DamonSheila was power drunk, and Kaiden was in no position to stop her. In just a few days, she had already appointed her mother and father and her useless brother on the council, and fired a third of the council that didn’t agree to her rule. She was out of control, and so was her brother, who ordered death of whoever spoke against him, but luckily I still had power to stop it, although I felt it wouldn’t be too long before she took that from me.A part of me felt it had been her plan all along, take the power and tip everything in her and her family’s favor while Kaiden struggled. And as I was realizing things, I tried my best to find out if my suspicions were true. Did Sheila have something to do with Celine’s disappearance? Why couldn’t we find Neil when we searched the woods and the whole kingdom?Was Celine really dead? Or was she killed?And what the hell was Mirena hiding?“Beta? Did you not hear what I asked you, or have you suddenly become deaf?”My attention was called up
DamonAfter waiting at the back of a pillar for Sheila to come out for hours so I could follow her if she did step out like I felt she would so I could get to work for over an hour, I was getting utterly frustrated. I needed her out of the room so could sneak in and hear her conversations. What? I was running out of time. I needed proof to back up my claim so I could see if I was going crazy to accuse Sheila, the queen of possible involvement in the murder, or if I was right on the money.And what other way to do that than to eavedrop? Nothing else was working, and the Kingdom was going to up inflame the more she ruled Kaiden stayed rotting away, thinking he was a devoted wife.My wolf struggled to catch hints of anything strange, like blood, like we did that night, but so far, nothing.Either she was incredibly brilliant or just innocent. And iIIad a feeling it wasn't innocent. “Okay fuck it,” I cursed under my breath as I slipped a match from my pocket. “time for plan b.”I knew S
Damon I held my breath, my fingertips digging into the skin of my palm as I controlled my breathing, not wanting to compromise my position and end up dead if I am caught. I hope it wouldn’t be all for nothing, I would hate if I was wrong, but I’ll also hate if I were right about Sheila. Kaiden really trusted her to have his best interest at heart, despite not loving her. But it was clear she didn’t have his. “Mirena, I already told you, do whatever you can to break his defense. You have to find a way to get through to him, we can not risk a lose end at this point.” She snapped, and I could see her blonde hair sweeping back and forth wildly as she spoke to Mirena. Mirena nodded. “Yes I know, your majesty. I have no idea why I am unable to kill him. It was so easy to kill his sister.” A small gasp left my lips before I could hold myself, and Sheila and Mirena’s gazes snapped to the point of the wall behind the curtain where I stood. “Shit.” Mirena’s gaze stayed pinned on me, h
DamonSheila barked out a laugh so sinister, it had my blood curling in my veins, and my wolf scrambling to the back of my mind. Her face morphed into the scariest version of her face, and evil shone through her eyes as she snapped her head backward, Mirena shifted backward her hands curled into fists as she endured Sheila’s mockery, her jaw ticking angrily.Mirena was more powerful than Sheila, but Sheila held the power over her, why? What could Sheila have in store to tame such a powerful witch in this manner?As if hearing my question, Sheila snapped out her claws, and grabbed Mirena’s forearm harshly, her claws digging into her skin and drawing blood, while Mirena, who usually looked tough for her old age, cried out in pain.“Your Highness, please–”But Sheila only gripped tighter, drawing more blood. “Oh do not beg, Mirena. You do know you threatened me first. But you must have forgotten who has the power here. Have you forgotten the favor I did for you? Or the oath you made to m
DamonA kick on my abdomen woke me up with a jolt, the sharp pain forcing a groan out of me. My first instinct was to lunge, to grab whoever dared to touch me in my sleep, but the feel of restraints tugging me shut my eyes open.Sheila’s eyes were the first I met, and I looked downwards to see I was chained down in the abandoned Celler no one ever used again.Neil’s weak form was crotched just in front of me, his weak eyes on me, and I swallowed a shudder at how much he had suffered.He looked like a ghost of who he used to be. “Well, here we are, Damon.”Sheila’s voice was smooth and filled with slight amusement, but the coldness in her gaze told me this was anything but a joke. I pulled at the chains, feeling the rough metal bite into my wrists. Silver. Of course.“Cut the theatrics,” I rasped my throat dryer than sandpaper. “If you’re going to kill me, get it over with.”Neil flinched at my words, his sunken eyes darting to Sheila. He looked worse than I had ever seen him, bones
SheilaHis form was hunched over by the window when i took soft steps into the dark room, the air filled with grief. It irritated me to no end. Was his mourning period not over yet?And here i was, about to add to it, like he was not pathetic enough mourning that wench and her pup. But i just had to do this. I planned to be here for a very long time, not a fast time, and that meant cleverly removing everyone who stood in my way.“Kaiden,” I called out to the shell of a man at the window.He let out a loud sigh. “Leave, Sheila.” I took another step forward, ignoring his exhaustion His voice was hoarse, like he hadn’t spoken in days, but that wasn’t my problem.He used to be worth killing for, but now only power w2as worth it.Seems like everyone was right about me after all. Too bad they lived to regret it, now i was about to wipe Damon off the face of the earth with just one lie.“Kaiden, I am not here to convince you of anything! Damon is missing!”Kaiden stiffened.For the first ti
KaidenMy hands shook as I opened the door to the council room, and everyone stood up to their feet, surprise and shock written on their faces. They were shocked to see that after all these days, I had finally returned to my post. The presence of new faces and the absence of my trusted officials ignited a fury in me, but I pushed it aside as the matter at hand was more important than anything. The room went entirely still as I stepped in, and they tensed, not sure what to expect.“Beta Damon is missing.” My voice came out cold, echoing off the walls of the room. Saying it out felt like a nightmare. Damon had always been beside me. Losing him was the worst thing that could happen at this time. "When was he declared missing?" I asked, gesturing to the nearest official for an answer.A short, stocky man, one of the new faces, cleared his throat and stepped forward. “Three days ago, Alpha,” he said, shifting uncomfortably under my gaze. “He left for an inspection and never returned.”T
Chapter 88DamonMy hands shook as the betrayal of a guard sliced a silver dagger across my back for the tenth time, or hundredth, I stopped counting after the pain became a blur and it hurt to even scream. It’s been three days of nonstop suffering, nonstop torture and i couldnt wrap my ind around what Neil must have gone through since he had been here.When no one was around, he stayed at the edge of the cell, looking into space and not listening to a word i say. It was a frustrating fate. I kenw he was dead inside, but there were two of us now. Couldnt he just snap out of it for a second?The sound of the dungeon opening stole my attention, and my gaze snapped up to meet Sheila’s, and the anger in me rose to the point where, without thinking, a groowl left my liod and i wrestled against the silver chains, completely ignoring the pains they caused, with only one thought in mind.“I am going to tear you apart!” it took all the strength in my body to scream out, but had almost no impa
Charles “What? You want something in return? Hmn?”She asked as she folded her arms across her chest. “Would you just shut up and let me talk?” I barked, my anger already bubbling.“Okay fine,” she replied as she rolled her eyes. “But, what do you want me to do to make you just stop whatever you're doing? What do you want me to do to make you cancel this fight?” she said to me, looking a bit desperate. I looked at her and smiled faintly. “Are you sure you're ready to hear it?” I asked her, and she looked at me, impatiently saying, “Just spit it out already!” Before I could even say anything more, we heard footsteps clearly walking straight to our room, followed by Kaiden's voice calling out Celine's name. I immediately took her and hid in a corner of the room where Kaiden wouldn't see us. He opened the door and scanned the room, but he didn't see us. He closed the door back while Celine and I were too busy hiding in a corner, and we were too close in a very romantic way. I sta
CharlesI felt a strong presence as I sat in the ruined temple, thinking about what to do to fight Kaiden and how to reclaim my mate and make her mine. I looked around, trying to sense where the presence was emanating from, and before long, I saw the priest standing right behind me, looking deeply and intently at me. He bowed and greeted me. “My king, I came to discuss something important with you,” he said to me. I looked at him and asked, “What did you come here to discuss? Why did you just come all of a sudden? Did someone from the pack tell you something? What do you think would happen? You want to get yourself into trouble?” I said to him, but he just looked at me. “Don't worry, my king, nobody is going to see me. Only you can see me,” he reassured me. “So what did you come here to discuss about?” I asked him, and he replied, “It’s about Celine. About how you are going to reclaim her and what we are going to do next. I want to ask you how far your plan has been going and h
Kaiden“How did you find out about all of this? Who told you that? I—I awakened him on purpose. How did you know about this stuff that happened inside the cave? The coffin back there?” She questioned me. But I just stared into space and flashed back to when Charles came to meet me in the throne room. I saw him walk in gracefully, looking heavenly and handsome. He was looking so divine, and I felt inferior to his heavenly grace. But I didn't say anything and wondered why he had come to meet me back there in my throne room. I saw him walk gracefully up to me and say, “Very soon I will take Celine away from you. I will take her away from you completely. Did you even know that she came to meet me and confront me? Even though her mother stopped her from coming here to meet me, she still came. And that was why she awakened me back there at the coffin. Do you think she did it mistakenly? No, it was not a mistake. She did it purposely. She awakened me because she felt she couldn't resist me
Kaiden I opened my eyes and found myself lying in bed with Celine by my side. I looked at her beautiful face and brushed off the air that was covering her face partly as I looked at her intensely with so much love and care. “I wonder what she did to me to make me fall so deeply in love with her as much as this. Don't worry, Celine. I promise you nothing is going to happen to you, and I won't let anybody ever hurt you. No one will ever dare to lay a finger on you as long as I am here, and nobody is going to ever take you away from me as long as I am alive and breathing,” I whispered to her carefully so as not to wake her from her sleep. She looked so peaceful, lying there in my arms. I felt determined to protect this woman as much as I could protect my life because she was like my lifeline, and I wouldn't want anything that would take her out of my arms. “You will never go through any harm. I promise that nothing will ever bother you as long as I'm here. I will share your pain with
Celine“Did Charles really say all that to you?” “Yes, he did. I have been having a lot of nightmares about him. He's always coming into my dreams telling me I'm his mate and no matter what I do, it would make me his. I only went there to confront him and tell him to stay out of my dreams. But he threatened me, and I didn't know what to do. I walked out of his house in annoyance yesterday,” I explained better to Kaiden, and he hugged me and said, “I'm sorry. I didn't know that that was what really happened. Charles twisted the whole thing and lied to me about you coming to his place. He lied. He twisted the whole thing around and lied. I'm sorry. I should have believed you first. I should have asked you what happened before blaming you.” “It's fine. You don't have to apologize. You only acted on impulse. I know how much I mean to you. That's why you acted that way,” I said to him and calmed him down. Then he released me from the hug and said, “Why did you come here in the first pl
Celine When I got to my room, I couldn't stop thinking about what my mom had revealed to me and what Charles had said. A lot of thoughts kept on flooding my head as I remembered how Charles threatened to reveal what I did. How I awakened him and my mom in the coffin that day if I didn't agree to be his mate. I didn't know what to do. And I hoped my mom would devise a plan to stop him from forcing me to be his mate. I hoped. I hoped that he wouldn't disturb me in my dreams tonight and let me sleep well and rest properly. Because I was seriously tired of him being in my dreams and disrupting my sleep. I couldn't rest well for the past few days because of the nightmares he'd been giving me. I just hoped that me confronting him today would make him stop and give me a break. Maybe just for this night because I was really tired, and my head was filled right now with a lot of thoughts. I sat on the bed and kept on thinking about how to convince him to leave me alone and not force me to be
Rose. I just sat there staring into space, helpless. I couldn't bring myself to tell Celine that I couldn't explain to her how she was the opposite of the Moon Goddess. I could remember back then; it came to me as a flashback. Celine was busy playing right outside our house. And then the Moon Goddess…It was almost close to the celebration of the Moon Goddess. The Moon Goddess did something to show her appearance and that she was happy with the pack members. But then Celine got very angry and did something that she wasn't supposed to do. I quickly ran outside and went to her. “Celine, stop. Don't do that ever again. Nobody can ever know that you can do this. Do you understand me? You can't make everybody find out what you just did today. We have to keep it a secret between you and Mom. Okay?” I said to her. And she immediately got scared. I started thinking, what did this girl choose to do? How could she do that to something that the Moon Goddess did? How could she do something li
Celine. I was more than scared of him right now. Yes, I was really scared, and I didn't know what to do anymore. I just stood there, dumbfounded and short of words. I couldn't say anything, and I was shaking already in fear.Hearing this, I realized that there was nothing I could do about this problem right now. I needed to go home and think about it and maybe talk to my mom if she had finally woken up to look for a plan to stop Charles from claiming me as his mate. I didn't utter a word. He started to walk out of his place, but then he said something that made me stop in my tracks. “You, no matter what you do, Celine, you will still be my mate. And I'll make sure that I make you mine. I'll make you my mate. No matter what happens to me, no matter what plan you devise, I'll still make you my mate, and there's nothing that you're going to do about it,” he yelled back at me, and I didn't even turn to look in his direction as I stormed out of his house in frustration. When I got outs
Celine“What do you want to talk about?” “Why have you been coming into my nightmares? I know you have been doing it on purpose. This is not the first time nor the second that I'm seeing you in my dream, and I want you to stop coming into my dream right from this instant.” He laughed sarcastically and looked at me. I scoffed and wondered why he was laughing, and then he stopped and apologized. “I'm sorry for laughing like that, but you just look so funny.” I looked at him with seriousness showing on my face. But then he burst out laughing again, and I immediately felt irritated by his laugh. Everything about him irritated me. I just hated the way he was laughing right now. I needed him to be serious, and here he was laughing, I thought to myself. Then, after a while, he stopped laughing and kept a straight face. “Okay, what made you think that I'm purposely coming into your dreams? Maybe you are just saying things. Maybe it's because you can not just resist me. That's why you ar