Celeste woke up feeling like absolute shit. Her headache felt like a hundred mallets were pounding onto her skull, her whole body was sore and to top it all off, she was hungry.

So imagine how it went down when a few people barged into her room and filled the room with so much noise that she was ready to lash out.

The princess sighed heavily, "Will you please quiet down?" She said in a voice so deadly, the room fell silent in an instant.

"My dear, we brought in food" King Luce announced, cautiously walking towards her.

He's dealt with this scenario more times than he could count that he knew anything could make her snap. He knew how she was already feeling. The poor girl had cried so much the first time it happened that they had to sedate her in order to ease the pain.

Celeste slowly sat up and swung her legs to the side of the bed. The moment she put weight on her legs, she wobbled. In an instant, Fenrys was beside her to try and help but was left ignored by the princess.

Hurt flashed in Fenrys' eyes but the princess brushed him away. Aelin's eyebrows quirked at the interaction.

The princess went straight to the table that was filled with food and started to eat, not minding the eerie silence that seemed to envelop everyone in the room.

After finishing one bowl of soup and bread, she cleared her throat. "I apologize for what happened. Something about this place just makes my power uneasy."

"Has it always been that... uncontrollable?" Rowan asked as he started for the couch in the middle of the room.

Celeste held her palms infront of her and three orbs of light appeared, "No. It's always easier to get a hold of it after every release."

She threw her palm up and the orbs flew from her hands and exploded in the room creating more orbs of different colors. "The light is harmless. What's hard is controlling the darkness. It's seems like it has a mind of its own. It does not obey."

"Darkness does not obey." Lorcan said as he entered the room and stood beside Fenrys who was still standing by the bed with his jaws clenched.

"And what, pray tell, do you do with it?" The princess asked and shot a glance in their direction before returning to her food.

"You embrace it." Fenrys answered as he locked his eyes with the princess. Celeste lifted her chin up in defiance at the challenge within the male's eyes.

Aelin was silently observing the both of them when she noticed the princess glow a little more brighter, she cleared her throat. "The light. Around you. Is it really necessary or is it just a cute little display? To look shining, shimmering splendid?"

The princess smirked she broke the stare down with Fenrys and turned to look at Aelin. "It helps to stabilize the pressure. Looking ethereal is just a bonus."

She stood up and dusted off the bread crumbs that fell on her lap while eating. "Now, if you all don't mind. My body literally feels like it burst apart and seeing as that is exactly what happened, I'd like to be alone to rest."

Aelin bowed mockingly, "Of course, Your Highness." she said before walking towards the door. "Training starts at dawn. If you're not in the courtyard by then, I will have someone drag you down there."

Celeste crashed on her bed, no longer being able to hold herself together from the pain, as she heard the door close. A few minutes passed and she was about to slip into unconsciousness when she heard a light shuffling by the bed.

She slowly turned and saw a dark pair of eyes looking not at her, but at something else. She glanced at what he was looking at to see that it was her ass. Her robes somehow had ridden up and her bottom was very much exposed to the blond haired male that was sitting on a chair just beside the bed.

"Would you like me to stay like this all day for your own entertainment?" Celeste ask haughtily.

Fenrys snapped his eyes to the princess's and smiled eerily like a cat, "That's a generous offer but I've seen better. I prefer them more tanned and toned."

Celeste narrowed her eyes and fixed herself in the bed. She knew it was a lie, with the way he was looking earlier. She also knew that she had a perfectly rounded pair of bottoms and they may not be toned but they were definitely full.

The princess huffed and turned her back to the male. "I asked to be alone."

"I'm your mate."

"I fail to comprehend how that is related to my request." She answered as she closed her eyes and tried to ignore the male sitting two feet away from her.

"So you acknowledge it." Fenrys voiced out as he stood up and stepped closer to the bed.

"Acknowledging it or not doesn't change anything. I'm a princess and with that, comes responsibilities."

Fenrys snarled as he turned her to face him, "You are mine and mine alone. I will not allow anyone else to have you."

Celeste snarled back, "I am not yours or anyone else's. I am not an object to be owned."

With quick movements she caught him off guard by pushing him back hard enough for the male to stumble. Right into the awaiting portal she had summoned behind him.

Fenrys found himself facing the closed door of the princess's quarters. He gritted his teeth.

"She's gonna be a lot to handle."

He turned to see Aelin and Rowan waiting by the side. "She doesn't wanna acknowledge that we're mates."

Aelin shrug, "I don't blame her." She said jokingly

Fenrys shot her a murderous look while Rowan smirked beside her. "I suggest to wait it out. She's not like those whores you liked to bed before. Dare say, you need to put a whole lot of effort, maybe even woo her." The silver haired king said before he took Aelin's hand and pulled her with him.

Oh. I'm going to woo her off her fucking feet.

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