Jolene's POV
It was unbearable, it was as if my body was submerged in a fire. My whole body was uncomfortable and I couldn't help gasping in pain. I've always thought that one wouldn't feel pain once one dies but it seems to be a lie. It hurts, it hurts so much.
My whole body was as heavy as a lead, I tried to lift my arms but I couldn't, and no matter how much I struggled, my eyes seem to be shut with glue making me unable to open my eyes.
After what felt like centuries, I was finally able to open my eyes to see a beautiful space, 'It's so beautiful. Heaven is so beautiful.' I thought as my green eyes darted around in curiosity.
I tried to look around without straining my painful neck and soon I realized that I was in space. I was in a room; a very big and beautiful room.
The room was painted and decorated in white, and I suddenly realized that I was lying on the bed. This is crazy, is there a bed in heaven? I thought in bewilderment.
"Princess, you're finally awake!" Two women suddenly rushed to me with excitement.
Looking at their face up close, they looked so gorgeous coupled with their white clothes which made them look like an angel. Beautiful ones.
But… Wait! Did the angels just call me princess and what do they mean by 'I'm awake,' didn't I die? I parted my lips to ask but I was unable to say anything because my throat was hoarse.
"Sorry, I'll give you water." One of the angels said in a caring voice which sent happiness down my spine but now I was surprised and curious.
My patched throat was better after the cup of water. "Thank you," I uttered
"You're welcome to Flare Kingdom., Princess." The second woman said with a soft smile.
I furrowed my brows in confusion wondering if Heaven was also divided into different kingdoms and why they were calling me princess.
"Thank you." I appreciated, but before I could ask I heard the first angel say, "That's what mother should be doing."
I looked at her in shock and wondered what she was talking about. I tried to sit up but the woman who called herself mother immediately stopped me and told me not to.
"Why did you call yourself mother and am I not dead? Am I still on earth?" I asked in confusion since I wasn't able to decipher everything due to the headache and the pain coursing through my system.
The second angel chuckled in amusement. "No princess, you're not dead, you're still on earth, of course."
I looked at both of them in disbelief, wondering if they were playing games.
I jumped down from a cliff and fell headfirst on a rock, how can I still be alive like they claimed, "But I jumped down from a tall cliff, how am I still alive?" I asked
"That's because you're a royal lycan." The first woman explained which sent me into another bout of shock.
"I'm not a weak human being?" My eyes widened in surprise and excitement.
"Yes, princess. You're a royal Lycan. My and your father, the king's child." The first ang- I mean woman who called herself mother, explained.
"What do you mean… I'm your child?"
"Yes princess, I'm sorry but we lost you during childhood. We searched for you for a long time but we couldn't find you, we could only find your shoes and accessories littered on the floor." Mom explained with a trace of sincere sadness on her face.
"It's not like you threw me away because you rejected me?" I asked trying hard to fight my excitement
Mother shook her head immediately, "How can we reject you? You're the most precious thing that ever happened to us." Mother explained which made my eye watered
"I… it feels like a dream …" I muttered with a stutter.
Mother interrupted, "It's not…"
"It's just… it's simply unbelievable." I interrupted her with a frown and some other feelings that I couldn't understand. "I've been living like a werewolf all my life, then I was suddenly said to be a weak human and now you said I'm a lycan. How can I believe that?" My voice turned sharp at the end of the words. Unable to explain my current feelings.
"We guess you wouldn't believe it so we made a DNA test to confirm. You can look at it." The second woman explained and brought a paper. It looked different from the papers I'd seen and it looked thick like leather.
"Can't DNA be faked?" I suddenly said in sarcasm which caused tears to pool in my mother's eyes. My head lowered in guilt.
"Besides, don't you think that it's possible seeing how you both looked like you were shaped from the perfect mold?" The second woman said.
"Can I get a mirror please?" I asked quietly.
"Yes." The woman replied and in a few minutes I had the mirror in my hand
Even though I didn't want to believe it, I knew she was telling the truth. "How did you save me?" I asked quietly considering that I fell headfirst on a rock.
"I didn't save you, your father did…" mother revealed
"My real father?" I uttered in shock. I seemed to be getting lots of news that sent me into shock.
"Yes, the lycan king. He smelled your unique royal scent when he was running for his practice in the werewolf pack. He guessed that you must have fallen into the water below the cliff which washed you to the place where your father saw you."
I was surprised by all the explanations but my heart was getting warm because I knew that I wasn't alone anymore; I wasn't rejected also; I wasn't a weak human, instead, I'm a Lycan, a stronger version of a werewolf, "What's a unique royal scent?"
"That's a type of smell only the royal Lycan with the purest blood possesses."
"So, it's not like I'm useless. It's not like I'm weak." I asked tearfully.
"Nonsense! Who said so?" Mother roared in anger but she quieted down and said, "Watch until you awaken your bloodline."
I finally couldn't help crying, the woman who was my mother held out her hand awkwardly with sadness as if to hold my hand. I slowly nodded to her and a beautiful smile appeared on her angelic face. She immediately pulled me into her embrace and rubbed my back comfortingly.
It's so comforting under mom's touch, I muttered with a sigh and sniffed her scent. It was so heavenly and comforting that I couldn't find the energy to cry again. I was filled with happiness.
Mom's face was filled with struggles and hesitation but after a few mins she asked, "But why did you jump down from the cliff?"
Her question made me freeze in my arms and upon remembering all I had gone through in the past few hours, my tears couldn't help falling; Maverick's rejections, the truth behind my identity, and how no one would care about my absence stabbed me cruelly in the heart.
My breath came out in such a hurry that I couldn't help gasping for pain as my heart began to hurt. "Baby! Princess!" Mother called in anxiousness but I had fallen quiet.
"Stop crying please." Mother comforted me when the tears continually poured down from my eyes. A man suddenly strode into the room with an anxious expression. He had green eyes, I guess I must have taken that eye trait from him, considering that mom's eyes were black."Is anything wrong?" My real father asked with a pained expression and pulled mother into his embrace. The other woman quietly left us. I shook my head after getting a hold of my emotions, "No, I'm fine. It's just that I've always thought that I was just a weak human living among the werewolves." I explained and cleaned my tears."Did they reject or bully you because of that?" Father asked with a frown that perfectly shows that he won't hesitate to raze Sharpedges Pack to the ground if I nod and say yes. I slowly shook my head and said, "They didn't. I have a mother and father who always took care of me. The whole pack treated me well." I explained truthfully Mother frowned in confusion, "But why did you fall from t
Maverick's POV "Your highness, I'm sorry but we couldn't find young Miss Jolene no matter how we search." A man told me when I leaned on the tree smoking cigarettes to get my mind off the thoughts. The four teams that father dispatched - which consisted of 7 people each to look for Jolene in different parts of the cliff - finally came back after 3-4 hours telling me they found no trace of Jolene. Maybe because I was used to the disappointment all day, I was numbed to the report."Your highness, I found a jacket." A man ran over holding a green jacket. I recognized it as the one Jolene hung when she was in the practice room. The feelings I've been trying to hold all unbottled themselves and unite to suppress me. All of it seemed to tighten its hand around my throat. The hand that held the cigarettes immediately went closer to my mouth, choosing to concentrate on how the cigarettes felt and tasted instead of letting the emotions overwhelm me. Before I could say a word, another ma
“Again, Jolene do it again” my father yells at me. I just finished sparring with one of the wolves in the pack and he won. I was getting better but this was one of the best I have performed. I got in my fighting stance and prepared to go again. This time I managed to knock him down and I could not help but shout for joy. “Good job baby girl, you did well in training today. I have good news. We are announcing your status as the next Lycan ruler tonight at a ball” my father tells me. I instantly become nervous and I think what if the pack refuse to accept me as their ruler? All these thoughts were rolling around in my head as my father and I were walking back to the royal house. “I know you were worried that the pack would not accept you but I promise you they will. You are the rightful heir and the pack has been waiting years for their princess to return home.” I nod “Father I know, I am just worried, I won’t be good enough. I do not want to disappoint you or mother.”…“I am proud
At the Sharpedges PackThe wedding of Maverick and Cynthia was beautiful. The pack was happy, they finally had a Luna. The newlyweds looked happy, though both were happy for different reasons. Maverick could not believe he had actually married someone that was not Jolene.The celebrations lasted the whole day, everyone was laughing, eating, and dancing, ignorant of the troubles soon to come. When it was time for the couple to consummate their love, they went inside.They undressed each other and made love for most of the night. Maverick looked down at his wife, he did not want what happened to Jolene to happen to her so he promised to try and love her the same way he has loved Jolene these past years.At the edge of the packTwo figures can be seen in the woods, they seem like they are celebrating their success, at least on of them looks like they are happy. “The wedding went on without a problem ad now you have a direct tie to the pack” “Yes, you have done an amazing job my love. Was
She sent a message to her mate through their mind link, “Why did you attack today? I told you not to attack until I was giving birth, then he would be with me and distracted.” She says angrily, “I saw an opportunity and I saw it, Cynthia. Do not scold me or you will regret it. She sighed, she knew she was trapped and if she spoke more, she would be punished. “We need to see tonight” he tells her. At the edge of the pack borders, Cynthia walks to meet her mate, Oliver. “Olly, where are you?” she whispers, “I am right here. What is the update on the pack right now? I heard there was an issue with the Lycan King, what did he want?” he asks. “It is a she actually, the Lycan King is a girl that we thought was dead.”“She was Maverick’s mate before I met him, now she is back, he laughed and hugged her and kissed her cheek when he saw her, although she slapped him. He has always loved her and I do not know what this means for me and the baby.” She tells him. He looks at her, she cannot rea
After Jolene and her parents left the pack, it was relatively peaceful, two weeks had passed and the sharpedges pack had let down their guard. Cynthia was one week away from her due date and was getting cranky. She was tired of the pregnancy and wanted the baby out of her so she could enact her plan.During the last week of her pregnancy, the guards reported sightings of rogues around the pack. “Rogues have broken past our defenses. They are more than last time Alpha. What do we do?” one of the guards asked. Maverick was ready for this, he had been angry for three weeks now.He had found out that Collin was in love with Jolene and that was why he punched him and told him to stay away from her, because he wanted her for himself. He was annoyed that someone would dare look at his mate and he wanted to rip him apart.Collin was still his beta but only spoke to him when it was pack business, he even refused to train with Maverick. The pack noticed something was wrong between the Alpha and
Jolene and her pack sneak up on the guards at each of their posts and kill them quickly to avoid them alerting anyone. They were sneaking into the pack so Oliver would not be alerted. By the time they had reached the training grounds, most of the rogues had been killed. Oliver heard the commotion and came to check what was going on, when he saw Jolene standing alone, he laughed. He thought she was just some stupid girl who tried to be brave, he would show her the error of her ways.He tried to attack her but she shifted to her Lycan, she was faster and stronger than him. It did not take long before she had subdued him. Her pack members had separated to deal with the rogues and rescue the prisoners. “Would you like me to show you mercy?” she asked him, “Yes, please. Who are you?” he pleaded like the coward he was.“I am the Jolene, Ruler of the Lycans, the Lycan King. Rightful Mate of Alpha Maverick
I wake up to see Maverick looking down on me and smiling, “Did you watch me sleep all night?” I ask, “No, I woke up five minutes ago and I like looking at you sleep. You are adorable when you sleep,” he replies. He has been so attentive since we started dating, I am happy but a part of me worries that he will hurt me again.I get up from the bed and head to the bathroom, “Are you not going to join me?” I ask him over my shoulder, I hear him getting off the bed and his clothes been thrown to the floor, I chuckle and turn to look at him, he is standing right in front of me, I look up at him, he grabs my face and kisses me, if not that he was holding me up, I would already be on the floor.“As much as I do not want this to end, we need to enter the shower now” I tell him. He looks down at me, hunger in his eyes, he lifts me up before I can even register what is happening and heads to