Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 195

Chapter 195

After my deliberate insubordination, Thorne left quickly. The rest of the room followed quickly after. Kairos was helped to his feet by Petyr and was taken to the infirmary. Maximus was helped up by Meg. He left with his arm slung over her shoulder, also on the way to the infirmary. He barely looked at me as he went.

Then, I was alone again.

This time, I rejoiced in it. As the final door to the gym slammed shut, the silence consumed me. I slumped down to the mat, where I’d been glued since my statement against the Queen. My mother, the queen.

The chaos swirling around me was becoming too much. My body was having a physical, visceral reaction to it. As I starred at the floor, I expected tears but none came. I wanted to sob but found I couldn’t.

I was exhausted.

My body couldn’t bring itself to shed a tear.

There was a low whine in the back of my mind that I knew was Mona. She sensed how much I’d given up. She knew it was over.

There may be another way, she said, softly.

How? I said back. You read the tombs on multiple mates just as I did. It’s either I break all the bonds or I go insane. Mona hummed. I wasn’t talking about the bonds, She corrected. I was talking about your powers. Alpha Blythwitch breaking the bond awoke me from inside you. What if breaking the bonds woke up the rest of you?

I frowned. I hadn’t considered it. But maybe – just maybe I could make it work. I couldn’t have my mates, but I could also keep the rest of the wolves from succumbing to whatever the vampires had planned for us.

My life may have been in shambles but I would not let the rest of the people in my life would have a fighting fucking chance. Loren and Meg and Max. They all had been with me since the start. They deserved a sliver of happiness.

I slowly got up. My decision had been made. I’d break all my bonds.

I left the gym in a haze and stumbled my way across campus. The entire time, my head kept cycling through the faces of Maximus and Kairos, covered in blood. Then their faces, looking away from me. Their pain and disappointment were palpable. It surged me further and the next time I recognized my surroundings, I was in front of Valentin’s office.

I raised my shaky hand and gently rapt it against the grain of the wood door. The sound sounded like rocks crashing in my brain. The door opened and Valentin’s gold eyes were boring into mine.

“Miss Smith,” he said, warily. His eyes darted over my head and scanned the hall before looking back at me. “I was expecting you to still be in the gym.”

My eyes bulged in my head. “You heard about that? Why didn’t you do anything?!”

“What could I do?” he stepped aside and ushered me into his office. I stared at him in awe the whole time. He merely shrugged. “Werewolf law is werewolf law.”

“So you just let two students try and kill each other?” I snapped.

Another shrug. “Only one was going to die.”

I shook my head and walked further into Valentin’s office. He followed me before leaning back on his desk. His arms crossed over his chest. He raised an eyebrow at me.

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“Did you come here to talk about people fighting for your love?”

The bitterness in his tone made my blood boil. I pierced him with a look. He seemed unphased so I dropped the bomb.

“I’m breaking all my bonds.”

His face stayed neutral except for the clench of his jaw. His words sounded forced when he spoke next.

“And what made you decide that?”

“When I broke my bond with Thorne,” I continued. “My wolf, she woke up. I think the prophecy isn’t giving us the full story. I think not only can my bonds give me powers, but breaking them can as well.”

Valentin swallowed thickly. “You think so?”

“I know so,” I nodded. “My wolf came out when my bond broke. She is the start of the power that I have.”

Valentin’s tongue darted out and swiped over his bottom lip. He unfolded his arms and braced them back on his desk.

“And if you’re wrong?” he challenged.

“Then we’ll take it from there,” I said, shrugged as he had just moments before.

Then, Valentin scoffed. “The fate of the wolves is in your hands and you’re just leaving it to chance?” he shook his head.

“There isn’t much of another choice,” I grit out.

“Try harder!” he threw back.

I could tell his emotion on the matter shocked him. He immediately tried to compose himself but his façade was slipping. He didn’t want me to break the bonds.

“Do you have so little hope in me?” I yelled back at him.

“I have nothing but hope for you!” He cried. “All of my hope is in you – a girl who spent her entire life in the human world.”

I threw my hands up. “Because of you!”

“And yet!” Valentin continued. “You’re supposed to save our world. You can’t even command four fated mates! How are you supposed to command the vampires!”

“I’m tired!” I cried. Tears were welling up in the corners of my eyes. I threw my hands up in defeat.

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