All Chapters of The King’s Relentless Desire : Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen Liana’s POV We left the private dining chamber without speaking. The air in the hallway felt cooler, but the warmth of the room clung to my skin as though I had stayed there longer than I had. I walked beside Kael, but not close enough to touch him. The distance was deliberate, and it made every step feel sharpened. The castle was quieter at this hour. The long corridor glowed with torchlight, throwing slow shadows across the stone floor. Our footsteps echoed lightly. The quiet made it easier to hear my heartbeat, still a little too quick. When we reached my chamber door, Kael stopped. He did not reach for me. He did not lean in. He simply stood there, facing me, as though something had been left unsaid between us and he was waiting for me to say it. I tightened my fingers slightly around the fabric of my dress. “Thank you,” I said. The words felt strange, but not wrong. Kael’s eyes searched my face, slow and unhurried. “You do not need to th

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-One Liana’s POV The doors to the castle felt heavier than usual when we stepped through them. Not physically. Just in meaning. The air inside was warmer and full of that familiar low hum of voices, footsteps, and distant echoing movement. Life happens behind walls. Kael walked beside me, not leading and not following. Just there. His presence felt steady, like a constant I didn’t need to look at to know existed. I kept my hands relaxed at my sides. My shoulders are level. I didn’t want to look nervous. I didn’t feel nervous, not exactly. Just aware. Like every step mattered now. We crossed the main corridor. A pair of guards bowed their heads as we passed. Their eyes flicked to Kael, then to me. Not long enough to show disrespect. Just long enough to confirm what they were seeing. I mattered now. Even if only because I mattered to him. I felt that awareness again across my skin, like the air knew too. Kael didn’t speak until we reached the grand

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three Liana’s POV We stepped into the hallway together, and the guards standing on either side straightened when they saw him. Their eyes flicked to me, then away again, like they didn’t know how they were supposed to look at me now. Not a prisoner. Not consort. Not an enemy. Something in between. Something is still taking shape. Kael didn’t speak as we walked. He didn’t need to. His presence filled the space enough. The corridor looked different from how I remembered. Or maybe it was that I looked at it differently now. The stone walls didn’t feel cold. The light didn’t feel harsh. Everything felt sharper, like my senses were tuned toward something I hadn’t been aware of before. People paused when we passed. Servants. Guards. Advisors. None of them spoke. But they looked. Oh, they looked. Some with curiosity. Some with confusion. A few with something like resentment they tried to hide. I felt all of it. I didn’t shrink from it. Kael’s hand hovere

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Five Liana’s POVThe room held its quiet, but my mind did not.I stayed on the balcony for a long time, feeling the wind against my skin. The courtyard below looked calm. Servants moved like small shapes, distant and forgettable. The world kept going as though nothing inside me had changed.But I had.Kael’s touch still lingered on my skin. A gentle press of fingers that somehow felt more intimate than anything else we had shared. Not controlling. Not claiming. Just there. Steady. Certain.It shouldn’t have mattered as much as it did.I stepped away from the balcony and moved back into the room. The floor was warm beneath my feet. The fire flickered softly, the flames slow and steady. The bed looked untouched even though we had stood in this room so many times before, always on the edge of something dangerous.I sat on the edge of the bed and curled my fingers into the blanket. The fabric was soft. Thick. Rich. A reminder of luxury I had never grown up

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Seven Liana’s POVThe hall was too warm. The air felt thick from the torches and bodies gathered close together. Laughter came in waves. Silverware clinked softly. Music played somewhere in the back, cheerful and light, but it didn’t reach the table we sat at. It felt like the world existed here in layers, and I was only now learning how to see them.Kael sat straight, his posture strong, his face calm. He didn’t pretend to smile. He didn’t entertain small talk. He existed in the space like the centre of gravity itself, and people adjusted around him without ever realising they did.I kept my hands folded in my lap, fingers loose, not tense. At least I hoped they looked that way. My shoulders were relaxed, chin up, gaze forward. It took effort to hold myself still. I could feel every motion I avoided. Every breath I controlled.Across the table, Lord Corin’s eyes stayed on me longer than they should have. Not harshly. Not approving either. Just curious.