All Chapters of Collared by the King: Chapter 31 - Chapter 33

Briella has gone to the mines too. Left alone, Seraphine needed some fresh air outdoors.She got up and slipped her legs into her sandals. She looked around. Her room looked beautiful because of the way Briella decorated it.She smiled, taking in the new features. The fresh flowers. The lightbulbs. The new floor carpets. Already, she was counting the minutes before Briella came back again.She walked out of the palace and took a first visit to the library where she spent a good number of hours.It was afternoon by the time she got back into the palace and strode towards the garden of the palace. She was staring at the flowers with fascination when her back prickled.Someone was watching her.She looked behind her and stared up. There she stood at the window, staring at her with eyes filled with so much loathing. Lysera, the king's mistress.The woman was still holed up in her room and, from the look on her face, Seraphine could see that Lysera was not happy about that at all.In fact,

"The king is waiting," one of the older maids said to her.Her eyes found her bangle on the nightstand. The gold glistening bangle screamed royalty and it was priceless. She had the urge to wear it.You're no longer a princess, Seraphine.She looked away from the jewel, got up, and walked out of the dressing room towards the King’s Chambers.When she got to his bedroom, a guard out there informed her that the king was not in his bedroom at the moment. He’s in the bedroom at the end of the hallway.She thanked the guard and started down the hallway.At the door, her heart was already beating out of her chest. She knocked once and waited."Come in." The deep voice she hadn’t heard in three noon days came through.She opened the door and entered the unfamiliar room. She took a brief look around:A big bed in the center of the room, an old flower in a flower pot at the window, a wooden lantern on the nightstand.The room screamed royalty, but it also screamed barrenness. Obviously, someon