MasukELENA'S POV, “Elena.” That voice from before came again, closer this time. “Focus on my voice, and let it consume you.” I recognised that voice this time because he kept speaking. It wasn't the first time I had heard it, and my mind still remembered it. Silverlake. He had appeared at my left witho
ELENA'S POV, “Elena, leave—” Andrew's voice cut through the noise and I ducked without thinking. Something passed over my head that I felt rather than saw, and then Andrew was there. “This place is not safe for you.” “Prince Andrew is right, come with me, Princess,” Joyce said, handling what I had
ELENA'S POV, The door swung open and the noise hit me like a wall before I could recollect my thoughts. The events unfolding in the main hall weren't the clean, controlled chaos of a fight with established rules and regulations. It was the other kind, the wild kind of chaos that I was expecting t
ANDREW'S POV, “That seems premature. We're at a delicate point in the discussion—” “Which is exactly why we need a few minutes,” I said, holding his gaze. He looked away first, and I continued. “To discuss your proposals in private and speak our mind without you listening to us. Unless there's a r
ANDREW'S POV, I noticed the guard first. Not his presence, his absence. The post in the east corridor had been manned every time I had checked it since we arrived. It was a consistent, unremarkable detail that I had catalogued the way I catalogued everything in a room like this one—automatically,
ELENA'S POV, The report came in fragments, the way bad news always did. It wasn't clean, nor with the kind of clarity that made decisions easy. Just pieces, arriving one after another through channels that were supposed to be secure and reliable, and each piece landed worse than the one before it.
“No, I can't let that happen,” I whispered to myself as I stopped in front of Ryan’s office.The door wasn't closed from the inside, so I pushed the door open without knocking. Ryan and Corbin were standing facing each other in the middle of the room, and when the door opened, quite aggressively, th
ELENA’S POV,I walked through the silent corridors of the palace, thinking about my new lesson plans for Ollie.Things were going exceptionally well with her, and she was getting better day by day. Due to the state guests staying in the palace, it was hard to take regular classes like before, but th
RYAN'S POV,I was in my bedroom, getting ready for breakfast when Andrew entered my room.He didn't knock or have his people inform me that he would be visiting. He announced himself with his presence, trying to appear well-put, but the dark circles under his eyes and the increased heartbeat weren't
“I’m afraid that Elena is that mistake,” she corrected, putting her hand on my thighs, which sent electricity down my spine.Georgina is an attractive lady, young with a model-like figure and sharp facial features. She had a very symmetrical face, big breasts and an even bigger back. I'd seen her on







