Chapter 121


    ‘Mrs Fields, this is Maia. Maia, this is Mrs Fields, my Head Housekeeper. Please escort Maia to her


    room, the room next to mine. Get the staff to tend to her wrists, and tell the cook to make whatever she


    wants for dinner. I will be apanying her then, King Fenris says.


    ‘Yes, my Lord: she says, curtsying and taking my hand.


    ‘Maia, I have some urgent matters I need to tend to. I’ll join you for dinner, and we can discuss the war


    and so forth, he says kindly


    “Yes, I’d like that. Thank you, I say.


    Mrs Fields leads me up the grand staircase, along a lengthy passage, and into a stunning bedroom,


    with a Queen-sized four-poster bed and a balcony. I run outside through two open doors and admire


    the views


    ‘The view is breathtaking, I tell Mrs Fields, and she chuckles.


    ‘It is indeed. We’re very blessed with excellent views here, she says.


    The skyline is bordered by a row of tall andrge trees on the horizon. The training fields are just visible


    in the distance beneath them. A beautifulke with ducks, swans, lilypads, and lots of frogs is on my


    immediate right.


    I need to tell King Fenris werewolves are not a threat. That this war doesn’t have to happen, and we


    can live peacefully. If I can persuade King Fenris to stop the war, I can return home and inform Damon.


    Mrs Fields leaves, and her absence is filled by two middle-aged women, who knock on my door and


    enter my room.


    ‘Princess Maia, one of the women addresses me, tiptoeing toward where I sit on the bed.


    ‘Please,e in, and call me Maia, I say, smiling. The women, like everyone else, are in awe of me.


    I’m Jewel. This is Leah. We will tend to your wounds, she says, bringing a small wooden table to me


    and cing arge bowl of warm water onto it.


    I’m sorry, but this will hurt, she says, washing my wrists and making me wince.


    Leah dips her fingers into a wooden bowl with ointment and rubs the balm on my skin before each


    woman bandages a wrist.


    ‘Thank you, I tell them, incredibly grateful,


    ‘What would you like for dinner, Miss Maia?’ Jewel asks politely.


    Tell the cook to surprise me, please, I answer happily.


    Okay, Leah smiles.


    I’d really like to try some wine, I add. Leah smiles and bows


    Of course. I’ll tell the cook right away. Leah leaves the room, and Jewel offers to tour me around the


    castle.


    Td like that very much.’


    We start with the library, where there are books, some are many centuries old, in ss stands. I’ve


    never seen a book or


    so many books before.


    The ceiling is twenty-foot high, and the second level, which is also lined with bookshelves, is secured


    by a polished, mahogany balustrade that edges around the whole rectangle room Both levels have six


    soulpted mahogany columns,


    spaced apart evenly, with perfect architectural precision. Against the bookshelves are several wooden


    The Great Hall is magnificent and full of regal splendour. White marble flooring meets gold skirting


    boards, white walls adorned with white wainscotting meet gold ceiling cornices, and five roses decorate


    the ceiling. In the heart of the room is a twelve-armed crystal chandelier.


    “Hundreds of people could fit in here,’l marvel, never having seen a room so grand and so big before. I


    can’t help but twirl around and bask in its splendour.


    ‘Hundreds of people do,’ she says, smiling. ‘We like to have regr balls here. King Fenris likes to


    entertain a lot. Five hundred guests fitfortably in here,’ she exins.


    I’ve never been to a ball before,’ say.


    ‘We shall host one in your honour,’ she says.


    ‘Oh, I’d love that. Although, I intend on leaving in a day or so, though,’I exin.


    ‘But, the people of West Wallow are happy, knowing you’re staying in the castle. Maybe we can have a


    ball within the next couple of evenings. I was told you’re going to help with the war?” she says,


    confused


    ‘I do n to help. Just not in the way everyone thinks. I don’t n on winning this war. I n on


    stopping it,1


    inform her, and she gasps.


    ‘Werewolves are evil and ruthless,’ she says, trying to


    persuade me of the certainty of it.


    ‘What if I told you that isn’t true at all?’ I tell her, but before she can answer, King Fenris enters the


    Great Hall quietly.


    ‘Princess Maia, I’d love to escort you to the dining room for dinner,’ he says, smiling,pletely


    charming.


    Thank you,’I smile. I’m quite warmed by him. He is so kind and so generous, it’s really hard to dislike


    him. I’m hopeful he is a good king, and I will be able to persuade him to end the war.


    ‘Pardon the interruption. Dinner is waiting for you in the dining room,’ Mrs Fields says as we join her in


    the hallway outside the Great Hall. King Fenris offers his arm to me, and I take it, and we make the


    short journey to the dining room. The staff and servants whisper and the female servants giggle as we


    pass them.


    In the dining room, a servant pulls a chair out for me at the dining table on King Fenris’ right, I sit down,


    and I’m pushed back in.


    Thank you,’t saymaking him blush.


    Footmen appear with tes of cooked vegetables on top of rice.


    A servant pours some red wine into the goblet in front of me, not spilling a drop.


    King Fenris begins eating, asionally looking up to smile at me. It seems my presence makes the


    female servants giddy.


    ‘How is your wine?’ King Fenris asks, and I realise i haven’t touched it yet.


    ‘Oh, the wine!


    “You like wine?’ King Fenris aske.


    Well, I haven’t ever tried 11, but when Sir Hugo… kidnapped me, he was drinking it at every vige we


    went through, and aft the vigers were making it at the taverns,’t take a slp and savour the burnt,


    sweet, fruity Navour, ‘I love it,


    I have the finest wine in all of West Wallow. Fit for a princess,’ he says yfully.


    The footmen give each other knowing looks and stifle theirughs.


    ‘King Fenris?’ I start.


    ‘Yes, my Princess?’


    ‘l need to talk to you about this war,’ I say as a servant tops my ss.


    King Fenris puts his hand gently on mine and interrupts me.


    of course, but before we do, I know Sir Hugo told everyone you would help fight against the


    werewolves, but you won’t be. I know about your elemental powers, and I intend to keep you safe,


    preferably here, away from the war,’ he exins.


    I’m grateful that you care about my safety, but I’m not in any danger. I’ve met Alpha King Damon, and


    he isn’t what you think he is…’I exin.


    King Fenris is surprised.


    You’ve met Alpha King Damon?’ He asks.


    ‘Yes. I haven’t known him long, but I know he doesn’t want this war, and he wouldn’t harm me or


    anyone,’ I say, feeling lightheaded.


    I’ve seen many werewolves rip people apart for no reason. I’m sorry, but he has you fooled. I’m very


    curious why you’d think he wouldn’t hurt you? He must know you can control elements?’


    ‘Yes, he knows I can. I only know I’m an elemental sprite because he told me. He has been very kind to


    me,’ I say.


    That exins that then. King Damon is trying to fool you so he can use you against us, and after the


    war, he will probably dispose of you,’King Fenris says.


    ‘No, I don’t think that’s it.’


    There’s no other reason he’d be kind to you. You must see that? He’s a werewolf,’ King Fenris says.


    You don’t understand. He won’t hurt me because I’m his mate,’I exin.


    King Fenris pauses before he breaks intoughter.


    “You’re his mate?’ He repeats and then realises I’m not joking and quite serious.


    ‘How do you know you’re his mate?’ King Fenris asks, tapping on the table, seemingly annoyed.


    ‘He found me by the river days ago. His wolf appeared and called me mate. He said the Moon


    Goddess has chosen us to be together. And he wants me to be the Luna and Queen of Moon Crest


    Valley. I do feel drawn to him. He says that’s the mate bond,’ I exin, taking a sip of wine.


    Very interesting…’ he says, still tapping and pondering what I have told him. ‘Have you considered,


    since you aren’t a wolf, it could just be lust rather than the bond? After all, he is supposed to be one of


    the most handsome men in Moon Crest Valley. So any female would feel some kind of attraction


    towards him?’ He adds.


    Feeling disheartened by his words, I stare down at the table


    I’m sorry, It’s not my intention to upset you. Yes, the bond would probably stop him from killing you, but


    he would still kill everyone else. And you being his Luna, you’d be obligated to help him, and the


    werewolf army kill us,’ he says.


    ‘Damon cares for me,’1 say in distress. The tes, sses, and outlery shake on the table, with the


    energy building up inside of me


    ‘Alpha King Damon is only sincere to you because the bond makes him so. He only found out what you


    are so that he can use you against us. He is using the bond to his advantage. He is a monster, and if


    you go back to him, you’ll find that out he says, not batting an eyelid.


    The tes and dishes on the table shatter into a million pleces and rolls of thunder roar outside.


    ‘Stop! Please stop talking.’lmand him.


    The footmen gasp in fear.


    I’m sorry he has lied to you,’King Fenris says sympathetically.


    I suddenly feel lightheaded, and before I know it, I copse. momentarily stir awake, still dizzy. I’m


    being carried somewhere by King Fenris. Tears run down my cheek at the thought of Damon lying to


    me. Warm lips touch my forehead, and a thumb wipes a tear from my cheek. Then, as I’m about to drift


    back to sleep, I hear him whisper in my


    ear.


    ‘It’s okay my love, you have me now.’Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.