Aria"I said no!" Aria whispered, yelling at General Caldwell. "Why are you in the palace? Didn't Prince Zane tell you not to come to the palace again until he calls for you?" Aria asks the unreasonable man in front of her.Her mate was making her angry, he wanted to ruin her life against her wishes. General Caldwell had sent Radford to call Aria so that they could meet each other in secret. Aria at first didn't want to come but decided to because she knew how stubborn General Caldwell could be. Aria was expecting another confession of love from him, along with words that spoke of how much he missed her. Aria didn't expect that General Caldwell was going to ask her to run away with him so that they could be together. "Don't you love me, lady Aria?" 'no.' Aria thought firmly. spending so much time with him preaching about how much he loved her and wanted to be with her was starting to help Aria get anything that had to do with him out of her system. She could control her wolf desire
Aria"From General Caldwell, my lady. He said that you should read it when you are alone." Aria remembers the words of one of the maids who had pretended as if she hit Aria by the shoulders when all she wanted to do was to secretly pass General Caldwell's message. There were two different maids, Erika knew them but Aria didn't. "Is something wrong with the food, Lady Aria?" Erika asked when she noticed that Aria wasn't eating. Aria thought back to the little note that she had hidden inside her dress when coming from Lady Brunhilda's lessons, she still hadn't read it and thought to herself that she should just ignore it and talk to Erika about what the General was up to."Is there any way, you can get me more meat?" Aria asks."Of course, my lady, I will be right back." Erika smiled and left the room. Aria took out the little piece of paper and read it. If only the maid knew what it was that they were sending to her they wouldn't have agreed to it. General Caldwell wanted to meet h
AriaAria struggled to set herself free from the rope General Caldwell tied her with, her little strength wasn't working. The rope wasn't made of silver or wolfband but Aria kept struggling against something that used to be easy for her. All her werewolf strength had been locked away by Elqenna's pendant. Aria was now starting to wish that the pendant was strong enough to go against her mate bond, that way, her wolf would also be locked away, and then she could fully hate General Caldwell without holding back because he was her mate."If you don't let me go, someone is going to notice that I'm missing." "Do you think that I don't know that lady Aria?" General Caldwell snaps at her. Even though Aria didn't want to feel hurt by his actions, she couldn't stop herself from feeling that way, her wolf was already feeling betrayed."I'm sorry." Caldwell gently brushes a strand of Aria hairs away from her eyes, she tries to push him away with her head. "Don't lie to me, if you are truly so
Aria"Prince Zane brought me here to take care of you." Erika begins to untie the rope that had been used to tie Aria. Aria looked at General Caldwell in fear, but General Caldwell was already paying attention to the door of the horse barns waiting silently for what was to come. Even though he had kidnapped her and wanted to forcefully take her away from the kingdom, a part of Aria still wanted to tell General Caldwell to run away. He should escape while he still had the chance. "Prince Zane." General Caldwell bowed down to Prince Zane in respect. Aria was surprised to see that he still had the guts to greet Prince Zane after what he had done. He wasn't even going to run away, rather he was ready to fight. Aria thought he was a fool. Prince Zane was always with Aidan and Nadia, there was no way he was going to win, regardless of how strong he was. Aria stared at her mate with sadness in her eyes. She didn't like him, but she didn't want him to kill himself because of his stupid ma
Aria"Aren't we going to Lady Brunhilda lessons today?" Aria asks dully. She didn't care about the lessons and didn't want to go. But she didn't want Erika to know her true feelings."No. We are staying in the room, all day today." Erika arranges the bed. "Why?" Aria asks, "Was it Prince Zane's orders?" His name brought a bitter taste to her mouth as she thought of the way he killed her mate the other night in front of her. "No, it was me. Prince Zane isn't aware that I want you to stay in the room today, but we can go out on a stroll if you want." Erika changed the bedsheets, and for a second she stopped and smiled warmly at Aria, "Don't tell me that you are not okay with it, unless he knows. I thought of telling Prince Zane about my idea, but I didn't because I knew he would say yes to it anyway." Aria sat down on the chair in the room, from her seat, she could see the throne-like chair Prince Zane liked to sit on whenever he wanted to intimidate her. She glared at the seat as th
Aria The door opened as Prince Zane came to the room with Aidan and Nadia by his side. Aidan helped him to take off his clothes while Nadia went ahead to prepare a bath for him. Aria watched silently as they walked around the room, They didn't even bother to turn off the lights, probably because Prince Zane likes the dark. Aria couldn't fall asleep. Erika had left a glass of water for her to take before going to bed but Aria didn't take it. She suspected that whatever Erika had put in the last two glasses of water she drank the other two nights she had been able to sleep after General Caldwell's death was in the glass of water, Erika had given to her. She wanted to drink it, but Aria felt like she had no right to sleep because of what she did to General Caldwell. Prince Zane put on his nightwear. Aidan and Nadia both left the room, after giving one final bow to him. Prince Zane silently climbs into the bed with his back facing Aria. Aria was sure that he knew that she was on the
Aria"What did you plan to do if General Caldwell had successfully freed you from those ropes?" Prince Zane asks Aria. Aria wiped the tears that were running down her eyes with her hand."Would you have told him the same secret you shared with me after taking off your necklace? I'm sure you wanted him to accept you so that you could run away with him just like he wanted." Aria stared at Prince Zane's back, his back was still facing her. General Caldwell was dead, no one was planning to run away anymore, and yet Prince Zane sounded like he was jealous and angry. Aria thought of his questions, a part of her wanted General Caldwell to know the truth, perhaps she would have been able to like him for real if he was able to accept her, maybe she would have willingly run away with him. "I don't know." Aria lied."Remember the question I asked you months ago about your mate?" Prince Zane asks, "Are all werewolves like you? Full of lies and always go against their words?"Aria couldn't mus
AriaWeeks had passed and Aria still hadn't heard anyone spoken of General Caldwell's death. If it was an average man, Aria would have thought of it as normal, but General Caldwell was more than just a noble, everyone in the kingdom held him in high esteem. Aria couldn't believe that everyone had easily forgotten about the man they once threw a huge party for. Back then they saw him as the pride of the kingdom.How was Prince Zane going to explain himself for ripping off the head of the pride of Esterial kingdom? Aria was waiting silently to see what he was going to do. Erika came into the room, suspiciously looking around before locking the door. Aria watches her with curiosity."News about General Caldwell's death has finally been brought out." Erika whispered to Aria's ears, "There's going to be a meeting, I heard you will be attending with Prince Zane, Lady Aria. I suggest you keep your mouth shut about what you know, even though you know what happened, it's important that you ac