Meredith’s POV“I don’t know what you are-My words are cut short, and a gasp leaves my lips as he slams me against the wall. His large hand wraps around my throat, cutting off my air supply. Instinctively, my hands claw at his, but all to no avail.Roman brings his lips dangerously close to mine. His minty breath fans my face as his dark eyes pin me to the spot. His voice is calm. Too calm.Especially for someone who is just barely an inch away from killing his own mate.“We both know that is a lie. Now, try again.”My lungs are screaming at this point, and black dots are tainting my vision. He lets go of me, and I instantly fill my lungs with oxygen. I recover my breath and massage my possibly bruised neck. He steps away from me, and I look at him through teary eyes. He knows I am not human, possibly because of our mate bond. But if he finds out that I am an omega, then it surely will not be good for me. He is a heartless monster who knows what he will do to me. Roman tilts his
Meredith’s POVPanic courses through my veins as I search the hallway. Thankfully, there is no one present to witness this play, but for how long?I shoot to my feet and slam my fist against Roman’s door. On a normal day, I would not dare do such a thing, but for God’s sake, I am butt naked out here.“Please hand me my clothes at least; I can’t walk around the palace like this! Please!” I scream as I pound against his door. He doesn’t open it; he doesn’t even say anything. My heart aches with hurt. I can’t believe he can be so cruel to leave me out here like this.My heart plummets to the pit of my stomach when my ears pick up on the sound of approaching footsteps. Someone is coming. Shit!“Roman please!” I plead, pounding harder on his door. “He’s not going to open the door for you.”My body grows still, and I swallow the bile that has risen within my throat. Slowly, I turn to find a man in a black suit standing right behind me. He appears to be a few years older than me, but not n
Meredith’s POVI know I want nothing to do with him but he might as well be my only hope.But how can I possibly do that when we obviously hate each other?It makes me wonder: who was his first mate? He must have loved her a lot. What really happened? How did she die?Perhaps Sarah would know.For the first time in about three days, I opened the door to my room, so you can imagine my surprise when I found a woman standing right on the other side.She has her fist raised in the air, which suggests that she was just about to knock. “You are being summoned to the dining room by the kings.”You have got to be kidding me."Oh, okay,” I say, then step back into my room to shut the door. She stops it with her hand and pushes past me.“They ordered that you come now. I am to see that you are dressed appropriately,” she says firmly, and I rear my head back a bit with surprise.She roams my wardrobe without permission and picks out two pieces of red lingerie and a silky robe for me. I could hav
Meredith’s POV “I am sorry you had to see all of that,” I say, picking up my robe from the floor. My eyes meet his, and I am surprised to find light in them with a smile on his face.“Oh no, not at all. I am quite used to it, actually,” he says, and my cheeks flush once again. I keep my gaze down and cannot help but wonder how long he has worked here for him to be used to such sights. Just when I am about to excuse myself, he says something that surprises me. “What is your name?”“Meredith,” I reply, and a corner of his lips lifts, showcasing a dimple.“Meredith,” he repeats, my name rolling off his tongue like honey. “I believe it means magnificent, a great ruler.” The smile that lifts my lips is so wide, I almost thought the corners were touching my ears. “Yes, yes, it does.” I trail off. My father told me that it was my mother who gave me that name when I was born. I would be the greatest ruler of our kingdom.Now look at what it has become.“Your parents made an excellent choi
Meredith’s POVMy question is answered immediately when I see the person standing behind him. Gwen.She told him.That bitch!She has a sly smirk on her lips before she says, ‘I warned you’. She disappears down the hall, leaving me alone with the furious alpha before me. Roman picks me up by the neck, instantly cutting off my air supply. He brings his lips to my ears, and his words send unpleasant shivers down my spine. “You know what I hate more than witches? It’s a lying one that thinks she can take me for a fool.”"Roman, please let me explain,” I croak as his grip on my throat tightens.“Silence!” he snaps in my face. He leads me down the hall, and I am barely able to keep up with his long strides. I stumble a few times, but his grip on my neck won’t give me a chance to recover.I find myself in an unfamiliar part of the palace. The lighting is dim, and something about the whole place just gives off an eerie aura. My gaze falls on two guards standing in front of a metal door. T
Meredith’s POVI always imagined myself dying at an old age in my sleep. I never would have imagined that itwould be in the hands of a lunatic at such a young age. The wheels in my head spin faster than they ever have before, as I think of a lie. “I had to go say goodbye to someone. An old friend of mine that worked in the same mansion as I did under my master,” I lie, and Saul tilts his head to the side.“I admire you; you know that?” he says, and his words confuse me. until he says, “You witnessed me torture a man to death, yet you still have the guts to lie to my face.”I shrink back, pressing myself further into the wall, even though I know it is no use. “I am not lying.”“You are,” he says simply, taking a step back. “How did you even get out? I am curious.” There is true intrigue and curiosity in his eyes as he awaits my response. “I climbed up that oak tree and jumped to the other side,” I admit, and he shakes his head, amusement trickling in his eyes.“You mean the one I ca
Her friends squeal with excitement, but Gwen doesn’t seem shocked at all; she looks like she was expecting it. Her eyes meet mine, and I look away instantly, trying to act like I didn’t care even though it was killing me inside.She leaves the room with the maid, and I do not know why I have this urge to scream my lungs out.“Hello? Earth to Meredith?!” Sarah calls out, and my cheeks heat up in embarrassment. I totally zoned out on her.“I am sorry.”“You haven’t been acting like yourself for some time; tell me what the problem is,” she says, and my heart warms at the genuine concern in her eyes. Maybe having someone to talk to will ease off all this tension I feel...So I tell her everything from the moment I escaped that night and got caught by Gwen. Sadly, I did not tell her the truth about where I actually went and instead told her the lie I told Saul. Then I tell her how Roman dragged me to Saul and what happened in the torture room.“You have no idea how lucky you are,” she s
Roman’s POVTEN MINUTES EARLIER“You are a damn fool.” I said to Saul, shaking my head in annoyance and pushing myself off my chair. Pacing the board room, I drag my hands down my face in frustration.“You actually believed that crap? How dumb can you be, Saul?” Caelen asks him, and Saul rolls his eyes.“Of course I did not believe her. but I saw it in her eyes; she wouldn’t have talked if I had tortured it out of her. She is strong, and I believe what she is hiding is something far greater than what we are thinking,” he says, and his words only piss me off more.Baring my teeth and clenching my fists, I say, “Then why the hell did you let her go? You let a possible threat roam the palace. We don’t even know what she is looking for; what if she finds it and screws us over because of it? Goddamn it, do you even think about it? To think you would have learned your lesson after what happened last time.”Saul clenches his fists, and I see that fire light up in his eyes. I seem to have tou