Chapter EighteenMaelisI desperately wanted to disappear at that moment. I wished I could find a way to wipe her memory so it would seem like she never saw me and I could go on my own. I looked around, wondering where I could go to escape the impending chaos, but her grip on my hand was so firm that the reality sank in immediately—there was no way out, and I had been caught by her.What do I do? How do I explain myself? What do I say to her? Multiple thoughts troubled my mind, but I didn’t have an answer to any of them. Nothing was clear, no ideas were forthcoming. It seemed like I had hit a dead end. I looked up to meet her gaze, which held a mixture of surprise, confusion, and mockery. I immediately withdrew my gaze and looked down again. Maybe she wasn’t sure it was me yet? Maybe she felt she was mistaken? What if she still didn’t know I was the one?All these thoughts raced through my mind, and I kept my head down, hoping she would let me be or become confused and leave.The trut
Chapter NineteenUlricI had my doubts. I knew Lucia wouldn’t stop with just spewing insults at me; she would also try to end our engagement. Although that was what I wanted, I didn’t want to go on with getting mated to her, and I was unable to break the engagement from my end. It would be great if she could do it. But it was also not great because she wouldn’t just be breaking our engagement but also breaking my mom's heart. My mom counted on that; she believed that getting mated to her would be our ticket out of the almost miserable lives we were living.The only thing helping us was the Royal status we had and how it would help us if we were outside. But within the walls of this castle, we were nothing, and every single person was above us, even the maids. Having an elaborate mating ceremony with Lucia was seen as a way to attract the Alpha’s good eyes and impress him. He would be so impressed that I was getting mated to the daughter of an elder and pack minister.Mother doesn’t un
Chapter TwentyMaelisI blinked multiple times to be sure I was seeing right, and when the realization dawned on me, I shuddered with a mixture of fear and embarrassment, the one thing I had been trying to avoid since I entered into the castle has finally happened.Even with that, I tried to hide my face, maybe as the day he passed by my side, he wouldn’t recognize me, maybe he hasn’t yet realize that I was the one.A part of me knew I was being delusional, but I just held on to that tiny rope of hope that I still hadn’t been caught, that he was only there to fight for me thinking I was just a normal maid.I almost entered into the ground during those minutes of awkward silence, my heart kept thumping hard in my chest and at some point I was afraid it was going to burst out.This was what I had been trying to avoid, I planned to stay clear of the brothers throughout my stay in the castle, but this lady has blown my cover, I didn’t even know what exactly she wanted from me.The first t
Chapter Twenty-oneMaelis The louder their voices got, the harder my heart pound, I didn’t know what to do. My eyes scanned around for a place to hide but I couldn’t find anywhere. There were bits tall shelves fixed to the walls with a lot of books on it, and the center was filled with reading tables and chairs, there was nowhere to hide.I hung my head in disappointment, it seemed as though there was no way out for me again, I just kept getting into one problem or then other. It doesn’t seem as though there was a way out for me from this.I still got a narrow escape from Lucia, and then Ulric, but now, getting away from the other two brothers seemed really impossible.My head was still raising in synchrony with my heart when his hand grabbed mine again and he pulled me towards a door I didn’t see after scanning through the library multiple times.He pushed the door open and pulled me in. It was a big space but was filled with boxed which were labeled with different type of archived
Chapter Twenty-twoUlricThe last few minutes I had spent with her inside the archive room was basically spent controlling myself from acting on my wolf’s desires and moving too forward than I should.I knew she was my mate, there was probably nothing wrong in being with her, but I wasn’t even sure if she felt the same way, I wasn’t also sure if it was right to do anything when I hadn’t made my decision yet. But each minute I spent with her made it harder to control myself from moving closer to her and even touching her.She was scarred, she had scars on her face, down to her neck, but I could still see the beauty on her face. I didn’t see all of that until I was close to her and got a close look at her.She was beautiful and had the perfect facial structure with the scars, made me wonder how she would look like if she wasn’t with the scar, she would have been so perfect that no man would be able to resist her. She would be as perfect as Maelis was.It wasn’t just her face, but also h
Chapter Twenty-three Maelis Time seemed to come to a stand still the moment our kiss met. My eyes widened and I stared deep into his eyes. It wasn’t intentional, I only wanted to move but ended up having my lips on his and it was as though there was a glue fixing our lips together as I couldn’t pull them apart no matter how hard I tried. I just laid there on his chest, my lips locked up to his. My eyes fluttered close when his hand cupped my face and he deepened the kiss, I subconsciously kissed him back. I knew I wanted it, I had been staring at him for a while, I had seen different things which I didn’t see in him before. I got so close to him that I took a good look at his face, I was struck by how perfect his facial features were, and how beautiful his lips looked. I couldn’t deny the hunger and longing that washed down on me the moment his finger landed on my lips, I wanted it to not just be his finger but also his lips on mine, and it happened. For the next minutes,
Chapter Twenty-fourMaelisI moved as fast as my legs could carry me, my heart pounding hard in my chest, I knew I was in a big problem, and I just couldn’t come up with a way to make things better.The closer I got to the maids quarters, the harder my heart pounded. I was so scared, really scared, I had never been that scared in my entire existence.I knew I wouldn’t be able to escape punishment, no matter how hard I tried, and my punishment would even be worse that every other person’s.I spent close to four hours for what I was supposed to use just few minutes, and I knew I would get punished even if I had been a minute late, now I was hours late, I just couldn’t imagine why madam Fiona would do to me.Each step I took close to the quarters sent shivers running down my spine, my body shook in fear, I didn’t know what to do or what excuse to give her.Nothing would make sense to madam Fiona, I was sure she wouldn’t even listen to me if I try to give her an excuse, I couldn’t even th
Chapter Twenty-fiveMaelisMy eyes searched around for the one who had that voice, the one who was confident enough to retract Madam Fiona’s words, and my eyes caught him where he was standing, his shining silver hair now pulled back in a pony tail, reminding me of how I mistakenly pulled out his hair band in that room, causing his wavy hair to crash on his shoulders.It was such a beauty to see.“Let go of her!” His voice reverberated through the room and the guards instantly released me.I snuffled and looked at Madam Fiona where she was standing, and she had this confused gaze on her face, as well as the rage. Her nose flared as she glared at Ulric.I really didn’t want more people to put themselves in problem because of me, prince Ulric might be making a mistake by doing this because Madam Fiona wouldn’t take it lightly, but I was still glad that someone could come to my aid. I was on the verge of being taken away to sell my body, my dignity.My stomach twisted as he walked to me