Chapter 57: Curse of the Dark Prince

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All around me, everyone was dying.

This couldn’t be happening again!

Jake, Ciana, Cedrick, and Mother, who was staring at me, with a look on her face that said she had warned me about this.

As quickly as I could, I rushed from the pavilion and headed back to the castle. I wanted to make sure they were okay, but the longer I stayed there, the less likely it was that they’d wake

  1. up.

I was hoping that by staying away from them, they’d wake up on their own, or some guards would find them and move them to their room.

Bottomline was, I should not be near them.

The moment I entered my room, I bolted both doors-the one to the hallway and the one to my attendant’s chamber.

Ciana’s room….

Dropping down on the bed, I took my head in my hands.

Fuck, fuck, fuck!

How the hell could this have happened again?

I cursed the Moon Goddess and punched my fists into the

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wall. My hands splitted open, blood was streaming down for a few seconds, but then they started to heal at a visible speed.

Anger raged through me, and I couldn’t control it. The thought that I could’ve managed to kill the very few people who were important to me was enough to make me lose it.

I threw my nightstand and bookcase into the wall, sending the contents tumbling and thundering onto the floor, spilling a glass of water and countless books in every direction.

Still not satisfied with my outlet, I kicked a large volume across the room and then sent the sofa flipping end over end.

With nothing much left to break out here, I breathed a bit heavily from exertion as I took a look around. I’d certainly made a mess of things, but all it did was make me more upset.

Finally, I sat down on my bed and leaned back against the headboard..

this all happened

hated everything about

**

contact I had with the outside world was when a servant would come and leave food outside of my door, knocking that it had arrived. A few hours later, I’d hear someone

at the moment. Whoever came even close to my room should feel tired and drained. So unless they were

and that girl

nothing, but it didn’t stop. Finally, I

Jake

he finally

out of this,‘

though. ‘Alpha, please.

to tell you again. Stay

is okay, too.

felt I was alive

refuse my order, he walked away, leaving me alone again, but this time, I

dead–that was good to know. In the back of my mind, I had hoped that I had been able to flee the scene fast enough to spare them. I had felt their surprise when I’d started to drain them, but I hadn’t felt the terror and

okay. Especially the girl. After all, Mother and Jake fully understood the danger being near

order to be able to leave my room again, to be near people, I had

able to do

should have worked, but why did

something wrong with the berry?

control of my emotions

the crystal. I’d used the berry many times before and this never happened. With Mother controlling the crystal, I doubt

reason that I’d lost control was that something or… someone had stirred up enough emotion in me that even the dreamberry lost its effectiveness.

almost immediately. Only one woman could make me feel

My mother.

stirred in me that had made me feel this way. That was also coupled with the anger I felt at her betrayal and I was still shocked by what I found out from Cedrick a few days

the only thing

I was able to focus

to go out around others again, but I had no way of

drew me out of my thoughts. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, knowing it

to me every day, but I hadn’t allowed him to come in

door,” he said. “It’s been days.

dangerous, Jake,” I told

wasn’t for you. I trust you, Alpha. I know you won’t hurt me.” He sounded so confident,

my existence, I couldn’t. I still had things that I needed

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