ANDREI'S POVI was on a call. "What did you say?" I asked with a frown. "There have been a few attacks on the people living near the Kingdom's borders. We believe that someone is trying to get to you, Your Highness!" The person on the other end of the phone said. Of course, I knew those bastards were out to get me. Their message the last time had been clear enough. Now that I had tightened the security around the Kingdom, they were taking the packs nearby.I got up and paced around my room when I heard this. "What exactly happened?" I asked. I hadn't heard anything since a spy invaded the Kingdom. I had almost forgotten that Anya had seen a spy. I was so occupied with finding her for the past few days that I did not pay attention to what was happening in the Kingdom. When I finally returned to my duties, this had already happened. I was even more mad at her. If she had not run away, then this wouldn't have happened. I would have been more focused then. "The people who lived on th
ABELI led Anya into my mansion. I did not stay here often, but they were workers who cleaned up every day, so it was clean. I took her to the bedroom next to the master's bedroom. It was clean and big enough for her. "You can stay here for Anya now. No one would dare to hurt you!" I said as I led her into the room. She turned to look at me. There was guilt in her eyes. "Thank you so much for helping me. I thought you would never talk to me again after what happened," she said to me. "What do you mean by that?" I asked her. "Well, I ran away and didn't tell you about it. I know that you must have been worried about me. Despite that, you still helped me from Ariana and her minions and you also took me away from there. You are risking getting into a fight with your brother just for my sake. You don't have to do all of this just for me," she said. "Anya, I was mad when I heard that you left. I admit that I was worried looking for you, but I understand why you wanted to run away. An
ANDREII stood in the living room, finally coming to terms with the fact that Abel and Anya had left. What were the both of them doing now? Did Abel confess his feelings to her? Did she like him too? Just the thought of that happening was enough to make me shiver. As I was lost in my thoughts, someone touched me from behind. I turned and saw Ariana. She had a big smile on her face. I really wanted to strangle her to death and be done with it. I knew that she didn't like Anya but I never thought that she'd be that cruel to her. I wouldn't have tolerated her for this long if it hadn't been for her father. Her father was the only reason she wasn't in the dungeon. "What are you doing here?" I asked her coldly. She frowned, seemingly annoyed that I was cold to her but I didn't care. "I just wanted to see how you were doing. I know that you have been busy trying to find Anya for some time now. Now that you've found her, you need to relax...I can help you do that" Ariana said in a sult
ANYAI did not dare to look up at Abel because of my guilt. Even though, he said that it wasn't my fault, I couldn't help but feel like it was mine. Before I arrived here, he used to get along with Andrei well, and they ruled the kingdom together. Immediately I arrived there, they started to have thier differences. I should have never left in the first place if I had known that he was going to find me so easily. Or I should have gone further away from here. "Don't think that Anya. You never wanted to be here in the first place. He was the one who brought you here and he had responsibilities as your mate that he did not fulfil. It's not your fault. Nothing that happened is your fault, so don't you ever take the blame for it " I said. "But I....." I tried to protest but he didn't let me. He placed his hand on my shoulders and forced me to look up at me, "Listen to me, Anya..."He was still saying something when I heard a knock on the door. "I think there's someone outside," I said.
ANYAAbel and I had listened to Kern's words and left his mansion almost immediately. He brought us to a house he had rented for three months. Although I had lived in the human world for some time, I hadn't been to this part. I could see that it was costly and knew I wouldn't have had a chance to live there even if I wanted to. We spent the first few days in the house, just lazing around. Abel told me that I needed to relax after all that I had been through, and after resting for a few days, I finally had enough energy to get up and leave the house. Abel and I decided to spend the day exploring. I walked over to Kern's room and knocked on the door. When he opened it, I realised he did not dare look at my face. Thinking about it now, it seemed he had been ignoring me since we arrived. I had only seen him a handful of times since we arrived, and he hadn't shared a single meal with us. "Are you okay, Kern?" I asked him. I wouldn't say I liked the thought of him being in a bad mood b
KERNI was lying on my bed when I heard Abel and Anya walk into the house. I sighed, knowing that they were back. I knew that neither Anya nor Abel deserved the treatment I had given them these past few days. It wasn't thier fault. Rather, it was because of my conflicted feelings. I realised a long time ago that I was attracted to Anya. But I never thought that she'd see me the same way as I saw her. It was getting more and more difficult for me to see her and hide all of the feelings I had for her so I decided that it would be best for me to avoid her. But avoiding her turned out to be harder than I thought. I missed her even though we were in the same house. I missed hanging out with her and Abel. I took a deep breath and got up from my bed. I could not continue like this. I had to go see her. I must confess my feelings to her or learn how to live with them. I walked over to her room and I was about to knock on her door when I heard voices coming from inside her room...My he
KERN"I just wanted to help cheer you up since it seems you've been in a bad mood lately. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to tell me what you're going through, but know that Abel and I will always be here when you need someone to talk to. We will always have your back!" Anya said. I was ashamed when she said this to me. I was still obsessed with my feelings for her and resent her for not feeling the same thing she felt for Abel for me, but she was worried about my wellbeing. All I had was to ignore her, but she was still worried about me and trying to cheer me up. "I haven't been sad. Nothing is going on with me," I said. I decided to hold back on my feelings for her for now. She did see me as a friend, and I didn't even want to ruin that if I could not be with her. "Are you sure about that? You don't have to tell me, but you should at least know that I am not blind, and I can see that you're not okay at all. As long as you want to talk, you can talk to either Abel or
ANDREII looked at the maids who had bullied Anya with Ariana. They were all kneeling on the ground as they looked at me with pitiful gazes, probably trying to get me to feel sorry for them, but I couldn't. I knew they deserved what I was going to do them now. It took me a few days to clear up my schedule and find the maids who had helped Ariana since Anya and Abel never said anything to me about them, and Ariana denied having anything to do with it. I had to find them on my own. Even though I couldn't do much about Ariana after what she did, it did not mean I could not do anything about these maids. I had no intention of letting them go so easily."Your Highness....we are sorry....we didn't do anything...." The maids begged me"You didn't do anything? When I asked you to ensure that Anya was locked in her room and did not leave, did I tell you to feed her food that wasn't even fit for animals? Did I ask you to pinch her and hit her? Did all of you forget that you are just maids in