"Thank you, Your Majesty." He dipped his head toward Natalie before taking a bite of the soup. The corner of his lips curled up as he placed the utensil back down and smiled at my little sister with a knowing smirk. "Tell me, Damien, do you feel you have upheld your duty to Charlie?" I raised one e

"Good Morning," I mumbled as I let out a yawn and tried to find the exact position I was in before, putting my back to her. "How could he think that this is what I wanted when I asked him to give Damien a chance?" The dramatics were too much for me so early, and I blocked it out as I let my eyes cl

Natalie's P.O.V. I was alone, mostly naked, and terrified. My team had given me a run-through of what to expect and what was expected of me over the past two days. But the moment was finally here, and I felt in no way prepared for what was about to happen. They had turned me into an entirely diff

Natalie's P.O.V. Killian stood, keeping his chest to my back with his arms around my waist as the priestess approached us from the shadows, having waited patiently for our bonding ceremony before she could lead the coronation. It was still unreal to me that this was even happening. I had been runn

Killian's P.O.V. She was mesmerizing. The way her body glowed a bright white, similar to the moon was enchanting. But that was before she started screaming, crying for the pain to stop. Before she started scratching her chest open and coughing up blood. Was it mine or hers? The audience had been