After reaching that crowd of guards and maids, Aereza witnessed a little boy crying who was looking at an age of not more than 5 or 6. He was holding a sharp knife in his little palms and blood was dripping from the edge of that knife which made Aereza aghast. Who was he and what was happening there? "Ellais, please drop that knife," one of the maids requested that little boy whose name was Ellais. Aereza watched that kid vigorously shaking his head and he teared up more. "No, Ellais killed L...Lily. Ellais h….hurted her," that little boy stammered. Aereza noticed something abnormal in that child's behaviour. He did not look or sound like a normal child. "Ellais, you didn't hurt her. It's not your mistake. Please drop that knife," another maid requested. They looked horrified and everyone else extremely tensed as the kid was pointing the knife towards his own navel and was crying harder and harder. He was not letting anyone go near him. "NO….." the kid screamed out of his lungs as
Their eyes met for a while. Aereza noticed something flashing in his gaze but before she could comprehend it, he turned around and walked away from there without saying anything. She had expected him to say something but he didn't and his silence confirmed that he had heard her words for him. Good for him because he needed to know the consequences of touching her without her consent but then why was it bothering her so much that he had left in complete silence? Exhaling a heavy sigh, Aereza turned around and found Viviana still there, staring at her. "I don't know whether I should feel pity for you that even after knowing what exactly you are to him, you are neglecting him," her words held a taunt which angered Aereza, especially the fact that he had told her everything regarding her being his mate."You know how many women and girls just ache to get his attention in this castle and even outside it but just look at you….""Maybe that must be the reason he is aching for my attention,
Aereza watched him standing there in front of her. Like always, his eyes were all over on her. What is he doing here so early in the morning? Shouldn't he be with his so-called royal and precious personal Courtesan Lady Viviana? Just at the thought of them being together for any reason boiled her blood in anger but at the same time, it winched her soul in pain but Aereza decided to numb those foreign emotions of hers and behaved like nothing had changed when in reality, she could feel a lot of things had terrifyingly changed and were still changing.Exhaling a soft breath, she was about to lift her feet up to leave but stopped when she saw his steps striding towards her direction. Maintaining their eye contact, he started reducing the distance between their bodies and it successfully angered her even more.Darren had just reached her when she attempted to walk past him but he didn't let her to. He held her arm and stopped her from taking a single step away from him. Her feet halted wh
"Won't you kiss Darren, A..Aeza?" Aereza froze at her place, hearing that little boy's question who was staring at her with his doe eyes which were filled with nothing except innocence. For him, his words were innocuous just as he was but only if she could tell that little boy that it was everything but innocent for his dear Alpha Darren because when Aereza tilted her head to look at him, she found a sinister teasing igniting in those amber eyes of his after he heard little Ellais's asking that innocent question to her. Aereza sent him a glare secretly because she knew he was more than enjoying it. "Aeza…." Aereza heard that little kid who was now pulling on her nightgown with his tiny hand to gain her attention. She looked down at him and found him staring at her with his curiosity filled eyes. "Will you k…kiss Darren like you give kisses to Ellais and Lily?" He asked her in his adorably soft tone. Not just him, even his tiny kitten, Lily, was also staring at her, like she was ev
"Aah ……" a soft moan escaped from her mouth as soon as she felt his middle finger penetrating her slit. Her entire body winched in pain. Tears gathered into her eyes because that was the first time she had felt something getting peered inside her and it was painful. Hearing her hiss, he pressed his thumb against her pelvis and gently started rotating it in a circular motion, soothing her pain. Aereza dug her nails in his shoulder. She had never expected to feel someone like him, especially him. Her body was aching to pull him closer and closer.Darren slowly and carefully moved his finger inside her while devouring her mouth but then he noticed she had still not kissed him back. She had not pushed him away but he had not reciprocated either. He slightly pulled back and looked into her glossy grey eyes which were already on him. He could clearly see her still fighting that battle of hate and love but he blurred that thin line of good and right for her by pressing his lips against her
Aereza watched Darren taking her inside her chamber. He placed her down on her bed carefully which made Aereza immediately pull on the covers to cover herself with them. Darren witnessed her covering herself with the sheets while she hugged her knees and got a little away from him. He silently peered at her and then found her giving him suspicious side eyes. He understood what was going inside her too much running head which made him smirk. He sat beside her, making sure to rub his body against hers. She stiffened at the contact of their bodies. She glanced at him through the corner of her eyes. "What are you going to do with me now?" She could stop herself from asking him that question. She was anxious to know what he was going to do with her further. Her questions enlarged his smirk. He pushed his face closer to her, making her gulp. Darren caged her between him and the headboard by placing his hands on both sides of her. Aereza's throat dried up when she noticed that devilishl
"You were using me," she sounded disgusted. Aereza sent him a blazing glare and then tried to get up from the bed but he pulled her back. Darren trawled her on his lap but she immediately started struggling."Leave me. Don't….." She shushed her by placing his finger over her lips. Aereza found him staring at her with a tender emotion which she didn't know only she had evoked that emotion inside him."No, I didn't use you. I used people around you to reach you," he had no guilt or remorse for the things he had done to get her and it hurted her even more. Cradling the corner of her mouth, he gazed at her soft luscious petals."And I am not even a little bit ashamed of doing it because," his gaze shifted upward towards her eyes."For having you closer to me, I was, I am and I will be capable of doing anything with no remorse or guilt," Aereza was turning appalled with each passing second. This man is too cruel and fatal and for having her as his, he is capable of doing anything, no mat
Tears were continuously dripping down from her eyes. Her eyes had started hurting now but her tears didn't stop coming out from them. Her heart was shuddering inside her chest. With every passing second, Aereza was feeling like someone was numbing her soul cruelly. What if something happened to that 5 years old kid? How would she be able to forgive herself if that innocent life would have to pay for her carelessness? And what was she going to answer him who had trusted her with him?All the royal healers of the castle were trying their best to save Ellais's life. When the guards took him to the royal healer, his breathing had almost dropped. Darren immediately got the information about his accident and reached there. He didn't question anyone but just went straight inside that chamber where the healers were looking after Ellais's condition and were trying to cure him.Aereza didn't even notice from how long she was standing outside that door and was waiting for someone to come outside