***MICHEALS’S POV*** •Life is a fucking messed up thing, I have lived it, it takes my loved ones, from my parents to friends, and now it took the only woman I’ve ever loved in my life from me, it took Anna With no one to mourn her but me, I had taken her body and the ashes of her father back to the capital, it was so silent she had no other loved one’s part from me, it hurt more as I put her six feet under, The day I found her body felt so gruesome and so unreal, I felt like the moon gods were playing a sick joke on me, and hearing all those rumors that she had tried to kill the earl’s son when she had clearly been avoiding him,The doctor I had secretly called to examine her said that it looked like there was a struggle, as not only did due fall she had a stab wound, and under her fingers had skin she had grabbed onto during the struggle, I was fucking pissed drunk but my head never felt clearer, I hopped on a horse with my cloak covering my face as I marched on to meet earl Fost
WRITER’S POV • • Ivy had long left the ballroom as soon as it was over, feigning that she was sick and had to go to her chambers instructing no one should come to disturb her, and her orders were clearly heard. And in the middle of the night, she had sneaked out of the castle taking one of the horses from the stable as she quietly made her way out from a hidden path she had discovered from the maids a few days prior. She had then made her way to the gathering she had been invited to by Gareth, her only aim was to meet the four alphas that had done her wrong in her old body, the only problem was that it was a masquerade party, meaning everyone had on the mask not wanting their identity to be exposed since they were of noble wolf blood. She had arrived with Gareth at the door he had announced that countess Brenton would be late leaving them both alone, It was a secluded party at a lake house with very important people who shouldn’t be here or ever be caught doing this, “Welcome p
-WRITER’S POV- . Ivy just stares, speechless at her findings, what are the odds that two of her perpetrators were right in the same place, before she could act, a knock was heard, and a masked figure interrupted them, whispering something into Thomas’s ears before he left“Am I interrupting something?” anna asked with caution, not wanting to be suspicious “I’m sorry princess but I have to leave, I’m needed elsewhere, I will make it up to you, but for now, I leave Nicolas to you, he is also a host, I apologize for two of our other sponsors not being here they would have loved to meet you, your grace,” he said with an utmost hurry before he leftA few, minutes after he had left, anna had thought of a plan to get Nicholas alone, his head was buried deep in Gareth’s neck, and Anna had seen a few liquid drugs across the table, from what Gareth had explained to her, one drop from vile can make you feel Hight and on top of the world for few minutes, while whole vile can kill and while he w
-WRITER’S POV- . The lake house was empty in the morning as all the guests had left, but Gareth didn’t, he had waited all night but no sign of Nicholas, he wanted to tell him farewell, he wanted a love that he deserved not the secret left in a closet until neededHe had left at dawn without a word, The maids responsible for the clean-up came as scheduled to clean the mansion, moving room by room, getting rid of any trace of drugs, they cleaned almost everywhere remaining in the private halls, where chambers the host used when they had omegas to sleep with One of the maids had opened the door, first thing opening the windows to let the air in, her eyes caught a glimpse of shoes and a shirt abandoned at the side of the bed, and she wondered who was still aroundShe opened the bathroom to see the bathtub on the brim of overflowing moving forward to drain it, but what she saw at the bottom of the bath made her eyes widen in horror, she let an inhumane scream of fear“Help! Someone help
WRITER’S POV • • “Don’t you remember me?” He called amused, The. I’ll be sure to officially introduce myself, I’m “Thomas Grant” “Why are you here?” “ I’m here to congratulate you on being mated your grace, he looks like a wonderful man, and I was still going to talk to you about our deal” “What makes you think I still want to be a part of it after hearing about the death of a host?” “ I assure you, your highness his death was, not connected to our business, Nicholas, even if he was my friend had his demand and private businesses I dared not look into, that may have caused his demise” he explained nonchalantly “So what do you say your grace, I wouldn’t want anyone to know about your visit to our oh-so forbidden palace of jewels, imagine what the king would think if he heard his sweet daughter was there?” anna looked over Thomas’s shoulders, meeting the eyes of Kal who didn’t look pleased to see her whispering with one of Edwin’s close friends “ is that a threat?” “ to the pr
WRITER’S POV • • “Why the hell do you know that name?! But she didn’t answer she was scared, that she was going to feel and out, how valuable she was at this moment, so she kept her silence She had heard him leave the room after a while before she broke down in tears, this wasn’t what she wanted, Would he believe her if she said she wasn’t ivy but, she rather not put him in this mess she didn’t want him to get hurt She had slowly Left the bed picking up her robe and quietly sneaked out of the room, she entered her chambers moving to the window, she felt. Little trapped and needed air, Even if her body ached, it still didn’t reach the ache she felt in her heart, she felt broken, could she be beloved as she was? Would he believe that she Anna if she said it? **** She sat on the window still for a while, not even noticing Time had passed and that dawn had come, she was only startled from her thoughts when she heard a knock on the door It was Marie who looked at the princess in
MICHEAL’S POV• I had built my mind set up, that when I saw the princess that I will marry her, there was no hard feeling involved, she wanted me, and I needed her, that was it that was the plan, why was I so torn?Yet why do her eyes speak to me and tell a different story? she felt like a different person, this was not the princess I knew, my mission was to infiltrate the opium party when I had gotten information about it, It had worked successfully, I had sneaked in, hoping to find one of the hosts and get answers on Edwin, but fate had it, I met princess ivy, she looked spooked outSomething was definitely wrong, maybe it was the fact that she was the princess and didn’t want her name to be tarnished if nobles see her at a party that was filled with drugsI felt like I was being controlled by my wolf, I’ve been having those creeping urges to taste those lips, so I did, swooping in and kissing her, I heard whispers of the strangers that had passed but I had to stick to itNo! she i
-WRITER’S POV- Anna tried to forget about the encounter with Edwin, they had met too soon, the thought still sent shivers doe her spine thinking about it,“…my lady. My lady!” Marie called snapping her yet again back to reality, “you always seem lost in the clouds your grace” the maid giggled, they were at the kitchen, and even if the maid had begged the princess to let them cook, she had declined, finally, in a place where the kings’ eyes couldn’t it reach, she wanted to do it herself She remembered all the time that she had cooked for her papa, his smile always bright and assured her with complimentsHer mind rushed back to the pie that she was baking, it was already done, without much thought she had burnt herself after touching the hot pan, “ouch! “she quipped, all the maids panicked to the princess was hurt“we’re so sorry your highness”“Why are you apologizing, I burnt myself,” Anna said “But princess ivy- “ an older maid called“no buts, if you feel sorry why don’t you taste