Alle Kapitel von The Secret Love of the Wolf Prince: Kapitel 81 – Kapitel 90

I hurried out without looking back, pressing my chest where, like the princess had just said, my heart was pounding. I ran to the other end of the hallway, to the stairs that would take me to the security of my room.Tilda waited at the bottom of the stairs, worried and sad. Marla, Ronda and the other healers were right behind her. For some reason, seeing them felt like another punch to my belly.I faced Tilda with my eyes full of tears, and raised both hands when she stepped up closer to me. My reaction stopped them, and they looked taken aback as they watched me stick my back to the wall and move past them. I hurried into my room, closing and locking the door.It was always the same. Wolves showing concern for my wellbeing, while they kept putting me in situations than could only end badly for me.Like leaving me alone in the cave, without warning me that lion mountains came down to hunt in that part of the forest.Like making Selene scrub the fl

Aine’s look warned me she wouldn’t take cagey answers.“What I can’t understand is how he dared to touch an underage girl. I mean, underage for him,” she said.I slapped my forehead.“The silver!” I cried.We reached the cave while I told her about Lily’s dress and what the wolf had said, that my scent changed when he touched me. Aine guided me to tie our horses right under the cave’s access and hung her saddlebags from her shoulder, telling me to do the same with mine.“And the second nugget was in the panties?”“Yes. He made me take them off to search them.”“Oh, well, he’s not such a pervert as I thought.” She chuckled. “That explains it. Your body reacted to his touch, more than both of you expected. Poor thing, I actually pity him.”We went up to the boulder and climbed to the ledge. A wave of emotion made me pace do

The flapping wings of one of the big ravens from the castle woke us up at sunrise. We had slept together in the pallet, and Aine got up while I still tried to understand what was happening. The raven jumped to her wrist.“Joy coming back?” it cawed, mimicking the princess’ voice.Aine turned to me, grimacing.“I’m in trouble. If my mother sent the message, it means they found out I’m gone and they know I’m with you.”“What? What are you talking about?” I asked, rubbing my face.“You silly. She sent it so I wouldn’t recognize your wolf’s voice. What’s your answer?”I looked up at her and shrugged, not knowing what to do.“I don’t know, Aine,” I murmured. “I’d love to go back to him. But these weeks in the castle…”She didn’t wait for me to say anything else and turned to the raven.&ld

Our relaxed mood didn’t change some things that kept going round and round my head.“Nobody is above the law of the Dale,” I murmured.His hand paused on my shoulder and he waited for me to go on.“But that’s what we’re trying to do. You, me, her, even the queen, who knows about us and keeps the secret. How are you so different from the humans you despise?”“What do you mean?”“That girl saw my pendant, and took it from me because she thought she deserved it more than me. They beat me up because that’s what they used to do growing up, and nobody ever told them it was wrong. It’s a matter of education, when you think about it. Nobody taught them they shouldn’t use violence against others, even if they don’t even consider them human.”“Are you taking their side?” he asked, taking offense.“No, but there’s something I only un

Lucky me, weeding the prince soon required all my attention. I didn’t know where he’d been, but he had as many prickles as Brenan and his two brothers put together the day before. I smiled to myself, because he didn’t stiffen when I ran my fingers through his fur slowly, to make sure there were no thorns left.“Can you lay on your side, my lord?”He raised his head to look at me again. And he was so expressive, it was just like he had shown a questioning frown.“I’d rather take all the thorns off before really bathing you,” I explained, my eyes down.The wolf turned to look ahead again and I thought he’d refuse, but he lay down as I’d asked. He had another ton of thorns on his side, and Ronda had to bring me another bucket for them. I didn’t need to ask him to change sides, and I felt him relax a little more.“Would you mind standing up for a moment, my lord?” I asked whe