The black stallion nuzzled her nose on Lior's face causing a small laugh to leave his lips as he brought out the apple hidden under his shirt. "Got me,"Kenji who stood in another shed, brushing a white horse snorted. "Achilles is something else. If someone had tried hiding her snack, she'd walk all over them."Lior still had the remnants of a smile on his face as she ate the apple in his hand, patting the place behind her neck as he said, "She has to trust you aren't punishing her first. That's all, really."Achilles had been Kenji's eighteenth birthday gift and she was named that way because when his Father had gotten him from a horse dealer that said she was a male, and they believed because she looked powerful, and was horribly violent.A week after they had brought her back, no one was able to get close to her without having her hooves in their face so Kenji had brought her to the Royal Veterinary to be checked on, left for a few minutes and returned to find her licking Lior's ha

Nine's eyes stayed on the vanity mirror in front of her. It had been a week, and yet she couldn't get the thought out of her head. The truth had been that she left the palace, only to take a walk, to relax for a while and be alone then heard the cat meowing loudly. That was it really, but Lior didn't ask.Instead, he carried her in his arms in the bridal style. She had squirmed and asked why but he ignored her. At first, she felt uncomfortable but she relaxed, only growing more embarrassed when they got to the palace and he refused to set her down till he returned her to her room and on her bed.He had stared at her, and Nine could have sworn her heart was ready to jump out her chest before he reached out for her head and gave a soft pat then walked out, leaving her completely confused.She had waited for him to talk to her again. Acknowledge her. But he didn't after that. In a way, it frustrated her. How he do things like that, and ignored her completely afterwards. It still felt lik

He smiled at her.Okay, perhaps only a side of his lips had quirked, but Nine was deciding to be positive, and his hand... It held hers, not tightly, like a slight breeze, as if any slight pressure would hurt her.After the maids had dressed her and done her makeup, she was sure she was going to cry again when she saw her reflection. The woman... Didn't look like her. She looked healthy, wealthy too, like she belonged there. It was too much for her to take in but when she had walked in, and Lior had stared at her, his eyes only on her, she had suddenly forgot about crying.The priest was talking, yet Nine couldn't hear what he was saying. She could feel so many eyes on her, like they expected her to make a mistake. Be clumsy, but she didn't want to. Not today. She didn't want to... embarass Lior.He turned to face her now and she did so as well, now freezing as she heard the Priest say, "Do you swear to take this woman as your lawfully wedded wife? To love and protect? As long as you

"Sophie. W-Why are you always trying to leave me?"The girl below him wasn't Sophie, though at the time he didn't know, couldn't tell the difference. She was smaller, weaker, because every hit of her hands on his chest barely did anything to get him off. It tickled, in a way.Still, his Wolf liked her scent. There was something about it. It smelled... like the woods. Pure clean air and trees... He buried himself in her neck, wanting to stay there as she screamed. "I swear, I'm not Sophie! I'm Nine! My name's—"Lior jerked up.The room he was in was dark, and he could tell it was still night, or perhaps midnight. Still, that dream could have woken anyone up. He always tried his best to not think of it, to ignore it, and yet, somehow he remembered it today.He sighed now, sitting up. Though the night always came in small pieces, he could suddenly remember most of it. How she had screamed and tried to get him off. Of course, she couldn't have. She was human.And from what he could rememb

Unsurprisingly, everyone did as Lucas wanted, and though they had questions, no one asked. Besides, the Royal family weren't the type to engage in emotional conversations and Lucas acted like everything was perfectly fine.Lior, on the other hand had many questions running through his head. He knew he wasn't supposed to bother himself about it but it had been a week since the breakfast, which afterwards he apologized about the absence of her Mother at their wedding.Nina had stared at him for a whole minute before she seemed to 'remember' and said, "It's alright. I— I understand she's busy, so,"It didn't make any sense. For someone whose Mother seemed to treat her that way seem completely fine with her absence."I honestly have no idea what you want me to say," Kenji said, hands behind his back. He walked beside Lior who had Summer perched atop his head, her tail swinging back and forth through his face causing him to periodically push it away."I want you to agree with me." Lior sta