CHAPTER 9

Helena entered haughtily, not expecting to meet Raven there. On his arrival, her face sank into disappointment. She quickly collected herself before speaking with a bow,

" Your Highness! How come..you are here?"

Raven looked up at the woman longingly. His eyes narrowed before asking,

" What is she doing here? Wasn't this place sealed?"

Helena bit her lips hard. Yes, she knew that it was sealed but because of her influence on the king, she always thought that she could do whatever she wanted. Letting out a nervous laugh, she replied through her gritted teeth,

" It's just..she broke some rules and I punished her by sending here."

As expected, Raven didn't bother to ask what rules she had broken. His trust in Helena was unbreakable. However, he sent her a firm warning,

" I don't care but don't send her to this place which is risky. I promised to keep their heir safe. You want me to go back to my words? She could have died here. "

Helena pressed her lips together without saying anything. This was the very first time that Raven showed dissatisfaction towards her. For that, she secretly glared at Alessia who was shivering in coldness. Helena whispered, trembling in rage,

" Ye..Yes, My Lord.."

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On that very evening, the news of Darsak's disappearance spread throughout the kingdom. Everyone was anxious as Darsak was the only dragon who couldn't be tamed by anyone. Even their King had to work hard to keep him in control. Some of the maids gossiped about it openly,

" It looks like our Lord's life is in danger again."

" Hmm! Didn't you see how worried he looked today?"

Alessia heard their conversation as she walked with a bucket of hot water for the king. She never heard about Darsak before. Who was that almighty dragon that could kill Raven?

Her hands ached in pain. She was already in a sensitive state and due to heavy work for the whole day, she felt worse as more time passed. Although Helena didn't do anything further, she assigned her more and more work in the chores starting from cleaning the shoes.

" Knock.. knock..", Alessia knocked on the door timidly, her expression was full of anguish. She hated to serve him but had she any choice?

" Enter!", came a quick response in a deep voice. Alessia entered slowly, discovering him in the pool with five more servants around him. He was sitting inside the small pool, full of lotuses and lukewarm water. The servants rubbed on his back as he sipped wine. Half of his body was hidden under the water.

Alessia poured the bucket of water into his pond carefully. But she couldn't resist the urge to look at his muscular body. His muscles were taut and firm and could make anyone blush deeply. She was even ashamed to tell that her belated mate didn't have such a good physique.

Alessia quickly turned around to leave but heard his cold voice again,

" Wait!!"

Her tracks froze abruptly as she had to wait for his words. Then later, she heard him saying to the servants,

" You all may leave now."

As the servants left in the bafflement, Raven asked her without raising from the water,

" Shouldn't you be able to help me in bathing?"

Alessia bit her lower lips. Turning around numbly, she elaborated her words carefully,

" I..I heard that slaves aren't supposed to help their masters in bathing."

Raven rolled his eyes at her words. She always had the nerves to find these excuses. Raven scoffed at her, glaring deep at her face,

" Bullshit! I made no such rules. Come and help me out! What am I supposed to do with you then if you don't assist me in my personal work?"

Alessia sighed heavily in resentment. He was indeed speaking the truth. With his busy schedule, it was hard to torture her even if he wanted. Alessia followed the same process as those maids, and went behind his back with a rubbing pouch.

Her shaky fingers rubbed his back slowly. As soon as their skin touched each other, she felt the throbbing sensation in her core. Alessia bit her lips so hard that it started paining afterwards. It was normal to a wolf but how could she let her desire take over control always?

As she was lost in the battle of controlling her desire, Raven's cold voice echoed in the air again with a bit of annoyance,

" I heard that you were planning to serve the other prince?"

Alessia's fingers halted between her tasks slightly. She didn't expect him to notice the matters regarding the inner castle. She replied truthfully, keeping her eyes on his soap back,

" I was just.. helping Kayla out..She is still very young.."

Raven growled in response, slamming his fist in the water,

" So, it's true? Don't you know that slaves aren't allowed to serve anyone except her master? No matter how old she is,you aren't allowed to intervene. You do it on purpose to get on my nerves, don't you?"

Alessia was perplexed by his words. No matter what her real intention was,they were always going to judge her wrongly. Failed to hold back her anger, Alessia blurted out suddenly,

" Yes! I think, it's better to serve the prince rather than serving the murderer of my mate."

Raven's eyes instantly turned radiant. His anger took over his senses and before Alessia had the chance to escape, she was dragged in the water with her back facing him.

She let out an instinct cry and was forced to sit down on his lap, so close to his dick. Raven's voice growled into her ears, sending shivers to her spine,

" You forget who is your Master? It's not always good to run your pretty mouth. Don't you know that? Since you forgot, I should remind you again."

Alessia furrowed hard on her words and let out a startled gasp when he thrusted deep into her core without any warning. Her mouth opened to let out a moan. She clenched her teeth in anger and hated to remember that she wore nothing underneath her gown. It made it easier for him to fuck her so fast.

Raven kept thrusting slowly, his eyes laid on her pleasured face that dwelled between anger and pleasure. The position seemed awkward but it was getting intense with each passing second.

Raven rolled his hips, going deeper into her core as she began to whimper loudly. He asked in a demanding voice, still going slow,

" You shouldn't provoke me, Princess. I am not the hero of your story. I am the villain and you are bound to face me every now and then. Tell me, who is fucking you? Who is your Master? Do you still want to serve the other princes?"

Alessia couldn't say anything. Since she was fighting with her urge, all the time she was sobbing only. Her refusal made it worse as he went deeper into her core and began to thrust roughly, repeating his question again and again,

" You aren't going anywhere without answering me. Even if it takes a day, I will continue fucking here unless I hear your answer."

He spoke and at the same time, his hips began to thrust deeper into her core, hitting her G-spot again and again. Alessia held the edge of the pool tightly, his one hand was gripping her breasts from backwards. From his possessiveness, she could tell that he was going to keep his words. Leaving with no choice, Alessia uttered the most reluctant words that she had in her mind ever,

" You.. it's you..Your.. highness...You..are.. my.. master... only...you... not anyone else…"