The next morning I am woken by Shelley knocking on the door. “Wakey, wakey?” Her chirpy voice rings out loudly as she steps into the room. I sit up in the comfy bed and rub my eyes; the chill in the air was ice cold because the fire went out.
Glancing at her, she wanders over to me, I was sure I locked that door. Hunter sits up where he is lying beside me and sniffs the air before lying back down and watching her. I pat his head. “How did you get in?”
Shelley holds up a key. “Master key.” She tells me, and I groan.
“Please tell me the three Kings don’t have one of those?'' She gives me a sympathetic look. “Of course they do!” I mutter, tugging the blanket back. I instantly pull it back over me, I swear this place is colder than the caves.
Shelley chuckles, walking closer. “The King wishes to see you.”
“Which one? Asshole one, two, or three?”
“King Theron.” She whispers.
“Master asshole then,” I tell her, and she chuckles.
“He’s not so bad. He’s usually quite nice.”
‘He was going to make me pick women to enter in the maze of death; I would say otherwise.” I tell her, and she shakes her head.
“He was testing you. Only those that volunteer in the Kingdom enter the maze. He was never going to let them enter.” She tells me.
“Wait, you didn’t think to tell me this; I could be free and miles away by now!” She cringes.
“I’m sorry, he ordered me not to tell you.”
“Then why were you crying?”
“Because I thought he was at first, well, until Malachi told me otherwise once we got there. And I kind of thought you would pick twenty of them.” She cringes, and I raise an eyebrow at her.
“Really, because I look like a murderer?”
“Well, no but people change depending on the situation they’re handed, and honestly if I was in your shoes, I don’t know if I would be brave enough to do what you did.” She admits looking quite embarrassed.
“So he knew I wouldn’t pick any of them?”
girls in the stables before you entered the maze?” I sigh
head, climb out of
won’t risk his people.” She tells me, and
that doesn’t help me now, does it?” She shrugs, then glances at the door,
why he wants to see you. He sent for the Kings too. He is setting the rules
something has been eating at me since I saw the darkness
isn’t he?” I ask her and her eyes widen in shock, and she peeks back at the door, then quickly rushes over to it and closes
chews her lip
sons don’t know, no one does except me, and he told Malachi last
why he needs to choose between his
no one is supposed to know. If they find out, the surrounding kingdoms may start a war for King Theron’s throne, and if the vampiric Kingdom gets their hands on his throne…” she shakes her head.
vampires working for him?”
by choice, part of the alliances. He knows they’re traitors and were sent here
he want
been at war with each other
me, what he’s doing is for the best. If you think the Lycan Kingdoms are brutal, you’re wrong. If the Vamps get their hands on his throne before he
tell
enslaved.” I
laugh. Humankind was already
humans, and so do Lycans to procreate since there
will just make more
procreate; they need us for food! To feed off us! That is why so many try to flee the vampiric Kingdom and come here, those of us here donate blood to the vampiric Kingdom monthly, yet under King
the Vampiric Kingdom, and the humans are kept on leashes, half-starved and tortured. And the men?” She shakes her head. “Trust me. You think the maze is harsh. In the vampiric kingdom, you’re in the maze fighting for your life every day. I would take my chances in the maze any day than end up there,” she tells me, and a violent shiver runs
the King is leaving?”
And that
ask her, and she nods while I put on my slippers.
escape. You’ll have
she cuts me off with a wave of her hand.
know what I
“But-”
has a plan if they fail to marry, and quite frankly, I rather his sons not be on
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