The Man's Decree Novels & Stories

The paper fluttered through the air, landing in the dirt at the old man's feet. ​"Read it," my husband commanded. The old man signaled a guard to pick it up. As the man scanned the document, his brow furrowed, and a look of genuine confusion crossed his face. ​"What is this?" He asked. ​"It’s a Final Decree of Dissolution," Alessandro replied as his eyes met mine for a fleeting second before he looked away. "Signed, witnessed, and filed with the New York judiciary three days ago." ​My breath caught in my throat. "A... divorce?"

The way he said it— It was not a promise. It was a decree; no words came to my mind. Struck speechless, I wondered at the audacity of this man. Oh no, not a man. A Lycan Prince. Silence stretched. Heavy and loaded with unnamed emotions. I stepped back from him, trying to create a distance. “You didn’t have to do that,” I said. “Yes, I did.” “No, you didn’t,” I pushed, my voice quieter now. “You made it worse.” His head tilted slightly.

The man smiled and went on reading the written order bestowed to him. "Therefore, by virtue of the encyclical Summis Deciderantes Affectibus, I condemned you to burn here and in hell!!!!" As he said that, the few servant men under his command started lightning their sticks and threw the fire-lighted sticks in the dry wood that was arranged around the poor young lady. THEY INTEND TO BURN HER ALIVE! She was sentenced to die and burn at stake!

“In your complacency, you’ve provoked the one person you should have never provoked- the one person with the ability to take away everything that gives you power.” “How stupid!” I spit. “How incomparably stupid”. The faces of the Elders drain of color as it becomes clear to them. Dominicus’s voice which had not stopped reciting continues, his final words ringing out in the charged atmosphere. Per vim huius decr (By the power of this decree,) Te excipio, in aeternum liberum. (I accept you, forever free.) And then, the moment arrives. “You’re right, I am not their Alpha…” I say softly.

I stood up,and turned to leave,my hand was placed on the cold door,about to push,when he called me back. "True?" "Yeah?"I asked,and tilted my head to him. "Promise me"he said. "What?" "You are going to have a new year's resolution"he said,"why?"I asked and j got a Shut—the— hell— up stare. "Alright fine..." Am surprised am even listening. "You are gonna get yourself a girlfriend,or even a wife if that's even possible" No way! The old man is asking too much now,am only twenty eight,and he's acting like am in my early fifties!

Conrad had called, but when the young man answered, he was unfamiliar with the man whose voice had soared in his ear. "If you want to save the life of this trustee of yours in the company, go to the location I texted you; no cops, no comrades, just you, Declan Heisenberg!" "Who the hell are you asshole?" "The person who wishes to see you weep!" Declan then proceeded to curse before being dropped off by someone's cellphone. He was completely engulfed in flames, and he was furious. He intends to break the bones of anyone who gets in his way and to shoot whoever violates his decision.

He smiled at my comment and said, “That’s not entirely true because if it wasn’t for me wanting space, you wouldn’t be here.” “I think it’s my decision that led me here.” I said and laughed as he looked at me incredulously. “What?! It was my decision!” “Which one might that be? Your decision to pay off your debt? Or was it to sign the contract that I made sure you would sign?” His face had a huge grin that I so wanted to wipe off. “It was I who decided I should love you.” I declared solemnly and heard a loud snort. “Did you now?” his mocking smile widened as he noticed my glare and he said, “It was our destiny, the moment you threw coffee at my secretary, we were a deal.”

Trying to justify his silence, his avoidance. Maybe their paths simply had not crossed? So why hasn’t he spared me a glance here? Not even once? “We are gathered here today to make a decree." The grand king’s voice rang out over the court. "For too long, these two souls have been bound in chains, denied their freedom and dignity. Today, we acknowledge their dedication and service to Urai. By the power vested in me by this court and in the presence of these witnesses, I hereby declare that the bonds of their enslavement are broken.”

A man said and Declan just stared Not replying. "We don't feel safe here anymore we don't know when you'll turn beast again" The man said. "Alpha , what if these are signs from Tharros, what if these are Tharros ways of saying he's coming" A woman said and the man stared thoughtful at her. "Yes Alpha what if it's it, we should do the sacrifice already" The man said. "You've layed your complaints, you may go, you do not make the decision in when the sacrifice is to be conducted" Declan said and left the courtroom with Fillion following.

“Or I will find someone who can.” He turned and ascended the dais again, settling back into the throne with the weary grace of a man used to giving orders that cost other people’s lives. “Court is dismissed,” he said. The hall emptied in a rustle of silk and whispers. Lucian stood very still until the doors closed. --- He signed the decree in private. The parchment lay rolled on a smaller table in one of the council antechambers, its top lines already dense with careful, merciless script in Rowan’s hand.