Odette and Moira stumbled backward in utter shock as they stared at my dark hair. Their eyes were large and wary; Odette looked as though she was about to burst into tears. The halls grew quiet as everyone stopped to stare at me. None of them knew what to say and how to say it.I looked at Bob who was staring at me also with dismay; he was still in shock. I half expected him to yell for guards to come to collect me; I wouldn’t put it past him. Neither he nor Alex ever liked me, and this would be the prime opportunity to finally get rid of me.I glanced around the halls to see if I could spot Alex, but he was already gone. I wasn’t sure if he saw me at all yet, but I knew word would get around school fast enough.I began walking backward; I was afraid I would get jumped at any moment.Making eye contact with Bob, he blinked a few times as though he was being brought out of a trance. After a pause he stepped towards me, straightening his back. He pressed his lips in a thin line and poin

My body was numb as I watched Mateo disappear with Bob. Letting him go was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I could hardly contain my heartbreak for I wanted to fall to the ground and begin wailing like a child. I had to maintain a strong stance though; I needed to be strong for my son. I knew Marlon made some good points about keeping us hidden. I didn’t agree with the tactics, but at the same time I didn’t have any other options myself and I definitely didn’t have a better plan.If the duke was approaching with an army, we needed to be as prepared as we possibly could. Marlon wasted no time in taking me into the dungeon area; I didn’t even realize he had a dungeon at the manor. Although, I expected as much.It smelled of mildew and old bodily fluids; I could still smell the lingering odor of some of the wolves he had kept down here at some point. I could feel my wolf stirring uncomfortably as we made our way through a couple of cells he kept in the dungeon. In the distance, I

I lost track of the time as I remained shackled to the dungeon walls. Seconds turned into minutes; minutes turned into hours. I felt like I was delusionally talking to myself, or my wolf. I couldn’t tell who was talking and who was responding.As time went on, I found myself beginning to doze off. I was so sleep-deprived that it didn’t matter where I was or how uncomfortable it was. Maybe if I slept, I would forget about my current state, and it wouldn’t seem as bad. By the time I woke up, everything would be over. Which meant, I would either be dead, or the war will end, and Marlon would have won. Which, honestly, I wasn’t holding my breath for.I wanted to have faith in Marlon and believed him when he says he wanted to protect me and Mateo. But I couldn’t bring myself to do it; despite the protests from my wolf. I was terrified about what was to come and I couldn’t stop thinking about where Mateo was.As I slept, I began having this delusional dream about these voices. They were fam

The kingdom’s army was getting ready for battle; they obviously had no idea that the war was because of a slave and the slave’s baby, but they were ready to fight alongside Marlon. He even managed to get some of the kingdom’s strongest wolves to join the army in battle. The kingdom had heard rumors of a slave, but Marlon managed to convince them that they were just rumors and that the only slave there was ended up attending the noblemen’s school in disguise and was caught. Bob was seen taking her into the woods and killing her; there’s been no sign of the slave since so nobody questioned anything more.However, the duke is arriving with his army and is wanting to overthrow Marlon, the highest-ranked nobleman. The kingdom won’t allow that to happen; especially because some of the nobles in the kingdom want that ranking and don’t want the duke to end up with it.With Deonna being a prisoner in his dungeon, this should steer the duke, or at least the king, away from the idea that Marlon

Marlon watched as Deonna went towards the woods; he had already told the guards to let her go. He wasn’t sure what else to do; as soon as others around the kingdom saw her, they would know she wasn’t a prisoner and that he let her go. That would confirm the rumor of the relationship between them.But he didn’t care; Deonna was right when she said that she needed to protect Mateo. He wanted to protect Mateo as well; he would never deny Deonna the opportunity to protect her son. He just wished he could be there to protect Deonna, but he needed to be prepared for when the duke arrived with his army. His army was getting ready for battle, but he was afraid it wasn’t going to be enough.He needed an alternate plan, and he think he knew exactly what he needed to do.But first, there was something he needed to take care of. He trusted his maids and the help around the manor; he didn’t think the ones he currently had would betray him. Beatrice had been his head maid for generations and even t