Yet now, everything had changed.“Leave us,” Damien said.The soldiers bowed and backed out of the room.Jane turned around to face him, a sarcastic smile on her face.“They really treat you as the big boss. Seems that you already have Silas wrapped around your finger. Congratulations,” she mocked.
Aurora was locked in this very room.She lost all freedom.Her door was guarded by armed soldiers.A couple of maids stayed in the room all day, keeping a close eye on her. She tried to ask them to leave but failed.Her every move was monitored.And Damien would not let anyone visit her.Morgana cam
Her phone was confiscated. Maids watched her during the day and then Damien took over by the night.It seemed that there was absolutely nothing she could do.Before Aurora could figure out a doable plan, a group of soldiers came to bring her out of there.“The King asked to take her to the Counselin
At the very last second before the axe landed, Aurora let out a sharp cry and pulled her hands with her full might!The strength was enormous.Her hands dodged the blade by less than half an inch.The axe didn’t chop down her hands, but it pared a thin layer of skin and smashed down to the hardwood
Damien stared at Silas, unblinking.“She is MY woman. No one can touch her besides me. I made this clear to you already, Silas. Yet you went behind my back.”Silas frowned, looking a bit anxious.“But—But you broke up, didn’t you…” Chloe stuttered. “She is not your woman anymore…You have someone bet
Chloe held her head down, still struggling internally.“Guards.” Silas commanded, “Lady Chloe needs some help.”“Yes, my King!”Soldiers took an eager step forward immediately.“Wait a second!” Chloe cried.Being forced by a bunch of lowly guards…It looked even worse than getting on the knees hersel
Plus, being a maid meant that she could get out of the room and walk around.She would get her freedom back.It was a great deal.So Aurora answered right away without hesitation, “Yes.”But Damien spoke up at the same time, “NO.”Having heard about her answer, Damien snapped his head toward her wit
“It is not your damn business, OK?”Wendy snarled with an eyeroll.“The rule is there for a reason. You just follow the rules. And stop asking silly questions.”She took one more critical look at Aurora and let out a snort, “Let me go fetch you a maid’s uniform. You can’t wear your current clothes.”
There were only 3 days left before Aspen chose the final 3.So every lady was out there doing their best to win over the boy’s heart.Some of them brought Aspen handmade cookies; some tried to buy him off with expensive jewelries; one lady even hired an entire circus to the packhouse just to make th
Damien widened his eyes.He saw a woman’s face, which was covered by dreadful burns and scars.Her skin got licked by flames so hard that it was almost impossible to recognize her original features.This was not the scene that he expected to see when he removed that mask.The room lapsed into a deat
Damien’s breathing quickened.That woman…how dared she lie to him!And most importantly, why would she hide her real identity?Who was she, really?Damien ended the phone call and went back to the dining hall.He took a deep look at the woman sitting next to Aspen. She was still wearing that mask ev
The elder cleared his throat awkwardly.He wanted to rule out Janine Kurt as well.But the King clearly said that he wanted her to stay. He didn’t show as much interest to the other ladies, only to this one.As astonishing and ridiculous as it might seem, this Janine Kurt might actually be the winne
During the next couple of days, Damien was busy meeting up with the other Luna candidates.Aurora was glad that he was preoccupied with other things and couldn’t badger her with insane questions anymore.She went into the packhouse during the day to spend time with Aspen. And during the night, she h
The tension between them started to build up again.“No.”Aspen replied loudly, “I don’t want to go to your orchard.”Blanc and Gabriel let out a sigh of relief.Ellington looked super embarrassed.“Are you sure? It will be fun. I bet that you have never been to a private orchard opened up just for
They ran down the path through the garden and saw Aspen collapsed on the ground not so far from here.The boy rubbed his forehead, with tears circling in his eyes.Standing in front of the boy was Lady Ellington.Aurora rushed to hold the boy in her arms. “Aspen! What happened?”Aspen twitched his l
“…I—I don’t know.”He said after a while, “You should pick a pretty lady, I guess?”Damien’s eyes flickered across Aurora’s face, “You believe that Lady Kurt is the prettiest among all of them. So you think I should pick Lady Kurt?”“No, not Lady Kurt!” the boy cried anxiously.“But you said that sh
Aurora’s mind went blank.Damien didn’t kick her out? But…why?She intentionally downplayed herself. Anyone with a right mind would think that she was not qualified to be the King’s Luna.Yet Damien didn’t explain his decision.He simply got up from his crown and left the room. The elder and Lord Ku