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The Kingdom That Was Stolen
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2026-07-23 16:30:12I couldn’t move.
The words echoed through my mind like thunder.
The last surviving princess of the Lycan Kingdom.
It had to be a lie.
A mistake.
Some cruel joke the Moon Goddess had decided to play after everything Alpha Kael had already taken from me.
“I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else,” I whispered, taking a step back. “I grew up in Blackwood Pack. My mother died when I was young. I don’t belong to any kingdom.”
Commander Rowan lowered his head respectfully.
“Your mother made certain that no one would find you.”
“My mother wasn’t royalty.”
“She was.”
Silence settled over the clearing.
The guards remained kneeling, their eyes fixed on the ground as though looking directly at me without permission would be disrespectful.
Everything felt unreal.
“If this is true…” My voice trembled. “Why was I abandoned?”
Commander Rowan’s expression darkened.
“You were never abandoned.”
He looked toward the black carriage waiting beneath the towering pines.
“You were hidden.”
My fingers tightened around the moonstone pendant hanging from my neck.
“Twenty-two years ago, the Lycan Kingdom was betrayed from within. Your grandfather, King Aldric, was assassinated during a royal banquet.”
I felt my heartbeat quicken.
“The royal palace burned that same night. Every prince and princess was believed dead.”
“Everyone?”
“Everyone except one.”
His eyes met mine.
“You.”
My breath caught.
“My mother escaped?”
Commander Rowan nodded.
“Princess Seraphine fled the palace while carrying you. She disappeared before our enemies could find her.”
“Then… why didn’t she ever tell me?”
“Because every child carrying royal blood was hunted.”
The words sent a chill through me.
“If anyone had learned your identity, you would have died before your first birthday.”
Memories surfaced without warning.
Mother refusing to let me remove the pendant.
Her constant warnings.
“Never tell anyone where this came from.”
“If anything happens to me, never take it off.”
I had thought she was simply sentimental.
Now I realized she had been terrified.
A young guard approached Commander Rowan.
“The carriage is ready.”
Rowan nodded.
Then he turned back to me.
“Your Majesty, we should leave immediately.”
“I am not a queen.”
“Not yet.”
The words settled heavily between us.
Just as I opened my mouth to argue, the royal physician hurried from the edge of the forest.
“Commander.”
His voice was urgent.
“We found something.”
Several guards dragged one of the assassins into the clearing.
I froze.
He was still alive.
Barely.
Blood soaked his clothing, but hatred still burned in his eyes the moment he saw me.
Commander Rowan crouched before him.
“Who sent you?”
The assassin laughed weakly.
“You… are already… too late.”
Rowan’s face remained unreadable.
“Answer.”
The assassin slowly turned toward me.
His cracked lips stretched into a cruel smile.
“So…”
He coughed violently.
“…the lost princess lives.”
Every guard immediately drew their swords.
The assassin ignored them.
His gaze dropped to my stomach.
His smile widened.
“The prophecy…”
My blood ran cold.
“What prophecy?” I demanded.
He laughed again.
“The royal heir…”
His breathing became ragged.
“…must never…”
Before he could finish, his body jerked violently.
Dark veins spread across his neck.
Foam gathered at his lips.
Within seconds, he collapsed lifeless onto the forest floor.
The physician examined him before looking up grimly.
“Poison.”
Commander Rowan cursed under his breath.
“He bit a poison capsule hidden inside his teeth.”
The assassin had chosen death rather than reveal the truth.
But he had already revealed enough.
He knew who I was.
He knew about my unborn child.
And he had spoken of a prophecy.
Commander Rowan slowly stood.
“This changes everything.”
“What aren’t you telling me?”
He hesitated.
For the first time since meeting him, uncertainty crossed his face.
“The prophecy says that the child born from the last royal princess…”
He paused.
“…will either unite every werewolf kingdom…”
His voice became almost a whisper.
“…or destroy them all.”
A distant wolf howl pierced the night.
Commander Rowan’s expression hardened instantly.
“They’ve found us.”
He drew his sword.
“Protect the Princess!”
From the darkness beyond the trees, dozens of glowing red eyes suddenly opened.
End of Chapter 6
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