AVERYMy eyes twitch as I glare at the barely standing tower. I am just so done. First, Draven was getting on my nerves. Now, it’s Aleister who is after my sanity.“ What are you waiting for? It’s your turn. Don’t make us wait. ” Draven snorts, his eyes twinkling with satisfaction.“ You— ” I glance at Aleister.Not so surprisingly, he is already drilling holes in my face. I swallow the word ‘Cheater’ when I notice his dark eyes. My stomach turns to mush as I hurriedly look back to the Jenga tower.“ The Princess has lost. Leave her be. ” Agrona chimes in.I shoot her a strained look. My bottom lip is almost sticking out at this point.I do not want to lose for the 14th time. This is just so…stupid. I groan internally.Suddenly, a current jolts down my spine as Aleister’s forefinger brushes down my ear. A pleased sigh escapes my lips before a horrified look crosses my face.“ Put her to bed. ” He whispers.“ Hmm? ” I blink, facing him. His hand is still hovering around my ear. Eithe
AVERYAleister notices the stiffness in my body and tugs my top lip in his mouth. I hiss, instantly sucking that lip in. “ Don’t mind me. Just pretend I didn’t see you two kissing like animals in the middle of the hallway. ” Draven chuckles.“ Get the fuck out of my sight. ” Aleister glances over his shoulder. My dazed eyes rise to the strained veins in his neck. An image of him hovering above me like a Grim Reaper as he pounded mercilessly flashes before my mind, making my cheeks warm up. I lick my lips, slowly lowering my eyes to my hands that are resting over his chest. I release a sigh, no longer focusing on Draven or Aleister’s bickering. I am hidden with his body that can cover mine any day. Surprisingly, it feels…safe. It’s like if he continues to stand like this, so close to me, hiding me from the world, I might never fear anything again.But he hurt me. I reason. The thoughts of feeling safe with him just don’t make sense to me. It feels like this is the nth time that I a
AVERY“ Why is it so dark? ” I wonder, folding my arms across my chest.When he forced me to ‘eat with him’, he didn’t say he would be bringing me to a terrace. The table was already set and the food was steaming hot so I had no doubt, he planned this all along.Would he ask me for dinner if he didn’t find me with Celia?Or did he ask someone to prepare all this after he saw me there? There is no telling.“ A Kingdom and the King have a bond. ” Aleister says, before taking a small sip of the red wine. “ I know. The Kingdom’s weather and conditions sometimes get affected by a King’s mood. ” I sigh. “ then is your mood so dark right now that the sky is covered with dark fog and I can’t see the moon? What time even is it? ”Aleister’s lips stretch into a smirk as he puts his glass down and looks at me. The shadows of the candles lit on the table make him appear glowing. His grey eyes twinkle in the yellowish light, compensating for the lack of stars in the sky.“ It’s not my mood. ” He
AVERY I want to ask so many questions from him and I am scared that he will continue to press me into revealing something I am not comfortable with. If he doesn’t agree to this rule, I guess, I will have to drop it here. He stares at me for a long, hard moment. Contemplating. Peering into my soul. “ Don’t look at me like that. It makes me think of your face when you are getting fucked. ” He scrunches his nose. My back arches off the chair uneasily. I curl my hands and avoid eye contact. His dirty words will kill my heart soon. “ I agree. ” Aleister adds. “ let’s move on then. ” “ Of course. ” I pick up the wine glass and take another sip to avoid him. “ When I asked for a Lycan child…you said it’s not possible. ” He leans in, appearing bigger. My hand pauses. The edge of the wine glass hovers close to my lips as I wait for his next words. “ Why is it not possible? ” He asks. My hands tremble. “ Why does it matter to you? ” Did he notice something?“ You might think you ar
ALEISTERWhen her lips meet mine, I have a feeling she will leave me hanging again. She will get her fill of me but I will be yearning for more. That’s how it has always been.She doesn’t seem to long for me as much as I do for her.Even after knowing that, I can’t help but kiss her harder. Her lips taste like the strawberries she ate earlier. It gets to my head—her scent, her touch, the softness of her. Groaning, I pick her up and sit her over the table. My hands push everything else away, helping her settle better over the surface before I grip her hips and tug her closer. She gasps and struggles to pull away. There it is—I have not even felt her yet but she already wants to put distance between us.I suck her bottom lip, a rough grunt leaving my mouth before I let her go. Her soft breaths ghost my wet lips, making it harder for me to retain control.After a few deep breaths, I open my eyes to look at her. She is watching the dishes hovering in the air with her wide, beautiful ey
ALEISTERI kiss her again. Her lips part in surprise, allowing me to swipe my tongue inside to taste her. And fuck, she is like a drug. I suck her lower lip, the small crease fitting right into my mouth. I am lost. Losing never felt so fucking good. I could see heaven before my closed eyes and I want to be here longer. The trance breaks when two tiny hands struggle to push me back. I breathe, savor the taste of her mouth, and let her go. She is glaring at me now.“ I hate you. ” She whispers, jumping down from the table. My hand shoots out to grab her wrist and pull her back to me. With her, it’s like one step ahead and then ten steps behind. Maybe, I should tell her that if I do devote myself to her, her life will be in danger. The people around me will never let her have me. “ Avery. ” I sigh.“ No! ” She growls, attempting to push me back again. “ You want me to be faithful and devoted while you go around sleeping with other women. You are not ready to even let me call you m
AVERY“ Are you staying the night? ” My eyes twitch as I shift my attention to Draven who is still occupying the wing chair in my room.His presence makes no sense but makes all the sense in the world. The dreaded Full Moon is finally here and for some reason, I have a bad feeling about things.My mind replays the moment I saw Agrona passing by the Hall. Her eyes conveyed a strange malice that sent shivers down my back.It felt like a silent promise of a doom that was to come soon.I shudder, wrapping my arms around myself.“ Leister asked me to look after you. ” Draven sighs and runs his fingers through his hair.“ On the Full Moon…is he worse than what I saw before? ” I murmur.His lips curl in a gesture that I can not call kind. My heart misses a beat.“ In our family, a man is always born with this curse. When the Full Moon rises, he loses any resemblance to himself and turns into a Beast who is after blood. Leister is that for us. He shouldered the curse and because of that, the
AVERY After my endless attempts to open the door, it doesn’t even budge. The longer I stay in here and hear her calling out for help, the more my heart threatens to beat out of my chest. How did she get out? Why didn’t Draven get to her yet? Did something to Draven too? Sweat trickles down my spine as I look all around me, trying to silence the questions and find a way out. What do I do? How do I— “ Averyyyy… ” The familiar demonic voice giggles. I gasp and look up. The lights flicker in the room. My eyes search for the invisible power that keeps snickering but find nothing. Am I imagining things again?“ Go, go, go. ” Teeth clatter, a scary voice reaching my ears. A cold hand touches my hair from behind. I whip around, facing the door that is…slightly open. My palms sweat. I tremble, still hearing the voice laughing as if taunting me into doing something I shouldn’t. “ Go, go, go. ” She repeats. It has to be a trap. “ Princess! Save me, Princess! ” Celia's heartwren