Their Hidden Princess (Zora and Maximus) novel Chapter 298

Zora’s POV

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At once, the lot of us were rushed to the small hospital on campus. I’d wanted to speak with Valentin, to explain, to apologize, but in the chaos of all that happened, I couldn’t find the right words. He seemed just as lost, insisting I get checked out with the others. Then, as soon as I walked into my own room to be checked by a healer, Valentin was gone.

I sat through the examination, wondering about all my mates, Kairos especially. He had been hurt. Renault had hurt him.

Why hadn’t I listened to his warnings? How could all of this happen? How could I have allowed it to happen?

After the exam, the healer stepped out of the room, leaving me alone, sitting on the edge of the hospital bed.

I didn’t want to be alone, because that meant facing my thoughts. My guilt.

I had to keep moving. I had to find some way to stop Renault. If he wouldn’t listen to me, we weren’t going to have to fight.

But he was so powerful, how could I stop him?

I needed the love of all of my mates to unleash my full power, but how was I going to do that when my fifth mate was the very man I needed the power to destroy?

Tears started to fall, unbidden, unwanted, so I covered my face with my hands to hide them.

What was I supposed to do now?

Before, we’d always had some plan. Find my mates. Consummate the bonds. Gain power. Train. Fight vampires. Kill Renault.

Now, those plans were broken. There was nothing to be done, no way to salvage this. There were no more mates. I’d gain no

more power.

As I was, I couldn’t fight Renault and hope to win. But I couldn’t just roll over and surrender either.

Everyone was depending on me. The entire kingdom needed their weapon.

Had I already failed?

The door clicked open and I glanced to see my mother entering. I covered my face again, not wanting to see her disappointment. What a failure I must have been in her eyes. She’d claimed to have sent me away to protect me, while secretly hanging all of her hopes on me.

Now, I was here. And I couldn’t fulfill the purpose she had sacrificed our entire mother–daughter relationship for.

To my surprise, she placed a gentle hand on my shoulder.

“Maximus told us what happened,” she said. “You must have been shocked.”

“Worse than shocked,” I said. “It still doesn’t make any sense.”

“Vampires are cunning. It’s likely he deceived you from the start.”

“Maybe,” I said, though I wasn’t so sure. He had told me that he had been honest in the beginning. But how could I believe anything he said?

“You cannot be too hard on yourself,” Victoria said.

“I don’t know how you can say that,” I said. “When my fifth mate is your worst enemy.”

The Moon Goddess decided this for you. You did not choose for yourself.”

“Valentin must hate me.”

Chapter 298

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“He would never.”

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