Aria "what is all this about?" Aria complains, "Don't they know that I'm still mourning." Erika gave a little laugh, "My Queen, your husband is still alive so it's not understandable that you are mourning for so long." Aria walks in as Erika opens the door to the meeting room. the inner court elders sat down with a grim expression. Aria could tell that they still didn't like her. but she didn't care. she had no intention to please them. "Queen Aria." Elder Svend said. "it has been almost a week since the burial of our late King, and there is still no sign of Prince Zane.""We have been talking among ourselves." Elder Leif said, "Until Prince Zane shows up we shall be in charge of every activity the king is meant to do." "And that also includes you," Elder Svend said, "you are not allowed to make decisions without our permission." Aria gave out a loud laugh. 'they think I'm going to let them control me?' the thought made her laugh again. the elders had an angry expression on the
Aria "I pledge my allegiance to you, my queen, and the new king of Esterial." Aria smiled. the fake smile on her face was starting to make her cheeks hurt. she ordered the guards to give out the documents of alliance to the prince in front of her. Or was he a king? Aria didn't know anymore. all she knew was that there were so many. the brown-headed man looked at her for a word, something she needed to say to show that she appreciated his loyalty. Aria's fingers were starting to feel numb because of the amount of documents she had been signing. her eyes went over the crowd that was still waiting for her to attend to them so that they could pledge their loyalty again to Esterial because a new king was in control.'This is not supposed to be my Job.' Aria thought as she tiredly waved the brown-headed man away so that she could attend to the next person in need of her attention. 'this is supposed to be Zane's job, but he heartlessly ran away and left everything for me to deal with. I
Aria "Whatever questions you have about my husband should be discussed with him when he returns." Aria got ready to leave. "wait." Elder Leif called out.'oh no.' Aria thought. She felt a little panic about the situation she created. there was no excuse for what she just did. wanting to protect Zane was not enough reason for her to practically chase the inner court away from the kingdom. Zane wasn't going to be pleased when he comes back. 'why won't he come back?' Aria thought, annoyed. "Where is King Zane?" Elder Leif asks. "we at the very least deserve to know where he is.""Why?" Aria asks harshly as she stares down hard at Elder Leif. 'what am I doing?' Aria thought worriedly as she continued to put on a strong front."Do you want to torment him the same way you tormented his father before his death?" "what nonsense is she saying?!" Elder Svend shouted. all his pent-up anger was let loose. "not only are you accusing us falsely, but you also do not understand the situation at
Aria "Queen Aria." General Radford bows in respect to Aria who walks into the strategy room with her brother by her sides. "any news?" Aria asks about alpha Bryant who planned on attacking soon. "our spy brought in news that Alpha Bryant is allying with others who had the same issue on the missing wolf case." General Radford said. "he must have known that he didn't have any of defeating us because we have more army than him."'alpha Bryant is not a complete idiot after all.' Aria thought. 'he is willing to use the case about the missing wolf as an excuse to draw others into a battle of life and death just so that he can kill me.' Aria sighs out loud, 'No matter how much I think about it, he's still an idiot. I thought this was going to be a small battle. the humans in Esterial need to leave.'"Aria, what do you plan on doing?" Axel ask.Aria faces General Radford. "evacuate every human in Esterial, let them temporarily stay with their kind for now until this whole mess is over. if
Aria Brian held Aria's hand as she was about to go into the battlefield. "If you are trying to stop me don't bother. it's too late to change anything." Aria forcefully removes her hand from Brian's grip. the battle with Alpha Bryant had begun. Aria made the mistake of bringing in little soldiers to fight against alpha Bryant who had gathered different support from other packs. "I'm not here to stop you, or fight with you." Brian's eyes went to those who were with Aria. alpha Draven, Axel, and General Radford. "you already have enough strong supporters." "then what do you want?" Aria felt impatient. the last man who fought with her got badly wounded. she was in a hurry to get back to the battle before anyone got hurt again because of her. "I have an offer for you. one that can help stop all this unnecessary blood share." Brian said with a serious tone. "alpha Bryant has agreed to face you alone without getting the others involved." Brian watches the reluctant look on Aria's face,
Aria No one understood what was going on. 'why are they all here?' Aria asks herself. "wha..." Aria's voice was weak. She almost didn't believe that was what came out of her, "what is going on?" she asked weakly. her body falling to the ground without control.'what is happening to me?' she thought to herself as she tried to keep her eyes from closing. from the dim light that was threatening to disappear from her heavy eyes that wanted to close, Aria saw Erika running towards Brian. 'Erik...' Aria thought shut down. She lost consciousness.Aria felt a headache in her head. She tried using her hands to ease the pain she felt in her head, but her hands couldn't move. realizing that her hands couldn't move made her sharply open her eyes. She was in a dim room, tied to a chair. her hands were tied to the back of the chair along with her legs. Aria took in a deep breath, trying to calm herself. she looked around and saw Alpha Bryant and Kaiser. Aria was surprised to see that they w
Aria "leave me alone." Aria turned towards the door of the room she had been captured in as she heard beta Brian's voice. he sounded weak. the door abruptly opened. a mysterious figure dressed in black attire with a mask and a hood over its face pushes Beta Brian's chair to the floor.just like the rest of them, he was tied the same way, Aria was surprised that his chair wasn't even broken with the way he landed with a loud thud.beta Brian grunted in pain.the dark figure walked towards him and took his chair up. "What did you do to him?!" alpha Bryant shouted. his eyes were aflame with rage. "I thought we were the only ones here." kaiser said.the dark figure ignores them, walks towards the door, and shuts it close. Brian had been badly beaten up. his eyes were swollen. "Brian!" Aria's voice was filled with fear, she didn't like how weak Brian looked. his eyes looked like he could barely look at them. as though he wanted to shut them forever. "stay awake." Aria was afraid th
Aria 'how can he call himself my husband when he hasn't even noticed that I have gone missing.' Aria thought angrily about Zane. 'but then again can I blame him when our marriage means nothing to him. he was no longer a prince, he was now the king. finding a new wife was going to be easy for him. The elders would be happy too.' Aria couldn't force herself to think happy thoughts. she didn't know how many days it had been. with the way the room they were locked in was constructed, it was hard to tell which time was night and which was day. Aria knew the day when the room was hot, and the night whenever the room was cold. she was barely eating. her strange kidnapper fed her, but at first, she rejected the food. the second time she threw a tantrum and almost spilled the food away. third time Aria gave in and ate a tiny bit because there was no point in letting herself die when she still didn't know who wanted to kill her and why they were stalling. "Why are you three being so stubbo