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The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 11
The sun was smiling rather unusually over Lock Heart territory. The previous days of rain made that sunny morning seem a bit out of place. Anna got out of her tent with a slight sense of optimism, which she was sure came with the sun rays that bathed her as she stood at the entrance of her tent, unsure where to turn and where not to.She watched as the camp-like territory of the Lock Heart was already buzzing with activity and the chatters of children, all bright-eyed and bubbling with a seeming excitement that Anna couldn't quite grasp. The sight of them brought back a lot of memories, which she desperately repressed.With a seeming determination not to waste the new energy the brightness of the day had brought, she began walking aimlessly down the straight path between the tents.Walking from within, the Lock Heart's territory seemed just to be an area of land with tents and structures littered all over. As she continued walking, the arrangement became much clearer to her. The metic
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 12
Horace fumed, although he dared not express the full weight of it. "We could have at least kept one of them alive. That could have been our best chance at getting to know what our enemies were up to."Lucian was indifferent to his words, seated in his usual armchair, facing the window of his room, which opened to the enchanting night view of the rest of the territory, as the words of his complaining soldier went on and on about his rage-driven act of decapitating the spies.He felt a bit bad for letting his rage gain the upper hand in the heat of the moment. But at the same time, he chose to feel no regrets. It felt like he had literally turned his back on the world."If they're really after us, they'll strike again." He finally spoke after absorbing all Horace said about his wrongdoings. "We'll be better prepared by then." Lucian struggled to make sense of his own words. But he knew they couldn't dispute. That also made him feel bad."But that's not good enough. We don't know how the
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 13
"No!" Anna screamed herself awake, gasping for breath as if she had just surfaced from the depths of an ocean. The nightmare had been a suffocating net, tangling her mind and pulling her into the depths of despair. She'd had the same dream of witches surrounding her—it was as if the witches from her dream had followed her into the real world, casting their dark spells on her. Anna's heart raced as she tried to steady her breath. The nightmare had felt so real, and the fear still lingered within her. She sat up in bed, feeling the cold sweat on her forehead. It took her a few minutes to realize that it had only been a dream. But the fear wouldn't leave her. It stayed like a dark cloud looming over her, suffocating her. She held the emerald pendant tightly in her fingers, trying to find some comfort in its weight. There were no signs of daylight outside the tent. She probably had a couple more hours before daylight. "In the morning." The grimness of Lucian's words still echoed in the
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 14
Anna was finally getting close to Lucian's quarters. She had always suspected it to be that one-story structure a few meters from the rest of the territory, and her suspicions had proven to be true. She could already envisage the type of solitary life that the Alpha lived up there. It was the only structure that stood out from the others.She'd been trailing Carlyle for a few minutes without breathing a single word. His stern look seemed to be an act he was in a hurry to put away as soon as his time with her was over. He appeared to be carrying out Lucian's orders against his own wishes. He walked at a moderate speed and hadn't looked back for a split second to have at least made sure she was actually following.After some minutes, they arrived at the doors to the building, which had neither fences nor gates. With a slight tap on the door, the pair flung it open; it had been opened from the inside in a smooth motion.They both entered the dimly lit interior, shutting out the cold morn
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 15
"Do you think that she'll be able to pull through?" Carlyle stated bluntly, stealing a glance at Lucian's facial demeanor. "I doubt she's ready for this. She seems too young." "She's doing just fine," Lucian reassured himself, though it was just sheer hope he held on to. He just hoped that Anna wouldn't give up on him soon, or he'd face the hell of Carlyle's accusative "I told you so" statements. "Barbara was much younger." "You know Barbara is a special kind." Carlyle proposed. He wasn't the kind to easily give up an argument so soon. "So, is this one?" I hope you are, Anna. Lucian wondered why he was so quick to take Anna's side. "Barbara was the procreational progeny of two alphas, though she's unaware of that." Carlyle pressed on, making his points as straightforward as possible. Neither was ready to admit defeat in their calm, phlegmatic argument. What a way to put it, Carlyle. Lucian couldn't argue the facts, but within himself, he objected to those facts. His belief in Anna
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 16
Anna still played dumb, as though she hadn't heard any of his provocative words. She seemed fixated on the massive hunk of wood before her. Lucian walked alongside her, trailing her slow pace. "Let's cut out the little heroic pretension." He pushed further. "You're never going to get anything done at this pace. At least admit it." At that, Anna came to a rather abrupt halt, kneeling close to the seven-foot-long log, close to the fringe of frustration and exhaustion. "Why'd you stop?" Lucian asked the teasing rhetorical question as Anna gave him a look of disdain. "Couldn't you at least try to do something to shut me up?" There were no words, as there was an intent exchange of eye contact for a few moments. "I thought as much." Lucian had a wry smile on his face. "You're just too weak, like the rest of your family." Anna had had it up to that point. She'd been ticked off. A new source of energy seemed to well up from within her as she sprung to her feet with the clenched fist of h
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 17
Anna's palms blushed red, though the wounds from the tree trunk the day before had healed instantly. There's a lot more to do. A strange feeling of anxiety seemed to haunt her with each passing day.She reminisced on Lucian's words as she stared at her face in the waters of a slow-flowing stream on the outskirts of the camp. "Control...power.."It had been a couple of weeks since she'd arrived at the camp. She'd lost track of the days as she'd grown weary of counting after the second week.Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that she'd be that far from home and unable to return, with no one to go home to, even if she'd gotten the chance to. Of course, she'd dreamed of adventures, but not this kind."Control....power...." Lucian's words had a way of sticking to her memory. She recalled how closely he'd held her, the calmness of his pulse, the softness of his words, and his warm breath on her neck. She didn't have words to explain the experience.'For goodness sake, don't be ri
The Ruthless Alpha Queen. Chapter 18
"Wolves just go pale when they die; I haven't heard of them burning before." The air of dangerous uncertainty that had come with the appearance of charred bodies had Carlyle uneasy.Lucian sat with his attention transfixed on the long arrows on his table, which had been retrieved from the bodies of his fallen men. The arrowheads were silver but absurdly conical, with a few unintelligible inscriptions on them."What could those possibly mean?" Carlyle stood behind Lucian, asking about the inscriptions."Enchanted silver." That was the only possibility there could be. "I never knew they existed in reality." He held up the arrow in his left hand and tried feeling the arrowhead with his right hand. The arrowhead sizzled his flesh instantaneously. He slowly withdrew his right hand, still holding the arrow's wooden body with his left."Who could possibly be behind this?"Lucian was silent. He couldn't seem to have an answer to that. As the Alpha and leader, he had to shoulder the responsibi
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