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 .

arranging the sheets and some of his shirts , I got so lost in

managed to

the floor caught my

starkly in the dim

walked to the far end of

, gold cufflinks , all the most valuable items and I didnt want him to think I was snooping through his valuables or that anything might go

bent down to pick it up , and it seemed like

, I was

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

just the kiss itself but the overwhelming love radiating from that simple

obvious this was the King and his

door snapped me out of

Majesty had caught me , but when I lifted my head , I saw the sound came from a small wooden door at the back of the wardrobe that

must have accidentally stayed open , and thats where this

, I raised my hand and pushed open

not a speck of dust

the lower shelves , and on the upper

carefully and opened

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