The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 11
I gave him a blank look as I processed the news. My ex lover, who drugged me and coerced me to lock away my wife. Why would they ever want to meet with me again after that? Rage outpowered the confusion as I recalled Cathy admitting to me that Emily was behind the assassination attempt.
A coldness passed through me, and I nodded with a scheming smile. “Tell them to meet with me at my other cottage. Please accompany their needs until I arrive.” Let them enjoy their last meal, their last sip of wine.
The guard obeyed and swiftly retreated north down the dirt path, closer to the palace where I resided when I did not want to be under my mother and father’s jurisdiction. The cottage that hosted our wedding night, the wedding night Emily tarnished.
the door, I was grateful Cathy was tucked away in the kitchen. I contemplated how I was going to announce the request. I did not want her to rage in front
ing a hand on the counter next to h
scle in my jaw twitched as I looked down at her,
rom the garden?”
was certainly requesting his exit so that she could combust.
t after a few moments passed, she did not fret. She merely continued to cook, as if she didn’t hear m
ured, feeling dumb. “Would you like to go with me?”
e scraped the vegetables off the pan into a ceramic bowl.
ame. “Why would I go with you?”
ded in a small voice.
Hardly,” she snapped, still not
she think she was speaking to me in such a tone—and stepped closer, towering over her.
voice deepening.
Cathy
, eager to obey the moment he touched me. His eyes were swimming in mischief.
He did not look like the infamous war general in that moment; he looked like a ch
stepped in closer, his lips dangerously lingering over my face.
”
ped on Aldrich’s foot, and satisfaction ran through my bones at the gasp he made. Now it was his turn to glare at me, and my turn to smile.
I placed the food in front of him. He gnawed at one of the apples he grabbed.
to the sink and clean the pan. But Aldrich grabbed my wrist, ordering quietly in my ear, “Come with me.”
ed to submit to his dominance, despite my former hatred for him. And I did not want him to act out in front of Theo.
I hissed, frowning at him, reluctant to obey any of his orders.
“Honey, you think you can eat dinner by yourself tonight? I’ll be home to tuck you into bed.”
ssed in shoving food i
walked out the door. My smile dropped from my face as soon as we left, suddenly realizing what I’m agreeing to. I
ver my body with a light frown.
“Why, you’ve got a problem?”
as a whisper. “Even in rags like this, you’re breathtaking.”
, at a loss for a reply. That is
h upon my face, an apologetic smile lightening his eyes. “Sorry,” he said, “anyway, I meant i
you mean?”
flushed knowing he witnessed Aldrich call me breathtaking.
f gowns and jewelry from the palace to our location,” he ordered, “I would bring her there, but I’d rather our dear Cathy not h
military affairs to deal with.”
he servant nodded and he
demanded.
ing back inside until you
.
not accustomed to being dressed in even slight luxury. The first time in my life
out a sharp laugh. “Trust you? Like that went so well the first time.”
aze to the floor. “I know,” he murmured, wisps of his long hair falling into hi
t, flower filled home. Despite my reluctance to dress up, I marveled at the gowns, glistening like sapphires and emeralds. The jewelry looked like forbidden pieces of treasure, shimmering necklaces and earrings of gilded butterflies and roses. The mai
t was ripped away from me: a princess. Sadness twisted in my stomach as I remembered how badly the old Cathy wanted to feel like this, instead feeling like a hag compared to the prince. I turned to my hanging mirror and straightened my back, rolling back my shoulders with confidence. Tonight, I would ave
Emily
ing my ex-lover.
ers, my spirit did not deflate. I tried to conceal my excitement, but my husband was too distracted by his annoyance to notice.
n his face, clearly upset at Aldrich deliberately delaying our meeting. I rested
soon be wooed by your wife.
t my charm, for he had always fallen victim to it in the past. No one forgets their first love, either. I smirked to myself as I mused that I’ll have two princes fawning over me soon.
me all over again, if he ever even fell