The Honoured One Novels & Stories

Their curious gazes shifted between Koen and me, clearly wondering who I was. I cleared my throat. “Alpha Koen,” I corrected myself. A faint smile tugged at his lips. “There’s no need to call me by my title.” He turned to the warriors gathered around him. “Everyone, this is Rhea Veris,” he said. “She’s our honored guest from Valcrest Pack.” The warriors straightened at once. “It’s an honor to meet you, Commander Rhea,” one of them said before the others echoed the greeting with respectful nods.

“The ceremony will take place shortly after your birthday. We cannot put it off further.” Claim. The word lands wrong. Heavy. Possessive. Like I am an object that has been misplaced and finally retrieved. I stand. My legs feel oddly steady for someone whose world just tilted. I should be happy that I get to meet him finally. Though there is a part of me that wishes he never comes at all. But I doubt that would release me or give me freedom to do as I will. “So I do not get a choice,” I say. “You get dignity,” he answers “You get protection. You get to honor your obligation with grace, and become the Matriarch to a powerful dynasty.”

Chapter 16 :The Forced Escort LYRA Kaelan calls it an honour. He says the word "honour" the way other men say "punishment," with a small, satisfied curl at the corner of his mouth that tells me exactly how much he's enjoying handing me the worst of it.

Silence swells. The Goddess turns to him slowly. “This is not how I wanted you to see me.” He looks at her. “I know.” That hurts her more than any attack. I feel it. She whispers, “I’m sorry.” The gods stir again. This ends now. A presence moves closer. Heavier than the rest. Older. I stiffen. “Who is that?” The Goddess’s face tightens. “The Arbiter,” she says. “The one who crowns and condemns.”

Seeing everyone there made my anxiety level spark up. Asher’s grandmother was there, along with other members of the family, my eyes lingered on Aunt Beatrix a second longer, she’s so cool. She’s hardly around as she oversees the shipments coming through the sea, according to what I heard Henshal tell one of his friends. He brags about being the heir all the time because he knew Caden wouldn’t last long as one. “Caden, come forward.” Don instructed, his voice sounding deadly and causing a shiver through me.

And it brought much discomfort to the gods. “ALL HAIL MANE HARBINGER, HE WHO IS ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE ALLVERSE. ALL SHALL PROCLAIM THE NAME OF THE SUPREME! FOR HIS PATH IS UNCOMMON AND HIS FATE SURE.” “ALL HAIL SUPREME EMPEROR MANE HARBINGER!”

He would ignore the apprentices, that was what I could perceive. "Could I kindly request your attention, esteemed comrades in arms?" Sir Hero Fiedge, a distinguished Knight Banneret, proclaimed, tapping his fork against his champagne flute to produce a clear, resonant sound. "We would like to welcome our apprentices who would be with us for a month. And with that, Honorable Knight Grand Cross Cretheus de Rosa would like to share some words."

she said calmly. "Rhaizen Gale was a national hero. He was regarded as the Savior across the Kingdom, the one who defeated the Trerth and saved humanity from the Monsters. Even though he accomplished all of this for the people, the only people who recognised it and praised him were the poor people living on the streets and citizens from unknown villages. The royals and Noble families look down on those people, but they nonetheless honour him for saving their lives, lives that the Nobles thought were worthless in their eyes. They gathered to his funeral to lament his passing, while the Nobles came to celebrate his death and humiliate him, the man who had shielded them from evil. That just goe

She nodded and placed a kiss to his forehead. “I have learned a great deal about you from the heart of your Aunty E. You are an incredibly brave and strong person who also has a pure heart. Despite others trying to hurt and mock you, just as my people did to her, you chose to hold onto love, joy, and happiness. Because of your character, I would like to bestow a very special honor to you. I need you to choose one person who will also receive this honor,” she told him.

Determined not to flag now, even if every impulse in me is telling me to collapse to my knees and beg for my life. I so, so don’t want to die. God, but I want to live. I let my eyes drift shut, a hasty prayer to my grandmother running through my mind. “The first to be included amongst the top,” Orion says, his voice carrying easily through the silent room. I open my eyes to see him gesturing to the first golden circle before him, furthest to his right. “In recognition of her rather stunning beauty…is Lady Alexandrica l’Esperance.”