My Secret Life (New Edition) Maleah novel Chapter 457

The Lycan King’s Army

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Zalia

After saying goodnight to Blue Blood Pack, I head towards the border. Twilight is curled up in the back of my mind again. Lwonder if she sleeps this much because she misses her mate, or if it’s a side effect of using my gift. As I walk away from the territory, I try to recall if this has ever happened before–if Twilight has ever slept this much in the past.

I was never aware of this ability and can’t seem to remember another time when I needed it, but she has never slept this much while using my other ability. Then it hits me: it is a combination of using both abilities and probably missing her Mate. It’s a good thing that this competition is over, and all that remains is to collect the last two rewards.

Border patrol is still as tight as it was last time, and I check to see if Twilight is still fast asleep. I know she will stay asleep for a while because I’ll need my abilities to pull this off, and I’m glad I figured out I can use my abilities while Twilight is sleeping.

I dodge every Warrior and Guard along the way, and I sigh in relief when I am back in my tree–yeah, I consider it my tree. I was planning on heading home tonight to take a day of rest before collecting the rewards on the fourteenth day of the competition, but finding out that Deimos is my Mate has changed my mind.

Dad is the only one who knows my plans, and he’ll inform my friends in the morning just to make sure they don’t worry about me. I’ll use days thirteen and fourteen of the competition to rest and spend time with my Mate, giving Goliath and Twilight some time to bond.

My eyes drift to the Royal Gamma floor, and I’m puzzled to see lights on in the master bedroom. Deimos told me his father, Liam, had moved to another room after Mavka refused to stop seeing other males. According to Deimos, that room would remain empty until he found his fated mate. Suddenly, it hits me.

They know their fated mate was in their room last night, and Deimos is planning to move into the master bedroom–probably redecorating it. I just hope the bed is big enough and I would like some natural colors. I’m not a big fan of bright colors.

Though I won’t see much of it while asleep, I doubt sleeping will be the only thing I’ll be doing there.

Now I am really glad I am all by myself. I’m certain my face has flushed every shade of red, and I have to concentrate on my breathing for a moment. I need to calm myself down before I can enter the Palace again and complete the competition. I am so close to showing the world what a female can do.

-The moment the last light on the Royal Gamma floor switches off, I make my move. I slip in through the

door of the main living room, and I press myself against the wall next to the doorframe. I only sense Wolve and Lycans around the Palace and on the floors above me, it is safe for me to move to the main dining

room.

I cross the hall to enter the main dining room, and I quickly walk to the other side of the room. As I move

d unlike every othe closer, I scan the statue of the one–dyed Princess. The reward is in a box on her hand time I check the contents immediately, it is the pair of earrings she is wearing in the

Lue.

The painting of The Reluctant Bride hangs beside The Fairy Princess. It depicts our Fourth Queen, who wasn’t reluctant to accept her Mate but struggled deeply with protocol. Her reluctance stemmed from her refusal to live in a cage, and she only accepted her Mate because he truly understood her.

I can sense that the coast is clear, and I quickly make my way up to the landing. I wonder why I didn’t see this reward the second time I was in the Palace. I smile when I realize that the sachet isn’t hanging from the

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painting but placed on top of it. It is probably a bit too big to hang it from the side, and I grab a chair to reach the sachet.

Opening the sachet, I see the delicate crown worn by the reluctant bride in the painting. Each Queen designs her own crown, and no other Queen will ever wear it. Every item in my backpack is typically displayed in the Throne room, with guards sweeping through every thirty minutes. For the competition, however, they’ve been temporarily removed.

I assume they assigned each item to a pack on paper, took photos as they placed them on statues and paintings, and tracked every Pack–member with access to the palace. I also assume they made it clear that no one was allowed to leave the territory until the competition ended, making sure no one can steal the Crown Jewels.

The entrances to the corridors are hidden pretty well, but someone with a keen eye can find them, and I will inform King Alwin he needs to change the blueprints that are accessible by anyone. I slowly make my way up to the Royal Beta floor, and I use my gift to find out that everyone is in their room. Once I am satisfied I step out of the corridor.

I almost laugh out loud when I see a note on the first door in the hallway:

Try getting into my room, whoever you are the note reads.

I decide to make him pay for this. I don’t need to get into his room to get what I came for, and I can’t wait to hear his reaction when he walks out of his room in the morning.

The item I am going to take is hanging on the wall across his room—A picture of Eryx, Leander and their Grandmother, the only female those two fear, and I have heard a few stories about her from Leander. It is the most important thing for Eryx, next to his Mate, of course, and I slip it into my backpack before I walk back to the corridor. I will use the Royal Gamma floor to gain access to Eryx’s room, and I will borrow one of Sila’s eye–liners for my revenge.

I place my backpack in the same empty room I used the other night and I stand on the balcony fence to jump up to Royal Beta floor. I grab hold of the fence to pull myself up. I am proud of myself for jumping up this high and I am glad I practiced this a lot over the years, a skill Slater said I would never use in my life.

I jump from one balcony to the next and the closer I get to Eryx’s room the more Twilight starts to stir. I stop on the last balcony before I get to the right one. I don’t want Twilight to wake up while I am making my last jump, “What are we doing here?” Twilight asks and I tell her about my plan.

“Eryx is going to regret that you are Deimos‘ Mate, he will constantly look over his shoulder out of fear that you will sneak up on him again.” Twilight chuckles. After making the last jump I lean closer to the balcony door and it is that my gift tells me that both of them are there or I would have thought that they had moved to another

room.

It is deadly quiet in the room as I step inside and I smile when I see Sila keeps her makeup on her vanity table, making it easy for me to borrow her eye–liner. “Let’s just hope he doesn’t wake up.” Twilight says as she watches Eryx through my eyes and as I bend over to write on his forehead, I see Sila slowly opening her

eyes.

I place my finger on my lips as I start writing on his forehead and once I am done, I take a picture of my handy work, showing it to Sila before I put my phone away. Sila eurls back into Eryx’s side as I walk back to the balcony and I make my way back to the balcony I started from, I need to get back down again.

After getting back into the room, I take off my device and head towards the master bedroom with the device and my backpack in my hands. I want to see what he has done with the room so far. Once I have taken a peek, I will go to his room and crawl into bed with him, getting a good night’s sleep.

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