"Tonight you guys will escort me to the dungeons and hide so they won't know you both are there. I'll ask them what they saw that night and what they told Lennox. The reason to keep you guys there is so you can witness if I'm proven innocent by them." She said, "Too risky. What if you did try to escape? What then? They would be telling the truth but our lives would be at stake if Prince finds out," Nolan said. "We can try it. I also want to know what those guys said to the prince. Ever since they were recruited in the security team, I have despised them." Connie muttered. "When did they recruit?" "Year and a half probably," Nolan said. "Can you guys gather some info for me?" "Heavens! She wants us to act as her spy now. Princess, you're crazy." Nolan exaggerated as Violet glared at him. They both were tall with muscles. Where Connie has brown hair with a buzz cut. Nolan had dirty blond hair that was gelled back perfectly like a prince. "This palace made me crazy. Your good-
Violet didn't turn to look at him to confirm her doubt about the supposed person in her room because she already knew he was there. She felt it at the door. Her mark tingled and buzzed in an unfamiliar rhythm. Ever since he had marked her she had started feeling the connection. The emotions were subtle but adamantly present there no matter how much she tried to not feel them. He had embedded his scent into her skin and now he was glued to her no matter where he was. When Shane marked her, she didn't get to feel any connection or emotions because there was so much chaos and mayhem. She felt the sheer pain when he was killed. Violet was hoping that Lennox wouldn't show up until she found the culprit behind her misery but luck always had a beef with her. She didn't hear him. Not a single noise was made but she flinched feeling his warmth behind her. He was there like a haunting nightmare of painful memories, which he gave her himself on a silver platter. "Don't f*cking ignore me." H
"Where did you go with Connie and Nolan? I won't ask next time." He was cold, too cold."I went to the dungeons. I needed to ask the guards how I magically did what they accused me of. Connie and Nolan didn't know where I was. I tricked them into thinking I went to the kitchen." Her voice was composed but Lennox was no less than a hawk. He noticed the slight tremor of her lips. The way her throat moved as she swallowed the lump of emotions -which she was hiding- down her throat. "You think you can prove your innocence to me?" He cocked a brow at her, challenging her to spout more nonsense and trigger him into beast mode. Violet didn't back down. "I don't need to prove anything to you. I'm doing it for myself. To prove to King Azure and everyone in this castle that I'm innocent except for you.""Watch it!" He growled lowly. She flinched but didn't look away. "Are you mad I don't want to prove anything to you. This happens when someone doesn't want to associate with you. They don't
"I'll sleep in my room." She made a failed attempt to leave again but he blocked her way in a flash. "I'll not repeat it. Get on the f*cking bed," He thundered causing her to flinch back. "I want to go," Her lips quivered. His jaw ticked. He drank the full content in one gulp and tossed the cup on the couch. Lennox carried her in bridal style earning a shriek from her and then he tossed her on the bed. She quickly tried to scurry away but he grabbed her waist and tugged her back in the middle of the bed. "No." She struggled, squirmed, and wriggled to get away. Not wanting to scold her anymore he just dropped his weight on top of her crushing her small frame. She let out a cry of pain when her hand twisted abnormally between them. He lifted his weight enough for her to snatch her arm from between them before he rested his weight on her again. And just like that she was crushed, he weighed tons, she could barely breathe. "I can't breathe." She complained, the more she pushed at
"Violet, are you not sleeping?" Ella asked, worried striking her cheek. Her blue eyes skimmed over the dark circles under her eyes. "I couldn't sleep last night. I was thinking about our kingdom," Violet said, holding her hand gently before lightly flicking her forehead, earning a gasp and groan of pain from Ella and Emily laughed out. Violet couldn't sleep properly, she did get four to five hours of sleep but she stayed awake and mull over what went wrong. She had lied to Lennox about not even wanting to hate him because she still loved him but he didn't need to know that. Their encounter happened a week ago. He didn't confront her like that again but she surely found him at her doorstep often talking to Connie and Nolan. Both of them had kept her distance from her. Though they were helping her, there was this invisible barrier as if they were on eggshells around her. "Princess," Dana stepped into the room, holding shopping bags as she placed all of them on the coffee table. Sh
Violet along with her sisters stepped into the Hall where an enormous number of elite and posh people were present. The whole palace was decorated exquisitely and everyone was in awe. As soon as she stepped through the door all sets of eyes fell on her causing her skin to prickle under their scrutiny and she felt dazed. She never liked being the center of attention. Back in her kingdom whenever her father would hold such parties or balls, all sorts of rich powerful people would show up, and then her father would present her like a trophy in front of them with hopes that someone powerful would take interest in her and there'll be someone strong to take over his throne because he never found Violet worthy enough of the throne because she was a girl. She forced her legs to move, her limbs weighed tons and were glued to the spot. It took an insane amount of battle with her mind to force her body to move. She walked further inside as whispers and hush fell across the room. Her sisters w
She didn't know how she went through the whole ordeal and was still standing on her feet which were killing her because of the damned heels. Throughout the night Lennox had plastered her to his side as if she was his oxygen and he would die if she left his side. Her sisters were ecstatic after he pulled the stunt of declaring their mate bond to the whole kingdom. Connie and Nolan were behind the girls keeping an eye on them for safety. Her hand was sweaty as she tried to pull it out of his hold but he didn't let go. Instead, he only tightened his hold to the point of stopping the blood supply and when she would go numb and wouldn't tug at her hand anymore he would loosen his hold. His thumb kept caressing the back of her hand, back and forth in small gentle strokes as if he knew she was tense and he was trying to calm her down but it wasn't helping. Because he was the main epitome of all her stress and panic for the night. After ages, he decided to leave. The celebration was
"Why did you hide it from us?" Emily asked in a sad voice, staring at the mark on Violet's neck. "Lennox said we should surprise you guys," Violet lied, her chest heavy, and stomach knotted. "We surely got surprised there last night," Ella said. "That was why you wore scarves around your neck and often hid it with your hair," Emily pointed out. "Yeah..." Violet trailed off. "Are you happy, Violet?" Ella asked. "Yeah, I'm happy. Why wouldn't I be?""You refused to attend the coronation last night, and also you seem stressed from the past couple of days. If Lennox is giving you a tough time then let me know. We can teach him a proper lesson." Ella offered. Violet forced a chuckle as she tried to brighten her face. "You're reading too much into the lines. I wasn't feeling well in the last couple of days and yesterday Lennox and I just played along and you guys fell for it." She mused, earning a gasp from Emily and Ella silently scrutinised her. "If you say so," Ella mumbled. *"