The Wolf God's Muse

Chapter 7 * No Status! *

His long slender fingers pressed onto her neck, keeping it in place as if she was a naughty child who didn't know manners. Serena was quite shocked. She didn't expect that Killian would bother to come around after what the healer lady said to them. She thought that she was unimportant just like she was in her own family.

Killian inspected the wound with deep, dark doubtful eyes. Instead of healing faster, suddenly it looked much worse than before. He asked out of curiosity,

" Hmm! What did you apply on your mark?"

Serena blinked her eyes uneasily. Well, she didn't see what was being applied on her back. The head maid just said that it was something given by the healer to reduce her pain. Serena replied softly, feeling shy at this half naked state,

" An ointment..it was given by the healer."

Serena didn't direct the blame on the poor maid in case Killian was unhappy. Killian snorted in rage, hardening his stare at the big mark,

" What nonsense she has given! Your wound is burning instead of healing. Hold on a second!"

Killian was surprised as well. It was known by everyone that a wolf God had many interesting powers. One of the power was in his tongue that could heal any external scar. It was the same reason that he licked her wound at the beginning.

But licking her wound was inappropriate now since there was a clear doubt whether she was his mate or not. However, watching the girl's painful expression, he couldn't ignore it at any cost.

He held onto her arms from behind, dipped his head down to lick the blood that was dripping. Serena let out a shuddered breath, clutching the bedsheet underneath. He was running his tongue across the entire mark like a sweet candy.

Serena began to turn hot subconsciously. His touch had a magical power that could make her hormones fly high easily. After a round of licking and sucking, Killian withdrew his tongue from her wound, licking his lips together deliciously. He wasn't a vampire but he felt that her blood really tasted sweet.

His fingers traced her curves slowly, feeling her vibrating under his touch. With a low and husky voice, Killian murmured into her ears,

" Do you know what will happen if we aren't true mates?"

Serena pressed her lips together, unknowing. She shook her head lightly, heard him continuing in his raspy voice,

" The entire world will tell that the wolf god has sinned and they will.. probably call you..a w***e princess..."

Her chest tightened upon listening to his future speculations. Honestly, no comments made her feel worse anymore because she had already heard enough ever since she was a child. Serena muttered, feeling broken in her heart as she had nowhere to go,

" I.. don't..care..."

Killian narrowed his eyes at her suspiciously. Her father was the mighty Alpha King. As he had no son, according to tradition, the elder daughter was going to ascend the throne which made her the crown princess. He wondered why she wasn't interested in her own kingdom.

Killian continued to remind her very seriously, running his hand across her frozen back,

" Think about it! Here, you won't have any proper status nor any power. You can be at most my mistress. Your crown princess position might be tarnished if the news gets out."

Serena trembled in fear, remembering the torturous days in her kingdom, MARVA. There wasn't a single day when she didn't go to bed without scars. She felt that it was better to be his servant here rather than being tortured every single day there.

Serena mumbled, her back turning stiff,

" I..I don't care... I will just stay here.."

Killian was surprised by her answer. He couldn't understand why someone would want to leave such an important position. He asked curiously,

" What happened to you there?"

Serena didn't want to reveal her family's ugly side to him. She mumbled, refusing to respond,

" Nothing much..are you...done?"

Killian came back to his senses fast. He was so lost, caressing her soft skin that he had forgotten the rules and boundaries. He took a step backwards and replied looking into her eyes as she turned around shyly,

" Since you want to stay..I can't send you back forcefully.. After all, I am the one who took you as my mate in front of the officials. However, do you want to live this life by sacrificing your pride and dignity of a princess?"

Pride...well, she never had..

To her step-mother, she was nothing less than a servant. Serena bit her lips together before blurting softly,

" Very sure!"

Killian stayed silent for a moment and ran his eyes across her exposed skin. He felt his throat turning dry. He looked away, taking a deep breath. He said his final words before going away,

" Don't use that ointment anymore! You will be healed faster with my tongue."

Her cheeks turned warm at his response. However, it was the first time in her life that someone had actually taken care of her. Unfortunately, it wasn't her mate probably, a stranger whom she couldn't call her own.

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Ursula was sipping her favourite tea in a happy mood. Soon, the healer lady entered slowly. With a charming smile, she bowed at her before saying,

" It's done, Mistress! We heard her scream!"

Ursula's lips curled up into a smile. She grabbed the sack of golden coins, threw it on her face. The healer's face lit up immediately, catching the bag with greedy eyes. Ursula snorted coldly, putting her feet down to walk across the window,

" I always want to see her laying on the bed, sick and weak so that my wolf God wouldn't even take a look at her."

The healer assured her with a smile, nodding her head repeatedly,

" It will work, I am sure."

Ursula dismissed the healer in fear of getting watched by someone. After the healer strode downstairs, she met Killian on the couch. Legs crossed, Killian was drinking with a grim face.

" Lady Jessica!", his deep, emotionless voice halted her in her track. Her heart skipped a beat as she turned around to meet his eyes,

" Yes, My Lord!"

Killian played with the wine in his hand, asked innocently,

" I wonder what kind of medicine you gave to princess Serena that she isn't stopping wailing in pain for a second."

Lady Jessica broke into a cold sweat. She didn't expect that the wolf God would pay attention to those little things. She smiled nervously, explained as a matter of fact,

" Just.. normal medicine.. Maybe it's time to get fit with her skin, my Lord. It should be okay soon."

Killian retorted in a sharp voice, taking Jessica's breath away,

" If it doesn't fit her, why did you recommend it to her in the first place?"

Lady Jessica gulped hard, looking dumb by his interrogation. She tried to explain nervously,

" I..I didn't know..I mean..we can't say without applying for a wound."

She solemnly prayed that Killian would stop asking for more because she was really feeling terrible in fear. If this continued longer, she might spill the truth out loud at his face.

Killian's lips pulled up into a smile. He got up from the couch first and asked again, raising his brows together playfully,

" Is that so?"

Lady Jessica nodded her head vigorously and saw in horror as he approached her slowly. Stopping in front of her, Killian stretched one of his hands to grab her index finger. With a light creaking sound, her finger was cut off from the middle.

Lady Jessica let out a horrified scream in pain, and fell down on the floor. With her ear-piercing scream, everyone gathered around from the corners. Even Ursula rushed to the corridor to see what was going on.

Her entire finger was torn off like an object, bleeding hard as her wails continued to bounce against the high walls of his palace. Killian commented with a smirk, sitting back at his position,

" Now, you have a wound to apply the ointment. Someone brings the ointment that Serena was using on her mate mark."

Lady Jessica was crying her heart out. When she saw that someone was going to get the fake medicine, she cried out heartily,

" My lord! This is..a false accusation..how can you punish such an honorable healer like me..This is absurd.."

Killian blinked his eyes innocently upon hearing her accusations. He muttered with a light smile,

" Hmm? Punishment? Lady Jessica! You told me by yourself that you need an ointment to test the wound. I had simply just given you a wound to apply it. Was I wrong?"

The servants including Jessica were speechless by his words. However, Ursula was already trembling at her place in fear.

Did the god find out the truth? Did he also know that she was behind this?