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Chapter 16
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2025-08-23 20:43:12
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Hybrid King: A Royal Affair Chapter 41
Cassia’s POV When I woke again, the world outside my window glowed copper-red. My skin burned with heat; my back throbbed as though each lash still lived beneath it. Diane had slipped out hours ago, leaving the faint scent of herbs in the air. I pushed myself upright, every movement slow, deliberate. The room felt too small, too heavy with memory. By the time I reached the corridor, the sun was sliding down the horizon. I told myself a short walk would do no harm. The path to the lake was nearly empty. Only a handful of guards lingered at a distance, their armor dull in the fading light. The water shimmered like melted glass, ripples catching the last glints of gold. I stood where he and I once had, reminiscing on our past conversation. A cool wind rose off the lake, slipping through the thin fabric on my arms and raising a shiver I hadn’t noticed before. I turned to head back, the cold finally sinking in. That was when I heard it— a low, rolling growl that seemed to crawl out
Hybrid King: A Royal Affair Chapter 40
Cassia’s POV The corridors blurred as they dragged me through them. My footwear got lost at some point and bare feet slipped once against the cold floor, but the guards didn’t stop with their unyielding grip. The infamous punishment area was as cold and gruesome as I’d always imagined it, the air thick with a gag-inducing stench. My heart threatened to leap out of my mouth as the guards handed me over to the ones stationed there after telling my crime, their faces unreadable. “Tie her to it,” one of them ordered, motioning toward a wooden post near the wall. Old rope hung from it, stiff and stained with dried blood. No one had bothered to wash it. My chest tightened. “No, no—please, listen,” I began, my voice cracking despite myself. “I never meant for it to break. It was an accident a-and I can explain—.” The taller guard avoided my eyes, tying me up regardless. “Shut up and stop struggling.” The rough rope scraped against my wrists, biting into my skin as it tightened. I s
Hybrid King: A Royal Affair Chapter 39
Cassia’s POV It still amazes me how I found myself straddling the King upon his bed, his arms loosely wrapped around my waist as he rested against the headboard, in the deep middle of the night. His lips trailed along the side of my neck, each kiss slow and deliberate, while my fingers moved through his hair in a soft rhythm.Moments ago, I had been preparing to retire for the night with my friends when a guard appeared, summoning me to his chambers. There, I found a warm, scented bath waiting and afterward, a steaming cup of herbal tea he claimed would ease any soreness I might still feel. I had insisted I was fine, yet he made me drink it anyway. The tea left me relaxed and oddly emboldened, enough to try coaxing him into bed. But damn him and his unshakable self-control.“But Karl,” I murmured, gazing down at him, “I’m telling you, I feel no pain. And besides—” I couldn’t help but blush after seeing the print of his arousal, “you look more than ready. Why stop yourself?”He pulled
Hybrid King: A Royal Affair Chapter 38
Cassia’s POV He looked at me again and asked that same irritating question.“You’re really not his recent hole?”“Last night’s recent, actually. But is that a problem?” I replied, my tone dripping with false sweetness.He looked as if I had just struck him. Without waiting for his reaction, I turned away to help arrange the seats.“Your boldness, Cassia,” Stellar said with a hint of laughter as we flipped the heavy chairs and wiped them down.“Or her stupidity,” Groth muttered.“Save it, Groth. What do you know about boldness?” She countered himI chuckled at their usual banter while tracing my fingers along the elegant carving on a white wooden chair.Then something shifted. I could feel him coming — even before Drakon spoke.“He’s approaching. Wipe the last one quickly.”I glanced up, already staring before I realized it. He nodded at whatever Reckon was saying, but his gaze was fixed on me. He walked surrounded by a few soldiers, each one instinctively taking position to secure th
Hybrid King: A Royal Affair Chapter 37
Cassia’s POV Ever since I was little, I’ve hated being the center of attention. Now, it felt like I’d been thrown into the spotlight, tied to a chair and forced to accept the crowds scrutiny. As I cleaned the king’s room, I swallowed the knots in my throat to avoid crying. From the blood spots on the sheets to finding my torn underwear, it had been a lot, and thankfully, I was almost done. I tore my glare from the bed and the memories it held. “Stupid Cassia,” I muttered angrily, furiously wiping the vase by the side. How could I still be missing him? My heart relentlessly defending him even now. So shamelessly. “How sore are you?” His unexpected presence made me jump in fright. “Your Majesty?” I spun around to see him sitting on the bed I had been staring at earlier. “Come here.” He didn’t repeat the question. Did I mishear? “Your Grace, if you’ll just let me finish cleaning this area—” I rushed out, suddenly confused and nervous about why he wanted me to come closer. “How
Hybrid King: A Royal Affair Chapter 36
Cassia’s POV “It doesn’t heal later?” He asked, genuinely unaware. Lazily stroking my back in a up and down motion.“You can’t just break a human’s bone and expect it to heal immediately.”I told him.He had to be joking.We were cuddling, naked under the sheets, and I wasn’t sure how we got to this conversation about how ‘feeble’ and ‘fickle’ humans can be. Ever since he saw the light bruise I had acquired on my wrist from where he pinned me, he kept asking questions about how we ‘heal.’Shrugging at my response, he said, “I’m not exactly known for my tolerance towards your kind, so I wouldn’t really understand how their body works. It would be so easy to break them in an interrogation room.” He mumbled the last sentence. Was he seriously ruining this serene mood with gory talks? “You’re seriously talking about torturing people right now?” I sprang up to confront him, only to wince at the soreness between my legs. Of course, I would be sore after exploding four times in a night, in
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