Chapter 44

“What do you mean you chose one for me!!” a thunderous voice could be heard all the way from the other side of the palace. “Deloris listen” my Best friend said from the other side of the room, hiding himself from the objects that were thrown his way. “Listen? You want me to listen?!” more enraged, I took the nearest thing my hand could hold, which happened to be a vase and threw it to him. “You are exaggerating this” he said dodging the vase before it could come in contact and cause any physical damage to him. “You need to calm down and get a grip of yourself before your new bride gets here.” He said panting, already exhausted from having to dodge the things that was thrown his way, little did he know that I had just begun. “Are you listening to yourself? Have you forgotten what we are? What I am? ! There is no doubt that once she comes she is going to run her mouth like a stupid vermin and then all other kingdoms would be against us! You think we would survive it if humans turned against us?” I looked at him as my inner beast tried to fight through to claw out his eyes. “Your highness” he said bowing his head. “If you would see it from my view, just trust me on this. Please” he added when he saw that his pleas were doing nothing.“fine” I said despite my inner battles. “but you should know, if anything happens, it’s on you and you know the punishment.” I said and walked out on him. I needed a breath of fresh air at least to clear my head a little. 4I walked around the garden hoping to calm down a bit but it was a futile attempt. My beast kept raging to get out and go and look for Allen to claw out his eyes. “What was he thinking!” I growled out. My name is Deloris and this was my pack. We’ve been hunted for centuries and decided to create a kingdom to blend in with the rest in order to stop getting killed. It was not easy to gain the trust of surrounding kingdoms, but we made it work. We were known as the strongest kingdom among the seven and it was going great until the fool I call my second in command, Allen decided to go for the pageant and get a 'bride' for me. If words were to go out that we were not exactly human, words would spread like wild fire and I don’t think we would be able to handle it at this point, we just started increasing in number. “Goddess!! That idiot!” I growled out in annoyance. I walked passed the grave of the girl that at one time, held my heart in her palms. “Greetings” I said with that cold voice I suddenly come accustomed to coming out of my lips in the recent years. I stood in front of the grave, reading the words engraved in the stone that I already knew by heart. In loving memory of Solaria Denovale,A loving Daughter, sister, mother, friend and mate. Yes mate. She was my mate, my world. The one who made me want to see a new day just so that I could see her smile. And she was gone.I could still remember the day like it was yesterday. “dearest, I would be going for a walk around the woods. I would like to pick up some fruits for the winter” she said looking at me with deep blue eyes that always found a way to drive me crazy. “you know, you could always get the servants to do it. I don’t like you wondering about. It’s not safe.” I told her walking up to her to wrap my hands around her waist, and sniffing her as I was not able to get enough of her sweet scent. “Oh hush now, we both know that the lands are quite safe. And I would be gone for just a bit” she said smiling at me. “Fine, not too long okay?” I said letting her slip out of my hands. I should not have let her go that day. But I did. My stupid self let the one good thing I have ever gotten, slip through my fingers. I let her go to the woods and the next thing I knew, I was receiving her dead and skinless body back into my arms. I could not take it, neither could my beast. She was murdered. my beautiful mate had been murdered. I felt limb. It felt as if my body could not move even for a bit.“Your highness, we would need to clean her up.” One of the physicians said. I looked up from the body I had cradled in my hands for goddess knows how long. “What do you want.” I said even though I heard him perfectly well. “Your grace, we, we… we we” “Speak!” I raised my voice at him causing him to flinch in fear. “We need to clean her up sire” he said. I squeezed the skinless body of my mate before I handed her over to him. It wasn’t as easy as it had sounded. I had to fight my beast from trying bro snatch back her body from him. He believed that if he held her tight enough, placed her just a little bit closer to his heartbeat, then she would wake up. But I knew that was nothing but my animal instinct not wanting to believe that she was dead. Deep down, I already knew it. She was gone. I could not feel her pulse. I don’t think anyone would be alive going through that. “Sure, you need to see this” the physician said snapping me out of my thoughts. “No” I said shaking my head vehemently. I did not want to see her like that at this moment, at least not like that. I looked down at my hands that rested on my thighs as I stayed in a kneeling position. “leave me” I growled out tightening my already formed fist.“please your-“ I snapped my head to his direction, ready to pull off his head from his body. “I said I don’t want to see it any more!” I yelled, standing up to my feet which seemed a bit difficult because of how heavy my cloth felt from the soaked blood of my mate. “…are you so deaf that you cannot hear my request?!” I said moving a little bit closer to him. “Sire!” my second in command, Allen, said, halting me in my steps. “I believe what he is trying to say is that, they found something unusual with the Queen’s death and it would be best if you see to it.” I looked into his eyes for a whole minute, trying to process what he had said, before I nodded my head in agreement. We walked briskly, or at least I did while the rest tried to catch up with my steps on the way to the infirmary. “What is it that I need to see?” I asked as I felt sick already standing beside the bed where she lay. Her blood on my body making me feel heavier as I look at her motionless and skinless body. “I checked her nails and some of her joints while cleaning her up, sire” he, the physician said, trying not to stutter. I found out that it was a forced shit back to her human form.” He said making me look at with confusion. “How does that mean anything to me? You called me out to tell me that worthless information?” I could feel my canines elongate and the urge to sink my teeth in his neck seemed to grow by the minute. “Why don’t you just skip to the important part” Allen said, stepping in between us in order to block my path to the Forsaken fool.

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At this point, I blinked my eyes rapidly trying to decide whether I was still having a vision or if it was real.