Two weeks before the wedding took place. The kingdom’s young king was having an extraordinarily miserable time. His father unleashed a huge rage on him for his reckless decision to intrude into the rogue’s territory. And his fiancée stopped talking with him because he had run after his mate. The worst of all was that he couldn’t even have sex. Lennie refused to sleep with him and forbade him to come near any of her dragon maids. On the other hand, that strange rogue specifically warned him not to do it unless he accepted Elena’s rejection. It’s not like he cared about the threats of that creepy rogue. It’s just he didn’t want to experience that kind of hell/ish torture again. When the last time Elena fooled around with that fucking rogue, he almost cracked his head open. If he enraged her and had her do it all through with that bastard, he might have to cut his penis off to find some peace.Pains he could endure, but desires… How could a man ever endure that kind of fire burn?“
After getting into the elevator, Elena breathed a sigh of relief quietly. Before they arrived at the hotel, Ragnar assured her multiple times that Cory wouldn’t recognize her. Still, she couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous.It had been half a month since she decided to return to the kingdom and search for her parents. Anxious as she was, she had to learn how to fight in human form with guns and daggers. Besides, she needed to learn how to behave and act like a real old-fashioned princess. The identity Ragnar and Daniel fabricated for her was the secret inheritor of the Phoenix-a mysterious species who kept their distance from all other shifters' kingdoms.“But there will be someone from Phoenix sending the wedding gift. What shall we do with them?” Elena was uncertain about this bold plan.Daniel assured her with a shrewd grin, “No worries. One of my aunts is married to Phoenix. I told her about you and your parents. She agreed to our plan as long as we don’t boast about it and draw
After the elevator door opened, the housekeeper on the floor escorted them along with their luggage to their room at the end of the hallway.Daniel put her and Ragnar in the royal suite which was fancier than his to manifest her identity as the Phoenix princess. Theoretically speaking, she and Lennie were now on the same starting line. Only at present, she wasn’t interested in her ridiculous ex anymore.Back in the kingdom after everything she had experienced, Elena now finally saw how stupid and blind she was to have such deep trust in her shameless ex. But guess pains and betrayals are what it takes to grow up. Only after all those sufferings and regrets, did she become the person she was now and obtain the courage and wit, and determination to be with her second-chance mate and to achieve things that she had never dreamed of. It was all because of hate and unwillingness.It was also all because of love and remorse.After introducing different kinds of room services, the housekee
When that gorgeous girl who was probably his second-chance mate stepped into the dancing hall, Cory felt his heartbeat stop. He ceased his conversation with those honorable guests surrounding him, and then turned and strode towards the door. Some guests’ attention was drawn by him. They followed his motion with their eyes and then saw that stunning newcomer.She wasn’t the kind of sweet or sunshine type who would make others fall in love at first sight. But that distant ambiance around her, and that coldness and pride in her eyes made her a raving beauty above all other people.She didn’t smile, and she didn’t socialize with others like a respectable guest was supposed to. It was impolite, even rude to attend a formal party like that, but Cory was deeply drawn by her indifference. It was what a princess should be in his mind. And that proud attitude of hers made him want to conquer her more than anything.It almost felt like she was made for him. And he would never stop pursuing her
Following Ashely upstairs to the dressing room of Lennie’s, Elena had this strange feeling of returning to her past.When she was still a kid, she hung out with Cory in the mansion all the time. After they confirmed they were fated mates, Elena basically lived here. It was supposed to be her house, her dressing room, and her wedding, but now they were all under the name of another woman. A month ago, she was so devastated about it. Right now she just felt that it was funny.It was funny that what you once valued so much could turn out to be so worthless overnight. Elena even felt glad that she had been betrayed in that way. That’s how she got out of this sugarcoated morass and found what was really important.“This way, please.”Being guided to the familiar room at the right side of the hallway. Elena was surprised to see that Ashely actually took her to the dressing room. Judging from what Lennie had just said in the dancing hall, Elena was pretty sure Lennie knew something about he
Chris Moore, the invisible assistant of the kingdom’s young king, had a really good time recently. As the king’s wedding drew near, more and more tasks fell on the kingdom’s Beta, Jasper’s shoulders. And each day, Jasper showed more of his incompetence at handling those tasks as the Beta.He was an incompetent wolf all along, but he got the Beta’s position anyway just because his father once fought wars following the old king. Chris’s father was in those wars too. He didn’t make as much contribution as Jasper’s father did, but that didn’t mean his son would be inferior to Jasper.They went to the same school, got the same training, and took the same examinations. Chris’s performances were much better than Jasper’s in all aspects. Still, he couldn’t get Beta's position because his father was less famous.Chris hadn’t been happy about it for a long time. Luckily, the young king he was serving was a bit arrogant, but not an idiot. He gave all the inessential paperwork to Jasper but sec
Elena was waiting outside anxiously in the car.Once Chris believed Ragnar was his king, she followed them in the bushes all the way to the hospital. After she saw Ragnar go inside the building, she called their driver to bring over the car. It might leave some eyewitnesses, but it didn’t matter. She changed into a hoodie to cover her face. And them being seen was part of the plan.She asked the driver to leave and waited in the car alone. Being back to the same building where she was imprisoned by Cory brought back some really bad memories. Which she had never told anyone. She was held in a ward with silver bars on the windows. And they tied her to the hospital bed with straps as if she was some kind of lunatic. Up to today, sometimes, when she closed her eyes at night, she could still feel those cold needles going underneath her skin. They poked into her flesh and injected those crazy fluids into her body. Her veins twitched and burned. And the pain of Nyla being peeled off was so
The trip back to the hotel was pretty peaceful. There were no warriors chasing on the streets and no checkpoints to inspect passengers. Everything was usual just like every other usual night.Obliviously, Chirs hadn’t realized he was scammed by a person who looked exactly like his king. And he wouldn’t realize it until he had met his real king and confronted him.Ragnar wondered when it would be and he would love to see how his young brother would react.“We are currently living in the hotel as his wedding guests. Ragnar’s friend, the Serpent's heir, Daniel, brought us here as his friends.”On their way back to the hotel, Elena explained their destination to her mother. She noticed her mother had been staring at Ragnar in a strange way since he got back into the car. She felt a little worried, but not too much. She knew what rogues were in “normal” wolves’ eyes. They were a bunch of wolves who didn’t have family or friends. They didn’t even have food or shelter. Before Elena met rogu