Erin Lockheart's POV Later that day, I fitted the dresses I would be wearing at the wedding, we are to wear our kingdom's colors with jewelries harvested from our land as well and I wear them with pride. I reminded myself that this is my home now and despite being an empress by contract, I have to do my duty to my people. I took a deep breathe as the thought sinks in. Only a hours later, I would see Cadmus and Luna again. This time, following their original plot, they are together. I had no idea what I would feel. Would it be envy? Happiness? Betrayal? Who knows. Kai told me about the text Zenn was able to find during his hunt. My emotions would be the trigger to set my power off. I have to be cautious that I won't hurt any innocent people. Despite all this, I can't seem to shake the dream I had of Kai. The dream where he said he loved me. No matter what I do or what I tell myself, I can't seem to get it off my mind, I must be going crazy. I'm sure I'd get hurt if I fall in love w

Erin Lockheart's POV I protested as he stole a kiss from me, "Hey! How dare you kiss me with my guard down?!" "You did the same thing to me, I just returned the favor." Kai smirked, "But, the next time you want to kiss me, just say the word." Flustered, I looked away, "I did not. I didn't kiss you. I couldn't have. Did... I?" "If you're going to kiss me, at least do it consciously." Kai snickered "You do have fun teasing me, do you?" "It's my earthly pleasure." He pulled up the blanket and tucked me in like I was his most prized possession but even most prized, I knew that was all I was to him. A possession. I frowned at the thought of it but the thought of it was the truth. That I was some military advantage against Lunaria and that I had to do everything in my power to be just that. Once I've done my purpose, I've played my part, destroy the kingdom I once called home, only then will I get to live safely. No. Lunaria wasn't my home. It never was. Kai's sole purpose of havin

Kai Griffin's POV I smiled as I gently caressed her hair, "I'll be back before you know it. I promise." "You better be." Erin joked, "Don't leave me for too long, I might end up causing a scene. I definitely will. I could feel it." "I look forward to the drama." "I'll try not to drink too much." "Please do. I look forward to seeing you drunk more than anything else." I smirked mischievously. Erin looked away, flustered, she looked nervous. I like seeing her nervous. I like thinking that I could make her nervous. She rolled her eyes as I left. I headed straight to the forest hoping I was wrong about the bad feeling I was getting. I haven't seen Luna since we arrived. It's suspicious. Zenn and I discussed the potion created that poisoned the land here but we never figured out who did it. My money is still on Luna. There's something about her but nothing conclusive could link her to the happenings in the forest. The potion is made by someone skilled, probably a witch, and from

Erin Lockheart's POVIs this the price to pay? I left Lunaria so Luna could still have her happy ending with Cadmus but why? Why is she being painted as the villain now? I did all I could so that I could live while affecting as little lives as I could. I wanted them to live happily despite my hatred and their betrayal.My thoughts were cut off as we heard a knock on the door. "Emperor and Empress Griffin? The wedding ceremony will start soon."My gaze fell to the windowsill and saw as the sun set into the horizon. The blood moon. It's coming and I could feel it in my bones. Fire and blood. A familiar phrase. It's the cursed princess' abilities and Luna has blood magic now so it could only be a matter of time before she could acquire fire magic too.She would be unstoppable. Kai pulled me back in bed and teased, "Must we attend, or should we just stay here? I could say you're sick or I'm sick. I call the latter."I snickered, "We can't. We have to be there.""Then let me stay for five

Erin Lockheart's POVKai immediately dropped the knife and he looked at me confused, "No, no, no. You're going to be okay. No. Erin, you're fine." Kai was panicking as he tried to stop me from bleeding. Everyone was clamoring around me. Some were running away and screaming at Kai.Murderer. It echoed repeatedly but all I could hear was the fear in Kai's voice. He held me close to him as he cried out, "You're fine. You can't die, Erin, you can't leave me. Stay with me. Come on, stay with me."For a brief moment, I saw Luna's smirk. That's when everything made sense. The poison. It wasn't meant to kill Kai. It probably had traces of her blood meant to control Kai to kill me. She had it all planned out. Have Kai kill me in front of everyone to cut alliances and all the more reason to attack the Rawaevell Kingdom.We were blindsided.Because of this, no one would want to side with us. They would paint Kai as the villain and turn everyone against him. Our kingdom would be vulnerable.I was