"Oh wow, you are already up!" She heard her friend, Mira's voice from behind her, causing her to turn to her. Alicia smiled weakly as she nodded, she felt sick already and she was not even there yet. "Yeah…I will leave soon. Mom said if I wasted time, the palace guards would come to get me and I do not want to upset Lucian." Alicia said to Mira with a small smile as she sighed, to say she was tired of this was such an understatement. She could not even convey her emotions properly. "Wow…I really can not believe your mother would do this to you." Mira said in a low voice as her eyes burned with rage for her friend. This was one of the things she loved about her friend, she was the type who would get angry on behalf of her friend who was going through some kind of shit. She knew that Mira would feel angry, especially as she had been with her from the beginning and had witnessed how her mother treated her. With such disrespect and in such a downgrading manner. "I can believe anythi
"I did ask her to come see me," said a deep baritone voice from behind, rendering both ladies immobilized.Alicia's thoughts began to wander in different ways as Lucian...no her buyer's steps came closer. She wondered what she has signed up for by willing bringing herself to him. At the last minute, she thought to leave but it would be so ridiculous and stressful cause he'd end up sending his guards after her."You may leave Ena," Lucian tells the other woman. Ena doesn't look so happy with the king sending her away. She wouldn't lie, at the instant she laid her eyes on the unknown woman who has just walked in, she felt threatened by her beauty. She bows in obeisance and quickly departed from the room.Alicia watched the woman leave in fear of what next as she could feel his breath on her skin, his usual woody scent and his towering posture."Look at me." She heard him say and hesitated before she heeded to his words and looked at him. Immediately she stood faced with him, her eyes
Alicia whimpered as she came in contact with the cold bare floor of the dungeon. Rein had forcefully thrown her in it and she wondered if he had feelings whatsoever, she wondered if he had ever been in love which brought her thoughts to Lucian.She remembered how they first met and how they fell in love against all odds. Well, it seems she was the only one who fell in love. She felt so belittled and embarrassed about how she was so carefree back then and was willing to sacrifice her life for him. What love could do. She also wondered about what could have happened to make him evolve into a monster. The present Lucian was definitely not the same person she fell in love with. How could he set her up the way he did? The wounds she had been trying hard to heal opened up and became fresh again as she went down memory lane to her previous experience in the dungeon three years ago. If she could survive a whole year back then, she was sure could survive this as well. Her hatred for Lucian g
She decided she would avoid him at all cost when she was eventually released from the dungeon. She would show him she was over him and didn't give a hoot about him anymore.**********"Why do you speak to me in such a manner, Lucian?", a flustered Ena asked. “I am your mate, remember?”“I would love to be left alone" Lucian replied throwing his face away.Ena folded her hands and glared at Lucian. "Is there something you are not telling me, Lucian?" Ena further inquired.Lucian could feel his blood boiling as he stood on his feet. "Enough, Ena!" Lucian growled. His level of irritation could no longer be contained. Ena whimpered and cowered in fear. With misty eyes, she turned and ran out of the room.Lucian exhaled and paced about in the room combing through his hair with his hands. He sat on the bed and a sigh escaped his mouth. He stood abruptly and left the room. He bumped into Rein in the hallway. "Bring her to me! The prisoner". Lucian said slowly with an expressionless face. Rein
“You only got lucky because the Lycan was in a good mood, I have every right to order your execution but I chose to pardon you because you are new here, you won't be so lucky the next time you try to stand up to me. Am I understood?" "Yes Alpha," Alicia replied in a solemn voice. She was tired and hungry and wanted to get from Lucian as soon as possible. A sly smile curled up on Lucian's lip and disappeared as quickly as it came, making Alicia wonder if she had imagined it."As my personal maid," Lucian started but got interrupted by Alicia.“Personal maid?" Alicia countered and the sly smile appeared again. Now, she was sure she did not imagine it. Lucian nodded. " I don't have all day, Alicia. Get me something to eat". Alicia could not have wished for a better statement. She curtsied and turned abruptly and could feel Lucian's eyes boring into her as she left. She shuddered as she could feel the goose bumps on her skin. She was out in the hallway and the next step was locating th
Chapter 14Alicia stood in the hallway just in front of the kitchen door with a try in her hand. Ena was there too, scowling at her with deep contempt – not like that was new to see – but there was another person there too. He looked a bit familiar to Alicia with the way he styled his hair. Alicia could swear that they had met before but could not quite put her finger on the where and the when. In order not to just stand there and look dumb which would invariably warrant a shout and a few insults from Ena, Alicia curtsied a little to the man and greeted politely.“Hello, Sir.” She had gone for hello and not good morning, afternoon, or night so she does not come off as too formal just in case she had known him before and she was the one whose memory was lagging here. she begun to walk off to the dining when she heard her name come out of the man’s mouth.“Alicia. How are you?”Alicia turned around, confused but decided to go with the flow. “I’m good, and you?”“Come on, Alicia, don’t t
“Hey, Alicia. How about we talk later on, eh?” Bryan said. “I got a few things to ask you.” Then he did something even Alicia did not expect, he spanked her on her bum. Alicia turned around surprised and Lucian donned a killing look but kept his calm.Alicia calmly took her leave still puzzled about what had just happened. She could swear she caught a flicker of emotion in Lucian's eyes but what did that matter? She paused and snapped her finger. "Payback time!" She exclaimed. What better way to revenge what he had done to her? She didn't have feelings for him anymore and if he still did, he was going to get the torture of his life because she was going to take him to hell and back. She resolved in her mind to play along with whatever game Bryan was playing. *******Lucian who was still seated at the dining was far away in his thoughts. What just transpired at the dining? Why did she look like she enjoyed the spanking Bryan have her? Why didn't she react? Why didn't she make a fuss?
~ Lucian ~As Alicia raised her face, I couldn't help but notice anger growing behind her expressionless face. Her voice, though, was loud and clear this time. "You asked me, Lycan!"I raised an eyebrow, intrigued by the sudden change in her tone. Her stubbornness didn't go unnoticed. Leaning forward slightly, I allowed myself a small smile. "That's better," I remarked, my tone smug. "I asked Rein to bring you here because there's something you need to understand during your time in the palace."I watched her closely as I continued, enjoying the mix of emotions that flashed across her features. "You were brought here as a maid, and whether by choice or circumstance, it's your duty to respect the head of the werewolves, and all the members of this palace. You owe respect to the Lycan. It's a privilege to stand before me."Pausing for a moment, I let the weight of my words settle in the room. "However," I added, my tone firm, "You should consider yourself lucky today. The Lycan's mood se