The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 14
Emily gave me an artificial smile as I froze. “Cathy, I hope we can become friends after this misunderstanding,” she said pleasantly. “Two proper and pretty ladies like ourselves should not be quarreling.”
As she walked past me, she sneered in my ear, “You will never beat me, and Aldrich will never love you.”
I snickered as she exited, shrugging carelessly, “Who cares?” I couldn’t muster any other words, only able to feel pity for her. “Your poor thing, always living for men.”
. No one noticed.
leaves for Elias, I felt myself deflate like a ripped balloon. But I was not relaxed. Would the men believe her? Aldrich had mistrusted me before; maybe he would change his loyalties. And I did not know Elias enough for him to take my word over his wife’s.
look worried while she was gone, loo
Aldrich
to worry for long.
ned an hour later, the
.
as she opened her front door. The willow bent to the wind, drooping, and I felt a lot like that too. “Why don’t you tell me anything?”
ont door in his face.
ysterious skin rash.
to seek out other women. Word traveled from their village to ours that he soon started ignoring her existence all together.
ore, when she actually committed her crimes. The beautiful noble lycan princess was slowly morphing into a hideous cautionary tale.
en a joke that she was farting a lot, causing the King to neglect her and favor his mistresses.
d to be coincidental, but they made mesus
myself addicted to it.
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rounds.
,” the guard called, “I have n
care for political affairs. “Yes?”
hy has been selling medicine to the outside world through
the one that had been appointed to give her food all those
ant nerv
t the rest—”
ard the mouth of the forest.
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over read something about witchy pharmaceuticals.
l of flowers, fruit, and vegetables, a colorful wonderland. She perched next to a pair of lovely orchids.
ng up to me.
ks and no one will play with me. I’ve had to play the hero and the villain! It’s exhausting. Would you like to play with me?” he ask
he did not ask me to play with him, instead asking if I wanted to play with him. He
”
he grinned. “When I grow up, I want t
to be a reason.
r field, but the sunflower fields near the palace. Since my brothers did not want to play with me, I created my own games. I jumped and skipped through the fields, slashing my wooden sword at sunflowers as if th
with, making his own games up as well. Playing
ar?