Three Months

RAY

My mind was filled with different thoughts of what the meeting with Prince Direken would be like as I walked after Will.

"Remember all that I have told you" Will said to me in that same stern and professional tone of his.

"I will" I replied just as we stopped in front of huge, majestic doors. Doors I knew would definitely be leading to Prince Direken's chambers.

The guards at the entrance of the door pulled it open and Will stepped in first. I gulped down hard and walked in after Will.

Immediately I stepped into the majestic chambers, I felt that sharp scent tingle my senses. He was around. Prince Direken was around this place.

I was immediately starting to feel even more nervous than I had felt earlier but I pulled myself together and walked in further after Will.

"This is where Prince Direken accepts visitors and he does get quite a lot. " Will said to me and I nodded thoughtfully, looking at the clearly expensive and luxurious upholstery in the room.

"That door over there leads to his study. Unless Prince Direken calls you to go in there, you are not allowed to go in there on your own will, no matter what you hear or what you think is going on in there." Will paused.

"Even if you think Prince Direken is being killed in there, do not go in unless he asks you to do so." He added.

"And further down this passage..." Will hurried down the passage that was beautifully lit up with soft lights.

"Is Prince Direken's room." Will's hasty steps got him in front of the room in no time and I had to quicken my lads even more to be able to catch up with him.

Will looked at me for a few seconds, eyes judging as he sized me up in his eyes.

"Posture." he said and I immediately adjusted myself even though I had no idea what had been wrong with my posture earlier.

After my adjustment, Will looked to the door and knocked on it.

"Come in" the voice of Prince Direken filled my ears and I felt my knees buck for a second.

Was I truly ready for this? But what if I wasn't ready? Could I ever say no? Of course not. I could never say no to Prince Direken simply because even though my status has been changed overnight, I still had to know my place very much.

Will pushed the door open and we both walked into the room of the Prince. I could have taken a few seconds to admire the beauty and sheer majesty of the room but I laid my eyes on him first.

Prince Direken was standing on the other side of the room, beside a king-size bed. He had a towel wrapped around his waist and his upper body was bare to the sight of Will and I.

Another towel leisurely hung around his neck and he had a bored and almost lazy look in his brown eyes as water dripped down his upper body, trailing the abs on his body. That muscular body of his made me want to cover myself up forever.

I quickly lowered my gaze, realising that I had been staring a bit too much. It didn't matter if he was my mate or not, I was only his advisor.

"Greetings to you, your highness." Will greeted with a very curt bow.

I repeated the greeting with a bow that was not as cute as Will's bow but I would get a better hang of it in no time.

"You are here." his voice was taunting as he spoke.

"Yes, your highness."

"Will, you may leave. I'd call for you when I need you." He dismissed Will and Will left the room wordlessly.

I gulped down as the door shut gently behind me, leaving just myself and Prince Direken in the room. He looked at me, head to toe like I was less of a human but I was used to those gazes.

It was the gaze every noble gave to slaves and as Prince Direken was a royal, I expected the gaze to be even more demeaning that it was right now.

I breathed in as softly as I could and breathed out softly too, not wanting to breathe too harshly lest he noticed that.

"Name?" He demanded to know.

"Ray."

"Ray?" He was clearly asking for my other names but I had none.

"I was born a slave, your highness. I was randomly named Ray." I replied and he threw his head back with a groan, muttering some words underneath his breath.

"My father called to see you this morning, right?" Prince Direken questioned, casually moving over to his closet.

I pressed my lips into a thin line, wondering if I was supposed to admit the truth or not.

"Ray, I do not fancy lies being told to me. Lies kind of bring out the demon in me." he said, turning his head a little to look at me.

"I dare not lie to you, your highness." I kept my head slightly lowered.

"The King did call me in this morning." I replied.

"Hmm. And what did he talk to you about? As much as I know, a king doesn't have anything to talk about with a slave turned advisor or does he?" He pulled out some clothes and dumped them on his bed.

I tried to calm my pounding heart in the chest as he spoke. Definitely, the King would not want me to reveal to Prince Direken that I was meant to watch over him and report his actions to the king, right?

"He simply talked to me about the incident that happened the other night, your highness. And I got the opportunity to thank him properly for the great chance to be able to work by your side, your highness."

He glanced at me, a lazy look in his eyes and then he smirked, a pull at the right corner of his lips that surprisingly made him look even more gorgeous.

'Surprisingly' because I didn't think Prince Direken could look even more gorgeous than he already looked.

Shit! What was I thinking? This was because of the mate bond, the damn mate bond was making me think things, wasn't it?

"You have a great way with words. That's a prequisite for getting up the social ladder." He loosened his towel and my eyes widened at the sudden action of his.

I was supposed to immediately turn away from his sight at his sudden nakedness but I couldn't help it, something in me was faster than my zeal to look away and my eyes darted down.

I could not totally deny the fact that he had looked big the other night. With the huge bulge in his trousers and I had gotten slightly, very slightly curious about what he was spotting underneath.

But now my curiosity had been satisfied. He was... He was huge. Just like it had looked like from his trousers the other night, he was truly huge.

My face flushed and I felt embarrassment and some other feeling seep into me quickly. His cock was...

"Ray!" I scolded myself mentally and looked away.

"Looking away like a scaredy cat after staring for long seconds." I heard him remark and I shut my eyes tightly, my lips pressed tightly too.

My face was even more flushed and my heart rate had increased and something had stirred in the lower part of me. Hell! What was wrong with me being barely able to calm down?!

"The mate bond" Those words made my heart skip a beat.

He was going to talk about the mate bond? What was he going to say about it? That it was impossible between us? I already knew that.

"Do not ever think about the mate bond. I am not the least interested in you. Too weak, too timid and too lowly..." He made a small noise that seemed to be of pity towards me.

I felt my heart plunge down into my stomach but I kept myself composed with a straight look at the wall.

"I could never even manage you, Ray. Keep the mate bond to yourself and keep to yourself too. After three months, we'd break the mate bond off. Good?" He asked.

Mate bonds could be broken but only after three months of the bond. Right, after three months, this entire weird mate bond would be broken and there would be an end to all these sudden weirdness.

"Good, your highness. As you wish."