Nicholas It’s been a week since I last saw Lydia and I’ve missed her so much to the point where I hated myself. I've never been the kind to get attached to anyone and the fact that I had gotten so attached to Lydia to the point of missing her was making me angry at myself. It was just very unlike me to be like this because usually, I wouldn't even think twice about someone like her but for the past week since the full moon party, she hadn't stopped popping in my head very frequently. I instructed Martha to inform her that I didn't want her to deliver my meals to me personally because I didn't want us to have any excuses to see each other and I also wanted to completely forget whatever happened between us that night. To me, what happened between us should have never happened and if it wasn’t for her instincts kicking in right on time, I would have completely lost myself and made the mistake of marking her. Sighing, I stared coldly and boredly at the pile of paperwork on my office

Lydia When a guard suddenly came around and said that Nicholas was calling for me, I was surprised because he hasn’t spoken to me since the full moon party which was about a week ago, and I already told myself to expect that he was never going to speak to me again. I didn’t know if his reasons for calling me were good or bad but I was happy that I would finally get the chance to see him again. I also wanted to tell him about the situation with his stepmother and how she had constantly been inviting me over to her palace. The guard escorted me to the meeting room, pushing the door open for me and stepping back as soon as I entered.I immediately saw Nicholas from afar and he was seated on his throne with an unreadable expression on his face. “Good afternoon, Alpha,” I greeted, trying to mask the fact that I was slightly nervous. His expression didn’t look very welcoming but I didn’t want to imagine that he was upset with me or anything like that because I saw no reason why he sh

Third Person Pov "I hope your reason for being here means that you have good news for me because I'm not about to have you waste my time," Henrietta said, as she sat tiredly on her throne. Kelly, her informant in Nicholas's palace had suddenly shown up and she was hoping that the girl had something important to say to her because she wasn't about to waste her time listening to unimportant information. "I apologize that I haven't gotten back to you in all this while, my Lady. Getting information on the Alpha has become even more difficult in the past couple of weeks but I came here to keep you up-to-date on the relationship between the Alpha and Lydia," Kelly responded. "Well, I'm already aware that there is some kind of distance between them but I'm guessing that is just my son's attempt to push away the rumors. What else could you possibly have to say to me?" Henrietta asked. Kelly sighed. "I don't think the rumors are the only reason why the alpha was avoiding Lydia. Someth

Lydia I was chopping away some vegetables for the Alpha's dinner, trying not to pay attention to the fact that everyone around me had their eyes on me despite having things to do. At this point, I was already so used to the attention that it no longer bothered me as much as it used to, even though I'd still prefer it if they stopped staring at me so that I can concentrate one hundred percent without the knowledge of being stared at. I still wasn't sure what Nicholas meant yesterday by saying that he was going to try to help me out, but I was hoping he did whatever he had to as soon as possible because I was so sick and tired of getting mocked. I honestly didn't mind them being jealous of the fact that I was close to Nicholas, but having to deal with them mocking me and acting like I was at a loss, was definitely annoying the hell out of me. “Lydia, sweetie, can you help Tara with the baking when you're done? She needs some extra hands,” Martha said when she walked in, and immedi

Third Person Pov Nicholas walked closer to Lydia, closing the space that was between them before leaning down to her height. He stared at her for a few seconds as several thoughts ran through his mind before leaning back up and taking a step back from her. “What was that for?” Lydia asked, not hiding the irritation in her voice. She didn't like the fact that he had leaned in so closely, giving her false hope and making her think that he had wanted to kiss her.“Just making sure you weren't drunk or high on something,” Nicholas lied. He definitely wasn't going to admit to her that he was thinking of kissing her, but that he had controlled himself because she didn't want to give her false hope or give in to his crazy attraction to her. He no longer bothered denying to himself that he was attracted to her because there was honestly no point in denying the obvious. Lydia was crazily attractive and addictive, and he would be lying if he said he didn't want to do things to her right a