CHAPTER FORTY TWO

“Now, what do you want me to do for you?” Karken asks.

“I want to stay in the castle until I can be sure of what I want with Alden,” I say.

Karken stays silent after that. If not for the expression on his face which tells me that he is watching me intently and analyzing what I just said, I would have assumed that he has once again lost himself in Khimaira.

“You feel strongly about him, do you not?” he asks.

“I’m not sure,” I say. “I think he is using some power to try to influence me.”

A smile tugs at Karken’ lips that makes me wish I can fight him so I can wipe it off his face with my fist. “Alden can do no such thing,” he says, his voice taking on a degree of gentility I never thought was possible with him. “Perhaps you should start to consider that you are indeed his mate.”

Now that everything is beginning to unravel, I am finally understanding Alden’s siblings for who they are and not who they have been pretending to be. While Lena seemed welcoming and friendly at first