登入Elle’s POVI bowed gently, a part of me still pissed about the tricks she had played with me up until that point. The reality that there was nothing I could do only heightened my rage.“Your grace,”She said nothing and at first, I tried to keep my head down as per the rules but when the silence was going too long, I lifted my head only to catch her running her eyes over me.She had such darkness in her eyes that made my skin crawl slightly.But the person next to her was completely different.She had a smug look on her face as if she was about to witness her enemy being beheaded and couldn’t wait to savor the moment.“Your Grace, what shall we do with her?” Thalia asked, face still plastered with that smug expression.The woman drew out a deep breath before finally opening her mouth. “So you are the one who has refused to select my son, right?”My chest skipped.It wasn’t like I was scared of her but I didn’t know how far this could go since it was supposed to be against the rules. I
Elle’s POVBianca looked completely white, like all the blood had drained from her face because I knew her secret. I thought about toying with her for a while longer but ultimately decided against it. She looked too terrified for that.Instead, I broke into a smile, creating a distance between us.“Answer me, Elle. Where did you hear that?”“Relax, you don’t have to be scared. The king… he told me about it.”Instead of relief, her eyes opened wider. “What? Do you expect me to believe that?”She scoffed.Her question caught me off guard causing me to wiggle my brows at her. “Wait, are you accusing me of lying?”“Of course,” she yelled. “The king would never tell you something like that. How do you even expect me to believe that?”I laughed dryly. “Well because he did. He has explained everything to me.”She shook her head. “He can’t. He couldn’t. He knows the dangers of telling such secrets to a…”“Solarian?” I cut in immediately, making her go quiet. “Is that it? He’s not supposed t
Elle’s POV“Elle, where have you been? I’ve been so worried about you,” Bianca said as soon as I walked into the room.I smiled at her, trying not to give anything off. “I’ve been around. Sorry for making you worried.”She returned my smile. “Let me guess, you were with the king?”My eyes widened and I began to stutter. “No, I— I wasn’t.”She jumped to her feet and joined me in the middle of the room. “You don’t need to lie to me, Elle. I know everything. At least some part of it.”I blinked, still trying to maintain innocence. “I don’t understand what you’re talking about, Bianca. I think we should end this conversation.”“Elle, stop lying to me. I said I already know everything.”I stopped and focused my attention on her. “And what exactly do you know?"I admit that my tone was a little off but I only realized it after I was done asking a question. This made her frown slightly at me. “Elle, are you trying to lie to me of all people?”“I’m not lying to you. You said you know somethi
Elle’s POV“What happened?” The words came out of me in a surprising gentility. I didn’t know what it was but I could feel that something serious had happened.He looked at me, clearly surprised by my question.“Wait, you don’t remember?”I frowned a little, surprised by his question. “Am I? Did something serious happen?”He pulled back, not breaking his stare from my face even once. His reaction confirmed the deep feeling I had that something had happened. I tried to pull myself up to continue the questioning but he quickly stopped me.“Hey, you have no business getting up. You should lay down, you need to get better.”I laid down on the bed, wondering where I was for a moment. Then I began looking around to get an answer to my question until it finally hit me. And as soon as I realized where I was, a wave of memories hit me deeply.I remembered everything that happened last night as if it was still in procession. For a moment, I forgot about the haunting feeling in my guts and just
King Kerman’s POVInstead of improving, her temperature only worsened. And so did her violent convulsion like body spasms. My chest tightened more than it already had.“Elle, what is going on?” I asked myself, trying to do whatever I could to calm her down. Her eyes were shut tight against themselves and I didn’t need to be told that that was another problem.She grabbed onto my arm, her fingers digging so deeply into my skin that blood began rushing out of it. But I didn’t care nor did I stop trying to calm her down.Suddenly, her grip tightened a little as if she was about to enter another face. I looked at her fingers but nothing else happened so slowly, I lifted my head up to her face. That was when I saw it. Her eyes were now wide open but not like I knew them to be. Instead, they were blood-shot red in the deepest shade of crimson I had ever seen. For the first time since all of it began, I faltered. My hand that had been trying to press different parts of her body in order t
King Kerman’s POVAs soon as I finished the morning meeting, I had one thing in mind. Or rather, one place to be. In the garden…with her.“Clear my schedule for today. I do not have any interest to meet with anyone and I mean anyone at all,” I said to Caius making sure he understood the emphasis on that particular word.“Does that include—?”“It includes everyone, Caius. If my mother tries to come in here again, I give you the power to stop it. She has no business in this room in my absence, is that clear?”He swallowed, still, hesitating. But I didn’t care about his fear. If he should be scared of anyone, it should be me. After all, my mother punished him without my permission?I grabbed his face off the ground, steadying it in front of mine. “Was I clear enough or you need more words to understand?”He nodded gently. “I understand, your majesty. No one will come into this room.”“Good,” I turned to leave.“But can I at least know where you’re going so if anything comes, I can eas
King Kerman’s POVAs I listened to her narrating the event of that day, I knew something had gone wrong immediately. Her explanations weren’t and she seemed to be struggling to remember some parts of her day. Something she clearly hadn’t thought about before.And that was when I realized something.
Elle’s POVEven though I was angry with the man in front of me, I stood behind him watching as the five weirdos floated away. I still couldn’t believe what I was seeing.It seemed so surreal. But what scared me the most was that after the initial shock, I wasn’t even questioning anything anymore.
King Kerman’s POVI was walking towards my garden, certain that I would find her there when I stopped halfway.With the way she cried out of the room, there was no way she would go to a place like that. Not with the memory we left behind.That left only one other place.The edge of the cliff. The s
KING Kerman’s POV“Get out, I want to be alone.”“But your majesty—.”“Get out, Caius. I mean it, I want to be alone.”He swallowed, walking out of the room.But I really needed that privacy. My mind went back to the moment she ran out of the room, crying hysterically in such a way that made me que







