Kai’s POVI watched the young spell caster’s hands tremble as she murmured a spell under her breath, I knew it was because she feared me but I hoped that it wouldn't interfere with the spell.“Any Idea what the problem is yet?” I asked impatiently and she locked her nervous eyes with me before shaking her head.Another No, the fourth one in the last forty minutes.“Try again!” I snapped at her and she flinched before nodding quickly and shutting her eyes to recite the spell again.The moment I walked out of Cora’s room, I’d gone on a frantic search to find Leila, overturning every room in the palace that I thought she’d be in, but there was no sign of her. I knew that if anyone could figure out what was wrong with me and how to fix it, it’d be her.When I wasn’t able to find her, my frustration easily morphed into anger and I stormed off to the training room where the spell casters under her. The second I stepped foot into the room, the spell casters present scrambled to their feet an
Kai’s POV“Nina, stay” Cora held unto her friend’s arm tightly and practically pinned her on the spot.Nina.Mystery maid’s name was Nina.“Cora, five minutes” I wanted to plead but I wasn't even sure how to, men like me never cared enough about anybody’s feelings to learn how to deliver a simple apology.“Too long, I’d kick you out the second the lies left your lips” She didn't let her eyes meet mine no matter what.“I’m not leaving until we talk, and I’m not talking with her here” I folded my arms stubbornly—in the same manner she usually did—and leaned comfortably against the walls.Cora balled her fists furiously at her sides and the frown lines on her forehead became deeper, like I’d set off a level of anger she was oblivious to having. The mystery ma—no, Nina leaned into her and whispered something in her ears that caused Cora’s tenses shoulders to visibly relax before she let go of her arm.“I’ll excuse you now, Alpha” She bowed as she walked past me and left the room.I should
Leila’s POVHe was fixing up a room for her? By himself?My mind was racing with a million questions, and not the kind that anyone could proffer answers to. Only a deity who oversaw all could help me make sense of Kai’s obsession with Cora, especially after he’d ingested a shit ton of the supposed fate-altering red rose I risked my ass to get.How the hell was he fighting it off? I mean, I knew he was strong but I thought it was just against physical warfare, not the supernatural. The mere fact that he had chosen the worst possible time to show how boundless his strength and determination could be pissed me the hell out.“I just need one more shot at Cora’s life, and this time, I won't miss the target” I looked into my scrying mirror while I waited for it to locate Cora.I barely made use of the scrying mirror to spy on my enemies within the palace because it drew an unimaginable amount of power from me to keep it connected to a magical source. It was usually a last resort when I’d ex
Leila’s POV“Is he okay? Why was he he—” my statement was cut off when I lost my balance on the shelf and fell on my ass.You’re not weak Leila, you can't afford to be.Rene gasped loudly and ran over to my side on seeing my fall, “ God, Miss, are you feeling well?”Her hands went around my back and she pulled me into a sitting position while I struggled to keep myself grounded. I was becoming weaker by the second because I hadn't even taken a minute to rest but I didn't care, I had to protect Kai by any means necessary.“You’re burning up, Miss,” Rene diagnosed after using the back of her palm to feel my forehead and neck.“I did a scrying spell,” I confessed mindlessly as my eyes fluttered weakly where I laid against a shelf.I didn't know if Rene enjoyed gasping, but she gasped loudly again on hearing that.“Alone? Scrying spells are far too demanding to be done alone,” She recited as though I hadn't taught her that in her first year under my wing.“Are you strong enough to do a si
Leila’s POV Kol? I knew I’d seen a familiar figure. The same cowardly asshole that’d made my last trip nothing worth remembering? How did such a lousy excuse for a man get into a cult as powerful as that? How could he have ensured that a closed off tunnel was opened for his secret meeting? How the hell was he sleek enough to do treacherous shit under Kai’s nose? Kol didn't even have the balls to stand in the presence of a mystical being in the body of a little girl so how could he be some brilliant mastermind? He’d really fooled me with that act. “When you're finished, pick your jaw off the floor and leave” He said in a shockingly authoritative voice. At this point, I wasn't even focused on the order he’d given, I was simply trying to recover from my initial shock upon seeing him. It shouldn't surprise me as much as it did since I was a cunning person whose survival depended on covering my tracks, but Kol hadn't just covered his tracks, he’d buried them in his cowardly persona
Kai’s POVNot her, God.“Alpha Kai, are you okay?” Levi’s hand grabbed my shoulders and shook me firmly.When I looked up at him, I realized that I’d unknowingly crouched beside Leila’s dead body and I was absentmindedly checking for a pulse. It was a fucking dumb thing to do especially because I could clearly see the hole in her chest that indicated that her heart had been ripped out.And no, I wasn't okay.Leila was bound to my hip from the first day we shared a morsel of bread together, and although I hated sentimental shit, I hadn't forgotten the promise we’d made to each other that day to live so long that we’d become elders.“H—ho… how?” I dragged in a ragged breath because of how heavy that question had made my chest feel.Recently, I’d been asking questions that I didn't want the answers to, but they were necessary questions so I couldn't exactly avoid them. From the moment I’d identified the dead body to be Leila’s, a feeling of dread caused a hole to plummet in my intestines
Cora’s POVI woke up to a throbbing pain in my arm because of how I’d slept the night before. I’d been scribbling down a poem to calm my nerves the night before and I’d gotten stuck on the fourth line, and then nothing else made sense after that.A while after my creative block struck, I’d started to feel sleepy but I didn’t get up from my desk because I hated to leave the poem unfinished. Well, nature bit me in the ass and I fell asleep with my arm under my head while seated in an incredibly uncomfortable position.Awakening with a throbbing pain was the least of my problems though, and I’d now decided that I very much hated the poem I’d written so I tore off the paper, squeezed it into a ball and threw it in the bin.“Good morning, wildcat,” Kai’s voice seeped through the door to indicate that he’d not left my door all night.It must’ve been how the paper hit the bin that alerted him of my being awake, and now I was contemplating retrieving the poem and using the lines to end him in
Cora’s POV“Mhmm” I shifted further into the hard body that was over mine like a blanket.Then I shifted again, and again.“Cora….” Kai’s raspy sleepy voice sent goosebumps crawling over my skin as I pushed my ass even further into his crotch.My entire body was raging with a desire for him that was impossible to explain, I just needed to be in his skin, his milky flawless skin.“Good morning to you too,” I turned over and claimed his lips in a soft, slow kiss before pulling away to smile at him.That got his attention and his eyes flew open in surprise, but my eyes remained fixed on his plump lower lip that I’d made a deeper shade of pink by kissing. Instinctively, I reached out and ran my finger over his lower lip and a low groan left his lips in response, and of course my body responded to that by sending heat right to my core.“It’s a little past midnight,” He remarked in a strained voice “I think we must've somehow slept through the whole day”I didn't care about any of those obs