"Welcome back, Al. We have a change of plans." Theo's soft voice floated to him the moment he stepped foot into their cabin.
His eyes fell on the three boys, Theo was sitting by the hearth, his hands reaching out to the fire as if he was warming them up. Kian was lying on the bed and Zeus sat beside him.
"Change of plans?" He inquired as he walked to them, plopping on the makeshift couch that was facing the bed. "What is it?"
"We've changed your role." Zeus mused, propping his elbows on his thighs as a wicked smile curved the corners of his lips.
Alastor blinked. He couldn't understand what they meant by this sudden role change. "What does that mean?" He asked.
Theo stared at him from the hearth and then slowly moved to the entrance of the cabin and closed the door. Of course, they didn't want anyone to know about their plan to ruin this kingdom. "You are going to be a lover instead of an enemy."
"What?"
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They are taking them to the Blood Moon Pack. Maybe it was to torture them and slowly kill them. To take revenge on the Wisteria by killing the Princess was reasonable.
Cielle thought about her uncle's words. How he had warned that the wild was dangerous. Too dangerous for her. But she didn't listen. She tried to prove her worth to her aunt and the kingdom. Only to be trapped in with a bunch of wolves seeking revenge.
Fear filled her from within. But hope lingered in her mind as she thought about the ways to get out of this mess.
There must be something, a loophole that would lead them out of this fate.
"Could you please ride the horse carefully?" Cielle whined from the back of the horse she and Eros were riding on top. "I might fall off sooner than later."
The forest was clocked with darkness. Their path was illuminated by the torches Eros and the other wolves held up as they rode the house with only one hand.
"Oh, tough terrains for the dainty princess, I see." Eros mocked, his voice dripping with sarcasm and malice. "But I'm not a rider of yours to take your order."
Cielle rolled her eyes as she tried to keep her body straight. It was really hard to ride on top of a horse in this wilderness with her hand tied on her back.
"I wasn't ordering you. I used 'please'. Didn't I? And why did you even tie my hands?" She let out, trying hard not to whine again when the horse jumped through a fallen tree. She tumbled into Eros with a curse.
"I don't care if you fall. You are going to die anyway. And about bounding your hands, who knows what you magic people can do!" Eros grumbled, riding the horse without a care about her well-being.
Fear of death struck her like lightning. All the hair on her body stood up in terror. The weight of the situation sunk into her chest and suffocated her. No, this couldn't be happening. She needed to get out of this.
"Are you stupid enough to just kill us?" Cielle asked. Thanking herself mentally when her fear didn't make her voice waver.
"What?" Eros spat. Even though he was trying not to show he was taken aback by her question, he tried hard not to show it. But she picked it up anyway.
"Do you know what you can have if you ransom us to the kingdom?" She asked him. She knew if there was any way that they could get out of this trap, that was this; Fooling him.
"What do we get?" It was the other wolf who was riding along with them that asked. Not Eros. She was glad someone was interested in her web of traps anyway.
"You get gold, weapons, and resources and anything you ask." she mused, her voice sickly sweet and very convincing. " You know that I'm the princess of Wisteria, right? My uncle would give you anything just to get me back."
"That seems quite a big deal, Eros." The other alpha said, slowing his horse so that they were riding along each other now.
"Don't be stupid, Cane. We are selling off these Faes to the goblins, remember? We are offered much better weapons that no one has." Eros said, shattering away all the hope inside her. Cielle's chest tightness, heart hammering from inside her ribcage. Selling them to the goblins? What in the hell?
"You are mistaken, Alpha Eros!" Cielle argued, her voice rising with desperation, "Wisteria is the largest and the most powerful kingdom in our continent. No one has what we have!"
"What if we don't want what you have but want what the goblins have to offer?" Eros mused, turning around to give her a sinister smile. Her blood turned cold, but she would not back down.
"Oh, you would want it once you realize what we have!" Cielle laughed. She was shivering with fear but no one had to know.
"What you had, my little princess?" Eros mocked, voice dripping with forced amusement.
"We have a dragon!" She blurted out. "One that would breathe fire and can be used as the biggest weapon for the war. A dragon that no one has."
Eros stopped the horse. Everyone stilling as well. "What did you say?"
"Yes! A dragon. If we got it would be impossible to end us, Eros!" One of the alphas said. And a smile of victory bloomed on Cielle's face.
"Take us to the palace and the dragon will be yours." Cielle declared.
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