Chapter Eleven

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I gulped reflexively, taking a step back as the dark-haired man stalked towards me and the tower of the castle loomed behind us.

”What are you talking about?” Prince Nikolai rasped, quirking one dark brow at me as he folded the thick mass of his arms over the toned abs of his chest.

My eyes rested on the stretch of his muscles that stretched fairly against the skin under his rolled-up shirt sleeves before I swallowed, snapping my eyes away and feeling the beat of a blush creep up my cheeks.

What was it I had been saying again? Lady Artemis! Why was it so hard to think when the man was around me?

I could almost feel the pull of his wolf simmering beneath the surface, the dark power lurking in his restive gray eyes as the heat of his gaze raked over me.

“I, I don't want to be any more of a burden than I already am, Your Highness, I'll take my leave, if it so pleases you,” I whispered, wringing my hands furtively as an odd look passed over the man’s face, and he inhaled a lon