Chapter Sixty-five.Diana's pov.What she had said had unnerved me but I pushed it to the back of my mind as I followed her to wherever she was taking me. I observed the house and it really wasn't what I had thought a witches house would look like.“Sit, I'll be right back,” she ordered before she disappeared behind a door.I sat quietly and continued to look around, she didn't return for a while and I began to think of something else; What if she ran away? That couldn't be possible, this was her own house.With the silence in the room, my doubts continued to rise until finally she walked out of the door and into the room, I breathed a sigh of relief, “Oh, thank the stars, I thought you left me.” She gave me an incredulous look which made me revert back into myself a bit, “Why would I leave my house for the likes of you?”I didn't say anything to that as I knew she wouldn't offer me a straight answer.She placed a purple vial bottle on the table, “Give me your hand,” she exasperated.
Chapter Sixty-six.Diana's pov.The street lights blinked occasionally as I walked past.The eerie night drive shivers down my spine, walking in the dark all alone wasn't the most ideal time but I didn't have a choice, it's not like I could just stay over at the witch's house.I walked for almost an hour, rotating every second as I thought I heard footsteps behind me, little sounds from the corners, squeaking signboards that made me jump.Maybe I was in over my head, but there was something in the dark that was watching me, at the corner just into an alleyway which dodged the flickering lights.I stood frozen in place, the wind blew my hair into my face but I didn't take my eye off that sport even for one second, someone was there, the feeling set the back of my hair to stand on edge.I stared long and hard trying to figure out who they were and why they were following me but I was too scared to go up and ask when honking sounds disturbed the quiet night. I jumped back in fright and p
Chapter Sixty-seven.Diana's pov.We stood in silence for what felt like hours but it was only just seconds. I asked myself countless times in my mind what exactly he wanted from me but nothing came up.His presence made me feel on edge, and I didn't like that feeling, not knowing what to do. I stood there with my eyes to the floor, my nostrils had been clouded by his scent, and it did things to me that I wouldn't like.I swallowed the lump that had formed in my throat and snuck a peak at him from under my lashes, his eyes were hooded but they were the only things I saw before I glanced back down quickly as he was staring very intently at me.Did I do something to upset him? Why would he be angry at me? His hands clenched and unclenched.I tried to recall this past week; the events that had occured, nothing particular seemed to come to mind, nothing that concerned him at least. There was the incident with the queen but I doubt he was here for that.What if he found out about my little
Chapter Sixty-eight.Alaric's pov.Her flustered expression was not something I thought I would have loved to see.She pushed her silver hair behind her ears as she stared at the polished floors, I groaned inwardly and berated myself, what was I doing? She continued to stare at the floor and I hated it. Why wouldn't she just look at me, everytime she was close, she always avoided my gaze.I had been thinking about her ever since she had supposedly come back from the dead, it was like the mate bond was even stronger than before. Everytime she was even a slightest bit close to me I could feel it, I would catch her scent from miles away and it did things I didn't like to me, making me lose focus.Every time she brushed past me, even the smallest of touches left fires that spread throughout my entire body, like an electric pulse that coursed through my veins.The feeling was addictive, intoxicating, and even my time with Emily couldn't stop that.I hated the fact that she had such an eff
Chapter Sixty-nine.Diana's pov.I continued to run without stopping, the tears fell freely down my eyes. How could I have been so stupid? I was carried away by the mate bond; the feeling, the tingles, the fire that burned within me, the emptiness I had felt as I left him behind.Why would he do that? I continued to ask myself but I knew deep down the answer to my question.I reached my room and slammed the door shut behind me, my back to the door, I slid to the floor and let it all out. Ever since, I had held the pain deep down, the fact that he never wanted me and there was no chance for us to be together, I tried my best not to show any emotions when he was around.Not to show that he affected me in ways that I couldn't even explain, I hid my feelings because I knew there was never a chance between us. When I heard that Alaric and Emily had completed the mating rights, I wanted nothing but to kill myself all over again but I couldn't.As much as I wanted death, I was still afraid
Chapter Seventy.Diana's pov.I thought maybe it was time for my punishment as I waited for the order to come in, but why would my punishment come in the middle of the night though? It didn't make any sense the more I thought about it.The order finally came as Queen Megan's voice called out for me to enter. I was a bit hesitant before I pushed the double doors open.The Queen was in her nightgown as she said in front of the mirror with a brush in her hand while she worked on her hair, “Oh yes, you're here,” she said like she had forgotten she had sent for me.I studied her features and tried to predict what this was all about but she wasn't giving anything away, a true queen indeed, able to be mysterious yet regal, something I could never be, hence why Prince Alaric had rejected me in the first place.“I need you to go into town for me, to get a parchment, I really need it,” she said as she continued to brush her hair as she glanced at me from the mirror, I tried not to show any emot
Chapter Seventy-one.Diana's pov.A loud howl echoed into the still night which instilled a sense of fear in my heart. This was going to be a long night, I said to myself before I began to make my way towards the shop Queen Megan had described for me.I was scared. There was barely anyone in the streets, the sounds of silence were loud. The street light provided beams that only made me more visible to anyone who was targeting me but I would rather be in the light than be in darkness.I dragged my feets over the perfectly cobblestone while I thought of this parchment I was going to pick up, what exactly was in it and why couldn't the queen wait till morning? Something told me it wasn't really that important and that she didn't really need it and wanted a way to get rid of me.Every slight sound made me jump in fear, the sound of scurrying rats, the sound of squeaking doors, the hooting of an owl.I wondered if Luke had anything to do with this. What if they were on this together? I thr
Chapter Seventy-two.Diana's pov.I was so stunned as my eyes opened wide and watched as the man who just had his arm ripped from his body screamed and thrashed around as he stepped back from me not believing what had happened.If it weren't for his severed hand lying limp on the floor beside us, I wouldn't have believed it either. He began to scream while the other two searched around for the perpetrator.The blood continued to ooze out and for some reason flashes of my visions appeared in my mind, so much blood poured out of his shoulder nonstop and I i couldn't take it anymore before my legs finally gave out and I fell on my butt and shivered, my teeth chartered as i watched the horror unfold before me.The man that had his arm ripped off shouted and ordered for the two of them to keep searching for who had done it when his other arm was ripped off as well, now he had no arms left.The cloaked figure was too fast for my eyes to see as he broke the man's two legs, he fell to the gro