Mila's POVI walked together with Felicia into the palace. We were moving toward a golden door. It was just a casual door. Once we were in front of the door, she knocked. No response."Are you sure he is in?" I asked. She nodded and pushed the door open. The only person in the room was Alpha Adrian. He was putting on glasses and going through some papers. He looked busy and so dam hot."Max. I told you to come in the evening," he said, without raising his head. "Adrian," Felicia called out, smiling and walking toward him.How did she know Adrian?Adrian looked up with lazy eyes. His eyes went from Felicia to me. I wondered what he was thinking right now. "Felicia. I see you are back," he said dryly. I watched both of them. Felicia smiled sheepishly."I just came back and I thought to stop by," she replied. Adrian nodded."I also bought these for you," she replied and walked over to Adrian, placing the flowers in front of him. "That is very nice of you," he commented.Felicia bl
Mila's POV I sat down at the dining table, beside Adrian, as Felicia made googly eyes at him. Adrian smiled a little at her but kept his face as passive as possible. I groaned in frustration and stared at him, giving him a secret scowl. He had told me to get dressed after making me want more of him. So now he could just eat and act like nothing happened?"So. What did you need Mila to do for you earlier in your office?" Felicia asked, staring at me as if expecting me to answer her question."Something urgent," Adrian replied and I scoffed silently.Something urgent my foot, he is such a liar. How could he say that with a straight face? He stared back at me with an expressionless face. I couldn't quite decipher his thoughts through his eyes.It seemed as though Felicia couldn't get enough of her questioning and kept on asking random questions which Adrian simply replied with short and cut answers. "I wonder. What business does Mila have in the palace that requires her to stay in the
Adrian's POVDinner had been a mess.I kept replaying and replaying in my head the scene of how Felicia made eye contact with me across the room, and how her gaze continued for just a little bit too long. She was a completely immutable object, a lost dog just wanting to be seen, and I never reciprocated. Not in the way she wanted. No, not how it used to be imagined at least.Felicia was a childhood friend. We’d grown up together, laughed and played, and talked about the future like we knew what it held. But somewhere along the way, I’d realized that the way she looked at me wasn’t the way I looked at her. She was a friend, and nothing more. Nothing ever more.And now she was back. She was trying. I could see it in the way she laughed too hard at my jokes, the way she lingered a second too long on my every word. But none of it reached me. None of it mattered.What mattered, and what drove me mad, was Mila.It was just a meal. It was "my turn" to do what was expected of me—to feed her,
Mila's POV.I awoke to the gentle room light filtering in from behind the opaque curtain which gently touched my exposed skin. For a short time I am stuck in place and observe it all play out. Adrian’s touch, his whispered words, the way his gaze had held mine as if I were the only thing in his world—it was all so vivid, so overwhelming.My chest pounded, remembering, what a sense of the kiss he gave me, as if wanting desperately to reunite us. The memory caused my cheeks to tingle with a kind of heat that, for no reason, had nothing to do with the morning sun. I rotated my head a bit and there I saw the thin shape of the trace on the pillow at my side. He had been here with me, sleeping by my side and watching me during my sleeplessness. But now, he was gone.Still, I didn’t feel alone. Only recently I have been able to experience for the first time in what could never be again true, total oneness experience. It was strange. I'd arrived at this place expecting nothing, prepared to su
Mila sat down on the couch, with Adrian staring down at her intently."I told you. I didn't do it," she argued.Adrian pinched his forehead in fatigue. "I don't know what to say. There was a witness," "I don't know how that came to be, but I assure you, I have nothing to do with this. Besides, I don't even know my way around the palace. I have never been to the kitchen before," she yelled."I believe you. It's just so confusing. How can there be a witness?" he questioned.Mila frowned. "Can I have her interrogated myself?" she asked "You can't," he declined."Why?" she asked."If you decide to confront her yourself and someone finds out, they would think you are trying to threaten her so she could spout lies from her lips to cover up for you," Adrian reasoned."Then what should I do? I can't just sit here and do nothing when my name is being thrown in the mud?" she complained, biting her lips."I'll ask the maid myself," he said."I'll go with you," she offered, standing to her feet
Felicia stared at Lila, anger evident in her eyes. She couldn't believe a plan she had taken her time to plot had failed drastically. Lila bowed her head in fright, not daring to meet Felicia's gaze. She didn't want to offend the gemma's daughter. Felicia had instilled fear in all the maids in the palace, using the word that she was the gemma's daughter. She has every maid under her neck and call. No one dared disobey her orders, or the person would face dire consequences. "So you're trying to say everyone now knows that Mila is innocent?" she asked."Yes, your ladyship," Lila answered, her head still bowed. Felicia paced around the room, her mind in chaos. "Do they know who put the poison in one of the noblemen's food?" she proved further.Lila shook her head. "No. I told them I was the one who put the poison in the food," Lila said.Felicia smiled and walked over to Lila, patting her head slightly. "Good job on that one. I must commend you," she praised. Lila felt anything but
Mila's POV "Felicia?" Adrian asked "Yes. Can I come in? I have to talk to you about something," Felicia answered."I'll be down in some time," he said."It can't wait," she said, the urgency evident in her voice.I stared at Adrian, who had a nonchalant expression. His face looked bored as he stood up. I rushed up to him and held his arm."Are you going to open the door?" I asked "Yes," he replied. "You can't," I demanded, still holding his hands."Why?" he asked "I'm in here," I answered, trying to make him see reasons not to open the door for Felicia.I was inside the room for damn sake. Felicia hated me enough for being close to Adrian. What would she do if she found out I was staying in the same room with Adrian, a man who she had loved since childhood? I wasn't scared of her actions, but I was avoiding trouble and didn't want to be seen in a tug-of-war with Felicia. My presence was already upsetting a lot of people around here and I didn't want to add more to the list. I kne
Mila's POV Felicia glared at me angrily but kept a passive expression."Sorry, but I only wanted to prepare it for Alpha Adrian," she said, making sure to emphasize the only.I rolled my eyes at her. Adrian finished eating and dropped his fork gently. "Thank you for the meal. It was nice, really," he complimented and stood up."I'm glad you like it," Felicia said. Why was she trying so hard to be cute? "I'll be on my way now. I have things to handle," Adrian said and walked out, not without giving me a warning glance. I wasn't sure what he was warning me about, but I had a hunch it had something to do with me not causing trouble."So. Can we go to the garden and talk things out?" Felicia asked, still keeping a smile on her face as there were maids around."Let's go," I said dropping my fork on the table. I was full already and couldn't stuff my face anymore. I stood up and trailed behind her. We entered the garden and sat down. She touched a couple of flowers without saying anyt
Mila and Adrian stood in place as Felicia and Amanda matched to the center of the throne room. They seemed to be shocked as neither of them found their voice to utter a word. Mila couldn't understand why Felicia would want to sabotage her. She knew anything Felicia wanted to say would be something that would put her in trouble at this point"What are you both doing here?" Adrian finally spoke."Well, you invited almost everyone, Your Majesty. And I thought I should come and make this announcement. And thank God Mila is here to witness it. After all, she is the subject of this topic," Felicia declared. "What do you have to say?" Adrian asked, squinting his eyes at both of them. "Well..." Felicia stared and turned to face everyone. "I just found out the strangest thing," she said.She paused for a while and observed the crowd. Their interest seemed to be piqued at this point. "Well, this here is a lady from another pack," she dragged the quiet Amanda in front of her.Mila studied the
Felicia walked up to Amanda's room and knocked. After a few seconds, the door opened, revealing the beautiful redhead."Good morning," Amanda said, staring blankly at Felicia."Good morning to you too," Felicia retorted and made her way inside, even though Amanda didn't want her to come in. "And you are?" Amanda asked, following Felicia, who had made her way to the couch and sat down."My name is Felicia," she replied "Ok..." Amanda replied, staring at her in confusion as she didn't know her and she just barged into her room."Sorry for barging into your room. I didn't want someone to see me. I can't risk it, not with what I have planned," she explained."Which is?" Amanda replied slowly. She seemed to sense Felicia was someone who was going to be useful to her mission in this pack. "Well, let me start from the beginning. You are from wildfire pack right?" she asked.Amanda frowned. She hasn't told anyone she was from the wildfire pack. She had made sure to keep it a secret. Only A
Mila's POV "Why do I have to go with you?" I asked, trying to get an explanation from Adrian. He had woken me up extra early and made me dress up. He wanted me to follow him to the throne room. Why would I do that? If he was having a meeting that early, why did he have to drag me with him?"You are not supposed to ask questions," he ordered."But I can't blindly follow you to the throne room. Isn't it prohibited?" I asked, feeling nauseous at the thought of me being in there with him."I have something to announce and you have to be present," he explained."What do you want to announce and why do I need to be there," I demanded adamantly.He stopped for a moment and stared at me with an amused expression. It looked like he wanted to say something, but instead, he chucked and continued walking. I sucked in a haggard breath as we reached the big door. Adrian turned to give me one last glance. "Once we're inside, make sure to be close to where I can reach for you. There would be an e
Max's full concentration was on the files placed on his table. It was almost midnight, and Felicia was already sleepy. He shook his head as he stared at her. She had been so enthusiastic about finding out more about Mila. But now, here she was sprawled on the bed, sleeping soundly without a care in the world. He flipped from page to page but found nothing interesting about her other than her background and why she wasn't in her pack anymore. According to the file, her father was killed unjustly, and her mate was taken from her by another woman. Her life seemed to be a pitiful one, but here she was, living so carefree. There wasn't a moment since she came to the palace that she was seen wallowing in sadness. Max smiled at her strength. He couldn't help but admire her. Although she looked weak, she was strong emotionally. He had been studying her file for hours but hadn't seen anything suspicious in it. Maybe there was more to her? Or Felicia was just paranoid as she didn't like Mila
Mila's POV I felt a hot slap land on my cheeks and my eyes widened in surprise. Did this lady just slap me? "What did you just do?" I asked, confused as to what I had done to make her slap me."That's for your foul mouth," she said, anger oozing out of her body. Before I could utter another word, she started pushing me toward the entrance door. I shrugged my body out of her hold and snapped "Leave me alone, I can go out myself," I said in anger. "Better do," she scoffed and folded her hands together.I opened the door and stepped out into the choked hallway. I could feel it was late already and it was going to be midnight in a few hours. Adrian is supposed to be on his way back to the palace by now. I walked into the garden and sat there in silence. The tears that I had been holding since she slapped me began spilling from my eyes. They made their way out, feeling as if they had been trapped in my eyes for a thousand years. I could feel them, hot and wet. I looked around in the
Amanda's POVAmanda stormed into her room in anger. Why did she have to see Mila here, of all places? She should have just vanished into thin air or gone somewhere far away. How was she supposed to achieve her aim in this pack when Mila was now the muse of Adrian? How would she get close to Adrian and get the information she needs? She needed to act fast so she couldn't be won over by Mila. She needed to get rid of Mila. And to get rid of Mila, she wouldn't go straight up to harm her, she has to make sure she does it slow and steady. She has to think of a way that Mila wouldn't suspect. A way that no one would suspect. Even if it means eliminating her, she wouldn't mind. Amanda sat down on the couch in her room and smirked slightly.*Mila's POVI stared at myself in the mirror while arranging my hair. I had left the office as it was time for Adrian to go to his scheduled meeting. I just finished taking a shower and trying to prepare for bed when I heard a slight knock at the door.
Amanda walked into Adrian's office, her face passive yet seductive. Adrian had his eyes closed as he was feeling stressed and he had another meeting in the next thirty minutes. He felt his door open but didn't bother opening his eyes."Your majesty," Amanda whispered Adrian finally opened his eyes. He stared at Amanda with tired eyes. He didn't want anyone disturbing his peace."Hello, Amanda. Do you need something?" he asked, his eyes briefly staring at the tray she held. It was obvious she brought his meal for him."I brought you lunch. You didn't come down for breakfast and lunch. I thought you might be hungry so I quickly made this for you," she explained."You didn't have to do it," he said, sighing."But I already did," she said, placing the tray in front of him.Adrian took one look at the food and smiled softly. "You can take it away. I appreciate your effort, but I don't think I want to eat," he said.Amanda frowned. "I had this made myself,'' she said "Well, that's why I
Max walked briskly toward his room. Felicia was sitting down calmly on the couch. She stood up abruptly when she sighed Max. "Did you find anything?" she asked. Max dropped the file on the table and sighed."We can't do this here. Let's go to my place," he announced."Why? But she's here and it'll be easier since Adrian gave you this room anytime you want to stay in the palace," Felicia pouted. "I know. But I think Mila must have seen her name in one of the files as I dropped it," he explained."You dropped the file?" Felicia's eyes widened in shock."She bumped into me and it dropped on the floor. She wanted to help me pick it up when her eyes must have glanced briefly at it," he said."She might have not seen it. Maybe you're paranoid," she reasoned.Max shook his head in nagation."I don't think so. The way she looked at me confused, I think she might have seen it," he answered. Felicia seemed to think for a while before sighing "I guess we don't have a choice then. We should
Mila's POV I quickly averted my gaze and closed my eyes. I felt him chuckle before his lips touched my forehead."Good morning," he said.I closed my eyes tightly and didn't respond. What would I say? Sorry for checking you out."You're asleep?" he asked I didn't respond. I felt him leave the bed but stopped midway. Where was he? I felt both his hands run down my thighs and excitement crept in. Before I could brace myself for what was coming, his tongue slid up and down my clitoris. I moaned lightly as he bit it a little."What are you doing?" I managed to speak. "Really? Now you can speak?" he asked, inserting one finger into me.I gasped as he thrust in and out slowly. "Ad... Adr...Adrian," I moaned, while my hand made its way to grab his hair."You like it?" he asked, still fingering me "Yeah," I inched toward him.He laughed lightly got up from the bed and walked toward the bathroom."What are you doing?" I called out, panic rising. "I'm going to freshen up," he said and sco