"That is impossible," Alpha Ardon said lightly and turned away from his son, walking back towards the window, "There is no way they could be mated, right?""You have called for war with this, and Nyxoria would be sure to respond," Triston said but that was not what was really bothering his father right now.Alpha Ardon looked at Triston in disbelief and then pointed a finger at him, "But you had called her yours the other day. You had called Ivone yours."Triston sighed and placed both hands on his his, looking at his father in unbelief, was that really his problem right now and not the war that was now inevitable?"Should that really be the issue bothering you right now, Alpha Ardon of Elyria?" he asked but his father was unfazed."You had called her yours, what about that?"Triston gritted his teeth, "Ivone's scent is muct too similar to her sister's, Damaris, who was my mate, it confuses my wolf into taking her as my mate."Alpha Ardon chuckled and clapped his hands once, wearing a
Zina shook like a leaf caught in the storm, despite the fact that she was no longer in the castle but had ridden out of the castle only one hour after being with Reyes and had come to their house to be with her mother, she still felt the fear which she had felt before when she had been in the throne room and she could not get the memories nor the images out of her mind. She felt shattered and mentally vulnerable in this monent.She held the still warm cup of tea her mother hand offered to her ten minutes ago in between both hands and placed it on her laps. She looked into the cup at the brightly coloured red liquid but all she could see was blood and she could not forget that taste in her mouth. With shaky hands, she flung the cup away, sending it crashing into the wall beside her where it shattered, spilling all its contents."Zina!" her mother called out in surprise and in anger and she walked up to her sitting on a chair by the table, "What has gottne into you?!"Zina turned to her
The woman lived by the outskirts of Nyxoria, all the way over on the other side. It had taken them almost half the day to ride to her place and with her mother hammering on that fact that she would have to return back to the castle, Zina knew that this visit would not take long.She had seen the woman only twice in her life and this visit would be the third time. She never associated with her because her mother had forbidden her for doing so, said it was to cover their tracks, but even without that, Zina knew she would never even want to associate herself with the likes of the woman because she gave hr the chills.Her house - if it could be regarded as one - stood alone in a clearing and was omnious to even look at. Smoke rose from the chimney, telling them that someone was home and cooking, but with her reputation, Zina wondered if she could evengo anywhere. She remained attached to her mother as she led her through the clearing and into the house, once inside, their nostrils were hi
Ever since he had brought her back from the forest that eventful morning, Ivone had been in her room sleeping. She had been knocked out for a full day and it had kept Triston so worried that he had checked up on her every hour just to be certain that she was indeed sleeping and not slowly slipping into death. Early the next moring, the first thing he did after waking up was to go to Ivone's room to check up on her again, to see if she had woken up and in what state of mind she was currently in, but he was shocked when he found an empty bed and his heart rate began to spike as his heart beat accelerated. Quickly, he grabbed the arm of the servant girl that happened to be passing by in that moment and he yanked her to himself. The girl in fright, dropped what she had been carrying and yelped, but Triston, seemingly unaware or not concerned of how his actions had affected the girl, fixed an angry look on her and shook her slightly as he asked. "Where is Ivone?" The girl trembled in f
"Did you find her?" Triston had asked her calmly but she didn't give an answer to his question immediately. He watched her from behind as her shoulders heaved and she brought her hand up to her face before crossing them. He guessed she had wiped a tear and then he heard her sniff before she responded to his question. "No," her voice was choked, "There was blood though, I saw that, enough to soak up the forest, there was also a bloody tree branch and a dead mutilated horse." Triston took in a deep breath and let it out, he wanted to console her so he took a step towards her but then Ivone spun to face him, she was crying hard and he could see clearly the pain and anger in her eyes. "Did he have to kill her in that manner?" she asked Triston, "The same way Damaris was killed, using a tree branch?" He didn't know what to say to her, he was not sure how he should reply her but he so badly wanted to console her, he just didn't know how, "Ivone... I..." "And where is her body, Tristo
She was back in the forest, back to the exact same spot where Maya had been murdered by Alpha Ardon of Elyria, the air still carried her scent and the strong smell of both her blood and that of the mutilated horse. She tried to imagine how Maya must have felt in that moment, if she had been here scared of dying alone, if she had felt the cold, how much pain she must have been in, and the feat that must have invaded her heart knowing that she could not escape death. She went down on the ground and squatted, then placed the flat side of her hand on the patch of earth that had drank Maya's blood and she cried. "I'm sorry," she sobbed and buried her face in her knees. She hated how she was feeling now, so very guilty and so very unworthy, like she should have been the one to die in Maya's stead. Maya would never come to learn of her betrayal and she would never get to apologize for that. She lifted her head up and took in a deep breath, trying to stop herself from sheding any more tear
She opened her eyes slowly but her vision was still a blur and somewhere in the back of her head ached. She blinked severally until her vision was cleared and she looked around the place she had come to find herself in. Last thing she remembered, she had been in the forest surrounded by three men and had been knocked out by a drug of some sort, and now she had woken up in a place that seemed like it was a basement in a house. Her head still ached and she tried to lift her hand up to her head, only then did she realize she had been tied up. Her eyes widened as she looked at the ropes binding her by the wrists to the arm of the chair she sat in and her feet were hels in chains. She suddenly began to hyperventilate and struggle against the ropes but it was of no use as they had been tied tightly. If this kidnap had been orchestrated by Reyes, then she needed to do everything possible to get out of here or her life would be in danger. She cursed as she looked around the place for anythi
He had only been Alpha for a couple of days now but he felt he had been carrying the title for much longer than that, one of the main reason he had wanted to become Alpha was so that he could have the free will to rain down attacks and war on Elyria, but for some strange and unknown reason even to him, he had delayed all that and instead had been dwelling on the kingdom's affairs, affairs that could easily be dealt with even in his absence.He sat on the throne in the throne room, a place where he had been for hours attending to one problem presented to him to another. Frankly, all these seemed boring to him and it was easy to tell because he had been yawning more frequently now like someone that had been deprived of days of sleep. Dathan stood beside him facing forward, with Reyes rise from Alpha Prince to Alpha, his own rank too had increased and now he was the second moost powerful person in the whole of Nyxoria."When will this all end Dathan?" Reyes asked him as he sat lazily on
"What are you talking about?" Reyes asked him with a frown and Kasier's head came up, his gaze rested on Reyes. "If you are going to have me killed or imprisoned for life, I am requesting that you allow me see my family one more time before yoou carry out your judgement on me." "I'm not going to have you killed, Kasier Archon," he said with a relatively calm voice and a weight lifted off of Kasier's heart, imprisonment may be better than death, he thought, but Reyes continued, "And I am not going to have you imprisoned either." Kasier Archon was perplexed and it showed in his facial expression, if the young alpha was not going to do either, then what was it that he had in mind to do to him? Surely, letting him go was not part of what he had in mind. It could not be. Not for Reyes Thorold at least. Reyes observed the confusion in Kasier's facial expression and in his eyes, and somewhere lurking behind that confusion he could still see the fear. He grinned. "I am going to reinstate
He had only been Alpha for a couple of days now but he felt he had been carrying the title for much longer than that, one of the main reason he had wanted to become Alpha was so that he could have the free will to rain down attacks and war on Elyria, but for some strange and unknown reason even to him, he had delayed all that and instead had been dwelling on the kingdom's affairs, affairs that could easily be dealt with even in his absence.He sat on the throne in the throne room, a place where he had been for hours attending to one problem presented to him to another. Frankly, all these seemed boring to him and it was easy to tell because he had been yawning more frequently now like someone that had been deprived of days of sleep. Dathan stood beside him facing forward, with Reyes rise from Alpha Prince to Alpha, his own rank too had increased and now he was the second moost powerful person in the whole of Nyxoria."When will this all end Dathan?" Reyes asked him as he sat lazily on
She opened her eyes slowly but her vision was still a blur and somewhere in the back of her head ached. She blinked severally until her vision was cleared and she looked around the place she had come to find herself in. Last thing she remembered, she had been in the forest surrounded by three men and had been knocked out by a drug of some sort, and now she had woken up in a place that seemed like it was a basement in a house. Her head still ached and she tried to lift her hand up to her head, only then did she realize she had been tied up. Her eyes widened as she looked at the ropes binding her by the wrists to the arm of the chair she sat in and her feet were hels in chains. She suddenly began to hyperventilate and struggle against the ropes but it was of no use as they had been tied tightly. If this kidnap had been orchestrated by Reyes, then she needed to do everything possible to get out of here or her life would be in danger. She cursed as she looked around the place for anythi
She was back in the forest, back to the exact same spot where Maya had been murdered by Alpha Ardon of Elyria, the air still carried her scent and the strong smell of both her blood and that of the mutilated horse. She tried to imagine how Maya must have felt in that moment, if she had been here scared of dying alone, if she had felt the cold, how much pain she must have been in, and the feat that must have invaded her heart knowing that she could not escape death. She went down on the ground and squatted, then placed the flat side of her hand on the patch of earth that had drank Maya's blood and she cried. "I'm sorry," she sobbed and buried her face in her knees. She hated how she was feeling now, so very guilty and so very unworthy, like she should have been the one to die in Maya's stead. Maya would never come to learn of her betrayal and she would never get to apologize for that. She lifted her head up and took in a deep breath, trying to stop herself from sheding any more tear
"Did you find her?" Triston had asked her calmly but she didn't give an answer to his question immediately. He watched her from behind as her shoulders heaved and she brought her hand up to her face before crossing them. He guessed she had wiped a tear and then he heard her sniff before she responded to his question. "No," her voice was choked, "There was blood though, I saw that, enough to soak up the forest, there was also a bloody tree branch and a dead mutilated horse." Triston took in a deep breath and let it out, he wanted to console her so he took a step towards her but then Ivone spun to face him, she was crying hard and he could see clearly the pain and anger in her eyes. "Did he have to kill her in that manner?" she asked Triston, "The same way Damaris was killed, using a tree branch?" He didn't know what to say to her, he was not sure how he should reply her but he so badly wanted to console her, he just didn't know how, "Ivone... I..." "And where is her body, Tristo
Ever since he had brought her back from the forest that eventful morning, Ivone had been in her room sleeping. She had been knocked out for a full day and it had kept Triston so worried that he had checked up on her every hour just to be certain that she was indeed sleeping and not slowly slipping into death. Early the next moring, the first thing he did after waking up was to go to Ivone's room to check up on her again, to see if she had woken up and in what state of mind she was currently in, but he was shocked when he found an empty bed and his heart rate began to spike as his heart beat accelerated. Quickly, he grabbed the arm of the servant girl that happened to be passing by in that moment and he yanked her to himself. The girl in fright, dropped what she had been carrying and yelped, but Triston, seemingly unaware or not concerned of how his actions had affected the girl, fixed an angry look on her and shook her slightly as he asked. "Where is Ivone?" The girl trembled in f
The woman lived by the outskirts of Nyxoria, all the way over on the other side. It had taken them almost half the day to ride to her place and with her mother hammering on that fact that she would have to return back to the castle, Zina knew that this visit would not take long.She had seen the woman only twice in her life and this visit would be the third time. She never associated with her because her mother had forbidden her for doing so, said it was to cover their tracks, but even without that, Zina knew she would never even want to associate herself with the likes of the woman because she gave hr the chills.Her house - if it could be regarded as one - stood alone in a clearing and was omnious to even look at. Smoke rose from the chimney, telling them that someone was home and cooking, but with her reputation, Zina wondered if she could evengo anywhere. She remained attached to her mother as she led her through the clearing and into the house, once inside, their nostrils were hi
Zina shook like a leaf caught in the storm, despite the fact that she was no longer in the castle but had ridden out of the castle only one hour after being with Reyes and had come to their house to be with her mother, she still felt the fear which she had felt before when she had been in the throne room and she could not get the memories nor the images out of her mind. She felt shattered and mentally vulnerable in this monent.She held the still warm cup of tea her mother hand offered to her ten minutes ago in between both hands and placed it on her laps. She looked into the cup at the brightly coloured red liquid but all she could see was blood and she could not forget that taste in her mouth. With shaky hands, she flung the cup away, sending it crashing into the wall beside her where it shattered, spilling all its contents."Zina!" her mother called out in surprise and in anger and she walked up to her sitting on a chair by the table, "What has gottne into you?!"Zina turned to her
"That is impossible," Alpha Ardon said lightly and turned away from his son, walking back towards the window, "There is no way they could be mated, right?""You have called for war with this, and Nyxoria would be sure to respond," Triston said but that was not what was really bothering his father right now.Alpha Ardon looked at Triston in disbelief and then pointed a finger at him, "But you had called her yours the other day. You had called Ivone yours."Triston sighed and placed both hands on his his, looking at his father in unbelief, was that really his problem right now and not the war that was now inevitable?"Should that really be the issue bothering you right now, Alpha Ardon of Elyria?" he asked but his father was unfazed."You had called her yours, what about that?"Triston gritted his teeth, "Ivone's scent is muct too similar to her sister's, Damaris, who was my mate, it confuses my wolf into taking her as my mate."Alpha Ardon chuckled and clapped his hands once, wearing a