Why did he have to say something like that?The sound of the prince’s amused laughter sounded loud and clear from behind me. It seemed like I had served as another kind of entertainment again. Although I felt extremely embarrassed and all I wanted to do was hide away, I found myself smiling a little in relief that the prince seemed to have returned to his usual good mood. The prince became silent behind me, and I turned around in wonder to look at him. “The moon will be full again in a few days…” Prince Leonard said with a faraway look in his eyes after his laughter died down. The night of the full moon…Because of how the calendar was formed, there would be one full moon night every month. I haven’t been keeping track of the moon, but it seemed like the night of the full moon was fast approaching. I never thought that the moon would play a significant role in my life in any way but since the start of my involvement with the prince and finding out that he’s got werewolf blood in him
When our eyes met again, I realized that what I feared more than anything was the possibility that I may not get to see Prince Leonard again. “I was just teasing you a little. There’s no need for you to make a face like that. I’ll request for you,” Prince Leonard said as his tone turned serious. His words surprised me, yet it seemed to warm and soothe my soul at the same time. I had no idea what kind of face I was making but I was glad that I looked that way because if I had made some other face, perhaps the prince wouldn’t have agreed to spend the night of the full moon with me. “Thank you…” I managed to whisper after being stunned for a moment. Prince Leonard reached for my hand before lifting it slowly to his lips. The warmth of his lips against the back of my hand and then my fingers as he gently kissed my hand felt so pleasurable that I wanted to whimper and moan. Just like that, it was settled that we would be together for the upcoming full moon night. “About the trip that
Salena’s mouth dropped opened as she instinctively took a few steps backwards. A pair of piercing grey eyes stared at her and she found herself staring back. “Prince Darius…” she whispered without fully recovering from her shock. Her legs started shaking under her at his unexpected appearance. Although she was expecting to meet him, she had no idea that he was already in the library and wondered just how long he had been there. “Do you like books that much?” he asked as he reached out to pull a random book from one of the shelves. Salena was still shocked to see Darius. His sudden appearance did not leave room for her to mentally prepare for their meeting. All her previous excitement of seeing books evaporated and she was just scared and anxious in front of the prince. Her eyes took in the sight of the prince opening the thick book in his hand before his other hand flipped through a few pages. How his hand moved felt very captivating and elegant to her and she forgot all about re
Darius approached the large sofa before slowly lowering himself onto it. He looked around the library as if reminiscing on some past memories of the place. At the same time, Salena shifted nervously from one foot to the other as she stood a distance away from the prince. Darius grey eyes landed on her and then his lips curved into an inviting smile. “Come here and sit down with me,” he said as he gestured for her to approach him with his graceful fingers. “I-I am fine here…” she murmured as her feet refused to move forward. “I’m not fine with you standing all the way over there. Come over here…” Darius said as his eyes narrowed slightly at her.Salena felt a cold shiver run through her body at his intense gaze and she could tell that the next time that she resisted his command, the prince wouldn’t be so pleased with her. Although she didn’t want to get close to him, she couldn’t think of a valid reason to disobey his command. Salena slowly approached the sofa where the prince was s
Honestly, she was scared of the sternness she heard in his authoritative command. Her lower lip quivered, and she had to bite down on it to stop it from shaking uncontrollably. She wondered what more Darius wanted from her after all that she had already told him. “Did they have sex?” Darius asked as she stared deeply into her eyes. Her eyes automatically widened in shock at his blunt and forward question. For a moment, she forgot to breathe and all she could do was stared at the prince’s beautiful and clear grey eyes. She never thought that the prince would ask her something like this when he asked her to report to him about Mila and Prince Leonard. She was stunned into silence and then she had to look away in embarrassment. “Why are you so shocked? Surely, you understand what is expected of honorable maidens and your friend isn’t an exception. Tell me, based on your best knowledge, has the two of them slept with each other?” Darius asked again. It was her lack of experience in th
**The next evening**The night of the full moon is fast approaching…The promise that Prince Leonard made to spend that night with me had me staring up at the moon every single night before going to bed as if bounded by an unbreakable spell. Everyone could see that the moon was almost full. My heart leapt in my chest at the thought that this natural phenomenon would really occur every month without fail and so would the events associated to it. Even standing on my balcony at night with the night wind howling all around me couldn’t cool down the heat that had started spreading in the pit of my stomach. The moonlight shining down from above made me think of Prince Leonard and everything that he said and did to me. My body seemed to have natural reactions of its own to the cycle of the moon just like it had been ingrained to be part of my biological system. At least, that was what I thought because I couldn’t find another explanation for what was happening to my body. The heat and throb
“Is that so? You two seem…close…” she murmured. “Is that how we appear to you?” I asked a little curiously. “I guess...” she replied after a moment of hesitation before looking away.I had no idea why she was acting so shy, but perhaps that was just the way that she was. I really adored her, and her reactions felt refreshing. Although I wanted to tell her everything because we were friends, I decided that it would probably be better to keep my relationship with the prince a secret. After all, I did give Prince Leonard my word not to answer questions about us even if I was asked. “I see. I’m not so sure if we’re exactly close,” I replied as my thoughts darkened. “What do you mean?” she turned to ask.The frown that formed in between her brows told me that she had started to worry about me again. I smiled before I tried to gently laugh off my comment. However, I meant what I said. The truth was, I wouldn’t say that Prince Leonard and I are close. We did spend quite some time togethe
**Ring Ring Ring**I heard an unfamiliar ringing sound. My mind felt blurry, and my eyelids felt heavy. I had no recollection of when I fell asleep, but I must have finally fallen asleep after feeling so restless on my bed for so long. The sound of something ringing woke me up. I didn’t realize what the ringing sound was or where it was coming from at first. After a moment of listening to it with my eyes closed, I got annoyed enough to sit up on my bed before opening my eyes. I wasn’t sure what time it was but it was probably early in the evening. My body didn’t crave for any food, and I had absolutely no appetite. I guessed that my body couldn’t handle more than one craving at the same time and it didn’t seem like my other desire would fade away anytime soon. A glow of light caught my attention and I realized that it was in the same direction as the sound seemed to be coming from. Getting out of bed seemed like such a bother but I was certain that the ringing wouldn’t stop if I did