Damien dipped his head down and kissed her back hungrily.His arms tightly wrapped around her and pressed her against his chest. His body temperature was abnormally high. Aurora felt as though she was melting in his arms.“W—What is the matter with you…” she groaned as he kissed her neck. “Are you h
“Relax. I was just messing with you. You seemed too tense.”He placed one hand on the back of her neck and started giving her a massage, which felt kind of nice.“And truth to be told, I don’t think Veronica was lying either,” he said.“Great, you think so too! I paid extra attention to her facial e
The following day, Damien left the Crimson Fortress again.The rogues had done great damage to this area when they occupied the city. There were many small towns and villages nearby, all suffered from the rogue’s tyrannies.Now that they had taken the Crimson Fortress, it was time to clear out this
“Great. We can use as much help as we can get!”Angelina set the bag of grains aside and stood up from the stool.“Glen, can you report to the warehouse? They are doing some heavy works there and we just don’t have enough men.”Glen hesitated and then looked at Veronica.“Are you alright on your own
Veronica grabbed the pen. Hastily, she wrote down:Something wrong with the man out there. We have to tell Gamma Aurora!Chloe looked at her writings.“You mean Silas? He is the local blacksmith. What can possibly be wrong with him?” she said in a drawling voice.Veronica bit her lips in anxiety. Sh
Everything worked out perfectly.Chloe left the office room and returned shortly after with a trolley full of sorted grains and an empty sack.She opened the closet door and shoved Veronica’s body into that sack. Then she lifted that sack onto the trolley.Chloe pushed the trolley out of the office
Chloe clamped her mouth shut to stifle a scream.Veronica’s dead body was lying on the ground, right in front of her eyes. Blood was pooling. Chloe stepped back urgently to avoid her shoes being tainted.And she was shaking violently in fear. It took her almost a minute to utter, “Y—You killed her…”
“Oh yes. Very helpful. And I like her a lot!” Chloe nodded. “She told me how hard it was to live with the rogues. Poor girl, she has been through a lot. I am really glad that she is starting a new life right now.”Aurora and Angelina exchanged a look of delight.Both of them were pleased to see Chlo
She should have her period a week before.Yet it was late now.She couldn’t breathe as fear and horror clouded her mind.Calm down.Girls got their periods late all the time and a week of delay didn’t mean anything…But she couldn’t help but think back to the last time she had sex with Damien in the
She could kiss her goodnight sleep goodbye.Aurora stumped out of the great hall.Clemente was waiting by the doors.He walked up to her as soon as she was not and followed her to the iron gate in silence.Aurora couldn’t help but ask, “Are you going to follow me wherever I go?”“That is the King’s
Fear seized Aurora’s heart as she stared at Clemente, horrified.Was this the person who assassinated her last night?She couldn’t be sure.Because she didn’t get a clear look at the man’s face, just his eyes.But those eyes…They looked exactly the same!“Aurora?”Westin’s voice snapped her back to
Elder Lamonte’s face was expressionless.His calm eyes met Aurora’s for a brief moment, and then he looked away.“Lady Aurora, did you get a clear look at the killer?” Elder Pierre asked urgently.“No,” Aurora shook her head.“This is unacceptable.”Westin said in a deep, anger-filled voice, his sha
Westin placed a piece of grey cloth on the bed.“I tore it off from his clothes last night,” he said.Aurora picked up the cloth and studied it closely.She saw people dressed in cloaks made of similar cloth.The House of Shadows.Which happened to be Elder Lamonte and Agnes’s house.Aurora clenched
Aurora urgently dodged to the right and narrowly escaped the blade by one inch.The killer’s move was swifter than she thought.He swung his arm and threw a punch at Aurora’s shoulder.Aurora was a trained soldier.She was confident that she could stop that punch.So she raised an arm and tried to s
“What kind of friend is more important than his own brother and sister?” Aurora let out a sarcastic laugh. “Or are you saying that you and the King have an improper king of relationship? I wonder what the King says about this—”“NO!” Agnes snapped.She let out a frustrated breath and stood up from h
Belle took a moment to tidy her dress, which got wrinkled during running.Then she puffed her chest, raised her chin, and walked over like a proud princess.“Morning.”She said in a polite yet distant voice.The ladies jerked around in shock. Especially Agnes. Her movement was so large that she almo
Yet she didn’t stop her pace for him.She ran into the hallway and caught up with Sammy and Wells.“Hey, Sammy!”She got to Sammy’s side and gave her a smile, “I want to thank you for standing up for me like that. It means a lot to me.”“D…Don’t be.” Sammy shook her head, “It was Prince Wells. He en