I woke up before Conrad the next day and since it was his off day, he had planned to stay in the bed for longer. I wanted to leave the room and get some fresh air, clear my head as I had been drowning in many thoughts and worries.
We had spent some time together that was more than enough for others to raise their eyebrows at us, especially Kruz but more importantly, I was worried about what my feelings for Conrad.There was no doubt that I had fallen for him beyond my control, but what was going to be the outcome of it?I reached the garden after hard and harsh stares of everyone and let out a sigh. Inhaling and exhaling in and out, I felt better in the fresh air.As I turned around to walk towards the other side of the garden, I saw Kruz making his way in my direction very angrily. I knew he would never let it rest until he has bothered me about it.“What do you think you are doing?” he stopped right when he was a step away from me, his eyes digging holes through minI was shocked at the sight, totally didn't expect him.Conrad was holding her in his arms whilst she had her buttons open and her brea*ts out."Cordelia!" he saw me watching him in shock and knew that I had seen him with her. He suddenly let go off her and sprinted in behind me but I turned around and then grasped some strength to toss towards him again.I picked up the file and forced a weak smile onto my face while making eye contact with him."You have left this file behind, Sire!" I murmured, shocking him with my expression and the tears in my eyes.“Cordelia, it isn’t what it looks like,” Conrad knew the smile on my face was fake as I was hurting badly deep down inside. “No! you don’t have to explain anything, sire!” I smiled again, watching Selene bringing her eyebrows together to form a furrow and cover her chest. “Cordelia, please stop. I know you are thinking there was something going on between us and that’s why you are---listen, let’s talk,” he was
We didn’t talk after that and I told him very clearly that I didn’t want to sleep in the bed with him. He was silent as if he was busy calculating everything, especially the link thing.I fell asleep before him and woke up in the middle of the night very thirsty and feeling dizzy. I decided to march up to the kitchen and get some water as my throat felt like there were million tiny needles stuck in my throat.“Look who got thirsty,” I recognized the voice, it was Mr. Kruz, there was no way something happened and he wouldn’t arrive. I knew he would show up out of nowhere to somehow make my life stressful. He would not waste a single moment to rub any failure into my face. “I heard you got abducted tonight or were you trying to run away?” he slammed the fridge’s door on my face, bringing his face a little closer to my face until I moved away from him. “Is that what you have to say?” I was honestly tired of his empty threats now, if he had some show to showcase then h
As we sat down in the car, I felt a feeling of extreme emotion in my heart and then in my eyes in the form of tears. “Stop here, I need to buy a bouquet for the lady,” Conrad stopped the car and then walked out without noticing that there was someone left behind who was suffering from his actions. Since I was feeling this suffocation, I got out of the car to stand under the clear sky and breathe some fresh air and that’s when I saw him walking in my direction with the bouquet in his hands. A smile crept over my lips when he stopped in front of me and handed me the bouquet, I wish I could have accepted it but he had not only made me angrier by going on a date with Selene but because of many other things as well.“I don’t need it,” I handed it back to him and after some seconds of shaking his head, he added. “It’s not for you, I want you to see if this one or that none,” he pointed at the one his guard was holding as he came towards me. It angered me a lot and I
The date ended with them sharing giggles and laughs. They had spent over hours talking about nonsense, I can’t believe full on adults could waste their times on such topics. Conrad never for once asked me how I was doing sitting there and doing nothing, he was just enjoying his life to the fullest with this girl. “Take Cordelia home, I will drop Selene myself.” Conrad, who had now been ignoring me all of a suddenly, told the driver to leave me home. My mind instantly blocked all the other thoughts and one thing appeared in my thoughts, he would make out with her. This is how every date ends, when the guys leave her at home, they make out. And it made sense, he would be striking two birds with one arrow. I wanted to eye him for sending me away but this guy did not even acknowledge my existence. Conrad, who didn’t get up to receive her in the beginning was now opening the car door for her. “Ma’am!” the driver shook me awake and gestured me to get inside the car. I was
It had been almost two hours that he hadn’t returned after dropping her. Her house wasn’t built on the hills or mountains that it was taking him so long. I had been awake on the couch with my face in my hands and my heartbeat going up and down. I was let to acknowledge his arrival when he opened the door and walked inside very tiredly.I wanted to not act so desperate but this link or whatever it was, it had been beginning to make do things that I wouldn’t usually do under normal circumstances. I watched him rubbing the back of his neck and signing every once in a while. “So, did you use a cond*m or you were too desperate to not waste time that you forgot about that as well?” before I could even repeat the words in my head and decide that they were probably not the very best thing to say to an Alpha king, I had already sputtered out to him in rage. “What?” the look on his face was enough to help me discern that I have messed up, “You heard me right. I thought you
"What is going on here?" Conrad's eyes made me feel guilty when I only did it so that I could escape this pain of broken heart and scattered feelings. I was not being difficult to get, I had a reason to push Conrad away. So that I could get away from the enchantment of his love which was nothing but a result of the link I was tied to him with.I looked away from meeting eyes with him, but I knew Conrad and Kruz were looking in the eyes."I'm so sorry for bothering you. She needed some action with me, I hope there is no problem," Kruz didn't mean it in a sarcastic way, he was speaking very casually like the way he speaks to Conrad in daily basis. I know that he knew that there was something going on with Conrad and me so he knew Conrad was upset when seeing us together or at least mad that his toy was being used by Kruz because I think even Kruz didn’t take Conrad’s feelings for me seriously."I'll need her beside me tonight, I am feeling immense pain even before I have fall
In the next few days, we have put all the issues aside and had started to focus on breaking this curse. “Morning,” Conrad responded to the maid but then he received a call so he left me in the garden alone with the same two maids. I had a feeling that they were going to bring up Selene once again to annoy me. “Did you tell you that he likes Selene?” the maid with blond hair called Cindy mumbled, battling her thick eyelashes and making me frown once again.“No! why would he tell her, she is not someone important who deserves to know,” the other one called Gallinda retorted, these two were truly some sort of villainous just running around thinking bad about others and wishing bad things on them.“Oh yeah! You are absolutely right,” Cindy covered her mouth to snicker in order to piss me off. I honestly didn’t want to do this that day because I had some things planned for the day.“Leave the food tray and leave,” I had to act like them to annoy them back. Hearing me ord
I've been enchanting the spell and waking up my ancestors to bestow me with the gift of magic.After some time of silence and failure, just when an inkling of giving up for the night ran through my body, my brain froze and the weather started ti get worse. I began to hear loud whispers and as I wished to open my eyes, I found my body being shaken up by many hands on my back.It was the scariest feeling ever, I had started to feel an extreme headache. My whimpers left without my knowledge.I couldn't even tell how badly I was suffering and whimpering in pain when all of a suddenly I was shaken awake from the trance by Conrad."Stop! You don't need to do this." He was holding me tightly from my arms and spoke determinedly.I was panting and gasping for ear, my vision blurred due to the tears of fear and terror."You don't need to do anything, Cordelia." He whispered and pulled me even closer on his chest and hugged me. I found myself sobbing and shivering
It has been a few days since everything. Conrad has been all over me as I overexerted myself during the ritual. I have barely left the room. He gets me everything I would need. As sweet as it was, it was also a little annoying not being able to move or roam around. I am thankful to Uziel for getting Conrad off my back. He has called for a pack meeting and requested my presence. I hope everything is alright. He never really calls for meeting so suddenly. I sighed as I made my way to the meeting hall. I could see the room filled with pack members. Conrad and Uziel were standing on the makeshift stage at the end of the room. Conrad extended his hand, and I gratefully accepted it as he helped me on the stage. Uziel stood at the center with Conard next to him while I stood comfortably next to Conrad. His hand wrapped around my waist and it made me a little shy with the fact that we had the pack members watching our every move. Uziel cleared h
Everything happened in a blur; Conrad had made sure to get Kruz’s body away before I even opened my eyes. Clara, on the other hand, tried her best to free herself. I could see her struggle, her agony on not being able to perform magic. I wanted her to feel every bit of the pain she has inflicted on me. I wanted her to know how to it feels to be helpless. Tears continued to stream down her face, and surprisingly enough, I did not feel upset seeing her that way. “Please, let me go. I promise, I would never bother you again.” She pleaded “You still have audacity to think you could be forgiven?” Uziel asked, his anger and hatred clear in his voice, and the way she flinched, she knew it was for her. “Please, I am sorry. Let me go. I promise to never come back.” She pleaded pathetically making me scoff. “Cordelia, please, help me.” She pleaded with me; it didn’t affect like it normally would. “After everything you did, you still expect me to
After we have shared the vows, both of us stared at each other to signal that we were ready. “You may now mark the bride,” Uziel smiled at Conrad, who tossed his face to me and then looked around. Clara and Kruz were standing very close to us, as I said, there were not many people attending the wedding. “I have a concern,” I suddenly objected and that led both Clara and Kruz to share a glance and then watch me. “We don’t have time, Cordelia.” Clara spoke very anxiously; her eyes weren’t able to focus on one spot. She was quickly looking around to avoid eye contact at any cost. “Maybe she is not ready to help her husband out yet,” Kruz tried to play mind games, pressuring me into showing my sincerity for Conrad.“You are just a Beta, don’t speak on the behalf of your Queen,” Conrad, who had been desperately waiting to punish Kruz, muttered and it shocked him. Kruz had been with him since they were kids, that’s when he thought he deserved more power than him. "I
We couldn’t sleep the whole night. I told him everything in the next few hours."I can't believe Kruz wants me gone." Conrad and I had been lying naked under a blanket and cuddled up. Now that he knew everything, we didn't really need those."When I was first brought here, he as*aulted me in the dungeon," I still recalled everything he had done to me. I noticed Conrad pulling away from me and sitting in the bed, he was staring at me with a frown on his forehead, "the day your father found me using magic, I was actually saving myself from him because he was - - - he was going to r*** me." once I finished, he made tight fists of his hands and tried to get out of the bed but I grasped his arm and pulled him back."We have to be very careful about what we do, we have no idea who else they have under them. They might have casted a spell on most of the mansion, let's not do anything in haste." I rubbed his hand between my hands to calm him down as he breathed heavily like a bull.
"What? I don't know what you are saying. Why would I want your virginity?" He shook his head and started dialing her number again.I knew what was happening and how he can break this spell, well, the answer was right there.Only he can break this spell and set himself free."Because you won't be able to feel my touch after tomorrow." now that I knew Selene won't be able to read his mind or hear what I was saying since she was long asleep, I started opening up to him.There was a mist forming in his eyes, I knew he was feeling helpless and bad for not being able to hold me tight and tell me it will be fine, like he would always do. I remember I used to push him away because of the people around us, because of that link, but I was now realising how much his hug, his arms had boosted my confidence in the past. Yes! we humans do take smallest things for granted but when we lose them only then we realise how important and how special they were to us."What do you me---an,"
I stole my eyes from Clara and began to brainstorm an excuse. The instant Uziel got upo from his seat and left for his room, I cleared mu throat to explain my motives. “I wanted to know why my mother tried to kill me. I just cannot understand that she did it only for power, she loved me.” I was lying out of my mind, fearing if she would even believe me at this point but then she passed me a sad smile and it gave me enough confident to keep moving on.“Cordelia! Evil people dpnt need reasons to hurt ypu, they just find a way to do it and they do it,” now that I was aware of her true intentions, her fake smile and comforting tone was not enough to console me. “You are right!” I whispered under my breath and noticed Kruz and Conrad leaving the table. I knew Kruz only stayed behind to make sure I wasn’t doing anything behind their backs or I have not got up on them. “What is happening between you and Conrad? I noticed the change in his attitude towards you, I thought you
I was sprinting to Uziel’s room, my heart was beating like a drum and my skin covered in goosebumps. Somebody has to listen to me or they will succeed in their evil plans. Before knocking on his door, I gathered myself together and plastered a fake smile across my lips. He opened the door and stared at me in confusion, I don’t think he was expecting me to pay him a visit and disturb his peace. “I am so sorry your highness, but the matter in hand was important. Clara and I want to get the access to the books of magic, we are preparing for the ritual and i---,” I don’t think he wanted me to explain, he was ready to do anything for his son. “Here, please make sure everything goes perfectly.” He had the same misery in his eyes that he had when he asked me last time to help his son. I took the keys from his hand and gave him a satisfactory smile, despite being heavily scared and confused myself. He didn’t even know that his son was now even under some kind of spell. I mar
I kept listening to her and the more I heard, the more I shivered in my skin. But she wasn’t alone neither was she on the call. It seemed as there was somebody inside with her. “The plan is simple; Conrad is not getting free from this curse.” There was content in her tone as if she had no worries that it was living person she was talking about. “But why did the crystal show Cordelia as his mate?” My stomach formed a knot when I recognized the voice. I had to cover my mouth to prevent the gasp of horror heaving my lips. Kruz!It was Kruz with Clara.“Imogen had decided to kill two birds with one stone.” Listening my mother’s name from her lips hit me like a bullet, “She wants Cordelia dead so that she can get the powers for herself because as long Cordelia lives, there will be a fear among us, she will never let us hurt Conrad or the pack. Tomorrow when Conrad marks her, the ritual we will perform will not lift up the curse but kill his mate. After she is dead,
We have all been gathered by Clara in the living room at night time where she wanted to discuss the ritual in detail. Now I understood that even if I was not related to the witch who had cursed Conrad, I would have still not been able to lift the curse because of how unprepared I was. She had put out different things this time, there was a crystal ball on the desk that I don’t remember being used in this ritual. “This is a new thing for you, I bought it for a purpose.” Clara watched me eyeing the crystal and it made her mention me, “There are a few steps that we need to take in order to completely free him from this ritual.” She stated and then started explaining it in detail, “In these three days, we will need to do it on the day of his wedding, right after he marks his mate.” As she announced, my heart flipped inside my chest and I tossed my face to Conrad, who looked very shocked as well. “Mate?” Conrad repeated and then shook his head, “I already have one.” He didn’t