Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Professor, My Enemy, My Mate: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 39

Chapter 32Duiane's POVShe left that morning without even glancing back. Without even a goodmorning. No goodbye. No even damn knock on the office door.I lingered at the dining room table that morning longer than I should have, I was sipping cold coffee while the maids walked around silently, clearly not wanting to make a sound. Dave had already left to make patrol and the silence in the house was more stifling than it had to be."She has left for class," her maid said to me when I finally asked, but I already knew."She dressed up and left quite early, before dawn broke." The maid told me.Of course she did.I'd blasted at her in the garden the night before, I couldn't blame her. I reminded myself I didn't mind. That it was best I did that in that manner. That she needed boundaries drawn. That she was the one who was off her territory.But the harder I tried to focus on the council reports that were all over my desk, the more my mind kept drifting back to her face, how it ha

Chapter 34Duiane's POVI walked down the hallway of the royal house quickly, each step pounding against the shiny floors. This was something that stung more than anything. Stealing to me was inconceivable, disrespectful, dishonorable, deserving of an example.I arrived at the scene in front of the shut vault hall where two guards held watch over a chained individual, he was bruised, bloody and half-conscious."Alpha Duiane," one guard greeted. "We caught him trying to break open the vault door. He was armed and only surrendered when we arrived." He bowed respectfully when he was done.I looked at the man. With his torn shirt, his stomach protruded through tattered fabric. There were bruises on his face, handcuffs chained to his wrists. He was barely alive. I hated this.I did not break rules. I did not condone greed. But I recognized that revenge was not justice. Not if there was theft involved. Theft? Killing, I could live with in war. In life, defense, war but stealing?

Chapter 36Author's POVThe halls of the royal house were quiet as the last rays of the sun dipped over the horizon. In a wing of the house, a file of quiet steps padded down along the tile corridor.Kayla had finally come out from her room.Her stomach had won the war against her fear, but her fingers were still trembling and her chest was still hurting a little too agonizingly. Her maid had pleaded more than once, more desperately with each try and now, with the hunger gnawing at her stomach, she decided to go eat.It was not that she wanted to see him. Indeed, the last thing she wanted was to do that.But if she starved herself to death, nothing will change. That, and she could never really know what kind of punishment Alpha Duiane would have in store for her if she broke his household rules, even starving herself to do so.She walked behind her maid down the hallway, her lips pursed, each step slower than the last. Alpha Duiane was already seated at the distant end of the

Chapter 38Lessie's POVI slammed the door close behind me as soon as I saw what I'd walked into.My hands flew up to my face. "Oh..Moon Goddess! Cover yourself up!"From across the room, Alpha Duiane's deep voice was unacceptably calm. "You walked in here. Without knocking."I kept my face turned toward the door, my eyes closed tightly. "I came in here because it's an emergency!"He didn’t say anything for a moment. Then I heard a sigh. "You can turn around now." He said. I turned slowly to face him, my hand still covering my face, just in case. Fortunately, he'd wrapped a black robe around his body to cover himself. He didn’t look embarrassed that I had walked in on him, though. If anything, he looked pleased with what I had seen.I tried not to look at him. My heart was racing for the wrong reasons. Or the right reasons. I couldn't tell anymore."Are you okay?" he asked, walking towards his bed and sitting on the side of his bed."No, I’m not fine” I said, pulling out the fo