تسجيل الدخولDraven's POVThe first sign that something was wrong was silence. I was sitting behind my desk, reading the same report three times without actually comprehending anything in it.My eyes moved along the same lines.Again.And again.And again.Nothing stuck in my head.I closed my eyes.Something was off. I could sense it. I always knew it when it was about to happen. Some strange sensation beneath my skin.Some tightening in my chest.Something inside my body moving and waiting.I slowly opened my eyes.The room was empty.Well.I didn't want anyone around when it happened. I pushed myself away from my desk.The first wave of pain hit.I gripped the edge of the table.My breath left me.Pain started burning my chest.I clenched my teeth.No.Not right now.I was so busy.I had meetings.Reports.Kingdom I needed to rule.Even though my body was betraying me once again.I straightened.The pain became worse.I stumbled.My hand moved to my chest. "Fuck."The second wave hit. It was ev
My eyes widened out of shock.“… and he would start killing anyone and anything unless it kills you.” “What!” I exclaimed, getting more shocked than I was earlier.“Yes, this is dangerous, once it calms, you are not safe neither is everyone here.”My hand began to shake, I couldn’t cause the death of others.I wouldn’t be the cause of it.What should I do?Do I have to sacrifice myself so others would be safe?I thought about Leo.I thought about Draven.Draven!What would he do if he finds out his pack members are dying because a cursed wolf is not able to kill me?“We need to tell the Alpha,” mother Elara said, bringing me out of my thoughts.I shook my head.I did not know the right thing to do, I was lost.It was the next day and my mind hadn’t been at peace since Mother Elara told me all that. The curse was there because of my blood and it was angry because it recognized it.I hadn’t even gone to see Draven.I saw the guards before anything else. They were different in number.I
She crouched down next to him and studied him carefully. The wolf looked exhausted. But he was not screaming anymore.His breath had finally calmed.Mother Elara placed her palm on his forehead. After a brief pause, she looked at me. "Come here."I hesitated because I didn’t know why it was reacting angrily towards me, I feared what could happen if it reacted again. "Why?""Aria."Something in her voice made me approach her. I kneeled down next to her.The wolf glanced at me. Fear immediately appeared in his eyes.Not of me.Of what would happen if I touched him again.I understood.I could feel it.I reached out to touch him.Mother Elara immediately grabbed my wrist, "Don't."Oops I was too fast. I stared at her. "Why?""Because I want to see something."I frowned. "What?"She glanced at the wolf. "Touch him."I stared at her. "You just told me not to." Mother Elara was best at confusing me sometimes. I have come to trust her within the short period and I trust her judgments but I c
Aria's POVFirst, I heard screams. I was arranging dried herbs when they came.I froze.Screams came from somewhere beyond the herb room, followed by rapid steps. I glanced at the door.Another scream.This one sounded even worse.I immediately dropped everything I was doing.Nora was sitting on the other side of the room, dividing roots into baskets. She turned to me. "What was that?""I don't know."I was already making my way to the door."Aria, wait."I stopped.Nora stared at me."We agreed."I knew what she meant.After the incident in the eastern grounds, Draven and I decided that if I ever wanted to help someone, I'd do it inside the herb room.Quietly.Without unnecessary attention.I had known that Draven was right.The rumors about me had already started. I know because I hear it.I haven’t told him yet, but I had agreed that I wouldn't draw unnecessary attention to myself.But another scream came from outside.I glanced at Nora. "Someone needs help."She sighed. "I know."
Draven's POVI woke up late in the morning, it was my newest normal. Before, I used to wake up before dawn so I could get myself prepared for the curse to hit me.I was used to it and I was also used to hiding the pain when it hit me. But for the past few weeks, I had been waking later than before. Whether Aria was on my bed or not.The curse had never been unpredictable until she came into my life. It had only become more severe as the years went by.There had been a time when I could have stayed several days without experiencing anything.Then it became hours, then minutes.And eventually, I stopped counting the moments when I could relax.I only knew that I could wake up at any moment and get the pain.But lately...I had noticed changes.Without even wanting to.The episodes became less frequent.The pain became less intense.I had begun to sleep without waking up once. I stood in the middle of the room, trying to understand it.And the explanation suddenly hit me.Aria.I frowne
Aria’s POVLeo was four months old now and I had stopped keeping track of days. At least I convinced myself that I had.I knew exactly how old he was.Four months old.Four months since I had held him.Four months since I had to abandon him.Occasionally, I thought about how much he might have remembered. Then I hated myself for such thoughts. He was too little when I had left.Too little to remember anything.Too little to understand that the woman holding him each and every day of the first week of his life was no longer by his side.Sometimes, it took all my strength to not think about those things.I missed him.There was nothing I could do about it.But strangely enough, something else changed in my life. Something that I couldn’t recognize at first.At least until I understood that my life changed, I changed.I was no longer the woman who arrived in the kingdom without knowing her place. I now had a place.People who called me by my name.People who needed me when they had probl







