Chapters

#Chapter 1 Down the aisle

#Chapter 2 The Ring of the Royal Family

#Chapter 3 The night of the full moon

#Chapter 4 He didn’t do it

Chapter 5 – Suspicious of Luna

#Chapter 6 Shopping at the Boutique

#Chapter 7 Bathroom Chatter

#Chapter 8 Confronted by the ex

#Chapter 9 The Auction

#Chapter 10 Food Cart

#Chapter 11 Being Used for Money And Favors

#Chapter 12 Family Quarrel

#Chapter 13 Sending Her Away

#Chapter 14 Stupid Girl

#Chapter 15 Wolf King’s Ex-lover

#Chapter 16 Interning at The Pack’s Hospital

#Chapter 17 Smiling in The Picture

#Chapter 18 Hannah Another Man’s Hot Cocoa

#Chapter 19 Queen Magnolia Caught in The Act

#Chapter 20 The Full Moon Approaches

#Chapter 21 Estrus Period

#Chapter 22 The Dead Servant

#Chapter 23 Punishing the Stepmothers

#Chapter 24 Ice Bath

#Chapter 25 Intruder

#Chapter 26 The Celebrity Ball

#Chapter 27 The Return of the Ex

#Chapter 28 Emily Is Dying

#Chapter 29 Spending More Time with Emily than with Hannah

#Chapter 30 Everything Hannah Has Will Be Amy’s

#Chapter 31 Liam Returns To the Hospital

#Chapter 32 Hannah Leaves with the Doctor

#Chapter 33 Research at the Library

#Chapter 34 Taking An Unwelcomed Ice Bath

#Chapter 35 Planning A Date

#Chapter 36 Carnival Fun

#Chapter 37 Shopping Spree

#Chapter 38 He Smells Like Emily

#Chapter 39 Get Your Hands off My Husband!

#Chapter 40 Moonstone Scepter

#Chapter 41 – Sebastian Finds Out

#Chapter 42 – Post Graduate Program Recommendation

#Chapter 43 – Medical Banquet

#Chapter 44 – Do Not Allow Entrance

#Chapter 45 – Quit Your Job

#Chapter 46 – Letter of resignation

#Chapter 47 – Test results

#Chapter 48 – Heartbroken wolf

#Chapter 49 – Sebastian’s broken luna

#Chapter 50 – Divorce Papers

#Chapter 51 – Saying goodbye

#Chapter 52 – Watching Hannah leave

#Chapter 53 – First day of classes

#Chapter 54 – First day of work

#Chapter 55 – Campus Carnival

#Chapter 56 – Getting in trouble

#Chapter 57 – Hannah’s Identity revealed

#Chapter 58 – Sebastian stays at the school

#Chapter 59 – Frat party

#Chapter 60 – Revenge attack

#Chapter 61 – The aftermath of the attack

#Chapter 62 – The moonstone scepter had gone missing!

#Chapter 63 – Searching the dorm

#Chapter 64 – Imprisonment

#Chapter 65 – Getting answers

#Chapter 66 – Court is in session

#Chapter 67 – Key Witness

#Chapter 68 – Liam’s missing

#Chapter 69 – Our little paradise

#Chapter 70 – Searching for Liam

#Chapter 71 – Breathe, Liam. Breathe

#Chapter 72 – Finding the Scepter

#Chapter 73 – Emily’s confession

#Chapter 74 – The death of a handmaiden

#Chapter 75 – Power of the moonstone

#Chapter 76 – Encountering Jack

#Chapter 77 – Raya and Arnold are leaving

#Chapter 78 – Talking about the moonstone scepter

#Chapter 79 – Leaving the hospital

#Chapter 80 – Night of Passion

#Chapter 81 – My friend is dead

#Chapter 82 – Planning a funeral

#Chapter 83 – Dangers of the moonstone scepter

#Chapter 84 – Caroline’s funeral

#Chapter 85 – Press conference

#Chapter 86 – Pregnancy Fever

#Chapter 87 – My mom’s diary

#Chapter 88 – Rogue Attack

#Chapter 89 – Raya returns

#Chapter 90 – Cat stuck in the tree

#Chapter 91 – Rescuing the kitten

#Chapter 92 – Healing the kitten

#Chapter 93 – Hannah’s new attitude

#Chapter 94 – Online Courses

#Chapter 95 – Secret rose garden meeting

#Chapter 96 – Liam’s heart stopped

#Chapter 97 – The Photo

Chapter 98 – Henry’s Home

#Chapter 99 – That time I saved a little boy

#Chapter 100 – Manhunt

#Chapter 101 – Returning home

#Chapter 102 – Omega She-wolf

#Chapter 103 – Not the Alpha King’s fated mate

Chapter 104 – Liam’s on life support

#Chapter 105 – Baby’s in distress

#Chapter 106 – Saving the baby

#Chapter 107 – An intimate night

#Chapter 108 – Stay away from my luna

#Chapter 109 – The Vicious Wolf King

#Chapter 110 – Meeting with Henry

#Chapter 111 – The Kiss

#Chapter 112 – Trapped in the underworld

#Chapter 113 – Leaving for the North

#Chapter 114 – We are in labor!

#Chapter 115 – The Birth of baby Wrenley

#Chapter 116 – Our small bundle of joy

#Chapter 117 – First night home

#Chapter 118 – That would kill my brother

#Chapter 119 – A small dinner party

#Chapter 120 – Requesting to train

#Chapter 121 – Researching the underworld

#Chapter 122 – Training grounds

#Chapter 123 – Contacting Gemma

#Chapter 124 – Learning about the Vampire King, Xander

#Chapter 125 – Gemma escaped the underworld

#Chapter 126 – The anger that fuels me

#Chapter 127 - Going away with Henry

#Chapter 128 – On the road to Lila

#Chapter 129 – Hannah’s in danger

#Chapter 130 – Watching Liam’s death

#Chapter 131 – Lila speaks her truth

#Chapter 132 – Getting a hold of Gemma

#Chapter 133 – Wrenley is in danger

#Chapter 134 – Stabbing Sebastian

#Chapter 135 – The key to opening the entire portal

#Chapter 136 – Wrenley is the key

#Chapter 137 – Preparing for the ritual

#Chapter 138 – The hooded shadow figure is revealed

#Chapter 139 – Collecting water from King’s Creek

#Chapter 140 – Telling Raya the truth

#Chapter 141 – The full moon ritual

#Chapter 142 – Entering the underworld

#Chapter 143 – Finding Liam

#Chapter 144 – Reuniting with my mother

#Chapter 145 – the underworld dinner party

#Chapter 146 – Kissing the enemy

#Chapter 147 – The library in the north wing

#Chapter 148 – Escaping the palace with my mate

#Chapter 149 – Traveling through the naked forest

#Chapter 150 – Sebastian’s Sister

#Chapter 151 – Liz’s Sanctuary

#Chapter 152 – My handsome husband

#Chapter 153 – The night before the full moon

#Chapter 154 – Sneaking into the palace

#Chapter 155 – Caught by mother

#Chapter 156 – Saving Liam

#Chapter 157 – Caroline’s rescue

#Chapter 158 – Sneaking into Xander’s study

#Chapter 159 – Getting back the moonstone scepter

#Chapter 160 – Caroline’s big escape

#Chapter 161 – Returning home from the underworld

#Chapter 162 – Gone for 5 years

#Chapter 163 – Reuniting with Wrenley

#Chapter 164 – Storming the palace

#Chapter 165 – Childhood home

#Chapter 166 – A note from Caroline

#Chapter 167 – Wrenley’s gift

#Chapter 168 – Invitation to the Bluemoon ball

#Chapter 169 – Wrenley’s visions

#Chapter 170 - The king’s cemetery

#Chapter 171 – Breaking the rules

#Chapter 172 – My mother isn’t who she claims to be

#Chapter 173 – Traveling to the elders

#Chapter 174 – The hard truth

#Chapter 175 – A strange visitor

#Chapter 176 – Dress Shopping

#Chapter 177 – The Bluemoon ball

#Chapter 178 – Searching the palace

#Chapter 179 – Getting the emblem

#Chapter 180 – Opening the Portal

#Chapter 181 – Escaping the dark room

#Chapter 182 – Purposely captured

#Chapter 183 – The underworld ball

#Chapter 184 – imposter Sebastian

#Chapter 185 – Scotts Help

#Chapter 186 – Retrieving the time stone

#Chapter 187 – Waking the guards

#Chapter 188 – The Bluemoon ritual

#Chapter 189 – The final battle

#Chapter 190 – Using the Time Stone

#Chapter 191 – Back to the past

#Chapter 192 – Saving Caroline

#Chapter 193 – Capturing Jack

#Chapter 194 – I’m Pregnant

#Chapter 195 – Dr. Appointment

#Chapter 196 – Scott’s Arrival

#Chapter 197 – A peace offering

#Chapter 198 – Raya’s and Arnold’s wedding day

#Chapter 199 – Birthing a baby

#Chapter 200 – Epilogue

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#Chapter 4 He didn’t do it

Hannah POV

Alpha King Sebastian pulled himself off me; he was breathing rapidly, and he was looking around the room confused. He refused to meet my eyes. I lifted my head, panting hard and trying to maintain my breath. I was shivering and tried to cover my body with his blankets.

He stumbled toward his dresser and paused; his head turned, and his eyes found me. They were scarlet; matching the color of the blood that stained his sheets. He curled his lip up and stared at me like he was going to lunge in my direction again. I braced myself for the impact, shielding my face and the fear that was clear in my tear-filled eyes.

But the impact never came; instead, I heard the piercing scream of agony coming from his mouth across the room.

I looked over and I saw blood pouring from his hand; he stabbed himself with a fork that was left on his dresser. He grabbed onto his wrist and cried out in pain as he released the fork from his hand. He panted heavily and beads of sweat formed on his forehead. But his eyes were back to being their normal blues.

I sat up slowly as he made his way across the room and toward his bed; he grabbed his shirt off the bed beside me. He met my eyes for a moment; he didn’t look angry. It was a gaze I didn’t quite recognize, and it lingered. His eyes kept shifting from scarlet back to blue; like his wolf was trying to take over and he was fighting the shift. He pulled his eyes from me and stormed out his bedroom door, leaving me alone in his room.

The night wind poured in through the open window and I shivered as the cold air hit my bare skin. Then I felt an unfamiliar warmth on the palms of my hands; I realized some of his blood had dripped onto me when he grabbed his shirt. I held my hand up and allowed the rays of the moon to eliminate my blood-stained fingertips.

I couldn’t help but ask myself, did he hurt himself to keep from killing me?

…

It was a sleepless night. Sebastian didn’t bother coming back to his room. I’m not sure where he went but there was a part of me that worried for him. I knew the kind of man he was, but there was still something about him that Nora seemed fascinated with. It was his scent that she was drawn to the most. She wanted to be close to him, even as he hurt me and tried to force himself upon me.

I still feared him deeply, but there was still a part of me that was left curious about him.

I pulled myself out of bed and went over to the small suitcase that was left for me from the night before. It was filled with some of my clothing. I had to remember to return home to gather the rest of my stuff. I pulled out an old pair of jeans and an overly big sweatshirt. I knew wearing something so casual was frowned upon in the palace, but I haven’t been given any other clothes yet.

I was relieved to see that my phone was also in my suitcase. I saw that I had a new message from Thomas. I had to stifle a groan as I opened his message.

Hey, I’m sorry you had to find out about your sister and me that way. It wasn’t personal.

I rolled my eyes and threw my phone onto the bed. I wasn’t going to bother responding to him.

I went to pull the door open and was startled to be greeted by a young woman, a little older than me, standing at the doorway. She wore a dark blouse with a matching dark skirt, that almost looked like a uniform.

“Oh, I’m sorry, your highness,” she said with a shy smile. “I’m Caroline, your assigned handmaiden.”

I had a handmaiden? I’ve never thought I’d be the kind of person to have a handmaiden. The thought was almost laughable.

She cleared her throat awkwardly after I didn’t say anything in response.

“I prepared your breakfast in the dining hall, your highness,” she said softly.

I smiled politely at her as I followed her out of the bedroom.

“Thank you,” I said to her. “But please, just call me Hannah.”

She chuckled nervously as we made our way down the hall.

“That’s against the rules of the palace,” Caroline explained as if I should have known that already.

I frowned and rose my eyebrows.

I didn’t ask about the rules, but I was curious about Sebastian considering he didn’t return to the room all night.

“Have you seen the Alpha King?” I asked as we walked away from the room and toward the stairs.

Caroline looked at me briefly before answering.

“Last I saw, Beta Arnold was dragging him to the dungeon to chain him for the night. It’s for his safety and for ours. The Beta is the only one the Alpha King allows to chain him,” Caroline explained.

Before I could ask her anymore questions, I heard murmuring coming from one of the rooms as we made our way through the downstairs foyer. The room has opened a crack and I could see Queen Magnolia. She was with a couple of other maids, with a similar uniform as Caroline, and taller gentlemen that I didn’t recognize.

“He needs to be stopped before he kills every last one of them,” Magnolia hissed. Before she said anymore, her eyes found mine and she paused. She straightened her stance, made her way to the doorway, and shut the door, shielding my view from them.

I stood startled for a moment before Caroline’s soft tone cut through my train of thought.

“Your highness?” Caroline said as she realized I wasn’t walking with her anymore.

“What’s going on in there?” I asked, still staring at the door that Magnolia just shut.

“Another maid was found dead this morning,” Caroline explained, lowering her tone.

“Who was that man in there?” I asked, pulling my eyes from the door to look at Caroline.

She glanced at the door with a frown before looking back at me.

“Probably Prince Jack,” she answered. “The queen’s actual son.”

I wasn’t aware that Queen Magnolia had an actual son.

“Who do they think killed this maid?” I asked.

“Alpha King Sebastian, of course,” Caroline answered, narrowing her eyes at me. “This wasn’t the first time he’s killed a maid.” She shivered as those words left her mouth. She lowered her tone as she added the next part. “The full moon makes him crazy and ferocious. I think the queen is sick of having to clean up his mess.”

“But you said yourself that the Alpha King was chained in his dungeon last night,” I said as we continued walking.

She nodded once, but her face showed uncertainty.

“Yes, but he wasn’t there all night,” she explained. “Beta Arnold found him wandering the palace before he brought him to the dungeon.

He was with me for most the night; did Sebastian really have the time to kill a maid before Beta Arnold found him? I didn’t say anything more about it to Caroline though.

My mind was clouded with the information I was just received. I knew he was a ferocious beast, and he could kill with the flick of his wrist. I had no doubt that he was the fiercest and strongest creature to walk our lands. I knew he killed his past wife, and it was rumored that he killed for fun.

But I couldn’t get the fact that he had harmed himself to stop himself from killing me out of my mind. That didn’t sound like someone who killed for fun. I certainly found it difficult to believe that he would go through that pain just to leave and kill someone else.

“He didn’t do it,” Nora mimicked my thoughts.

“I’m not very hungry,” I told Caroline softly as I stopped walking

She frowned and tilted her head to the side.

“Oh,” she breathed. “I hope I didn’t say something to upset you.”

“No,” I said quickly. “Not at all. Thank you for the information, Caroline.”

She still didn’t seem sure though, so I gave her a small smile.

“Honestly,” I assured her. “I’ll eat later.”

“Okay,” she said with a small curtsy. “I’ll put your food away for later then.”

Once she was out of sight, I looked around the empty foyer and walked toward the door. I pressed my ears against the door to try and hear what they were saying. Their words were muffled together and hard to understand, but I got some parts of the conversation.

“He doesn’t deserve to be the Alpha King. My son would make a better king than that vicious animal. Sebastian can’t contain his temper and it gets innocent maids killed.”

There was a pause before she continued.

“I just wish I could have been there to see the maid. I wasn’t anywhere near the room. Another maid found her the library. They are still trying to clean the blood mess out of the carpet.”

Caroline appeared in the foyer once again. She stared at me with wide and confused eyes. I pulled away from the door and shuffled towards her.

“Where’s the library?” I asked. She frowned and rose her eyebrows.

“The other side of the palace,” she answered. “Why?”

“Can you take me there?”

She looked hesitant for a moment, but then nodded slowly.

I followed Caroline through the palace; we walked quickly and silently until we reached a set of large doors at the end of a narrow hallway. She pushed the doors open and I made my way toward the giant red stain in the middle of the large library. Thankfully the library was completely empty; I scanned the area quickly, trying to gather everything I could. I wondered if Sebastian had come to the library last night after he hurt himself.

As I scanned the ground, around a nearby table, there were a couple of broken chairs that were scattered across the ground. There was definitely a struggle here; the maid was attacked and probably fought for her life. Obviously failing at saving herself.

I walked toward the table and stopped when a small silver earing caught my eye. It was caught under the leg of the chair. I frowned as I placed the earring in the palm of my hands, staring at it intently.

“Did this belong to the maid?” I asked Caroline who was staring at the blood stain in shock. She pulled her eyes away from the stain long enough to look at what I was holding.

She shook her head; I noticed her body was trembling.

She was frightened.

“It couldn’t have been,” Caroline said. “Servants aren’t allowed to have jewelry. Queen Magnolia said that jewelry is only for the rich and powerful.”

Then whose earring could this have been? I heard Queen Magnolia saying she wasn’t anywhere near the library and that another maid found the dead body.

“She must have been lying,” Nora hissed angrily. “She’s trying to frame Sebastian. Isn’t it obvious?”

Just as I was about to express my suspicions out loud, I heard the door opening and shutting of the library.

I turned in time to see Queen Magnolia standing before me.

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