KING ARCHIE’S POV“And that’s how you make a woman speechless!”Jay growled with pride. He knew I was serious about my confession yet he made fun of me and Amanisa, on the other hand, kept staring at me like I had become a cute demon. Her lips were parted slightly and her eyes were expressing her shock. “She had no idea? I thought females are good at reading males' emotions. She shouldn't be shocked that I love her, after all, she made me fall in love with her.” I uttered to Jay as I was already feeling stupid. Amanisa wasn't reacting to my confession. She has frozen like an iceberg and the way she stared at me made me feel like I had no right to confess my love to her at the moment. “Say something, Amanisa… I want to hear you speak.” I said to her, standing a step away from her because I wouldn't want her to push me away again. Rejecting me didn't hurt her alone. I felt the anguishing pain as well and I wouldn't want her to feel that again…. I could keep enduring that on our beha
AMANISA’S POV “Ama! Ama! Guess what!” Ava’s voice resonated from the corridors even before she showed her face in my bed chamber. She had been running. I could tell from her disheveled look and her rapid breaths. I jolted off my bed and dropped the historical book I was reading. “What is it now?” I inquired, obviously interested. Ava had always been the one bringing news to me and the past few days, all she had been bringing were bad news. Trust me, I had stopped trying to kill anyone but that didn't stop the killings either. My eyes were still on the goal despite the moment Kovan and I had two days ago. I couldn't trust Kovan to help me find peace anymore. He could abandon me again and I didn't want to start walking in uncontrollable darkness. At this point I was confused. How else do I achieve my goals when someone else was already killing the enemies and killing some of the good families who served my father but also paid allegiance to Kovan? “If it’s another killing, th
KING ARCHIE’S POV“Hey, you there.”I didn't mean to snap but I did. I almost didn't recognize my tone which Jay believed was dramatic… That was the point. I needed to be dramatic to get the intended result. The trio tensed when they heard me snap and it was more shocking to them because not only did I change my voice, but I also masked my voice. Byron practically swallowed hard and audibly as I approach them and I could have sworn to the goddess that Ardin began to tremble like a sick Lycan… Perhaps he had Lycan fever. Violet on the other hand snatched her hand from my cousin and let out a low hiss which I assumed I wasn't supposed to hear. Their reactions to my sudden arrival were suspicious. My eyebrows quirked as I wondered if I was supposed to hear something they were discussing prior to my arrival. Of course, they didn't seem like they wanted me to hear whatever it is they presumed I had heard… Damn! “You can still act like you know what they were saying you know?”Jay poin
AMANISA’S POV“He lacks the sense of humor.”Arla commented when Kovan finally stopped pulling me. He stopped in front of the throne room. My joke was dark but it was a means to an end. It was my way of evading Kovan’s inquiries about my presence at Violet’s quarters.“Why, Amanisa? It’s understandable that you haven't figured out the whole situation but we know more than enough to help Kovan.”Arla added while I wondered what was going on through Kovan’s head. Did he really drag me here because he believed my words? Idiot! He doesn't know to believe me when I say the truth but while I joke, he took my words to heart. “What were you really there for, Amanisa?” Kovan asked me. His continence has changed and for some reason, I sensed that he believed I must have heard something that could help him. “Did you drag me here to sk me that again or you brought me here to call a meeting where my execution would be discussed–” “I didn't know what you are trying to prove, Amanisa but trust me
KING ARCHIE’S POVDo I? “I think we do”Jay answered on our behalf.I could feel Amanisa’s gaze on me. Goddess knows what was running through her mind. Heck! “What do you even mean by that, Davina?”I queried to make sure that I wasn't missing a thing. It was high time the killings stopped. “The goddess wasn't happy about the chaos, of course, Lycan King Archie and the healers have been meditating to be sure that the realm wouldn’t be in any more danger after this phase.” Davina made known.“The consequences of entering the royal tomb while you are still a living Lycan had been forgiven during the healer's intense intercessory and meditation.” Davina announced the ancestor’s forgiveness and to be sincere, I didn't feel relieved. I could as well get punished after all I was already facing a bigger punishment. I was watching my realm crumbling and nothing was coming to mind to save me or my realm. “The ancestors have forgiven you for reasons best known to them but I will say it has
AMANISA’S POVShe shouldn’t have made my presence known.I hissed as my sword sliced through the air. Sweat was trickling down from my head to the sole of my feet as I fought with nothing but myself and perhaps the air. I was talking about Davina… She shouldn't have taken that step.“You shouldn't have hidden Sophie’s condition from Kovan either.” Arla affirmed that she still hasn't gotten over the fact that I decided to not tell Kovan about what I saw and heard two days ago. It’s been two days since and neither Arla nor I had gotten over the events of that day. My Lycan spirit was mad about my thoughts of joining hands with Byron if my suspicions were true and he happened to be the mastermind behind the killings. While I was mad that Davina betrayed me even though it seemed to me like she had asked for my permission in the throne room before she made it known that Princess Isidora who is me was in the realm. No one wanted me here. They prefer I remain the lost princess forever. The
AMANISA’S POVDanger. Dread. Death. “What could they mean altogether?” Arla who hasn't been speaking to me suddenly had something to say after Kovan told me that he was sent a letter with those three threatening words.They had to be a threat. I mean, why would I send this to someone if I was trying to warn them? Especially when I didn't add any warning words like; “Be observant.” … “You will be betrayed.”... “Stay alert.” Nothing like that was in the letter according to Kovan.“Which would you think would happen first?” I asked rhetorically, stating the remaining content of the letter but Kovan nodded anyways. He also mentioned that the letter made it known that all would happen regardless of what his choice could have been.“Do you think Princess Isidora could be threatening me–” “She didn't send the letter, Kovan. You are simply assuming–” I started telling him the truth but he also cut me off, saying, “Were you assuming when you said she didn't do it or are you sure because yo
KING ARCHIE’S POVShe was right. Amanisa was right when she said another death would occur. I realized that whoever was behind the letter wasn’t only threatening me. The person was also playing games with me.I had failed to realize that until I spoke and had breakfast with Amanisa yesterday. We had a lot of rough moments during that period but she was able to help me again. She was still hiding from me which I didn’t like but she didn’t seem like she was ready to let me in fully.However, she was right. Another death had happened.And this time it happened in the least expected house. No one could have thought that the killers would be able to penetrate the security of that house. No one should have even dared to enter that house. That house was owned by the strongest family in Royal Hills. That house was a place that even I the king, couldn't invade without preparing to lose many… However, these killers were able to penetrate this house and they killed like they have been doing