Bella's POV"What?" I blurted out before my brain could even process his request. "You want me to pleasure your guest?" My breathing irked to a faster tempo and rage was starting to boil within me.What did he take me for? A common whore, who could sleep with just anyone? A stupid sex slave?!No, I
"When I send your sister's head next... Don't you think there will be a revolt?!"I shook my head and tried to hold him back. "He will find out that you did it and then he will come for you, why do you want to cause trouble for your people? Please Arnold, just let us go..."He threw his head back an
Darius's POVThere were tears stains on her face and shock in her eyes but I was overwhelmed with just one thing —her presence.I took slow steps to the bed and embraced her. She froze in my arms and I melted in hers.It had barely been a week but it felt like she had been gone for years. My heart h
"Bella! Wait!" I called after her but she just kept on marching.The guards that had brought her tried to stop her but I have their signs to let her be and that I was with her. But she walked right to their center and narrowed her eyes on them."Where is Arnold?" She yelled.The guards all had the s
Bella's POVMy heart was rattling in my chest. I could feel it rising and falling in a motion that could not be defined. Darius and Arnold had joined forces to bring me pain. They played with my emotions.Who do they think they are? Who did Darius think he was, messing with my life how he saw fit?!
"Bella, why can't you just listen to me—" she let out a loud shriek and I turned around as fear flooded my brain."Talia?" I called. She was nowhere behind me. "Talia?!" I called again.My heart was starting to beat so loud even drums would be put to shame. I started heading back the way we came, h
Darius's POVThe healer was inside checking on Bella's sister and she requested that we wait outside while she works.Bella was pacing uncomfortably in front of the door. Arnold was leaning against the wall throwing me strange looks. Miranda sat on the floor, watching my movements from the corners o
This was the second time I was traveling to Arnold's land since the alliance and our friendship. And this room was the one he always assigned to me.The door Bella headed to was a walk-in closet. A perfect soundproof room where she could scream all she wanted without waking her poor sister.I follow