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Story: In Love with a Ruthless Man
“There, there, we all have our moments.”Of bravery and stupidity,Noah finished in his mind.
“I don’t think the prince likes me.” It was a hard admission to make, but more and more she was beginning to believe it. These days, the prince seemed to live to catch her off guard, showing up out of the blue to do something outrageous like suddenly whispering in her ear—-
She repressed a quick shudder at the memory.
Oh, how often he did it, and there was even one time he had accidentally licked her ear—-
Fawn covered her face.
It was like the prince was deliberately toying with her, and all to see her mess up at work.
“Do you guys think the same?”
Silence.
She looked up. “This is the part you’re supposed to convince me otherwise, guys.”
Emery chuckled. “For the record, I do think you’re imagining things. The prince has no reason to hate you.”
“But I truly think he does. I’ve seen how he is with other girls, and he’s so much nicer—-”
“So you want him sweet on you then?” Noah asked.
Fawn gasped. “No!” She shook her head vehemently. “Why would you even think that? I’m engaged, remember? I’m not interested in him that way. Seriously.” She tried not to cringe afterwards.Dear Jesus, her voice had been so stupidly shrill.
Noah and Emery looked at each other. It was obvious that although Fawn felt something for the prince, she was too dense to realize it.
Their poor master, both men thought. Even after all this time, he was still second to Grant Bennett.
“All I’m saying is the prince’s different with me.I’m not kidding. I’ve counted the number of times he smiled at me this week, and it was 2.5.”
Emery and Noah exchanged looks again.
Finally, Noah couldn’t help asking, “How can a smile be a point five?”
She imitated the prince’s smile, with only the left corner of her lip curling up. “That’s how.”
The two men exchanged looks once more.That was a smirk...wasn’t it?
Emery said finally, “The prince has his reasons, and they’re all good ones. Tonight’s party isn’t for the likes of you.”
“But I’ve served at his other parties—-”
Noah’s smile was grim as he cut the girl off with a shake of his head. “Not this kind of party.” Tonight, new initiates would be recruited, and when fresh blood scented the air, all the wolves came running.
He looked at Fawn.
She would be the freshest of them all, and the prince knew it.
“THIS PLACE IS AMAZING.”
Or at least that was what Noelle thought her newfound friend said. Managing a conversation was virtually impossible when attending a party hosted by the Prince of Darkness.
The music seemed to flood out from every direction, swirling around them like a living, throbbing being, interspersed with soft moans and raw groans from couples fornicating in every hidden corner of the prince’s expansive gardens. Combined with the mists coming out of the fog machines and the moving strobelights streaking the moon-less sky, it was like entering the most exotic version of hell.
And because Noelle knew of the pleasures awaiting her, it was the kind of hell she would never want to leave.
But first, she had to do one little thing.
“I don’t think the prince likes me.” It was a hard admission to make, but more and more she was beginning to believe it. These days, the prince seemed to live to catch her off guard, showing up out of the blue to do something outrageous like suddenly whispering in her ear—-
She repressed a quick shudder at the memory.
Oh, how often he did it, and there was even one time he had accidentally licked her ear—-
Fawn covered her face.
It was like the prince was deliberately toying with her, and all to see her mess up at work.
“Do you guys think the same?”
Silence.
She looked up. “This is the part you’re supposed to convince me otherwise, guys.”
Emery chuckled. “For the record, I do think you’re imagining things. The prince has no reason to hate you.”
“But I truly think he does. I’ve seen how he is with other girls, and he’s so much nicer—-”
“So you want him sweet on you then?” Noah asked.
Fawn gasped. “No!” She shook her head vehemently. “Why would you even think that? I’m engaged, remember? I’m not interested in him that way. Seriously.” She tried not to cringe afterwards.Dear Jesus, her voice had been so stupidly shrill.
Noah and Emery looked at each other. It was obvious that although Fawn felt something for the prince, she was too dense to realize it.
Their poor master, both men thought. Even after all this time, he was still second to Grant Bennett.
“All I’m saying is the prince’s different with me.I’m not kidding. I’ve counted the number of times he smiled at me this week, and it was 2.5.”
Emery and Noah exchanged looks again.
Finally, Noah couldn’t help asking, “How can a smile be a point five?”
She imitated the prince’s smile, with only the left corner of her lip curling up. “That’s how.”
The two men exchanged looks once more.That was a smirk...wasn’t it?
Emery said finally, “The prince has his reasons, and they’re all good ones. Tonight’s party isn’t for the likes of you.”
“But I’ve served at his other parties—-”
Noah’s smile was grim as he cut the girl off with a shake of his head. “Not this kind of party.” Tonight, new initiates would be recruited, and when fresh blood scented the air, all the wolves came running.
He looked at Fawn.
She would be the freshest of them all, and the prince knew it.
“THIS PLACE IS AMAZING.”
Or at least that was what Noelle thought her newfound friend said. Managing a conversation was virtually impossible when attending a party hosted by the Prince of Darkness.
The music seemed to flood out from every direction, swirling around them like a living, throbbing being, interspersed with soft moans and raw groans from couples fornicating in every hidden corner of the prince’s expansive gardens. Combined with the mists coming out of the fog machines and the moving strobelights streaking the moon-less sky, it was like entering the most exotic version of hell.
And because Noelle knew of the pleasures awaiting her, it was the kind of hell she would never want to leave.
But first, she had to do one little thing.
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