"So there is no report as to how the fire started in the kitchen?!" Zenith snapped, clenching his fist in anger. The Seven Elders tipped their chin and let out a deep sigh one after the other.Zenith has been refusing to see them and now that he sent for them, none of them wanted to speak and it was beginning to make Zenith angry. He hated quietness when the explanation was needed.He cut them a glance and they had a blank expression over their faces. "So no one could trace the start of the fire?" He asked again.Mathias took a step back alongside Zariel who had his head bowed. They all looked amongst themselves in the court room and Mathias wanted to speak up but Zenith rose up to his feet."Your Highness," Elder Povah stepped out and bowed. "I don't think we should take this as an easy thing. I wonder who perpetuated this nonsense but I would want us to look into it. Was this a warning?"Zenith's eyes narrowed. "Warning concerning what?" He asked."The one time something like this ha
A scream broke out from the bathing ground and a maid rushed out, trembling and holding her chest as she breathed heavily. The rest of the maids who were busy laughing and splashing water on one another stopped and rushed to scene, glaring at her. "What is wrong?" One of them asked them, not even attempting to go into where she had ran out from."What is it?" Another yelled in question when the maid was still reeling from the shock."There..." She pointed to the place she ran out from. "There..." She looked scared and frightened. "What is there?" Cassandra asked, trying to be bold."Someone... her chest..." She stuttered and began to shake her head.Cassandra let out a deep breath and started for the place. She glanced into the place and her eyes went wide, a scream worked up her throat and she rushed away.The maids were starting to get frightened."What is happening?" The Head Maid bellowed in anger as she saw them naked and yet to be done. Nyx glanced over the Head Maid's shoulder
“A maid was killed?” Selda asked, shocked as Soli nodded in reply. “Yes, Your Majesty. No one knows the source of her death. Her body is being burnt.” She informed her further.Selda licked her lower lip as she reasoned it. A maid was killed in the palace not long after the kitchen was set on fire. She was yet to start playing her cards but it seemed someone had started already.“Who do you think did it? And why?” She asked, staring into space.Soli dropped her head. “I dare not think like that.” Her eyes moved in their sockets as she bit the inside of her cheeks.“Whoever is doing this is going to make a turn soon and I can't wait for it.” Her eyes glinted mischievously.“Your Majesty, it is high time you had your afternoon bath and nap.” The Head Maid told her as she stepped in. Griselda raised her gaze to her and she smiled as if she was expecting her and she came at the right time.“Come closer, Samara.” She ordered, making the Head Maid’s brows spasm for a second before she moved
“David, do you know the worst thing that you could ever do to your mate?” His mother asked as she picked an embroidery pin. David shook his head, reaching out for a new toy.“Tell me, mother!” Zenith said as he stood before her, his eyes twinkling in excitement and anticipation. He had always loved stories like this. Stories about mates and how lovely and sweet they are, he looked forward to every story of his mother.She smiled as she pulled his cheeks and patted his hair. “That is using your beast power on her.” She told him.Zenith’s brows furrowed in confusion. “What do you mean by that, Mother?”She let out a sigh and dropped the pin in her hand then she leaned closer to him, using her hand to touch somewhere on his chest. “You know, somewhere in here, there's that feral part of you.” She said and he nodded. He has been undergoing lessons with his elder brother, David, with his father to know how to keep it in check.“That part will demand for her submission and it could kill her
Selda could not stop staring at Zenith. He looked different. Way too different. Who had dressed him this time? She needed to know because her heart was starting to skip a beat at every move of his and it was dangerous. She needed to keep a strong stance so that she can get him to do what she wanted."What do you think about the meals?" He asked her, taking her by surprise.Her eyes widened as he lifted his gaze to meet hers. The Nuptial Dinner was a ceremony where the royal couple got to eat together and may have talks as concerning their future together since the day was always spent attending to issues in the court."They are nice, the Lycan Meals do have a different taste." She said, taking a spoon of soup into her mouth.After that, they ate in silence. Selda could not help but steal glances at Zenith who just took a bite out of the meals laid before him.She thought of what to say so she opted for the blight issue. “So how's the medical research on the blight?” She asked.He pause
Zenith walked into his chambers, his chest heaving with a different type of want and urge. A particular and strange heat. Was it the heat season? He shook his head as he pulled off the belt from his waist and as he reached out to pick up the jug of water on the table, his nostrils flared as a sweet scent shifted into them.His brows furrowed as he looked into the mirror. There she lay, completely unclad on his bed. Her lips wore a shade of sultry smile and her eyes sparked seductively.He slowly turned around, anger slowly rising within him but rage bubbled through his veins at the audacity of her to enter his chambers without his permission and her guts to lay naked on his bed.All he saw was red. Nothing else."How dare you?" He snarled. Waves of breeze brushed the curtains in the room and Selda closed her eyes as it almost had her falling back in bed. Her chest heaved heavily as she tried to rise up back.“How dare you climb into my bed? Who gave you the permission?” He bellowed an
Maids rushed to the scene as they whispered amongst each other. What was happening?They all had pitiful looks on their faces as they watched the sight before them. Soli knelt before them, her hands gripping the side of her gown and the Head Maid staring at her with no emotions. She had a whip in her left hand and the maids murmured in the midst, some were wondering what she did and others could only muster rumors out of jealousy that she was serving a Royal closely.The first whip landed on her back and Soli gripped her gown tight. She was not going to fall. She was strong, she chanted in her head as the second came. The other maids grimaced at how the linen she had worn tore apart at the third lash.Instantly, she let out a painful cry and one of her hands grasped for sand. She needed something she could hold unto. More lashes came and beads of sweat formed on her forehead as more bitter sobs erupt from her.When it got to the ninetieth lash, everyone began to murmur that she should
"Any news on the search for the Gemma Wolves yet?" Zenith asked as Zariel stepped in. He shook his head."Not yet, Your Highness. I tried to look into the Black Junction but it seemed like their name was forbidden to be mentioned so, I was unable to find anything but...""But what?" Zenith asked, quirking a brow at him."I think they intentionally kept it that way because it would be dangerous if Lionel found any clue as to where they are and it is really quite suspicious because no one knows how to recognize them apart from Lionel who has been really careful in keeping his search a secret." He said.Zenith thought about it and nodded. He was right. If Lionel finds them faster than he does, he could kill them which will ruin his plan. He nodded, slowly assimilating what he said, and dismissed him. Zariel walked out and bowed as Mathias walked past him inside the study room."Your Highness," He greeted with a slight bow.Zenith let out a deep breath. "Ask Rieta to come." He said. Mathia