At last, the car slowed down and pulled along the stone driveway that circled around to the door. I watched men dressed in elegant and sophisticated attire exit the massive front door coming straight for us. The other black vehicles slowly pulled up behind us, but ours stuck out prominently over all the others.
The closer the palace workers got to our vehicle, the more anxious I became.
This was going to be my new home for however long it took Ethan to take care of what he had to attend to. And I had a feeling that there was no escaping this place once I stepped inside. “I only have one rule for you, Rosalie.” Ethan said, leaning closer to me, the feeling of his breath against my neck sending chills across my skin. “Stay with Vicky or Talon, always. Trust no one else. Do you understand?“. I nodded my head, and as I did, the car door opened. Ethan stepped out first, and then turned toward me, offering me his hand to allow me to exit. However, as soon as I was out, he stepped away from me, and was instead replaced with Talon and Vicky on either side of me. There was no tuming back now. I was pleasantly surprised by the size of the inside of the capitol building. The decor and architecture was even grander than I originally had expected. I had never seen the Alpha King before, and the anticipation of being beneath his watchful gaze terrified me. “Welcome, Alpha Ethan,” A petite, plump woman said with a smile as she walked toward our group. “The King, unfortunately, got caught up in meetings. Please allow me to show you to your rooms.” Ethan nodded as she turned and made her way up a long staircase. Alpha Romero and his daughter were shown to their rooms first, Madalynn once again showed evident unhappiness that she wasn‘t getting the room she wanted, but she didn’t make a big deal of it. Passing the large wooden doors one after another, the people in our group disappeared until it was only Ethan and I left. We finally came to a large white wooden door. Our hostess turned to us with a smile. “And this will be for you and your lady, Alpha,” she chirped, bowing her head slightly before walking past us, back down the way we had come. I wasn‘t sure if I had heard her correctly, but before I could ask anything, Ethan opened the door and disappeared within, leaving me to follow him. “We‘re sharing a room?” I asked with a little uneasiness. I wasn‘t sure what I was hoping his answer would be. He spun around to face me as she shrugged off his jacket and rolled his sleeves up to his elbows. The outline of his muscles flexing beneath his shirt drew me in. “Yes, we are. Anything wrong with that?” His quirked brow was a clear sign of the irritation he felt. Deciding not to further trigger him, I shook my head “no” and sighed.
in confusion. “For bringing me, and allowing me to be in your room.” “No need,” he said as he walked toward the door. “You know why you‘re here.” He left me standing in the room stunned and unsure of what to do next. I hated it when he acted this way. It was uncalled for, and it hurt me emotionally to constantly be reminded that he didn‘t care for me at all beyond me being a job for him. After a while, I found myself changing into something a little more comfortable and form fitting. What I hadn‘t expected, though, was to hear Ethan‘s name from the other side of the door, and for the door to burst open once more to show another woman. A tall, curvy, dark–haired woman with green eyes stood in the doorway. Her long hair hung in waves around
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her brows narrowed as she stepped into the room, her eyes looking around before she closed the door. “Who the hell are you?” she asked with clear irritation, and yet a hint of amusement. I was too stunned to speak. “I‘m sorry… What?”
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