The king previously mentioned in the last chapter is the water king. He lives solely in the ocean, he is afraid of being on land. With that being said, Akia's baby father is the actual king, he runs all the lands apart from the moon's side. The sun king is the title of the child Akia has yet to birth.

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"Wait so do werewolves fuck wolves." The she-wolf asked and Donovan sighed.

"is that what you're most curious about Clarke?" Donovan asked.

She shrugged wiping the blood on her face.

"Can they speak to us?"

"Do they look like they have anything to say to you?" Donovan said and Clarke growled, the feeding wolves whimper, submitting in fear.

"I love that." She said with a smile on her face.

"You could fuck wolves if you wanted but it's incredibly frowned upon and considered disgustingly barbaric, besides why would you want to?" Donovan asked watching the creatures continue to eat.

"Aren't we the same species why is it strange?"

"It's strange because you're sentient and can verbalize your consent. We aren't wolves Clarke, I am a shape shifting werewolf, you are only part werewolf. What makes our species different from them is that we are still human. You a lot more than me."

"I wanna try one day."

"Don't be so vile."

"Could I become human again?" Clarke asked and Donovan nodded.

"You can, that's why I'm taking you to my father. He'll treat your bite and all of this will seem like a bad dream." Donovan said and Clarke frowned.

"What if I didn't want to stop being like this, what if I wanted to become a full werewolf."

"A witch, but witches aren't the type that make wolves like me. They make rouges that harm and feed on humans."

"have you ever fed on a human?"Clarke asked donovan who avoided eye contact.

"I had an impulse control issue but I'm older now. those days are behind me."

"what did they taste like?"

"meat?, none of it is really ever too different." Donovan said but clarke wasn't listening, instead she was sniffing the air.

"what's that smell?" she asked and donovan allowed his sense of smell overwhelm his senses.

"thats the smell of horses and humans and- April?!" he jumped up from the rock that they were both laying on. he starts running without any care of where he was going and whether or not the newly turned wolf was following behind him. he'll get april and then he'd find the girl again.

he howls gleefully jumping over large rocks and fallen trees, his howls encourage the wolves that were eating the meat clarke had hunted to start howling loudly too.

clarke was jumping from tree to tree following the man excitedly. there were so many things she wanted to taste with her new carnivore tongue and teeth.

by the time donovan gets to the carriage he sees wolves in front of it already attempting to attack the frightened horses and the equally if not more frightened conductors. donovan hides himself besides the carriage.

he growls emitting the strength in his core and the wolves began growling back, jolting forward to attack the horses even more now.

donovan's eyes began to glow yellow as he begins growling and lowering himself to meet their levels. they didn't seem to want to retrieve.

the growl that came next surprised donovan because it wasn't his own but clarke's. the wolves whimper and then start to run into the woods once more.

"they weren't even the tiniest bit afraid of you." clarke said mockingly to donovan who replied.

"they were rabid, regular wolves are afraid of humans."donovan said and clarke snickered. the door to the carriage opened up and a fat guard got out and taking his sword and holding it out to donovan and clarke in a fighting posture.

"who are you people and what have you done to our horses." the guard commanded out of them and donovan caught a glimpse of april's face from inside the carriage.

"we saw that the wolves were bothering a royal carriage so we wanted to help out our king the best we could." donovan tried to explain but the guards eyes were no longer interested in him but the small naked blonde woman besides him.

April raised her head from inside the carriage, hearing the voice had enchanted her awake.

"to have your woman fighting wolves naked is quite irresponsible sir." the guard said chuckling to himself. Clarke sheepishly hid behind Donovan who had completely forgotten about the woman's nakedness.

"can I asked where this carriage is going sir-" Donovan asked looking inside to suddenly make eye contact with a april's wide eyes, she clasped her hand across her mouth.

He flashed her a simple smile as if his body wasn't burning in pure excitement. just as his imprint had disappeared from his sight, she had returned.

"the wall. but we won't be staying long if you would like us to buy you a drink in appreciation."

"no no any noble civilian of our king would do such a thing for his guards." donovan said and the guard smiles. "may the sun always be with you."

"and you as well"

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"turn around." akia said to julius who quickly followed her command, she was getting changed so she threw off her clothes, she went into her closet where she still had the potion her mother had given her tucked away in the waist band material.

she lifts off the material and took out the potion. she puts it on her lips, shuts her eyes before downing a little more of it than usual. she couldn't put it in her food because Julius was near and that was a risk she couldn't imagine taking.

the liquid seems to stick to her tongue and throat refusing to go down to her stomach. she tucks it back into the dress and grabs another beginning to pull on that dress. she hears a maid enter the chamber putting down her food and then leaving.

akia starts drinking her tea first to help the liquid go down and then she pours herself a glass of water feeling relieved as it seemed to make the liquid easier to swallow. she begins eating staring at julius's back as she does.

"Julius?" she questioned the guard answers.

"yes my lady."

"could you eat with me it wouldn't be right to eat on my own" Akia said to the man.

Julius sits on the fur carpeted floor before taking the jar of water and an empty tea dishing bowl, beginning to wash his hands.

"can you tell me a story?" akia asked staring down at her remaining food, she didn't feel like eating much today especially with the cramping pain of the potion in her stomach.

"I have many stories my lady, which kind would you like to hear?"

"I heard sometimes guards are sent to the moon side to actually speak with Selas on the behalf of the king and the wall warriors."Akia had stopped eating now and was now laying on her bed.

"thats true." scooping the rest of the rice and beans into his mouth.

"have you ever met a warrior who survived the dark side?"

"hm, I don't think so my lady. those warriors are usually war prisoners sent by the king to die anyway. so they usually just deliver the king message without worrying about return."

"the king is a cruel king then isn't he?" Akia said surprising Julius who chokes slightly on his meal at the treasonous sentence, Julius doesn't reply.

"I wonder if April and father made it home okay" Akia said before curling into herself and drifting off to sleep.

as she slept Julius covered her up in her silk sheets. he places a hand under her chin and peers her sleeping mouth open. he sees the black stain of the potion in the girls mouth.

he quickly reaches inside his pocket and takes out the same potion, he pours it down her throat in large spurts before closing her mouth. the young girl begins to choke.

he rushes to the corner of the room that he sleeps in as she wakes and begins foaming at the mouth. not being fully awake she wipes her mouth with the back of her hand and drifts back to sleep. Julius watches her silently.

Michael opens the door of the chamber quickly, he enters watching the guard sleep by the side letting out soft snores. he walks towards the bed where akia laid watching as she gripped her stomach in her sleep. he leans down to observe her more clearly. the skin around her mouth was stained black. he brushes his finger over it before raising the same finger to open her mouth. her inside gums were stained as well.

Michael brings the finger to his mouth, he tastes the liquid and feels the sharp sting on his tongue.

"lunar dust." he says to himself before backing out of the room.

the red hooded man waits for him.

he sees the man's worrisome expression.

"lunar dust, she's been ingesting some liquidized version of it."

"if the king is smelling it she must not have more than 3 days left. you must go to rose immediately."