Rosalind's POVSomething had changed between Prince Cillian and me since that day. Even if we didn't end up going all the way because this time I stopped him. "I'm not ready for that yet."I had been more than a little bit horny, my thighs drenched with arousal as I spoke. Prince Cillian had released a low groan and I could feel his arousal against my belly. I had no idea why I was stopping this. How could I want him so much yet want to stop because it didn't feel 'right' just yet? I had no idea and I wasn't even going to bother thinking too much about it. Perhaps I was just scared of losing my virginity. "We don't need to." Prince Cillian dropped a kiss on my lips before moving off me. We laid next to each other catching our breaths and he held my hand. I looked at him only to discover he was looking at me already. We smiled uncertainly at each other. "So what happens now?" I asked him"I have no idea. I didn't intend to start having feelings for you, Rosalind." He raised my h
Killian's POVMy eyes tracked the up-and-down movement of Rosalind's chest as she flushed a beautiful pink. Her voice was weak and reedy so obviously turned on out of her mind. "You are sick."I raised my eyebrow questioningly. "Am I or are you?"Rosalind wrapped her hand around herself as though that would be able to shield her from my words and her icy blue eyes met mine. I was surprised to see anger wed to resolve there. I had been so sure that I had broken her. It would seem like I was about to be pleasantly surprised. "Look Prince Killian, since I got here, you have been making my life a living hell."She gathered her breath before continuing as she fought back tears that looked fascinatingly real to me. She was a good actress."I have endured and I have done my best to make you understand that I am not a gold digger that wants to exploit your brother."A tear fell despite her obvious efforts and she wiped at it furiously as though it would negate the fact that I had seen it d
Rosalind's POVWe sat next to each other but we had never felt further apart. After overhearing what they had said at that meeting, I withdrew. Maybe it was cowardly of me. Cowardly of me to just want to dissociate myself because of the amount of pain even the thought of Cillian with someone else was giving me. I didn't want to think about it. I really didn't yet all night I tossed and turned imagining how he would be with her. If he would kiss her the way he would me like I was oxygen he needed to survive. I wondered if he would touch her like he did me and I wondered which I would prefer. If he being distant with her would make me happy because it meant I mattered to him or sad because even if he cared about me, care wasn't enough. It was no surprise when he picked up on the negative vibe I was giving off against my wishes. "You have been avoiding me, Rosalind."I bowed slightly avoiding his gaze."I apologise if you feel that way, Prince Cillian."He took my hand and I looked
Rosalind's POVI was cleaning one of the suites when an attendant came to call me."Prince Killian has summoned you."It had been three days since we had that talk that still baffled me. I have avoided him since then by avoiding the hall altogether. The two brothers confounded me. I didn't know how to behave with Cillian who made my heart ache when he looked at me with so much hurt in his eyes. I didn't know how to behave with a version of Prince Killian who wasn't actively trying to make my life hell.I knew I would be unable to hide forever but I wondered why it had been Prince Killian and not Cillian. I wondered why it hurt so much. Then I wondered why he wanted to see me at all. Was he back to his plan of torturing me?I followed the attendant anxiously. He led me outside the palace to a limo. And standing in front of the limo, dressed in the colours of blue and white was…"Cillian?"He smiled at me and I found my lips lifting up in response before I stopped myself in time. He
Killian's POVIf I saw one more painted simpering lady try to make a pass at me, I would abdicate and leave the throne for Cillian. I never agreed for the girls to be brought here so why was I suffering for this?"I am done with this." I informed my brother. Cillian merely looked at least though I was exaggerating."I came out of my bathroom and that one with the curls, Ash or something, was in my bed. Naked.""And since when do things like that irritate you?"Okay, Cillain had a point. I liked my women with imagination, silence, willingness and spread legs. If she was already in my bed, all the better. Which was the reason I told the council I wanted to mate for love. I already had so much meaningless interaction with women. If and when I got mated, it had to mean more than that to me. "It irritates me when said naked woman is the daughter of a powerful family and wants to trap me with sex." I poured myself a glass of wine. "Besides I never asked you to meekly follow the wishes o
Rosalind's POVThe woman who stopped me was taller than me and effortlessly beautiful like she had just stepped out of a capital magazine. She also seemed familiar like I had seen her somewhere. She had brown hair done up in intricate braids that pulled her hair away from her face showing off her aristocratic features and glass-smooth skin. Unlike the other brides-to-be that were here, she covered up her body. She wore a luxurious gown that looked expensive enough to buy at least three orphans in the districts. Her grey eyes were as cool as steel. And her nails dug into my arm.And I don't understand what she is saying."Pardon me?"She hit me across the face and I clutched my cheek stunned silent by the suddenness of the slap. I hadn't done anything to warrant her to treat me like that. As I looked up at her and saw the disgusted sneer she regarded me with, I realised where I had seen her. Earlier yesterday, I had bumped into her when leaving the dining room after seeing Prince K
Killian's POVI don't think I have ever been this angry before. This thoroughly consumed by anger. So angry that my body trembled from the intensity of my rage.Another tear dropped from Rosalind's beautiful eyes and I wanted nothing more than to rip into my brother for causing her this much pain. "I knew he could never choose me as his mate. But I hoped. I hoped so much and seeing him like that with her hurt so much." Rosalind sobbed and buried her head in my chest again as nerve-wracking sobs hit her body. I held her close to myself, my shirt was getting rather wet but I didn't care. I wanted to comfort her even if I had zero ideas how exactly that worked. "You were stupid. That's not a sin."Rosalind cried harder. Goddess, my brother was stupid.What happened to all the plans we had made together? Was he no longer planning to leave the throne to me? He had seemed so certain when he spoke to me about how she meant the world to him only for me to hear this now. I felt myself gett
Rosalind's POVI sat in my bed feeling a chaotic whirl of emotions. My lips still tingled from Killian's kiss and my heart still ached from Cillian's betrayal. This was wrong. I shouldn't feel this way about both of them. It wasn't fair to either of them but I was unable to control how I felt.I loved Cillian. I had loved him from the first moment I met him and he took my hand. I had fallen even deeper in love with him every day he treated me like a queen. The way he tried to solve all of my problems, his shy smile and the way he stared at me as though I hung the moon and he couldn't be luckier to have me and the way his reverent kisses and his touch excited me beyond what I thought was possible. With every kiss we shared, I felt even more bound to him and my wolf confirmed what I had always felt deep down. He was my mate. The one person created by the moon goddess specifically for me. And then there was Killian. Killian who had almost had me executed the first time we met. Who m