Chapter 4 A race against time

Lyra's POV

I tried not to ponder on the reason why these people kept mentioning Alpha of Genovia getting married to their Princess.

Then I heard another footstep."I'm sorry" I mouthed to the lady and mustered the strength left in me.

Without thinking twice, I possessed the lady to use her appearance to sneak into the royal camping ground. Still in her body, possessing her senses and soul, I stepped out of the corner of the hill. My heart almost ripped out when a soldier suddenly showed up.

"I told you there is no one here. What is it that you saw that made you so scared?" he asked, moving closer as he unbuckled his trousers.

Judging from his accent, he is a Genovian. I regret possessing this lady and not him. I could have used him to research my son's whereabouts, but it was too late.

I shifted backward at his strange behaviour. What was going on?

"We need to do it fast before someone notices our absence. You know how strict our laws are. Our Alpha knows everything going on even though it's almost midnight and you know, you are the princess's maid." he smiled endearingly.

"It's your mate's loss for rejecting you without tasting you. I loved you from the first moment Alpha sent us with gifts to your Princess. I will marry you once they get married and you follow your princess to our country. I can't risk getting you in trouble, dearest" The soldier continues like a cunning fox.

I almost threw up at his style of seducing a woman. Bunch of liars. They just can't keep their rod in their panties and go on to deceive women with false marriages. They are not different from their Alpha.

I was breathing heavily, trying to suppress the anger that surged in me. I pinned the fool to the hill, choking his neck hard without releasing him as he begged. My eyes rolled to a darker shade, but before I could lose control, I got back to my senses.

"I'm sorry, my love. I need to be with my Princess." I clasped my hands nervously, feeling guilty as the soldier still held his throat in pain.

Thank Moon goddess once again for bestowing me with this power.

I rushed towards the camping area and almost cried when I noticed how secure the place was. Guards and soldiers patrolling like they were ready for war. This soldier and maid might have sneaked out considering their intention of having sex.

Oh no what do I do?!

I turned around because I knew I would get trapped if I should risk confronting this large number of stone-faced soldiers that have the same uniform as that horny dog. I just wonder what type of powerful man could have the power to bring Genovian soldiers. Of course, I do not believe it's their Alpha that wants to marry the Princess. I think it's rumors because the Alpha I know is married to my step-sister.

I felt depressed at the thought, but before I could fall on the ground to sink into a pool of sadness, someone whistled. I traced the direction of the sound to see another maid dressed like the woman I had possessed.

I acted snappy and carefully tiptoed to her. "Oh Tiana, run here. I have bribed the guard." She urged and I ran to her.

She held my hand.

The lady I had possessed was Tiana.

"Thank goodness that you guys were done on time. The Princess summons you to accompany her for a night walk. She was on her way for a night walk when she met her father, the Alpha. They are discussing. You have to run into her camping chamber, and I will inform her that you were in the bathroom." She rushed out and tried to walk away, but I dragged her back.

She raised an eyebrow in query.

"Can you escort me to her camping space?" I lowered my voice.

"Why? Feeling sore? Did he hurt you down there? He looks like someone who would be gentle, "she teased.

I almost squeezed my face in disgust but quickly comforted myself.

"By the way, I almost considered all Genovian soldiers cruel until I met your lover. You won't believe that some of them who strolled to some villages brought a boy without taking his mother's permission because he caught a boar and he was co-incidentally a Genovian." She looked at me and I nodded.

"According to.... what caught their attention was his resemblance to their Alpha. They will secretly take him hunting to test his ability and present his catch to their Alpha tomorrow after the hunting festival. They are doing it to get a favor. They were bragging about how people from the village could not make a sound even when the poor boy was screaming for help. How can they be so cruel?" She sighs pitifully.

Oh, it's my son.

I gulped and jerked her to let us fasten our steps toward the Princess enclosure. I walked into the space and knelt on the floor. Immediately she was gone, I hid behind the huge cotton because I had another mission in mind. I recast out of the maid I had possessed and watched her as she staggered in fright. I covered her lips when I heard footsteps coming into the room.

"Father, I can't get married to Alpha Ragnar." I heard a weak voice protest.

Wait what?! Ragnar!

"You and I know how many women he had bedded just because he desperately needed a child. He had disposed of his wife from the position of Luna and made her a mistress because he wanted to marry me. You know I am sick and might die soon...." she was saying but cut off by her father.

"The moon goddess forbids it!" he growled.

"Then why leave me to endure such a life? The hatred his mistress has for me would be beyond my control. Look at him coming here with an unwarranted amount of soldiers. He is a pompous, unworthy, and greedy bastard looking for ways to snatch our homeland. This same man had mocked you for not having a son during the early years he became an Alpha. He is only pretending to be decent because he might be infertile." The Princess continued to nag.

"You are doing it for the sake of our people. I might not be able to save you if he hears your insult..." her father continues.

Oh.

"You see what I'm saying. You've never said that to me. I had my mate reject me because he was a pauper and I forcefully did it out of your command! The man you asked me to marry ended up dying and now I'm back to my father's house just to get married to a devil. What else do you want?" She whispered weakly.

"You aren't getting any younger my dearest..."

"You also know the story of how he had shamelessly rejected his mate and had married her step-sister who was the mate of his own step-brother. Who knows if just like the rumors that the lady had cursed him not to be able to bear a child. I would surely curse such a man for how cruel he was! He was only able to be chosen as the Alpha for his power and most painfully, he had called me a reborn of his mate. The same mate he treated like an outcast!" the princess cried out.

I was sweating profusely as my legs wobbled, making my hand loosen from this maid's mouth, but I was fast to get hold of myself.

Ragnar made Lyssa his mistress just to marry the princess of Oceania?! He is more of a devil than people think. What if they knew that he was able to have the power because he had mated me, and sent people to kill me?

"I will leave you to rest." I heard her father say before leaving.

I couldn't hold it anymore as I opened the curtain intending to possess Princess and then go after her father to persuade those soldiers to release my son.

The Princess staggered in fear at the sight of her maid and me. I heard the gasp from the maid beside me as she looked at me and back to the Princess, "What is happening? You are not the Princess?"

Of course, I only needed the Princess to face me and make a mind incantation to possess her, but my power was declining. I thought I felt the absence of connection because I was weak.

I fell on my knees because it was the last option. I had been caught and might be sentenced to death within the blink of an eye for trespassing into a Princess' abode. "I'm sorry Your Highness. I did that to save my son. Help me!" I begged desperately.

No response.

I slowly raised my head out of curiosity, only to meet a replica of me. Not a co-incidental kinda resemblance but a photocopy. Her eyes, her height, her hair, her face. The only difference was our appearance. I was looking like a slave and she was looking like the Princess that she is.

Does it have to do with why I couldn't possess her? Is that why Ragnar regarded her as me? Is this the reason why this maid called me the Princess?

"Did you just try to possess me?" I heard the Princess gasp in shock.

How did she know? Only someone with the same power can detect its kind.