ra's

spoken emotions. Sweat drenched my nightdress, clinging to my skin, while the o

his touch impersonal and detached. His face was shadowed, but I could still

he try to comfort me, as though what was happening betwee

was devoid of warmth, his words cutting through me like ice. There was no af

d the expectations of our union, Alexander had agreed with

an heir, we would never share a bed again. We would live separate

words echoing in my mind. She had insisted that this was the only wa

ch as his daughter was handed over, his silence

ht and the cruelty of its purpose. But there was no escape. Not when my family's n

ng for my son's death, mourning the life that had

t elsewhere-to a world where I was free, where love was not a duty, where my son was still in my

idden beneath silken gowns and polite smiles. But for no

ou an heir after we did

is eyes darted on me in a raging fury a

ould smell his mint-scented breath.

I

e hard. He bit my lower lip to adjust me as his tongue played ins

d by his clothes while his palms were supporting my back as

ng me as if this was our first night together wa

nding thousands of electricity that was making

panting. The way he looked at me was sending

on my chin. "Open

d to get away to gasp for some air but his hands pul

ow I could taste blo

again like it was some sort of sweet d

front of me and I could

d, "Don't act as if this is yo

p as I was force

m... this is definitely the first t

t to save this marriage." He said as he

g in such news. If you want to continue being called the alpha's wife, just

politely. He just sat in front of m

tuttered as I felt my b

t me to do

hardly s

I could only breathe heavily while I

y that I didn't know h

right words... or h

r, I don'

when I heard someone

of voice, "Didn't I tell all of you to lea

ple times in my ears like it wa

uest, sir." T

n the evening. Send her away!" He shou

id said the name of the person who was dying

der is he

ell... I knew I ha

wryly. "The wait

ld not speak at all. He moved

in the cold room alone as if noth

asy to discard me f