As if he heard her thoughts, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. “Stop over thinking Sera. Go to sleep.” She blushed as she realized that he could sense her worries through their new mating bond. She would have to quickly she get used to that can hide some thoughts from him. Soon she drifted off into the most comfortable deep sleep she had experienced in many many years.... No nightmares... no Michael and no Lucas. ********The next morning, they woke up together, Chest to chest, still naked and tangled together. Alistair leaned over and kissed her forehead, whispering "It’s time to wake up my love." She felt her heart clench as tears rushed into her eyes. She had waited a long long time for someone to say that to her. She smiled before she started to pepper his chest with kisses, only briefly stopping to lick his nipples before continuing the kisses, he grunted and let his hand trail through her hair encouragement. ... He liked it.She licked over his nipple ag
Later that evening Sera stepped out of her room and saw her friend Cedric making his way towards her. At first Sera frowned at him then she paused and frowned at him.... he looked off... stiff and different.There was a smile on his face but it looked.... fake like he was forcing himself to smile at her. Before she had time to calculate her thoughts.... he was infront of her."Sera, my dear Luna," Cedric greeted and immediately pulled her into a warm hug that caught her by suprise. "Congratulations to you and Alistair. May your bond be strong and your happiness last forever." Sera tried hard to shake her suspicious thoughts away... maybe she was imagining things but even his words felt forced like he was reading out rehearsed lines that someone forced him to say.But she still smiled at him. "Thank you, Cedric," she replied,“You once said that I’m like a daughter to you, well now we’ll actually be truly family! Yayy! I’m so excited!” She squealed in honest excitement.Cedric still h
“Do I have to go again today?” Sera groaned before burying her head in the pillow.Alistair chuckled at her. “Yes you do, as the mate of the king, you’re supposed to learn everything there is to learn about my kingdoms history. Now get up, Cedric and Grace are already waiting to teach you your next class.”Sera groaned again but didn’t get up from the bed. “Sera...” Alistair growled in warning.She was lying face down on the bed and the delicious curve of her butt was beckoning him to just forget his plans for the day and jump back in bed with her.Sera heard the growl in Alistair’s throat and stiffened. She whirled around to look at him with narrowed eyes.“No Alistair, we aren’t doing that again.”Alistair pretended to look innocent. “Doing what?”Sera blushed because she knew that Alistair would continue to play dumb until she was forced to say the words.“We aren’t going to-to have sex again. We did it 3 times already last night!” She admitted out loud with a mountain of embarrassm
Later that night, Sera made her way to the shower but not before noticing that Alistair had reached for another bottle of wine.Was everything ok? She had never seen him drink like that before.“Alistair?” She called out.“Hmmm?” He didn’t look at her last he filled his glass to the brim.“Are you okay? I’ve never seen you drink so much.”Alistair looked up and shot her a grin. “I’m perfectly fine baby girl. Just had a long day.”“Oh? Do you want to talk about it?” She asked with a worried frown but hue just shook his head dismissively.“It’s nothing, just feeling a little tired from dealing with boring old men with their paranoia... but that’s all in the past. How was your day?”Sera smiled back in relief. Her mate was fine. “It was good, I’m having more than I expected while learning your history. I still can’t believe you were able to design create a poison so toxic that it causes famine! That’s pretty dangerous... and freaking genius!” Alistairs eyes lit up at the pride in her vo
Sera entered her room with the hope of finding a quiet place to think but she unfortunately found Grace folding bedsheets there.She quickly tried to school her features and pretend that everything was fine but Grace who was always attentive to the emotions of her friend immediately noticed that something was off.Concern etched across Grace's face as she approached Sera."Dear goddess Sera what happened?.... is something bothering you? Is the king ok? Are YOU Okay? What's the matter?" Grace asked, her voice filled with genuine worry.Sera tried to brush off her friends concerns with a forced fake smile. "Oh.... don’t mind me, it's nothing Grace. Just a lot on my mind, that's all."Grace's eyes narrowed at Sera, her expression showing that she didn’t believe her friends lie one bit. "Come on, Sera. You should know by now that can't fool me. What's troubling you? You know you can talk to me."Sera hesitated for a moment, struggling with her confusing and contradicting thoughts. On one
Sera hesitated for a moment. Could she confide in Grace about the truth she had uncovered?Was Grace more loyal to her than to the king?Or Could the secret she found get them both killed?In the end, she decided to keep it to herself, it was not worth it to burden her friend with such a weighty information."Oh, Grace I just had a a little panic attack when I realized that I still have a lot to learn about Mador," Sera hoped her lie sounded believable as she, forced on a smile to mask the pain in her eyes. "I mean, becoming queen and ruling over the kingdom... What if the people don't accept me?" She added.It thankfully seemed to work because Grace smiled before placing a reassuring hand on Sera's shoulder. "Oh, my silly insecure Sera... don't you worry about that. You are smart, strong, and compassionate. The people will see that and embrace you as their queen. Besides, you have Alistair by your side, and he is one of the most respected and beloved rulers this kingdom has ever h
As the weeks passed and a severely depressed Sera spent countless hours in the library, pouring over tons and tons of historical records and old documents.She was determined to uncover every little lie, secret and cover up about her father's death. ‘Was is it true? Did her father really murder an innocent man in cold blood? Or was she just looking for an excuse to marry Alistair without guilt? She needed to know.A few hours ago, Grace approached her with a worried frown. “Sera.. my goodness! Are you okay? You’ve been locked up in the library for countless hours now... What in the goddess’s name are you looking for?”Sera gave a dry chuckle that sounded fake to even her own ears.“I’m sorry if I worried you Grace. That wasn’t my intention, I’m just trying to learn as much as possible about Mador. It has such a beautiful history that I find myself getting lost in it.” She lied easily.... She had been doing that a lot lately... Lying. She didn’t even feel bad about it, after all she
That night a nervous Sera took a deep breath, to brace herself for the scary but necessary conversation she knew she needed to have with Alistair soon. She had fucked up big time and it was time to bea big girl and own up to her mistakes.It didn’t take long for her to find him in his private library, diligently looking over some official documents. She knocked softly on the half open door and entered when he looked up, a nervous frown forming on his lips as he saw her. She couldn’t blame him. The last time she had approached him, she had attacked him with her accusations about killing her parents and ruining her life. .. After all that he had done for her, She had called him a monster. Gods she was an ungrateful brat!She cringed internally at the memory. That was most definitely not one of her best moments. "Hey," he greeted, promptly setting the papers aside and turning all his attention on her like she was the most important thing in the world. Somehow that made her feel a mill