Should Wyatt be on the suspect list? Thank you for reading! Love, Kiki.
ALPHA KING XALEN~~“I can confirm that this body and the Queen's body share similarities, and their deaths might be as a result of the same cause,” Flavia said after hours of doing her thing with the guard’s body. The daylight was sneaking into the cell from the windows, illuminating the mess the guard's body had become after whatever Flavia did to him.“Can you be more precise? How are they similar? Can this help me in any way?” I asked, even though Flavia didn't know the entire story.Even Wyatt didn't know the entire story.It was just Roy and Haylee who knew what Laura had done and why I was anxious to get proof to back the claims I would have to present to the elders and the entire realm before it was too late.“My King, just like in the Queen's case, the body is clean of everything that could kill a werewolf. There's no poison, no sign of silver, and definitely no sign of struggle. It looks like a natural death, but even a natural death usually has causes most times. However,
ALPHA KING XALEN~~“Roy LeRoy!” Uncle Calvin shouted at Roy.That was strange because every time Roy was mentioned in his absence, Uncle Calvin showed nothing but happiness. He was always happy to see Roy, as far as I knew, so what was going on with them?“You aren't going anywhere until you tell me what I need to know, Dad,” Roy seethed angrily.I was standing outside their entrance door. I was about to knock when I heard the noise and perceived the unnaturally thick tension between my uncle and his son. Since I had never seen them argue, my interest spiked immediately, and I hid my scent to conceal my presence as I listened to their argument.“This is wrong,” Theo said to me, yet he helped me heighten my senses so I could hear the duo clearly from where I was standing.“I have told you why I had to send you away and lie that Xalen wanted you gone, Roy. What more do you want? An apology? Or would you like me to turn back the hands of time so you can stay here and fight with your co
ALPHA PRINCE ROY’S POV ~~“Tell me everything you did, Calvin, or you won’t live to see the next hour.”Xalen’s anger pierced through my soul as he snarled at my dad, whose fear was evident in his eyes. Not to digress, but never has he looked at me like that. I am no king after all. He has been acting nonchalant since this argument began, and not that I planned for Xalen to overhear us, but I was glad he did. At least now I would get answers out of the man who called himself my father. “Xalen–” My dad struggled to pull himself together. But Xalen barked at him, “Don’t even dare use my name, Calvin. Just answer the same question. You know better than to lie to me, right?”“You don’t understand–” My dad tried again. But yet again, Xalen cut him off, “Do I have to force the truth out of you? You of all people should know what I am capable of.”It was as if I was no longer in the room. It was as if it was just Xalen and my dad, just like in the past. But unlike those days when the
ALPHA KING XALEN~~With every second that ticked by, the flame of fury burned hotter within me.With every word that came out of the mouth of the man that I have looked up to for many years. The man who has made me resist the urge to go to war. The man who raised me and taught me the principles that my dad abided by when he was King. With every word that came out of this man’s mouth, I questioned every message we had shared. I questioned the feeling I had for him. I might not show it much, but I actually respected Uncle Calvin. Heck! I adored him. He became my parent after I lost my biological ones. Scratch that! He became my parent after he killed my biological ones. He wanted me dead as a matter of fact. He wanted me dead so he could have the throne. As if he hadn't done enough damage to me, he disrupted my mate's bond, tricked me, stabbed me in the back repeatedly, and even now, he wasn't remorseful. Yet I didn't make a move to rip his tongue out of his fucking mouth. I nee
HAYLEE~~It was instant, sudden, and soul-crushing. It was consuming and extremely painful. It was the kind of pain that I had never experienced in my life.Coming from me, a young woman who has experienced pain since she was born? Coming from me, who had to endure every kind of pain ever known to my kind?However, all the pain I have experienced in my life, combined, doesn't sum up to what seized my body in an instant, throwing me into the very source of agony.“Ah!” I cried out sharply before I could stop myself.Sophia, who was in my bedroom with me, looked at me with concern. It pained me to see her face knit with worry, but I couldn't help it. In fact, it felt like the devil himself had decided to pour his entire lake of fire into me.My sweat glands became hyperactive just as suddenly as the pain. I couldn't breathe properly. Heck! I couldn't seem to think properly.“Haylee,” Sophia called out to me, but I couldn't respond.I couldn't use my tongue to speak, but I could scream
HAYLEE~~“Daddy!” Sophia cried out.I couldn’t look at her because my eyes wouldn’t budge, not even for a second. My eyes wouldn't shift from Xalen’s bloody frame.His clothes, his exposed skin, and even his face. He was bloody all over.And even though I couldn't look at Sophia, I knew tears were rolling down her cheeks as the wind carried her shaky voice straight to my ears. Sophia’s voice was not only shaky but also full of horror.The same horror was coursing through me, burning every sign of joy in my life like a merciless wildfire.I was visibly shaking, yet my legs kept moving as I ran with the warriors who were carrying Xalen on a stretcher. Sophia was running too, and we were both crying—one crying out loud and the other crying internally as they both feared the unknown.“Somebody get the princess out of the way. She shouldn’t see this!” An unfamiliar but authoritative voice echoed, snapping me back to life as I recalled that it was my duty to take care of Sophia and shield
HAYLEE~~I was losing my grip on the solid ground. I was losing my grip on Sophia, and I was losing my grip on sanity.“Haylee?” Sophia called out to me, fear latched onto every letter as she pronounced my name. “Why aren’t we moving? Daddy has been taken into the palace, and Uncle Roy is almost inside. We have to move.”Yes, I had to move.But I couldn't bring myself to.Liya’s words continued to echo in my mind, and I lost every will to continue walking or even living.“He isn’t breathing,” Liya had said to me a few minutes ago, and my feet had frozen along with every other sense I had. I was standing in the middle of the palace yard.“Haylee!” Sophia raised her voice as she tried to snap me out of the trance that my wolf’s words had trapped me in.I looked into Sophia’s eyes and began to wonder how she would react when she found out that Xalen was gone. Tears brimmed in my eyes as I thought about what would become of me and the kids now that Xalen was gone.Gosh, I was so fuckin
Princess Allison’s POV ~~It wasn't the re-echoing sound of the gunshots that woke me up from my afternoon nap. It wasn't the noise from the hell that broke loose when the gunshots shook the foundation of the realm.Neither was it the noise within the palace.I slept through all of that, but I didn't know I had at this moment. All I knew was that I was sleeping soundly until the sharp sound of my ringtone jabbed my eardrums, calling me back to consciousness.Even Nala groaned in my mind, “Gosh, why is he calling now?”My wolf's hesitation to get out of bed was loud and clear. Also, her assumption that the caller was the mystery man I had been talking to for the past few days was equally loud.I got out of bed, or more accurately, I stretched my hand to get my cell phone from the bedside table without leaving the bed. I answered the call, my eyelids barely open.“Calling to yell at me for letting a perfect opportunity slide?” I said into the speaker before the mystery man could talk
Princess Allison’s POV ~~If I saw the nightmare having breakfast with the family, I desired to be a part of it, even though every member of that family hated me; I ignored her.Haylee had proven to be my nightmare. The wall I stumbled upon each time I found a way to get myself out of the mess my life had become. Sadly, Haylee had remained a constant, and I didn’t see how I would get rid of her.Not anymore.I have tried killing her. I tried framing her. I tried making everyone hate her. Heck! What more was I supposed to do?“Why is she so indestructible? Who the hell is she?” Nala growled within me as I stormed out of the palace, eyes searching the compound and nose inhaling the air to find the bastard that renewed my hope.He should have left me to rot in defeat or at least let me figure this out on my own instead of using his silly tricks. Silly, futile tricks!“This is getting out of hand, Nala.” I whimpered to my wolf, walking aimlessly around the pack after I exited the palac
Princess Allison’s POV ~~I wasn’t there, but I heard the celebration. It was earthshaking, so who in the pack wouldn’t hear or feel it? Even though I didn’t join the celebration, the rumors of what led to such happiness reached me within the next hour. Since Benita was dead, I have been assigned another servant, even though I wasn’t welcomed in the palace. No one made me feel welcome, but I didn’t care because I trusted fake Jose’s plan to work just fine. I mean, it has been working for the past week. I thought nothing could change the outcome until my new servant came to my bedroom with breakfast. “What’s the noise about, Orla?” I asked the sweet girl who had replaced Benita. Although she was no Benita, she had been serving me with respect since she became my servant.“There’s no noise, Princess Allison,” Orla answered, staring straight into my eyes for the first time since she started serving me. My brows furrowed as I took the tray of food from her. I clarified my question,
HAYLEE~~Saying I was relieved would be an understatement of the century; I was overwhelmed with elation, a surge of joy that went beyond mere relief. The sound of joy and the promise of a better future were enough reasons for me to be happy.And I was.But at the same time, I was worried. Or maybe it was fear because I wasn’t sure I could live up to the pack’s expectations. The same expectations that I had infused into their minds when I said these words to them:“I promise to be a queen who leaves marks—marks that will remain unerasable throughout history.”Even after the small celebration that happened after my coronation was scheduled, I still couldn’t figure out how those words made their way out of my mouth. It was as if a part of me I never knew existed voiced those words… a part of me that was awakened when the pack openly accepted me.“You’ve always wanted to be accepted,” Liya chimed into my mind as I walked back to the bedroom with Xalen, who was grinning from ear to ear
ALPHA KING XALEN~~Mornings and nights have become my favorites. I wake up to Haylee in the morning and share breakfast with the family before facing the rest of the world. And at night, I get to leave the chaos behind, return to my loved ones, and fall asleep with Haylee in my arms.But today, this cherished morning had to end earlier than usual. In that moment, I worried it would be yet another tough day for my mate and me.“It’s Roy. You might want to see this,” my cousin’s voice boomed through the room before I could even open the door.Sophia and Asher had been hanging on me as I stood there, but as soon as they saw Roy, they jumped on him instead, giving me a moment to compose myself after the strenuous dancing and singing.“You call that singing? Haylee calls it a sound. A bad sound,” Theo mocked me through the link.Roy’s cry for help snapped me out of it. “Can you get one of them off me? I’m not a father yet, and this is pure torture.”“More like practice, brother,” I quip
HAYLEE~~I cried my heart out to sleep last night. I was sad after the meeting with Kaylee, and even though Flavai tried to console me, I couldn’t shake off the mood. I thought sleeping early would help me relax, and I yearned to reach out to Aradia so we could talk.Before I went to bed, Jodie was cranky, and she wouldn’t stop crying until I carried her. I didn’t know when I fell asleep with her in my arms, but it was a good sleep. It was as if she was crying to reach me so she could comfort me, even though other people had failed to do so.Jodie just happened to be my little comforter.That was the first thought that came to mind as I slipped out of the sleep realm that morning. Although I didn’t get to connect with Aradia, I woke up feeling less sad, and I didn’t understand why until my eyes fluttered open and instantly connected with Xalen’s happy eyes.“Good morning, sleeping beauty.” Xalen’s voice and love rushed into my mind as he spoke through our mate bond.His eyes twinkl
ALPHA KING XALEN~~In that moment, my pack members got their priorities right. I could feel it in my bones, yet I added, “Protesting to have Haylee punished for being a good person caught in the middle of bad ones or evil would mean you are ready to have Alpha Richard as your Alpha and King.”To clarify, I added, “Yes, I will stop being your Alpha and give the pack to him. He and his family will lead you, and just like now, when they commit a crime or treat you unjustly, you won’t be able to prove it. Even if you can, the court will be against you, and your fellow pack members will wage war against you until you die in silence or get killed despite your innocence.”For a few minutes, I didn’t utter another word. I needed everything I had said to sink into the hundreds of minds listening to me.After a while, I continued, “I would be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about leaving after I found out that Laura was used against me. I wanted to give up because I was tired of losing ever
ALPHA KING XALEN~~After many hours of secret meetings with the ten elders who had come forward to take an oath of loyalty, I thought to check on my mate before moving on to speak to every member of the pack.She has been on my mind all day, and I worry about her.However, I knew I had to get this done before going to Haylee so I could give her my full attention. With that thought in mind, I shoved my desire to see her to the depth of my stomach, looking around my empty office as I opened my mind to every member of the Royal Pack, creating a general link so everyone could hear me.Everyone but the little kids under the age of thirteen.My pack members' curiosity could be felt through the link I created, but since I was their Alpha, that feeling wasn’t overwhelming. I could control it.I breathed into their minds, “Good evening, members of the Royal Pack. As you can tell, it’s your Alpha and King, and this is a general message for all of you.”I managed to calm my nerves, sealing my
HAYLEE~~“He would never have loved me if I didn't force him to. Hell, he is tolerating me because of what I know. Even now, he doesn't love me.” Kaylee smiled sadly.Her eyes were on me, and her sadness burned through the protective layer of my skin.I wished I could tell her that wasn't the truth, but at this moment, I knew nothing.“He would have loved you more than he loved me because he loved your mom more than he loved mine,” Kaylee stated, her voice blunt with no emotion. “Maybe if I didn't make him hit you, he would have felt love for you instead of the guilt I know he carries in his heart.”It was hard to believe Kaylee was the reason I got beaten. I mean, yes, I have always known she lied to our dad just to watch me suffer, but it was hard to believe she asked him to, and he did.Leverage or not, it doesn't feel right.Kaylee continued on that path, though, saying, “I couldn't let that happen, so I ruined his chances with you, threatening him every day so he couldn't hurt
HAYLEE~~Would I have turned evil and mean if I’d found out that my dad cheated on my mom when I was five years old?I asked myself that before I heard the rest of Kaylee’s story, and my answer was no.But if I had waited until she finished, I believe my answer would have been different.“Like all lying assholes, Dad didn't tell my mom that he cheated on her. And even though she felt the pain when he did the deed with your mom, he denied it and blamed her pregnancy for everything, saying it was just an early sign,” Kaylee breathed, adjusting her position on the floor where she’d sat since she entered the room.I let her continue without interrupting. I noticed tears trickling down her face, her inner child weeping as her heart was broken all over again. I could only imagine the pain Kaylee felt when our drunken father confessed all this to her.And for her to remember it so vividly—that must have hurt so much that she buried it deep in her mind.“My mom believed his lies, but the t