The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 202: Chapter 202: My Lady...

Serena’s POV~

Lira’s words completely froze me.

The smile dropped right off my face, and I nearly choked on air.

"What...what do you mean?" I stammered, trying to sound casual.

Lira tilted her head, the grin never fading.

"Oh, princess, you can tell me. Did the Alphas of Silver Dawn do something to make you blush like that?"

My eyes went wide, and I coughed, hard. "W–what? Lira!"

She only giggled, covering her mouth.

"No need to be shy, Princess. It’s only natural. Those Alphas are dangerously handsome. Every girl in the palace is half in love with them already."

I groaned. "Lira, stop..."

But she didn’t.

She clasped her hands dramatically and sighed, "Oh, especially Alpha Aeron... he’s so tall, so strong. Can you imagine being held by him? Those arms could crush me, and I’d still thank him."

She squealed softly, and I could only stare at her with embarrassment and amusement.

"Lira!" I tried to sound stern, but it came out more like a laugh.

"Oh, come on," she teased, stepping closer with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Don’t tell me you never thought about it... about being in his arms... or maybe..." she leaned in closer, voice dropping to a whisper..."maybe it wasn’t Alpha Aeron who made you blush like that."

My breath caught.

For a second, Lucian’s face flashed in my mind... his hands on me, his lips, the sound of my name breaking from his throat.

Heat rushed up my neck before I could stop it.

"I...I don’t know what you’re talking about," I muttered, turning away quickly.

"Oh, you so do," Lira laughed, clapping her hands. "The way you just turned red says everything."

I grabbed a comb and pretended to be busy with my hair, though my fingers trembled slightly. My heart wouldn’t calm down.

I hated that she was right.

I hated that I was blushing over him.

Lucian’s name lingered in my mind like a forbidden word, and the memory of how it felt to be in his arms made my stomach twist.

I was a mess.

blushing,

glanced at my

faint mark on my neck hidden by my hair, and all I

better than

pressed my palms against my cheeks and whispered under my breath, "Get a grip, Selene... stop being

that spread through me when I remembered how he’d said my name... made it impossible to

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Author’s POV~

The corridor was silent.

of silence that comes from peace, but the kind that feels like someone is watching from the dark. The long passage stretched into darkness, lined with unlit lights and cold walls that swallowed every

faint echo of footsteps broke that

from head to toe. The black fabric draped over her form

betrayed her gender. There was something unmistakably feminine about the way she walked, the soft sway of her lean silhouette beneath the heavy folds

end of the corridor, she stopped before a large wooden door. Her gloved hand rose slowly, pressing against the door. With one firm

a man sat behind a table, the flicker of a single light casting uneven light across his face. He was tall and well-dressed, his dark hair slicked neatly back, but there

stood up abruptly, a spark of delight

lady is here," he said, voice smooth as silk and

quickly, bowing with exaggerated grace before taking her gloved hand. He bent down, pressing his lips lightly to it in

his lips could linger, she pulled her hand

you call me here?" Her voice was low, steady, and strangely cold beneath the veil. "What more do you

His eyes, though polite on the surface, gleamed with

both

"Sit down. You must be tired from your long

of her robes filling the room. She sat gracefully in the offered

reached up and

seemed to glow faintly in the dim light, and lips that curved in an expression too

she would have

none other

his composure cracking for the briefest second. His eyes drank her in with thinly veiled hunger, yet his smile never

himself a glass of wine, "you grow more radiant with every

her head slightly,

suit you,"

the glass in his hand. "Oh,

his gaze was heavy. He looked at her as a man looks at something

between them flickered, stretching their shadows against the walls. Finally, she leaned back in her chair, her calm voice cutting

Merek," she said. "You didn’t summon me here just

The man’s smile deepened.

glass down with a

eyes flickered once, a glint

said softly. "You forget

heartbeat, the air seemed to shiver. The only burning candle flame

smiled wider, bowing his head slightly as if in apology...but his gaze never left her