ELVA’S POVKnock! Knock! Knock!I grumbled, “Who could it be this early morning.”Just then, I recalled that Prince Darian and I had been at the stairs last night kissing for four hours. We’d stop, say goodnight to each other, and when we had moved the slightest inch away from each other, one of us would pull the other back and we’d initiate another round of kissing.Due to that, I went to bed very late. And whenever I went to bed late, I always woke up late.“Shit!” I kicked off the pillow and I couldn’t tell how it had gone from being under my head to being under my feet.I stood up from the bed immediately and went to get the door. I pulled it open immediately and met a fierce-looking Selena before my eyes.“Hey, sis. Good morning,” I said to her. I was expecting a maid, not her.She didn’t respond. Instead, she glanced at me with curiosity, her eyes studying me from my head to the sole of my feet. Her eyes went back up to my nipples which I hadn’t noticed was perky.She sniffed at

DARIAN’S POV“Are you serious about what the king said?” I asked Elva.“Yes,” She nodded with tearful eyes, “He said he can’t let you stay further, especially when your father isn’t even aware of your whereabouts.”“My father is not a problem,” I frowned, “I just wish they never had differences.”“So, what are you going to do now?” Elva asked me, fighting back tears that wanted to come out.“I’ll beg him to let me stay until your birthday. After then, I can go home and seek my father’s permission to come here again,” I told her, “our parents have some differences which they need to settle. Else, I don’t see myself coming here again. If my father found out that I’ve been here for days now, he’ll surely get mad at me.”“What happened between them?” She inquired.“It is something that I don’t even know the slightest detail about,” I said to her, “but I’m pretty sure that whatever it is can be resolved.”“I pray so,” she said.I was dressing up to go to a dance festival that was going on

ELVA’S POVThere were only three feelings in me as I stood by the balcony waiting for Lu’s return. He had gone into town to buy some of the specially curated street meals which Father never allowed into the palace. But Lu had his way of sneaking it in, then we’d eat it at the roof of the castle.I tried hard to listen to the good voice in me as the three feelings currently swimming in my mind were all negative. Betrayal, hurt, rage. I needed somewhere to expend all that vex.How could Darian blindly overlook how far I had gone for him and smooch with Selena? I thought he said there was nothing between the two of them. Men could be such liars. Maybe he was furious just because he didn’t get what he wanted from me.He made me feel like he was a better person than Norlan. But now, here he was, cheating on me with someone I could call my sister.I could feel my chest knotting from my struggle to suppress the anger burning in me, the anger fueled by that feeling of betrayal.I knew what to

ELVA’S POV“My King, together with the rest of the hunting squad, our catch this evening is dedicated to your biological daughter, the princess behind the veil,” Kaska said.I felt something like a stinging sensation coming from Selena’s direction. And when I looked, she was quietly crumpling her fist up, veins popping out on the back of her slender palm. She did it with so much vex and force that one of her long nails broke. I shuddered immediately, making sure that she didn’t notice that I was looking at her.Kaska continued, “And in response to the privilege you’ve given me tonight, I want to ask that a party be thrown tonight in honor of the princess with one of these big fishes we caught. I hope I’m not being selfish.”“Not at all,” Father smiled at him, then turned to everyone else, “A party it is tonight! Every one of you present here should go home and prepare. The cooks will get the meals and drinks ready in two hours' time.”The hunters began to leave the castle. I watched K

ELVA’S POVThe Lycan king goes berserk from time to time due to how long he has been away from the battlefield. Bothered that his enemies must have deemed him weak now, his power goes out of control on certain nights and he transforms to his full form, lurking about to find any threat and destroy it. But the problem is that when his power goes out of control, it is impossible for him to identify between his enemy and his foes, so he destroys anyone in sight. Only his Luna can confront him because when he sees her he sees himself.“Is that a curse?” I asked Lu.We had both been up throughout the night. I was barely able to sleep hearing that my Father had gone berserk and could even kill me if his eyes fell on me.“It’s not a curse,” Lu answered, “it’s a phenomenon. He’s a Lycan and embodies power ten times greater than what a normal werewolf would. Such power is not meant for sitting on the throne; it’s meant to be used on the battlefield.”“Oh, I see,” I said. A loud yawn escaped my