CHAPTER 014ALICIA’S POV.I smiled to myself in the mirror, the image of myself so surprisingly beautiful to myself. It has been a long time since I played dress up, that I was allowed to dress myself up and look as beautiful as I wanted to be. I tilted my head to the side, smacking the red lipstick I had applied on my lips together and batting my lashes to myself. I dragged the chair backwards and stood up, staring at my full self in the long mirror. The corners of my lips pinched upward to a nice smile that reached the down part of my heart, my hand slowly smoothing over the silk gown. I moved some feet’s back, trying to see my figure and an overwhelming sadness plunged over me.I remembered the early days of my marriage with Walter, how beautiful I used to look. He allowed me with everything back then, I wore the finest of dresses, used the finest and most expensive glosses and lipsticks. I wore the best of shoes, the best of good clothes. I had always had a good eye for clothes a
CHAPTER 015 ALICIA’S POV“Mate,” I repeated, the word sounding surreal and foreign in my ears.My entire body went into shock, my eyes boring deeply into his own without knowing what to do next. Alina's voice was still ringing in my head, urging me to go close to him, to touch him, and even to make him touch me. But it can't be. In my mind, this man cannot be my mate. I should not be having any other mates now.I cannot even be having any mates right now. It was a world that I didn’t want to be part of anymore, a painful and disastrous world, and even if I’m to do it again, not with someone who thinks women are sluts and has put me in a chair to be tortured.“Excuse me,” I said quickly, turning back on my heels and finding all the energy in me to make my way back to my room.My chest was heaving greatly as I slammed the door close, my heart beating fast and loudly in my ears as I turned the lock to prevent anyone from entering. My hand flew to my ears, pulling off my earrings, dashin
CHAPTER 016ARTFOLD’S POVShe smelled delicious, and even with the evidence of tears on her face, she looked just as beautiful as she was when she came out before. I stood at a spot, not knowing whether to go in or to just stand there as she was doing the same. It was taking everything in me not to move closer to her and touch her, or just whip her into my arms and put her right on the bed there. I clenched both of my fists, casting my gaze low as I clenched my jaw. My wolf was ranting right within me, fighting to be near her, to sniff her in, for me to sink my teeth into her shoulder and mark her again and again and again. She was the perfect example of sunshine in distress, and not even one part of her sunshine was dimming. There was something about her, even asides the mate bond that made me want to always be near her. I closed my eyes for a split moment, shifting all the thoughts to the back of my head and shaking it off, “it’s the mate bond. Just the mate bond.” I muttered to
CHAPTER 017ARTFOLD’S POVThe way her slender hand moved on my face, pulling my hair gently as I kissed her. Her fine and tight lips all over mine, our tongue swirling together, she was all shades of perfection. Even with her slender and bony body, the dress fitted more than I had imagined, the bones of her back sexier than any other woman’s body I had seen.A low growl escaped my lips as I threw my head to my chair, shutting my eyes and drowning in the thoughts of her. She was everything already, everything I might really need and without realizing she was starting to fill every nook and cranny of my brain. I want to feel everything again, to touch her again, to have my wolf groan in satisfaction of sinking my teeth into her and to kiss every line on her body. The mere thought of everything made my member rise, and made my wolf growl more than expected. I opened my eyes and heaved a deep sigh, throwing my head back to the mountain of fake paperwork I was pretending to do. Ever since
CHAPTER 018ALICIA’S POV.I sat down for the umpteenth time, a deep sigh escaping my lips. I was so lost, and so tired even though I just woke up an hour ago. Everything felt different and surreal, coupled with what happened yesterday, everything was so weird. First off, I was working as a maid, then to the maze and now to a new life and also, his second chance mate. And not to talk of, I haven’t been able to take my mind off him for a minute asides when I was sleeping.I stood up from the edge of the bed and started pacing again. I wanted to go out of the room, but the chances of meeting him is so high and I don’t think I want to see him, not after he left me hanging from the kiss.One minute, it was so good, my body wanted more. And I could sense in him that he also wanted more, everything about him screamed that he badly wanted to touch me. The next minute he was flying out of the room, spouting the rejection words that seemed too similar to what Walter has told me and too heartb
CHAPTER 019ALICIA’S POV.“Do you like her or not, alpha king?” The priestess repeated and he flashed me a gaze again. I looked away from him, perking my ears high up to catch any response. A part of me could not help but wonder and want an answer to it too. We’ve kissed…passionately, and it seemed like there was something. Maybe like was a far stretch, but there was really something between us. Something so strange and different that made my pulse move with anticipation of what would come next between us. “Start what you’re here to do, old lady and stop beating around the bush. Can it be done or not? I’m not in the mood for fancy talks this morning.” He replied and I felt my heart tug sadly. I looked up at the priestess as a smile curled up her lips before flashing her gaze away from him and towards me, and suddenly I could feel her in my head with our eyes boring into each other, “if you ever want to leave, come to….“I can hear you priestess, don’t ever try that again with her.
CHAPTER 020ARTFOLD’S POV.I returned to my seat, my head full of thoughts that I didn’t want to bother branching to, of the words we had both said to each other and the last word she said. I remembered what Callum said, in giving her a chance and letting the thoughts of Liana not haunt me again, and in that moment I realized that there was no chance again. She has figured it out, and her words, “I can’t compete with a dead person,” meant she was not even going to try, move an inch despite the fact that our bodies and souls wanted the both of us together more than anything.I was fucked up.And now I have to live with seeing her in my sight everytime and ignore the desperation to hold her near.Would I survive that? I had no fucking idea, but was it good? A part of me felt it was, I was never letting Liana go, or the thoughts of Liana. I loved Liana like she was my life, and I still love her like she is. Every day I wake up, I blame myself for putting her with that bastard and going
CHAPTER 021ALICIA’S POV.The walk with the priestess seemed more like a tortuous one for me. There was nothing to say to her, how to say it, I had nothing to do. We just walked in silence, my gaze finding her face once in a while and hers doing the same. I found something else to focus on, like the floor and the pair of good sandals I was putting on. My eyes traced all the fine lines of the sandal, then to the Marble floor, and everything else that was there to focus on. A guard approached us immediately we got outside, muttering some words to her which halted our walk before she replied to him. The guard bowed and walked away, and instantly she turned to face me, the first face to face we’ll do since we left the Alpha’s room, “I’m Mariska. You can call me that.” She said, grinning gently from ear to ear.“You already know my name so there’s no need to tell you that.” I retorted. The smile on her face deepened as she stretched her hand towards a path, picking herself and we starte