Chapter 44: The Flower

Liliana’s POV

This feels like many times before.

Landon swoops in to rescue me. He is breathing hard and so am I.

“Are you alright?” Landon whispers.

“Yes.”

He holds me protectively, his eyes burning with a blend of anxiety and desire.

A desire I cannot fulfil.

Guilt flits through me, how can he be so protective of me when I have broken his heart countless times?

I refuse to answer my own question. Quickly, I push him away, leaving him bereft and straighten myself.

"I need to talk to you, privately," I say, my tone colder than the breeze that rustles through the garden.

Landon’s warriors exchange glances and from the corner of my eyes, I can see the displeasure etched on their faces. His Beta, ever protective shifts his gaze towards me dangerously and his warriors silently take positions to strike at me. They do not like how I am ordering their Alpha, their king.

They are loyal to him and I know without a doubt that they will strike me dead if Landon wills it so. But he lets the jav