Salena made her way along the hallway as she carefully balanced the tea set on the tray that was in her hands. The hallway was empty as it usually was and that helped her to relax because she didn’t like being around too many people. Salena looked forward to seeing Mila; however, she always felt uncomfortable in the presence of the prince. It didn’t take long for her to arrive in front of the door to Mila’s room. She stood in front of it and took in a deep breath to prepare herself mentally to face Prince Leonard. Just when she lifted her hand to knock on the door, her hand stopped mere inches from the door when she thought that she heard a strange sound. At first, she thought that she had just imagined it; however, the sound that she had heard repeated itself and got even louder and clearer. Salena’s body froze in shock when she realized that the sounds of a woman moaning and crying seemed to be coming from the opposite of the door. Her brows drew into a frown of worry as she took a
The two women started cleaning up in the kitchen with Salena following Jessie’s instructions. Salena’s felt on edge as various disturbing thoughts ran through her mind. Ever since Prince Darius had asked for her to report to him about Prince Leonard and Mila’s relationship, she had felt extremely conflicted. Although she didn’t believe that Prince Darius had any harmful intentions toward his brother or toward Mila, she was still concerned. “Salena…Salena!” Jessie called her friend’s name when she saw Salena clearly spacing out. Jessie shook her head at her friend while she wondered what her little friend was thinking about when she’s in the middle of work. Salena’s eyes seemed to return to life after she finally snapped out of the daze that she was in. “I’m sorry…” Salena apologized softly when she realized that Jessie had caught her spacing out. “Did something happen? You’re even more quiet than usual and you seem kind of down…” Jessie asked with clear worry in her tone.“Umm…not
The further the wolf retreated, the louder the voice calling my name became. I’m dreaming…My eyes snapped open as the line between dream and reality became clear to me. I started to panic a little when I realized that I didn’t quite remember when I had fallen asleep. My mind felt very jumbled, and I had a slight headache. “You’re finally awake. How do you feel?” I turned my head slightly to my side and glanced up to see Prince Leonard sitting on the side of my bed and looking down at me. His blue eyes were plagued with evident worry and I immediately felt apologetic. My eyes darted around and found out that I was in my own bed in my bedroom. Brief memories of how I spent my time with the prince before I apparently fell asleep came back to me. We were in the kitchen, and I was supposed to cook him something but then…How did I end up in bed like this? Did he carry me here? Probably…“Have you been here the whole time?” I asked the first question that came to mind while I also wond
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