Chapter 3

"Is there anything that you want more, princess?" Asked by my personal servant. I tore my eyes off the bottle of wine that I asked from her. She trembles in fear. She is torn between lowering her head or looking away from me. And then all of a sudden. She is now on her knees. Begging me to spare her life.

Was I glaring at her? The reason why she got so scared of me all of a sudden? I have nothing against her inside of my head as our eyes met in that short period of time.

"I was confused. I didn't mean to disrespect or insult you in any way," she said.

Ah, I know now why she is in full panic. She called me her princess instead of her Alpha. I could not help it but smile. The corner of my lips lifts and she trembles even more. I stood up from the ottoman and offer her my hand. Still, she didn't dare to meet my eyes again.

"It's okay," I assured her, "The council haven't welcome me yet as their newest head. I am still a princess." I softly and swiftly brush my finger against her cheeks and now she is calming down a bit. 

I let go of her hand and when I turn back on the ottoman. The bottle of unopened wine reminded me of the question that my servant asked me to accomodate any of my need if I still have one.

Nothing. I want nothing more except for that man that I pushed back to stand behind the line between us about an hour ago.

Biting my finger as I contemplate and start musing about what could have been if I picked the other choice that was offered to me. I find myself cocking my head back at my servant's direction.

"You may go now. I will see you tomorrow," I said. She wasted no minutes of my time after that. She bowed her head and walks out of my room like how the wind swirls around, silent and barely noticeable.

I stopped playing with my finger and my feet took over of my body with just one thing flowing inside of my head. I snatched my cloak placed at the backrest of a two-seater chair and rushed to a secret tunnel in my room.

I removed the table next to the brick wall and push it hard with all of my strength. After a minute of hardship and working like a bull. The tunnel that the late Alpha himself revealed to me is now before my eyes.

Our folks has it built for escape in case someone attack us and all that is left to do is back down. This tunnel will save the alpha and his family so they can later on come back to reclaim what is stolen from them.

"I am sure that the Alpha is shaking his head together with Luna Khalla and the Moon God if they see me sneaking out using this tunnel," I whispered to myself but to hell with that!

From the castle to the house of Daria. It's a three hours horse ride and even if I managed to find myself a horse to use for the escapade that I am planning. I might cross with danger that I can't escape with.

I am almost seeing the end of the tunnel when I thought of it. I breathe deeply and placed my hand on the brick wall as I took a pause. Thinking hard wether I will continue this or I will call for Zanth tomorrow, the earliest possible.

Biting my lower lip and closed to turning my back on the exit to the tunnel. Someone grabs my hand, seizing my movement. His hand feels rough against my wrist but it's warmth, I could already tell who it is before I could even see his face.

Zanth's face burns brighter than the lamp that I have on my hand to light up this dark tunnel.

Questions, different sort of kind swirls in my head as I look up to his face down to his body.

Only the Alpha of the realm knows about the tunnel. How come he is waiting for me here?

"You are here." I squeezes my eyes. Just to be sure that I am not imagining him. That he is really here.

Zanth nodded his head, "How?" I asked a question that won't let me sleep tonight unless I heard an answer straight from that full lips of him.

"Alpha Verendus told me about it too," he said. My forehead knotted. Then does Zuiveren knows about this too? This tunnel, it seems like an open secret rather than a sacred secret of the realm as I first thought that it would be.

"Why are you here?" I was caught off-guard when Zanth suddenly cupped both of my cheeks and then he pinned me on the old walls of the tunnel.

"One question at a time, Kalon. I too have my fair share of question that I want to ask from you. Why are leaving the castle using this tunnel?" he asked. I am now lost in his eyes.

Zanth has always been so soft when it comes to me and right now. He is dominating me, like it's his wolf that is in charge of him now, his other persona. Not the Zanth that I always knew.

I wanted to peak outside. To see if the moon is in it's full and glorious form. I know that it's not but still, I needed to check because when the Alpha wrote that decree, proclaiming me as his heir. Anything seems possible now.

"It's not my wolf but my heart and desire for you that is making me act this way, Kalon," Zanth murmured.

He is not my mate. There is no way he can hear what's going on in my head no matter how loud they are.

"We grew up together. I can't hear your thoughts because sadly we are not each other's mate but I knew you. I have memorize you, Kalon. Your silence, they were always loud and full of meaning to me. There's just one thing that I can't quite grasp and understand." I swallowed hard and tried my best to keep my eyes open as his hand crawls on my waist, pulling me closer to him.

I feel hot! And not because it is stuffy here but because he is touches are making me hot. It's sending me foreign feelings that thought I don't have an idea where is coming from, I certainly know where it will lead the two of us.

"Why are you here?" he asked, not letting go of my body and even my eyes.

I bit my lower lip, closed my eyes. When I opened it again. Something pushed me to tiptoe and hook my arms around his neck.

I claimed and kiss his lips like I have been famished in my entire life and he is the feast that although tagged as forbidden, I won't be able to resist but help myself.

Zanth's hand guided me to wrap my legs around his waist, once again. My back is rested against the wall as we kissed each other senseless, not caring about what will happen next. He bit my lower lip and lightly tugged it. The lamp that I left on the cold floor of the tunnel is making it possible for me to see his eyes.

Zanth's midnight blue eyes glows in the shade of golden brown now. Maybe mine is on the same spectrum now because even if we are not each other's mate. Mating is a sacred thing and wether we are paired up by the Moon God or we are doing this to please each other. Our inner wolf is now involve and somehow forming a bond.

His hand let go of my legs. Zanth guided me to face the wall. He drove the strands of my hair to the left so he can find the zipper of my dress. I can feel him holding it already but then he stops.

I tilted my head and in the corner of my eyes. I saw his hesitation.

I chuckled softly and then turn around once more so we are free to see each other face to face.

If I undress him first. He'll be distracted and whatever it is that is stopping him from making that move, he will lose it on his head for the mean time.

I was about to pull the string that is tying his blouse when he caught my hand, urging me to stop.

Instead of letting him pull my hand off his blouse. I used my other hand to remove his hand that is stopping me to do what I want to do.

"Don't make me use my title in order to get what I want from you tonight," I told him, almost pleading, "Because I just might," I added, admitting the truth.