Chapter 02191

“I’ve told the guards everything I know,” Lilliana said. “They’ll be watching you. Joseph himself just

assured me of it.” 4

I shook my head. I had no idea what she was up to this time, but I was tired of the schemes and lies. How many manipulative games would I have to endure during this competition? Every day, it felt like a new threat was emerging, oftentimes trivial, and I grew tired of dealing with it.

Especially when more pressing, life–threatening issues were just around the corner.

I had no patience for whatever new game Lilliana had concocted. Plus, when I looked at her, my anger spiked. I recognized the shade of lipstick she wore as the same that had marked Nicholas’s lips.

Nicholas had said it hadn’t meant anything. I wondered if the same was true for Lilliana…

“I don’t know what you are talking about,” I said.

“You can play dumb all you want,” Lilliana said. “We’ll let Joseph sort out all the truth. But no one is

buying your bullshit anymore, Piper.”

I blinked, surprised by her break of character. Since when did Lilliana swear?

As I watched her, open mouthed, she swiveled on her heel and stormed away. She pushed straight past

Susie, who had just started to emerge into the hallway.

“What was that about?” Susie asked me.

I didn’t exactly know how to answer, because truthfully I had no idea. “Same old drama,” I said, because

that at least, seemed to be the nature of it.

Yet even so, I felt a chill run up my spine. I felt like someone was watching me.

I glanced behind me quickly, but no one was there.

After last night, I had felt more on edge than ever before.

Was this feeling just my imagination?

That afternoon I met Nicholas in the gym for more self–defense exercises. We utilized the mats this

time, and took turns throwing each other down to the ground. I was thrown much more than I threw, but I felt like I was starting to get the hang of it a little at least.

as a traditionalist, already hated my presence

of the realm of possibility to think they might conspire some type of false charge against me, to have

it actually worked this time, and

and I had been meant to be grappling, but in that

mat.

a puff of breath

over me, looking down, Nicholas crossed

a lot on my

the moment, Piper. You can’t lose

“Sorry,” I mumbled.

he reached down and offered me his hand. When I

helped me to

have a wolf, you will never have a natural advantage in a fight,”

bit twisted. Through

adjust.

looking… for

words trailed off, I glanced up at him. He was staring at my

readjust the

go now. But I liked the way he was looking

upper swells of my breasts, the deep valley between them.

it escaped above the

gaping, with

Opportunities, he said.

this was a

pushed my breasts higher still, causing not one, but two nipples to pop free over

snapped shut. He swallowed

the mat. Unfortunately, the force of it also sent me off balance and I fell directly

had come undone from the tie, and created a screen to hide our faces

like he couldn’t believe what he was doing on the ground all the

sight of my nipples

some movement in his pants, pressing up against my core. This position

too. My panties felt damp, all of the

few times and slowly

I wanted to grind

returned to my senses too. This wasn’t the time or the place for

and bounced up

be created with a solid distraction,” I said, parroting

to me. Thinking of the training helped cool

Nicholas’s voice

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