cuts back to the emperor's palace which I could use in the case of an emergency. I even found two side doors used by the servants to enter the emperor's palace. This was the best time to practice, since Richard was
I nodded, pretending to pay rapt attention. “Leo Smith is the second Gamma in charge of external affairs, right? Is he back from his task?”Annalise smiled and nodded. “Of course, he's truly handsome. All the emperor's sworn brothers look so good. There must be something in the water that makes them so ageless and handsome.”I rolled my eyes as I watched the infatuated grin on her face, her eyes dreamy with sinful imaginations. “If you utilize all the time you use to fantasize about handsome men to train, you would have been the strongest beta wolf in this castle.”“That's easy for you to say. You have one of the most handsome and devoted men in the world wrapped around your fingers. That's why you think it's no big deal. Let me tell you, getting married to someone like the gammas is the ultimate package. Alpha bloodline, so handsome, wealthy, working for the most powerful king in the world as his sworn brother, and being revered by millions. Who wouldn't want to marry them?”“It
RONA'S POVThe moment I entered my room, I quickly locked the door and collapsed on my bed, shivering with sweat all over my body. Why was this happening more and more often? My wolf even flared up before everyone around. Letting my aura seep out would get me killed instantly. No, this won't do. I need to kill Richard immediately before my cover is blown. That's right, quickly taking revenge and escaping from this hellhole before they realize it is the only way I can stay safe. The pain suddenly multiplied without warning, making me scream out. “Stop thinking about murder. The more you think about killing him, the more your wolf's murderous intent amplifies, making it easier to kill you. You have to smile, make efforts to be content and happy if you wish to survive. At all times, you must think about him with love to avoid the wolf getting the upper hand by taking advantage of the bitterness in your heart.” The strange voice came again, the same time I felt the ice jade pendant giv
OLIVIA'S POVI walk into my room, livid with anger. I can't believe Richard rejected my requests before everyone, exalting that mutt at the risk of my happiness. “Your highness,”“Leave, all of you.” I shouted, interrupting her. “Susanna, wait here.”She waited, turning to me in fear. “Stop shaking, I'm not gonna eat you. The ones I pointed at, bring them in. I hope they have been properly trained.”“Yes, your highness.” She whispered, quickly moving out to do my bidding. In a few minutes, she returns with two handsome and well built guards, and locks the door behind her. I relaxed on my couch and motioned to them. “Come here, and pay your respects to your princess.” They knelt, and the older of the two reached for my foot, delivering a kiss full of worship to them. He slowly moved up my legs, dropping kisses. He looked at me with a sexually charged gaze which sent heat down to my core and I felt myself clench. “That's it.” I whispered, closing my eyes as he removed my shoes an