*SEFF*Looking at the pastry I sighed.“Was it really necessary to come out? I wasn’t in the mood,” I said wondering what Lycia might be doing right now.“Yes, it was necessary. Although your search had been kept under wraps from the public they were all starting to wonder why you hadn’t shown your face in so long,” Reemus said, making me feel annoyed at the way he was acting as the Royal Beta of this kingdom rather than my friend. “Your regular appearance gives the people motivation and builds trust with the empire.”“Basically you are using my face as a means to keep the people happy and loyal to my feared brother,” I said, already aware of the rumors that spread about him and his twisted ways.“Well we have a powerful and scary ruler without a mate so they look for that missing care, mercy and protection in you. Your presence is needed to balance the wrath the king incurs from time to time,” he said almost in a monotonous tone as we waited for the already ordered cakes to be packed

*LYCIA*“You really like me?” He asked with big blue eyes staring at me in disbelief still.“Yes,” I replied back walking in the palace interiors to his room.“No, say it properly,” he said, making me give him a blank stare but nevertheless he kept up with his performance and said, “Please.”Those eyes will be the death of me.“Fine, I'll say it again, I like you Seff,” I sighed trying to hide a smile because the way his face lit up when I said those words made it seem like it had been an incantation to his happiness.It had been a relief to my heart that he had accepted me back but even after this I couldn't receive the rest I had hoped for because now my heart sped for a different reason as I became more attentive of each of his actions and words.It was as if I had been discovering new sides to him. How he smiled at ease and in true happiness every time that he heard me confess to him and how after a few minutes, as if he had been in a daze, he would poke me to repeat my confession

*LYCIA* Rushing towards the door when Seff hadn’t returned after so long I had just opened it a little when I noticed King Rozzen standing before me with Seff beside him. His gaze was unmoving from my face and awkwardly looking away from him I glided my gaze to Seff and said, “I was just going to look for you. Where did you go?” “I am sorry about that I-” Seff had started to say but Rozzen interrupted in between and said, “Let’s head inside and talk.” The authority that he held in his voice and his aura had been almost crazy dangerous, my body moved on its own as if listening to his command even when I wasn’t his subject. Thankfully I caught onto myself and then calmly nodding I opened the door for us all to step inside. While I had been trying my best to not show my confusion, my mind had been a battlefield of all kinds of thoughts and deductions clashing against each other, trying to imagine why and how Seff knew King Roz so well. And how did he come out alive after touching th

*SEFF*“A month, huh?” I muttered to myself as I sighed and walked out of the throne room after having a serious conversation and some mild begging to my brother. He had allowed me to go back to Lycia’s Coven but wanted me to come back to the kingdom in a month. I am partly sure that it is because he still doesn’t trust the coven and Lycia that well yet but the other half could be because he feels lonely when I am gone.The palace always felt a little too big to me when I was alone here and Roz was away for official business.A month felt too short a span of time to probably sort everything and come back to visit him but I needed to try my best.“If it is a day more than a month then be prepared to see me present myself there the very next day.” That was his threat to me and given the history that Lycia’s mother had with the Lycans this type of a situation could only lead to both sides hating each other more.Why couldn’t people understand that a moth was too less a time to sort relat

*LYCIA*‘Lycia, Ahh, fuck you are so tight. I wish I could use more than my fingers.’“Princess?” Reemus’s voice broke me out of my trance as I blinked my eyes in embarrassment and gave him a small smile.“Could you please repeat?” I asked willing my mind to stop conjuring images of the sexy evening I had spent with Seff. But how was I supposed to do that when each step I took reminded me of the ecstasy I had just received along with the rivulets of love still buzzing through my senses?“I just asked if you were happy with your stay here?” he said looking towards Esme once who was walking on my other side. The three of us were headed towards the dining hall for a private dinner with the king, one last time before we went back home.“Oh yes, everything was to my liking,” I said as we reached the room and nodding in satisfaction Reemus stepped forward and entered first.“A little too much I think,” Esme said and then wiggling her eyebrows at me she whispered, “You barely left your mate’