The days were running by quickly and so were the tasks that I had to handle. In just a couple of days, I'll be done with the punishment I'd been given. I stayed out of everyone's way and nobody showed up in front of me, except for Helios. Since that first day we met, he made it a mission to see me every day. I was unsure about him because no matter how nice and kind he acted, I was convinced that there was something about him. My wolf agreed too. Often times when he would drop by and try to help me in any way that he could, I would start to think again that he was a nice person and I was just overthinking it. But I'll dismiss that thought as fast as it came. It was better to trust your instincts. I tried to get him to stop coming but he was insistent. It was simply like he was redoubling his effort to be around me each time I tried to get him to leave. He was too forward to completely ignore his existence so I just had to endure for a while, make up a silly excuse, and be on my way.
She didn't stop pulling me along until we were far from the supplies room. We went into the kitchen and she let go of my hand, holding the counter and breathing rapidly. "Fuck. If he finds out I lied, he'll be fucking furious and he'll try to find me. I just risked my neck for your sake" "Thank you," I said sincerely. If she hadn't come, I wouldn't have been able to get away from that man and I'll probably still be pressed against the wall praying to the damned goddess to get me away from there. "What's your issue with him anyway? Everybody knows that Helios is bad news...most of the men in the king's circle are. We try to stay away from them" "I was doing just that but somehow, he found me. I don't even know how he did" Nobody knew that I was going to the library today or did he see me while I was going to the supplies room? "It's bad news if he has his eyes on you. You have to report" "Who could I report to?" "Martha" I couldn't stop the scoff that left my mouth. She looked
My discussion with Amaris cleared my questions about the different species but the other part.....I shouldn't be upset about it. Fuck! How many times have I told myself that whatever he did was none of my fucking business? I didn't care about him or what he did because I didn't want him. Countless times I said this to myself but I couldn't help but wonder. He had fallen in love without waiting for his mate.....No. He had no respect and absolutely detested women for what his previous lover had done to him. He...."No. No" I said to myself. "It's none of my business""It is your business" my wolf screamed in my head. "It is our fucking business. He should have waited for us. We are his mate and we would have never cheated on him" I said nothing but she remained restless. She was getting impatient as the days went by. She wanted us to see our mate ignoring the fact that he saw us as loose and hated our existence. "He only thinks that way of us because we were falsely accused. If you
I packed the shards of glass, cleaned up the mess, and returned to the kitchen. Dinner was already underway and I doubt they had any need for me. I was nervous as I waited, wringing my hands nervously. The servants serving the appetizers returned to the kitchen with dirty dishes and retired for the night. Same for the girls serving the main dish and then dessert. Amaris was shocked to see me waiting in the kitchen and she approached me. "Why are you still here?""I messed up. Martha may need to see me before I can retire for the night""She's busy and won't have anything to say to you. Go to bed. If there is anything that needs to be said, it will be addressed tomorrow. But you have no reason to fear. They let it go at the moment it happened so nobody will be remembering it" Amaris words were supposed to be comforting but they did nothing to comfort me. Knowing my luck, they won't forget it and I'll get punished again. But I listened to Amaris and returned to my room. I wasn't able t
There are only a handful of people still left in the staff quarters. I headed straight to my room and sat at the edge of my bed. I was upset but there was nothing I could do. I couldn't even scream at anyone. It wouldn't do me any good. I looked forward to going out and for no reason, I was ordered not to leave the castle. I didn't get what went through the king's mind. And I probably still wouldn't get it even if I was to stay here for ten years. He didn't like me or want me but he brought me here to serve and limit my movement in many ways, this was like the prison he had taken me from. The only difference would be Kaden's absence but I could see Kaden in some of the men that were here. Frustrated, I took off the clothes that Amaris had lent to me and climbed on top of my bed. In a few minutes, I fell into a deep sleep. I was lying on my back, looking up at an unfamiliar woman. Her face was red and her palms were over her mouth, muffling her sobs. I was concerned by the heavy emot
KING TYRON’s POVMy advisors were sitting at a round table, discussing the attacks in packs distant away from the castle. “It's clearly targeted. Someone may be trying to steal those territories”“I agree. They don't make any attempt to attack the packs closer to the castle”“I think we should extend the extreme security measures in place here to those alphas. And invite them over to discuss the current situation at hand”“Hmmm” I hummed, my mind not completely in what they were saying. My mind was a mess. No matter what I did or how I tried to avoid it, I couldn't stop thinking about that girl. Clearly, it was a bad idea to bring her back to the castle. Instead of working, I found myself wondering what she was doing or where she was. Who was with her and if someone was trying to get close to her? It made me furious to no end. No male should be looking at her with interest. She wasn't theirs to look at. ‘So who does she belong to' my wolf queried but I wouldn't answer that. I couldn
The strange room was silent as I lay in bed. My ankle hurt even worse and my head was throbbing violently. I was still trying to grasp everything that just happened and it didn't make the slightest sense to me. One minute, it seemed he was concerned for me, and the next moment, he was yelling at me with fury in his eyes. The door opened and Martha entered the room with a glass of water. She said nothing as she handed it over to me and I took a drink from it. "You were supposed to stay in your room" her voice wasn't biting or accusing. Just calm without any emotion. "I wanted to take a walk""And you had to end up at the cave of all places?" I didn't even know about the existence of the cave. Neither did I think it would make the king so upset. "He's not as mad as I expected him to be. That cave has been closed off for years. Nobody ever goes there. It's a good thing he didn't lose his cool so much. But there's no telling what he would do next" Martha mumbled, pacing in front of the
From the time Amaris mentioned that it was going to be the full moon, I had been restless. Normally, every female wolf begins to go into heat on every full moon once they come of age. Same with men but that cycle was very different from ours. From the time, I became eighteen, I’ve had my heat. It was painless and easily manageable. I even discovered a way to dull my scent to avoid the attention of inmates males. But once a female meets her mate, it changes completely for her. Heat becomes the worst nightmare with unimaginable pain and desire for their mate. This acts as a way of forcing the couple to mate faster. If a male marks his mate as soon as they meet, the next gear is only filled with desire and no pain. But for me who has met my mate and has not been marked, I’ll feel desire and pain. I wished the full moon wouldn’t come. I have heard the description from a few people who experienced it and it wasn’t something I wanted for myself. But what could I do? I couldn’t seek out an