Love In Disguise: Lycan King's Forbidden Love

"A lie is a truth but from a tongue that's lost it's way..."

"You bitch!"

A pair of hands gripped Eira by the collar, lifting her feet from the ground! Eira strained her vision at the burly brunette staring daggers at her. Then, at the trail of women sprawled behind her at the entrance, heavily bruised.

"Princess!" The slave tried to help, but she was kicked and sent flying across the room, startling everyone.

The women got up, horrified at the sight of Vynessa.

"Hhhng…" Eira's chest heaved with ragged breaths as she struggled to make a sound.

Vynessa tightened her grip, "You stole everything from me! And now," her eyes danced from a struggling Eira to the table. She grinned, "I'll make you pay!"

Vynessa lifted her up and slammed her face into the table, crushing her nose against the surface.

The women gasped and exchanged quick glances, no one expected that Vynessa would actually hit the princess.

Eira fell from the table, her hands flailing in pain and her feet kicking around. Blood trickled out of her mouth onto the dress she had on. Eira raised her gaze to the door and made for it.

Vynessa sneered when she saw Eira try to crawl away, "I'm not done with you yet bitch!" she grabbed her by the hair, "Get up- Aaah!"

Eira cut her off by sinking a fork swiped whilst pretending to convulse in pain into her right eye!

Her grip weakened, as she screamed out in severe pain. Eira peeled her fingers off and tried to run but Vynessa roughly pulled the fork out of her eye, gifting it her right eyeball!

"I'll fucking end you!" She screeched. Eira reached for a knife this time, but Vynessa stepped on her wrist, crushing it with the sole of her boot.

"You! Damned! Thief!" she accused, stomping on Eira's hand. "If you think you can steal my spot so easily, you have another thing coming bitch-"

Vynessa was cut short by the sharp sound of a slap that sent Vynessa falling to her knees.

Eira raised her crushed arm and tried to make a run for it, but two Lycan men blocked her path.

"How dare you not bow before Aethoná?!" They grabbed her by the shoulders and forced her into lowering her head.

Eira's teary gaze lowered from her white blouse to her brown corset, down to black pants and finally settled on her black boots.

Aethoná? It sounded like Lycan language, just like Khthoní.

"How dare you show your face here after getting banished?!" The woman's heavy voice thundered.

Vynessa pressed her forehead to the ground, "Mercy-"

She cut her off with a kick! Vynessa tried to get up but she got kicked again, this harder, causing two of her teeth to fall out.

Blood trickled down the side of her face, "It hurts! Please-"

"You killed a woman in the harem, be grateful your sentence was merely a banishment." The woman said, then landed another jaw breaking kick.

Eira's ears stood up. She remembered what the slave had told her about someone getting poisoned and dying.

Crawling backwards she cried desperately, "Aethonà! I swear I didn't-" she backed herself into a corner and watched with horrified eyes as the woman raised her boot to stomp on her!

In a quiet voice she winced, "Save me, big sister."

Eira was in too much pain to recall what happened, but what she did retain was the scent of blood and oddly enough the warmth of an embrace…

Adrianna woke up to an empty tent, unrestrained and changed out of her damp clothes into a three size larger tunic. She picked the blanket draped over her and hung it on her shoulders for warmth.

She swiftly got on her feet, "Ah." She winced, holding the side of her head, and stumbling about to gain her footing.

"I have to get out of here. Before they come back." She searched every corner of the tent for anything of value she could take with her on the trip.

Money, food, clothes.

She searched but found nothing but maps, weapons and something that smelled vile.

She scrunched her nose at the jar and quickly placed it back in the sac she found it.

Disheartened, she slipped into the heavy brown boots by the entrance and marched out of the tent.

"Aah!"

A palm covered her mouth, Adrianna widened her eyes when a strong grip pulled her to the back of the tent.

"Mhmm…ngh…" she groaned against her captor.

"Calm yer ass down princess! I ain't gonna harm ya!"

Princess?

Adrianna squinted her eyes, taking a closer look at who had captured her.

Orion huffed. "Ya calm now?"

Adrianna nodded. He sighed in relief, then took his hand off her mouth. "I'm glad I found ya, I thought yer was killed in the snow."

"And Eira?' she asked in high spirits, "Is she with you?'

Orion shook his head. "I didn't see yer maid-"

Adrianna gasped and shook her head, "No, that can't be! Eira can't die-"

He grabbed her by the shoulders, "Princess! There ain't time for this, the bloody fucks will be here at any second, so listen carefully."

Adrianna slowed her breathing, but her crystal like tears still ran down her reddened cheeks.

"Have ya told the rebels who yer are yet?"

She shook her head.

"Keep things that way."

"But, they don't trust me, it's only a matter of time before I'm killed-"

Orion hissed, "Then make em trust you! Do everything in yer power to get closer to em bastards. And then…" he leaned in and whispered loudly, "Ya learn their secrets and report em to the king."

Adrianna pushed him back, "You want me to work for the Lycans? Against my kind?"

Orion sneered. "Yer kind? The king that ambushed us? The rebels will kill you the second they find out who you are. But, the king will show you mercy if you bring him information on the rebels."

Adrianna shook her head. "I just want to go home."

"Quit yer bitching!"

She hissed. "You know where they are, go to your king, and invade this village. I don't have to get involved."

Orion pulled down on his shirt to reveal a scar on the left side of his neck.

Adrianna gasped. "What happened-"

"The rebels." He said. "The rebels have made weapons that can inflict damage on a Lycan."

"Permanent. Damage."