“Is something wrong, my dear?” Nanna asked. I squeezed the letter in my hands."He traveled." I felt Nanna's hand on my shoulder as soon as I spoke. She gave me a light squeeze."Problems?"“He just said there was an emergency and he needed to travel with some Rangers.” I sighed. Johannes and I didn't speak to each other after… After. And I felt very insecure. He must not have liked it. He left me alone, left upset and never came back to look for me. Not even our dinner, which was already part of my routine. Something I looked forward to every day.“Don't be like that, my dear.” She said and stroked my hair like she always did when I was little. "He will come back."“What if he doesn't want to talk to me anymore? I mean… We did that and he left unhappy.”“Honey, don't be like that. He wouldn't have been so patient and friendly if he didn't like you at all. As the King and your owner, he could have forced you, which he didn't.”That was both true and totally confusing. "I don't unders

His… his bedchamber? But wait a minute! We were in the room connected to this one, so…“Johannes, wait… But I was…” I looked behind me, as if I could see through the door which was already closed.“Yeah. I asked them to place you in the Queen’s bedchamber.” He said and I saw his Adam's apple go up and down. He was nervous.“But why?” I asked and his orange eyes gleamed at me.“We were producing the heir of the throne. Technically, there is where I should take my Queen to have intimacy for the first time.”“I am not your Queen.” I insisted. It all made no sense.Johannes licked his lips and approached me. He was too tall and I had to look up, while he put a strand of my hair behind my ear.“Would you like to be?” He asked and I froze.Johannes has been very friendly and polite and… passionate, but I didn't know to what extent this is just an act. Yes, I was falling him, but I remembered at that moment how he left the room after our first time, how he disappeared and I didn't buy the ex

I clenched my fists, not wanting to believe what I had just overheard. Johannes was, indeed, just playing me. He was pretending to be nice, but in fact, he hated me. I knew from the beginning I should have never believed his words, his kindness. I should have never let myself get too deep into this sort of relationship we had. And I must say, he was a good actor. I left with the utmost care as not to be heard and I knew where I had to go. I had never visited that part of the castle, because even though Morgan lived there, so did Imara. And, to my own surprise, she was the person I had to talk to. “Please, I need to talk to Concubine Imara.” I asked the guard and he looked at me puzzled, but didn’t deny my request, going inside the room. I waited for what it seemed like forever, but finally, the door opened again and there she was, wearing a black robe, looking like what he thought she was: a Queen. Well, she could be Johannes’s Queen for all I cared. Ok, not all I cared, because

The pack I came from, the Nightstar Pack, wasn't close to the sea, although we had a small lake nearby. I always wanted to see the sea. It was a childhood dream and, after my anger for the King's lands had passed and I learned that, in fact, the sea was so close, I wanted very much to go see it.Johannes promised me that one day he would go with me, but only when he was sure it was safe, as the lands had been plagued by rogues and other creatures. And I waited.And to think that my first contact with that blue immensity would be diving into it because I was running away from the royal guards and the King himself, it was crazy! If someone had told me it was going to be like that, I would have said that the person who suggested it needed to be institutionalized!Even though Zaila knew how to swim, jumping over the slope was difficult, as that was where the waves broke. Strong though she was, Nanna was already of a certain age and it would be foolish of me to believe that she could manag

"Perhaps he seeks my assistance solely to maintain his reputation, but there must be more to it than that." It seems unlikely that he would go to such lengths just to save face in front of the townspeople. I can't help but wonder if there is something deeper motivating him. As for Joshua's possession of the weapon, it is certainly a cause for concern. The Alpha only wields it in times of war, and even then, it is kept secret from the outside world. How did Joshua come to acquire such a powerful and deadly tool? It's possible that he has connections to some of the most dangerous and influential people in the region. The fact that he is able to control these soldiers is another indicator of his considerable power. It takes a strong leader to command a group of men like this, and it's clear that Joshua possesses that strength. But what other skills and abilities does he possess? "It's clear that he is not an ordinary man, and I am intrigued to learn more about him." Xxxxxxxxx "With he