A man in a brown coat and black boots laced with grey furs around the edges of the boots stood upright in front of a gentle stream. He had on a black hat that concealed his face.
Two men walked up to him, dressed up in shirts and pants.
"Our first mission has been accomplished," they both chorused and bowed as they salute.
"Lord Krepe!"
"That is exactly what I want to hear." The 6ft3 tall man turned towards the men, hands in his coat pockets.
"How soon are we going to strike?" One of the men asked.
"I hear he is named the devil prince and is difficult to kill. We will have to deal with him with caution. It's a pity in our attempt to kill him, his family members were so unfortunate to take his place." He clicked his tongue in pity.
"What do you propose we do my Lord?" The other one asked, eyes fixated on the man before him.
"It's quite simple. I want you both to study him. Find his weaknesses, penetrate him and make sure you keep an eye on our person living with him" He dismissed the men and turned back to his view of the gentle stream, his thoughts wandering back to the past when he went to the soothsayer to ask about his fate as the King.
The old man had said, "I'd advise you to put a stop to whatever evil you're planning to do to the successor to the throne. He is very powerful and will come like the devil in his most fearful form. The whole world shall hear of his name and tremble."
He had leaned closer to the man in the dark cave, ears opened. "Who are you talking about? Craig?" He asked wondering if his brother told him anything about Craig being a special child.
Laughter filled the dark place covered in dry bones and animal skin.
"Of course, not. He is yet unborn. But when he is born, he shall be like a thorn in your flesh."
Krepe flinched at this word. He did not like the sound of this at all. So he made to kill whoever the unborn baby turn out to be. In his attempt to do that, he killed the mother but Alex had somehow been saved by his father who later sent him out of the packs since he is royalty and cannot be thrown into the dungeon. Since then, he has made it his mission to kill the so-called devil prince and take over the pack.
He sighed as he let those memories flash through his head.
This time, there will be no mistake made.
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Sitting alone by her window after dinner, Cher's issue still lingering in her head, she heard someone walk in. Turning her head sideways to see who it is, she realized it was Amelia who is now in a flower-printed nightgown.
She took her seat just opposite Selena and they both stared outside the window, silent for a while before Amelia chose to speak up.
"I know how broken you feel knowing the one person you always thought you would marry is dead and now you have to marry another person chosen for you."
Not that the marriage mattered anyway to her but she was hundred percent sure her father would not take it lightly. Becoming an in-law to the Alpha is the biggest jackpot one could hit, and she isn't sure if her family will be willing to let go simply because she does not have feelings for the men.
However, getting married to Alex seem to excite her in a strange way she cannot explain. If there is any unpleasant thing she would like to be involved in, it would be to spend the rest of her life with him.
"It's not like I'm going to be a widow. I'm allowed to marry whoever mounts the throne, not someone in particular." She answered.
"Alex? Can you cope living with him?" Amelia twitched her lips.
"He's got a lot going on in his life right now and I don't think he would want to add having a mate to it."
"He didn't tell me that?" Selena bristled, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ears.
"I believe he's just trying to make me see how he pities me."
"That's what he does now? Pity people? I don't understand him these days."
"Maybe you're the one misunderstanding him. He's trying to prove to everyone he's not as bad as how people portray him." She defended him again.
Amelia snorted and stared at her for a long time.
"You're talking like he's more of your brother than he's mine." She said.
"You think so? Amelia, you've known your brother for as long as you have been born. You both may not have the same mothers but it doesn't make you enemies, does it?
"Father had arranged a wedding for me even before I was born and you think I do not deserve to be hateful and think of him as a bad person. He is not a bad person. Fate is just being cruel to him."
Amelia sighed as she lowered her eyes and thought over her words.
"You're right." She replied. "But are you sure you want to marry him?"
"Do I look like I have a choice?" She chuckled nervously knowing Alex had already given her a choice.
"Alright. He doesn't seem like he is ready for marriage but I can always ask him I guess." She stood up and left the room after patting Selena's shoulder.
Sitting on the terrace outside, Alex saw Amelia coming to join him.
Although they always have their differences, she still seems to be the only sibling he can talk to after Craig, his brother. When his Mother died, leaving him in the hands of a cruel world, his loving stepmother, Ariana, tried all she could to give him everything he so much desired. But when she died as well from food poisoning, he thought the world was against him in general. Coupled with the rumor of him being a devil prince which to this day he had always tried to live up to.
Amelia sat beside him, her eyes glowing in the dark. There was silence between them for a while before Alex decided to speak up. He cleared his throat before asking her,
"What is it you want, Amelia?"
She flung her hair backward and looked down nervously. Her hands fiddling with her skirt.
"Actually, I wanted to ask you something."
"Go on then."
"Are you going to marry Selena?"
Again the question hits his heart like a log of wood. The same question Selena had asked him got him worked up and he wondered if he wanted that now.
"Amelia," he sat upright and exhaled deeply. "I already spoke to Selena. Whatever contract was made for us to get married will be canceled. I'm the King now."
Amelia laughed dryly and smirked before dropping the bombshell.
"If it were that easy, Selena would in fact be licking your feet to change the will. However, you'd have to go through the process of breaking the oath by visiting the filament of questioning and go to the Kingmakers to sign an agreement and I'm sure not all of them will be cool with you changing the order. Finally, you'd have to convince the other party to give in." She explained to Alex whose mouth is now opened in shock.
"What!" He growled. he has been away from home for a long time so he didn't understand most of their stupid rules.
"There's no but, Alex," she placed a hand on his arm.
"Just marry her. You both make a good match anyway."
"What?! No way! You've got to be kidding me!" He frowned in disgust as he chewed his finger thoughtfully.
If changing the decree is this hard, he will rather go with marrying Selena. Since he isn't ready for that, he can just get married to her and keep her in the palace to stop the gossip.
"Alright, you win, Amelia. I'll talk to her and arrange a wedding." He didn't sound convinced. He just knew inside his head that he wasn't ready.
"Thank you, brother." There was an awkward silence between them again before Amelia spoke up about their biggest enemy, Krepe.
"Krepe has a spy here, I'm sure." She started.
"Hm. Whoever it is, I hope he doesn't stay long because I'll fish him out soon." He was now rising from where he had been sitting and moving inside.
"What if it's someone close to you?" Amelia asked behind him and got a reply before he disappeared into the hallway.
"I'll figure him out."
She sighed and turned to look at the sky laced with millions of beautiful stars. The moon in its crescent shape and the wind playing with the grasses as they dance together in the vastness of the field. She turned as well to go but heard an argument coming from the guest room on the first floor.
She took a gentle stride towards the door and taking a peep, she saw a man dressed in a black coat and holding a phone to his ear. He looked furious.
"If you mess things up this time, I'll make sure I kill you. I asked you to leave things to me. I know how to handle it. Now you're sending someone to screw everything up for me. You sent your daughter you wimp!"
He stopped to listen for a while before talking again.
"If you touch my daughter, Krepe. I'll make sure I chop your bones and feed them to the vultures. Is that clear? Your job is to execute the King, not my daughter."
Amelia gasped in shock but was even more shocked when the man turned and she saw who it was.
"What?!" She said and wanted to turn but was too late as she felt a strong hand press cloth to her nose and mouth. She tried to struggle but couldn't anymore as she gave in to the blankness and passed out.
"Commander, tell your army to go to the east and search every nook and cranny while the others and I will canvass every other place in the Kingdom. Don't forget to go to the forest and the outskirt as well to find her. She must be found!"A big wolf, two feet tall and weighing up to eighty kilograms stood in front of a hundred wolves and gave an order through the mindlink. His eyes give off a scary black color that exudes authority. His claws were fixed to the ground and his eyes turned dark.As the wolves dispersed in their given direction, the rest stayed with him and he almost ran when he heard a voice behind him."Alex!" He saw Selena's face outside the window looking at him pleadingly."Please be careful." She mouthed and her caring expression melted his heart.He turned westwards and the rest of the wolves ran after him, their noses in the air trying to catch Amelia's scent. They howled at every hint they get.Selena sighed gently and almost jumped out of her skin as she felt a
Opening her eyes, Selena could see herself in her room on the bed with staff coming in and going out.'Why did she pass out?' She thought before leaving her room to go to the palace to ask about Alex.Moving closer, she could only hear sobs and wailing and her heart skipped a beat as she feared the worst. What happened to Alex? Did he find his sister? Many questions roamed her head as she walked up to where servants lurked and stared from afar, most of them crying and some just shaking their heads in pity.At the center, she saw Alex bent over a body with Ethan sitting on the floor in a corner, also crying hard. Her head pounded and she felt numb immediately. Ellie, her aunt, rushed in too and paused in her tracks at the sight before her."What happened?" Selena could hear her Aunt mutter.Ethan shot his head up and she could see his puffed eyes and red face. Veins popped out of his forehead as he rose and almost attacked her Aunt, but was cornered by the guards around."You dare ask
"We missed our target, yet again. This isn't our agreement." Krepe dropped the glass of wine he was holding on the small table in front of him before leaning back on the chair in front of the other man."You're the one who just doesn't know how agreements are supposed to work. I call the shots but your stupid ass chose to leap past the game.""You did get what you've always wanted, didn't you?" He tilted his head at his acquaintance."You're right. That shocked me to the bones. I was told his brother attacked my sister and daughter the day they came home. If he knows about my dirty works, he should have more reasons not to get married to my daughter any longer.""You know what that means, right?" Krepe was now pouring the drink into another cup for his guest who took it from him with a smile."Our little secret is still a secret." The man replied before drinking his scotch."It better be. I can't be caught a second time or I'll be severely executed."There was an awkward silence betwe
Lying on the bed, alone and dejected, with Alex's back turned on her. Selena faced his back and watch his gentle breathing as he drifted off to sleep. His back was bare and she was lost looking at the rough yet tantalizing view of this man she had come to marry. His broad shoulders invited her to touch and she did touch them.Placing one hand beneath the side of her face as she watched his behind, she put the other one gently on his shoulder. She placed a tip at first, scared of disturbing him. She later felt comfortable, or a little too comfortable, and placed her whole hand on his warm shoulder.She let her hand slide down his back and she thought she felt him shiver but ignored it and went on to admire his spine, running her fingers down. He jerked and she kept her finger to herself, pretending to sleep. She felt him turn and open one eye, he has now faced her, his chest the next thing to access."Wow." She muttered as she looked at his bare chest and decided to run her fingers on
Helping Selena get into the carriage that was parked on the lawn, Alex couldn't help but wonder if he had made the right decision. Marrying her for a grave purpose that will forever haunt him even as his sister's voice kept ringing in his head.He knew he had no choice but to go ahead with his plan if he wants his sister to rest in peace.Driving through the county, in the middle of the sweeping mountains that spread around Forester gracefully, Alex kept glancing towards his new bride who he couldn't tell what his feelings for her were. After driving for a while in silence, Selena cleared her throat."If I may ask, your high...Alex." she corrected. Looking at her from the corner of his eyes, he wasn't entirely sure if her mistake should amuse or irritate him. Perhaps, it made him feel both. Still, he knew he always felt something whenever she stays by his side or was close to him."Why did you bring Cher to stay with us...you in the palace?""None of your business," he murmured as the
"You look beautiful today, her royal majesty. I can see the King is making sure of that." Luther, the King commander, a man who looked like he was in his late forties commented as he ushered them into a large living room decorated with furniture of exquisite taste.Alexander had decided to pay his commander a visit at his home to discuss an important matter, one that he wouldn't want others to hear. Even though he couldn't see them but he could hear the war cry from far away and he needed to act fast. Medals and ranks awards spread on the shelf plus body parts of the enemies Luther has ever conquered since he has been made Chief commander, each in a jar of preservatives.She smiled at his words and felt Alex glance in her way before settling on the chairs offered to them. Luther sat across from them, his silver-gray hair shining under the morning sun that comes in through the window."What brought you to my place, my Lord?" Luther asked as he sat upright to get to the business of the
After the sudden and shocking desire that Alex admitted he has, Selena has been worried sick about what his decision will be next. They would have to mate as couples to produce kids. These thoughts were supposed to excite her but part of her seems troubled.If she mates with the King, she'll have his baby and be his partner and fated mate forever, which would keep Cher away from him for a while. This was a good strategy but will she be able to agree to have sex with this handsome King called the devil prince? Who would say no?Probably her. She thought as she trailed behind Alex through the hallway to the staircase that leads upstairs. But then, he stopped and Selena could see why."Someone already prepared lunch for----one?" Selena asked and wondered if this was the handwork of any of the maids."Lunch has been prepared already?" Alex walked up to the table and opened each plate to check what was in it.Pasta on one plate garnished with enough vegetables and beef. Knife and fork are
Hearing Selena call his name, Alex knew she was going to come into the room soon. He had been applying ointment to Cher's foot when he thought of fiddling with her feelings.He had been getting hints that she liked him but if she did, his feelings should come first above her interest. Whatever it is she feels towards him, he would use it to punish her. Until it was time to push his plan forward, he would play around with her feelings for a little while. At least she deserves every bit of punishment."Your highne..." Cher began to call, her face against his chest but Alex hushes her."Ssshhhh! Calm down. I've got you, okay?"He knew Cher was rightly confused but she grabbed him anyway and hugged him back, his hand moving up and down her back in a loving manner.From the corner of his eyes, he could see Selena walk in, her eyes holding back something that looked like pain. However, she did a good job to conceal it."Your attention is needed, Alex." His name sounded like she was holding