LOGINThe man’s hand shot out at me and I quickly came back from the past and jumped back to smoothly avoid it. I have forgotten about the first man that approached me and was now behind me. The man behind me wrapped his arms around me from behind, effectively caging me to him. A scream left my throat as he tried to throw me to the side but I refused to let him do so. I began to struggle to free my hand from his hold. The second man also came after me. He tried to grab my hair but his hand ended up grabbing my wig. He pulled it off. When he saw that it was a wig that he caught and bit my hair, he sneered and threw the wig to the side and lunged for my hair again.I was too busy and focused on fighting these two men, I did not notice a third and a fourth joining us until I was crowded and overpowered. As I was roughly shoved to the ground, I seem to have forgotten about the dagger I kept under my cloak and the other small knives I usually had in my boots because I was panicking.I thought
I saw the same woman I thought was Marie and this time, I could not control myself from running after her. I wanted to be sure this time and I did not care if Marie also finds out that I frequented a place like this. I’m sure if I told her how I hated the fact that my movement was restricted to school and the palace, she would understand. Who is to say we did not have the same reason for being here by this time.I held my gown up and quickened my pace to catch up with the lady. I came to a stop when I saw that she was leaving the Black village and heading in the opposite direction of the road I usually took. “Marie,” I called out and she stopped. I concentrated on her body movement and watched as she stiffened before she got herself and began to hurry away like the devil himself was after her. Yes, I was the devil. I did not think twice before I gathered my gown and ran after her.“Marie, come on. Wait up,” she was too fast. She rounded a corner and disappeared and I quickened my ste
“Hey,” I called out, “Calm down. She’s not worth the energy,”Marie was already shaking her head before I could complete my sentence.“Don’t do that. Don’t calm down for any of them. You are not just a princess but a princess of this kingdom. You are to be respected. If you give them the opportunity, they’ll walk all over you,”I nodded in agreement because I understood what she was saying. Lucy must see me as a pushover because where else would she get the boldness to speak to me in that manner. Maybe it was because I kept to myself and because everyone thought that I was just a girl who was picked from the bush. Even if I was of royal blood, many of them still think that I was not a real princess and I was not to be bowed to.That was their own business. Not mine.“They are doing this because they feel like you just came out of nowhere and claimed the position of a princess. They seem to have forgotten that you were robbed of it. They keep talking about it. You need to put them in t
“You seem distracted these days,” Marie commented and I raised my head to see her watching me with furrowed brows.Why won’t I be distracted? If the past few weeks have been for her the way it was for me, she will be more than distracted.The other day, Eva had cornered me in class to make me have lunch in the cafeteria with her. But then, since I was having trouble abandoning Marie to go with her, she decided that I could take a raincheck and even bring Marie with me the next day. I told Marie about it and even if she looked uncomfortable, she agreed to join me in having lunch with Eva. Eva has been in the cafeteria countless times since she’s been attending this school since she was in kindergarten, but she doesn't like going there. She lives to come with a sandwich that she will eat in the garden while reading. These days, she brought enough for the both of us.The next day that I was supposed to have lunch with Eva, Marie and I went to the cafeteria — my first day there — and Ev
Seven fought tonight and I placed my bet on him. Would telling him cause his ego to inflate? I grumbled to myself. I did not like any of these. Maybe I should just walk away.“What? I did not hear you?”I jumped, one foot in the air and whirled around to face him when I heard his voice very close to me. I would have knocked into him but thankfully, he took one step back. I had my back to him, I didn't even know when he moved so close to me but he was always so nimble during his fights, I was not surprised. With the way he moved so silently yet so quickly, he could be a good assassin if he ever decided to venture into that path.Just because I felt like we were still too close even after he took a step back, I took a few steps back for my own peace of mind.“I never said anything,”“I asked a question and you murmured,” his eyes glinted in the dark. They look so sharp and deadly.“I placed my bet on you,” I answered his question. I just wanted to be out of here. The only way I’ll be ab
“You’ve not returned it but who am I to judge you? A little woman in the middle of the woods, of course I’ll be scared too,” he still had his back to me.I did not know if I should be angry or not but I had mixed feelings. He was not taking me seriously. He was so sure that I wouldn't attack him or was it that he believed that he would be able to dodge my attack or I was not strong enough for him. He did not appear scared at all. He also did not move away from my horse like I told him to.“Please move away,” I repeated.I was surprised that my voice came out more steady than what I was feeling inside.This time, he moved away and turned to face me. I cocked my head to the side with a frown on my face and squinted my eyes, trying to see his face but in the darkness, I couldn’t. I quickly smoothed my face back to normal. If he realized that I was frowning then he would know that I have not gotten my wolf yet. As a royal blood, no one knew or could smell that I was without a wolf. If h







