ROMAN POV. As I entered our room, I saw a strange figure just leaving the room. It had the scent of a rogue but I doubt it would be sensible for a rogue wolf to be able to steal something. I could still see the figure so I went out, pursuing it. I didn't know how it got in but I guessed it must have timed the change of shift to be able to sneak out.It led me to the royal tomb but after which I lost it. "Your majesty, is anything wrong?" A guard asked, upon seeing me there."Did you see anyone here, just now?" I questioned. "I'm just arriving for my shift," he replied as I nodded. "Then nothing is wrong, keep up the good work," I stated, returning to my room, using the window.I didn't want to use the main gate so I won't be seen by anyone Sophia is having a meeting with.I did not want to tense her up or make her worried. I began checking for what he came here to steal as I knew he was carrying something long in his hands.But with everything intact, I couldn't pinpoint what he wa
ROMAN POV"I hate you," her weak voice stated. "I can't believe I fell in love with someone like you," she muttered, using those fake lines on me."I can't have my mate who is so ignorant and can't tell the right from the wrong," she cried"At least I can finally rest and won't have to worry or get bothered about what happened to your kingdom anymore."I regretted having you for a mate," she finishes, closing her eyes shut. I too regret having her as a mate, was she really trying to manipulate me to believe her, especially when the evidence is clear. "Is she dead?" Xylah asked, going to Sophia's pale body. "No Xylah, she is only weak, too weak to heal herself," I replied."So what do we do?" She asked. "Should we expose her for her treasonous act?" She questioned further."Did you tell anyone what you saw?" I questioned. "No, you are the only one I told," She replied."Good, I want to give her the honor of being remembered as a skilled beta," I informed."We will tell others that sh
SOPHIA POV."I love you Sophia,". "I will always love you," . "You rock my world my love,".."please be mine," those were his words, his loving nature and in my dream, he was kissing me.And then it happened really fast and I didn't know what happened, the next thing I knew was watching myself being thrown away by him and stabbed by him.I felt like he stabbed me again, maybe to weaken my healing process and I saw him mocking me.It made me remember my little self and how I lost my parents. The way those rogue wolves laugh as they slash my face into two. They would have done more if Dante hadn't appeared, saving me from the attack and taking me in.Now those nightmares are back, the one I tried so desperately to forget and they are back because of him.I woke up, hearing screams and loud noises and it made me realize that I was alive or maybe dead because the room was white and all my injuries were gone.I was still in the bloody dress I wore and it made me wonder if I was a wandering
SOPHIA POV.After their night and when Roman was fast asleep, Xylah had me returned to my cell. She made them lock us inside while she showed me the hickey he left on her and a lot more.She mocks the more when she sees I didn't say anything before leaving. She returned the next morning and I was dragged to a torture room.As I was chained, she went around, picking the weapon she would choose. "Strip her," she instructed as my clothes were torn. She went ahead to bring a whip with a spike. "You know, my father just want me to kill you, but I thought, why don't I torture you," she muttered, turning with a cane having spike.She whipped me several times with it and only dropped it when I didn't scream or show any sign of pain.From then on, she went on testing other items on me, smiling when I screamed and frowning when I didn't. Half of the tools were now covered in my blood and I wasn't even healing, I couldn't even channel my wolf to aid me, I was slowly drifting in and out of co
SOPHIA POV I was woken up to a large ice water being poured on me and since my wolf was not available, I began to feel cold.Xylah seemed pissed off at something, so she was using it on me. By evening she left, after watching me being dragged back to my room. The guard had first sneaked the portion to me, which I drank and when he used an excuse to send out his other inmate, he came, locking the door while putting the key in his back pocket.."So let's begin," he says. "Let's make it interesting," he says, removing my chain.I smirked, letting him come closer, when he had his lips on me, I punched him so hard in between his legs."You whore," he cursed, bringing out his crawl but since was in pain, he couldn't aim well and I helped him, crawling his throat out and taking his head off.I did him a favor by killing him because if Xylah have found out he help me escape, she would have torture him.He did help me, although not in the right way, his sexual urge served me well. I began we
SOPHIA POV."Roman, it's you," I mumbled, seeing him standing by my side. "It is me," Roman replied."But how, why did you," I wanted to ask but was immediately stabbed by him, there I heard it, Xylah laughter that took me to a different room.When I opened the door, I found my parents being butchered by the rogue wolves, their nasty laugh got to me and I began to shiver in fear."Do you really think I will forgive you?" I heard Roman ask, although I couldn't see them."I'm with Xylah now and I love her, she will always be my love," he said and the image of both of them having sex occurred in my head.I was trapped in a loop of seeing Xylah,Roman, the rogue wolves and my late parents.I woke up, in a different room, it was dark and there was a small window. It had a gate which was locked.I didn't tell if it was Roman games or torment but this seems different, there was a note, telling me to please eat and when I raise the covers, I doubt Roman will give me a feast like this.But an
SOPHIA POV"What do you mean the king poisoned his mate?" Jared asked. "It should be between me and you," Kai muttered."But why do you think he was absent much in her funeral?" Kai questioned. "And he slept with his Xylah during her mourning period,"he went further to say."Think about it, do you remember the time her majesty was poison on her own party, he wasn't really interested in the case until she pushed for it,""And Xylah maid was involved, why didn't he investigate her, instead he had her confirm in her room to protect her," he continued."It's all making sense," Jared mumbled. "Besides, look at the circumstances of her death, with her fighting skills, do you think she can easily be taken down by mere rogue wolves?"Kai asked."But he showed he loved her, we all saw how he took care of her, how would you explain that?" Jared asked."That's the point, he did all those things so he doesn't get suspected but I have a plan, one that he won't be able to escape from,"Kai replied."
ROMAN POV.Looking at everyone in the palace, it was hard to know who I could trust, the only person I could trust, I ruined and now she is dead.I know I aim to avenge her but the thought of her passing was something I didn't want to fully accept.Someone inside me hoped that she was alive and even though she hated me, I didn't mind, as long as she was alive, that's all I cared about.I am currently in my office, working to get the painful thought. I couldn't even plan properly because I have been surrounded by either one of them.Xylah would come and drop food, flirting with me and Bryce would spend half of his time with me.So I was barely alone, Bryce was in the office with me but he was going through files. I heard a constant knock on my desk, only to realize that Bryce had been calling me."Son, where is your mind?" He asked. I looked at him, trying to hide my disgust when he called me son.The son he betrayed, the one he made to lose his mate. "I'm sorry uncle," I apologized b