All Chapters of The Secret Love of the Wolf Prince: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

I nodded, pretending to read the woman’s small, tight handwriting, but I actually could only recognize the vowels.“Of course. I have them ready right tomorrow.”“That would be great. I can bring them to them.”“Wouldn’t you have any trouble, if they see you come back from this side with a basket of medicines?”“You’re right. I didn’t think about it.”“What time do you start your shift?”“It’s the dinner shift, from six to midnight.”“Good. I’ll take everything to the kitchens tomorrow, with detailed instructions for every remedy.”“You better come about this time, after we serve dinner upstairs.”“Of course. We can’t make them wait.”“Thank you, Joy.” Helga’s smile was open and honest. “I knew the rumors couldn’t be true.”

The next morning, I found the cuff of his shirt showing out the trunk with my clothes. I took it and pressed it against my face, smiling. If I couldn’t spend the day with him, at least I could start it with his exquisite scent.Over breakfast, the list that Helga had given me passed from hand to hand around the healers’ table, causing murmurs and surprise.Kendra greeted me with her usual stern nod when I went to the kitchens. Heather hurried to me with her short, quick steps.“There you are, lionet. Come, come, we have a ton of peas to peel,” she said, nodding to the table where Rose and Primrose were working.I followed her, surprised by her friendly welcome. While Heather and Rose made room for me between them, I handed Primrose a small flask wrapped in a strip of paper.“For your finger,” I said, keeping my voice down. “This will help it heal and ease the pain. I wrote down the instructions for you.&rdq

This time, we found two male wolves standing outside an open door. I thought one of them could be the long-haired prince that came to the village every winter, his hair in a ponytail like back in January. He rested his hands on his hips, and looked like waiting for the other one to finish reading a paper he had in his hands. The reading wolf, standing at the doorway, might very well have been one of his two short-haired brothers.We were ten steps away when the one reading looked up with a scowl, pursing his nose like he was sniffing the air. His blue eyes looked straight at me with a glare that caused me a chill.The other prince turned to us. He hardly glanced at me before nodding at Ronda. The one with short hair ignored her completely, still glaring at me as we got closer to them. Before looking down, I got a glimpse of his nostrils slightly flapping, and I thought I heard him growl or snort under his breath. I sank my head between my shoulders, fighting back my ur

I covered my eyes again and didn’t even hear him change. One moment I was hugging a wolf, and the next, my arm rested around the warm skin of his broad shoulders. He kissed me in no hurry and stood up, lifting me in his arms without breaking our kiss.“I heard some alarming rumors today,” he said, making me stand in front of the fireplace.“Let me guess. A small vampire loose in the castle, disguised as one of the service women?”He chuckled, undoing the buttons to my dress in that slow way I loved as much as it drove me crazy.“You heard them too?”“You should’ve seen your kin’s faces. Lucky me, Brenan was among them. I think that was the only reason why nobody called to arms.”“If they saw you like this, the rumors would be a different kind of alarming,” he whispered, pulling the bodice open with his lips brushing my neck.“You don’t want me to

“A celebration? You mean a party? Here?”My face of sheer terror made the healers smile.“It’s the Flower Moon, May’s full moon,” Marla explained to me, warm and patient as usual. “The mountain passes are open again, so we welcome guests from the neighboring dales.”“More wolves?”Their laughter didn’t ease my fear.“It’s a very special occasion,” Marla went on. “It’s the only time of the year when our mother appears in public, to honor our kin and allies with a dinner.”“I get it. They will need help in the kitchen.” Their faces made me sigh. “Where do you need me, then?”“At the bathhouse.”I open my eyes wide and shook my head.“Forget it. Ivy hates me enough already. Please, don’t send me to work under her.” Their questioning frowns made me raise my eyebrows. &ldq