Alle Kapitel von Stuck between the Royal Wolves: Kapitel 71 – Kapitel 80

RAYA BANKS“Lady of the moon Mary! You scared the crap out of me!” I howled, knocking my hand against my chest after I had whipped around to catch the pixie-haired woman glaring at me.What the hell was she standing around my room like a scarecrow? I shifted uneasily, moving to push past the woman and lay on the bed when her hand shot out to grip me suddenly and I froze.“You do know that they aren't your friends Raya, right?” Mary growled and I felt something shift inside me, shrugging her hold off and turning my head to stare her dead in her pea-black eyes.“And who the fuck says they aren't?” I snapped, feeling oddly defensive. Just who the hell did she think she was telling me who and what I could and couldn't like?“They’re not like us Raya, those fucking princesses? I can't believe you would let them look and talk down on you the way they do!” Mary taunted, her nose scrunching with disgust as she nodded her head toward the door, her piercing eyes burning holes into my forehead.

RAYA BANKSThe wooden tusk of the wolf mage’s furry face was enough to make my breath ragged and shallow as I struggled to understand what the hell was happening, cracking my eyes open an inch and immediately shutting them when the harsh fluorescent overhead smoked my vision.“Your Highness-” I whispered, feeling my blood run cold when the mage’s clear eyes blazed into mine as he loomed over me, the heady feeling I had been getting since I got in only calming after I had snatched up the prince’s hand, feeling my breath hitch in my throat when his dust gray eyes filled with worry.“Only for a few minutes Raya, everything’s going to be okay,” Nikolai whispered, his words fading into a blur when the huge fingers of the mage pressed into the sides of my head and he mumbled again.“I’ll take you back to your house in the Burning City Village Raya Banks,” The din of the wolf mage’s baritone sounded like a thunderclap in my ears and I felt the knots in my shoulders slacken, allowing my breat

Nikolai“What the hell is going on?” I growled at Igor as we broke out into the foyer, feeling my hind legs dig into the stone as we bounded toward the high tower of the gates where the snarl of the creatures were coming from.“Shadow hounds from the Burning City! Settlement guards didn't see the horde until it was too late,” My best man panted just as one of the barrel-chested hounds flew at us and I scrunched up my nose as Igor’s massive jaws clamped around the shadowling's meaty neck, the crunch of bones under his jagged teeth making a delighted shiver run down my back as the geyser of black blood goo splashed over my fur and face.I spat noisily into the sand as more of the guards surged past us to connect their swords loudly with the creatures that were climbing over the walls.Was this my brother’s doing? I hadn't believed he would have moved this quickly. Could the bastard not at least wait until our father was buried before he started coming for my castle?If they broke throu

Alpha Toph“Useless!” I bellowed in the semi-darkness of my royal chambers, heating the hefty brown wood of the mirror vanity and shoving it so forcefully that it toppled and fell over, the clatter of glass shattering on the tiles doing nothing to soothe the rage swirling inside me.“What do you mean you couldn't get in? What's so hard about shooting up a fucking stone wall?” I bellowed, whirling around at the white-faced descendant Gobar had sent to inform me of the heist.It was preposterous! Here I was drinking and cheering for my victory and now they were telling me they couldn't even get in!“Useless!” I cursed acidly, pacing the air-conditioned room with my hand fixed on my hip and catching the messenger wolf flinch behind me before I waved him away from my sight.Shit was moving too slowly for my liking, I had to do something, but what?“Blast it all to hell!” I growled in the silence that followed, catching y distorted reflection in the broken shards that were scattered across

Olivia BanksLost! I’d gotten fucking lost! It was just like that dead bitch to get in my head and ruin things so that I couldn't think straight!“Shit,” I gasped, feeling my body go rigid as I froze mid-stride, flexing my ears to pick up the mutter of conversation that seemed to be coming from right ahead of me. Nikolai’s men in the forest? Blasted heavens! How the fuck was I supposed to get out of here without arousing suspicion?“Curse you, Raya!” I swore under my breath, backtracking and slamming my back up against a tree just in time to feel the air change as some of the men rode past on horses, their dark armor galloping as they waved their light torches this way and that, thankfully never looking backward.Just how many men had the prince ordered for the search? I could feel the trickle of sweat as it pinched my armpit and trickled down my spine, before I realized I was shaking. Nervous.I clamped a hand across my mouth to stifle the scream that would have come out when I hear