JasperMy elder brother asked in a loud and clear voice that made me want to sit back and relax and just watch the drama unfold.My father, who did not miss the accusation in his voice, asked, “Do you have any ideas?”Obviously, my father was giving my brother some time to weigh his options.Draken scratched his chin thoughtfully for a while and answered, “How about you give us the kingdoms based on directions?”Before Edriel could intervene, Draken muttered,“We can all take a piece. I will take the north since it is the most active one. A lot of debates and wars have broken out there recently. It will be quite exhausting for both Edriel and Jasper to look after it”King Brigdain was pleased with his answer and a thin coat of sweat that was glistening on his forehead was wiped away with a handkerchief.“I like that idea”Then he turned to Edriel who was trying hard to not let his muscles strain. Somehow that amused me.But I did not chuckle and simply looked down as Edriel muttered,
JasperI walked out of the big meeting hall, much to the surprise of the shell shocked courtiers and my brothers.They thought they had forced me to rule south, to take the part of the kingdom nobody wanted.Little did they know, I had wanted just that all along.I shook my head, relishing on the shocked looks on their faces.They never learned, not to doubt me, not to think they were going to take me down.Because I always had everything planned out. I could hear Edriel and Draken shocked murmurs as the courtiers began to jump at them, wanting to align with the possible future king.None of them came for me, thinking that I had taken a losing bet, and placed my bet on a losing game.But I was not even playing the same game.Ha!I walked away from the hall and towards my room. I had some preparations to do and some tasks to complete before I started my mission.As I went toward my room, I saw Grace walking toward me and I called her,“Is Celia awake?”Grace nodded, “Yes, your highnes
Celia“What?”I stared blankly at Grace as she stood in front of me, holding a training gear in her hand.“Your prince wants me to wear that?”I raised an eyebrow.The training armor was skin fit and though it covered every inch of my skin, it seemed to be made of spandex or something.No way was I going to wear that.I usually sweated buckets and wanted some air to reach my lungs and my skin preferably. I would always wonder how the girls managed to wear such tight costumes and jump up and down.Grace did not waver and she simply replied, “Prince Jasper just wanted you to wear something that will protect you well”She said and I grit my teeth.It was just a training session for Goddess's sake. I was not going to swim in a lake full of crocodiles, was I?I just gave her a ‘no can do’ look and replied,“Tell your prince to wear that himself if he is afraid of me”Grace had the decency to not laugh or chuckle though I saw a muscle in her jaw twitch. She was good at controlling her laugh
CeliaJasper then sat down to tie the shoelaces and whipped around so fast that I barely had a chance to retreat and take a step back.“What the’”I could not even complete it as he began attacking me. Jasper kept advancing and I kept retreating before I ducked and turned around to deliver a kick.However, he was faster and he lightly punched me in the back, sending me toppling over myself.I managed to stop myself from falling as anger began to rise in me once again.I knew he had not used his full strength to hit me, yet I had gone flying around like a feather and it angered me.Gritting my teeth, I straightened my back and raised my leg, aiming at his abdomen. My leg connected with his chest but there were no sounds of bones breaking, not even a pained hiss out of his mouth.This man was just made of an iron block and it was my foot that felt a reeling impact when I hit him.He did not smile but his eyes danced in delight as I began twisting and turning in an attempt to catch him o
JasperThe sexy seductress was making it very hard for me to focus on training her with her innocent moves and hot headedness.If I was going to rule the south, I needed someone as my next in command, someone I could put my trust in. I needed an ally who knew the lands well, knew the people, and could be of some assistance to me when I would go visit.I knew one year was more than enough time for me to win the challenge and take the throne for myself and just one little trick would make them all bow to me, but I did not want to have wary subjects who would grab the first opportunity to attack me when my back would turn against them.I wanted fiercely loyal subjects, those who would die for me even without me asking them to do so.And my first attempt at that was failing miserably. I had to stop thinking with my dick and start using my head.“Alright”I replied as I did not let my gaze wander down her thin and slim waist. She was a little bomb that would explode at the slightest thing
Celia I was so happy to have taken the cruel prince by surprise and snatched that smug look from his face. He had been taunting me with his cocky attitude and being a lycan obviously put him leagues above me. But I recalled an old trick my dad had taught me when I was young and mom used to hide my favorite dagger from me, high above one of the cupboards. Dad had taught me to use my weight to my advantage and jump around like a monkey, using just about anything as a stepping stone. But now as I looked at the prince, I saw his crystal clear silver eyes dotted with red. Blood pooled in his eyes and trickled out of them and I bit my lower lip nervously. Shit. I had only tried to deliver a blow, not fatally injure him, much less make him bleed. And I had not even hit his eyes but thrown some dust that I had found on the top most peg of an iron pole with a rusty top side that the servants could not probably reach. It had not even been much, just a few bits but I had simply taken wha
CeliaI did not remember much of it but Ma pulled me and Liam near her and shielded us from the chunks of wood and metal that went flying around.Our entire home rattled with a force that was like the sounds of missiles popping off and detonating one after another as rubble and splinters of wood rained down upon us.Ma pulled us close and I heard footsteps coming closer, approaching us and somebody snatching Ma away from us.I skidded to the floor and came to a halt as my head crashed into something heavy. The pain was too blinding and I felt darkness slowly consume me. I felt myself and my little brother being thrown into our hiding spot dad had specially designed for us.It was carved into the pillar and had its entrance from behind while there was a large thick mesh on the front.We would often play hide and seek and that was my favorite hiding spot.But why was I being tucked there along with my little brother if we were not playing?My little brain could not understand.“Celia, C
Celia I jumped up from the bed I was sleeping in and woke up with a start. I felt a rough hand on me as I struggled to get free. Two rough and strong hands were trying to hold me down but I was clawing at them, widely. “Let me go, you monster” I snarled. The memory that I had taken such a great effort to viciously bury down in the deepest parts of my conscience had cropped up, unexpectedly. It had not only broken me down, but it had ravaged me. I felt I was on fire, that my insides were being twisted and thrown into a grinder. My hair was flying from one side to another as I gritted my teeth and my wolf tried hard to calm me down, but to no avail. I was mad. I wanted to kill. I wanted blood. Those eyes of my mother, the way she had screamed….that was upon me. I had lived with that guilt all my life. And somehow after being so strong and bold, after relentlessly training to be the next beta, after being sold in an auction, attempted to be raped twice, I had survived. Even