CHAPTER 16Esme’s POVThree days ago, when I had stood in the same room with most of them, I had been worried out of my mind and a little afraid. But after surviving that desert and getting my Lycan, I didn’t feel the same way again, and I returned every gaze with an equally sharp one. Unlike most of them here, I had a lot of experience leading people, and I had most of them looking away in seconds. However, my gaze stayed a little longer on a blonde-haired girl that I hadn’t seen in the first meeting. She was beautiful and elegant, and she stood out from everyone around her just by sitting there. But the most important thing was the challenge I felt from her gaze. Who was this?“I woke up this morning,” I finally replied to Kathie and ignored the side glare that she was giving me. If she could take her time in seeing me, there was no reason why I had to give her immediate replies.“Next time, you need to listen to me or anyone from here so you don’t make mistakes like that.”“What
Esme’s POV“Although Kathie was displeased about you bringing Miss Esme to our Empire, I could feel it when I held her hands now that she did that to help Esme.”I frowned. Help me? They had no idea I couldn’t transform, so how could they have known I needed help? Before I could voice my doubt, Sophie continued, “In the last two years, all the Lycans that have entered the Sacred Room have noticed a significant increase in their strength.”“Although not everyone has abilities to be Gifted, the increase in strength is still something that would help the kingdom and help them. By guiding her to the Sacred Room, Kathie had good intentions,” as she said this, she glanced at me from her side eye before focusing her attention on Silvan.“But the number of people that have died is even greater than those that survived. Why did Kathie not give Esme a chance to choose?” Lois interjected from the side, and I noticed Silvan shooting her a grateful look.“That is Kathie’s mistake. As a princess,
CHAPTER 18Silvan’s POV“Why didn’t you inform me that she was here?” I asked Draco, using the mind link as we walked out of the dining room. While my secret guards had informed me about Kathie being in the dining hall, I had no idea that Sophie was back in the Empire.Although we hadn’t met, I knew everything that happened in the Empire even though I wasn’t there. I knew who she was, and I knew she was doing an average job with the project. However, I had no interest in making her look relevant or thinking she was someone I cared about. “I knew you could handle it,” Draco’s smug reply came, and I rolled my eyes. Traitor.His Lycan ability was precognition, and I was certain that he knew very well that I was coming down with Esme. Yet, he had given me no disclaimer about Sophie.“Besides, I wanted to watch some drama since you mentioned you were coming down with Esme,” he added.Knowing Draco, I wasn’t surprised. He liked gossip and drama even more than girls. Unfortunately, I was
Esme’s POV“I don’t think I have one,” I said while I also ran through my memories of what happened in the sacred room.From trying to survive the desert and its unbearable conditions to getting to stream and seeing that wolf in my reflection, I hadn’t shown anything special.In fact, I had barely survived until my Lycan had broken free from within me and fought the wolf. After that, I couldn’t remember anything else.“According to the word going around, you spent two hours in there. There should be something,” Draco argued, and Lois nodded to show that she agreed with him.“When I entered the Sacred Room, I spent forty minutes and got one of the strongest healing powers in the history of our race. Draco spent forty-five minutes and got the precognition ability, which is ranked one of the strongest in our ranking,” Lois went on to explain how the Sacred Room worked by stimulating their Lycan to its full potential. For people that were too weak, they wouldn’t make it out. As for peop
CHAPTER 20ESME’S POVMy second time waking up in the princess bedroom that Silvan had given me felt a lot better than the first time. One glance at the bedside clock had me jumping out of my bed and rushing into the bathroom at the speed of light. I had agreed to go to the academy this morning. A part of me was slightly worried, and another part was deeply curious about what I would meet there. Growing up, one of the things I had grown up knowing was how vital strength was. Now that I had my Lycan, I wanted to train it to be as strong as possible. A snort rang out in my head, and I heard the familiar voice of my Lycan, “I’m strong enough. You don’t need to train to make me stronger.” My brows arched before I burst into laughter. “You have been stuck inside me for three years, and now you are strong enough? How do you expect me to believe that?” Another snort. “Some other Lycans have some superpower that we don’t; the least we can do is train hard,” I continued, and I put it at
Esme’s POV“I will take it.” Studying had never been a problem, considering I had spent more than half of my life studying, from studying about werewolves to Lycans to human classes and business management.I was all used to it.Lady Sue went inside, and I was directed to sit at the reception.“Esme, Lady Sue said the questions would be ready in thirty minutes. I will come by before you are done. I need to attend to my students.” “It’s okay; I’m sure I’ll be fine here.” That was a lie. I wasn’t certain about anything with this receptionist and Lady Sue, who seemed to hate me. However, I didn’t want to hold her back, and I knew that if anything went wrong, I could send a message to Silvan.I leaned back on the seat and closed my eyes while emptying my thoughts out. After knowing that some people had Lycan powers to read my thoughts, I had been cautious about what I allowed to go through them in public.I would need to talk to Silvan about how close a person had to be to use their Ly
I dash back through the path I had just come from, and there are steps behind me. “Amy, what’s wrong?” Someone yells from behind me. “There’s something off about that girl,” Amy spat, and I can’t help but notice that the voices are closer. They are catching up. “Have got this,” a high-pitched voice rang out, and then suddenly, I saw blurry movement from the corner of my eyes, and my back hit the ground. I groaned, my back aching as I tried to stand up and saw the person who had pushed me down. He is small with sparkling green eyes that were locked on me. “I guess you didn’t expect we could catch you,” Amy snarls as she closes the distance between us.“What do you want?” I demanded and finally managed to stand up. “I think you are a spy from the other academy,” Amy declared, and I could tell from the look on everyone’s faces that she wasn’t joking. “I have my class schedule and my pass from the administration room. There’s no way I’m some spy or whatever.” Besides, why would
Esme’s POVThe shock on Amy’s face had to be the most hilarious thing I had seen in a while. She stared at me and then looked at Lois like she was been asked to eat some disgusting fly.“I can’t possibly…” she argued and then sent me another side glance.Unlike before, she had kept her glares aside and I couldn’t be any more relived.“I’m doing you a favor here, Amy.” “You had better take it if you still like your life,” Lois added and then grabbed my hand.We walked away, leaving Amy to herself and Lois started talking as soon as we were out of her hearing range. “I’m sorry that I came late, Esme.” I start to nod, wanting to tell her that it was okay but she placed her index fingers on my lips.“Don’t tell me it’s fine because I’m still going to write about two pages explaining to him why you had to encounter this when I was with you,” she said and her lips puckered as though the mere thought of Silvan was deeply terrifying.She led me away and grabbed the schedule they had given