Lahat ng Kabanata ng She Was The Queen: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

I always sat in there for at least thirty minutes before the water got cold and the oils wore off. Edna would wave her hands above the water as she sat on a stool next to the tub and the water would move in little waves.I marvelled at her the first time she did it, I never knew wolves could control the elements. She blushed and said she was weak, when she was young she could raise all the water in Freudian and now, she could only cause a little sprinkle. That was how I learned that their abilities grew weaker as they aged. We Sun Wolves only got stronger with age.Edna believed and hoped that this daily process slowed the poison's effectiveness and therefore increased my days. I wasn't certain of that, none of us were but it was therapeutic to be enlightened by her wise mind.The woman was practically an owl. All that was left was for her to be in the tree outside Khai's bedroom window and turn her head at me and hoot every night."What's funny?" she asked after I laughed enough to k

A prayer had solved all things—a prayer. One minute I was seconds away from excruciating pain and the next my body was as hip as it used to be. I took a solo run the next day when Khai was out at work and my legs were as fast as they always were. The sun kissed my skin tenderly and I had returned to my old self. My mother always said that medicine came in to treat things but prayers are the ones that healed. Khai’s honest and faithful prayer to his ancestor cleared the poison from my body. Truly it was a miracle. This was Traga’s gift to me. I was truly his too. The elders were happy to see that I was well again. It felt odd to see them be happy for me when all I’ve ever seen them do was plot for me or want me gone. What shocked me even further was that they were praying for my recovery as well. Khai’s grandfather didn’t shy away from taking the credit, saying it was his prayer that did the job. I smiled and nodded, served them tea and left. But I was quickly called back to discuss w

Golden Hour painted the sky in amber. The trees and grass looked like they were baking as the sun was about to set. Roman, Falcon, Jacob, Hannah, and I trekked into the forest in our human forms to signal that we did not come to fight. River Crescent lands were 20 miles from us so we drove most of it and walked the rest.It was a peaceful drive through the forest. Most of the time I admired my betrothed as she sat in the passenger seat, jamming to songs with Hannah who sang at the top of her lungs from behind me.I never thought, in any of my days that Falcon would offer himself as a bargaining chip but he did. Apart from stringing my cousin along all these years, I respected his honour and integrity.Falcon’s plan was simple, in addition to Roman offering Sun Wolf land he would offer himself as muscle to the River Crescents.Over the hill and down in the valley a ring of mansions appeared, surrounded by vast farmland bustling with crops and workers ending their day shift.“It’s beaut

The spring heat was bugging me and an even warmer breeze came through from the window. I opened my eyes and the lights were on.Didn't we switch them off?I checked on Khai and his face was too far from me to be breathing on my neck. Oddly he was too far away from me on the bed. Usually, he slept stuck to my body or an inch away. Never at the edge.I sat up and caught a figure by the mirror, my heart stopped for a minute as he stood there, wearing black pants, a leather jacket and that same familiar scar on his face.I saw his eyes as they reflected off the mirror and a devious smirk grew on his face. My stomach clenched and my breath stopped. Slowly, he turned around and faced me with a wider smile.Though the lights were on and I saw exactly where he was, it was just as terrifying as the dark."Roman," his coarse voice resonated.It sent shivers down my spine and crushed my ability to move."How are you?"My eyes went to the window, wide open. We had made it so easy for him. My lips

I looked at the porridge, steaming piping through the air and angelic swirls. I pushed it away.“Can’t you do it for me, Jacob?” I asked him.Jacob tilted his head to the side.“She needs you,” he said quietly.I covered my head and laid it my arms on the table. I couldn’t go back in there and face her. Her feet hurt the most that day and they were swelling. Her face was stained in tears, eyes swollen and puffy – I feared I might forget her face and fierce personality. The poison had so wrongly reduced her into a crying and crippling woman - what I would give to hear an opinion from her, a no or something that wasn’t agony.Also, I was still upset with her. How eagerly she wanted to have a child with my cousin’s mate. Out of all the things she could’ve done for Traga or me, why did it have to be that? I started my research the night we returned. Roman agreed that we would do it my way and I was going to find any way to prevent even the slightest contact. I was looking into egg donatio