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
Saul’s POVThose damn bastards.Who the hell did they think they were going to talk to me like that anyway? They think I have grown soft for that girl. Never. I have my reasons for doing what I did, and if they can't understand it, then they might as well screw it off.The woman beneath me moans loudly as I thrust in and out of her furiously. She grips the sheets tightly as she arcs her back, opening her ass up more for me to infiltrate her. The more she moans, the more annoyed I get.A groan of frustration leaves my chest, and I spank her ass loudly, causing her to yell in surprise.“Be quiet, damn it!” I order, and she bites her bottom lip to keep it shut. But even then, she would let out a few moans and whimpers here and there.I continue to thrust in and out of her, hoping to get some sort of relief, but I don’t. Sighing with annoyance, I slip out of her and tuck my member into my pants. Hopping off the bed, I grab a bottle of tequila from my nightstand and take a big gulp out of
Caelen’s POV“What the fuck is that smell?” I curse as my nose scrunches up at the foul stench. I walk into the throne room with my hand over my nose. My eyes fall on the tarps on the floor, and my question is instantly answered.My guards called me from my room, saying that there was something I urgently had to see. And now I see what it is.Three dead bodies.I walk up to the first body and unveil the corpse. Another curse leaves my lips when I see who it is. I unveil the other two, and it is just as I thought. That goddamn bitch. I swear I am going to make her death the most painful anyone has ever had to endure on this earth.“Call the kings; tell them we have a meeting. Now.” I order the guard standing next to me."Yes, your majesty!” he says soundly, bowing and then taking his leave. I pace around the bodies, dragging my hand down my face as I try to keep my anger at bay. The day I get my hands on that bitch’s throat, I swear I am going to snap it. Never in my life did I thi
Meredith’s POVIt’s been quiet. Too quiet.I have seen neither the hide nor the skin of any of the kings. Ever since Roman and I’s rather uncivilized previous meeting and my little training session with Saul, I have not seen any of them since then. It has been three days.I swore to do everything within my power to avoid Roman. It is painful enough that we live under the same roof; I can't even stand to breathe the same air as him. I don’t know what I have done to have him as my mate. What a cruel punishment from the moon goddess, if I am to be honest. All he ever does is inflict pain on me and take away the little things that manage to bring me joy.Aside from the fact that we are mates, I wonder how he could leave a helpless girl out in the hallway completely naked like that. Just what is the depth of his cruelty?What could have happened if Maxwell hadn’t arrived when he did? What if someone had taken advantage of me? Would he have cared? I highly doubt that.And to think I was
Meredith's POVSpinning on my heel, I try to make a run for it, but he knocks me down in a second. My breath is knocked out of my lungs, and he flips me over. He gets down on his knees and straddles my waist.I let out a scream as I tried to fight him off, but he took both of my wrists into one of his big hands. “Stop! Let go of me!” I scream at the top of my lungs, hoping that someone will hear me. but there doesn’t appear to be any sign of anyone nearby.Why didn’t I just stay in the library? Why do I always manage to end up in trouble?He starts to undo the buttons on his jeans, and another scream escapes my lips when his manhood springs free. Tears sting my eyes as he rides up my dress and tears my underwear.Is this really going to happen? Am I seriously going to get raped?Marco seals my lips with his as his fingers find their way to my folds. Bile rises within my throat, and I let out the contents of my breakfast into his mouth.Instantly, he tears his lips away from mine and