CHAPTER 547: DE JA VU

"Jasmine are you okay?" An alarmed Nanny Nia as she came around her.

Jasmine rubbed her hand.

"Yes I’m fine. I just...." She looked at the wall. "Something had burned me."

Nanny Nia frowned and walked to the wall before carefully touching it.

Nothing happened.

Jasmine sighed in relief that Nanny Nia hadn’t been burned.

But was confused why she hadn’t at the same time.

"Nothing happened." Jasmine whispered in surprise.

She looked at her finger as to where she had touched.

"Yes. Nothing happened. Are you sure? It was a burn? Are you okay?" Nanny Nia asked.

Jasmine’s brows were well furrowed together.

She hesitated at first and then tried to reach out to the wall again.

Nothing happened.

She didn’t get burned again

She could have sworn it hurt.

Like fire.

"Maybe you’re just tired." Nanny Nia said wisely.

Jasmine hovered unsure and then just eventually gave in.

"Yeah. I think you’re right." She said rubbing her brows.

Now was she just imagining things?

And then at that moment, Anna brushed past her, forcefully pushing her aside.

"Hey." Jasmine said startled.

"Get out of the way." Anna hissed in a clear warning. "Or get kicked out of the way. Dirty slut."

And she whipped her hair and went on with her flutter of servants going right after her.

"I’m going to give her a beating of her life." Nanny Nia said rolling up her sleeves and undoing the pins in her hair and tying her hair up in a bun.

"Don’t." Jasmine stopped placing her hand on her arm in a bid to stop her. "Trust me. She isn’t worth it. Not right now at least. I don’t think the King and Queen would take it too kindly with us fighting on our first day."

Nanny Nia sighed.

"Fine. I’ll just postpone it till another time." Nanny Nia pouted as she rolled back her sleeves.

"Thank you." Jasmine mouthed.

Then they followed with the procession as they were led down the hallway and past corridors.

Jasmine gasped in awe and amazement of how beautiful it was.

The walls glistened of crystals and Jasmine wished she could reach out and touch them.

But she remembered what had happened the first time she did and she stopped herself.

There were so many wolves present.

Different ranks.

Of course she could barely see any Lycan present.

Soon as she approached closer towards the hall, eyes began to turn and look at her.

She swallowed uncomfortably and wondered whether it was because she was the daughter of a traitor, or she was rumored to have assassinated Xaden.

Perhaps both.

The eyes were staring down at her, refusing to look away. Jasmine swallowed heavily again and held until nanny Nia as if leaning to her for companionship.

"Ignore them." Nanny Nia snorted. "They have terrible manners."

They stared and some whispered as she glided through.

Were they also here to witness her punishment?

How the royal family was going to use her as an example.

A warning. A deterrent to all those who had dared to disobey their laws.

She swallowed, suffocated at the uncomfort of this unknown environment.

Soon they went past glaring eyes and Jasmine sighed in relief.

They began to walk stairs.

And as Jasmine went on, she couldn’t shake the feeling that this was where she belonged.

Couldn’t shake the Deja vu off, so much that it made her feel exhausted.

But she simply told herself that maybe it was just what Nanny Nia had said.

The place where the goddess had ascended and there fore it must feel like home to all wolves.

But Jasmine couldn’t just shake this feeling that there was more to it.

Soon they were headed down an alley.

Servants weren’t really here, but rather guards in their numbers standing alert.

She had seen them before.

Royal guards.

Few of the other wolves that had come visiting were equally in the hallway.

As expected, they stopped to stare as she walked past.

"Why are they looking at me?" Jasmine thought aloud.

"I think it’s because of your hair." Nanny Nia said.

"My hair?" Jasmine asked alarmed, loud.

People turned more.

She went mute and slowly whispered again. "My hair?"

"You know your hair is red." Nanny Nia

Explained. "Only members of the red family have red hair."

Jasmine reached out and touched her vibrant curls.

"But I have. And I’m not a member of the royal family. I’m not even an unshifted." Jasmine said.

"I know." Nanny Nia nodded. "But that doesn’t change the fact that people are still curious. People fear what they don’t know. You should know that by now."

Jasmine sighed. "People who came visiting my home pack always looked at me in a very weird and strange way. That’s why my father never liked me going anywhere. I was told that it was one of the effects of being an unshifted. An abomination that needed to be hidden."

"Don’t say that." Nanny Nia chastised. "Don’t ever say that. You’re not an abomination. If you’re anything you’re special. Do you know what it means? That you out of millions of wolves, are the only one that has never shifted. It’s fascinating. Your type is rare. Almost non existent. And when something is rare. It’s unique. That makes you different from everyone. Own that Jasmine."

Jasmine felt Nanny Nia’s words overcome her and for once, she saw herself in a different light.

She had always seen herself as a reject.

As a problem.

As an abomination due to her red hair and for a fact that she was like no one.

But for once, she considered the fact that no one was like her.

That she was different.

That she was as Nanny Nia said unique.

Most wolves were like themselves.

But she was like no one.

And for the first time in her life, that made Jasmine proud.

It made her self esteem rise.

She was different.

No one was like her.

Soon up ahead, she saw the servants and other wolves who had come with her seem to stand outside a large mahogany door well guarded.

Nanny Nia held her hand as she was led in.

Damian turned to Nanny Nia.

"You two can come in." He said disdain.

Jasmine didn’t like him just like he didn’t like her.

It was mutual feeling.

Soon The doors opened and Xaden walked in with Anna by his side, before Damian along with Jasmine and Nanny Nia went.

Jasmine thought she had seen beauty in the palace until she walked into a grand hall that on instant she knew was the throne room.

It was filled with beautiful stones glistening in the walls.

There were beautiful French windows that were colorful and seemed to be drawn of people.

There were about over hundred of them, one of both sides.

Some with a woman, some with a man.

Beautiful chandeliers hung from the ceiling, illuminating the room.

Guards standing at attention from left to right.

And right in front were two massive throne.

She could see the King seated on the right.

His throne was grand and elegant.

Filled with intricate designs, mahogany and diamonds.

To the left was none other than the Queen herself.

If Jasmine had thought that King’s throne was beautiful, the Queen’s throne was mind blowing.

It stood shaped with silver and gold.

The throne itself seemed to be made of crystals.

And the designs were ruby.

Like bright fire.

It was stunning.

Soon they walked to the end of the carpet where Xaden went on one knee.

Damian did the same, Anna curtseyed, Nanny Nia and then she realized she wants only one standing.

Jasmine gasped and very quickly went down low, her eyes downcast.

"You may rise." Came the Queen’s soft voice.

And so Jasmine very gently rose up to her full length and she made eye contact with the King.

He looked at her disapproving.

He didn’t like her and then she remembered.

What she had so badly tied to block out of her memory.

Flashes of him ramming inside the Queen’s sister and then moaning came into her mind.

Jasmine cursed the day she had seen them.

And soon she began to fear.

Cherry had caught them, but the King.

She didn’t know if he knew or not.

But one thing was definitely for sure, he didn’t like.

"Your majesty. It’s an honor to be in your presence." Xaden said in such respect Jasmine was surprised.

Xaden NEVER respected anyone.

Not even the king

But he seemed to uphold the Queen in high regard.

She came down from her throne.

And very gracefully walked down the little steps.

Jasmine wondered what she was about to do so she kept her head down.

Her eyes downcast.

To her dismay and absolute shock, a pair of elegant shoes appeared in front of her.

She looked up and without warning, the Queen herself Engulfed her in a warm hug.

"Jasmine!"