Chapter 12

“I know he can scary most of the time but I don’t want to keep hiding our relationship. I want to tell my friends that I am dating you!”

“Just like your father, they will be horrified to learn that a princess like you is dating someone like me. I am just a bodyguard, Scarlet,” he said.

“Does it matter? I love you, and I know you feel the same toward me, Asher. Who cares about titles and riches?”

“Your father does,” he stated a fact.

“Then, what should I do?”

“Let’s wait a little bit before telling him. We must find the perfect timing to spill the news to him,” he suggested.

“I guess you are right, Asher.”

However, the weight of secrecy pressed upon my heart as I found solace in the embrace of Asher, my beloved bodyguard. Our love was a flame that burned brightly, but we had to shield it from the watchful eyes of my father, King Xavier Nightshade, the Lycan King.

Xavier was a formidable ruler, stern and unwavering in his beliefs. He had