Chapter 42

ALDRICS PAST VALERIA Freed from my task and without the housekeeper watching I decided to slip away with the excuse of organizing the Kings clothes in his closet .

So I grabbed a basket with clean sheets and walked into the castle .

I reached the ebony door and hesitated for a moment , unsure whether to step into the wolfs den or not .

Come on , Valeria , dont be ridiculous .

The agreement was fulfilled , and now its time to return to a professional dynamic worker and employer .

Im the maid , and hes the King .

I told myself, straightening my posture , because if every time Aldric and I shared intimacy under our arrangement , I acted like a nervous girl , then this was bound to fail .

I entered with a serious expression , advancing into the room on legs that felt like jelly .

I knocked softly , but no one answered , so I pushed the door open and stepped into His Majestys chambers .

The delicious scent of wine immediately assaulted my senses .

This was his private , intimate space , and everything here smelled like Aldric .

, I got so lost in my tasks that

had managed to organize it bit by bit in my own

something on the floor

out starkly in the dim

walked to the far end of the

all the most valuable items and I

down to pick it up , and it seemed like an old

, I was slightly taken

with short black hair , elegant , wearing a navy blue dress , embraced by a much larger man with

the overwhelming love radiating from that simple image between those two people

the King and his former

of a door snapped me

the sound came from a small wooden door at the back of the wardrobe that

open , and thats

be snooping I was breaking every rule the housekeeper had given me but like a fool , I raised my hand and pushed open that barrier separating me from King Aldrics secrets ,

organized shelf , not a

on the lower shelves , and on the upper ones , a large , heavy

it carefully and opened

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