CHAPTER 8
•••••In the palace•••••
•••••Third Person POV•••••
For the first time in many years, Astraea felt helpless.
She knew what her brother was going to do was can cause chaos in the whole werewolf realm if this news got out of the capital which was meant to.
It was the worst possible punishment a king could give to any wolf and on that girl was a just a mere human.
She knew this can also cause the strain in the relationship of human and werewolf both world and can also lead to the war and peace truce they worked so hard on will be useless.
King of the human world was already upset when he found about illegal human trafficking but they won't want to lose another one of their kind to be punish as the main culprit just because she's mate of main culprit.
She tried her best to convince her brother to reconsider his decision but he never bulged.
This was the last chance she had to stop him from making this grave mistake as she gathered all of her courage before walking up to his office.
Observing Princess Astraea walking towards the king's office, the guards opened the gates before bowing their head in respect of their beloved princess.
As expected she found her brother sitting behind a huge mahogany office desk and was focused on reading some documents.
She strolled towards him and took a seat across from him.
Leonidas who already knew what his sister wanted to talk about kept ignoring her.
He didn't get why she was so persistent about saving that human girl.
He knew no one in all 5 realms has enough guts to start to even think about the war against him as he was much more powerful than any of them together.
If he wanted then he would've already caught that mutt Stephen but he didn't want to waste any more of his resources when he can easily lure that bastard to himself with the help of his mate.
Suddenly a guard knocked on the door.
" Come In" Leonidas ordered.
" Your highness, all is ready for tomorrow's beheading" the guard bowed and informed.
" Good" The king replied and dismissed him and turned back to his work.
" You're going to execute her don't you?" After a long silence, Astraea questioned and Leonidas only nodded his head without sparing his sister any glance.
" Leo is that really necessary?" she asked slowly for the one last time hoping he'll change his mind.
Leonidas huffed and looked in her eyes before opening his mouth " If you're worried about war then I assure you it won't come to that and if it did then you know better than anyone that I won't let any harm come to my people no matter what" he answered with his voice turning cold by the end of the sentence with a glint in his eyes that only Astraea could understand and the hair on her neck stood in attention.
Without arguing any more she stood and left but before walking out she slightly turned her head and spoke " I hope that you won't regret your decision brother" before she turned and walked away.
Leonidas who heard his sister felt the beast inside him feeling uneasy and started to crawl making Leonidas feeling uneasy for some unknown reason.
After some time he again turned back and continue his work hoping soon his uneasiness will fade away.
•••••In the dungeon•••••
Down in the basement laid unconscious Aurora who was waiting for the last breath.
She couldn't move and even breathing seemed hard.
Across her cell sat an old man who was watching the little girl with his old worried eyes.For the last few days, he tried hard to try to speak to that little girl who showed him hope after decades in this darkness.
He could see her dying in front of his eyes but couldn't do anything.
He even tried to alert the guard about her dying state but they looked him wide eyes in shock as it was the first time they ever heard him speak since he first came here but still they brushed him off saying it's better if she died and if she didn't then she will when she'll be beheaded tomorrow.
Either way her fate is sealed with death so no one cared.
Michael could see angles of death and could feel their evilness in the air slowly sucking the life out of that little child but he couldn't do anything except waiting.
Maybe he was wrong.
His eyes watered as he remembered the time when he first saw her.
He saw her soul shining brightly in the cold dark dungeons.
It was impossible for naked eyes to see her inner light but he could see it in her easily.
Even though she looked like she's been through a lot he could feel the courage, compassion and rare purity of golden light that travelled in her heart.
But then he felt her sorrow and saw the darkness she slowly started to walked towards in hope to get peace.
He wanted to save this child but he couldn't. He was too weak to even try.
He heard a squeak of mice and noticed a brown mouse next to where Aurora laid on the floor.
It's been here for the last few hours anxiously sniffing her.
Maybe even that little mice knew that he won't be seeing her anymore and soon it'll be time of goodbye.
•••••Next Morning•••••
{Day of Beheading}
The next morning came sooner than anybody would have wanted.
The day of Aurora's execution.
Soldiers barged into dungeons. Their angry heavy footsteps and clinking of their armour were heard from far away causing every prisoner to scoot in their cells.
Soon the soldier started to drag Aurora mercilessly from her cell towards the location of her execution.
Worriedly Michael stood up and saw the little Aurora being dragged out of her cell like a doll by the soldiers followed by angel's of death as they smirked.
Maybe it's a farewell he thought to himself and kept looking towards the fading back of the soldiers until they disappeared completely.
Soon the soldiers reached the huge podium that was set for the execution and people were gathered around it to see the execution of the human.
Some people were looking at Aurora with a look of disgust, some were giving her a look of pity and some looked at her curiously.
She looked dead if it wasn't for her beating heart and moving of chest whenever she breathed then everyone would have mistaken her for a dead body.
Suddenly the murmuring stopped as everyone turned their head towards the huge gate as they saw six very tall knights, wearing black armour with red lines capes.
Despite the dark metal, their armour shone in the sunlight...
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CHAPTER 9 •••••Aurora's POV•••••I felt myself being dragged somewhere.I could feel rough hands holding me in tightly.I tried hard to open my eyes but even my eyelids felt heavy to move.I didn't have any strength and even breathing felt hard.I just wanted it to stop.Suddenly I felt warmth spreading across my cold body and a gust of wind fanned across my body making me realise that we're somewhere outside.I tried hard to open my eyes to enjoy this moment one last time before I died but soon gave up.The murmur of people could be heard and I felt cold metals around my wrists.Both hands were handcuffed and soon my both hands were pinned to the sides with chains.
CHAPTER 10 •••••Third Person POV••••• Everyone in the kingdom was astonished to see their king losing his temper like that in front of everyone. As soon as thunderous growl left his lips everyone felt their wolf whimpering as they bowed down on their knees in submission not wanting to disrespect their king. They opened their eyes wide as they saw their king lifted the executioner with his hand in the air like he was nothing but a light feather. They watched in horror as the executioner's eyes popped out and soon his soul left his body and his body went limp. Leonidas threw the body of the executioner on the ground before he turned back. Everyone cowered in fear when they saw his glowing eyes and realised that king's the beast is in control now. The guards
CHAPTER 11 •••••{A Few Days Later}••••• •••••Aurora's POV••••• Where am I? Am I dead? If I'm dead then why I'm feeling tired and numb? I tried to open my eyes but couldn't. Suddenly I big warm hand enveloped my small ones as sparks shoot throughout my body as soon as our bare skin contacted and as I tried to open my eyes. I wanted to move my fingers and hold on to the warmth but I couldn't physically move. I tried hard but suddenly I felt another warm hand near my face as it removed the strand of hair from my face and tucked it behind my ear. I tried to snuggle against that warmth but it felt like my body is restricted. " MATE," A familiar voice said before I could
CHAPTER 12 •••••Aurora's POV •••••Soon the man from earlier came towards my side and put his arms around my knees and back before carefully picking me up.As he was about to put me back on the bed suddenly the door of the room was pushed open as someone barged into the room."WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?" A loud and angry voice boomed throughout the walls of the room.Hearing the familiar cold voice my body stiffened and i froze and I stopped breathing.Suddenly, Before I could blink I was harshly snatched in a hard and warm chest making me squeal in surprise and close my eyes in fear and my body filled with all those sparks I felt while I was unconscious." It's not what you think Leo" the man from earlier stated and I
CHAPTER 13 •••••Aurora's POV••••• Sadness took over my face after realizing that my mate never acknowledges me and probably never will because he and his pack made it very clear that they don't care about me whether I'm alive or dead when they decided to let The King took me as a prisoner. I also wish I had a mate like that too but I guess I'm not meant for epic love like that. Maybe I'm just a mistake. Maybe I was meant to be loveless. " Hey, are you hearing?" Astraea asked waving her hand in front of my face and I came back from my thought and nodded my head. "Maybe moon goddess made a mistake in my case" I murmured under my breath not wanting her to hear but she heard. " No moon goddess never make mistakes" I heard Astra
CHAPTER 14••••Third Person POV•••••••••[In The Council Room]•••••In the large council room stood a group of six men near their respective seats gracefully bowing their head in respect of their king Leonidas knight who just graced them with his presence.Leonidas nodded his head in acknowledgement and walked towards the head seat.As soon as Leonidas perched on his throne he lifted his hand and allowed everyone to relax on their seats."BEGIN" he ordered as he focused on the council members.From the right side, his commander straightened up and stood." You're highness, birdy ( Spies) informed me that Alpha Stephen has been seen near the forbidden area of the northern border along with a group of people who seemed to be wor
CHAPTER 15 •••••Third Person POV••••• " Uhhh ohhh" Little Elizabeth murmured before she turned towards his uncle with her big puppy eyes hoping he would save her from her mother's wrath. " ELIZABETH BLAIR BLACK, GET YOUR ASS RIGHT HERE. NOW!" Astraea demanded resting her hands on her waist. " But why mommy?" Little Elizabeth asked as she clung to Leonidas neck for her dear life knowing very well that her mother is going to whoop her ass she soon as she gets to her. " Why? Huh, Why? Don't test my patience young lady. Get here. Right now" Astraea ordered trying to control her fast-beating heart. On the other side, Leonidas carefully looked at the commotion between mother and daughter with amusement but didn't say anything. It was
CHAPTER 16 •••••Astraea's POV••••• " I'm not talking about Elizabeth. It's about Aurora" I tried to explain and noticed how he paused for a second before continuing his work. " I'm not avoiding anyone. I just don't have time for her and all this things right now and if you don't mind I have some work to do" he replied coldly before clearly dismissing me. " But you'll have to make time for her. She's your mate and you can't just av...." I tried to explain but he cut me off before I could finish my sentence. " I know what I'm doing. Now if you'll excuse me," he spoke impatiently. I sighed and turned my heels towards Elizabeth. " Let's go, sweetie. There's someone I need you to meet with." I said and picked Elizabeth from the couch as little Alex followed us wa