Chapter 31

DANTE

I had slept for less than an hour and a scream had pulled me out of my forced slumber, making me groan in annoyance. I couldn't tell what it was, but my heart twisted with a sore feeling I recognize any day.

Leah

I pushed the cover off me and I flew to the door but as I pushed the door open my tracks came to a sudden halt, the corridor swept with blood and my heart raged against its cage.

“What the hell is going on?” There was no one in sight and everything seemed so eerie it gave me chills, shaking my head, I moved trying to catch her scent and I did.

My head became dazed the more I walked, this couldn't be real. There was blood everyway, I could hear clashes of swords and grunts of wolves as they might but the more I got to the do the further it became

“Your majesty!” I heard Hans's voice, but no one was there “… Your majesty!” The voice grew louder and the feel of water had me opening my eyes and nearly clawing Hans's face.

My heart raced while sweat ran down my body and I let out a sigh, she's fine

“What the hell, Hans?” I growled, and he flinches before moving away from me, “… What are you doing here?” My voice softens and his face hardened, making my heart rage in its cage.

“We can't find her majesty” I threw the cover off me and stood up, thank the goddess I was still fully dressed

“Where have you checked?” I walked out of the room, and he followed with a hurry behind me.

“Everywhere in the palace, the guards have gone down to the pack to find her, but we are yet to hear or find anything” My mind raced to where could possibly be, and a sudden chill went down my spine as a thought crossed my mind

What if there was a spy in the house?

“Hans look for everyone, make sure you know the people who are outside searching for her, find the person who took my wife”

“Yes sir” He immediately walked away, and I ran out of the room and towards the woods

My heart raced knowing what could possibly happen if Victor had his hands on her. It didn't matter that I beat him the last time we were at war, I felt it that day. Victor was growing into a beast that I knew in the future I could not handle, and he had become brutal.

The thought to seeing Leah covered in blood and wounds again makes me shake my head. I shifted into my Lycan form to heighten my senses and I inhaled.

Trying to find her scent, frustration began to sit within me, it made it too hard that she didn't have a wolf. A normal wolf can't pick up her scent, but I was a Lycan, a king and her mate.

“Your majesty!” I turned around and saw Hans running towards me and I moved to him hoping that he had found her, but as I got close, I knew from the look on his face that he had not seen her yet.

“What is it?” I growled as my frustration took the best of me, I hated that he was her without finding my wife “... You have strict orders to find her, why are you here?” I asked again, getting greatly irritated.

“The elders want to see you, they found something” I glared at him, but he didn't blink any eyes “... It's just the forbidden library, Elder Daniel claimed he saw someone entering and then… They are looking for you and it is urgent"

“More urgent than my wife? Tell them I am going to…"

“The entire kingdom is a stake for it, and it makes it worst that it's starting from here… You must go, or we won't have time to live. I'll try to find her and inform you of anything we find” I looked at him and I could see the pleading look on his eyes.

“Find her”

“Yes, your majesty” I ran towards the house so I could finish whatever the elders wanted but the closer I got to the meeting room the more I perceived an odd smell that lingered in the corridor

Ignoring it, I pushed the door open and the smell was more foul than ever, it smelt like sickness and death and I looked up to see a body on the table and my body immediately went rigid in shock

I had smelt it in the corridor. Even if it was familiar, I couldn't place a finger on it and now with the body staring back at me, a guard immediately rushed to me, putting a mask on my face and gloves on my hand, but my eyes didn't move from the body

"Your majesty” The greetings snapped me back to reality and I took a breath before realizing the fire pots blazing in each corner of the room

“How did this happen? Where did you find the body?” I glared at the body now and Sir Daniel cleared his road.

“I saw her walking towards the forbidden library two days ago, while the war was going on but after the way the maid was nowhere to be found not even her body, so I check and found her dead in the room, we don't know how long she had it or who has taken it from her, but we need to keep this matter locked down and everyone should be checked by the doctor”

“What is this?” Sir James asked very confused

“The plague. We haven't heard or seen it since the last century. Kiel, get the hospital check everyone in the pack and in the palace. Everyone should burn a fire in every corner of their houses, those who have gotten the plague should be kept in the west warehouse until they eventually pass”

“Can't they find a cure?”

“There is no cure to the plague, but it transmits extremely fast and everyone will be sworn to secrecy about this, no one outside this pack must her about it, the gates will be locked no one comes in or goes out”

“And the queen?” My heart hammered against my chest but my face remained emotionless.

“She will be found, make sure the body is buried” I began walking but someone stopped me

“What about Victor? We simply cannot ignore that the bastard is alive, what do we do your highness? What if he goes for the rest of the kingdom indirectly?”

“Victor wouldn't stoop that low, he needs the people to hail him, and he wants the crown my wife. That disease stinks, get rid of it immediately” I walked out of the room and a servant came running to me “... What is it?”

“We found her” I immediately began to move as the guard ran up ahead of me, leading me to where my wife was