+CHAPTER 29+ Silver Dagger

Emmeline didn't let her love for Aric overpower her judgment.

She was his mate but before that, she was a Fey, a Fey who was next in line to lead her kind.

Aric was the King of Beasts, one of the most dangerous being alive but Emmeline was a Fey Princess, walking and breathing lethal weapon.

The king of beasts has provoked her Fey and Fey weren't very merciful when provoked, not even to their own blood.

Aric had lost all his chances when he had chosen that witch over Emmeline.

Emmeline gripped the ancient silver dagger that was holding her hair in place, a gift from her ancestors that was given to her by her father. The locks of her hairs that were pinned above her neck with the help of the dagger fell all over her back.

It was finally time to use the dagger~

Aric turned his back on Emmeline and kneeled on the ground to check on the witch. He touched her with such tenderness as if he was afraid to hurt her. He was gazing at her the same way he used to gaze at Emmeline.

The spark that Aric's eyes had lost in the past few days was back but it wasn't for Emmeline. His affection and love towards the witch lit a fire within Emmeline's soul.

Her soul was burning with the betrayal of her soulmate.

Emmeline didn't waste any more time and embedded the silver dagger into his back until it touched his backbone.

An agonizing roar escaped from the King when his flesh came in contact with the ancient silver.

His painful roar sounded like music to Emmeline's ears~

His screams had a soothing effect on the pain that he had inflicted on her soul.

Lycans and Wolves were extremely sensitive to ancient silver. The type of silver that was very rare to find, once embedded into the flesh it stops the beasts healing ability for a time in lycans while it might kill the Werewolves. Because lycans were the true-born children of the Moon who can withstand the silver's effect on them while werewolves are considered abominations, they have a wolf within them but they weren't as strong as a lycan.

She watched tears falling from Aric's eyes, the pain was too much even for him to handle.

Emmeline had never thought she would have to use that dagger on her own mate. But guess life never goes as we plan. . .

She turned towards the witch.

"You should have thought before touching my mate witch. Didn't you know how territorial a Fey can be?" The witch's eyes were filled with unshed tears. She wasn't even paying attention to Emmeline's words.

She was looking at Emmeline's stomach like a maniac while caressing her own.

"I shouldn't have come back for him." The witch mumbled.

Come back~

At her words, Emmeline's heart skipped a beat. Aric had been with her before, she came back to for him.

"You have been with him before?" Emmeline shrieked like a mad jealous wife, acting nothing like the Noble Fey Princess that she was.

"Yes." This time the witch was looking her in the eyes. She had a remorseful look on her face.

Emmeline's fists clenched, there was pity shining for her in the witch's eyes. The bitch had the guts to pity a Fey. 

"Emmeline don't! I'll make you regret it if you dared to harm her." Aric bellowed from the ground where she was laying in a pool of his own blood.

"Then you must die, witch, because you fucked a wrong woman's man. My kind is known for being the most malignant and unforgiving specie." Emmeline declared while looking at Aric.

How romantic~

Loverboy was threatening Emmeline for his witch lover.

Grabbing the witch by her hairs Emmeline flipped her, plastering her face on the ground. She placed her knee on the witch's back to keep her in place. Retreating her claws she started embedding them in the witch's back to pull her backbone out.

Emmeline was going to give her an easy death by slicing her neck open but the moment Aric threatened Emmeline for the witch he had inserted ideas in her Fey's mind.

He had sealed her fate by trying to protect her from Emmeline. 

The witch wasn't fighting Emmeline even a bit as if she had accepted her fate.

Before Emmeline ripped her backbone out of her body the witch whispered something that Emmeline knew would have a life long effect on her.

"I have lost him but then he was never mine to be lost in the first place." The witch flipped herself beneath Emmeline with such a speed that evening Emmeline was shocked that she didn't even detect the witch's movement.

The bitch was fast, Emmeline had underestimated her.

She touched Emmeline's stomach. "I'm sorry." The witch whispered but this time she wasn't talking to Emmeline which raised the hairs on the back of her neck.

Lightning was striking above them in the clear sky. 

Suddenly it started raining~

Emmeline was thrown away from the witch by an invisible force.

The witch looked terrifyingly beautiful while standing naked in the rain. Her blood-red orbs were shining, her red hairs were floating above her head as if she was beneath the water. 

Blue fire was emitting from her palms~ 

Emmeline unconsciously took a step back.

"Don't step back Princess! Finish what you have started. Kill me before I change my mind!" Her voice boomed over the thundering lightning in the sky.

It seemed like she was controlling the elements, controlling the dark forest. . .

"You think I was going to spare you? You have sealed your fate when you fucked my mate." Emmeline hissed, not backing down a bit. Even deep down she knew that she was no match for the witch's powers.

It was so sick and twisted, the witch was letting Emmeline kill her with her own free will, making Emmeline feel like a failure.

She can't even take her revenge with dignity. . .

Emmeline was a worshiper of Moon while the witch was the Nature's follower. She can't defend her.

Emmeline was no match for her powers~

She was no match for the witch's beauty~

No match for her knowledge~

"She thinks she can defeat me." The witch giggled at Emmeline while whispering those words over her shoulder as if she was talking to someone standing behind her. 

Turning her back towards Emmeline she started talking to that invisible being. "You are right she's an ignorant little princess." She gave a crazed laugh.

Emmeline looked towards Aric, he was trying to pull the dagger out of his back. 
Emmeline knew that the moment he pulled the dagger out of his back his beast will start healing his wound.

While Emmeline was backing out, her inner Fey didn't wait for any more witch bullshit.

Using her Fey speed Emmeline attacked the crazy witch, her body overpowered by her Fey instinct.

Embedding her claws in the witch's flesh she started pulling out the witch's spinal cord. 

With a sharp intake of breath, the witch looked behind, her eyes met Emmeline's and she gave Emmeline a bone-chilling smile before her body went limp.

Holding the witch's backbone in her hands Emmeline gazed at the dead witch slumped on the forest ground. 

Her eyes were milky white. Her soul had left her body~

The rain and lightning stopped the moment she took her last breath. The witch had smiled at Emmeline, she didn't beg for her mercy. 

Emmeline looked around, the once green leaves on the trees were turning brown as if the life was leaving them. There was pin-drop silence in the forest as if the forest was mourning over the witch's death.

What have she done!

Her father's words clicked in her mind. 'Every Witch has a particular role to play in order for life to survive, if a witch dies before fulfilling her duties then there will be consequences for the one responsible for her demise. They aren't anyone's friend Emmeline. A witch can trick you into killing her. She will be released from her shell while you'll be left behind to face the consequences.'

Emmeline felt empty after killing her, she felt no satisfaction instead she wanted to cry. The witch had smiled at Emmeline as if she was mocking her. As if she was making Emmeline realize that she was giving her life willingly.

Emmeline looked at her hands that were covered in blood, holding the witch's backbone. With disgust, she threw the witch's backbone towards Aric who was looking at Emmeline with horror and confusion.

Emmeline walked towards Aric. He was sprawled on the ground with her dagger still embedded in his back.

Falling on her knees Emmeline touched the dagger, an image of Eric fucking the dead witch flashed in her mind. Instead of pulling it out, Emmeline twisted the dagger into his back until she felt the silver dagger scraping his backbone.

His roar of pain wasn't enough to satisfy the fire that his betrayal had lit within her soul.

Eyes filled with tears Emmeline moved the dagger from between his shoulder towards his lower back, splitting open his back. His spinal cord was at display but no matter how much she tried she didn't get herself to pull it out of his body and end his life. She can't do it even after he had destroyed her.

"You told me that I will never know the touch of another man besides you Aric. I had believed you and thought your rule goes for both of us but I was wrong." Emmeline whispered in a small voice.

"Emmeline. . ." Her name sounded like a plea from his lips.

A sob escaped from her trembling lips. 

"I left my kingdom, my people and my father for you. I trusted you! Are you happy now? Look what I did because of you! Look at her Aric. I killed her, I killed your lover and you know what's the worst thing about this fucked up situation? Instead of feeling satisfied, I'm feeling like a failure." Emmeline sobbed again.

"Emmeline. . ." Aric pleaded again.

"It's Princess for you, dog. Even dressed in silk you are still a dog who was not able to keep it in his pants. You have lost every right to call me from my name. My father was right. I should have listened to him. You were never worthy of my love. Your kind isn't worthy enough to stand with mine." Emmeline cried her heart out while pulling the silver dagger out of his back because no matter what she can't get herself to kill him.

He was a liar, a cheater but he was still the person Emmeline had once loved~

She threw the dagger away. 

Taking Aric's face between both of her hands Emmeline looked into his eyes.
"If we ever crossed paths again Aric I won't be able to stop my Fey from ending you. Mark my words Aric, your whole kind will pay for your betrayal. Every single being related to you will pay." Emmeline sneered against his lips

At that moment Aric can feel the coldness of a corpse coming off his own mate.

Aric stared at Emmeline's retreating back. She was leaving her own soulmate blooded on the ground along with his dead lover in the dark musky woods.

Aric cried her name again and again but she was gone.

He had no idea for how long he had been lying there, he had no idea how long it has been since Emmeline left him. 

He looked towards Charlie's soulless body and felt nothing but anger towards her. 

The moment Charlie had taken her last breath, the fog in Aric's mind had been lifted. It dawned upon him that Charlie had enchanted him. She had made him believe that she was his mate. 

Aric roared when he realized that he had fucked her, he had cheated on Emmeline.

How was he going to clean the mess Charlie had created?

Charlie~

The witch he had once considered a gentle soul and a companion was a bitch who ruined his life.

She had done something to his beast, she had locked Aric's beast inside his own head. That was why he was unable to fight against Charlie's enchantment.

Aric was getting punished over something that he had no fault in. He wasn't a fucking wizard! How was he supposed to shake off a witch's enchantment spell?

The Oracle's shriek pulled Aric out of his thoughts. "What the hell have you done lycan!!" She was standing there, looking at Charlie in horror. 

"You kil.. kill... killed her?" Her voice was shaking as if she couldn't believe what she was witnessing.

Aric looked at the Oracle and gave her a sad smile. "I wish I would have killed her. . ." Were the last words he mumbled before his vision went blank.

Leaving behind the Oracle in the cursed forest~

**


That night the Fey Princess had killed the most beloved child of nature, that night the Rightful King Of Beasts had seen his mate for the last time.

On that cursed night, two soulmates who were meant for each other had parted ways.

Nature had lost its protector~

The witches lost their leader, A Crone.