All Chapters of Honor in the House of Wolves: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Once outside the tent he allowed some distance to grow between us and his brothers before saying anything else. “Do you know what just happened princess?”“I’d say yes, but we both know that’s a lie.”“My brother, Dimitris, the king. He stole the crown. He was third in line and even though Alfred should have been king he was able to claim it. He hasn’t taken a queen so his line is unstable. Twenty five years ago he passed a ruling that said all female wolf bloods needed to be seen by him first before anyone else claimed them.”“But you didn’t take me to him?” I felt like the passenger once more which was always a precursor to losing control of my wind abilities. He shook his head and stopped in an unoccupied area of the camp, “I was banished from court twenty five years ago. He can go fuck himself for all I care. He can’t possibly lower my status beyond what he already has and I will be damned if I lose you to him.” Never had he seemed so much like that shadow man than right now. “

We all agreed to stay. There was little faith in my mind for the previous mission and I could feel teh defeat starting to spread as the others realized the same thing. Asfalia used us just as an experiment. That squad that supposedly was accidentally heading our way was planned to take us all out before we crossed the barrier. “I said bye to my family,” Sage and Maylin were the first to cry out. I offered Sage comfort and Shen offered her shoulder to Maylin. I felt the next wave of defeat creeping up on me as I tried to just offer soothing sounds. The holes in the plans were becoming far too apparent though. Of course this had happened before. They had plenty of pictures of changelings. Were those autopsy pictures meant to be our future? It was such an ill-conceived plan and yet… We all turned to Lyra. “You!” Sylis stomped toward her first her hand on her hips, “Did you know?”She shook her head, offering the same defeat as the rest of us and I could hear her mirrored echoing voic

Inside the tent had changed drastically from just earlier yesterday. It didn’t look like a war planning area but rather a place set for a feast. Far better food than what I had been served with everyone else, was set out all along the middle of a long wooden table with large padded seats. There were six seats, two on the end and four in the middle. Nok directed me to one side pulling a chair out for me and taking a seat next to mine. “Just stay calm,” he leaned over before sitting back straight. His brothers entered shortly afterward Alfred, the oldest first with a young woman in a stunning silver and green gown. Her hair hung low straight down her back as a liquid slilver with flecks of grey that resembled the steele of a blade. She just like Alfred had high pointed ears and no sign of her being any kind of fae other than maybe a slightly humanoid. Conrad entered with a woman who took my breath away. Never had I ever seen someone with pure white hair and striking black eyes. Sh

Nok’s eyes flashed to a time before he was banished and I felt it in his voice the heartache. “Living there, in that castle. It was torture.” He sighed, stretching slightly, allowing his hands to fall far over his head, “Your own thoughts aren’t even safe there. He’s paranoid that someone is going to overthrow him all because he knows there’s little chance he will ever solidify his line. Any challenge, whether spoken aloud or thought at night, is enough for him to make an example out of you.” “Make an example out of you?” Our heads were next to each other so I kept quiet thinking he had to have been exaggerating everything. Nok, I thought, he had to have been feeling resentment from being banished. “Rovell,” he whispered back, “His mind was broken by my brother right before being banished. He’s one of a few that Dimitris shattered mentally. Before, he had a personality. He wasn’t just hopping around being confused by the slightest thing. He used to believe in something, now…” his v

“I was told you left breakfast.” Turning over I saw Nok sitting next to me, propping himself up with one hand on his knee. “I guess it went as well as I thought it would.” “It was fine,” my head was buried in my mat muffling my words and making sure the world around me stayed separate. “I shouldn’t have let you go. Emnore might seem like a nice woman when in company but she can be far worse than Anju. She just has learned to hide it and use it better. Don’t worry, I’ll decline the dinner invitation.” I was happy to hear dinner was now free, but there was a pain in Nok’s voice. This banishment may have been hard on everyone. The family was certainly torn apart, but how close were they before all of this happened?” “All in all though. You only needed my help at the end. Took a lot out of me too.” He laughed, “What was Emnore’s face like? Man I wish I could have seen the look on her face when you stood up to her. What about Anju? That bitch thought she could walk all over you, but t