“Hey Gwenn.” Faye marched up to me as I was in the courtyard, working on my extra energy, hoping to tire myself out before Orel comes and that this feeling of sadness would be gone by then. I knew that if Orel continued to see me sad, his relationship with his wife was going to suffer, afterall Themis was the person who made a deal with Arius about the marriage. Themis had promised me that it was the right course of action for me but the problem was that, even months later, after the war, it was not still seen. Was her vision wrong for the first time since forever? I wouldn’t even blame her for it. Something about me always make this kind of stuff to happen. Maybe this was the best possible way for me to be less miserable but Themis saw it as happiness. Afterall my mother could not be wrong. When she told me how women in our family were never happy in life, she had stories of our ancestors, dating a long way back to prove her point. I should have never believ

Arius povI entered the room which Faye was lying in while different healers ran around her trying to make her comfortable. Her eyes brightened at seeing me, before when she smiled that way at me, I always thought that I was very lucky to have her, now all I can ask myself is what was I thinking? What was I thinking by cheating on Gwenn with her? What was I thinking when I allowed her to leave the room with that baby? What was I thinking when I allowed the council to strong arm me into making her my concubine, breaking my marriage contract to Gwenn in the process? What the hell was I thinking when I allowed it to get to this level. “Get out.” I said softly but my tone did not hide the steel behind my words, within seconds the room emptied of the healers that were waiting on her arm and foot. “My king.” She started. The second I reached her, my hand shot out and held her by the throat. “How many times did I warn yo

Gwenn Pov“What is going on?” I asked the Nisse who led the way as we walked. I have not been able to fully understand the whole passage ways and all but I knew the dining hall where our meals are taken but right now, we were going the opposite direction. The only thing that is preventing me from suspecting that she was trying to lead me into a trap or so was because she gave me a letter written by Arius who told me to trust her and follow her. “I don’t know, the king just requested your presence.” She answered as she stopped outside a garden. I looked into it to see a light shining brightly within it. “Am I supposed to go there?” I asked and when she nodded, I took in a deep breath and continued on my way, alone this time. I followed the light and it wasn’t long before I got to a table set simply and filled with Northerners delicacies, the few I liked. “You are here, perfect.” Arius said as he came close to me, i tho

Arius and me decided to investigate a little before calling the attention of others here to see for themselves what had happened and ways for it to be corrected it if ever was going to be. Everything felt wrong and we saw more signs of struggles like the animals were struggling before they were taken alive. Everything was not only wrong but meant serious bad times too. This forest provided a quarter of total meat proportion for the whole of Northshore.  “I am so sorry.” Arius apologized, his words broke my concentration at a pair of tracks to look at him. “What are you sorry for?” I asked confused at his words. “I had planned on making you have a fun hunting event not one that turned into an investigating session.” Arius said and looked down I smiled as I walked to him. “It was not your fault, you didn’t steal these animals, in fact you did no wrong at all. But you have to correct this wrong. Just like I do

Faye povEvery time I see them together, my blood boils and I cannot help but feel angry, Anger I was told was not good for my baby, my future king but I couldn’t help myself. Not when he doesn’t even notice that I was standing by the door, watching him and Gwenn, not even when Gwenn saw me and she couldn’t hide the laughter in her eyes. I had turned to a laughing stock in the palace. The one who owns the king’s heart is the winner. I didn’t even have the consolation prize of being the queen, I was nothing but the king’s dirty, unwanted secret. The thoughts refused to stop passing through my head. I was nothing to the king even with my child the heir, I was still nothing. I screamed in anger as I use my hand to hit the bed in rage. I cannot lose. I won’t. The anger became pain but I refused to listen. I jumped on my feet and started to pace around. No there has to be something which I can do. There was no way that I would lose ev