LOGINAlexander’s POV I was outside of my mother’s room again. I remembered being little, knocking on my mother’s door because I was excited to see her, especially if we were having dinner as a family or there was a party we all needed to attend. Now all I felt was dread.The mother I had loved, who had raised me, was like a completely different person. Or had she always been this kind of person, and I was just so blinded with love that I didn’t see it?Kai had always known it in a way, I supposed, but I could’ve sworn it was just jealousy and resentment that I had my mother around and he couldn’t have his.As I stood in front of my mother’s door, Alyssa’s warning was running in my head, and even Caspian had told me it was suspicious, especially everything we had found out about Vivian. But… if my mother even suspected that Vivian was the real villain in this story, why was she so insistent on me marrying Freya? Was it truly something that hadn’t crossed her mind?No… No, my mother was sh
Kai’s POV It was a quick journey to return to the Ice Heart Pack, and it pained me to admit that Alyssa had beaten me there, but I still insist that flying above the trees instead of dodging them is cheating. I suppose that’s just my opinion.When we returned, there were celebrations being put in place for the upcoming wedding as Alexander and Freya would complete a ‘Marriage Tour’, where they visited all the packs in the Lunar Kingdom to show themselves and receive blessings. The thought of that woman parading around my kingdom as if she were important made me bristle.But this also meant that Alpha Henry and Vivian would be at the Palace, and there would be no one to stop Alyssa and me from snooping. Or at least, that’s what I thought. As Alyssa and I stepped onto the Pack ground and headed towards the Pack House, two warriors stopped us, weapons drawn and guarding the door.“How fucking dare you?” I said deeply and slowly, relishing in the fear that had begun to stir in their ey
Alyssa's POVA week had passed since I returned to the palace and was placed in charge of the wedding between Alexander and Freya. I had done my job, planning in as much detail as I could, as quickly as I could, so I could return home. Father had sent me word that he was worried about me, but there was no time for me to respond or ask him how he was doing. I wouldn’t worry about Vivian moving onto the next stage of his plan, not whilst father still sent me letters, that was. Kai had come with me to the palace, but we hadn’t had much time together due to his duties as a general, which he’d fallen behind on, and my own work on the upcoming wedding.That didn’t stop us from stealing glances and kisses from each other as often as we could. Thankfully, I didn’t see much of Freya after our last conversation before the library incident. But that meant I also didn’t get to see Alexander, either. The two were practically hanging off of each other every moment I had the unfortunate timing of
Alyssa's POVI never thought Alyssa would ever look scary to me, but seeing the way she was glowering, the guarded body language and the way other servants had mysteriously disappeared from the library, I couldn’t help but gulp as my blood turned to ice.Would she kill me?No, no Alyssa wouldn’t do that…Would she?As if reading my mind, Alyssa scoffed and rolled her eyes, “By the Goddess, even if we’re alone, I’m still not the biggest threat in the room.”I was half tempted to argue. I’d seen Alyssa completely destroy a male wolf who was almost double her size with only the second time she’d managed to shift into her wolf. I’d now known her to have escaped the highest security and cruellest prison the kingdom had and rally not one, not two, not even three, but four Alphas to her side when she was in danger… and she wasn’t even there!So the fact that she could stand in front of me with a straight face and say “I’m not the biggest threat in the room,” was almost laughable. But I didn
Alyssa’s POV The second I stepped back into the palace, I knew where I’d have to go. As a maid and with Alexander following me around to keep me safe, I knew all of his hideouts. There were the gardens, his room, but the one I knew best was the library. It was calm and quiet, a good kind of quiet that let Alexander relax when things got too much for him. So, after I was changed and my duties were explained, that was the first place I was going to look. I was practically unnoticed by the senior staff, the lower-levelled ones with whom I worked side by side gave me a look as they saw me return from wherever they thought I’d been. They didn’t interact with me, and I was somewhat glad of it. I thought I’d be able to get to the library easily and without much struggle, considering how everyone was acting around me, but unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.Just as I was about to round the corner to the library, I heard my name being called.“Alyssa!” Freya’s voice echoed across the hall
Alexander's POV The world was dull and grey. There was no other way to explain it. I spent my days saying ‘yes’ over one hundred times, nodding my head enough to get a crick in my neck and smiling so much that my face was beginning to ache, and I was worried that my face would change to stay that way. One wouldn’t think that I was a prince destined for one of the greatest kingdoms in the world. No, these people were making me their puppets. In fact, they’d already started doing that a long time ago; it had only just taken me this long to realise it.My mother had been playing with my strings from the moment I was born, and I was used as a chess piece to knock my brother off the board. And though I’m sure she loved me, I also knew her hatred for Kai was stronger than the love she held for her own son.And now, even though I’d opened my eyes to all the manipulation in the palace, I hadn’t done anything about it because my mother had exploited my one weakness. Alyssa.I shook my head,







