MAGNUS' POVI was curiously walking around the castle, looking for where to start my operation when I heard noise from a distance. I knew meeting Luke head-on without a proper plan would put me at a disadvantage, especially when everyone already saw him as their leader of some sort, not knowing how much of a dick he was. If only I could climb up somewhere and let them know who he was, it would have been nice but that alone would come with a lot of work which might later be in vain because people's minds are the hardest to predict. Not even when I had the littlest chance of succeeding and surviving against someone who was already in power. "Hey! Can't you hear? The king just called for an emergency meeting!" One of the guards I walked with earlier said to me as he ran past me. The king called for a public meeting. Thinking about it, for a minute, my heart felt like it was going to explode. Different thoughts ran through my mind and the fear of him having noticed and planned to trap m

MAGNUS' POV I couldn't believe my ears. I knew Luke wasn't out for my mother but for me. He was doing that to get to me and he would stop at nothing to make sure I lost everything so I would never be able to return to the palace again. If the situation was different, I would have ignored the whole thing and continued with my plan but with the way he had decided to do things, there was no way I could just keep quiet about it. it didn't sit right anyway.He said everything he needed to say and called off the meeting after which the people started dispersing with everyone having different thoughts in their mind about the whole issue. The guard behind me groaned angrily "What was that? The King's mother wouldn't have killed her son and why would she collide with someone that once hurt her son? This whole thing is crazy and Luke is crazier to even plot things like this." If anyone hated Luke with passion, then the guard would be the one. He hated Luke so much and he wasn't hiding the di

I ordered the guard to leave after which I returned to the room to wake my men up. If anything, I would have loved to let them be in the room to continue sleeping but the last thing I wanted for them was to be slaughtered while sleeping. This might be my castle but I had been away for a while and at the moment, Luke still had much more control than I did. Waking them up, I explained the situation to them and I could see the worried gaze on their faces. "Don't worry. It's going to be alright." I said to them as I returned to my bed to put on the things I would need for the grand duel. "We tried our best to follow the men to find out what they were doing but in the end, we realized we were tricked. It seems Luke already knew we would act and he set some men up to trap us. Fortunately, we were able to beat the men and get out unharmed but we were unable to get any information from them and we don't know what Luke had planned for today's duel." One of them explained. They had explaine

MAGNUS' POV Luke flew to a distance and only stopped when he crashed into a building. He was there for a few minutes and I was already thinking he had given up only to see him running toward the battleground again. He stood a few feet away from me and wiped the corner of his mouth that was already filled with blood and I could see a part of his belly, injured too. It was taking longer to heal which made me wonder what was wrong with him. "I told you, didn't I? You and I are not on the same ground, We are not on the same level. I was created to rule, ruling is what I'm made of and if I should let you hurt me here, I don't fit for that." My wolf said and in the next seconds, it appeared in front of Luke and grabbed one of his claws, breaking it. Luke growled in pain, he ran back and growled again "You are... You!" He wanted to say something but kept quiet as he could see my wolf approaching him again. The whole matter was becoming a plaything as my wolf had overpowered him complete

MAGNUS' POV I groaned loudly as I touched my forehead, it was aching so bad that I found it hard to open my eyes. It felt like I had been out of it for a very long time and getting back to things was a bit difficult for me. I removed my hand from my head with my eyes still closed, trying to calm my mind so I would be able to open my eyes. It was hard at first but soon, my eyes opened only to be closed back again due to the sudden exposure to light that seemed like it was going to remove my eyes from its socket. I groaned again, wondering what had happened to me until I heard the door open and someone rushed in "King Magnus!" The person shouted. My senses were dull as it was hard to figure out who it was but the voice was so familiar that I dared not mistake it for someone else's. It was Sophie. "Sophie?" I called out loud, still unable to open my eyes. I felt her hands on my chest as she finally got to me "You're awake. I'm so glad." She mumbled. She seemed very close to me so m