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
## The early morning sunlight gently filtered through the light curtains, illuminating the room as Sera slowly stirred awake from her sweet dreams. She stretched her arms languidly and enjoyed the warm and safe feeling in Alistair's thick arms around her waist. She allowed a small smile to grace her lips as she snuggled closer to his warmth, intentionally pushing her butt into his groin.Alistair groaned and pulled her body closer against his and grinded his hips against hers. "Mmm, morning," she smiled sleepily, her eyes still half-closed. Alistair pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. "Good morning, my love," he replied. “Did you sleep well?” She huffed a laugh. “Did you even allow me to sleep?” She teases. “That’s not my fault at all. When you press your soft body against me like this, I can hardly be blamed for what I do to you.” She giggled giddily. “Let’s stay like this all day, it feels too good to get up from bed.” "Oh baby, you know hate to leave you, but I have some w
Sera stumbled back to her room, as it suddenly felt like her knees had become too weak to carry her.She tried to stop the tears that were welling up behind her eyes while also trying in vain to comfort herself.... if Alistair ever found out that she was carrying another man’s child. Her life would be ruined... that was even assuming she wasn’t murdered first. She had fucked big time!Suddenly there was a knock on the door that made her jump in fear. Had they found out and sent someone to kill her already?“No... that’s not possible. Compose yourself Sera, no one else knows yet..” She assured herself before opening the door to find a middle aged, attractive looking woman standing there. Her eyes which were still puffy from crying all morning quickly scanned her appearance and realizes with horror that this woman was a doctor.She never requested for a doctor, so what was she doing here?."Good afternoon, Your Highness," the kind- looking doctor greeted politely. "My name is doctor E
Sera quickly set out to find Alistair. She went into his study where he normally worked from during the afternoons but he wasn't there. She checked his office where she was sure he would be but he still wasn't there. She frowned in surprise. Alistair was usually pretty predictable.. If he was not in His office, then he was usually in his study. So after searching all of these places and not finding him, Sera was most definitely left confused. Where could he be? Letting out a frustrated sigh, she decided to turn around and head back to the room. But at that moment, she accidentally bumped into Grace. “Oh sorry excuse me Sera I wasn’t looking properly.” “It’s fine Grace. It was my fault, I didn’t look where I was going.” Grace nodded with a coldly formal expression ... like Sera was just a stranger or boss and started to walk away. Sera didn’t need a soothsayer to tell her that Grace was super angry with her. Grace had tried to reach out, from the goodness of her heart and Sera
Sera stumbled backwards from the window. Her knees felt weak and her body trembled with horror. She could not believe her ears. How could Alistair say those words so easily? How could he talk about her like that? What about all the promises, all the kisses, all the vows he had made to protect and cherish her? Where they all just lies? Or was this some form of miscommunication?No.... there was no miscommunication here, Sera had clearly overheard the evil things and plans Alistair had in store for her and any future children she had. He wants to hurt my child! He wants to hurt me! she realized as panic surged through her veins like a wild fire. Alistair— the man she once thought she would love for eternity now seemed like a complete stranger. How could he even be capable of such unimaginable cruelty? How had she not noticed it earlier?!He truly was a monster!“No…. I can’t stay here for one second longer.” She gasped as she stumbled away from the dark room. No one in their rig
King Alistair sat at the head of the table…his expression carefully neutral as the elders barraged him with insults about Sera, his mate. ….His fists were clenched under the table, and his inner wolf, Kane, kept growling in anger. Kane urged him to punish the elder for his disrespect and throw him out of the kingdom for daring to talk about Sera like that. How dare they?!"Calm down….Kane," Alistair whispered internally, trying to keep his composure. "We have a plan, remember? We need to gather enough information on these stupid —motherfuckers before we can make our move and take them down in one more month.”Kane grumbled in response… he was still very unhappy with the way the elders were trash talking Sera. But Alistair knew they couldn't act rashly. They needed to be patient …strategic. "As much as I want to break their fucking necks right now, we have to pretend to agree with them," Alistair reminded Kane . "They want me to hate her, if they think I do, then they will leave her