Nyx's pov"First of." She said with a stern look on her face as she watched me take my stance. She took steps circling me, "You need to be smart and Vigilant." Immediately the words rolled off her tongue I felt a blow to my back which sent me to the ground, I fell face down tasting dust in my mouth."What the fuck?!" I groaned spitting out the sandy particles, "That should have come with a warning." I tried dusting off the dirt from my shorts."No enemy strikes with a warning!" This time around it was a kick, aimed directly at my stomach and I tumbled to the ground on my back, "Get up!" Helena barked and I jumped to my feet immediately.This wasn't what I was expecting when Lycus said she was harsh and thorough with her training."You need to be prepared for anything!" I was taken aback as she brought forth leaps of fire and I immediately directed my hands to use my powers too, "Fighting fire with fire?" She snorted as flames came from my finger tips instead of water and ice, "You nee

Lycus's pov Soft music flowed throughout the castle awakening me from my state of slumber. It was expected. It was how I had woken up every morning on my birthdays, it was how other kings before me had awoken and how the ones after me will be roused. But this time, it was different. This time I had the pleasure of waking up to the most beautiful person I had ever laid my eyes on.My hand was wrapped around her slender waist as I peered down at her, blonde locs framed her delicate facial features, her long lashes casting light shadows beneath her eyes and she looked very peaceful and vulnerable. The longing to draw her closer to me and protect her from any evil roused through me and my hand tightened around her. At least today, most of her worries shall be gone. After my party in the evening, we shall proceed to the hearing of that dolt Titan and the treacherous Laya.And with the influence of my mother and I, they shall be sentenced to death. I would make sure of it. I

Lycus's pov I'd always thought that I was the hard-hearted unbreakable king. That the fortress I had built around my heart after my fake mate to prevent myself from getting hurt again was strong enough. I never thought myself capable of pitiable emotions more than what Nyx had made me feel ever since she stepped into my life but now, I felt different. I knew better.With Nyx, I had felt everything, the hate knowing whom she was, the acceptance and anger knowing that I couldn't easily get rid of her, the lust when I tried fighting the mate bond, the likeness seeing that there was more than just lust, the pain each time I was on the verge of losing her, the jealousy seeing her with Andros or any other male, the love when I got to know more of my beautiful mate and then the fear knowing that her life was In danger and she could be snatched from me at any moment, it was the fear that kept me from telling her the state of things and letting her know that she was facing hazard.

Nyx's pov. Everywhere was dark, hollow and empty just like how I felt inward, my surroundings being alike to the being situated in them, only the trickling of low running water dropping in a metal bowl invaded the eerie silence, just like my heart beat invaded the emptiness inside of me.I tried using my senses, my eyes closed as trying to see through the black dirt back was useless, I couldn't sense any smell and my ears only picked the irritating sound of dropping water. I moved my bound wrists trying to free them but the ropes tightened more. I tried reaching out to Hera for help but all I got was weak grunts, I couldn't feel her too well and of course I couldn't feel Lycus, it was definitely not my rejection causing it, it would be what I was injected with and the spot on my neck bearing Lycus's mark hurt badly.I felt weak all over, my powers were doused, I couldn't use them and Hera couldn't give me strength so I was basically useless. I tried sitting up, the

Nyx's pov Uncanny quietude pervaded the atmosphere, only the incessant dropping of the water from the tap could be heard, making the scenario more creepy and frightening. The tension was thick, thick enough for a knife to cut through. Cold angry blue orbs clashed gazes with equally angry but yet frightened and betrayed green orbs of mine.I stared straight at her , meeting her unwavering gaze. She stood at the doorway, leaning against it. Her face calm but eyes enflamed with anger, red fiery hair spilled over her shoulders as she leaned her head against the wood work. She still held the knife in her hand, holding it against the wall twisting it. She looked like a psychopath. We stared at each other for sometime and then she erupted into hysterical fits of mocking laughter.Now, she was actually a psychopath."You should see yourself Nyx." She tsked taking in my appearance and stance. I stood with my hands fisted by my side and my face morphed into a joke of trying to d