ANMELDENLucian’s POVThe castle knows already, and I was very certain about that. And the moment I stepped out of my chambers, the whispers and gatherings of pack manners at different points met my ears.Everyone thinks that Selene is who they assumed she was from the beginning — an enemy of the kingdom. They assume that she did the attacking of her own free will. So even though I was very busy, I called for an emergency meeting with pack members who’d be free to attend.They came and I said what I had to say immediately. “My mate did not attack me on purpose, she was used as a vessel by a dark magic practitioner with a thirty year obsession to the throne.” I start.“I will not hear otherwise, not from this gathering or the outer ward. The murmurings and whispers about her should stop immediately. She’s feeling guilty enough about it, so no one should make it any worse than it is.” I held the room’s gaze.“It’s the evidence of the length at which the enemy in question is ready to go. What we
Selene’s POVThe last thing I remembered was sitting down and Lucian feeding me food, then the next thing I knew, I was on the ground, and Lucian was bleeding out while I held a bloodied knife.I blinked once, then twice. I proceeded to pinch myself hard bit I wasn’t dreaming. Lucian was still on the ground and was bleeding out, and seven warriors were looking at me like I was some monster.I gasped, my eyes wide with terror. I dropped the blade, and it fell to the ground with a clanging sound. I moved away from Lucian, but he grabbed me before I got out of arm's reach — with that same bloodied arm.“Hey, hey.” He said, and it seemed the more I stared at the bleeding arm, the more I despised myself.“I don’t remember, I don’t know what happened, I swear. I was just… everything was black.” I rushed out the words.He took my second hand and made me look at him even more. “Look at me. Just look into my eyes, then breathe in and out.” He commanded. “You are safe, and I’m fine.”I shook my
Lucian’s POVFinally. We’re alone, and the coronation is all over. Jordan is sleeping in his cot, too. The castle was quieter than it had been in weeks.The team that had gone out for Vera was still camped around the location, but there haven’t been any straightforward report of her location yet. She didn’t even seem to be in that vicinity at all.So, fingers crossed.Selene walked out of the bathroom, freshened up, and was putting her hair in a hand. She sighed tiredly as she got onto the bed, her eyes drowsy like she’d fall asleep anytime soon.“How’re you?” I asked.“Tired. Very tired. I just want to sleep already.” She mumbled.“Yeah, but not quite.”Then I did the one thing that I’ve been doing every night since she fell those stairs — assess her ribs, neck, and other parts that took the most of the fall. She was very fine, but I still felt like there was something she was not letting on to me.“You’ve not had dinner. Let’s eat before you fall asleep.” I said, holding her hand a
Selene’s POVI tried so hard to calm down the anxiety that thrummed through me when I stepped out of that room with Lucian, even though he was right beside me and his touch was meant to comfort me. That barely did anything, not when all that I could think about was Vera suddenly attacking us, or how anything drastic could happen at any time.Maybe I shouldn’t have been in a rush and postponed the coronation due to the issues going on. That could have been a better option than the constant looking back to confirm whether or not someone was going to jump out from the crowd and start an attack.But the moment I saw the pool of people waiting for us at the clearing, I didn’t know when a smile snuck up on my face — especially as I saw the joy on the faces of the woman I’ve bonded with in a little time.For a moment, everything was worth it, and all of my worries disappeared. I saw Jordan in the front row, who was held by Lily, and Amber stood in the crowd. I spotted her near the crowd, sta
Lucian’s POVI woke up this morning with Selene beside me and Jordan between us. The coronation happens in a few hours and I honestly didn’t think of myself as the type to have jitters about things like these, but I did.And somehow, in a bid to calm down the tension in me, I just stared down at Selene and allowed her face do all the tension release work in me. I thought about everything we’ve been through, right from the day I crossed the borders and sensed a stranger who felt more than a stranger to me, then finding out that she was blind, moving to the times she unknowingly provoked me and evoked jealousy from me for the first time in years.Then I thought about Betty and the years between her and now. I can’t believe that I almost didn’t allow myself to witness this.I reached over and lightly pushed a strand of hair out of her face and she still didn’t wake up, instead, she nestled into my touch. But I needed to use the restroom as soon as possible, so I took my hand off her face
Selene’s POVLucian took that information way more seriously than I thought he would. We went to look at the marks first, and they were truly there just as she had described. I wasn’t a witch, but I felt the weird power coming from beneath the door. It was almost like it was humming too.We didn’t need any soothsayer to tell us that it was Vera again. At that, security around the kingdom was tripled, and Lucian informed the kingdom’s allies of the current development. An investigation session with Elysia was also scheduled, and with the kind of order that he gave his men, I just knew that the investigation would be so brutal that it’d involve sharp objects.He was gone all night, and even in the morning, he was all dressed when I woke up. He placed a chaste kiss on my lips and disappeared all day.I tried to pull through the day, calling him in between, and he only said that he was taking care of something. And even though I was buried in work, planning, and all, I still missed him.I
Selene’s POVHis hips ground into mine, slow and steadily. I lifted my hand and ran my fingers through his soft hair, pulling him closer to me at the same time.He delved into my neck, inhaling so deeply like he just got a hold of his favorite scent and he wasn’t going to let go anytime soon.His s
Lucian’s POVThree days. That was all I was away for in this kingdom and everything had turned upside down.I fucking had the intuition that something was wrong when I got that notification that night that one of the kingdom’s investments in Silvercrest was on the verge of collapse as some unidenti
Selene’s POVBefore I knew it, I was in his arms. My eyes were a bit hazy but I could still see his face and I could make out how angry he was.His hand wrapped around my waist and steadied me, dragging me closer to him. The wet blood on him stained my body but that was the least of my problems at
Selene’s POVThe stale stench of the dungeon woke me up as expected. I had spent all of yesterday’s evening and night trying to reach out to Liam and just call him.I sensed him before he was even brought in, and when I saw him being dragged into the dungeon too, I knew instantly that something was







