LYDIA’S POV‘Stop! Stop the meeting!” I panted. Out of breath from running for so long.“What are you doing here?” Freya sneered. Why was she even in the meeting?“Lydia?” Darwin asked in confusion as he stood to his feet.I turned to Darwin and pointed a finger at Wallace.“He’s a fraud. He doesn’t have the life elixir or even know a thing about it. End this sham of a meeting now Darwin, before you get duped,” Wallace’s face turned red, as be spluttered angrily.“Who are you?” Wallace hissed in annoyance. “Guards! Remove this gremlin from here!” A shadow crossed Darwin’s face as he stalked over to me.“That’s my bride Wallace. Watch your tongue or you won’t have one anymore,” Relief filled me. He believed me!As Darwin got to me, I launched myself at him and hugged him tightly. “Wait, Lydia. Can you please explain?” Darwin asked as he held my arms gently and moved me back so he could look in my face.“Wallace is a fraud. He doesn’t have the elixir of life NO one does,”A funny lo

Chapter 22Lydia’s PovI watched in horror as Darwin wrapped his hand around the elixir on Wilson’s throat and snapped it off.“Darwin!” I pushed past a shocked Margery and ran up to stop him from doing anything stupid.“No, Lydia!” Darwin growled angrily as he whipped his head to me.“I asked you! Again and again about the elixir and you liedl”My tears fell down my cheeks as I tried and failed to grab onto his arm.“It wasn’t my secret to tell!” I shook my head to get him to believe me.“I I tried to warn you and tried to—““Tried to gather information so you could blackmail me!” Darwin was so angry he was past caring.Just then a static sound filled my head. I lost all sense of my thoughts as I shut my eyes and gripped my head to get the sound to stop.And it stopped. Only I somehow knew I was in someone else’s head.“Amari!” Darwin’s wavy voice filled my head.“Get the guards here Now!”I froze wide-eyed in shock. Did I just hear the mind link between Darwin and his commander?“D

Chapter 23 I stood, unseeing, with my eyes wide open. Darwin let out a choked sound and staggered back a bit. Between the two of us, I didn’t know who was more shocked by Freya’s outrageous announcement. “You’re pregnant?” I turned to Wilson in shock. “You’re not even married to her yet?!” “So?!” Freya yelled defiantly as she grabbed Wilson’s arm from a stunned guard. “We love each other!” I stood and waited for a second. Two seconds. Ten seconds? I was waiting to feel some kind of pain that would tell me if I still had feelings for Wilson. But Nothing. “You can't kill him." I sighed numbly as I turned back to Darwin. “He’s your son-in-law and apparently the father of your possible heir. “He should have thought of that before taking advantage of my daughter!,” Darwin growled in shock as color began to rush back into his face. “Lock him up in the cells!” I should protest. Say something or do something to help Wilson but as I watched the guards drag a screaming Wilson from the

Lydia’s POVI watched as Darwin left the room angrily and tears stung my eyes.“He’ll calm down,”“What?” I raised my head and looked at Aamari in surprise.The guard stared at me with a friendly look on his face.“I’ve never seen his majesty care for anyone like he cared for you. He was excited to have a second chance mate. That’s why he’s so angry and hurt.” Amari gave me a small smile. “He’s a good man and his anger isn’t unjustified. Give him time and he’ll calm down. I’ll let you know when the new contract is ready."“Thank you,” I whispered as he stepped out of the room, leaving me behind.I dropped my head into my palms and groaned loudly. My phone beeped and I unlocked it in irritation.Was it Freya asking me to beg her father again?!My hands stilled as I saw the notification was a message from an unknown number. It’s the same number that told me about the meeting! With shaky hands, I opened it. “ WHY DID YOU LET HIM TAKE THE ELIXIR?

Chapter 27Lydia’s povI anxiously paced up and down my bedroom door and snapped at one of my guards “What are you looking at?!”“Nothing Miss. But have you considered opening the door and going inside?” He asked in amusement.“Haha. Very funny,” I drawled sarcastically as I pushed open the door with a sigh.“Anytime miss!” He called after me as I stepped into the bedroom and shut the door behind me.Darwin was on the bed and having some kind of conversation on the phone so I happily slipped into the bathroom to take a quick bath.For the last week, he has been after my life. Trying to get me to give up and leave the palace. I sighed in pleasure as I stepped under the rain-like shower and allowed the hot water to wash over my scalp.I drew my bath out for as long as I could before wrapping myself in a bathrobe and going into the closet. Darwin was sitting on the bed and silently staring at his phone when a sharp beeping noise in my brain alerted me to his mind link.“Have you come u