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.

Cordelia sounded drowsy as if she had been drugged or something. Suddenly, she felt an alertness inside her. “Why are we near that thing?” She

“Why did it call me to

one that can use it

Doris whispered.

or dangerous. It pulls you to it to use your full

you to do it’s bidding and no one could

it off in time... is it

mess with. Only if it

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

right....” Cordelia

it’s been

something else. Cant you smell it?” Suddenly it was like a switch that turned her senses on. She could smell

down the hall. She ranas fast as she could to get to William and her baby. When she bursted through the door, William was 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

were you?” He pulled away to look down at her. She couldn’t help but glance at Alec who sat on the bed chewing on his own tiny hand. “I think I

her back behind him. The man

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 quickly finished