ZULU’S POV “Zulu, wake up. You cannot sleep at this hour, we have much to discuss.” he whispered tapping me on the shoulder. I rose from bed immediately, still a bit sleepy eyed but I recognized him and I had his head together enough to speak to me.“Oscala why are you waking me? Did something happen?” I questioned, concern in my voice.“No but we cannot wait for something to happen. Come, I have called someone else. We need to assemble.”“You still have not said what is the purpose of this late night wake up call.” I muttered. I may be eager to know but somehow I was more eager to sleep too. “You will know when we meet up with the person waiting for us. Come we have little time before day break.” Oscala lead the way. I followed, murmuring to himself but making no obvious sounds. We trend through the palace hallways, disappearing in the connection that ran down to the garden. We were immediately concealed by the large trees and tall grasses the instant we entered the garden Even t
TAYLOR’S POV“Don’t you even think about it.”He froze up, looking right into my eyes. But he wasn’t surprised, he appeared as though he knew he had been caught but then it didn’t matter. For some reason they made me really sick inside.“What were you trying to do?” I scurried away, sitting up. He pulled away a little. I held his gaze, covering up with the sheets. He squeezed his gaze, like he had seen something they didn’t make any sense.“What are you doing, Taylor? Are you hiding your body from me?” I boned my face, not offering him any reply.His lips twitched, making a small smile right after he let out a sharp exhale. “Don’t be ridiculous Taylor. I know things aren’t good between us but making it look like I would do something without your consent, not that’s just disgusting.”“Right now. I’m not so sure what you can and cannot do.”His eyes widened in disbelief.. “Taylor!”“Zephyr, you lied to me. You made me believe what wasn’t real and you were gonna let it go on for as lo
ZEPHYR’S POV“What were you thinking?! I yelled. Hell, I had never been this angry in my entire existence. I felt like cracking her skull. I bet she didn’t think before she spoke. But how could she be so stupid to say something like that to Taylor. How was she not able to realize that Taylor was still in the dark about he parent’s death. That girl’s stupidity really ruined everything for me.I paused, realizing that I been pacing. I turned around, staring at the wall, messaging the bridge of my nose. If I don’t calm down, someone will still get hurt, preferably Daisy.Luck for her, Oscala appeared, Theodore following closely behind. I hurried to him immediately. “How is she?” I asked, breathing fast and frightened.“She is coping, I don’t to how well though. She just want no one to come to her especially you. She feels betrayed.”“Does she know why we had to do it?” Oscala nodded. “She knows but she is still upset. Or perhaps she is grieving. Honestly I can’t tell right now.”I b
TAYLOR’S POVWhat’s that thing they said that losing family hurts worse than a stab wound, well they were wrong because right now, If someone ever put together all the pain I had been through all my life and hit me with it, all at once; I swear it wouldn’t hurt me as much as I was hurting now. I couldn’t move, I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t breathe. I was just there, on my knees hugging myself and trembling. I stared at the ground but it seemed ads through I was looking into the abyss. For the first time in my life, I was utterly devastated.At that moment, all I could notice was me. I didn’t see Zephyr lingering behind me or Daisy staring at me with pain in her eyes. I didn’t notice Oscala either until he stopped in front of me and crouched down. He whispered.“Come on, get up.” He placed a hand on my shoulder. I tried to shake him off but his grip was firm. I struggled futilely to get him off me, in the end, I couldn’t shake him off. He pulled me up and supported me a little. We wal
TAYLOR’S AND Daisy was shaking like a frightened child on the king-size bed in her room. Theodore was holding a dead rat by the tail. He was looking her way, his eyes wide with shock and confusion.Taylor cringed away, wearing an extremely embarrassed smile on her face. She his away in the hallway, waiting for anything at all to make this situation a little less awkward. Thankfully Theodore was a master in the art of fixing terrible situations. Theodore began to laugh. He laughed so loud the ladies ended up joining him, chuckling in the different places they were in. Theodore excused himself to dispose of the rat and call someone to repair the door. Immediately he left, Taylor creepy right back into the room, making a gesture of blushing with embarrassment. “I am so sorry. I did not mean to do that. I don’t know what I was thinking.”Daisy giggled. “I have to know what exactly was going on in your mind because hell, you karated the door open. I bet Theodore was shocked to his und
TAYLOR’S POVMy lips spread out and a warm smile curled up. That had to be the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me. If only it wasn’t a sad truth. I drew a little closer, placing a hand on his shoulder. “Thank you for that. It was so nice to hear but I can’t pretend that it’s it a terrible thing. You need children. Beautiful pups that will be like you and even better. The Lycan kingdom needs someone as lovely as you to rule them after you go.”Immediately I said that, he opened his mouth to utter some defense but I cut him off immediately.“indeed it would be lovely to raise an orphan or the son of someone else but you still have to make yours. And… you need love. You deserve love.”He was still and silent. In his eyes I could see a hint of pain. It dawned on me for the first time that I had no idea how much Zulu still hung on to me. I tried to keep my smile up even though my heart weighed because of what I had just learned.“How about this, when we come to the Lycan kingdom I