120: First Kiss

Kai’s POV

Cautiously, I held unto the one door I’d been unable to walk through for the past few days and tried to mask my relief as I stepped foot into the room. Cora’s eyes were glinting mischievously as she watched me, like she was already up to no good within minutes of recovering consciousness, but if she wasn't a stubborn ass, she wasn't really herself yeah?

“The maid, who is she?” I asked as my eyes landed on the same maid that’d come to ask for help, she was fast asleep on the couch, curled into a ball and buried almost all the way under a duvet.

In fact, now that I'm getting a much better look at her when she isn't screaming out in distress, she also seems to be the same maid that’d barged into my meeting with the elders when Cora was captured by some drunk guards and dragged into the woods.

Who was she? Why’d she care so much about a nut-job like Cora?

The prettiest nut-job you’ve ever seen, though. My wolf chimed in and I had to strongly resist the urge to roll my eyes into