Reborn- His Scarlett Moon

“Our lady, we looked everywhere, but the princess was nowhere to be found. ”

Chaos was the name of the situation at the Scarlet Pack.

Sherizad had gone missing. It wasn’t even hours since her father was buried according to the traditions of their tribe. She had been right at the forefront, leading the entire procession, taking all the responsibilities and performing all his last rights, just like a son, in front of all their eyes.

There was a lot of speculation and whispering behind the quarters for her step mothers.

It was clear that everyone thought Sherizad was trying something that no other princess had ever tried. But none had the audacity to question her, right on her face.

It wasn’t like Alpha Shell hadn’t left behind any male prodigies.

Sherizad had brothers. A couple of them and sisters too, but they were all toddlers and one was a minor child. Only she was about to come of age. She was the eldest child.

There was a lot of politics already in active pace, right after her father’s mysterious death. That was the primary reason why her mother had come out in front of the public eyes, to help stabilize the reign. She was no ordinary woman like her other stepmothers, she was a Moors princess and knew very well how to surf the tides of an upheaval.

“Hhhmmm, do not worry. I am sure she is safe and sound. Perhaps she just left for a little ‘ self time’. She too needs to recover from her father’s death. Has anybody seen Midnight around? Send her to my chambers as soon as you possibly can. ”

Sherizad’s mother retreated.

She said whatever she said to appease the over worried soldiers. It was evident that they worried about Sherizad’s safety, given the current circumstances. But her mother knew exactly why she had vanished.

It was because Tristan was coming and she didn’t want to face him.

Midnight asked for permission to enter the queen’s chamber upon her arrival.

She had brought along a leather pouch of water. She knew she had been summoned for questioning.

” Alright Midnight. Spill it all out. What’s up with Sherizad? Why is she talking about her union with Tristan? It isn’t something new that she had heard, is it? Why is this sudden change in her demeanor? Start talking. And talk right to the point. I don’t have time for any nonsense. ”

She asked as she sharpened her swords without even looking up.

Midnight gulped.

” I… I don’t know much about my lady but I think it’s the matter of their hearts… But I am not sure… Just a speculation. ”

She started gulping down the water as sweat beads formed on her head.

” Matter of hearts? A romantic interest ? Has she fallen in love with another, ignoring the promise of her own father? ”

This time the queen looked up and Midnight felt like she was going to be petrified. The Alpha had been thought. But he was a straightforward guy. He wouldn’t simply knock some senses into Midnight, everytime she helped Sherizad with something illegal and then she would be fine.. But that was not the case with the queen. She was known for her hostilities in her earlier days when she had been just married into the tribe. She had been some sort of a rebel like Sherizad, herself. But she bowed before her father’s will and married Alpha Shell because family and its honor came before any feeling.

Midnight was literally shaking at this point.

” Who is he? Tell me the name? Did he promise her marriage? Is he even the head of a pack? ”

Midnight felt like her water broke even though she had no idea how it felt like to be pregnant .

” No.. No.. No… My lady… You got it all wrong. It’s nothing serious. It’s just… It’s just she might not be comfortable with Alpha Tristan, you know what I mean… There is no third wheel.. ”

Midnight tried stammering her way out of the mess that she was in. She wasn’t lying, was she?

Ryan and Sherizad did not have anything official. Neither did they conform or promise each other anything.

But Midnight knew that it was because of him that marrying Tristan had become all the more unbearable.

” Comfortable? What does comfort have to do anything in marriage? It’s a duty. To keep the peace in the pack. Soldiers do not go to war to feel comfortable there. What nonsense is this? ”

The queen’s eyes were spewing anger at an alarming rate.

” Get going right now. And get her back to me. THIS INSTANCE! If I see you coming back without her, I will have your head. IS THAT CLEAR? ”

She barked so loud, Midnight toppled over herself.

” Y–Yes my lady. I will not fail in my task. ”

With that she ran. Literally ran out of the queen’s chamber and tent.

” So that is what marriage is for Sherizad’s mother and her father too, perhaps. A duty towards the pack. An obligation… ”

Midnight couldn’t help but wonder as she stumbled her way out of the pack. She needed to find Sherizad and she needed to ask her to come to a decision.

Midnight knew exactly where Sherizad might have headed.

Towards where she would be led by her heart.

To Ryan’s pack.

Neither Sherizad, nor Midnight were aware of the turmoil Ryan or his own pack were going through.

If the Scarlet Pack had chaos in its shed, the Moonlight Pack was witnessing what could be called a bloody mess.

And quite literally at that.

Ryan had come back to the scene where he saw his own mother at the stake by the order of his own father. And what followed after that was bloodier.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Sherizad was headed towards him, in the middle of all that with her own set of troubles, hoping for a solution to her own set of troubles.