YENA
It was not how I’d expected to spend the night before the show. Fucking and fighting with Nolan.
I figured I’d be up obsessing over the work, finding something to mess with and maybe mess up at the last minute. All the drama at least distracted me from thinking about all that.
Next thing I knew my alarm was going off in the morning. Nolan was in the shower. I went in after him and he left the room without looking at me.
I was getting dressed when he came to tell me he was leaving. He walked up from behind me and put his arms around me and kissed my cheek.
“You’re going to be great,” he said, making eye contact with me in the mirror.
“Thank you,” I said. Neither of us tried a smile. The air in the room was thick.
I turned around before he could leave and looked him in the eye directly.
Nolan opened his mouth and froze. I could al
NOLAN Nolan should have been focused on his morning meetings, but he was distracted thinking about Yena. He had been distracted thinking about Yena since the night he met her.From the beginning, he was addicted to the girl. The feeling he got from touching her was like a drug. And every day she got even more beautiful, somehow.But it was even worse now. Now that he could admit to himself that it was about more than just sex. He cared about Yena more than he had ever cared about anyone. She had been at the school for hours but had not called him. Nolan was obsessively looking at his phone every chance he got, each time feeling a little worse when he saw his only notifications were business related. The show had started by now.&n
I walked the runway wearing the second look in my collection. It was a dress with a layered skirt that hit just above the knee and highlighted my hourglass figure. I knew I looked good in the dress. But maybe I hadn’t realized just how good.The photo flashes, the wild applause, the whistles, and howls were deafening.The rush I felt was amazing.Then my turn on stage was over just as fast as it started, though the crowd did not sound like it could be stopped.Lucy had done her little magic trick backstage and was heading back out to model the third look.She was the one that came up with the idea when we were in the studio.Lucy had only a few seconds behind the curtain in which to get the big ballgown on. But we’d found a way to make it work.We had cut the gown in half.It was agonizing to break those seams apart, after all the work I had put in. But both the bodice and the skirt survived the operation, and then we did something fun with them.Lucy had been wearing the fit
The Gamma warriors fell back into the shadows. I told Susan to go take her seat in the audience and she obeyed. I felt my body relax. Lily was satisfied. And so was I. It’s in your blood, she said to me. You know it’s true. You were born to be their queen. I looked out into the cheering crowd. And for the first time, I started to believe Lily a little. Maybe I did have something noble inside me. Microphone feedback sounded as one of the judges picked up a mic and tapped it. He cleared his throat noisily and said, “Miss Yena, with perfect scores across the board, it’s clear to see that you are our winner today.”The judge wanted to go on, but the audience rallied at this announcement, even though they’d already known I won. I stood beside Lucy again and clasped her hand. The judge pleaded with the audience to quiet down before he continued. “As we do each year at the end of this show, we welcome you to speak briefly about your collect
Nolan answered the phone immediately, before the first ring could trill all the way through. That was a first. “Nolan,” I said when he picked up. Then I realized I didn’t even know where to start. “I know,” he replied. “I am sorry about the post, but Yena, please let me tell you congratulations first. I am so proud of you.” “Thanks,” I said, “but seriously, why did you do that?” “I don’t know. It was an impulse. But I… I don’t regret it.” “You don’t?” Now I was starting to get irritated. I was still in the car with Lucy, who could not hide the fact that she was loving life in this instant. She was eating chocolate covered strawberries like it was her job and listening to my phone call on the edge of her seat. I put it on speakerphone. She could hear most everything anyway. “What I mean is,” Nolan continued, “you’re more ready for this than you realize. And I can help you, any way you need.” “I am not ready to start a busi
NOLAN This was Yena’s night. All Nolan wanted to do was… whatever she wanted. He wanted to worship her. She pleaded for him to put his big dick inside her. Hearing her talk like almost made him lose all control. But he kept himself together.He started out teasing her, getting her body ready for what was coming.He kept letting her think he was about to fuck her hard, but then he’d pull out and sit back on his heels. It was driving her crazy.His eyes roved all over her body. Every inch of her turned him on. It seemed like she grew more gorgeous every day.“Kiss me,” she said, and she jumped on him. He let her push him back on the bed and climb on top of him.She lowered her mouth to Nolan’s and kissed him softly and slowly.He bit into her lip. Hard.He tasted blood.She cried out in a mix of pleasure and pain and threw her head back.He grabbed her hair and pulled her body down into his. She sat into his lap, and he grabbed on tightly to her hips and pushed hims
YENA It had only been an idea… up until that moment. Reading Adan’s book had gotten me started thinking about the opportunities I could find in the human world. The thought of going abroad to study was scary, though.But then today Nolan kept telling me how he thought I was too good for the Noble Academy, and the idea started to grow. It was not something I had actually planned on doing. But when Nolan told me he wanted me to get pregnant, I panicked. And the look in his eyes… he wanted so badly for me to say yes. An hour earlier I never wanted him to take his hands off me. I never wanted to be away from him ever again. And now I was sitting here telling him I wanted to leave. I was scared. I wasn’t ready to be a mother. I had hardly been ready to be somebody’s wife when I agreed to marry him. It looked like I was breaking Nolan’s heart. He was trying very hard to look unaffected. I didn’t know what else to say. I t
NOLAN Nolan was not sure he would make it to the school in time to surprise Yena as she was leaving campus, but he wanted to try. He did not know where things stood with them.The past twenty-four hours had been a whirlwind.She passed out as soon as he tucked her into bed, which did not surprise him. And then he stayed up all night staring into the darkness, imagining what his life would be like without Yena.A life without Yena no longer made any sense.He remembered what his mother told him about the prophecy. Nolan had been doubtful when Luna told him that story. But it all made perfect sense now.Yena completed Nolan.But he loved her more than he needed her.In the light of day, Nolan felt a little better, because he was able to keep himself busy with work. He told himself he and Yena would work things out. He would find a way to make her happy, without losing her.The prince’s car arrived just in time to intercept the one that had been on the way to retrieve Yena
ADANAdan stood in the doorway of the throne room, waiting for his father’s permission to enter. The King spotted him and said, “Come in, my son,” in his distinctive baritone voice. Adan paced over to the King. He bowed before his father and remained on one knee with his head hung low. “You may rise,” the King said a few moments later. Adan stood. The King gestured to a chair and bade Adan to sit. “I was wondering,” the King continued, “when you would come to see me. I heard you’ve been in the country for months.” “I felt sure I would not be welcome here,” Adan replied. “After the grave sin I committed the last time that I was in your home, when I abdicated my birthright and left my King without a proper heir.” The King gave Adan a hard look.Adan did not avert his eyes. He waited out a very long minute of silence.Finally, the King said, “Say what you came here to say.”His father liked to get straight to the point. Adan appreciated th