Todos os capítulos de The Pure-Hearted Princess and the Kiss of Darkness: Capítulo 11 - Capítulo 16

Majori's POV:The moment Brian's name was mentioned, a sharp jolt ran down my spine like an electric current. I swallowed hard, so he had found me already.My eyes flicked toward the curtain. The lights in the room were off and the only glow came from the hallway seeping through the crack beneath the door. Everything appeared dim and blurred, including the intruder standing there.How did he even get in? Was he someone familiar with this place and its people?I parted my lips to speak but he spoke first. His voice sounded deliberately altered as if he was trying to disguise it."Lord Brian gives you three days to return. If you don't, he will expose all of your secrets to Vincent and everyone else."My heart pounded violently at the words my secrets. My breathing grew rapid, my fingers and toes curling tight. I forced out a response. "I understand.""Also," he continued, leaning slightly closer, "Lord Brian wishes to apologize for hurting you. It was purely accidental, never intentio

Majori's POV: That night, as usual, after the nurse pushed the cart into the room, the rubber wheels creaked softly against the vinyl floor and the air filled again with the scent of alcohol and iodine. They followed their routine precisely: checked my temperature and blood pressure, examined the IV line, changed the dressings on my wounds, inspected the stitches where my ribs had cracked, and then pressed two pills, a white one and a blue one into my hand along with a cup of lukewarm water.I tilted my head back, swallowed, and felt the water trickle down my dry throat. One of the nurses said, "Good girl," as if I were a child brave enough to drink bitter syrup. I gave her a polite smile. When the cart rolled out, the curtain was drawn and their footsteps faded down the corridor, I could once again hear the steady tick-tick of the monitor, patient and rhythmic like a clock that never lost its temper. Nights like this had repeated so often that I had memorized the order of every soun

Majori's POV: He collapsed to his knees, spun back, his face flushed with anger. "You..."I threaded the severed IV tubing between my fingers, looped it around his wrist, and yanked tight. "A spy being exposed and dying on the enemy's territory is ordinary business. Will Brian mourn you or suspect you first?"Fear flickered real fear across his eyes. In that split second, I twisted and drove my knee into his gut."Majori!" he roared, but the word broke in pieces."I've been scared enough." I jerked the line; the needle skewered across his hand, and he screamed. "Now it's your turn."He thrashed, slammed a fist into my shoulder and sent me reeling. Pain detonated along my scapula but I didn't let go. His eyes were bloodshot, his growl feral and his claws were as sharp as iron spikes. I told myself and the wolf inside me to hold."Break the door! Hurry, he's going to kill me!"We grappled all the way to the wall. He leaned, pulled a knife from his boot, slashed; I tilted my head and th