IDA'

oice cold and hard. "After she bears my child, I'll hav

One of his fri

ed thunderously, that I alm

You are my best friend and I believe you understand bette

anger, and I slowly moved away from the

me as nothing more than a vessel for his child, a means to an end

ch, my entire body trem

im use me jus

s, and I won't have him t

m him, even if it's with t

me, a surge of determination

then scrapped, I would a

, I head back

give in to the sadness and fear

rong, to be brave for

ut of this situation,

ited, bidin

orizon, and the shadows

what was to come as I made sure I had pack

d start a new life afres

e door and I quickly hid the clothes b

nd the maid took a step back, c

doing?" She ask

," I force

eyes, "The king has request

king?" I wa

im at the dining before. Not like I expected him

, unsure of

Or should I run, escape wh

king loses it," the maid glared

ce behavior and then focuse

hat the guards would catch me, an

to go to the dining room,

otions -fear, hope, confusion,

sking for me now, after

? Or was it a

ly, no matter what. I could n

my clothes again, and steele

choice, I ha

room, glancing around carefully

l. I slinked through the pack, avoiding

ng every bit of stealth I p

didn't stop but continued until I

halted to catch my breat

mages of Derek Asher, my mate, who was rea

pped out of my eyes, I cleaned

**

DERE

e to you and she is your mate too. Why are you saying all these when you don't mean it?"

hing bad to happen to her and as you said, she is my mate and I want to protect her. If this is the only way to protect her, then I won't hesitate to tell the world

said and with that, he stood up. "I should go back now. The meeting will commence soon." He sa

e long large table, I clenched my fist on t

lating from the pack maids,

"She's just a slave, nothing more. She should be grateful I

psed something more in her, something that drew me in. But that was i

oman I'd ever seen or the smoothest skin I'd ever touched but recen

y pup, and nothing more but

d made known that the Royal

I felt it might be something

o the dining hall, his head bo

an began, bowing low.

zily, but my eyes were

the Miss is expectant. I had observed, and

ed coldly, my fisted ha

world spin around in my eyes, but I

was going to be a father an

n't Catheri

foolish

that secret from me?

rtled me out of my thoughts, and I turned to see

nd everyone lowered

it?" I

voice shaking. "We have reason to believe

nderous voice echoed in the f

SCAPE

on their knees, with the

ped, and she ran a

antly everyone fled out of the h

n't come back without her!" I

d the table for suppor

she ran away with

sing my mind, I

ust find her and get her to