HAERA A week has passed since Balfour died. And I'm not going to bullshit myself or anyone and say pretty much nothing has changed since his death because a whole lot has changed. Even in the world outside my head. The Palace and the activities seemed to go into default mode. Everything was slow. Everyone was slow and it was obvious that his death affected the palace more than anyone was ready to admit. I knew that most of these changes wasn't because of his service as a Chef in the pack for longer years than I could ever imagine. It was mostly because of how it left everybody shaken. The fact that a wolf had died in the Palace of the Alpha was enough to drive everyone crazy about it. More than once in the week that has passed, while still in my confinement that was called the Alpha Chambers, I have heard maids who came by, gossip about the death of the fat chef. The news had already spread wide and wild the next day after his death and it had blown out of proportion. Rumours too beg

HAERA. As the Alpha commanded, the preparation for the ritual continued the next day and it was officially the first day of the one week long ritual and as he commanded as well, I became the new chef of the Palace. It was nothing ceremonial or special as my things were just brought into my new room for the next few years of my life and I resumed work the next day. And just like that, I became one the prestigious and important personnel of the palace. In a single day, a maid became a chef and the youngest one of all time in the palace Rumors followed my appointment and the people who used to hate and bully me didn't hesitate to spread it round that I became the Chef of the palace without any prior experience except for a few spoken words about me. The feeling of being talked about by others wasn't new to me but the feeling of being talked about because I had suddenly elevated in position high above others was new. As I left my room this morning to resume to the kitchen, the maids all a

HAERAI think I already expected it when Erylis spewed out Gennora's name out of fear. I might have also expected her to say something about the princess since she happened to be the closest of all the maids to the princess. She used to be the princess's personal maid before I replaced her and since I had another duty, she was back there again. And she had spewed everything she knew about that day. The day I resumed to the Alpha chambers and the day Balfour died. "That day...the day you came for me to tell me the princess requested my presence; you were there before you even entered, weren't you? You listened in on our conversation and went to tell someone. Who did you report to?" I had asked, going straight to the point. This was my reason for seeking her out and shifting to my wolf in front of her to scare her. I remember hearing footsteps retreating that day before she came in. I remember I and Balfour sighing in relief because we had thought someone was eavesdropping but I guess w

HAERAHow possible was it to freeze all over again when your body was already frozen and rigid at a spot? Well talking from my current experience, I could tell how very possible it was for someone to freeze for a second time. My body was already frozen right before he even growled at me. The fact that he toppled me over and laid on top of me like that very night already had me frozen to the bones. And when I looked into his eyes, it only made me want to remain that way for life. And then he growled. He literally growled, baring his teeth at me. It was then that I was able to decipher both of the looks in his eyes as something other than anger and confusion. Yes they were there but it was more of him fighting his wolf as the black and grey fought against each other. "You." He said again glaring straight at me. It felt like he wanted to say something but his wolf was making him lose control. I wondered how he was able to keep his wolf in control and if he was as crazy as Dezra was. I tr

ALPHA ZACHARY The bells from the high tower rang and for a moment, I thought I was back at my pack and back in the nightmare that keeps me up all night. I jerked off my bed, eyes wondering around to get a hold of my surroundings and with the light from outside the window flooding into the room, familiarity set in and I knew just where I was. I didn't have a nightmare today. I stopped having them after I met her, my mate, back at my pack and it suddenly felt like she was the missing piece of the puzzle in my life. But I started having them all over again. After winning the duel, after becoming the Alpha and after coming to this pack, the Moonstone Pack to perform the ritual and take my mate with me. I started having those nightmares again. I started jerking up from my bed with sweat sticking to every part of my body like slimy leaches. The nightmares kept me up all night while Serge whimpered on and on about something that seemed to hurt him. He was just as confused as I was and there