My Secret Lover Is The Crown Prince Alpha

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l partner?" Damian whispered, his voice

playful yet desperate intensity. His arm tightened around my waist,

th along my jawline. He acted like a massive, overly affectionate

s fondness wash over me. His relentless need for physical contac

side me. Tonight, however, his question stirred the very tempest I sought to escape. His thumb

rangement had started a

heavy burden of my family's legacy. My path was set in stone lon

nightmare. During the rare times we shared the same room, he made a sport of belittling me. He would dismiss my opinions

iliation. Instead of updates on the campaign, his missives were

dripping with condescension. You would do well to learn from her quiet grace, S

d and displayed. The prospect of sharing a bed with a man who constantly measured me agains

ed cage I was forced to enter for my people's sake. Facing a lifetime locked in

st three years, the lines had hopelessly blurred. His fierce loyalty and the raw, unfiltered way he looked at me had slowly chipped

oward the nightstand, my fingers finding the familiar small, velvet pouch I had prepared earlier

ism, a physical reminder of the b

tormy fury. He tossed the velvet pouch back onto the wooden nightstand with a sharp

. He caught my wrists, pinning them gently but firmly to the mattress, forcing me to meet his

desperation in his voice tugged violently at my heartstrings. I sighed, gentl

ir. "You know Gideon returns from the border wars tomorrow. The estate will be full of his gua

he pulled back slightly, the rejection radiating from his tense shoulders. Seeing the genuine pain in

fingers through his dark hair, and gently cupped his cheek. My thumb br

t his, making sure he felt the absolute sincerity in my words. "Gideon is just a pawn in a game I have to

pulse beneath my kiss. "They are all just passing

he harsh reality of our situation crashed back into the room. His jaw tightened, the muscles feathering un

aced with a bitter, agonizing frustration. "Beautifu

, dressing with a furious, restless energy. The air crackled with his unresolved anger. He pau

hadows, then," he stated, h

hind him, the sound echoing like a

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Seraphina's chambers. I shoved my hands into my pockets, my jaw aching.

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d, his eyes urgent. "We have lingered in the human lands t

a dark, suppressed Alpha edge, making O

line. Yet, every time I came to her bed, I had to painstakingly mask my scent. I suffocated my own n

ind her walls. She used those damn coins as a shield, desperately avoiding the real bond grow

all becau

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t weren't for his betrothal to my mate, I wouldn't be forced into the humiliating role of the "othe

uching what was mine made my blood boil. Gideon wa

my voice dropping to an icy calm. I looke

facade. I would use every resource at the Royal Court to dig up his dirt. I wouldn't just

And when the dust settled, Seraphina w