Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne

Chapter 106 A flirting game.

“You must like it up there.” Joseph said with a bit of amusement in his tone. Doris carefully stepped off the dresser and smoothed out her clothes with as much dignity as she could muster under his gaze. “It’s quite a view.” Doris cleared her throat. “Did you forget something?”

“oh—“ Joseph held out a stack of clothes. “Sorry this took so long for them to be brought to you. I thought you’d like to change out of the ruined ones you came in with.”

Doris accepted the stack and brushed her fingers over the soft fabric. “Thank you, that’s very kind.”

“Did I hear you talking to someone or have I gone a bit mad?” Joseph asked as he peered around the room. His light eyes caught on the window for a moment before they moved on to the rest of the small area to see nothing but old furniture.

“Oh–I was trying to reach my wolf. I still haven’t heard anything from her.” Doris said without missing a beat. How had she gotten so good at lying? William’s frown caught in her mind before she pushed it away.

Joseph nodded in understanding. “I heard she might be gone for quite a few days.”

“Do you know what they gave me? Will she be okay?” Doris asked as her hands tightened on the clothes in her grasp.

“I don’t know the name of it but it’s one of their experimental drugs. They’ve tested it on a lot of the rogues here so I have no doubt it worked on you. She should be perfectly fine when it all wears off.”

“Do you exactly know how long—“ “It lasts? No, unfortunately not exactly. A few days or more, it depends on how much they gave you.” Joseph said and stepped a little closer to her. Enzo’s taunt circled the back of her mind and now her eyes watched each of his movements he made around her.

else I can get you?” He asked. “A set of keys and a horse?” Doris

headed for the door again and a

door. “I—It’s been quite lonely in here. I was wondering if you would join me later when

come? If you’re able to do something like

she knew she had him right where she wanted him. She smiled and brushed her hair behind her ears

do that. I’ll be

and locked it behind him—then it fell as if it was never there.

she was losing her mind with how much she paced her room while alone with her thoughts. William’s words haunted her more than anything else could ever dare. Usually people said things in anger that they either meant or thought would hurt you the most. People were cruel when they didn’t know how to handle their own feelings so they threw it back in

swearing she was nothing to him. It was like he wanted to make sure his words hit their intended mark and then tried to make up for them with his actions. Her heart was going through a deep dive of emotions that kept pulling her back up for another push. Why hadn’t she listened to herself when she swore

camp like she paced this room but she imagined he had a bit of fire in his steps. She could see him in her mind’s eye-snapping at anyone that neared him or tried to come up with a solution to his problems. No, he wanted

least was glad she wasn’t there for when Enzo told William he couldn’t join him in his claim of the crown-if he even planned on telling William, that is. William hadn’t mentioned it again to her since she told him she wasn’t interested in his politics but now she knew he was still determined to wrap his hands around what he

two people. Better yet, it actually looked more appetizing than the last few plates he’d brought her. “Sorry for the delay,

quite alright, I’m glad you

were any other guards outside the door. Did they know he was in here alone with her? Did they just

as she

that she was intimidated by Joseph, not in the slightest. He was much too kind for her to think he was capable of anything except a few dry jokes and