Athena's POVIn fact, the night was interesting. There was a very different feeling there. Even though the midwinter festival was being celebrated in his kingdom this morning, it was nothing compared to what happened in the court. The people in the court were the only ones who could eat, drink, dance, play games, and see other shows.It was a whole different world there, and for a moment I did forget about Zeifa and the people who would find me there. I didn't feel any worry at all. That night, I was totally caught up in everything. I would have been lying if I said I didn't enjoy myself there.I really liked it!No matter who or what they were, those women knew what they were doing. They really knew how to make people have fun without doing anything sexual. Surely, each of them was very skilled. They were wonderful.At the beginning of the night, there was music and dancing. Then it was time for the drinking games. Otsana was a great host, and I couldn't ignore the fact that she had

Athena's POVLocros gave me a cup of lotus tea and said, "Here." I picked up the cup and looked at the hot brown liquid that was steaming in it. As my hands shook, small ripples came to the surface of the liquid. Locros put his hand under the cup to steady it, then took the cup and put it to my lips. I only took a very small sip. Even though the hot tea burned my tongue, I didn't do anything about it.Locros did notice it, though. He still had that strange look on his face as he puzzledly looked at me and blew on my tea to cool it down a bit. During that time, his eyes never left me. We were in my wing's small kitchen at the time. After calming me down and wiping away my tears, he carried me here. Even though I looked calm on the outside, I was still bleeding inside from the wound Lucian had given me.I would sometimes let out a small sob, and tears would run down my face. Locros would worry even more, and he would always reach out to wipe away my tears. He tried hard to make me feel

Athena's POVI didn't know what the Queen was going to do to make Lucian pay, and she didn't give me any hints about what she was going to do. She only told me not to think about him too much. She made sure I had enough things to do around the palace to help me with this.Even Locros stopped asking me the same question over and over after a few days of pleading and fighting. Even though I knew he hadn't yet given up.The Queen's plan to keep me busy around Zeifa so I wouldn't have time to hang out and think too much about a certain lycan worked. In fact, it went very well.I didn't realize that it had been a few months since the event. Everything seemed to be getting back to normal, and I did feel normal most of the time, but there were times when my feelings and thoughts about what had happened caught me off guard.I was lying in bed one night, waiting to fall asleep. Even though I had worked all day and was very tired, sleep was nowhere to be found. I was tired, but not so tired tha

Lucian's POVAfter that, I never saw her again. I went to Zeifa more than once for different reasons, but I never saw her again. Ever.This made my lycan angry, but I didn't show it on the outside. I did the exact opposite. When I went to Zeifa, I acted like I didn't care where she was or why she wasn't there. I acted like it didn't matter, but I was dying to know where she was, how she was doing, and why I couldn't see her.On the outside, I acted like I had never met her, but I really wanted to see her again. My lycan and I got more and more upset as time went on. At one point, my tortured lycan would have been happy with just a glimpse of her, but all of a sudden, she didn't seem to be there anymore.I wouldn't have said it out loud, but I was scared for a split second. She took up more of my thoughts than I would have liked. Part of me was starting to think that I hadn't met her at all and that everything was just in my head.I thought that following this idea should have made me

Athena's POV"I don't trust him. I'll also be going, "I said this as I held Ezekile's fiery gaze. When I told him that, he raised an eyebrow at me.He growled, "Say that again."Even though I knew it wasn't true, I said, "I didn't know you were losing your hearing." I could be heard pretty clearly. He was a little surprised by how bold I was. I said, "Anyway, I'll say it again for your convenience: I'll be going, too."Like the sun, his eyes burned.He told me, "I don't think you've learned from your mistake." "I'll say it again so you don't forget: women aren't allowed in any of my military camps," he growled. Because he copied me, I couldn't help but feel a little bit hot. If there hadn't been so many people around, I would have hit him right in the face."I'd like to remind you that I'm the leader of the wolves. I can go anywhere that my men can "I looked him straight in the eye and told him.Surprisingly, or not, it didn't seem like my words did anything to him other than make him