Chapter 24
When 1 a left the banquet hall after the ceremony, Crystal waylaid her. Like tullan, Crystal had not bothered her after that first ding, and Lyra had been hop But But as it looked, her luck had run put
“What do you f
(you are doing?” Crystal acked, moving her armuover her chest and watching Lyra with simplicious eyes.
“What do you mean?” Lyra asked, truly confused. What had she dine?
would keep on lik
Crystal scoffed and stepped close enough taber that all Lyra could smell was her perfume. “An Omega at the royal raining camp?” she balled “is that what you wanted all along? Do you think it’ll keep you close to Julian
No, what I wanted was to get the hell our of here so I never have to see your shi
face again.
Tit you have a problem with that,” Lyca told her farly, “you can take it up with the Queen Mother,
whether a lowly slave stayed at the palace
Crystal thickered She had been happy when the heard Lyra’s request to Isla, only for Julian to ruin
uin everything. She couldn’t get it, why did he care whether a or not He should have just let her gol
“ýmu better not crow my path,” Crystal warned her, “We might in the same palace, but if you offend me ever again, I’ll make your life a living hell,”
Is that supposed to scare me? My life has been nothing but a living hell to this point.
Lyra said nothing to her, and Crystal turned and walked away. As soon as Crotal was out of her sight, she was abo put of Lyra’s mind. Lyra was simply too excited abor attend the maining camp to dwell on crystal’s threats.
The best thing was that she did not have to wait until after the programs to experience any changes. Sance she would be attending training at the Royal Academy, she would no longer be working as a maid. Therefore, she was moving out of the dormitory to a different building with a proper room.
The next morning as she lett to bead over to the Academy, she ran into Julian. Seeing him, a sense of foreboding filled her. What if he was there to tell her that she was no longer allowed to
She would have prefected to walk right past him without acknowledging him, but he was still the Lycan King and she was still just a slave. Best to not give him a reason to get his mother to withdraw her gift.
“Your Majesty,” she said, eyeing the ground.
She could feel his glare burning into her head. “Don’t think that this changes anything,” he said coldly. “Just because I kept you here does not mean that I’ll acknowledge you as my mate. You had better not say anything.”
Lyra felt like laughing. She better not say anything? Even if she said anything, who would believe her? They would think she was crazy and desperate for the king’s attention. Yeah, she was totally going to give everybor another reason to treat her like an outrast.
*You are the one who forced me to stay here,” she said, unable to hold back the bite in her voice. It was imposible when everything that came out of his mouth made her want to scream. She raised her eyes to him. “1 could be out of your hair by now, but you stopped me. What makes you think I want anyone to know the truth? You are the one who should think about what
“I want to he never met you, but that chip has already sailed, hasn’t it?” Julian snapped. If it was not for that stupid curse, he would not have stopped his mother from granting Lyra’s wish Hell, he would not have waited for someone be to get rid of her. In fact, he never wouldhave brought her to the palace to begin with,
“I did not ask you to being me with you,” Lyra retorted. “If you don’t want to see me oc be acaciated with me, reject me. What are you waiting for?!
It was a puzzle she had tried to unravel many times but which seemed to be getting more and more twisted. The only reason Devon had not gotten rid of her was because of the king’s law. But the king himself was not answerable to anyone, so he could do as he pleased and, since no one knew that the was his mate, he could reject her and move on like nothing happened. She could not understand why he insisted on keeping her around but also kept on antagonising her.
.” he warned darkly
His voice caused a shiver down her spine, but it did not shake her. It only made her want to challenge him mare. “Or what”
He wasn’t going to reject her, how her out of the palace, or kill her. So what the hell did he mean with all these threats?
Julian ground his teeth together and fought hard to control his impulse. It was daylight, and they were outside. Anyone could be watching. Anyone could walk by. So he couldn’t show her exactly what
He had a sudden urge to throw her over his lap and spank the living daylights out of her butt. He would tie her up and tease her to no end, taking whatever he wanted and giving her nothing. She would be for what he could give her. Please, Your Majesty.
Her eyes were full of challenge, during him. She had no idea what she was playing with. And he had no idea why the he was letting her pet to him. It would be better if he ignored her existence. He was not going to let some nega keep messing with his head.
“ür you’ll wish someone taught you how to talk to your fucking king,” he growled through his teeth. With one last menacing glare, he went on his way
Lyca released a shaky breath and continued towards the school the was never going to figure out what Julian’s deal was, so she pushed him to the back of her mind. She couldn’t let anyone
She had always wanted to gut whood, but Devon had denied her that right he had orden her from
from undertaking any part of tralising, as it deliberately keeping her as pathetic as possible But now, she was attending the Royal Training Camp, at the Royal Acadentry. It felt like a dream. It was a cheam for Omegas
The school was within the palace grounds but tucked away fat from the palace, providing a conducive environment for studying and combat training Lyra arrived earlier than stipulated on purpose, wanting in avoid attention as much as possible.
When she got to the classroom, she selected a seat at the back, hoping to be as baconspicuous as possible. If she was lucky enough, they would not even notice that she was their.
Lerrything was going antiading to plan until Crystal walled through the classroom dout. Her eyes swept through the room, like a lawk searchi
piry. When they landed on Lyci, bet
Jacht away, she walked over to Lyra with a group of students right behind her. Effectively, this brought everybody’s attention to Lyra. “You really showed up,” Crystal said in disbelief.
Murmuis iupied in the class
“lacka’t you kanat ? teme cateken Omega slave was allowed by the Queen Mother to attend the camp.
