~ ZoraI woke up in a brightly lit room and the familiar beep of a heart monitor alerted me to the fact that I was in a hospital room. Looking around, I realized I was in Nox's room but in a separate bed. Lifting up my cover, I swung my legs out of bed with the intention of grabbing a seat next to my husband. As a result, instant dizziness and nausea washed over me. Taking deep breaths, I closed my eyes waiting for the dizziness to pass. My head felt sore like I had taken a hit to it but aside from that, I felt fine. Gradually, I placed each leg on the cold, hard tiles of the hospital room, and I first stood on my feet, flexing my toes. When I became certain that the nausea was gone, I took small steps towards Nox. Reaching him, I grabbed the chair close to his bed and sank in it, suddenly feeling exhausted from that small feat. Thankfully, Nox was looking so much better than the last time I saw him. His skin color was fully back, and I could even detect a little blush around his
~ ZoraMy back was pushed against a wall and in a matter of seconds, Roman's angry face came into view. "Do you have any fucking idea how it felt to see you wheeled in, Princess?" He asked, putting two arms on either side of my head. "Do you what it fucking did to me?!"Lost for words, I could stare at him, wide eyed with a heaving chest. "I…" I stuttered. "I.. didn't mean to make you feel that way."His brow arched in question. "I told you not to use your mind control gifts."My blood suddenly boiled and I pushed him back but he didn't even budge. "It's not like I had a choice! I tried it your way and it didn't work!" His gaze softened and I sensed real despair behind his icy demeanor. "I know. Sydney and Abigail told me everything but it still doesn't make me feel any less shitty seeing you in a critical condition." "If you hadn't handled the situation with Mabel," he continued, "Goddess knows I would have marched right there and murdered her myself. " He said this while his hand
~ Zora"Come see this." I told Sydney and she hesitantly obeyed. Pointing to the blue flower that bore so much resemblance to the symbol on Emilia's gift case, I asked, "Do you know this story?"Sydney peered at Moon Goddess gifting Lykin the blue flower. "Do you know the story behind this?" I asked. Sydney gazed up, growing before shaking her head slowly. "No I don't.""What is going on here?!" A stern voice asked behind us. I turned around to see Kirsten staring wide eyed at us like we had done something abominable. Excited, I approached her. "Do you know the story behind that?" I pointed to the painting. Elder Kirsten didn't bother a glance at it. "Do you have any idea how many rules you've broken, your Highness?" She asked sternly. "It's like you have zero regard for our rules and law and frankly that is highly disappointing." "My apologies." I said, not really feeling apologetic. "I never knew it was against the rules to cross the altar."Kirsten's lips tightened at the corne
~ Zora"He has a vendetta against you?" Mabel said after a moment. "Me?" I pointed to myself. Mabel nodded. "He gave instructions to the insider to keep you breathing long enough for him to exact his revenge. He hates you for killing Donovan who was like a son to him and also simply because you mean something to the King and his people." "That's quite the vendetta." I murmured. "And why was Emilia absent?'""From what I could gather, she fell ill at the last minute and had to stay bedridden.""No shit." "I have to hurry along now." Mabel said, rising to her feet. "Alpha Troy put spies on everyone, I had to devise a plan to shake his tail before I could get here.""That means he doesn't trust you." Roman observed. Mabel turned to him. "He doesn't trust anyone, especially Alpha Scott." "You mean Tyler?" I asked. "Yes. The Alpha is not hiding the fact that he is in love with you especially with his benevolence to your family. Sooner or later, he will have to prove where his loyalt
~ ZoraAfter a good meal, a shower and a change, Roman and I made our way to The Underground. As usual, Alastair opened the door for us and I climbed down before Roman. When I reached the bottom stairs, I wasn't expecting the hiss and growl Alastair sent my way. "You've changed." He said slowly, as his green eyes became ablaze with malice. "Hey relax!" Roman said as Alastair tried to advance on me but the General held him back. I found myself stepping back till my back hit a wall. "She's on our side." Roman said slowly as if explaining something to someone who had very little grasp of understanding. "She's your Queen.""Mind-Wraith. Enemy." Alastair protested, jabbing a crooked white claw finger my way. "Mind-Wraith. Friend and your Queen." Roman said, beckoning me to come forward. Hesitantly I obeyed, staring apprehensively at the Ennoia. "Friend?" Alastair asked, staring at me like Roman couldn't possibly know what he was saying. "Yes. Friend." I said, nodding my head slowly.
~ Zora Cade licked his lips, darting his eyes left and right like a crazy man. "You'll have to get me out of here first." He whispered. Getting the message, Roman ordered his gate open, and had Cade's wrists and ankles bound in silver chains before dragging him out roughly like he was going to interrogate him. The rest of the prisoners watched us with malicious eyes as Cade was manhandled out of the hallway and taken out of sight. When we entered the office Nox took me to the first time I came here, Roman released Cade but didn't remove his chains. Cade looked around for a bit before his eyes landed on some cookies on a table."Can I have some of those?" He asks, pointing with one finger at the cookies but ends up pointing all ten because of his bondage. "It's been a while since I had one." Since I had no idea who put it there, I looked to Roman who gave him the go ahead. Cade immediately rushed to the table, raising a piece to his mouth and taking a bite. He closed his eyes for
~ ZoraRoman did as he promised. We started with some warm-up exercises, before he wore boxing gloves for me and got me into a ring. The trick there was that I had to build a diamond wall around my feelings and emotions while jabbing and ducking. It was one of the most difficult things I had to do in my life because every single time, it was either my mental shield went down or I didn't duck on time and got smacked in the face. Thankfully, Roman wasn't even using his strength, otherwise I would have been bruised. After that we did some running, while I still had to maintain my shield. After we ran a few miles and it was time to rest, I leaned against a tree and bent over on my knees terribly out of breath. I wasn't surprised to see Roman watching me with hardly a sweat on his skin. "How the hell are you not tired or something?""Because I've had years of experience doing this."Panting, I pushed to stay upright. "How long would it take for me to get strong?" Roman looked down a
~ ZoraWounded soldiers were taken to the pack hospital located between Sector Two and Sector One. There were about a dozen and half of them lying on beds in a big room. Some were already fully healed while some still needed to stay overnight. After giving them each a brief visit and conversing with their nurses, I was assured that they would all be fully healed and ready for service in no time. I noticed General Cain wasn't among the wounded and I made my notice known to Roman beside me. He decided to go ask one of the doctors while I stayed with the men, making small talk and helping the nurses administer their herbs. After that, I decided a three-day leave would be best for them but to my surprise, they all politely declined. "We'll rather be in service than on standby, my Queen." One of them, a dark skinned soldier, said and all the other men nodded in agreement.With a warm heart, I thanked them all and left their room in search of Roman. When I reached the end of the hall, I