Chapter 15Lydia’s POVI pressed my palms against my too-hot cheeks and paced outside the bathroom door.“Are you sure you’re okay in there?!”I cringed the moment it touched my lips; it sounded like I was expecting an invitation to join him, and I heard Darwin chuckle from inside.“Lydia I’m taking a bath. I promise I’m fine,” he replied as I shook my head to clear Drusilla’s thoughts.Of course he’s fine! His wolf must have healed him by now. And yet, I can’t help the worry that takes over me at the slightest thought of him being hurt.“Okay! I’ll just…” I trailed off, unsure of what to say, as I turned awkwardly and walked back to the bed.Darwin said something in reply that sounded suspiciously like he was laughing, but I ignored him and proceeded to change the bedsheets. Just because it’s something to do and I like the feel of crispy, clean sheets against my skin.My skin prickled uncomfortably at the thought that I was alone in the room, and it was the perfect time to snoop agai
Chapter 16Lydias POVWilson gasped and launched me away from him so quickly that I stumbled.Had he gone mad?!"Wilson, what-” I hissed in annoyance.“I’m sorry, my king. I tried to stop her; she just wouldn’t stop,” Wilson pleaded cowardly with Darwin as he ignored me and turned to face Darwin, who had walked up to us.My eyes widened at his insinuation, but I slapped his arm lightly with a chuckle, trying to play it off as a joke.Don’t be ridiculous, Wil. There’s no need to joke around like that."“We were just having a conversation. With everything that happened today, he just wanted to make sure I was alright,” I said brightly in hopes that Darwin would buy my bullshit, but his eyes narrowed like he could see through my lies, and I squirmed uncomfortably.“My king, she-” Wilson started to speak again, but Darwin cut him off.“WHY WAS LYDIA CRYING?” He truly looked livid, and with a start, I realized he wasn’t angry at finding me with Wilson but was angry at the tear tracks on my
Chapter 17 Lydia’s POV “Move out of my way!” I hissed at Freya in irritation as the urge to pee flooded my senses. “What?! You can't be serious! I caught you snooping.” Freya grabbed my arm and tried to drag me back toward her. “Are you really going to pretend like I didn’t just see you?!” Freya was furious for some reason, and while I found it hella suspicious that she had literally just walked out of a wall, I couldn't dwell on it. Not while my bladder felt like it was about to burst. “I… Neeed… To... pee,” I hissed painfully as I pushed past her into the bathroom that I initially came for. With a sigh of relief, I pulled up my pants, walked up to the sink, and began to wash my hands calmly. The bathroom door pushed open, and Freya angrily walked in. “Lydia, you can't be here! How did you even find this place? Get out!” Freya hissed. “What the hell is your problem?” I grabbed a tissue and dried my hands while staring daggers at Freya. “It’s just a restroom. I needed to pee
Chapter 18Lydia’s POV“W Wilson?” I stuttered in surprise.Wilson jumped down into the training ring and swaggered towards me.“Here,” He pulled off his chest and handed it to a guard.“I’m not fighting you” I rolled my eyes in exasperation and turned to slauntered off the training ring.If he was looking for a fighting buddy, he could wrestle one of the guards.“Why Lydia? Scared you’ll lose?” Wilson chuckled as the guards began to laugh alongside him.I narrowed my eyes at the bunch of cowards. They had forgotten who gave thme their wounds so soon. “I just don’t want to fight you,” Irritation flashed through me as Wilson grabbed my arm and spun me to face him.“Come on, let’s show them how the moonlight pack fights,” Wilson’s voice dropped low and he gave me a wink.“No,” I replied and pushed his arm away.Faster than I could blink, Wilson retaliated by landing a blow to my side. I went sprawling to the floor as the training ring erupted in an uproar and the guards all angled to
Chapter 19 Lydia’s POV I sat on the floor in shock as Wilson barked out a laugh and stood to his feet. “You still don’t understand battle tactics, Ly,” he mocked as he patted my head and turned to face the crowd cheering for him. I vaguely felt the skin on my cheek knit back together and I numbly got to my feet. “Cheer up! You fought well too." A guard tried to speak to me as I walked out of the training ring. “Let her go! She’s a sore loser. It's always like that when she loses a battle,” I heard Wilson say as the crowd laughed. “It’s fine; I’ll just comfort her later." My brain ached and my eyes tingled as I struggled to hold back my tears. I wrapped my arms around my body and kept on walking blindly back into the palace. He doesn’t know me. He doesn’t know me. He doesn’t know me. How many years have I known Wilson yet he doesn’t know a thing about me? And me? I never believed him capable of such dishonorable battle tricks but I was wrong about this. What else could I b
LYDIA’S POV‘Stop! Stop the meeting!” I panted. Out of breath from running for so long.“What are you doing here?” Freya sneered. Why was she even in the meeting?“Lydia?” Darwin asked in confusion as he stood to his feet.I turned to Darwin and pointed a finger at Wallace.“He’s a fraud. He doesn’t have the life elixir or even know a thing about it. End this sham of a meeting now Darwin, before you get duped,” Wallace’s face turned red, as be spluttered angrily.“Who are you?” Wallace hissed in annoyance. “Guards! Remove this gremlin from here!” A shadow crossed Darwin’s face as he stalked over to me.“That’s my bride Wallace. Watch your tongue or you won’t have one anymore,” Relief filled me. He believed me!As Darwin got to me, I launched myself at him and hugged him tightly. “Wait, Lydia. Can you please explain?” Darwin asked as he held my arms gently and moved me back so he could look in my face.“Wallace is a fraud. He doesn’t have the elixir of life NO one does,”A funny lo
LYDIA’s POV “Darwin!” I gasped as I shook my head slowly and began to step backward. “Lydia, WHAT PLAN?!” Fear rushed down my spine and my heart rate increased. I have never seen him look so angry. “N n…th-” I stuttered, unsure of what to say. “Forgive her, my king! When she came up with the idea of pretending to accept you just so she could blackmail you, I warned her. And I tried to stop her, I swear it!” Disappointment left a foul taste in my mouth as Wilson crashed to his knees before Darwin and threw all the blame on me. “That’s not true, Wilson, and you know it!” I snapped angrily Freya’s shock seemed to ebb off into anger as she hissed angrily. “So this is what you’re truly like?” She scoffed and shook her head. “I always knew you were desperate but how dare you! The child of a servant trying to take advantage of the rogue king!” I rolled my eyes at Freya and turned to Darwin. “You know that’s not true. You know me, right? I didn’t-” “That night you were with my lap
Chapter 22Lydia’s PovI watched in horror as Darwin wrapped his hand around the elixir on Wilson’s throat and snapped it off.“Darwin!” I pushed past a shocked Margery and ran up to stop him from doing anything stupid.“No, Lydia!” Darwin growled angrily as he whipped his head to me.“I asked you! Again and again about the elixir and you liedl”My tears fell down my cheeks as I tried and failed to grab onto his arm.“It wasn’t my secret to tell!” I shook my head to get him to believe me.“I I tried to warn you and tried to—““Tried to gather information so you could blackmail me!” Darwin was so angry he was past caring.Just then a static sound filled my head. I lost all sense of my thoughts as I shut my eyes and gripped my head to get the sound to stop.And it stopped. Only I somehow knew I was in someone else’s head.“Amari!” Darwin’s wavy voice filled my head.“Get the guards here Now!”I froze wide-eyed in shock. Did I just hear the mind link between Darwin and his commander?“D