VALERIA

"Tell me if you can comply with that condition, or I will leave my position right now, King Aldric. I am not your prisoner," I confronted him for the first time, raising my chin, ready to resist his whims and selfishness.

However, Aldric just stared at me in silence.

I could feel his entire body tense, as if he were struggling with an internal enemy, resisting with all his strength.

In his gray eyes, the beast inside him flickered, tinged with red, like his lycan form.

"Fine," he finall