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
AriaPrince Zane had picked a day to burn General Caldwell's body without even letting his father say a last goodbye to his son. Aria could still feel her ghostly past with General Caldwell, even though her life was supposed to feel normal. The feelings she had in her heart for her mate's murderer weren't normal, Aria wanted to get rid of it but it was hard. She had never felt this way for anyone before and Aria couldn't understand why she had feelings for Prince Zane. She had thought to herself countless times, but still couldn't think of any reason why she would have any sort of romantic feelings for Prince Zane. He was a blind handsome man, with beautiful silver eyes that were able to draw her in. His mind along with his heart were corrupt with evil. So what was it about him did she fell for? His sinister smile? No that wasn't good enough. Was it his attitude of treating everyone like his toy?Aria shook her head in frustration, she had got to be sick in the head if she fell for h
AriaAria silently watched as Caldwell's former army showed their respect to Radford.Radford was made the new General of the army. From the happy look on each of the soldiers' faces, they were pleased with Prince Zane's decision as if they knew that after General Caldwell's death, Radford would be the one to take over. Aria let out a tired sigh. No amount of good food and drinks could ever make her like an event like this. It reminded her of her dead mate. The worst part about everything was that Aria couldn't be sad about the sudden outcome of events. She needed to be happy like everyone else. Even the former Elder Ewing was happy. He didn't come for Radford ceremony dress in an extravagant way like he did the time his son was still alive. Aria couldn't understand how he was able to congratulate Radford without feeling bitter about it. Perhaps he was, and his extra nice attitude to Radford was his way of hiding it. Aria had thought that Prince Zane was going to complain about Ewi