"Do you want me to strip you or you will do it yourself?" he coldly asked. With shaking hands, I reached for the strap of the gown I was wearing and let it slide down on my shoulder until it fell on the floor revealing my bareness. I wanted to cover my body when he scanned me from head to toe but I stopped the urge to do it afraid that it would make him mad. When he started walking towards me the fear that I was feeling intensified and the moment he closed the gap between us and held my waist caressing it gently I couldn't help but close my eyes and moaned his name. "King Sevirious," I bit my lower lip when his hand slid down to my sensitive part and the moment he caressed it I lost the last bit of my sanity. I snaked my arms on his nape and pulled his head closer to mine but before our lips could even touch a sarcastic laugh escaped his lips. "You think I will claim you, Valeria?" When he asked me that question I felt like cold water was poured on me making me freeze in place and pulling me back from reality. The moment I opened my eyes and met his gaze I felt like a thousand needles were pierced through my heart. "I won't let a woman like you bear my heir," he firmly uttered looking at me directly in the eyes. "Then why did you marry me? Why did you mark me?" I asked while on the verge of crying. His hand that was touching my sensitive part was now holding my chin. He lifted my face and pulled it even closer to him. "To make you suffer. To make you pay for what you did to my mate. I will make you a useless Queen, Valeria," ~~ Valeria dedicated her entire life to preparing herself to be the perfect queen for King Sevirous. She believed that once they were married, her life would become easier. But she was wrong—her marriage marked the beginning of a nightmare she never saw coming. Her dreams of a fairytale life were shattered when she discovered that King Sevirous was already mated to another. How could she fulfill her role as queen when the king despised her? Would she be able to bear the king’s heir, knowing she was nothing more than an unwanted breeder in his eyes?