Chapter 18: Chapter 18

Chapter 18 Sabrina’s POV:

My cheeks feel so hot right now.

Caldan stared at me, a gentle look in his eyes. “Beautiful,” he said again, his voice a murmur.

The sun hid behind the clouds, leaving behind a pale golden glow. I hope he doesn’t see how I’m blushing like a schoolgirl right now. I didn’t know what to say, how to respond to such a compliment. So I turn back to the sky, hoping my face is hidden enough.

“I’d like to see you again, Rina.” He said.

“It’s not like I’m going anywhere.”

“Now I’m even more intrigued.” He chuckled to himself.

It was then I turned to face him. “Sir Caldan,” I started off calmly, I truly appreciate the breather you’ve given me this evening. But I cannot do this again. As much as I love this distraction, at the end of the day. I cannot run from my chores.” “Is that so. He ducked his head to the side. I may have been imagining it, but he looked disappointed. When he looked up again, his smile was back. “Don’t worry, Rina. The next time we’ll meet, I’ll make you an offer I’m sure you won’t be able to refuse I doubt it, but I don’t voice any of my doubts.

He took my hand and brought it up to his lips. His eyes met mine as he kissed the back of my hand. A shiver ran down my spine. His lips were soft and cool against the skin of my hand. I felt tingles, right from the spot his lips touched, down to my belly. Unable to keep the intense eye contact going much longer I looked away.

“Thank you, Rina. I had fun this evening because of you. He said, still holding my hand in his.

“Me too, I stuttered. “Thank you, sir Caldan.”

Caldan took me down the roof and left. He said he has to meet someone. My guess was lady Nifra, but I didn’t ask. I clasped my hand, a small smile on my lips as slideshows of the evening fitted across my mind’s eyes.

I walked back to the kitchen, and the closer I got the more dread settled in the hollow of my heart.

“Oh crap, I muttered to myself.

“I’m glad you’re self aware.” Lady Nifra snapped back.

She stood in the kitchen, her hands planted on her hips, a disapproving look on her face. “What did you think you were doing?!

Leaving all this work being and going heaven knows where?!”

I thought about what Caldan said, about lady Nifra showing tough love..

She hates me. Period. This doesn’t have anything to do with tough love.

“I had to leave it I said, my chin raised an inch.

“You had to?!” She gasped in exasperation.

Sir Caldan ordered me to leave it behind.

IM 22:03 Tue, Nov 5 Chapter 18 The moment I said those words, a change shifted in the air.

“What did you just say? Lady Nifra asked, her eyes narrows.

“I said. sir Caldan ordered me to leave the work behind.

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She paled. Her face turned white as a sheet, as if she had seen a ghost. I frowned, that wasn’t the reaction I was expecting. I had hoped she’d continue yelling, telling me that Caldan’s orders meant nothing and that I was a slave, nothing but a salve.

None of those things happened. Instead, she looked horrified.

“Caldan asked you to...” She said and trailed off. “And you went with him?” She asked.

I nodded. “Yes, I did.”

Her arms fell to her sides. “Oh dear Luna,” She whispered to herself. She looked up at the ceiling, a helpless look on her face.

She muttered something I didn’t catch, but I heard my name.

“What’s the matter?” I asked.

She looked down and met my eyes. Hers shone with fear.

“It’s not like he ordered me to come with him, I mean, I went willingly. Out of my own free will.”

She chucked darkly. “Free Will?

I frowned, even more confused. “If something is wrong could you at least tell me?! You’ve said nothing to me that could be. the least bit helpful! You said stay away from him, and you wouldn’t provide any reasons. And now you’re...” I paused and inhaled a large amount of air. “What is it that you have against him? What is it that you can’t tell me?”

She stormed over to me. “Caldan is his majesty’s younger brother. She hissed through clenched teeth. “And he’s his majesty’s complete opposite. Caldan is a psychopath, Sabrina. You do not want to be around him.”

A psychopath.

Lady Nifra has lost her mind.

It was night, I had been dismissed from the rest of my duties. I took a shower and I laid in bed. The time ticked by and by, and I was unable to sleep.

I couldn’t get it our t of my head. The terror in lady Nifra’s normally icy eyes. The tremor in her voice. Her words, Caldan is a psychopath.

“That’s insane.” I scoffed. I shifted so I was lying on my back and facing ceiling. “She’s crazy if she thinks he’s a psychopath.”

The complete opposite of his brother, the alpha of alphas?! Has Nifra even seen the man? How can she say that Caldan was worse than him?

The alpha of alphas is the real psychopath here. How can one person be so evil and cruel? All my sufferings in this pack are because of him.

I’m not that surprised that Caldan is his brother–I mean, I had always suspected Caldan was some sort of royalty I’m stunned at is the comparisons.

Caldan is the only one who had shown me an ounce of kindness in this place. Lady Nifra just wants me to continue suffering.

She wants me to get the full experience of being a slaye – what 2/4 22:03 Tue, Nov 5 G Chapter 18 Hated. Ridiculed. Spat at. Insulted Sir Caldan is challenging all of those and she hates him for it. She hates me even more for it. She doesn’t want to see me so much as smile or feel happy for any reason whatsoever.

I’m nothing but a slave to her. And I should suffer as such.

Jokes on her.” I muttered in anger.

She’s just paranoid. And she won’t tell me the real reason to stay away from Caldan.

And I hate that.

I’m not going to stay away from him. And that’s fucking final.

I didn’t see Caldan till two days later.

He came by the laundry room where I was doing all the laundry and again “ordered me to leave the chores behind, and come for a stroll with him. This time, I didn’t argue at all. I dropped the laundry basket and followed him.

“You seem happy to see me,” He said with a smile as we walked through the hallway.

“I am,” I said honestly. At the back if my mind I felt a twinge of guilt. I was hoping that lady Nifra would see us, and see how much I was flaunting her “requests“. 1 offered Caldan a smile.

I am happy to see him. He’s pretty to look at, and I get a chance to breathe after a whole day of slaving away.

“When were you going to tell me you were his majesty’s brother?” I asked the question that had been plaguing on my mind. “Ah, she must have told you huh?”

“She did, but that’s not the point here. You didn’t tell me.”

I have an identity outside of being related to the alpha of alphas He looked at me briefly. “I am my own person, and it doesn’t matter who I’m related to.

I nodded. “I gue guess so, you want people to see you for who you are and not who your family is.”

“Bingo. You’re really smart.”

I rolled my eyes playfully. “If I had such a powerful brother, I guess I’d....

“Enough talk about my brother. He turned to face me. “Tell me about yourself. Who is Rina?”

I paused in my tracks. Who is Rina? Good question. I don’t know There’s nothing a about me. I’m a slave. That’s all.”

“Just a slave? Is that what title you want to give yourself?”

It’s what Tam “But not who you are. Or who you used to be”

I met his eyes. “Not exactly. I used to be a Luna, but that’s a thing of the past now.”

“A Luna?” 11is eyes widened. “No wonder you’re so beautiful.

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