Chapter 643 Otto didn’t need to be told twice. The moment Kemp nodded, he slipped past him and entered the narrow stone corridor that led deeper into the prison wing. The temperature dropped immediately. His breath fogged in the cold. The Damp stinking air clung to his skin. The scent
Chapter 642 Otto found himself going down the hallway and past arched corridors. He didn’t care about the stares; all he wanted to do was get to Jasmine. He couldn’t believe it! Jasmine accused of stealing?! It made no absolute sense. She was the sweetest girl he had ever met,
Chapter 641 Otto took the stairs so quickly he almost stumbled over himself. His boots clattered against stone, echoing through the thick castle walls. For the first time in five years. five whole years he was inside the pack. Inside the home he had refused to step foot in. Inside
Chapter 640 Otto was seated at his desk reading through the forgotten language and drawing back on his map. He hummed as he worked. He very gently placed his inked quill on the paper with every landmark he came across. “Old wolves Cemetery.” He mumbled to himself as he read
Chapter 639 Queen Rose wasted no time. She began her investigation that same afternoon, summoning maids, guards, stable boys, anyone who might have seen even the strange thing. She intended to do it on her own or just because she didn’t want a wrong judgement, but because she held Jasmine
Chapter 638 QUEEN ROSE’S POV I marched down the corridor, MY gown sweeping behind her like a moving storm. Every servant I passed pressed themselves flat to the wall, heads bowed low, eyes avoiding my gaze. Even the guards stepped aside too quickly, as if frightened the marble beneath them
Chapter 637 The room stayed frozen even after the echo of the slap had died. No one moved. No one breathed. Everyone waited for the Queen’s next command, terrified of making even the slightest sound. Queen Rose didn’t look at any of them. She kept her eyes on me sharp,
Chapter 636 For a moment, no one breathed. Not the maids. Not the guards. Not even Auburn whose face slowly shifted into something far more dangerous than panic. Recognition. Triumph. Accusation. “There,” she said, pointing at me with a trembling finger as if she’d spotted a rat. “Her. She cleaned
Chapter 635 The encounter I had with Otto was now a month ago and I seemed to be getting more weary and tired. My body all of sudden seemed exhausted. Hildegard had noticed it when I woke up from bed and she had looked at me it’s cunning and suspicious
Chapter 634 A month of staying in the royal pack and i was getting fed up with anxiety on the progress. I had handed Otto the concealed pages that held Xaden’s mother’s conversation about my uncle Elton. Eventually Otto had found out that the book had been written in the
Chapter 633 AUBURN’S POV Auburn paced the room, her gown trailing behind her like spilled wine. Her nerves were already bad enough Jasmine was alive. Xaden had left the palace. Everything she had planned for. Everything she had dreamed of, it was coming down at her knees. Her dress being
Chapter 632 Queen Rose’s POV Queen Rose stood before her vanity, slowly removing the jeweled pins from her hair. The candles in her chamber flickered gently, casting warm gold across the silk curtains and marble floor. Her shoulders ached with the exhaustion of another long day. She reached for the
Chapter 631 Jasmine’s POV The sun was already crashing behind the palace walls when I finally left Otto’s chaotic study. My head throbbed with too many thoughts dream walking, Drasil trees, prophecies, danger I didn’t understand. All I wanted was air. Fresh air. I stepped into the courtyard, letting the
Chapter 630 Jasmine’s POV For a moment, all I could do was stare at Otto. Dream walking? As if I needed anything else in my life to be complicated. I folded my arms. “Dream walking?Otto, I’m not whatever that is. I had a dream. That’s it.” He gave me a
Chapter 629 I ignored him, set the journal down on one of the messy tables, and hurriedly went down the floor. I looked through the different pages he had used to create the map and picked one. I snatched it and jumped back on my feet, riding to him. “Look
Chapter 628 The next morning, I was seated up, my knees drawn up to my chest as I gently touched the golden leaf on the bed. It was still hard for me to believe. I had had a dream. Well, what felt more than a dream. Felt like a memory
Chapter 627 Xaden led the horses along the narrow trail toward the lake, Erik riding in silence beside him. Neither of the spoke for the mean time as they progressed through the lake. Anna’s screams still echoed in the back of Xaden’s mind. Every cry. Every plea. Every desperate “brother.”
Chapter 626 I and the rest of my men went on their horses ahead. It was currently dark and I was clouded by the fact I had forced my sister to her own death. I was torn between being a brother and being an Alpha. Torn between serving justice and
Chapter 625 Fiona’s POV The halls felt too quiet without Xaden and Erik. Too still. The kind of stillness that made your skin crawl, like the walls themselves were waiting for something to happen. Especially after what had happened. I pushed the feeling away as I opened the small wooden
Chapter 624 XADEN’S POV Lisa’s body was still warm when I forced myself to look away. Her eyes, burned out to hollow darkness. Her chest, gorged open where her heart should have been. Her lips were still parted in the shape of the tale she never got to say. I