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MERILYNNothing Gwen said made sense to me. The Alpha King threatening his people for my sake? In what world would that have happened? But then the more her tears dropped the more I realized it was from relief and not from concern for me. “Did the Alpha actually threaten to do that?” She nodded. “He was enraged by what happened to you. He yelled at me for not being observant enough.” Tears rolled down her face. “How was I to know you were planning to escape? I got blamed for it.” “And the guards who attacked you, they're in the dungeon as we speak. They're not at fault.” I could hear the words she wasn't saying. I was the one who went against everything I was told and still did exactly what I wanted. Trying to escape from Lycan territory was a death sentence. “Poor men. They were only doing their duties and they got punished for it.” She wiped off her tears with the back of her hand. Gwen looked completely shaken. Who wouldn't after being accused of doing something one didn't

MERILYNI slammed my door shut, pressed my back against it as I placed one hand on my racing heart.Oh goddess! Oh goddess! What have I done?!No, no, no. This cannot be happening.I ran my hands through my hair, forcing myself to calm down but how could I calm down when my body still tingled from his touch? When my head was still heavy from his kiss?My knees buckled just from the memory. I could still taste him on my lips and in my mouth. The space in between my legs spasmed with need, my breasts ached to be touched by him.I pulled away from the door at the direction of my thoughts.“What are you doing, Merilyn?! You're a captive in these walls. You can't possibly be attracted to the Alpha King.” I said to myself.Of course I wasn't attracted to him.I most certainly wasn't attracted to that man. Not in the slightest.Oh goddess! My knees buckled, I clutched my hands in my dress fighting the desire rippling through my being.I paced, panted, rubbed at my own skin like it burned.I

KAIREN“Back to work again?” Flinn grinned as he sauntered into my office. “Wow, you look much better this morning. Those girls must have made your night.”“I even heard that you did it until they passed out. Man, you have no idea how many ladies reached out to me to spend a night in your bed.”“Stop bothering the King.” Valios shot back.“What? I'm just here for some tips.” I could hear his grin even without looking up. Flinn was a player, a ladies man and despite being a walking board of STDs, he never failed to have someone warming his bed.“Tell me, Kairen, how do you do it?”“First, you have to start by having a cursed ancient beast that runs amok ever so often. It's pretty much easy from there.” I answered, my face buried in work.“Your Majesty, don't humor him. Who knows, he might actually do it.” Valios cautioned and I could picture him glaring holes into Flinn’s head.“You're such a boring old man—”“We’re in the same age bracket, you goose!”“—little wonder Heira wants nothi

MERILYNI’d spent the past few days getting coached by Beta Valios on court etiquette so I don't end up implicating myself or the Alpha. Although, I doubt anything I do would ever implicate him.“Don't speak unless you're spoken to. Don't speak out of turn. Do not anger the Elders. His Majesty would have to go out of his way to protect you from them.” He'd said, and I had to resist the urge to tell him the King didn't care for me like he thought he did.But I'm guessing he'd be putting on a very beautiful act seeing as we're trying to fool his people.Then there was also the “Do not lie in court.” order which was basically the exact thing I was going to court for. To lie. How ironic.I stared at my appearance in the mirror. Adorned with jewels I'd never thought I'd ever wear or a title I ever thought I'd be given.I looked every bit a King's mate should look and my reflection shocked me a little. It would take getting used to.“His Majesty—” The beginning of an announced entry was su

MERILYNThe second my door shut behind me, I plopped down on my bed, unable to stand on my jelly-like legs anymore.“Who would have thought it was so nerve-wracking to be in the face of so many lycan elders?”“You're mated to the Alpha King and you face him every day. The elders are nothing compared to him.” Gwen answered, and for the first time since I've known her, she had a bit of contempt in her voice.“Oh wow. I'm guessing heads don't get chopped off at disrespecting the elders.” I chuckled and she turned to face me.“Oh they do. But this time, I doubt anyone would care.” Before I could ask her what she meant by that, her eyes glazed over and a few seconds later, she excused herself and left my bedroom.---My jaw had been left hanging for more than five minutes now and there was no pulling it back up.“Wh-what are all these?!” I squeaked, staring at the pile of gifts that literally took up half my entire bedroom.Gift boxes, flowers, jewelry boxes, food boxes and more boxes that