TALON’s POVRosette, Dimitri and I rode in the same carriage, and Rosette couldn't seem to keep her hands off Dimitri. Dimitri on the other hand, sat stiffly staring at me with a subtle glare. When I told him he was part of the plan I made, he obviously didn't expect this.The carriage stopped in front of the long fenced building, the training ground. The land of Brim had one of the best training grounds, probably on par with mine. But personally, I loved the way they built their own. The one thing I loved about it was the security. There were so soldiers placed to protect the place, but intruders couldn't seep in.This was because the doors were protected with puzzles and mysteries in which one had to solve before access would be granted. No normal person could unlock the door. Rosette was the only one who could open the doors, and me of course. She had been shocked when she found out that I could unlock the doors.Rosette had promised me a box of gold, because she had been damn sure
AMELIA'S POV“You're a descendant of the divine herb makers, interesting.” Ivana said as we walked. “We are already at the marketplace, let the search begin.” Cassio announced.“You should do the search, afterall it was you who lost it. None of them had an idea that you brought the fork along. Amelia and I would just wait at a corner.” Ivana smirked.Cassio humped, before looking down at the ground in search of the fork. Scymodus joined him, like they hadn't fought earlier.“Was your mother also a divine herb maker? She asked.“Uh, I don't know. I don't know my parents, and I barely have any memories of them.” I chuckled, sadly.“Oh, sorry about that.” She muttered.“I wonder why I don't have any memories of them. Maybe they must have died when I was a baby or something. But there's this locket that has been on my neck since I can remember, and it has fading pictures of a man and a woman. They must be my parents, I feel connected to it.” I smiled, rubbing the locket softly.“Can I ta
TALON’s POV“What do you mean by that Luna Rosette? There must be some kind of misunderstanding here.” Dalton let out an awkward laugh.“To be honest, I don't really understand what you're talking about.” Rosette shrugged, looking at him innocently.“What do you mean you don't know what I'm talking about?” Dalton almost snapped, he was struggling to maintain composure. His eyes were already red from anger.“Did you just yell at me?” Rosette looked at him coldly.“Apologies for that. Maybe we should go somewhere and discuss well, where some outsiders wouldn't disturb us.” He put on a fake smile.“There's nothing to talk about. Like I said before, I really don't know what you're talking about. Your soldiers have overstayed their welcome. The chest of gold coins you offered for their stay, has been exhausted. Please kindly take your soldiers and leave.” Rosette smiled at him politely.I watched Dalton struggling to compose himself as he gritted his teeth tightly, veins were popping out o
AMELIA’s POVIt was Talon! There was a man in his front earlier who disappeared all of a sudden, I didn't care to know what had happened. The voice in my head screamed “Run!” he slowly turned his face to my direction, and I ducked with a speed I didn't know that I had.“Amelia, what's the problem?” Cassio asked as he saw me breathing heavily.“Ta…ta…ta…lon. He…he…” I stuttered, unable to complete my words while pointing at the wall.“Shit!” Cassio cursed as he pulled my hands, “we need to leave now!” He exclaimed as we ran.“What's going on?” Scymodus asked, puzzled, albeit he joined the run. “What's up you all again?” Ivana picked up her bag and joined us.“I’ll explain later. We’ve got to leave this place as soon as possible.” He yelled.“What's wrong?” Barbrus yelled with a confused look on his face while standing hands akimbo.It was funny, as Ivana and Scymodus were running alongside us with no idea of what was going on. But this was no time to laugh, we needed to be out of here
Chapter forty-five:TALON’s POV“Amelia.” I muttered softly as I darted my eyes to the other side of the wall, someone was watching me. I was sure as hell that it was her. My heart began to beat rapidly, like it had never done before. I walked towards the wall, where I felt her gaze.“Bastard!” Dalton growled as he struck me with the fake magic with intense force, on my left arm. I felt a sharp burning sensation, as my skin started to melt.“Yessss! Die bastard!” He hissed, “You always think you’re invisible, now look at how pathetic you look at this moment. Very soon, you’d be without a left arm. Guess what? I’ll make sure to paralyze each and every part of your limbs. Then I’d boil you alive in front of your soldiers, and my pack.” He laughed out loud.“Isn't that wishful thinking? You barely did anything.” I chuckled dryly.“I see you're still being arrogant. Maybe if you reduce your arrogance, I might give you a painless death.” He smirked.“What's the use of reducing it if I woul
AMELIA’s POVA veiny, long hand gripped my leg as I got into the portal. I tried hard to get away from its grip, but it proved futile as it kept trying to drag me out of the portal. Scymodus held my hands tightly, as Cassio held him from the other side as they were already in the portal.“Pull harder!” Scymodus yelled.It was a wonder, how a hand had so much force against we three. I noticed the veins on the hand were a dark purplish colour, and it had sharp claws which pierced my skin. After trying to wriggle out my leg with no effort, I decided to use my other leg to push, and that was a great risk as I could fall out of the portal. But I had to do it, there was no time. With Scymodus gripping me tightly, I brought forward my other leg and pushed it down with as much force as I could muster.It released my leg, and made to grab it again but I dived immediately into the portal with Scymodus’ pull. The force emanating from inside the portal caused us to part our hands, and we began f
TALON’s POVI couldn’t shake the feeling, she was here. I saw her, Amelia. I would stake my life on it. The way her amber eyes locked onto mine for that fleeting moment, I felt her presence in every bone of my body. Yet now, it was as if she’d disappeared into thin air.Rosette stood in front of me, with a puzzled look, like I had gone insane. I could feel the lie in her tone, though her words seemed harmless enough.“Charles wasn't here. And like I said before, I was expecting him to come with you.” She said in a firm tone.I stared at her deeply, waiting for her to make a mistake, but she gave nothing away. My wolf growled low in frustration, pacing restlessly inside me. It didn’t add up. I knew what I’d seen and felt.“You’re certain?” I muttered in a cold tone. “No golden-blonde hair, no amber eyes, no one who stood out to you in any way?”Her brows furrowed, as she sighed. “I swear, Talon. No one like that has been here. I don’t know who you’re talking about. What the hell is wro
AMELIA’s POV“Alright, alright. Let's not talk about him anymore, our focus should be on Charles and Ivana.” Cassio said, to ease the tension.“My apologies for speaking about him like that, at the end of the day, he's still your mate.” Scymodus muttered.“It's alright, I didn't pick offence.” I smiled.A knock at the door made us keep quiet. Our movement paused, as we simultaneously looked at each other.“Who could that be? I’m certainly not expecting any visitors. I declined all appointments.” Scymodus said in a hushed tone.“What if it's Charles and Ivana?” I whispered.“Then they would ha—”“Open the door for goodness sake!” A familiar voice exclaimed, it was Charles.“No, no, no. Don't give me that look. You should go get the door instead, Ivana would skin me alive.” Scymodus objected, as Cassio kept on forcing him to get the door.I stood up to open the door myself.“It's so good to be home.” Ivana muttered as she entered, closing her eyes probably to enjoy the warmth of the hou
TALON’s POV“I’m sure there must have been some kind of misunderstanding, my lord. I’ll talk to my men.” Dalton hurriedly said, pulling Marion to a side and speaking in a hushed tone.I observed when I first met Marion, that he was a good man. I would definitely recruit him into my pack when the war was over.“Alpha Dalton. You do know that you're delaying the council’s work. We have other things, much more important than this to handle.” Ariel spoke.“Sorry for the delay, my lord. My men would like to testify again.” He heaved, and mumurs erupted among those on the round table.I saw Ariel glared at Dalton for some seconds. “Alright. Let's hear what they have to say, since you said there was a misunderstanding. But note that if they reverse their statement, the case would be looked into thoroughly.” Ariel warned.“Speak up.” Dalton urged Marion.“There's nothing else to say, my lord. What I explained earlier, was how it happened.” Marion gave a deep bow to Dalton.Dalton threw Mario
TALON’s POV“Alpha Talon, let's get straight to the point as you have been informed of what you are charged with. What do you have to say to this to prove yourself innocent, before the council drops a verdict?” The head-council Ariel asked.“Nothing.” I muttered, with my gaze focused on the little stick on my hand.“Nothing, really? He’s clearly taking the council as a joke just because he's one of the most powerful alpha’s around.” Ahoy, a councilman snapped.I could feel Dalton's gaze on me, and I looked up. He had a smug smile on his face, which says “I got you now.” If only he knew, he’d have back out, and just let the war take place in peace. He had only charged me with trespassing, and severe harassment of his people which quite surprised me. I had done more than that, I wondered why he didn't charge me with using black salt, as the substance had been banned by the council.“Talon, you're quite aware that you’d be punished if you can't say or provide evidence to exonerate yourse
AMELIA’s POVThe maid assigned to me was dead, then…who was Alessia? An imposter? What was her aim for doing this? Why did she had to disguise as the maid assigned to me? The fact that we were already becoming friends only gave me mixed feelings.Plus Miss Brown mentioned something about me seeing a ghost, I didn't like where this was heading to. The answer clawed at me, but I refused to process anything. I wanted to hear it from the horse's mouth.“The thing is…” She paused, sighing with her shoulders dropping. “I don't know how to tell you this, because it seems like you have already become close friends with her.” “Speak, Miss Brown. What is it? Don't hide anything from me.” I urged, upon seeing her reluctance.What was it that she was hesitating to tell me? Was Alessia a spy from another pack that maybe came to steal information? Or was she some killer, or some kind of creature that I didn't know about.“The woman, the maid that had been helping you is dead.” She dropped. “And wh
TALON’s POV“My lord, a wheel of the carriage came off. It seemed it wasn't well maintained. I should have double-checked the carriage before we started the journey. I am guilty of that, as I put his highness’ life in danger, I hereby would receive any punishment meted out to me.” Dimitri bowed.“Yeah, yeah.” I rolled my eyes. “It's not a coincidence, isn't it? Someone is so desperate in making me a bad egg in the midst of the council. Interesting.” I grinned.Dalton was indeed not bluffing when he said he would report me to the general council. He knew I obviously had the upper hand in the war, and he didn't want to back down without a fight. He was only making things more complicated for himself. I wondered if he was that dumb, or he had forgotten that the fake dark magic he had used, would definitely implicate him in the council case.I was sure he had someone from the council, that was why he had the audacity to report me to the council. The council summoned me, and it was where I
AMELIA’s POVShe was right, there was nobody beside me. Where had Alessia gone without informing me? She was right here, but it seemed she disappeared into thin air as Miss Brown came. Maybe she quickly dashed to get something she had forgotten. But I looked at the distance between where we were in the garden, and the mansion was quite much so I wondered how she did it.“Uh, Alessia was here with me. We were doing the drawing together, and I was talking to her.” I answered.“Alessia?” She raised a brow.“Yes, Alessia.” I returned, “The maid assigned to me.”“How come I don't know any maid of that name?” She asked no one in particular, the frown on her face deepening.“There are quite a lot of maids, so it's normal that you wouldn't be able to remember all of their names.” I shrugged.“I’ve been here minutes ago, I can swear I saw you talking to thin air.” She said, narrowing her eyes.I didn't know what to say again, I had explained to her that Alessia was here with me minutes ago. I
TALON’s POV“Don't fucking play with me. He didn't involve you in it? Bullshit.” I scoffed, as I tightened my grip on his neck.“My lord, he might die. We haven't gotten what we wanted yet.” Dimitri voiced, which made me loosen my grip a little.“I swear with…with… ever…everything that matters to me.” He stuttered.I freed him, and he heaved while coughing seriously. “You swearing, means nothing to me. I’d choke you death, if I wanted to.” I sneered.“I really don't know anything about the ritual.” He gulped, fear evident in his eyes.“Tell me, you know him closely as you both worked together. What do you think his next move would be when he has such plans in mind?” I asked, twirling the nail in with my fingers, and his eyes followed the movement. He knew what would happen if he dared to tell a lie.“Raphael would gain everyone's trust first, which he I’m sure he had already achieved. Then, he would find a suitable place for this ritual where no one would be able to disturb him. If h
AMELIA’s POVI turned back sharply, scanning the area but I found nothing. I rubbed my arms together, as the place got even more colder. I wondered if a door or some windows were left open.I looked left and right, before inserting the key into the lock. I felt a soft tap on my shoulders, which had me jerking away as my heart skipped. I turned to see who, or what had tapped me and found Alessia standing a few feet away from the door, looking at me with concern.“My lady, is everything okay?” She asked.‘How did she get there?” Was the first question that entered my mind.“Alessia, how come I didn't see when you got here?” I asked.“I got here some seconds to a minute ago. I saw you unlocking the door, and decided to surprise you.” She answered, and I loosened up.The cold had stopped, and everywhere had returned to its normal temperature.“Did you notice something? The unusual coldness of the hallway, and it just disappeared.” I chuckled.“Maybe it's because you’ve stayed in the Westl
AMELIA’s POVI couldn't help but smile as soon as I was out of the Westlands. The warm sun of Dawnsville hit my skin, and I basked in it. The cold had been terrible, and as cool as the Westlands looked, I still preferred Dawnsville over it. A carriage was waiting for us as we stood near the border that separated Dawnsville and the Westlands.“Oh, finally.” Cassio exclaimed as he rolled on the dusty, warm floor. The two guards who stood near the carriage, had a bewildered experience on their faces. They tried hard to maintain a neutral expression.“My lord.” One came forward when Cassio stood, and led us to the carriage. Charles was already seated, reading a scroll. I looked beside him, where a stack of scrolls sat.“When you're done dilly-dallying, you should return to your duties. You have a lot to do, both for your people and for your ladies.” Charles commented amidst reading, adding a drawl to his last words.“Ugh, I'm so tired. I don't even have the strength to take a look at even
TALON’s POV“Be careful with the way you widen your eyes, the flies surrounding your wounds might jump in.” I said.“Wha…what are you talking about? Who's Raphael?” He managed to say, amidst his shock.“Tch, you should know better than to respond with this. Do not make me repeat myself.”“I knew it since the time I set my eyes on you, you're a demon. Bastard!” He spat.“Any new names for me? That's the only thing you've been calling me for the umpteenth time.” I rolled my eyes.“Speak up, while I’m still being all nice and chatty. I personally don't like using the black salt to make culprits talk, unless I’m forced to. Now just be a good boy, and spill out everything. Who knows, I might get you treated and let you leave.” I shrugged.“I don't want your damn offer, I was even planning to kill myself before these idiots stopped me.” He glared at the guards, “I already made up my mind to die, do you think I’d be scared of you?”“You might think you'd get away with all this, but I promise