MAGNUS POVI sat on the armchair in my office, my thoughts, a juxtaposition of disturbing questions. Questions whose answers seem too bleak; like I wouldn't be finding any authentic answers anytime soon. It was way too overwhelming for my grasp and the more I thought about it, the more my anger and something else…Something that seemed too extra for a strong person like myself – hurt. I felt way too provoked and hurt right now. It was true that a woman would always be a man’s greatest weakness. Who would have thought my heart would feel so heavy like they were going to burst all because of a woman? But then, this stretches beyond being about ‘just a woman’. This was about our baby. This was about betrayal. True, there was a huge chance that Jax was lying and only had a plan under his sleeve. Yet, there was a slight possibility that it was true.I needed some sort of distraction. I hadn't been too hard on Sophie during our last encounter because I didn't want to hurt her. The Goddess b

SOPHIE POVI was again sitting with Luke but this time, it was in the throne room rather than mine. We chose to have a meeting and discuss the moves to take to locate Magnus.“It's crazy to even think that Magnus could go missing.” Luke sighed out loud.“What’s done is done now, Luke. Let's not deviate from the main course of the discussion. A solution is all we need right now. We can not afford to have a temporary King take over Magnus’s throne.” I chastised, sounding all desperate and impatient.I mean, it wasn't Luke’s fault that Magnus was missing but in this case, I couldn't help but displace my emotions.Luke was too humble a man to pick an offense though. “I know, Sophie. It just hits me hard every time. I will just organize search parties first. It’d be nice if the search yields results but if they don't, we would think of the next line of action.” He said.I nodded.“You know what, Sophie?” He turned to me. I looked at him. “I will just start the search right away. You return

SOPHIE POVI stood on my feet, ignoring Betty's burning gaze and the Queen's haughty stare. "I have no interest in hearing your excuses. I will call it as I see it. What you did was treason, and I will not forget it. You have no right to call me ungrateful."The Queen's face hardened. "You dare accuse me of treason? You forget that i am the Queen of this kingdom, and I will not be spoken to in such a manner.""You are no Queen to me," I retorted. "You are a traitor, and you have no place in this kingdom anymore."The Queen rose from her throne, her eyes flashing with anger. I could see that she was still deluded about her place here. It was hard for her to hear me already as it was. "You will regret these words, Sophie. You will see what happens to those who cross me. You've been playing mistress in my absence and I think it's gotten into your head."I stood my ground, not moved by her threats. "I am not afraid of you at all. I will not be silenced. The people of this kingdom already k

SOPHIE’S POV Around the palace, things had not been working well for a while now. Lycan King Magnus refused to return to the castle and the kingdom was being ruled by Luke but could it ever be the same? No, I wanted King Magnus, I wanted the man I fell in love with. I realized that I missed him dearly.The whole kingdom situation had been tiring me down daily and I felt weak from inside. My thoughts had been messed up and all I could think about was Magnus who was nowhere to be found for days now and I couldn’t reach him either. He was definitely missing, the initial thought I had that he went somewhere far off to clear his head was now out of the window. He couldn't stay away that long. From what I had known of him, he wasn't that temperamental.I paced around the room, looking worried and trying to find a way to get King Magnus back to his position. Luke had tried his best and even though he was close to him, he still was not able to do anything to bring him back and in the end, he

MAGNUS POV For hours or what seemed like days, i had thought so much about Luke's betrayal that my head was starting to ache from the variations I went over. I tried to remember all my moments spent with Luke, hoping to find out where I had gone wrong or what i had missed. My mind tried to pinpoint where everything started but it couldn’t do so because from the beginning, he had always been someone I could trust. Luke had virtually been like my brother all this years and was someone I usually confided in. He was someone I thought I could read clearly without mistake, someone I always thought would stay by my side at all costs. What was more surprising was the fact that I never realised he wanted my throne all along. The malice in his eyes when he had confronted me seemed like it was more than that though.My mind flashed back to the night when everything started, the night I was kidnapped after being trapped with that lady. If only I had listened to my instinct then, I would be able