"Ask me anything else, Jarl, anything but that, please," Katrina cries, refusing to take the cellphone. "She is my friend, the only one I have.""You have me," Jarl sits on the bed and takes her face in his hands, pressing his forehead against hers. "You don't need anyone else but me, Katrina. As long as they are all around, we will never be happy. Amber always ends up turning you against me.""She doesn't...""She has always told you not to accept me, love. I know, I have heard it myself. She even demanded that I stay away from you. Is she the friend you love so much? Amber wants us apart, and you know what I'm saying is true."Katrina denies, her face wet with tears."Take the phone and tell her to leave, that's all I ask of you. I promise that everything will be alright between us after that. You will go back to college, and I will get you a position at Sofisthy so you don't have to go back to the castle."Katrina looks at the phone with a downcast face, but this time she takes it.
Katrina sighs reluctantly as she looks at herself in the mirror. Over these two weeks, her stomach has become a little rounder and harder, although her pregnancy is not noticeable yet. She feels that her pants are tighter around the waist, and that makes her very uneasy and bewildered.She searches through her clothes for a looser dress that will allow her to hide her belly, and a jacket to match. She has never had much clothing because she doesn't spend much time or money on it, but now she really needs more options.She ties her long hair up in a high ponytail and applies foundation to cover her huge dark circles. Ready, she goes downstairs to the dining room. Today she has final exams for the year at the university and cannot miss them.Marta is sitting on the couch, with a fashion magazine in her hand and a cup of coffee beside her. She looks up and frowns at Katrina.“At least you did something right, that's why my son let you go,” the mother-in-law mocks. Katrina doesn't say any
In the Grimlore mansion, Katrina looks at the time on the clock and can perfectly imagine why Jarl hasn't arrived yet. In these weeks, she has learned to ignore what he does or doesn't do, and thanks to that, she feels more relieved and at peace. If this is the life he likes, then let him do whatever he wants as long as he leaves her alone.She gets out of bed and takes the new notebook that Jarl brought her in the morning from the drawer and goes to bed to look up some things on the internet. She doesn't like to waste time on these things, but right now it serves as a distraction. It's not until she looks at the time on the screen that she realizes it's almost 4 am and as she predicted, her husband still hasn't arrived. She quickly deletes the entire search history in case Jarl feels like checking and leaves the notebook where it was so she can get what little sleep is left of the early morning.In the morning, her door opens abruptly and a smell of alcohol makes her frown. She imme
In the castle of Alba Noctis, Lizzie is on the balcony talking to her mother. They both agree that they cannot waste time with Katrina. Whatever they are going to do, they must do it right now, especially if she is pregnant as they suspect.The door suddenly opens, and Mauricio approaches them with a furrowed brow. He overheard some of the discussion between them before entering, but he would never go against his wife and daughter."What's going on?" he asks in a stern tone. Both women look at each other, unsure of what to tell the man. "What's the problem with Katrina this time?""Nothing, Daddy, you know how my sister is, always thinking the worst of me," Lizzie says, embracing her father."You should leave that feud behind, it's not good for you two to be constantly fighting as sisters," Mauricio says."That's what I was telling our daughter, Mauricio," Lorena intervenes. "Now more than ever, we should try to get along with Katrina."Mauricio agrees as he imagines what his wife is
Katrina reluctantly rises this morning, glancing to her side and finding her husband's place still untouched, just as it was last night when she went to bed. She already suspected it, but now realizes how blind and foolish she was regarding him.She heads to the shower, quite disheartened, but the warm water manages to calm her a bit. Upon exiting, Jarl is already sitting on the bed, waiting."Good morning," she says, passing by him. A growl is the response she receives from him.Although she's eager to ask where he was until this hour, she holds back. She walks to her closet, searching for her underwear and the outfit she'll wear to the university.While rummaging through her drawer, a peculiar scent reaches her nostrils, startling her.Jarl takes her by the waist from behind. He unties the knot of her robe and begins to touch her breasts slowly while inhaling the scent of her neck. Katrina becomes nervous. She's afraid he might realize she's pregnant. Her waist has expanded, not to
Katrina closes the laptop screen and refuses to continue watching something so horrifying. Tears begin to roll down her face as she remembers the last uploaded video. It's him, Jarl, torturing a young woman until she is seriously injured. She recognizes him by the mole on his right arm. Is this what he does when he doesn't come home?Katrina cries like she has never cried before. This is the dark side of Jarl that she refused to discover and is now hitting her hard in the face. It's dawn and a few knocks on her door startle her. She looks towards the window and it's already fully daylight."Yes?" she asks, feeling very dispirited. The intense headache is the result of all the crying she has done for hours before falling asleep, almost at dawn."Mrs. Katrina, the truck is ready and waiting for you," Sara replies from the other side of the door."I'll take a quick shower and then I'll leave," Katrina gets out of bed and doesn't even wait for the maid's response. She enters the shower f
Ragnar gets out of the truck and takes a short walk around the cabin, while Julian unloads his suitcases and puts them in the room. In the end, he preferred to have Julian accompany him so he wouldn't come completely alone to this place, which is the first time he visits. He had come to Brazil before only for business, but never to this mountain, and he prefers to have backup in case something unexpected happens.He reaches a higher spot, lifts his nose and closes his eyes to take a deep breath. A subtle, yet delicate, aroma caresses his nostrils and makes him shudder like never before. He abruptly opens his eyes and Remus manifests himself inside his head, asking to be set free. Ragnar takes off his shoes and starts running along a trail several kilometers ahead, not fully transforming yet, but reaching a magnificent lake. He is able to perceive many different aromas in this place and now he feels confused about what he perceived earlier. He discovers that this is a territory occupie
Katrina Grimlore wakes up dazed and somewhat lost. She looks towards the window and has no idea how long she has been asleep. It was supposed to be dusk when she started feeling unwell at the lagoon.She gets up feeling much better than the horrible dizziness that had attacked her yesterday. She grabs her cell phone from the bedside table and finds some notifications from Jarl. She doesn't even bother to read them. She furrows her brow when she realizes that she was almost asleep for 24 hours.She goes to the shower and, after a short bath, puts on a long white dress she had bought a few days ago, some ballet flats and leaves the cabin, making sure not to make any noise. She has no idea where her sister or the omega that had accompanied them here might be, but she doesn't care either.When the fresh air from the mountain hits her face, her senses go on high alert. She takes a deep breath with her eyes closed, and a sensation she had never felt before embraces her. Her skin starts to p