Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne

#Chapter 38 something bad is here.

In the dead of night, Doris woke to the sound of someone calling her name. She shot up straight in bed and looked around to find only darkness in front of her. She heard the soft sounds of breathing beside her and a smaller one across the room.

Something about the sight of her family calmed her almost instantly. Whatever that startled her must have only been a dream... nothing more. With all of the stress this palace has had, she wasn’t surprised.

William didn’t stir. He was further from her than usual on their endless bed, she expected his arms to be clamped tight around her small body like they usually were. It felt like mountains separated them and perhaps that was why he couldn’t feel her jerk awake.

“ .Doris....” The voice said again. She flinched at the sound that was so close to her yet so far away as if it wasn’t there at all. It felt as if ahand had caressed her arm and pulled her from the bed by force.

“wait! No— William!” Doris tried to jerk free and turned to look at where William was, but all she saw was darkness. She was no longer in her room at all.

Her chest felt tight, almost as if she couldn’t breathe. She clenched her throat and looked around to see herself in another room in the kingdom. She turned and the door was wide opened behind her, but she didn’t remember how she’d gotten there to begin with.

Doris turned and went to head back to her room, but something stopped her. It felt like a strange power was pulsing in the room. She turned and saw the same box from before on the table... but it wasn’t there when she first looked around.

Doris glanced behind her and flinched when she saw the door was closed. “What is this?” She asked the air, would anything come out? Was this just another nightmare trying to warn her to teach her a lesson?

Her voice sounded normal again. Before, it was almost hollow and far away from her. Nothing answered her... had she been sleep walking?
“How did I get here?” Doris asked her inner wolf.

if she had been drugged or something. Suddenly, she felt an alertness inside her.

the box but hesitated. “Why did it call

you to put it on.” Cordelia said. “The power is calling to a host and you are the only one that can use it within miles and miles of this palace. Strange, though.

what?” Doris whispered.

you to it to use your full

took a step back. “What? How?” “I could drain all of your power and trap it inside the necklace if you don’t hold on. If you don’t take it off in time, it could also trap you to do it’s bidding and no one could break you of the power. It’s happened a few times before to other white wolves. They did whatever the power wanted them to do until it used up all the power or until someone killed them to stop

in time... is it safe

a risk.” Cordelia whispered. “Look what it did to you already, that’s not a power you should mess with. Only if it was life or death, do you understand.” Doris backed away from the necklace

were empty. Not one soul was standing at the walls or by the doors like they normally would be in the dead of night. The halls were dim, she had to grab a candle off a table just to find her way back to

right....” Cordelia

been like that

Suddenly it was like a switch that turned her

halfway dressed. He dropped his shirt and grabbed Doris’s arms to pull her against him. She gasped at his embrace. It was everything she needed, his

to look down at her. She couldn’t help but glance at Alec

threw the door open and William pulled her back behind him. The

villages—it’s absolute chaos!” He stammered. He looked sweaty and out of breath, he could barely get his words straight. “There’s some sort of attack, everything is on fire! People are dying—“ William