Chapter 4

The Lost Girl

"Take her to the hall!" The king ordered this man but Ariana ran and wrapped her hands in the king's arms. "Please don't kill me. I'll do anything you want! Please" She's nowhere to go, nowhere to hide, she's a castaway and her hope was the King's forgiveness though she's not the real culprit of the said crime.

His gaze on her looked so cold and vulgar. I saw it in his eyes, the eye of a murderer. I'm not convinced yet but he was the only person who entered Amaya's room. That whimper sounds I heard last night, maybe was the time he killed her, and all the fault and accusations were put on me because I'm new to the palace, a stranger, and her assistant. I must find out who murdered her but I must get the King's side.

"Charlie, take her to my room!" The king ordered his butler and he quickly took Ariana out and sent her to the King's room. "Good luck!" Charlie told me and pushed me inside the King's room. I curled myself into a ball and wrapped my arms around my knees. I'm now trapped by someone's fault and I had no one to call for help.

I'm here in this world full of harsh and cruel people. I'm just an ordinary girl who just made a debut and was thrown in the castle like I'm just a piece of garbage. They disposed of me like I'm not their blood. I hated them for giving birth to me and leading me to my miserable life today. Now, I'm Amaya's murderer without concrete evidence and was locked inside the king's room. I wonder what job I must oblige to do as payment for my sin.

I heard the sudden opening of the door and King Markus appeared. My heart stops beating as the devil came. My whole body trembled in fear and I'm thinking of throwing up. I took a deep breath as he was approaching me. He's twenty years older than me I guess so he looked like a father to me. His warm hands touched my frozen skin and it gave me more chills all over my body. He slowly caressed my hair and the beating sounds of my heart could be heard by my ears. It sounded like a drum.

"Don't worry, I'll be gentle" He leaned over and began to kiss my forehead. His touch made me shiver and quivered every time he landed his hands on my soft skin. I let him wander his arms in my body but deep inside, I felt dirty all over. I just closed my eyes when he tore my dress and I face him half-naked. I covered my breast with my hands but he took it off. "Let me see you. You're so perfect, so pure and delicate." He said and tasted the sweetness of my pureness.

The tears began to flood my eyes when he put me in his bed and climbed on top of me. That night King Markus took my virginity. I had no right to object to whatever actions he would do to me because I'm the one who told him that he can do whatever he wants just to save me.

One month later " Alpha King Markus, we've been attacked by the Rogues!" Argus, one of his Zeta warriors warned him. They were only talking through what we called the link between them through their minds. There was a device in their head that made them respond to the voice of their packs.

King Markus was still lying on his bed while Ariane was in his arms. She served him in bed every night for one month now after the accusation towards her of killing Amaya because of Jealousy." Guard and protect the gate Argus! I'm counting on you!" He ordered his army leader to put his life to safety. The King was already not in good shape because he was ill. Ariana was with him always but everyone in the palace didn't know that he was sick. He told her to keep his secret from the whole Kingdom because his people would feel scared and lose their fate in him." My King, they're attacking us! What should we do?" Ariana asked him.

Everyone outside the palace was in chaos and some were already dead. Everyone inside the palace was running for their lives. Some just took suicide and some shifted into their werewolf form and ran away as fast as they can.

When Ariana saw the king cough and droplets of blood splattered on the floor, she helped him to lie down on his bed. " Just rest my King, I'll never leave you!" She told him.

King Markus took a small bottle with a dark fluid inside it. He hands it over to her and told her that if anything happened to him and she had nowhere to go, she had to drink the liquid and when she woke up she would feel better.

Before the King died, he confessed to her that he was the one who killed Amaya. Ariana felt sorry for her and wanted to curse the king but he looked ill. She already forgave him because his sorry felt genuine.

Ariana left him and ran out of his room, looking for a way to escape from the Hittite attackers. She saw the Kingdom with her own eyes, covered with fire and one of the Rogues saw her. She quickly ran from the savage werewolf. She was confused and surprised to see wolves in this place until she saw Charlie, the king's butler who shifted into a werewolf. She was hiding behind one of the Kingdoms' pillars. She saw him from a human into a beasty animal. "What kind of place is this? Who am I seeing?" Ariana asked herself but it was a question that hard to answer.

She decided to sneak behind the Kingdom. She ran as fast as she can to save her own young life. The whole Kingdom burned into flames and most of the people there were murdered and burned. That night she ran away and that was the last night she disappeared into the darkness. No one could tell where Ariana went and who saved and took her.

Will she be found again? What if she was the mysterious she-wolf, the Rogues were looking for without her knowing it?