~Emily~



According to Luther, the poison usually takes at least two minutes before it sinks into his system.

So I stood outside his door, peeping through the keyhole of his door.



And barely two minutes later, I watched as he suddenly dropped to his knees.

After a few more seconds battling with the poison he finally dropped to the floor.


His body had gone full numb.


I decided to share with him a piece of my mind before going to Luther.

'Zayne, this is for Emily and every other human you've plagued over the years." I stormed into his room, yelling at a fallen Zayne.

I had to let out all my stored up anger at him, anger for what he put me and my family through before I left him to die.


But as I turned to leave, just a few steps away from the door.

I heard Zayne's faint voice.

'Wait."


'What?" I asked my voice sternly.


'I don't hate humans. Luther has clearly poisoned your mind to think so.

Why do you move with it somehow ? All he wants is power, and he'll do whatever it takes to get it, including you."


'Are you done? You think I'm a fool. Of course I know. But what you've done is much worse compared to him."

All I was hearing from Zayne was old news. I was hoping he might even be kind enough to explain his actions.


'Luther, wanted to kill your sister Emily. He's the one who hates your species, not.. '


'And you almost killed her. He was in a coma because of you!!"

I ranted out at Zayne barely letting him speak.



'That was an accident. I would never hurt Emily on purpose, or let anyone.

I took her to the temple and brought her back alive. I rescued you from the river and made sure you were alive.

Not Luther. Steph you have to believe me, I don't hate humans and I truly love Emily."

Zayne's words gave me a reason to think.

'No, you're lying!"

I couldn't take him for his words. Of course he'll say or do anything to remain alive.


'Steph, can I tell you something? Something, I've never told Luther, Rowan or even Emily." Zayne asked softly.

I remained silent to his request, giving him a cold glare.

He took it as a yes and continued speaking.


'I don't hate humans. Far from that in fact. I love them more than any lycan could.

And why?

Because my now deceased wife, Maya, was in fact your kind. She was a… human."


'What?"

I couldn't believe my ears.

The great queen of the Lycan kingdom. Maya was a human.


'NO, it can't be. Luther said you would never let a human be a queen."


'That's what he wants you to think. And in fact no one knew she was a human. Not even Luther."


'Oh,no." I said my voice tinged with regret. My head was spinning, I couldn't process what I had just heard


'But if you loved humans so much. Why did you raid my village? And kill my mother?" it didn't really make sense to me.


'I did that in rage. I had just found out, it was your village that murdered my wife.

So I ordered a raid, but warned to bring every child back alive to work as slaves."

Zayne carefully explained. I could feel the honesty in his words.


'Oh no, no, no. What have I done?"


'What is it?" Zayne asked, unaware that I've just put his life in great danger.


'Luther and Thorn could be here any minute to come and kill you.

And it's all my fault.."


'Call Rowan. Now. He'll fix an antidote…" Zayne said, his voice grew even lighter. Until he lost complete consciousness and his eyes gently shut.

The poison had sunk deep into his systems.


'Okay, I have to act fast."


I immediately stormed out of Zayne's room and ran as fast as I could to Rowan's. My legs stretching out, I was losing count of my steps.

Lucky for me, Rowan's room wasn't too far, so I reached it with barely two minutes passed.


'Rowan. Rowan!!. Open up, please. Now!" I barked out his name. Banging on his door furiously.


'What is it?" Rowan finally opened his door. His face is a picture of concern yet confusion.


'Rowan, you need to come with me now. Zayne has been poisoned."

I said my words coming out with added urgency.


'What? How did he get poisoned?"


'I'll explain later. But now, you need to follow me to his room, so you can cook up an antidote."

I couldn't possibly tell Rowan I poisoned him, so I had to skip that question.


'Okay!"


We quickly retreated back to Zayne's room. There was no time to spare.


Immediately we reached Rowan, understanding the situation, barely gave a look at Zayne, who was unconscious on the floor. Rowan quickly moved to the kitchen and grabbed a few utensils.


I stood at the door, glancing through the keyhole, to see if Luther was coming. I stole some glances at Rowan, who brought out a green liquid in a small tube from a cupboard next to Zayne's wardrobe.

I could only wonder why Zayne would keep such here.

It was as if he was preparing himself in case he was poisoned.


'Steph! We have a problem!" Rowan's words made their blood rise even more.

'We need the flowers used in making the poison. Without it, the antidote can't be complete."

My mind instantly traced back to the orange flowers in my bag.

I left it in the kitchen!!


'I know where to get it. Finish up here, I'll be back."

I stormed out of the room leaving Rowan with more questions than answers.


And through the thick darkness of the night, I managed to find my way to the kitchen.


But, I even advanced to the kitchen. I could only hope that Luther and Thorn haven't reached the kitchen yet, and that Rowan is doing okay on his part.


If anything happens to Zayne, I could only have myself to blame.


I arrived at the kitchen, and lucky for me there was not a single soul in there and all the flowers were untouched.

I quickly grabbed my bag and headed out into the darkness yet again.


I ran as fast as my legs could take back to Zayne's room.

My body was even beginning to fail me, but I had to continue through.


'Here it is!" I handed Rowan just a flower. He stared at me for a minute, his brows raised in surprise before taking the flowers.


He sprinkled the buds into the liquid and its color drastically changed into green.


'Steph!!! Steph opens the door! We're here." I heard Luther's loud yell from the other side of the door.

My heart skipped a beat. My heart is beating even faster than before.


'Is it ready yet? Rowan?" I asked.


'Almost…. And done."


'Give to him now!" I yelled in a stern voice.


THUD! THUD!!


Oh no!

Luther and Thorn began to furiously bang at the door, trying to break it down.


With their strength it's only a matter of seconds before they do.


Rowan in the meantime, fetched a teaspoon of the antidote, and gently


'How long before it kicks in?"


'A few minutes. In the meantime I'll hold them off before it kicks in."

Rowan bravely walked ahead of me and stood in front of the door waiting for them.


THUD!!


And with one last bang of the door, it flew open, making a loud noise across the castle.


And across the door, Luther and Thorn in their werewolf form.

They looked like grim reapers ready to kill. I stood at a safe distance in a corner of the room, hoping Rowan could hold them off long enough for Zayne to recover.


'Get out of the way Rowan, we have business to handle."

Luther and Thorn slowly walked towards Rowan.

'To get to Zayne, you'll have to get past me." Rowan stood his ground, no fear whatsoever. He shifted into his own Lycan, and adjusted his stance.


'With pleasure!"

Thorn immediately pounced on Rowan with his vicious teeths.

He sunk his large teeths deep into Rowan's shoulders.

But Rowan was able to overpower him and toss him to the other side of the room.


And with his quick reactions, he managed to intercept Luther who was trying to kill Zayne. But being prince, I could guess Rowan wasn't a match for Luther.

Luther with a large swipe threw him to the floor.

And continued walking towards Zayne. But before his outstretched claws could land on him, Rowan took him out from behind, dropping him flat on the floor.


But before Rowan could take advantage of a fallen Luther, Thorn lashed a claw straight to his back.


'Arhh!!!" I heard Rowan's loud moan in pain from the corner I hid.


He dropped down to a knee, his face to the ground.

Blood flowed rapidly down his back to the floor.

My heart bled seeing the state of Rowan. He was in this mess because of me.

I shouldn't have poisoned Zayne in the first place.


'Pathetic! Rowan! Once I finish Zayne, I'll be sure to end you as well."

Zayne yelled out. His tone is very evil and heartless.

He drew slowly closer to a fallen Rowan, and then grabbed him tightly by his throat raising him up from the ground.


Rowan feintly struggled, but he had lost a lot of blood to really put up another fight.

Luther tossed him quite easily across the room.

His back crashed hard against the hall leaving a huge hole.

His lifeless body dropped right next to me.


'Oh no!!"


I rushed to him. Kneeling next to his body. 'Rowan, are you okay?"


'Il-l be fine. But you need to stop them from killing Zayne."

Rowan said, his voice whimpering.


I turned towards Luther, as he slowly walked towards a fallen Zayne, an evil smile etched on his face.


I frantically threw my body towards them, pounding my cuffed fists on Luther.

But, he wasn't moved, not even a little. Rather he burst out into a furious laughter.


'Ha… You chose the wrong side a little too late Steph.

I was going to get rid of them anyway."

The next moment, I felt his massive palm cover my face and I flew to the side. My body landed hard on the ground.


My eyes were fluttering open. My vision was dim, but then suddenly I saw Luther fly across the room.


~Zayne~


As my eyes fluttered open. I faintly saw Steph in front of me.

But then in the next minute, Luther slapped her out of his way.


And turned towards me. He slowly approached me, before raising his claws above me ready to take a swipe at me.


Suddenly a wave of energy swarmed over my body.

And with great strength and speed, I raised my hands and gave him a firm punch, creating a distance between us.


I jumped back on my feet, feeling as strong as ever.

I barely took a glance at my surroundings when another punch met me flush in the face.

Twisting my head, but my stance was still firm as I remained unmoved.

I turned my head quickly to see Thorn standing across me.


'You dare touch me!" I yelled furiously.

A sudden anger overwhelmed me. And suddenly, my body began to shift again. The size of my hands, legs and my whole body doubled in size.

My teeth shut out of my mouth, it's large.


And then my vicious beast stood across Thorn.

I could see the fear in his eyes, as he stared helplessly at me.


'Time to die!!"


And with one swipe of my massive claws, I tore deeply into his chest.

He immediately dropped to the floor, blood pouring out from him.


He was gradually dying. But I wasn't done.


I grabbed his body from the floor, and tore into his throat ripping it from his neck.


And then, the next second I dropped his corpse on the floor.