"Are you pregnant, Isabelle?" That question stabbed like a thousand needles falling from the sky, carried by the wind and raining down on my consciousness in a blur.If it could be described, then my feelings right now would have to be bloody. This was the third time in recent times that my pregnancy was again on the line. "Ha ..." I let out a long breath in exhaustion. I can't, I won't be strong enough to hang my heart out at every meeting with them. At this rate, I could die of a heart attack.I have to prepare a fight if this kind of question can't be avoided from now on."Just what are you talking about?" I retorted to him, deliberately raising the pitch of my voice. Before this, I looked scared and always avoided questions that i got, but now I started acting boldly. I met Arthur's questioning eyes with a look that pierced him with emotion."I'm not pregnant," I said confidently. "And why would you trust Estella's word when you suspect her of being the one who harmed me?"Arthur
"What else do you want to talk about? If it’s about Estella, I don't want to hear it." I yelled at him with all my might, until I forgot that my own body was still weak after the accident.Matthias continued to pull my hand until we were outside the palace. As expected, he had prepared a carriage in the front yard complete with guards and servants. I guessed that he would force me to leave here and head to his palace.But instead, he dragged me to a palace garden that was deserted by many people. At the thought of him and I being alone in this garden, while he bombarded me with questions, I struggled to escape."Matthias, you hurt my hand. It hurts!" I snapped. I punched his back he continued to ignore me, even though my strength was only a small distraction to him."Ouch!"He dragged my body until I hit the wall of the terrace in the garden. I was too busy wincing in pain to realize that Matthias was currently standing in front of me very close.He pressed me against the wall until I
"M-matthias!" I called his name again on my lips which he continued to suck on. I couldn't believe it.The Alpha who had always hated and blamed me was now kissing me. And not just an ordinary kiss, but Matthias kissed me with great passion. As if I was his mate, and as if I was the lover he had always wanted."Hmm—cough!" I started coughing from lack of breath. His tongue continued to explore my oral cavity until both of our saliva came together. I pushed and punched his chest to let me go, but his hands wrapped around my waist instead."Hmmm!" I could only moan and close my eyes, feeling the heat of our kiss. His hands locked the movement of my hands above my head, leaving me to surrender and let Matthias ruffle my lips.The wet sounds that resulted from the touch of our lips embarrassed me even more. At a point where my breath was completely gone, I forced him to break our kiss and let me breathe in air."M-matthias! Let me go!" I said after a long time, and he finally released his
I understood what would happen if Matthias realized that the woman in his dream was indeed me.‘And you mustn't forget about Estella, Isabelle. If she finds out you're pregnant with Matthias, your pack could be in danger. And also if the other princes find out about your pregnancy, you will be in great danger!’ I said to myself, warning my brain to keep working hard to hide my pregnancy."So? Did you get the answer?" I said. In front of him, I continued to put on a mask of indifference so that he wouldn't get suspicious.The weak and submissive Isabelle was no more. I was determined to become a strong and fierce Omega to protect my baby, my pack, and also Anastasia who I still didn't know where she was."You kissed me without permission, I wonder what you got out of that forced kiss," I said again. I deliberately looked at his dark irises sarcastically and emphasized the word 'force' so that he would realize that the kiss he gave me earlier was not what I wanted at all."If you kiss m
"What are you looking at?" Matthias looked at me, who seemed uneasy sitting beside him.Because I had my head turned this way and that with my hand blocking the carriage door from closing."Hey, what are you looking for?" he asked again impatiently, not just getting ignored by me."I'm looking for your mate," I said indifferently. I continued to trace the entire palace from inside the carriage, from the garden courtyard to the front of the palace, and speculated.I wondered if Estella could have seen the two of us kissing earlier."Blame yourself for kissing me with such impudence," I retorted. And I brushed off his hand that wanted to pull my body to stop looking around. "I'm afraid that I'm going to misunderstand Estella. I'm afraid she'll think I've been flirting with her Alpha.""She's not here," he said, who had been sitting quietly beside me with his face bent. "Nathaniel and Arthur are taking her somewhere.""What?" I said, who was shocked.So Estella hadn't been in the palace
And it happened again. The condition where Matthias seems to be indifferent about the mating contract, even though he is currently with me. Doesn't he realize that he's being hypocritical these days?"You kissed me without permission, asked me to come to your palace today, and now? You've turned indifferent to that contract mate. Unbelievable," I spit out various sentences that were stuck in my brain even though it was obvious that he didn't like them."What did you say?" Matthias stopped walking just before we touched the first floor of the magnificent white palace. He turned around and twisted his body to face me. He stepped firmly toward me like a judge about to sentence a corrupt and sinful nobleman.If something like this had happened to me a few days ago, I would have looked like a weak Omega who could only cower in fear before him. But now, with every second Matthias challenged me with his coldness and arrogance, I turned against him again. I was not afraid. As long as he didn'
"Isn't that why you agreed to this mate contract? Especially if it wasn't to raise the status and class of that slave pack of yours?"This time, I was truly offended by his words.My breath was ragged and filled with waves of pent-up anger, as my two eyeballs locked sharply on his arrogant face. At his hand that was currently locking my movement, I brushed it off roughly though it was not enough to make him step out of my way."Watch your language, Matthias," I said in a hoarse voice that wanted him to realize that I was taking offense here. "You're just an Alpha who can never understand how an Omega feels. All of you Alphas, you can pick your mates and throw them away at will. While we Omegas have to live with fear and humiliation every day."My jaw drops every time I talk about this; how hard it is for me to live as an Omega who is always rejected by my Alpha mate. So as soon as I saw Matthias' words that seemed to belittle my struggle, I wanted to slap him and grab his hair until h
"Does this have anything to do with the accident you had a few days ago?" His movements grew bolder as he touched my face. His fingers moved from my forehead, now touching the side of my cheek. The coldness I felt from his soft skin greeted me like dew in the morning; soothing yet also leaving a sense of unease. Our faces were too close for me not to exchange a glance with him. The longer it went on, the less accustomed I became to being stared at by those night-black irises that were sharp as blades. Again and again, his fingers pressed against my cheek, stroking it, as if he was feeling its texture. When his index finger began to trace the parting of my lips, that's when I started to rebel. I gently push his hand away, and move backwards. I tightened the blanket that was the only covering on my body. After watching me start to build a wall separating the two of us, Matthias starts to get self-conscious. He got up from the bed, and grabbed his pyjamas. "Better get yourself cleane