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HUNJI / KIAN The room is dark and cold. I can just make out my father’s frail figure in his bed as I move deeper into his chambers. I hear a gasp behind me and turn to see my sister Sonia with eyes full of tears, clutching her child. A son. “Sonia,” I turn to her and cup her cheek peering into her familiar dark brown eyes. She looks frail and worn. Farid had kept his promise, she was unhurt but he had kept her hidden away and thankfully hadn't touched her or her child. Maybe there was some compassion in him somewhere deep down. “I have missed you, and I want nothing more than to sit with you and Rostam and to get to know my family again,” My eyes turn to the small child in her arms who looks so much like Rostam. “But I need you to leave, give us time alone with father, your son does not need to see this.” Through her glazed eyes I see the defiance I remember so much, but she nods her head and looks to Rostam who stands beside her. “Sonia, my love, everything will be ok now. Our br
MORGAN I finally find Kian in the hall of law, standing in front of the humongous stone epitaph. His back is to me, and I know he senses my presence. I cannot see his expression when he speaks but I can feel the raw emotion in every word. “This is why I love my Queen. Lamia. I admire her. She doesn’t run from fate, she embraces it – despite whether she agrees with the gods or not she doesn’t make rules to suit her own needs, she makes them to protect her people. All races. The weak the vulnerable, the good, the bad. And even the ugly. She doesn’t discriminate and believes we all should flourish. She will never shy away from a fight, and she will always stick up for the little people. She is justice in the flesh with a heart as pure as light.” I draw closer and slide my hands around his waist pressing my face to his back and relishing in his warmth. He doesn’t move away like I thought he would and I take it as a win. Despite what he believes and thinks – I have fallen for this wolf.
HUNJI/KIAN ERIRIAT (STILL 3 WEEKS LATER) With a heavy heart and an empty soul, I sit on the throne. In less than two hours this place will be packed with wolves from all over the Kingdom, from Lord Alphas to members of the court and some high-standing citizens. Not to exclude the surrounding country’s Alphas and leaders from other shifter Clans. Even Tristan ScarClaw had received an invitation and had made his way here, arriving only a short few days ago with the werebear Gregorio as his companion. I stood from the throne, a sigh of ease blowing past my lips as I vacated the seat. No matter how many times I had sat in it these past weeks it still didn’t feel right. These past three weeks my thoughts had been filled with Morgan and also Tawny. Of course, there was much more I mulled through my brain, like my family back in the western continent who I had not heard from. Even Lamia hadn’t linked me, and I wasn’t sure how to feel about that. Was she upset or just giving me the time, I
HUNJI/KIAN The door stood open, and I was propped against the frame, I couldn’t bring myself to enter my old room. Too many memories of a time I thought I had it all. A time I thought I had found happiness only for my reason to feel happy to tear it all away. There were no scents in this room, even though it looked the same as the last time I had been here. So, all I had were the conjured memories that were flitting within my head as I looked into my old room. Farid had said Divya willingly spread her legs for him. He wasn’t lying, I could tell. I sensed he was telling me the truth and took great satisfaction that he hadn’t had to coerce her to betray me. When a mate betrays their fated, it does something to a man. It makes them doubt their worth and skills as a man. I wondered for years if I wasn’t a good enough lover; if my size was inadequate if there was something I lacked for Divya to stray as she did. When I was whipped, beaten, and left for dead, Revenge was what kept me aliv
HUNJI/KIAN “What the shit Hunji!” Tawny sits there, a baffled look on her face, eyes pried open wide and her mouth still hanging open from when I first started telling her everything that has happened since I arrived at the second continent to now. From finding Kellen to Asena and Ashe, my oath, my family, and everything in between. Well, almost. I had purposely left out fucking Morgan and she had imprinted on me - that I had given into temptation. We had taken a walk, just the two of us. Currently, we were sitting by a fountain in the middle of a terrace, lush greenery and exotic flowers filled the area giving it a bright but peaceful feel. She had listened with interest and intent. I was telling her more than anyone else and it felt easy talking to her, comfortable. Ruda had taken a back seat, content to be around the little kitty. I think he had missed her too. “So, I have to ask, why are you here? I mean, don’t get me wrong I love to see you and I can’t explain how happy I am to
ASENA When the human race became extinct – leaving less of their species than there were shifters – the high councils on each continent came together to decide what we could still save and what we couldn’t. There weren’t enough shifters realm-wide to keep up productivity and maintain most industries. So, things like flying contraptions became antiques. Mobile phone companies shut down in the east whereas they adopted and adapted the technology in the west. Things like movies and television shows stopped producing. Yet you could still buy TVs and movies that were hundreds of years old and were redistributed through the internet they maintained. While one continent’s fashion reverted backward the other kept their textile industries going and progressing to invent items like Lamia’s suit. The west rebuilt cities, the east let them crumble long ago, going back to more basic ways of life yet still maintaining a grip on modern sciences. There had not been a war for the realm for a thousan
MORGAN 3 MONTHS LATER I had settled into the Kodiak Kingdom, finding my place in the Clan Mansion. I had taken on helping Ria with the day-to-day activities in not only the mansion but the surrounding villages. Xander and Ria had even taken me to Lonely City, a place with buildings that touched the sky and had more races in one place than anywhere I had ever heard of. Xander, King Mathias’s other younger brother, told me that the Kingdom MacTire was even more mixed and had the strongest army that this realm would ever see. That was where Alpha Travis ruled after Queen Lamia had won the battle of Riocht. I experienced my first bar and intoxication while in Lonely City and I don’t think I will ever drink again after that night. Actually, while I was drinking wasn’t so bad, it was the morning after when I woke up feeling like a corpse that made me swear to never drink again. Finn had gone crazy when we got home threatening to rip Xander’s head off because of the state I was in. I hav
HUNJI 3 MONTHS AGO “This is one creepy forest,” Gregorio gives a low whistle as we enter the forest of Morngord that surrounds the Kingdom of Riocht, and he peers out the front windshield. his heavy accent making him sound almost comical. “I don’t think Morgan would be comfortable here, it feels like it's haunted.” “They say it is. There have been many battles here throughout the centuries, many lives lost.” I scowl thinking if the ghosts of Morngord would disturb Morgan. “Exactly, she feels those echoes. It might disturb her too much.” He states. I have come to understand just how much Gregorio loves Morgan during our ride to Riocht. He talks about her like she is his own daughter, telling me all the things she would get into trouble for when she was younger and how just as defiant, she was then, as she is now. Gregorio was a patient man, I found out. Which was how he became Morgan’s head guard when she was transferred and locked away in a room in the Megaron. We conversed very