I breathed a sigh as I lifted my hand to touch his cheek. Titus let out a long sigh before closing his eyes as he leaned his head into the touch of my hand.
I can only hope that this time the Moon Goddess won’t be so cruel as to let him suffer again, that this time with Destine the white-wolf there will be a happy ending for us.
It was easy to sweep our territory, but if we didn’t find anything then our task would be more difficult, as we would have to go to the former Collins pack territory next to ours, as we didn’t know what we would find there.
‘Sometimes it’s right in front of us, but we don’t realize it’ were Lola’s words before we left Trazmoz, so I decided to start from the palace, where it all began and where they first met.
Looking back, I saw Titus explaining the reason why we were currently here and then saw one by one they started to move towards different directions to start sweeping this area of the territory.
“What are we looking for in the old palace, queen?” Ask Bert confused, yes, I know that since the fire happened no one dared to go to the old place, but this time getting the order to start searching at the old place must have given the question of what we were looking for.
Stopping at the entrance that had been covered by plants and trees, I also looked at the two guards who were sent to accompany me “Things that can end the black magic” I answered shortly and watched them startled at my words but nodded their heads indicating that they understood the importance of our actions here.
The entrance to the old palace was already covered with weeds, grass and trees so Bert and Julius needed to clean it up a bit so we could begin to go inside.
‘No strange smells or anything so far’ Destine told me and I just nodded slowly before starting our journey inside.
Looking around I can’t help but imagine the time when the big fire broke out. ‘You’ll find the main lobby entrance, then the guest rooms are to the south, so you need to walk towards the stairs and start climbing them’ Remembering Titus’ words about the old palace last night as well as the map he described, I started to walk through the place.
Of all the things that burned and turned the walls black, I was surprised and wide-eyed to see that some photos seemed unaffected by the fire.
“Is this Titus?” I asked the two men who followed me.
They looked up and nodded “Strange thing that happened, none of the king’s photos were burnt” Julius explained and I smiled in understanding at his explanation.
!
As angry as Pearl was with Titus, she was still protective of the man who was my mate, not even a picture of him had been injured…
However, why would she curse him if even his picture was not destroyed by the fire magic she created? I asked Destine in confusion.
‘The fire of jealousy in the true sense… Pearl’s anger is actually because she is jealous of Katherine who is her mate’ Destine commented but for the first time I disagree.
If you really love that man, as long as he’s happy it’s your happiness right? I said to my wolf.
‘Not everyone has such mature thoughts, Gwen’ Destine reminded me and I sighed in defeat, she was right, the thing we can least predict is people’s hearts.
True…
I was surprised when the last staircase I climbed cracked and shattered, but Bert’s quick movement to extend his hand to pull me up saved me from the shattered treads.
“Are you okay, queen?” Bert asked quickly and I nodded.
“Yes.”
“This place is very old, we should be more careful” Julius added, helping me up and walking ahead of me to check the situation of the room we were about to explore.
There’s not much to see, the buildings inside are almost entirely damaged and covered in reeds and wild trees.
‘Yeah, I don’t feel anything other than the animals that already occupy this place’ Destine informed.