By the time Emelda got to the palace, she was already out of breath. She had gone for a run with the hopes of clearing her mind but instead, it had gotten worse, all thanks to Darius who had shown up unexpectedly.She didn’t even know why Darius had come looking for her but it didn’t matter anymore.Darius’s last statement had left her confused.Emelda couldn’t believe that Darius’s mark on her was still visible. How was that possible? The fact that she had also shared a vision with him left her even more confused. With the little knowledge that Emelda had about being a wolf, she knew that having the same vision with another wolf could only mean one thing. Two wolves sharing the same vision meant that they were seeing a part of their previous lives and what had happened in their previous lives. So from Emelda’s understanding, her spirit wolf had been married to Darius in a previous life. That was what she had seen in

“Your highness,” Sir Sule addressed Cyrus. Cyrus was in his bedroom alone with Sule. Cyrus was sitting on the giant wolf seat that was in his bedroom, the seat had represented his mini throne but somehow, it didn’t seem to command the same authority as it had done in the past. The wolf seat felt like an ordinary chair to Cyrus.That was when he realized that the feeling he used to get while he sat on the seat had nothing to do with the seat at all, instead, it had to do with how he felt about himself. And Cyrus didn’t feel so good about himself these days. His body was still sick from all the things he had gone through in the hands of Gedoni and Tobias but more importantly, Cyrus’s ego had suffered permanent damage.Cyrus was ready to hand over the kingdom to one of his sons. He knew that he couldn’t continue like this for too long. He also knew that the kingdom needed an official declaration, especially now that he was back.

After the brief meeting between Cyrus, Sule, and the chief priest, the three men had concluded but they still had two things that they hadn’t talked about yet. One of them was about how to bring the council chiefs into the picture. They were the ones who were to pass the final declaration before the battle of the throne could take place.And then, there was also another issue, one that Sir Sule didn’t want to talk about until the chief priest was gone. It was a sensitive one that had to do with how Cyrus really felt about the battle for the throne.“Your highness,” the chief priest got up from the floor and bowed to Cyrus, “I think that you need to speak to the council of chiefs. None of them have gotten a chance to see you, ever since you came back to life and this may be the best time to address them,” the chief priest referred to Cyrus’s revival as “coming back to life” because that was indeed what it was. King C

Sir Theophilus was a young man when Cyrus’s father was on the throne and after the death of the late king, Cyrus had invited Sir Theo to be a member of the council of chiefs, and eventually, Sir Theo became the leader.Sir Theo had been a close contact of the royal family, he wasn’t an inner circle member like Sir Sule but still, he had his rank.And so, the invitation he received to join the former king in his bedroom was a privilege. And Sir Theo was honored.“Thank you for coming Sir Theophilus,” Cyrus greeted as soon as Sir Theo entered his bedroom. Cyrus got up from his bed and stretched out his hand to Sir Theo but Sir Theo waved it aside, he went to Cyrus and gave him a big hug.Cyrus was speechless and didn’t know how to react at first and so instead of returning the hug, he simply stood with his hands to his sides. But Sir Theo wasn’t letting go and that was when Cyrus realized that the fastest way to get out o

After the announcement at the council meeting, Lucius went up straight to his bedroom.He immediately took off the temporal crown he was wearing and unlaced the large cloak that was strung to his neck.Everything suddenly seemed like it was suffocating him and more than anything, he felt like he needed a break.This wasn’t what he had in mind when he left America. He didn’t come back to get killed, neither did he plan to kill his twin brother.But ever since the announcements, Darius’s words had been ringing in his ears, “PREPARE TO DIE,”Those were the words that Darius had said to him after the first council meeting. Lucius had almost forgotten those words; he had been too busy with running the affairs of the kingdom and so they hadn’t bothered him.Lucius had also noticed the intensity at which Darius had been training but still, he hadn't been moved because he knew he wasn’t going to fight his brothe