Chapter 57: Curse of the Dark Prince
*Theo*
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
- 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
everything about myself. Everything.
**
the only contact I had with the outside world was when a servant would come and leave food outside
feel tired and drained. So unless they were forced, no one would want to be
day after I’d harmed my best friend and that girl with the
said nothing, but it didn’t stop. Finally, I shouted, “Get the fuck away
Jake spoke via the mindlink.
Was he finally
this,‘ I
though. ‘Alpha, please. Let me
you again. Stay the
so I didn’t suffer much. And Ciana is okay, too. She’s
I finally felt I was alive again. I sighed, ‘It’s not safe for you, Jake. Leave. Now.‘
refuse my order, he walked away, leaving me alone again, but
of my mind, I had hoped that I had been able to flee the scene fast enough to spare them. I had felt their
After all, Mother and Jake fully understood the danger being near me, but Ciana had no idea. She was
mother suggested, in order to be able to leave my room again, to be near people, I
Jake’s visit, I was able
have worked, but why did
wrong with the berry? Was it
control of my emotions like Mother suggested?
many times before and this never happened. With
someone had stirred up enough emotion in me that even the
answer almost immediately. Only one woman could
My mother.
it was the bitterness and longing that she had stirred in me that had made me feel this way. That was also coupled with the anger I felt at her
was the only thing that made sense.
came to that conclusion, I was able to focus
to go out around others again, but I had no way of knowing that
me out of my thoughts. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair,
day, but I hadn’t allowed him to come in
the door,” he said. “It’s been days. Let
still dangerous, Jake,” I
for you. I trust you, Alpha. I know you won’t hurt
live in complete isolation for the rest of my existence, I couldn’t. I still had things that I needed to accomplish, and therefore, I would
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