HAYLEE~~After the kind of day that I had yesterday and the intense conversation between Xalen and me, the last thing I expected was to wake up this morning with a wet, throbbing pussy.It was shocking and maybe a little weird because who gets horny a few hours after their mother had a near-death experience and was healed with poison? Not to forget that Xalen and I talked about not having a baby before we came home.So why the hell would my body be against me?“Fuck, your scent is killing me, Nerina,” Xalen groaned gruffly as he spoke for the first time that morning.“I don’t know what’s happening. I can’t help it,” I aimed to let out a complaint, but my words came out as a moan, communicating what was going on between my legs.Xalen pulled me into his arms, making me look into his eyes as he raised my chin. Then he said to me, wearing a naughty smile, one that I have missed greatly, “I know what has happened, Hay.”“You do?” I breathed harshly.“Hmm mm,” Xalen answered. He lowered
ALPHA KING XALEN~~I didn’t know exactly how I would get it done but I was certain I would find all the red wolves and reunite them with their biological family, even if I had to appoint people to carry out DNA tests around the realm.Heck, even if I have to move from one pack to another to carry out the damn tests myself, I would do it to keep my mate by my side…. To keep my mare in my arms.Haylee, who had been crying into my chest, looked at me as she asked, “How do you plan to find them through the records? Didn’t Roy try to do that once?”Trust Haylee to ask the question I have been asking myself ever since I decided to do this. I came over to this place after she left her in the healing suite after our argument, and even though I have been cross-checking records, I couldn’t find a single lead.I sighed, wiping my mate’s face to get rid of the tear stains before I uttered, “Yes, Roy tried to find the red wolf we believed was involved in Uncle Calvin’s death, but I’m not Roy. I
HAYLEE~~“What a badass Queen you will make.” Liya beamed with pride as I walked away from the scene.It felt so damn good to take charge like that, but I have come to realize that I was a power junkie. I easily get drunk on power, and I have to make a mental note to always be on the safe side.“Safe side or not, did you see Allison’s face when she realized you didn’t plan to save her from the servants' torture?” Liya crackled within me, making it known that she would have rolled on the floor and wagged her tail like a dog right now if she weren’t trapped within me.I chuckled. “Yes, I saw. I can’t shake the image out of my mind.”“That’s because I put it there.” Liya retorted, with an admission that got another laugh out of me.Gosh, I wish I could be happy for more than a few hours. I wish happiness would capture me and make me its slave instead of this constant heartache and dread.“You will be happy as long as you make a constant effort to walk the path of happiness,” Liya stat
Princess Allison’s POV ~~ It hasn’t been two days yet. It hadn’t been two days since I was made a slave, but I was beginning to realize that hell was better than the life I was living presently. Rotting in hell would be so much better. Not only did I have to sleep on the floor because my roommates wouldn’t let me have the extra flat bed that had been placed in the room, but it wasn’t my usual queen-sized bed, yet they denied me the right to have it. I have also been given the same ugly uniform that I have never failed to vomit at when I see it on the servants before my life took a sudden turn. I have been wearing that all day because I had to. I couldn’t even say no to orders that I knew would hurt me. I had to follow the orders. “That is the curse that comes with being the lowest wolf in the pack.” Nala had used her strength to tell me this earlier today when I discovered that I couldn’t say no to anyone, not even the servants. “You are forced to obey everyone because you ar
HAYLEE ~~ After a lifetime of struggles that I had to watch. After the dose of Crisombane was administered to Aradia, the mother I desperately wanted to have alive and active. After an eternity of shock, seizures, and near-death experiences, Aradia finally pulled through. Yes, the poison method worked. It took forever and almost ripped my heart apart, but it worked. “Perhaps if you were patient enough, you wouldn’t have cried ugly before the same people who will be your subjects if you don’t decide to die,” Liya chimed in, but she also had to remind me of the prophecy and how I treated Xalen. My wolf wouldn’t even let me have a minute of relief… or enjoy the joy that ripped through me when Gladys announced with bright eyes, “She’s stable. It’s working like we hoped, Queen Haylee.” In fact, Liya added before I could settle down with Aradia after the Healers left me alone with her, “You should find Xalen and talk about the prophecy in a civil manner. Life is already hard enough
HAYLEE~~“Are you sure about this, Queen Haylee?” Gladys asked me with evident concern, her voice trembling slightly, after I declared that I was willing to let Aradia go.Was I truly certain I wanted my mother to die without ever having the chance to have a normal relationship with her? Goddess, no. The pain in my chest was almost unbearable, the ache too deep to bear. But deep down, I knew that if she was willing to stop fighting for her life, I had to be ready to accept it. This moment, I believed, was the time to let go, even as my heart shattered inside.No strength remained in me to speak or explain my swirling, conflicting feelings to the worried Healer before me. I nodded faintly, feeling light-headed and hollow as I took slow steps toward the sofa. I was done fighting. Completely exhausted and my soul weary beyond words.“I'm not done fighting, Nerina. Don’t give up yet.” Those words suddenly echoed in my mind, scrambled, almost incomprehensible, but I recognized Aradia’s