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eet someone I can ask for directions. After a few minutes, I'm fort

brary. One of the kindly directs me to the

ast, with shelves upon shelve

section for books of sorcery, but I meticulously search shelf after shelf until I spot a weathered, hard-co

o short to reach it.I'll have

ermined smile I stretch one hand toward the book while using the other to steady myself.

nd slip, landing on

nd head, and I have to bite down on m

to recede. The first thing I see are a pai

d the loveliest pair of grey eyes glaring down at me. I struggle

ures are literally out of this world. And there is a strange pull between us that makes it feel like his hug wo

penly staring at his face, my mouth hanging agape in disbeli

e?" he asks in a ch

nder his piercing scrutiny. "Um... the door was open,

" I say with forced politeness, ext

urther as his eyes sweep

gutter?" he scoffs, his

lls back t

royal? "Who are you? you don't look

him more "I am king Kian."He answers and I f

shaky voice as I slightly bow. Than

limits to servants, you have no b

ow I would imagine someone with hi

ess asked me to get her the book of spells," I explain softly, hoping

barely above a whisper, and swift

rom the floor where it had fallen. As he extends it toward me, I notice that his hands are adorned with black leather gloves, a p

urd is h

not in the

the soft cushions in t

st with t

in plai

ng trying to calm my racing heart as I hast

an to trespass, it was an accident and he didn't need to be a genius to see that. He wa

KIAN

t be the curse at work," my twin brother, Regan, declares ve

e library is our mate, her sweet, alluring scent w

ed being mated to a wretched servant. She wore the oldest and most

e been mated to," I insist, but R

, and she didn't seem to acknowle

uman? What a delightful surprise to return home

ons. "We must reject her before anyone discovers

a lowly human as her servant they must be close," I interject. "We d

man, she will remain unaware of the mate bond unless we rev

ally rid us of this curse when even the most renowned so

ed it's wrath for more than five years now and exhausted all our options. It's becoming impossible to r

at Princess Hellen is quite skilled with her

nd it hard to put my faith in another attempt that is most likely to fail than