Claim the Wolf King by Meg Xuemei X

Author:Meg Xuemei X [Xuemei X, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

I didn’t feel Fia’s usual blind panic and rage as I waited on the stairs outside her suite, instead, all I sensed was sadness and loneliness.

What had changed?

Anxiety seated deep in her, and urgency pounded her mind, echoing mine.

The knob turned, the door swung open, and Fia stepped out.

Her icy gaze fell on me, and my warm one met hers.

“Lady Fiammetta,” I greeted.

There was no recognition in her eyes, but her tense shoulders relaxed.

I offered her a glass of water after I poured some of it into the spare cup and drank it.

She didn’t take the water, but regarded me, as if trying to tracing a distant memory.

“Why are you still here, Kaara?” she asked.

She’d recorded what happened yesterday. She’d thought I’d leave her at the first chance.

After she’d removed the last trace of the vampire venom in my bloodstream, she’d looked paler than ever.

“I need to take my mate to my Keep so she can rest fully,” Marrok had said.

Fia had looked colder, but I’d perceived her fright. She needed me.

“I’ll return to Lady Fiammetta’s tower,” I’d said, “where I belong.”

Marrok had ignored me as if I hadn’t spoken.

“Will you kindly release Kaara, Lady Fiammetta?” Marrok had requested. “I’ll pay any price for her freedom.”

I’d hissed at him.

“Kaara Nightshades isn’t my slave,” Fia had said. “Only she decides where she goes or stays.”

“She owes you a life debt, obviously,” Marrok had said. “I want to pay off that debt.”

“Marrok, just stop,” I’d said in a hard voice. “Never assume what’s best for me. I can think and decide for myself.”

Fia had laughed her wicked, velvet laughter, and her dark power rippled in the air. Except for Marrok, every wolf snarled in fright. Even without her full power, she was still formidable. And once she regained her core magic, she’d even take on Akem.

“Life debt can only be purchased with life,” Fia had said. “Will you pay for hers with yours?”

“I’m willing to pay with everything,” Marrok had said, “including my own life.”

I hadn’t been thrilled with the way he’d talked to my future queen, but his words had warmed me more than I’d realized. For the first time, I’d felt sunlight on my skin though I hadn’t seen it since I’d fell on Pandemonium.

“I don’t give a damn about your life,” Fia had said. “Whether or not you are breathing doesn’t matter to me. Unfortunately, Kaara seems to have taken a liking to you, and she’s served me well.” She’d turned to me. “I’m not your jailer, Kaara Nightshades. You’re free to go.”

Marrok hadn’t wasted a beat to pull me into his arms. “Let’s go.”

I’d put a hand up to fend off his advance, and he’d looked so hurt, until I laced my fingers with him. “I’m not a damsel in distress, Marrok. If you want to be with me, you’ll need to let me be myself. You’ll have to accept my decisions no matter how much you don’t like them.”

I’d then sent him my firm thoughts. I won’t leave Fia until the day I fulfill my vow.

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