Truth be told, Van Merikh knew he should have used that opportunity to question Lady Karina about Moonveil's mythical beasts.
However, lost in the moment itself, his ambitions seemed to crumble beneath that burning lust in his limbs.
Desire clouded his judgement.
But knowing the brutal conqueror that he was, another opportunity would come.
And if it didn't, he would create that opportunity himself.
"You heard me, Lady," Van Merikh said, raising a brow.
Lady Karina didn't quite understand why she was stunned, but she was.
And over that feeling, fear had found its way to the surface.
She knew awfully well that the price could have been much more exorbitant, but somehow she had not expected a simple yet intimate command.
Why did the man want her to kiss him?
She had never kissed a man before, nor been kissed by one.
She had been fooling herself into believing that it would be something far less personal.
