. He stood in a co

es had dimmed and narrowed, h

meanour. In its wake w

said but his voice

on his clothes,

beginning. More

thickened her mind while she looke

echoes of screams-real or i

etting ready for her wedding but the agonising wails

painted red with fresh blood, the chandeliers hung at

one more terrifying than the next. Some

, screams and cries

y her father. He wasn't standing, wasn't barking orders

hispered, crawl

into his lifeless eyes. There was a deep hole in

s if she could keep him from sli

e her vis

big joke. I

go, he had stood tall before her, adjusting the t

lifeless i

ace, desperate to feel any warmth, even th

e screams, the howls, the madness

ook his body. "No father

s gone, with no hope

t, tears sliding quietly down he

or a future queen. She was just a woma

f hair from his face,

liams had never lo

stronger. I should

sobbing loudly. "N

life in him, her grief hardened,

let his deat

ispered, "I swear to you father, I will no

ees. She would make them regret the d

urned in her, helping

around his neck. A silver pendan

ll never forget you father. Rest in peace till I aven

ng for Evelyn. Her sister was still

us to find her sister while praying to the heavens she

nearly lost her balance, but

wn and her bl

r aunt lying cold in the

d of colour and sh

. No, not

her hand, unwilling to belie

agony, cutting her breaths

dead, and now

ed over her, but one stoo

stronger, braver.... Wou

t. Her father. He

as she battled with the

, a voice whispered at

he mere thought sent a finger

sn't dead. Sh

the fragile hope of f

she saw Henry sprinting towards her, his hair a

o hold it in any longer, she burst into tears and buri

around her, comforti

s, and she prayed this was a

nothing changed, she realized

of sorrow. "I hate to say thi

"M-My sister is still ou

t be dead for all we know. If we hesitate a

s, utterly stunned. Di

d what about my peo

teps drowned He

and silver uniforms

s. In hum

o run but Henry grabbed

in her eyes. "What?

the men suddenly,

d when one grabbed h

orphed into one she didn't believe

mised to spare me if

he moved away, she stared at him, comprehension dawning

s but he made no move to re

illing to marry....and within minute

ft a bitter tas

ered, glancing down at her with condesce

ossession" she spat then bit t

d slapped he

he could care less. The betrayal

right now. To put an

but I'll never follow yo

en stated indifferently. He had a scar running down his right

and she followed

ly he was strangling her,

at his claws, her pal

much relief it made her dizzy

amed, pushing against

n't want her blood to spill on

still, trembling with sil

ound her wrists and h

" he stated with

e doors as another shouted, "Rou

his words. Bur

f pushed her harshly, glar

were bound

o stare at their faces-their

n't afford th

ky and darkened it, casting a black

n forward. She fell to the ground, only to

e in an effort to

yra, she to

ey wouldn't hesitate

moved forward, her

but the chains held her back. She wanted to comfort her

er die than le

ime but she refused to shed a drop

m her sister and it lo

im through her glare but he on

incess, you'll need

arrowed her eyes to slits. H

the dense forest behind the castle, whe

isible through the smoke that clouded it

k as she watc

e light on the grounds below. The shadows

paranoia.....

hem at the borders, ju

a wolf crowed mockingly,

ed under her breath, resisting

kness that seemed to oppress her. The air was t

her chest and buried

with rage when she rep

t, who didn't bat an eyelid to

give him. And she w

ed revenge. Revenge against He

against the alpha, the

rcrest Pack is a brutal

er shoulders trembled, her lips quivered

the beginning. And she would ma

lvercrest

outside a tall, po

n knocked so softly, th

mooth, deep v

and opened the door, rev

the window, his attention foc

Al

papers when the door creaked and lan

?" He deman

the h-head warrior Alph

eyes narro

d" the servant relayed the information, his he

xed into a smile closer t

me" he murmured then dismiss

. And inform the council-we

quickly and bolt

to his window, his gaze

where was pitch black save

lpha was satisfied wit

nless smile. "Nobody messes with