Valencia

If working for long hours and not taking a holiday from work would count as bspecial /bpowers, I would have said that..

But I didn’t think that was what the King asked.

And I couldn’t imagine why he would think i had any special powers.

“Your grace, if you would allow me to say so, she is still very raw and her powers are locked or unexplored. I got wind of some of our enemies catching a whiff of her existence, so I had to smuggle her here without getting to fully examine her.”

“Excuse me?” I asked out bloud/b, in an indignant voice.

They better start talking to me, King or not.

“Please give me some time to find it out, your highness. And I apologize for her barbarian ways. Humans aren’t a very cultured species.”

The nerve of him!!

“Very well. Since you were the one to find her and lure her into our kingdom, she is your responsibility. Find out her powers and hone them. We bhave /bvery little time.”

as /bthe King got up from the chair. He had reached the door, but stopped midway and looked at him.

“Don’t disappoint me again”

“I won’t, your highness”

The King walked outside the castle without another nce at me and I didn’t bother using words forn

Instead, I punched and kicked him, taking out all my frustration on him.

“Ow, youngdy, behave!”

He pretended to be hurt as I rained down kicks and blows on him.

“You have turned my life into bliteral /bhell ever since I met you!”

He let me kick and punch him for a few minutes to calm my anger and then grabbed my hand in the air, pulled me close, making my back hit his chest.

I hated the contact, even if my body shuddered pleasantly against him.

13:10 Sat, b23 /bAug: 11 |

“Easy there, Valencia Graham! You should be thanking me Instead of hitting me!

He said and released me from his grip.

I turned around and grit my teeth.

“What for? Bringing me to this hellhole? Or kidnapping me from right outside Sophia’s door? I trusted you, damn it!”

Iunched myself at him again but he caught my hand and replied, “I saved you from getting killed at the hands of those lunatics at the firm you were so loyal tob. /bCan’t you see it?”

He shot back.

“bSaved /bme how? You lied to me from the start. And even now I dont know who you really are. Or bwhat /bce this is.”

“I will tell you everything. But can we please go to your room?”

Iliterally wanted to snap at him again.

“Oh, you mean that stone cold, filthy tower on the other side of the forest? You left me to rot there and didn’t evene to check up on me the entire night.”

I shouted, and he nodded, “I am genuinely sorry for that. But let me make it up to you by taking you to a warm and cozy ce.sk you to trust me one bst /btime.b” /b

He held his hand open and palm extended for me to slip my hand in his, but I wasn’t going to be stupid again.

I didn’t give him my hand, but folded my hands across my chest and muttered.

“After you”

We walked through therge sprawling gardens and the Sun shining brightly on the open terrain.

I would have admired the scenery, but my mind would burst open with the number of questions exploding in my head.

Thankfully,n didn’t make me wait for long and I found myself standing outside a small house.

“This is going to be your stay here”

He said and gestured for me to walk inside.

The house only looked small from the outside, but it was nicely decorated and I also saw a familiar face dusting the furniture.

“Mary?” I blurted out on seeing her in the house.

“Yes miss. I have been appointed to look after you.”

“By King idus, byeah/bb, /bI bknow/b,” I replied, but she only looked atn and then at me.

13:10 Sat, 23 Aug

Mary bced /bthe duster on one of the side tables and nodded, “Of course, prince”

noted the way he spoke to her so politely, not just dismissed her like a ve. I also noticed how he had referred to her as prince

trecalled the simrities in looks between the King andn.

So, you are a prince of this kingdom? And you kidnapped me because everybody here thinks I am some blessed one who will bless this kingdom to free it from whatever curse it has?”

“You know of the curse?”

I shook my head. “No, but you are in no position to ask questions, so you better start answering.”

“Yes, I am a prince of this Kingdom and yes, I was there in the city to find you. My Kingdom, the great and fallen kingdom of Elorin was once huge and mighty. All the werewolves answered to the Great King Aecidusb, /bmy father, that is. But several years ago, in the great war between werewolves and lycans, we lost because the werewolves had an unknown power on their side. A great witch of our times that hated the lycans stood by the side of the werewolves and cast a very powerful spell on us.”

I blinked.

I had lost touch with the werewolf world for so long except for the legal cases that I found it absurd. Surely, witches were a thing of the past

As far as I knew, everyst witch was killed because they were a n dominion over the world.

“And you expect me to believe this?”

Iscoffed.

menace to the werewolf world and wanted to establish their

“You wanted the truth. I am giving it to you. No matter how weird you feel about it.”

“What was the witch’s spell?”

Lasked, getting back to the story.

“I am not sure. We have been trying hard to track her down for centuries already. She was known as Morwenna and was an expert in witchcraft. When the werewolves thought they were losing, they brought in her to cast a devious spell on us. A curse that took away all our strength, fame and glory. She crased our names from the memories of the world, turned us into a thing of imagination, a bloody folklore.”

bn /bclenched his fists while retelling me that bit. I had scoffed at him earlier, but now, as I saw his expressions, I couldn’t doubt if he was telling the truth.

His expressions were that of anguish and sadness.

“Lycans were once a powerful race that ruled the world, but after her curse, we were reduced to dogs that would roam around the world like pathetic weaklings. We were alive but never too strong to rule.”

“I thought she wiped out all the lycans” I said slowly, butn shook bhis /bhead.

“She wiped out our glory and confidence. She crushed our spirits. And that is worse than death.”

He said in a low voice

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