Chapter Forty-nine Maelis Trouble after trouble, a problem after the other, that was all I knew was going to happen by working as Prince Kael’s personal slave, that was everything I expected, and I knew it was going to happen. When we got to his quarters, he directed the other maids to their different positions, except me. My heart kept thumping hard in my chest, I tried so hard now to show my fear, but I couldn’t control the constant shaking of my hands. He turned to me every minute, and I would stop walking, wondering if he has anything to say to me, but he would just resume back walking without saying anything, leaving me confused and frustrated. He did it about five times until we got to his room and he finally turned me to me, a big smile on his face. “Do you know who you are and what you are to me now?” That question was really unexpected and I didn’t know what to say, I just hung my head and didn’t say a word to him. “When I ask you question, you give a response.” He ye
Chapter FiftyUlricThe way she hugged me so tightly, I could tell that there was something wrong, something that wasn’t good and was giving her a tough time.I wanted to pull her back immediately and ask her what was going on, to see if I could solve her problem, but I just held her close, running my finger through her hair; the first thing that attracted me to her.The deep and hot breaths she took sent shivers down my body and I could feel goosebumps jumping off my skin. The urge to ask what was going on grew, but she seemed like she wanted the hug so bad, so I continued to hold her close while looking around to be sure that there was no one coming.I knew Kael was a lot to handle and it must have gotten to her, I expected that, but I didn’t expect it to be as fast as this. Kael didn’t possibly do anything bad to her, did he?I wanted to ask all these questions, but she just held me tightly, and didn’t move, and I didn’t want to disturb her, until she was ready to pull away.After
Chapter Fifty-oneMaelisI stumbled through the palace hallway with constant sniffles and my heart racing. I just needed that warmth that comes with being in Ulric’s arms, but it reminded me of my present situation and how hard the whole thing was, I just couldn’t hold my tears back.Everything was getting harder than I thought and there doesn’t seem to be a way out for me. I would have to help myself out of this, whether I like it or not, but I just couldn’t thunk of anything. What if my mom never died? What if I didn’t go into that fire to save my dad? Would my life have been better than all of these? Would I have had a place in my father’s heart? Would he have sold me off as a maid even with that? I shook my head as tears rolled down my eyes again, I wished I could turn back the hands of the clock and change some things, I wanted to change some stupid decisions I made, especially going into that fire to save father. My life would have at least been better if I still had my pretty
Chapter Fifty-twoMaelisI shuddered with fear, my whole body became sweaty almost immediately. A lot of things raced through my mind, but I couldn’t make any sense out of it, I just couldn’t. I didn’t understand one thing that was going on, I couldn’t figure out a single thing.I moved it back to how I came in, how I saw him sniffling something that I had never seen before, and the horrible stench that was coming from it, and now he was ripping off his clothes, to do what?I just didn’t know what to do, I was so scared and my whole body felt so heavy, making it very difficult to move them.When I saw that he didn’t just stop with ripping off his shirt, but was also going down to his shorts, I immediately rolled down from the couch and motioned for the door, hoping he wouldn’t see me.Unfortunately, he did, his strong hand grabbed me and he pinned me to the wall, his eyes were blood red, blazing with a mixture of rage and longing which wasn’t a good sight, I knew I had to leave, but t
Chapter Fifty-threeUlricEven after she left and acted like she was fine, I couldn’t push back the feeling that she wasn’t fine and she needed me. No matter how hard I tried to take my mind off it and pretend like nothing was wrong, the thoughts still kept rolling back in that she wasn’t fine and she needed me, she needed my help.I couldn’t go back to my room, I just stood there, on the same spot, my heart racing with thoughts of her and how I wished there was something I could do. I wished I could do more than just comforting her and wiping off her tears, I wished I could give her things she wanted and do whatever she asked me for, but couldn’t do a thing. I was completely helpless, just like she was.I spent minutes standing on the same spot, thinking about her and things I could do to help her. That wasn’t the first time I would feel just as a helpless and find my royal title useless, but it hurt me down to the core this time because there were things I wanted to do, important th
Chapter Fifty-fourMaelisIf he hadn’t shown up at the right time, I didn’t know what I would have done, or what would have happened to me.I just couldn’t believe it, even with how hard I had been thinking about it, I couldn’t believe prince Kael would try to do something like that to me. Everything was still very hard for me to believe and I just couldn’t get over it.If Ulric had been even just a minute late, prince Kael would have ripped off all my clothes and forced himself on me, just the thought of that made me shudder. I clung unto Ulric like my life depended on him, holding him tight, and completely unbothered about us getting seen.If anyone tries to make a fuss about seeing us, then I would tell it to everyone in the castle how their much loved and respected prince tried to force himself on me.He was disgusting, he was such a horrible person. I knew he wasn’t an angel, I knew he was a bully and wasn’t a great person to be with, but I never imagined him being a disgusting p
Chapter Fifty-fiveMaelisI had heard it multiple times and from a lot of people about the effect taking beers has on people, especially the part where they start to misbehave, but all of these still won’t stop me. If that was the one way I could get these hurting thoughts off my mind, then I was more than willing to do that.I would take the beer, as much as I needed to block those thoughts off my mind, I was sure Ulric would be able to deal with whatever thing I do after taking it.I waited for more minutes for him, each minute I spent there sending memories of what happened minutes ago back to my head.I wished it never happened, because now I would have live with the haunting memories and pain from knowing that it could have gotten worse if Ulric hadn’t shown up to save me, I could have been forced to do what I didn’t what to do, I could have lost my dignity and prestige in the most terrible way possible.I sat there, my hands still curled up around myself and my eyes scanning aro
Chapter Fifty-sixUlric The words she spoke hung heavily in the air between us, the simple, raw confession echoing in my mind. She told me what she needed was me, and it caused a sudden raise of my heartbeat. The honesty in her voice was undeniable, and as she moved closer, her body pressing against mine, I felt a surge of emotions I could barely contain. The swirling and frantic movement of my wolf inside of me made me realize how much I wanted her too.The few hours after the moments at the cottage had been , I had spent wanting more of her, and it seemed like it was a very long time. I had wanted this—to be this close to her again, to be able to protect her, to be the one she turned to when everything else in her world fell apart. And now, here she was, reaching out to me in her moment of vulnerability, asking for something more than just comfort. Something I had imagined and wanted, something I also needed. Something I craved for.I moved closer to her, my hand still gently crad