LOGIN“Father, are you okay?” Silas asked as he rushed up to him. The Alphas were now alerted. The room was tense. Only the morning light was now seeping into the room.Before King Nico could reply, another howl cut through, this one closer.“Stay close” Silas said to Noelle.King Nico was still observing, not sure of what action to take. The heavy oak doors burst open, a breathless guard stumbling into the hall. “Your Majesty! The northern patrols, they’ve been overrun and some are dead! We’re under attack!”The room immediately exploded into chaos. “Silas!” king Nico shouted, turning to his son. “Get into the walls and get every staff into the big chamber, make sure they are protected.”Silas nodded sharply. He glanced at Noelle and she nodded at him. “I will be fine, go.” She said,With that, Silas moved toward the exit, but his eyes flickered with concern as a thought flashed in his mind. “What are we dealing with?”The guard, still panting, looked terrified. “They are Lycans too. Your
With that, the mage turned and walked out with slow and silent smooth steps.“I don’t think the mage can be trusted.” It was Alpha Reik who spoke.“Keep your mouth pinned Reik.” King Nico growled and the room went silent. Silas on the other hand had daunting thoughts filling his mind.“The mage did not seem to be speaking nonsense. He clearly knew what he was talking about and it’s important that we act on it now.” A lady Alpha named Suri among them said. She had short white hair and a full tattoo covering her whole arm. She then turned to the king, her head bowed. “I think you should heed to the mage and look for the hybrid.” Shortly after Suri said those words, other Alphas started to support her, except Reik who still didn’t believe due to his lack of beliefs in mages.“Excuse me,” Silas left the grand hall and headed straight to Noelle’s room. He knocked on her door and it opened swiftly. Anger marred his face as he realized that she hadn’t locked her door. She was still sleeping
Tension was ripe in the air as the Alphas of the most powerful packs waited in the grand hall for King Nico’s arrival. They had been summoned by him.King Nico had received an unexpected and shocking phone message from Marcus the previous night. this time around, Marcus didn’t pass his message indirectly.It was a direct message that read. “Exit the throne for my sake Nico, reply with a message of agreement. You only have till dawn to do so, or else, unexpected war would be brought to your kingdom. I warned you.”King Nico would rather die than bow for Marcus which was why he had no time to summon the best of Alphas from different packs to get ready for war.King Nico pushed open the doors with a force that rattled the walls. The Alphas turned their gazes to meet him, bowing afterwards on instinct.“You all can have your seats.” They complied and seated, each of them either feeling anxious, eager or inquisitive to know why the king had summoned them.“Our kingdom has been threatened b
“What did you just… say?” She strode closer to Kira, stopping right before her. “What did you just say?” Noelle asked with shaky breath.“You heard me, she was killed Noelle” Kira repeated, her black eyes tracing Noelle’s movements."By who?" Noelle's voice was trembling now, her fingers twitching with the urge to shake the answer out of her stepsister.Kira hesitated for a moment, her eyes darting to the side. "I don't know. She sent me to you before she died.” Kira informed Noelle, heightening her curiosity.Noelle was silent, how could she bring herself to trust Kira that her late mother had sent her of all people? Kira was never someone she could trust. She didn't know if she could believe her, but one thing was clear-something sinister was at play.“You don’t trust me,” Kira observed after scrutinizing Noelle closely.“Yes I don’t, but I choose to this time around. Tell me.” She gave her go ahead.——-Later that night, Noelle lay beside Silas in his private guest quarters at the
“No!” Noelle fell to her knees crying. She and her mother weren’t best of friends but she surely didn’t wish for her death. It was Silas who broke the news to her as soon as he came back to the palace.Noelle felt like the universe was punishing her for an offence she had committed but didn’t know about. Anytime she dared to be hopeful that things were aligning back in the right way, another sour event would strut up. Was she cursed? Did her bad dream have anything to do with it? Most importantly, what’s next that was going to happen to her?Silas gathered her in his arms as she sobbed, “Do you want to go and see her? She’s not yet buried.” Noelle nodded at him, she wanted to see her mother for the last time. As they journeyed down the packhouse, Noelle was silent and lost in thought. She thought about what Selene, the princess, had said about her bringing misfortunes. Was that not true? Silas ought to be in the palace now attending to Lycan matters but here he was taking her to her p
Noelle closed her eyes, embarrassed that the conversation was now pointing at her. “What does Noelle have to do with the matter ground?” Silas asked, his brows furrowed and voice thick as he turned to face his sister.Selene walked past him and faced her father. “I am not trying to make the girl feel bad, but this is the reality, ever since she’s gotten to this kingdom, my brother has started having diverted attention. I don’t know what it is with her but it’s just as if she came to this kingdom with bad luck. Father, I will suggest that we look into her family or she’s returned and see if things would change.” Selene avoided Silas’s gaze as she gave her two scents to the king.“Nonsense, you’ve said a lot but none of it made sense.” Silas refuted. “Fine, you may not like her because she will soon be my wife and you fear that I will place her needs above the kingdom’s but you don’t even need to worry about that. Noelle isn’t that kind of woman that can cause problems in the Lycan wor







