Feyre’s POVAll in all, my last encounter with the Lycan King wasn’t nearly as terrible as my first or as scarring as the second. All that had been required of me was to serve the King and his guests. Even though I had to do it in what was pretty much erotic underwear and high heels, I’d managed to finish and escape without so much as a brush of skin with anyone else. Apart from aching feet and understanding the extent of Xaden’s ambition, I was left with little to traumatize me. I hadn’t relaxed until Garrick escorted me back to the Harem and even then I’d had a little bit of anxiety. It had been two days since then and I was much calmer. I flipped through another page of my book, not particularly engrossed in what was going on inside it. Mishka slept in her bed having been out with a patron particularly late last night. It was nearly noon and she was yet to stir from the slumber she’d fallen into when she stumbled over here by six AM this morning. I was a tad worried
Feyre’s POVI remained kneeling at Xaden’s feet for the rest of the day, numbed by this new realization while the men laughed and drank, some even smoking all around me. Others trickled it, more girls being fetched to serve as party favors. There were mostly nobles and a few retired generals, all brimming with excitement at the disaster they had wreaked on yet another innocent werewolf kingdom. I was ignored for the most part where I was on the floor and I was grateful for it. The first girl I’d met here had long been made topless, the three others who had later joined all sitting or laying across the lap of one man or the other, being pawed relentlessly by multiple hands. Occasionally, I was asked to get up and serve something or fetch another. “To King Xaden! Ruler of the northern straits and soon to the emperor of Lycans and wolves alike!” One of his guests raised in toast and a boisterous cheer rang around the room. “To our brave warriors who keep conquering us territo
CHAPTER SEVENTEENFeyre’s POVI shut the book in my lap and dumped it with the rest of my finished pile with two pages to go. I couldn’t suffer through it anymore, my consciousness and will overwhelmed by the barrage of memories that assaulted my every waking moment. I’d spent the last two days after the gruesome execution of Alpha Landon trying my best to forget. I was having no such luck. I’d been allowed back to my room, Xaden releasing me from my torture and calling for one of his favored girls before the end of the night. As incredibly traumatizing as it was, I’d had the best outcome out of all the girls. I could only thank the goddess that I wasn’t yet ‘experienced’ because I would have bore the same fate as them otherwise staying up with the men until early the next morning and doing god knew what sort of debauchery before dragging their exhausted selves back. Every time I thought about it, my stomach churned. Every time I remembered that soon that would be my own
Feyre’s POVI tried not to breathe too loudly. Tried not to move. Tried not to let my heart beat too fast or any of the other things that would alert a highly sensitive lycan or wolf shifter to my presence behind the wall. I had no such luck because the voices seized all of a sudden, footsteps speeding up. “Who’s there?” I heard a moment later and I immediately turned, trying to run. I had barely made it three steps when they caught me. Hands wrapped around my waist from behind, drawing me into a hard, tall body. I struggled uselessly, squirming and kicking the air as I tried to escape that vice-like grip. The other man came around to face me, a delighted smile that made my skin crawl breaking out on his face at the sight of me. “Well, well well. What do we have here?” He drawled. The man behind me lifted me up, my kicking less now that I was suspended off the floor. “A runaway slave?” Fear lanced through me. “No! I wasn’t trying to run away!” “Oh, you weren’
Feyre’s POVWe met the guard who had escorted me to the library outside the door. He’d been about to enter just as we were leaving. He startled seeing Garrick, then at my disheveled look. “M─My Lord─” “You’re fired. Get your things and get the hell out of the palace. Now.” Garrick said flatly, his tone leaving no room for argument. He turned and kept walking towards the direction of the harem. I followed behind, glancing back to see the guard frozen in place, staring after us in shock. Garrick stomped all the way over to the women’s wing with me in tow. At the reception, he demanded to see Madame Esmelda but was told she was out. He fumed at the receptionist as if she was the one who had made the Madame leave the premises. “Garrick. Please. Let’s not make it a bigger deal than it is.” Perhaps it was the subtle warnings and acts of kindness he’d shown me since I got into this hell of a place, but I felt comfortable enough to speak plainly to him. To my relief, he d
Feyre’s POV“Alright ladies. Let’s try that again one more time.” The sex instructor Ms. Arella ordered. I let out a deep sigh and reluctantly put my lips back on my sex toy.This one was very dark with prominent grooves all over it that were supposed to be veins. I had been incredibly embarrassed when Arella dropped it in front of me at the start of this class but like it was with everything else I’d done since I arrived at this place, I didn’t have a choice. One hour later and I still couldn’t look at it without flushing. Despite how many unspeakable things I’d had to do in front of everyone.I didn’t see why most of the other girls still had to bother with this stupid and humiliating exercise. Surely they were good enough by now, some of them having been doing this for months. I saw with my own eyes how far many of them could go. Lengths that I thought were physically impossible would be done by a girl with frightening ease. They even gloated at us ‘poorer performers’. Yet twice ev
Feyre’s POVMy nightmare began after breakfast that morning. I hadn’t even finished with my bowl of oatmeal and strawberries when a maid came to get me.“Madame Esmelda would like to see you in her office.”She said. The little I had left of my appetite disappeared immediately.Five minutes later, I was walking into Madame Esmelda’s office, dreading whatever it was she had to tell me.She looked up expectantly when I entered. Her assistant was standing next to her behind her desk, leaning to look over a document they were both pouring over.“Feyre. You’re here. Good.”She leaned back in her chair.“You’re to go with Lottie at once. General Oben would like to see you.”I couldn’t stop my jaw from dropping. I’d known I’d be starting soon but I would have thought I had till at least this evening to prepare. First thing in the morning and I was to be violated?“I hope you know better than to keep that stupid look on your face while with your patrons.”She sneered and my mouth snapped clos
Feyre’s POVI walked on leaden legs back to the Harem. My already bad day turned for the worse when I entered the reception and spotted Garrick leaning against the front desk. I froze at the entrance, knowing I would not like whatever it was he was about to tell me. I shut my eyes against the tears of frustration that gathered and did my best to pull myself together.A part of my meager will restored, I forced my way over to Garrick, and sensing me, he turned to face me just before I reached him.He started to speak when his eyes honed in on the cheek where General Oben had hit me. I didn’t know if I had a mark there but his slap had been hard enough that it still tingled even now. A frown marred his angelic features.“What happened to you?”He said gesturing to my cheek. “General Oben punished me for something.”Garrick’s frown deepened. “Oben? Why were you with him this morning?”I stared at him. Was he unaware of what I was here for? Or that that my learning time was over?“I’ve be