LOGIN~Lucien~"What kind of woman would send her men to attack her son’s mate? She isn’t an enemy. She’s like our wife, our princess. She belongs to this family now."I watched as her lips twisted into a tight line. She turned around to face me fully, slamming the brush down onto the table."I will not just watch you and your brothers get mated to that girl," she said, her voice rising to match mine. "She has seduced you three with her gentle look, and you are all too blind to see it. Lucien, can’t you see what is happening? How can she keep three of you to herself? It is greedy. It is a scandal. The three princes of the werewolf clan with one single mate. The packs will talk. She will be sleeping with all three brothers. Don’t you see the kind of gossip a mate like that will create? Don’t you see the shame it will bring to me and your father, the king?"She took a step toward me, her chest heaving in anger. "This throne... we have toiled for it over the years. We bled for this territory
~Lucien~I stood perfectly still, watching him carefully. He had been my bodyguard since I was eighteen. Six years now. And in all that time, he had never lied to me. He had always given me the truth, even when it was ugly. Why would he start now? What would he gain by starting a war between the princes and the queen?"All right, I agree," I said. "I will ask her myself. And Benjamin... I am not mad at you. Not really. I know you’re just carrying out your job. But I wish you had informed me first." Benjamin nodded slowly, his eyes watching me wearily. "I am going to see her now," I told him, stepping past him toward the door. "Do you want to come?"He opened his mouth to speak, then shut it without saying anything. He looked down at the floor. I didn’t need him to say it. I had my answer. He had done his part by apologizing. He wasn’t going to involve himself in a confrontation between a prince and the queen.I left my room and made the long walk to the queen’s wing. The castle
~Lucien~It took everything in me to stay calm when Kalean said he was sending those severed heads to our mother. The words left his mouth easily, like he was talking about something light. But the shock of them still had my body shaking with anger. I stood there, staring at him.I found it hard to believe that our mother would actually send her personal men to kill our mate. It made no sense. My mother was a queen, yes, but she was also the woman who raised me with gentleness. I felt something was wrong somewhere. There had to be a missing piece, a misunderstanding, or a lie. I tried so hard to remain in that room, to act like a prince and keep my composure.Then, the worst happened. Jasmine fainted.Kalean lost his mind, turning all his anger on me, glaring with his jaw clenched, accusing me with his eyes as if it were my fault she collapsed.It wasn’t my fault. I had warned her before we even stepped foot down there. I looked her in the face and told her how brutal his questioni
~Jasmine~"You want to go back to Ivory Spire? You think you'd be safe there? Did you forget what happened before we brought you to Ravenwood? You were poisoned, Jasmine! You can't even go back. You can't. Start your studies here tomorrow. Don't even let Kalean hear you say this."I looked at him in shock, my mouth trembling as tears blurred my gaze."I'm done for," I said softly, He looks at me, his brow furrowed, "My life was perfectly normal before I met you three! Every single time I have been in danger is because of you triplets!" I yelled, the tears pouring down my cheeks."Jas," he muttered, reaching his hand out to touch my wet cheek, but I stepped back quickly, "I can't have a normal life anymore, Cas! Fuck! If they find out my wolf is silent, imagine what they will do to me!”"Reduce your voice, Jasmine," he warned, his eyes flashed to the bedroom door. "You need to quiet down.""I don't care anymore, Cas! I don't!" I yelled back, refusing to quiet down as the sheer exhau
~Jasmine~I woke up feeling numb and disoriented. I blinked twice as my vision cleared, then remembered what had happened. I had fainted, slumped right into Lucien's body outside the cells. The image of Kalean coldly slitting the necks of the queen's personal men appeared in my mind, making me suddenly feel chilly. I moved, trying to drag my sheet over my body, only to see I wasn't the only one on the bed.Caspian was laying facing the other side, snoring softly.I looked around, I was in my room. Apart from just I and Caspian, there was no one else. I felt my body soften as I moved closer to him, but tried not to touch him, just close enough to feel his heat, he stirred a bit then turned, as if he could feel me already. I watched him open his eyes to look at me. I smiled at him as he rubbed his face."What are you doing in my bed?" I whispered as he drew me closer to his body until his naked chest was touching my body.He wrapped his arms around my waist, sniffing me as he inhale
~Jasmine~I sat on the edge of my bed for three hours. I had taken a shower, washed Rhet's dried blood out of my hair, before changing into a simple pair of dark jeans and a plain black sweater. The silence in my room was deafening, everytime time I closed my eyes, I saw the teeth of those wolves and Rhet collapsing into the dirt.Finally, a knock rang on my door.Lucien walked in wearing fresh clothes."They are back," He said quietly as if still reluctant to let me go see for myself. "They caught the remaining men, they're in the cells.""Did they say anything yet?" I asked, moving to meet him by the door, my mind would not rest until I found out who sent them."No," Lucien replied, turning to lead the way. "Kalean wanted to wait until we were all present. Caspian is already down there."I nodded following him out of the residence quarters. He led me to a hidden door tucked behind a staircase.We walked down a long corridor that went deep underground, the air there felt cold.
~Jasmine~"I... I don't understand."My voice came out as a whisper, barely audible over the thrumming of my own heart. I sat there, my fork still hovering halfway to my mouth, paralyzed by the weight of three pairs of eyes, honey, blue, and bottomless dark all pinned on me with the same terrifyin
~Jasmine~The sunlight in this penthouse was way too loud, probably because its majorly glass walled hence see through.I groaned, pulling the pillow over my head wishing to go back to sleep. The bed felt nice, too nice, soft and plush, but my brain itself felt like it had been put through a frick
~Jasmine~"How long?"Sofia didn't do the whole "oh, I'm so sorry" thing. She didn't look like she wanted to hug me or pat my head. She just looked at me like she was checking a list. A wolf fact-finding mission which felt better because I didn't want any pity."Since... since I was rejected."I ha
"Are they as good-looking as you?"The question popped out before I could even think about it. Maybe it was the bass thumping in my chest or the way his leather jacket felt like a warm hug on my shoulders, I wanted to flirt. I wanted to be the kind of girl who could hold her own with a guy like him







