LOGINELENA'S POV, The room they had given me to wait in was small by palace standards, which still made it larger than most rooms I had lived in during the years between then and now. Someone had placed flowers on the narrow table by the window, white ones, and I didn't know whether that was intentiona
RYAN'S POV, “Ollie needs stability,” he said, leaning back on his chair. “She's been patient, she's always been too patient for a child her age, and I've been asking her to share me with an entire nation for years.” He paused, turning the pen in his hand slowly, like he was still working out how to
ELENA'S POV, “Support the Queen,” he said, and the way both of them were talking through their eyes, it made me shake my head in embarrassment. “I have control over both of the packs. I will be their new Alpha, and after that, I will ensure that the packs publicly come forward in your support, wit
ELENA'S POV, Three weeks had passed, and I was still learning the weight of the crown. Not the physical one, that stays in a glass case in the east wing and comes out only for the formal occasions, like coronations or state dinners. The other kind, the kind that lived in every decision made befor
The King's jaw tightened. "I will not hand the Crown of this Kingdom to a woman based on a prophecy and a viral video." "Then we'll take it based on those things and the army standing outside your gates," Ryan said, still perfectly even, still without heat. "Your choice is not whether this happens
"They came out," Ryan said quietly, watching the road ahead. "At this hour. They came out." I didn't answer because I didn't have words for it yet. I just watched the faces moving past the window and let the weight of it land where it needed to land. --- The Palace gates were already breached
But then the voice inside me whispered back, ‘What if she becomes like her one day?’I cried harder when the fear gripped my heart. I didn't want Elena to be cruel like my mother. I was afraid that I might have to live in fear once again. My tears dripped onto my knees, leaving little wet spots on m
ELENA'S POV, The days after my conversation with Ryan passed without any hiccups. He was weirdly understanding of my decision to leave the palace someday in the future. And didn't bother me again to have a conversation with him, or try to change my mind about it. We went about our routines as if no
ELENA'S POV,“I fuck them till they cry.” He said it in a way that made me think he was warning me, letting me know in advance that he won't be holding back once he starts. It was my last chance to pull back, to save myself from the beast inside and that worried me a little. While I had read thing
“We have certain things more to worry about,” I added when he came closer to me. His hands found their way inside my top, and he reached for my breasts.“About us? About her?” He unclasped my bra while asking the question nonchalantly, like he wasn't playing with my breasts.“Both,” I whispered, try







