CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: KNOWN CONFESSION Lucy hummed softly as she prepared the king's tea, this time around it was ginger tea. pouring the hot content from the tea pot to the cup, the aroma spread once more.She inhaled it and nodded in satisfaction with her eyes closed.She closed the teacup and lifted the tray heading out of the kitchen.She walked into the hallway and saw Catherine who was speaking with the other maids.Catherine turned and smiled“Lily!, I was looking for you” she said as she called out,She walked towards Lucy.“Aren't these heavy for you” she asked and Lucy lifted a brow before laughing.“I'm almost healed and besides this just a cup of tea” Lucy replied and Catherine grinned.“It's good to know that, you have to go now before the tea gets cold” she said pointing at the tea and Lucy nodded.Lucy rolled her eyes when she remembered what Kael had said.On reaching the study room, she knocked slightly and heard a soft ‘come in’. twisting the door knob she stepped i
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: WARMED HEARTCatherine, who was called by the head maid, was now returning from the second palace.She sighed, the head maid had asked her to wash an entire room, not because it was necessary.‘Maybe she wanted to punish me for informing the King about the incident’ she thought.She was really tired, having done her chores and instantly called for another. It was hectic.As she walked in the vast space, she saw a young man who was staggering looking lost.She blinked her eyes, it was the man who had wasted her time.She frowned a bit.‘Why is he looking like this, did someone roast him like he does to others’ she thought.Sighing she wanted to mind her business, but her heart said otherwise.Before she could realize it her feets had taken her to him.He stared at her his green eyes dull, he had always been the kind to make sarcastic remarks but he stayed mute.“
CHAPTER TWENTY: SEVERED BONDIris grinned as she whistled.It was time to weave her plan.She stood up opening her left fist and glared at the handkerchief which was stained with her blood.“Luckily I wore a dark dress, else that stupid human would ask questions” she muttered.“What human Ris?” Viktor asked as he stood before the door, his green eyes roaming around the room before settling on her.He was looking for Kael, the maids had said that he was seen here.Iris felt her wolf stir.“And how is that your business, it is none of your concern” she growled and Viktor nodded.“You know very well that Kael doesn't like people coming to this room, yet you still came here what do you stand to gain”“Can you stop tailing me Viktor, I don't wish to see your face, is it so difficult for you to understand?,” she asked, folding her hands under her chest.“Iris don't you feel anything for me, our bond don't you feel it?,” he asked as he walked into the room, his eyes staring into her green
CHAPTER NINETEEN: IRIS' PLANKael sat on his throne, his hair flowing freely covering the straps of his silver mask.The Ministers sat at the long table as they discussed the kingdom.Alex, who was part of the meeting, occasionally stared at the king.He has his doubts about the king,It was confusing how the Ministers had accepted him so easily.After the meeting Alex stopped his father outside the palace gate, Because he intended to look for the maid he had seen the other day.“Father, why are the Ministers including you, so comfortable with the king” He asked, his brows furrowed.His father sighed. “Alex, we all know what type of king we once had, but trust me when I say that this seated king is not bad” He replied hitting his son on the shoulder slightly before heading to his carriage.While Alex went into the palace.Kael left the throne room, he was satisfied to know that his Kingdom was doing fine,It's been decades and now things have fallen into place.Instead of going t
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: BURNING MARKOnce Catherine was done she sat up “Ok, here it's all done, you can move around but don't stress yourself so that the wound won't tear up again” She explained and Lucy nodded obediently“I won't, you didn't tell me you knew how to treat people” Lucy asked as she placed her hand on her cheek raising her upper body.“Oh that, I learnt a little when I was young, at least I can help when necessary” She replied, packing her bag.After a while of discussion, Catherine left, since she has her chores to do. Lucy tried to stay awake so that she could speak to Kael but she dozed off.She yawned as she slowly opened her eyes, she gasped it was evening. Sitting up, her eyes roamed around the room in search of the king. But he was nowhere to be found, she bit her lips.Standing up she left the room, She wanted to go back to her room but she changed her mind and went back inside.Searching the drawer beside Kael's bed, she saw a bunch of keys, Grabbing it
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: WARY LUCYLucy stared at the ceiling in a daze, she wondered what other secrets the King and his people had, The name Kael resonated in her ears.He is Kael, it has always been him all this time.The King is Kael and her worst enemy but yet the only one who could make her heart race, she smiled bitterly.She overheard their conversation earlier.Curling up on the bed she cried, it wasn't what she planned.She didn't plan to be torn like this.Kael, who had stepped out earlier after the conversation with Lucas, walked in, his long black hair disheveled.He sat down on the black couch rubbing his forehead.*You should find a solution to this, we are attracted to her but then we don't feel the mate bond and the princess is elsewhere, all we have to do is to find the princess first* his wolf said to him and he shook his head *Rage what about her, j don't think I can stay without her* Kael replied, his eyes glowing as he conversed with his wolf.*Are you being serio
CHAPTER SIXTEEN:TORN KAELKael stepped into his room, shutting the door slowly so as not to wake the figure in his bed.He sat down at the edge of the bed his eyes on her lazily, He stared at her features, she looked familiar but he hadn't met her before right ‘she is a commoner, but my mate is princess Lucy according to the moon goddess’ he thought as he stared at Lucy, his heart ached as she occasionally flinched.‘We accept her but she isn't our mate, is she?’ His wolf questioned and he frowned ‘I can't tell, the attraction is there but I can't feel the matebond’ he replied and his wolf growled in annoyance.Shortly after, the royal physician came in “greetings your Majesty, you sent for me” the man who seemed to be in his fifties said and the King hummed in approval “yes, check if she is alright” he said and the physician nodded.The King's eyes followed his every movement as the man inspected Lucy, seeing the bandage placed .neatly, He pi
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: TOXIC VIKTOR Kael cradled Lucy in his arms carefully on reaching the door to his room, Catherine hurriedly opened the door for him. He walked in, placing Lucy on his bed he gently turned her, that she now lay on her belly. He wanted to rip her clothes off but it was inappropriate at least for now, Catherine seeing how hesitant he was, she offered to help “your Majesty let me treat her wound, I do know a few herbs that can be mixed to stop the bleeding” she said nervously and Kael nodded stepping aside, “you can go and treat her, make sure she is alright” he warned and stepped out of the room, Lucy winced as her face contorted due to the pain, Catherine brought out a small bottle from the little crochet bag she always wore. She gently removed the straps of her clothes exposing her back only. She cleaned the bloodstains with a wet towel, occasionally rinsing it in a stainless bowl beside t
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ANGRY KING Lucy winced but the head maid smirked “I warned you, I have always hated you and this?, it's my opportunity to torment you” she said scornfully as she whipped her again and again.Lucy laughed bitterly, she who was once a princess was now being whipped by a maid in her own home, Iris frowned standing up she took the whip from the head maid.MEANWHILE Catherine ran as fast as she could her breath unsteady as she stopped before the king's study room only to be stopped by a man with green eyes, it was the man who had brought Lucy to the King earlier, he stared at her “ what do you want” he questioned and Catherine coughed as she tried to catch her breath “I'm here to see the King, Lily.. Lily is being punished by the head maid” she said in between her breath but the man frowned, he remembered the girl he had brought to the King bore the same name ‘but then if she did something wrong she should be punished’ he thought.“And why wou