Luna Valeria and I approached the hot springs while engaging in polite conversation.She told me she had no grown children and five year old twins. One girl and one boy.I told her that I had previously been married to an alpha but was now living in the lycan territory.The more we spoke, the more at ease I grew around herShe disrobed at the hot springs without an inch of embarrassment. My cheeks turned red and I looked away as she walked naked and sank into the bubbling water.She laughed at my embarrassment and called out for me to disrobe too. I didn’t want to be rude and make everything weird so I agreed.I took off my dress, looosened my hair out of the braid and sank into the inviting water.We were soaking up in the water when servants came around and offered us refreshments.I was wary about eating anything but I was also hungry. Eventually my hunger outweighed my nervousness.I have had maids bathe and clothe me so many times over the years that I had stopped being self consc
At least that’s what I thought when I first glanced at them. But when I noticed that Arnou was still and Valeria was the only one moving, I came to the conclusion that he had been drugged.I couldn’t let Duke know that I had caught on to his ploy of course so I cried out like some betrayed lover.I thrashed about like I was hurt and pained by Arnou’s supposed betrayal. Duke feel for it and left my arm for one second.Immediately the leash that I had kept on Eva since snapped and I shifted immediately.Duke was too stunned to react immediately. The moment I shifted, I wasted no time in running to Arnou on the bed.I didn’t even bother with pushing Valeria away, I couldn’t afford to fight both her and Duke. Instead I saw my fangs into Arnou’s tight and the pain woke him in a flash.He looked so confused by the entire situation but Duke had shifted and I knew there was no time so I bounded out of the room.Arnou seemed to recognize my wolf in the midst of his confusion and shifted as w
Daciana’s PovAs soon as I heard the twigs break, I positioned myself beside Arnou. Duke and his army were not even trying to be quiet. They burst into the clearing loudly and surrounded Arnou and me.I had seen Duke shift back in the palace but U hadn't taken much time to look at him. He was massive, I knew that Arnou was a good fighter but as I quickly scanned the army around us and tried to do a mental headcount, I knew there was no way we would walk out of this fight uninjured.Duke had some with the select might of his army. We were surrounded by thirty-seven wolves in total excluding Duke and Luna Valeria.I looked at Arnou from the side of my eye and tried to read his body language. I had no way of knowing if he had successfully called back up for us or if we intended to fight through Duke’s soldiers alone.Duke growled at us and began pacing around us menacingly. I tried my best not to cower back when his wolf came uncomfortably close to me.Duke stretched out his tongue and w
I felt a surge of strength momentarily as I stared at the sight before me.Fresh wolves had come to join the battle, about fifty of them. Duke and his army didn't even stand a chance as the new wolves tore through their ranks. They were led by an imposing-looking wolf who fought as viciously as I would have imagined him to.All the wolves who had been attacking me had focused their efforts on fighting the new army and the wolf whose face I had shredded lay dead flung across the floor with his stomach torn open by one long swipe.I tried to search for Arnou amidst the commotion and when I saw him I let out a growl of anger at the wolves still battling with him. Arnou was dragging one limb behind and he was covered in injuries but he still fought viciously.I tried to rise and help Arnou battle the wolves that were threatening to overwhelm him but I couldn’t stand on my ruined leg while it was trying to heal.Two of the wolves battling against Duke’s army seemed to notice the source
I looked at Arnou with a raised brow. I had no idea where we were so I had no way of knowing how safe our location was. Although if it were an enemy, the person wouldn't have knocked.Arnou nodded at me in reassurance and called out to the person at the door.“Come in”The door opened and a huge man walked in. He was so tall I had to raise my head to look at him.“Sorry to disturb the both of you. How are you feeling now Princess?” The tall man asked me.I smiled pleasantly at him in response.“She’s feeling better but she’s still healing and cannot speak yet.” Arnou replied on my behalf.“I’m glad to hear you’re feeling better. I don’t want to rush you but we do need to make a decision about alpha Duke and his Luna. We’re holding a meeting about it and your presence is requested.” The man said.“I’m not in any shape to go to a meeting right now Arnou.” I said softly in Arnou’s head.He nodded at me in understanding. If the man think it strange that Arnou and I seemed to be having
I tried my best to remain as still as possible. The person seemed to drop something on my bed. I couldn't be sure what it was because my eyes were still closed.After dropping whatever it was that the person had borne, the figure walked out of my room and shut the door.I was terrified at how easy it was for a random person to get into my room while I was supposed to be sleeping. I remained on my bed and waited for a bit in case the person decided to come back.After what seemed like 5 agonizing years but was 5 minutes, I opened my eyes and searched around for a match to light my bedside candle.Finally, with a candle in my hand, I began to search for the place where I had felt the person drop something.I found a package of some sort hastily wrapped in dirty brown paper. I was wary about opening it but was too curious to resist finding out the content of the package.I loosened the thread that tied the paper together and gently unwrapped whatever lay beneath the paper.It was a book.
Arnou and I arrived at the meeting room where the trial was to take place, as soon as we entered all the people in the room stood up from their seats and waited for us to sit first before they sat back down.Arnou gestured to a maid and asked her to get me some food.“Good morning Princess.” The Luna of the Blue Pearl pack greeted me.I smiled pleasantly at her and replied“Good morning.”The door opened then and two guards stepped inside the room, they had Duke bundled up and bloodied between them.I wrinkled my nose in disgust. Why did the generals feel the need to bring Duke here to witness his trial? He should have been left in his cell.I turned to Arnou and whispered as such in his mind.He smiled a bit at me and replied mentally.“Valeria was left in her cell. Duke is here because we might need some information from him about the documents and pack affairs.”As soon as Duke was well positioned, the trial started.“Lycan, Duke is guilty. He has successfully raped several high-pla
“Hii, I’m Mark.” One of the twins said proudly as he extended his tiny hand for Arnou and me to shake.I bent down to his height and gave him a beautiful smile.“Stop it. Mama said we shouldn’t talk to people we don’t know.” The other twin said as she came in front of her brother protectively.My heart panged a bit at the mention of the mother she would never see again. Arnou seemed to sense the meeting was hard for me and took over.“Well, we’re not strange people. Your parents know us very well. I’m not a bad man, I protect and look after everyone in the werewolf territory. Even you.” Arnou said conspiratorially as he joined me at their level.The twins looked at Arnou with admiration shining in their eyes.“Really? You must be like my papa then” The twin who had originally come up to us said wide-eyed.I was the one who replied to him.“Exactly, but he takes care of even more people than your papa. And today we’re here to take care of you. Your mama and papa are going on a very long