“It’s better that you rest,” she tells me, and if that’s not a code for ‘shut up’, I don’t know what is.I do as she says and close my eyes, trying to concentrate on rest. It doesn’t take long for me to doze off, considering the stress of the night.When I wake up, the car is already parked, and Bet

When I was ten, I saw my father kissing another woman in the palace itself. Even as a child, it was strange to me that he was showing affection to someone that was not my mother. Because of that, I told her.She never treated me like a stupid child. She sat me down and told me about his relations.“

“I know.” I close my eyes momentarily to drown the memories. “That’s why I had to send him away when I became the King. That’s why I had to take charge and tried to make him a soldier in the first place when my father was too weak to lead, too old to know what to do. But now Nikolai is back. What wi

I just look at her. “Is that all you got?” “You bitch,” she hisses, then she tries to land another slap.This time, I’m ready. I catch her wrist midair and twist her arm, pushing her down on the bed. She tries to kick me and turn around to pull my hair, so I slap her back.But before my palm can ev

“Yes?” He smirks. “Am I going too rough?”“No,” I pant out. Slowly, he begins to stroke my thighs, squeezing and kneading. “What… what did you decide about my pack?”“Cut them off, like you asked.” Ares’s eyes flicker to my mound. “Stripped them off of their funds, left them to fend on their own.”“