Natalie's P.O.V. Their low talking could be heard as I rounded the corner, and I felt my stomach tie into a knot as Killian and Princess Charlotte stood waiting for me. I was late, and it was not welcomed based on Killian's look of disappointment. My nerves about meeting his sister somehow managed
His quiet warning was easily heard by his sister, and I watched as her interest peaked even further. As soon as the door shut behind Killian, I took my seat, aware of the scrutinizing gaze of the princess. "He said he found you weeks ago. Yet, you bare no mark." She observed, falling silent as the
Killian's P.O.V. Never in my life had I been terrified of a woman. I bowed to no one and demanded the respect I had earned. But as my little sister's face turned red, and I watched as the vein in her neck started to hammer against her skin, I was positive that it was my last day on Earth. She had
"You can't push her away forever. If you keep going, at some point it will be too late, and you won't be able to repair the damage done between the two of you." Her mouth was full as she spoke, and I curled my lip in disgust at her lack of manners. She had been out for the past several years playing
Natalie's P.O.V. Killian was shocked that night when he got back to the room and found me curled up in the armchair by the balcony. His eyebrows were raised as he examined the throw blanket I had wrapped around me and the pillow I had taken from the bed. "Natalie," He started after I stared at him
"No. My people do not fear me. They respect me. It is the others who fear me, the ones who live outside of my walls. They remain under my rule, but know nothing of loyalty or the lengths my people go to for them." He sounded so sure, that I wanted to shrink away until I was absorbed by the cushion b
Killian's P.O.V. Natalie looks terrified and confused at the same time. I hated that she flinched away from me, but the way she was standing up for herself was admirable. There were only a few who had ever stood up to me, and all of them were the women in my family. My mother, my sister, and my chi
"Do not tease me, mate. I did not bring you here to die for me, but I did bring you here to be mine. If you want to be mad at me for my actions and treatment during the day, that's fine. We will fight about it all you want." I bent down and hovered my mouth over hers. The tip of her tongue gently to