All Chapters of No Escape From Fate : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

When I wake up, I see the sun glowing outside the window and an empty bed beside me. My naked body pleasantly aches beneath the sheets after last night, but resentment and bitterness fill my mind with a vile bile.Suddenly, I feel myself being pulled against a strong chest, powerful arms wrapping around me from behind.“Kays,” I turn to look at the man like a beaten dog. “I thought you’d left…”“I figured you might,” the king smiles faintly and kisses my nose. “I’m sorry I left you alone for so long yesterday. You had time to work yourself up pretty badly, didn’t you? The situation turned out to be extremely… unconventional.”“As far as I’m concerned, it’s quite conventional,” I lower my eyes sadly and settle more comfortably in the arms of the man I love. “Your dearest wife showed up, and you had no time for your mistress…”“Don’t say that,” the brunette frowns.“How should I say it? Am I wrong? Are you really going to tell me nothing stirred inside you when you saw her?”And from th

After the morning confrontation, we lingered in bed for a little while longer, cuddling, then quickly bathed and went down to breakfast in the dining hall.Bahira was already seated at the table. Her face was pale and empty, but the moment she saw us together, real hatred flared in her eyes.Fisa was there as well. The day before, she had announced that she wanted to stay in Briol and live at the palace for a few weeks while she figured out what to do with her life next. She flatly refused to return home, saying that there were far more prospects here for starting some kind of venture of her own. Back home, women had practically one purpose—to be beautiful seductresses and skilled bringers of pleasure, traveling between kingdoms and earning their living that way. Or there was the option of becoming someone’s wife—or, more often, a high-quality mistress.Once she had said she would never settle for being a mistress, but if some lonely and handsome king happened to visit Karadeylis, she

“Iza… forgive me…” Kays takes my hand and kisses my knuckles. Inside, everything freezes at that gesture, instantly covered with a layer of ice.So… have my fears really come true after all?I slowly lift my frightened, resigned gaze to the man, who is still holding my hand to his lips, and I see deep regret there.“I’m sorry it’s so late… I promised to spend the whole day with you,” he looks at me guiltily and gently strokes my cheek. “Come with me to the royal rooftop terrace. I’ve given orders, and a romantic evening is waiting for us—maybe even a night,” Karadeylis suggests playfully, though there’s tension in his voice.I stare at him without blinking, not knowing how to react. I so want to ask, Haven’t you had enough romantic evenings for one day?“Where were you?” I ask quietly, afraid of the answer, watching my beloved closely.“I talked to Bahira,” the man sighs. “She took all the news very badly—the curse, her death, five hundred years of absence, you and me, everything. I t

The moment the unit led by Karadeylis disappeared beyond the horizon, my life turned into a living hell. And the one arranging it for me was none other than the king’s dearest wife.The “brightest ray of light and the most precious thing in Kays’s life” turned out to be a rare, first-class bitch and a master of pretense. How he ever failed to see who he was tying his life to is beyond comprehension. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that the young Kais’s close circle—and Laverna—never liked her much.And Kays himself added fuel to the fire by leaving the situation unresolved and riding off. The hall had been full of servants, guards, and several members of the nobility when Bahira appeared and began telling her heart-wrenching story about how she had suffered and missed her HUSBAND, loudly recalling their wedding and the fact of their marriage. Kays didn’t refute her story; instead, he comfortingly embraced her, confirming everything she said. And so no one dared contradict Bahira in her wh

“No, they’re not!” Iolanta snaps, slamming her hand on the table. “Yes—if it weren’t for you, those girls would still be standing in Karadeylis’s garden! And birds would still be shitting on them for years to come! They’re the ones who should be chased off with rags! Out of Briol altogether—back to whatever backwater they crawled out of! The nerve!”Despite the unpleasant gossip from those girls, we actually end up having a pretty good time together. We place a new order, and no one bothers our little gathering anymore. Vasmiya talks about setting up her home. Io shares her growing pains with Yafi. And I try not to think about my own drama—and for a while, it even works.But all good things come to an end, and I have to head back. I don’t leave my room after that, not wanting to run into the king’s deranged wife.The next day, Io, Yafi, and I are walking in the garden when I receive a call. Kays had given me one of the communicators, but this is the first time he’s reached out. To giv