Iris’s POV I couldn't explain the relief I felt the moment I left his room. Inside, it was like I was standing on thin ropes that would snap at any moment. He managed to rile me up and calm me down at the same time. I didn't know if I would be able to hold back my tongue for so long.He was another different person when he was stating the rules that I wondered if he was the same person who stood up for me back home. The one who got my father whipped…for me.He wasn't someone I could understand, he was a twisted piece of shit messing with my head. He had coldly sent me to the prison and still brought me back, saving me from the shadow. Then he spoke so coldly I couldn't help but be scared.He was never direct with his answers. I wondered what to make of his answer when I asked him if he killed his wives.“Never go to my study, never attempt to unmask me, don't poke your nose in what does not concern you.” I mimicked what he told me, “Tch, bastard. Who wants to see his face.”If these
Lucian's POV “What a time to arrive, alpha Lucian.” Nikolai smiled, a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.“Privileges of being the alpha I guess.” My lips curled up.“Use it while you can now, even privileges expire sometimes.” He continued.“I see you aren't done yet.”“As an alpha, you should lead with a good example that others should follow. What would you do if it were to be another person who were to arrive late? You don't seem to care do you?” He raised it brows.“Not one fucking bit.” I smiled and it riled him up the more, exactly what I wanted.“Words Lucian, words. You don't use such words when speaking one an elder.” Zekov, another elder who sat beside him uttered.“To hell with that.” I smirked.“Enough Lucian!” Nikolai huffed, rising to his feet angrily. “You see what I’ve been saying all these years. Lucian shouldn't have been made the alpha, Malachi should have let Zekov’s son, Vize to be the alpha until Lucian was old enough.” “Vize has lived for more than five h
Iris's POV “I promise you it isn't what you’re thinking.” I groaned, nearly pulling my hair in frustration. “He just helped me with a change of clothes, that's all.“Hmm, I see. Why did he change your clothes if you weren't already doing something…” Samantha trailed while Eloise giggled.I paused, wondering if I should tell them what really happened last night. How I tried to escape and the events that followed. They were kind, nice and funny and they seemed trustworthy. I bit my lips hard. No, not yet. I wouldn't tell them now, I’ll watch to see how trustworthy they really are. “I just went to check up on him, and he asked me to stay the night. I guess I kind of sweated a lot, so he helped me take off the clothes.” I explained, half lies and half truths.“What? If your words are true, it means the alpha spent the whole night with a beautiful woman like you and didn't touch you? Unbelievable.” Samantha said dramatically.“If that's so, it could only mean two things. Either the king
Lucian's POV “What does this mean Cecile?” Azariel asked with a frown.“I don't know but you don't need to worry, she's still dead. No pulse, not heartbeat, no brainwork. Her organs have begun rotting as a dead person should.” She listed.“Is there a possibility that she might be in a coma?” I asked.“No, she isn't. She's dead. It's the grass that's keeping her body clean.” She stroked her jaw.“Something is wrong, be more careful Cecile.” Azariel uttered.“Aww, Azariel cares for me. I'm so touched.” She placed a hand on her chest dramatically and Azariel rolled his eyes.“We’d be leaving now, stay safe.” Azariel muttered.“I’ll drive.” I said when we reached outside.“Whatever suits you.” Azariel mumbled.We got in the car and Azariel sat beside me. I could see he had something to say. He glanced at me from time to time as I drove.“You better say out whatever you’re hiding, it wouldn't be funny when I find out myself.” I threw him a glance.“Busted.” He whistled. “Well…I’m not hidi
Iris's POV“Why is the floor forbidden?” I asked.“Well, the floors from this side upwards are restricted. Maids are not allowed to cross it, only the butler is. That's what we were told when we first arrived here.” Samantha explained.“But I should be immune to it, shouldn't I?” I queried.“You should. I just panicked because we were severely warned not to cross to this floor. We had been so engaged in our chats that we lost our way.” Samantha giggled.“Would you like to see the servant’s wing?” She asked.“I’d like to.”As she led the way, my mind kept on wandering to the forbidden floor. What was there that they didn't want others to see? I hadn't really taken much notice of the place except that it was dimly lit, and there were a few paintings on the wall. Could Lucian's study be there? The normal and best thing to do was to stop being curious and avoid the place, but there was something about it that drew me. It made me want to explore it, I don't know why I was always drawn to
Lucian’s POV The scents didn't linger long which meant that they didn't stay long. The maids must have mistakenly crossed over and hurriedly pulled her away after discovering that this place was restricted.This place was off limits to literally everybody. Only those who entered were those whom I allowed such as Ivan as he helped with the cleaning. Knowing the little mouse, I was sure she would definitely try to snoop around here again. Her green eyes were always filled with curiosity, stubbornness, determination and defiance which she never seemed to hide.My lips curled in remembrance of her cautiousness when she was around me. Her expression when she saw she wasn't in her clothes was something else.I walked towards my study door and placed my thumb on the door to unlock it. There was loads of work to be done. I had piles of papers on the table, waiting to be signed. I would have been done with this, but Nikolai and his stupid schemes were taking much of my time.My eyes shut as
Iris's POV I yelped as I shifted back shifted back immediately. I rubbed my eyes to see it was playing pranks with me, but it wasn't. The creature still stood, looking at me with curious eyes.“You don't look human.” It tilted his head and stroked its jaws.“Milady what’s wrong?” Eloise asked.“There…there…there's something on the ground here.” I pointed to the thing.“Let me take a look.” She said as she stepped forward, looking at the direction I was pointing to. She darted her eyes about, looking past the creature.“I see nothing milady. What exactly did you see? A bug?” She asked.I paused, my brows raised. Is she not seeing the thing in front of her?“It's…it's right there before you.” I stuttered.“Wait let me take a look.” Samantha stepped forward, squatting and peering her eyes.“There's nothing here milady.” She rose to her face.I opened my mouth to say something but clamped it back. It dawned on me, they couldn't see the dwarf boy.“I swear something is really here…” I tr
Lucian’s POV “You should have seen Nikolai, he could barely even walk. The elders nearly beat him to death. You pushed him directly into the trap.” Azariel laughed.“Be careful child, you might choke on your meal. Table manners.” Ivana scolded him.“Nmm, I don't think I want to ever leave. The food here is simply delicious or I should take one of the maids who cooks these dishes along with me.” Michael said in between mouthfuls of food.“Keep quiet Michael and eat.” Ivana warned.“Ughh. You're so obsessed with being quie—” A fork flung at him stopped his words.“Hey! What did you do that for? You're as brutal as ever, Ivana.” He complained.“Any news from Landonsville?” Gaius who had been quiet asked.“Nm, it is as Lucian speculated. Some of the higher-ups knew about your imprisonment and some might even have a hand in it.” Azariel commented and the dining room went silent except for the clinking of forks against the plate.It was as I had expected, they would certainly feel betraye
Lucian’s POV“They are back.” Ivan informed me as I trained.I hummed in response, and continued training. Dodging the bullets that came my way. There were several programmed machines, whose aim was to shoot out bullets. I was dodging each and every one of them without using my powers. I had quick reflexes, so I didn't find them quite hard. I imagined a situation whereby my powers were taken away from me, and I could only chuckle.Ariel had mentioned earlier that he was going to watch a fight at the black market. I knew Ariel too well to know that he got bored of those fights. So, he definitely had other intentions. He revealed that Vonn Averaj, the younger brother of Konstantin Averaj would be present at the fight.Vonn Averaj was a human, despite the fact that his brother was a god. Konstantin’s mother, who was a human, married another human after her first husband, who was a god, died. Vonn was their son, a step brother to Konstantin.He was known for his love for women, and his a
Iris's POV “What's wrong Rhea?” I whispered.“It's nothing, just slight pangs of headache.” She whispered back.“Which means you haven't required well, you should have stayed home till you got better.” I sighed.“I promise, I'm fine. Let's focus on this man here before he kills us with his suspicious stares.” She muttered.“Who are you? And what do you want from Konstantin? You don't really look like you’re from the brothel.” He sat up, his eyes alert.I could see his slowly reaching out for something in the pillow, he didn't trust us.“If you're this suspicious of us then why did you send those beautiful ladies out?” I asked, and he paused in his movement.“Yes, they are indeed beautiful. But they don't compare one bit to both of you, I thought you were high class brothel ladies prepared for me by as the champion. But with the question you asked, you aren't.” His eyes peered at us.“What should we do?” I whispered as we stuck together.“Ariel probably wants us to lure him or somethi
Iris's POV I froze on the spot, unable to look away as memories of the past came flooding. The beatings, the tellings, the whips. I trembled, unable to move.Meanwhile his lips slowly morphed into a smile, a taunting one. He realised he still had the effect on me, that I was still scared of him.“Hey! Move red hair what the hell are you standing there for?” A gruff voice pushed me to the side and I staggered.My father then lowered his hands to the belt he was, caressing it as if to remind me of the pain he had inflicted on me with them. It was like I blanked out, and I could only see him.What the fuck was wrong with me? I thought I had gotten stronger, I thought I would be able to face him someday without fear. But here I was, immobile and shaking like a leaf.“Stop it.” I muttered, repeatedly.His eyes never left mine, his taunting smile still present.“Iris! Look at me!” I heard a familiar voice snap, and felt a pair of hands on my shoulders that shook me rigorously.I shook my h
Iris's POV I sighed for the umpteenth time as I tried to push away memories of the incidents that had happened yesterday. I groaned at the remembrance of how I was easily flustered, when he was just trying to apply medicine to bruises that I had ignored.This was the second time this was happening, and it was all my fault. When he asked me to strip and threatened me with my mother, it turned that he was only trying to check if I was injured from what I told him.But my body had been reacting otherwise. I guess that's what you get for being a virgin all your life. A pang of guilt hit me as I thought of the words I said about his family.Honestly, I expected him to hit me or something but he didn't. Flashbacks of how he beat my father because he saw marks on my shoulders, came with full force.He saved me from the rogues when I tried to escape home, the floweries incident, he came to save me. To think of it, he had been my saviour anytime I got into a mess. Yet, I still couldn't stop b
Lucian’s POV Punching Lucian was the only way I could vent my anger and frustration. He enjoyed the beating as the mad person he was. He knew who Iris was, yet he had put on the perfect facade.I had asked her to strip not because I was angry at her or anything, but because I knew she'd be hurt. With what she explained to me, the cab driver would definitely have hurt her. The red lines on her face told it all, and I knew Lucian didn't hurt her.If only I had met him alive, he’d have preferred to be sent to hell. Iris said Lucian saved them, and I knew he’d have definitely killed the men.My blood boiled that they had the audacity to touch and hit her, and they got away with it by dying before I got to them. Maybe I shouldn't have asked her to strip, because when she did, it took a lot of fucking control to hold myself. I couldn't lie I felt sexually attracted to her, I had let her get to me.I had never been affected by any woman this way. I had known it would get to something like
Iris’s POV I rubbed my ears to see if I had heard wrong, but from the look in his eyes, he wasn't joking.“I won’t repeat my words, and if I do, I promise you'll hate me more than you do.” I heard him say, and I gritted my teeth.“You're kidding me.” I seethed.Who the hell did he think he was to order me around? Do I look like some kind of stripper? If he needed one, he should go to a club; I don't care.I’d had enough, taking one deep breath, I rose from the bed and made my way towards the door. But on getting to the door, I halted, turning to face him.“Look, I’ve explained everything to you. I don't get why you're still…pissed or whatever. What else do you want? I’m sorry if….I made you worry, that's if you even did.” I muttered.“I didn't try to escape.” I added, but he still said nothing, his cold eyes watching me.I sighed, before reaching out for the door handle to unlock it.“If you dare step out of that door…I’m afraid your parents' life would not remain the same.” He said
Iris's POV My heart thumped rapidly, that I feared those in the room could hear it. I sat, glued to the seat without being able to make any movement. Lucian stood by the door, staring into my soul with those cold blue eyes.The mad king on the other hand, didn't seem ready to leave. I was screwed, he had definitely misunderstood and with the way he was looking at me, he looked like he would tear me apart at any moment soon.The plan was to explain everything to the mad king, so that if the search party got here, Lucian would understand. But instead, Lucian had found me first.“I can explain.” The words jumped out from my mouth as Lucian took a step forward.Still locking gazes with me, each step was like a death sentence to me. He stood in front of me, his height towering. Then he withdrew his gaze and now faced Lucian, the mad king.I was in between them, feeling so damn uncomfortable. Looking at them up close, they were the same height. But Lucian, my nightmare seems to be slightly
Lucian’s POV My brows furrowed, as I clenched my fists. Her scent that I perceived in the car boot earlier, wasn't a mistake or a coincidence, she was indeed in the boot. Which meant she had probably tried to escape along with her new friend.“What's wrong Lucian? What did Ivan tell you?” Azariel asked upon noticing my quietness.“Let's go back to the council, now.” I muttered.I would visit Konstantin later, but now; finding Iris was more important. Maybe it was because I went a little easy on her the last time she attempted to escape, and now she thought she could do it freely.If only she knows….When I find her, I’d have to teach her a good lesson so she wouldn't dare assume for once that I was a good girl. That's the thing with people, you show them a little leniency, and they’d take it for granted.I dashed out of the shack, walking to the car with Ariel and Azariel behind me. This time, I drove by myself, rage coursing through my veins. I was sure she didn't escape to her home
“Well, well, well. Look who we have here, what a coincidence.” She smiled. “Aren't you meant to be at your pack now?”“It's a long story.” I muttered as I explained everything to her, from how the cab driver brought us here to how he attacked us with his men, and finally Lucian, the mad king coming to save us and how we got to the hospital.“It's understandable that Lucian killed those men, he can't stand the likes of them. But he let his driver bring you and your friend to his hospital? That's new.” She looked surprised.“He has definitely caught interest in one of you, or both of you; maybe.” She laughed lightly but I wasn't finding it funny.He was interested in who?I subconsciously imagined the scene of him flaying his wife, and it was enough to send shivers down my spine.“Thank you for the information. I’ll immediately leave with Rhea.” I muttered quickly and she burst out laughing.“You really are as quick as a horse. Is that how much you're scared of him? Don't worry, he won'