Chapter Forty-one.Diana's pov I was plunged into a never ending darkness where nothing existed— it was just me. The last thing I remembered was being bitten by a snake.Where the snake had come from, I had no idea.Did I die? Was this what death felt like? I swerved around but it was just darkness as far as the eye could see, was this what the afterlife presented to those no longer living?The question kept ringing in my mind, oh how I had longed for this moment but I felt like something was still holding me, drawing me back constantly."Hello?” I called out, my voice seemed to echo in the space as I heard it multiple times before it died.Who was I kidding, there was no way anyone would be here, if I wasn't mistaken, this may have just been the space in my mind.I began to walk through the darkness, I glanced down and shrieked in fear, I thought I would've fallen as there wasn't any plane that I stood on. It was like floating in mid air, like an invisible force held me up.As I co

Chapter Forty-three.Alaric's pov.It's been a few days since the hospital incident and Diana is lifeless. I didn't know how to feel about it. There was a constant feeling of emptiness in my heart as I walked the halls of the palace, that was all I felt, nothing more, and this feeling was just as miserable.It made me frustrated, agitated, I had lost interest in anything that mattered. Why did her death affect me in such a manner when I never really consummated the bond? I never loved her. How bad would the feeling have been if I had accepted her as my mate?I blamed her, she wasn't wrong enough, being killed off by a mere reptile, that was part of the reason why I never accepted her as my mate. A normal werewolf is capable of withstanding more than a reptile's venom, she couldn't even take it for a few hours.This has been happening for a week, my parents had noticed and had wanted to help out even though they just wanted me to look my best for the sake of the kingdom and to save the

Chapter Forty-five.Diana's povMy legs had almost given out. Apparently, I hadn't used them in a week, which was still surprising. Luke took me to the corner and hid me behind the curtain. “Shh, I'll try to steer them away,” he assured me before he left and closed the curtain behind him.I stayed as stiff as I could, in order not to draw too much attention to where I was, a conversation had ensued and I listened attentively.“We are looking for a servant girl, about this height, I saw her come through this place,” one of the guards said in a thick voice.They needed to go fast as I was feeling weaker and weaker in the knees, “Yes actually, she came through here,” my breath was caught in my throat at Luke's answer, I didn't know why I trusted him in the first place, he was going to out me. I waited, every second that passed felt like an eternity.“Matter of fact, she was quite rude, bumping into me like that."“Where is she now?” The thick voice asked again.“She had run off, that dir

Chapter Forty-seven.Luke's pov I couldn't believe that she was here. I haven't spoken to the queen yet, maybe she would have an explanation to why she was back here, then again, speaking to the queen might prove to be a bit difficult considering our relationship and the fact that we were right under the king's nose.Not to worry, I'll make sure that girl doesn't say a word, but for now I need to get this room arranged. I've been in the palace for almost a week now, nothing serious has happened yet, the king had bestowed upon me the room of the former seer.It had been going through some cleaning, so I entered the room and it looked better than it did the first time I came here.I ran a hand through the books in the shelves, before approaching the window that opened up to the back of the palace covered by a maze. This high up, I doubted anyone would be able to see me, there seemed to be some people down there, I noticed it was the queen and her servants.She was having a great time,

Chapter Forty-nine.Diana's povIt had been a few weeks since I had told Luke I would find the orb and he would help me out. I had to ask some of the maids if I could take over their chores while I still performed my duties to the queen, but I hadn't even gone far, there was only one me, against the entire palace.I sighed, I was doing one of those chores which was cleaning the store room, that wasn't much of a problem for me though since the queen didn't need much of my service these days.Keisha had been tasked to sweep this area but I had jumped in, this was the first place I had in mind to check out but the last two people who worked here weren't really close friends nor were they ever nice to me so I didn't really bother.It wasn't that Keisha liked me enough, she just hates the job even more so when I offered to do it instead of her, she was quite ecstatic and didn't hesitate to leave it up to me.There were a lot of things hanging from pictures of past kings which was my guess