Kai’s POVTurns out that I’d brewed the perfect idea to remedy my arousal.“Stay here until i return” I ordered Cora and she rose her head to look at me before she reluctantly nodded in agreement.I rose to my feet and walked out of the room without overthinking it, I knew what I needed and I intended to get my satisfaction as soon as possible.My legs carried me toward Leila’s room but even before I’d gotten anywhere close to her room I picked up her scent and in a few minutes I saw her emerging from the library with an arm full of paperwork that she’d most likely planned to bring to my chambers.“Greetings Kai, I was just coming to find you” She spoke first and her eyes took in my appearance like she always enjoyed doing.“Good thing I found you first, come with me” I turned around and began to walk toward my room and I heard her heels click behind me as she struggled to keep up with my huge strides.We finally got to my room and I pushed the door open, it took another minute before
Leila’s POVMy legs were stretched out in front of me on my dressing table while I stared blankly at my reflection and let my thoughts wander. It was evening and I’d been thinking about the same person since noon.Kai.I’ve always known that he’d be mine at the end of the day, but something about how his interest in Cora had lasted longer than usual had began to bother me. Kai easily lost interest in his playthings, and sometimes he could get weary of them within days and hand them over to me.Meanwhile he’d been punishing and tolerating Cora’s godforsaken attitude for over a month now and he hadn't still handed her over to me. It mostly bothered me because I’ve never craved permission to ruin one of his whores like I have with her and I didn't like how long he was making me wait.I couldn't pressure him because he’d be put off and snap at me, but I was tired of waiting for his approval to ruin her as I’d love to.There were a million things I planned to do to her especially because s
Cora’s POVMy core was throbbing.I was ashamed at how much I’d enjoyed watching Kai fuck Leila’s mouth roughly while his eyes remained heavily focused on me. The worst part was that I couldn't tear my eyes away from the scene before me no matter how much I’d willed my mind to.Every single stroke captivated me and caused heat to pool between my legs like I was being controlled simply by my sexual urges. I had no idea how everything sexually inclined that he did appealed to me, it was becoming much more alarming by the second.I needed to regain control of my mind and body, and I needed to do so now.My hands were resting on the door knob of my room for a few minutes while I tried to steady my breathing and suppress my arousal and I knew that I’d need to refocus on my mission before my sexual urges ruined me.I pushed the door open and shut it behind me, my body had started to feel less on edge and I took a seat on the floor right in front of the door while I thought of a way to get ri
Cora’s POVNina was the last maid to walk into the dining hall because she’d taken a longer route and I watched her through a creak in the door as she offloaded the bowls in her tray and placed them on the table cloth in front of Kai’s designated seat.As much as I’d tried not to get ahead of myself this time around, I was absolutely confident that our plan was rock solid and I’d soon be watching Kai’s lifeless body hit the ground in a few minutes. At the same time that the thought crossed my mind, I heard footsteps and voices approaching the dining hall and I immediately ran to hide behind a pillar to avoid getting caught.“We can leave for the conquest in three days time, they have a festival that'll pool most of the residents in one place on that evening” Levi spoke to Kai as they walked into the dining hall and he nodded attentively.Leila was dragging her feet behind them as she walked in and for some reason she closed the door slightly behind her. Luckily, I could still see her
Kai’s POVI subtly thanked Leila for her help by nodding in her direction softly and she smiled at me brightly while equally modding to prove that she understood. Just then I looked at the door and caught a glimpse of an angry Cora storming off and my guts pushed me to follow her for some reason. I still couldn't feel anything, whatever I had ingested had closed my throat while Leila’s potions and spells had numbed my entire body to get rid of the toxins so when I rose to my feet I almost tumbled over but Levi supported me just in time.“Should I come with you? I can get you whatever you need” Leila offered standing up to follow me.“No, I'm fine” I told her and she slowly lowered herself back into her seat with a nod.I finally felt like I’d regained a substantial amount of balance in my leg after remaining upright for a few seconds and I walked out of the dining hall to find Cora. If my instincts were pulling me.toward her, then I knew that there had to be a concrete reason because
Cora’s POVOnce again, a host of people had been privy to my nakedness against my will and there was nothing I could do about it. However, as humiliating as it was, there were other things on my mind other than how I’d face everyone once I was released.Like why was I locked up in the first place?Several thoughts were crawling through my mind as to why I’d been dumped in a stuffy dark cell, but even worse was the fact that there were insects crawling on my naked body and it was pitch black so I couldn't see them.I’d been thrown into the cell in the morning and evening was nearing but Kai hadn't returned to tell me my offense. I knew I’d poisoned him but I’d made sure that there was no way he could track it back to me and the only other person that knew was Nina and she’d never betray me, so it had to be something else, but what? Suddenly, I heard the locks behind the door rattling and I was a bit relieved that I’d soon get the answer to my question without racking my brain endlessl
Cora’s POVI knew that serving Leila for a day would be hell but I had no idea that it’d be a number of degrees hotter than hell itself.“Scrub it again” Leila ordered me to scrub a flimsy glass statue of hers again for what felt like the hundredth time.I huffed angrily and bent over to scrub it again, she’d explained earlier that she wanted it to glisten until it was blinding and she could see her reflection through it. However, we both knew that it was impossible and she was simply trying to push me over the edge, but I’d already been punished enough by Kai to last me a while so I decided to keep my anger under wraps.When I was done scrubbing the sculpture, I held it up toward her so she could check if her reflection was visible.“Eww, what's this spot?” She scrunched her nose in disgust and glared at me while I searched for the invisible spot she was referring to.“Again!” She rolled her eyes and pushed it back towards me and I genuinely wished that her eyes would get stuck in th
Cora’s POVLiving in the maids’ quarters was a nightmare.Everyone glared at me as I walked and gossiped in whispers as though I was the most abominable creature they’d ever come across. Luckily, I wasn't one to care about their hushed whispers as long as none of them had to balls to walk up to me and say any of that bullshit to my face.On the bright side, I was in the same room as Nina even though there were two other maids there since each room had four bed spaces and four people. That at least meant that she wouldn't have to sneak around and risk her life by coming into my room every now and then.“You look like shit, C” Was what Nina deduced would be an amazing greeting as soon as I walked into the room.“I feel like it too, fucking Leila and her childish tantrums” I kicked off my shoes angrily and blew a heavy raspberry for emphasis.On hearing Leila’s name, Nina sat up straighter in her bed and her eyes bulged out as she realized what must’ve ensued between us.“Shit, you fough