ELYSIA'S POVI was still fuming at the guard as he walked in, but this time around he didn't come in alone, he came in the company of the other guards who must have been waiting outside."I'm going to teach you a very bitter lesson." The guard said as soon as they walked in. One of them walked over to stand behind me and held me down while the other one charged towards me and started kicking me repeatedly on several parts of my body, especially my stomach.I winced and wriggled with every pain his kick inflicted on me, but there was nothing I could do to fight back because of the chains which were used to hold me down.The pain became so unbearable but he wouldn't, still, he wouldn't stop, he kept dealing me more kicks, and each kick came with a stronger impact and more excruciating pain that the last till I couldn't take it anymore and passed out.It was total darkness and complete numbness for me for the next few moments that passed.My eyelids were heavy when I finally forced them

ELYSIA'S POV:My eyelids were heavy and they hurt badly as I tried to force them open, and with the way the light shone on my eyes, I thought I had died and was in heaven already.I felt as if I was floating in an endless layer of cloud, the only thing managed to keep me in touch with reality is the pain and heaviness I felt all over my body and my eyes. I managed to probe my eyes open, and all were saw were cloudy blurry images all over the room I was in. I managed to life my right hand and rubbed my eyes slightly with it, and the mists covering my eyes started to disperse slowly. It finally came to my awareness that I was not in heaven as I had thought, I was lying on a soft bed which didn't feel like my bed, neither did it feel like the hard floor in Alpha Jace's dungeon where I was tied with chains.My breath hitched when the cloud like substance covering my face fully dispersed and I saw an image which immediately caused all the memories of everything that happened recently to fl

CHAPTER FIFTYSomewhere in the woods, just some meters away from the palace. In a secluded and sacred corner. That was where the sorceress, Aurora's cave was located.Aurora was a quite petite woman, with a very small frame. From her shoulder-length hair which had almost turned completely grey and the slightly wrinkled skin around her eyes, one could tell that age was already closing in on her. But her hair and her cracked voice were the only evidence of her age since she seemed quite agile and vibrant. She walked straight too, only that she occasionally needed her stool to help with her occasional back pain.Aurora was in her cave going through her normal daily ritual of going through some crystals to check for any impending danger being targeted at the pack.For a long time in the pack, Aurora's divination had gone a long way in saving the pack from some severe situations since she saw them on time in her crystal and suggested ways to avert them.She looked around because she needed

ELYSIA'S POV"I'm just going to the kitchen for some water." I turned to Lucius when he started following me the moment I stepped out of my room to go get water in the kitchen.I looked at him for a while hoping he would get the clue and step back but he didn't, neither did he say a word or act in a way to acknowledge that he heard me.When I didn't get a response after a while, I let out a deep sigh and kept going while being consciously aware that Lucius was walking behind me. The thought of that made me extremely uncomfortable but there was nothing I could do about it.I had woken up to the Alpha gone from my room but I didn't think much about it because I believed he had some other things to do regarding the pack, since there seemed to be a moment of unrest in the pack.I eventually decided to go to the kitchen for some water when I felt thirsty, only to be followed around by Lucius who refused to give me any breathing space.A maid walked up to my room later in the morning to inf

ELYSIA'S POVTime was ticking quickly, and I was equally running out of patience with the same proportion as I sat on my bed waiting up from the Alpha with my eyes glued to the clock. It's been moments since left the room to go for a walk, I could not help but wonder what was taking him so long to get back.Or was he back already and was having a meeting with Nikolai and the elders?I decided to wait for him for a while longer, and when he didn't show up after a while, I decided to go out and look for him.At the same instant I set out of my room, I was immediately reminded of Lucius whose presence I had been forced to accept no matter how uncomfortable it was for me. I didn't try to argue with the Alpha about it again because no matter how I felt about it, the truth was that he just wanted me to be safe.As usual, he followed right behind me as I set out to go look for the Alpha without saying a word to me, now even a word to ask where I was going, he just followed like a robot.I p