ISABEL POVThe rest of the day was blissful as the servants came and rolled everything away while Alpha Xavier led me to the carriage that had been waiting for me. As the carriage left the garden, I turned to Alpha Xavier, hoping to stretch the moment but what I saw shocked me.He seemed distant, as we got Tarrenhall, his expression darkened, it became even worse as we got closer to the Castle of Serenity. I felt a familiar knot in the pit of my stomach that suggested he was not in the mood to entertain any conversation.Sensing his mood, I kept to myself for the rest of the day. "Hi Kira, do you have a minute?" I saw walking to her room and rushed to her."I'll always have a minute for you." She smiled warmly at me. "What can I do for you?" "Well, I'd want to borrow that head of yours." I moved past her and headed to her room."Well, I'd give you a good head if you can withstand it." She said slyly but I didn't notice the sexual innuendos ladened in her words.I blushed when I final

ALPHA XAVIER POV "So you think you can usurp my authority and take Wolfshade from under me. You have greatly underestimated me." Alpha Damian said as blood spat blood out of his mouth.I leaned forward and turned my ear to face him. "Do you hear that?""Hear what?" He bragged."The silence." He rolled his eyes at me. "It's a testament that you are about to meet your end. Now you answer me this Damian, are you ready to meet your Maker?" "Are you, boy?" He snarled. "I always knew you were ambitious, it's a good thing you lost your girl. What's her name again.." he trailed off and a smirk appeared on his lips. My mouth suddenly felt dry. "Don't do it X, he's baiting you." I heard Valerian whisper."She died screaming your name and promising herself to me. She even promised to serve me in perpetuity, I spared her life." He snarled at me. "What is the problem boy? Have you lost your voice?""You are lying," I said with great effort, trying really hard to keep my voice leveled. "You were

ISABEL POV I woke up the next morning with a smile, Alpha Xavier had me out in the early hours of the morning. We had made love again, nice and slow this time. He has shown me different heights of pleasure that I've never encountered. A wave of disappointment washed over me as I turned and couldn't find Alpha Xavier on the bed with me. The serving girl brought me breakfast, in a tray of varieties. "Alpha Xavier said you needed a queen's treatment." She laid the tray and left.Considering that he had said he would never love me last night, this seemed like the opposite of that assertion. I ate and had butterflies in my tummy and quickly showered and rushed out of the room. I needed to talk to either Kira or Thalia. They were both more knowledgeable than me about it.As I stepped out, I saw the Mistress of Spy, Dyelin, putting on an outfit that even a whore in the street would not want to wear in her house, yet she wore it in the Castle of Serenity, which housed a great number of peop

ISABEL POV As I gently left, careful not to make a sound that would alert Theodrin that I was there. I picked up some pace when I felt I was clear, hoping to get to an environment where I could clear my head.I was not sure where I was or where I was headed, I only knew that I needed to get away. Not from Alpha Xavier, him I will always love until the end of times, but what he had said about my father had shocked me to my bone marrow. And witnessing two of his most trusted subjects betray him was a bitter pill to swallow.I walked on, living in my head and not really sure about anything until I heard someone touch me from behind, startling me in the process. "Are you sure you know where you are going?" The soft and beautiful voice asked."I. I'm. I think. I think I do." I stuttered, then felt terrible for stuttering. "I'm sorry." But why was I apologizing?"You need not apologize Isabel, you've been walking up and down for a while now." I paused and looked around me. I was in the cem

ALPHA DARIO POVThe knock on the door woke me up with a startle. "Come." I tried to seat up and be ready for whoever was coming in. In the last couple of days, Aria has changed all the guards who were loyal to Alpha Emrys, posting them to the outlying towns and villages. The most loyal, she posted to the border town, very far from the city. It would take a week on a fast horse to get to the capital.She had demanded that guards and the council retake their oaths, but a different one which was to the crown and Lunaria and not to Alpha Emrys. "I'm sorry for disturbing you." She said confidently as she strode into the room. "Seeing your hairy chest almost makes me want to place my hand on your chest and ride that weapon of yours.""I live to serve you, Aira." I held her palms, they were soft and tender, and brought them to my face while I swung my legs to sit on the edge of the bed. She looked down at and pulled me close, such that my head was resting on her stomach. "Something is bother