Chapter 189 - Doesn't Make Sense

Nigel slowly turned his head to look at the corpses of the werewolves that he had killed. Instead of wolves, he saw their human form. And among those corpses, two of the bodies belonged to Fenris and Wulfric. Fenris had his heart ripped out while Wulfric had his neck and arms broken. Seeing that horrific scene, Nigel stumbled and fell on his back.

He shook his head and mumbled, "No, I didn't kill them. I would have recognized them even in their wolf form. This is a mistake. Something is not right here."

All of a sudden, Conall straddled Nigel and began to continuously dig his claws on Nigel's gut. Nigel just clenched his fists and teeth. He didn't even think that he was allowed to express his pain after putting everyone else through something much worse.

Conall gnashed his teeth and growled, "Yes, the thing that is not right is you. I should have come and killed you myself, you filthy Ravager. The moment I saw you lose control in front of everyone, I should have known that you would sooner or later turn into a Ravager. I should have killed you way before you could kill both of my sons."

A word echoed inside Nigel's head… "Ravager."

And as if on cue, his body began to transform. "I am going to get stuck in my wolf form… He better kill me before that. I don't deserve to live after killing my cousins and my sister."

He looked at the alpha with pleading eyes and whispered, "Kill me!"

And the alpha shouted, "Oh, you don't have to convince me to kill you. I am going to do just that." Then he dug all of his claws on Nigel's neck and strangled him.

Nigel tried to take one last glance at his sister but he could not move at all. And he silently apologized, "I am so sorry sister. I put you through Hell and I don't even remember my actions for me to repent properly. And I am sorry I couldn't make an effort to save you."

Nigel's vision began to turn blurry. He knew he was going to die soon. A few drops of tears rolled down his temple and his eyes fell on the full moon that was unbothered by everything that was going on below it.

"My last full moon…" he thought.

And something hit his mind. "Wait, why is it still full moon? The full moon was on the day before yesterday. And if I really had done that to Adeline, why don't I remember even a flash of it? And Fenris… how come Fenris is a werewolf?"

"Am I dreaming? No… this pain is too real to be a dream. But this cannot be real either… Nothing makes sense here."

He glanced at Conall who was enjoying torturing him, and then he used both of his hands to push the alpha away. And as he had suspected, he could. Then he got up and threw a feeble kick to the alpha. But he went flying away.

And Nigel sneered and thought, "No wonder I could kill all those werewolves with such ease. The alpha is at least 50 times stronger than whoever this is… This is not real."

And the moment he thought that whatever he was seeing was not real, everything around him began to fall apart. The alpha, the bodies, and Adeline, all turned into golden dust and faded away. He looked down at his body to see that all of his wounds were healed and he was now wearing his training uniform.

A blinding light enveloped him and transported him to another location.

Prince Edwin's mind was weaker in comparison to Adeline and Nigel's, and thus, he was easily susceptible to the mind games of the Deity as well as the succubus. When he stared at his own reflection in the mirror, he was seconds away from doubting that whatever was happening to him was not real.

However, that thought of his fleeted away when he heard the soft laughter of Pearl from behind him.

"Dear, however you look, I will always love you."

Edwin turned around and he was no longer inside the King's Court. He was already inside his own bedroom. Pearl was wearing a very seductive and revealing nightgown made out of silk. She was carrying a bowl of potion in her hand and she walked towards Edwin while swaying her hips from side to side.

Pearl gently pushed Edwin down on his bed and leaned down while almost revealing her breasts. Then she whispered, "Dear, I had specially asked my husband to concoct this potion for your better health." She took a spoon full of the potion and then slowly brought it close to his lips. "Open your mouth. This will help you recover in no time," she gave a bewitching smile to Edwin.

Edwin felt compelled to open his mouth. He sipped the potion and the moment he did so, he began to feel a burning sensation running down from his throat and all the way down to his stomach. And then his whole body began to sweat and he felt as though his body was being pricked by thousands of needles.

And then he began to have difficulty while breathing. He held his throat and glared at Pearl who was enjoying seeing him choke. "You… what did you feed me? Did you just poison me?"

Pearl gave a sweet smile and replied in her soft voice, "Yes. Why? Did you want to live for longer? I thought you wanted to die before your mother would kill innocent maids to refill your life force." She looked at him with accusing eyes and asked, "Are you telling me that you have now become greedy and you want to live for longer at the expense of other's untimely death?"

But rather than feeling remorseful, Edwin wanted to kill this woman. "You filthy woman! How dare you… give poison to me?"

And even though he looked as though he was just made out of bones, he sat up on the bed and slapped that woman. "How dare you try to kill a Prince?" He slapped her again and shouted again, "How dare you try to assassinate the future King of this nation? You shall be punished for committing high treason."

Edwin continued to slap Pearl with great force for quite some time. Then he pinned her down and proceeded to strangle her to death. He stopped only after she stopped breathing. Edwin sat back on the bed and pushed his hair away from his face. He could feel his whole body burning like fire. He coughed and spurted out some blood on his palms.

And he shouted in panic, "Guards! Where the hell is everybody? Send in some healers. I have been poisoned!"

Two of the guards came rushing in to check on the Prince. But they widened their eyes when they saw who was lying lifeless on the bed. "Your Highness, what happened to Her Majesty?"

"What? Why are you calling her-" When Edwin looked at the woman lying dead on the bed he was shocked to his core. "Mother! How? No, this was someone else… This does not make any sense!"