The Veil of Darkness
Chapter 187: No escaping!

Chapter 187: No escaping!

Annalise helped Leela, Aunt Claire, Freya, and Sera in cleaning up the dining hall after they all were done with a hearty dinner. Still, her mind could barely focus on anything else other than her husbands who hadn’t left the hall yet even though everyone else had long retired to their bedrooms.

"How about you stop stalling anymore and just go to your husbands? Those men have been following your every step since this morning." Leela teased her in a whispered tone as if it could stop the dark lord from hearing what she was saying.

While Annalise couldn’t do anything but continue with her work while holding her head down, the rest of tge women around her chuckled at Leela’s words.

"I agree with Lady Leela’s words, you should not keep the Lords waiting like this." Even Aunt Claire didn’t give up on the chance to tease her and once again all the young women chuckled except for Annalise who just wanted to disappear.

Pristine wasn’t wrong when she said that the dress would easily catch the dark lords’ attention. Ever since she came downstairs in the morning, those three pairs of eyes had followed her everywhere around the castle. It was one of those unusual days when not even one of her husbands disappeared even for a while throughout the entire day.

But it didn’t take her long to understand that she probably went overboard with the idea of dressing up because after teasing the three of them throughout tge day, now she was filled with anxiety as the night had finally appeared and she could no longer run away from them or the desire that seemed to be burning their eyes as they continued to follow her every little action.

She was pulled out of her thoughts when she suddenly felt a familiar presence right behind her and the very next second, a muscular arm came to wrap around her belly before she was pulled into a warm embrace.

Her hands, which were busy setting up the dishes, stilled as she heard Kenric’s deep voice right next to her left ear as he addressed Aunt Claire and others, "Beautiful ladies of the house if you all will allow me, Can my wife take her leave now? I will really appreciate the generosity."

He was such a charmer, how could anyone say no to his request? That’s why none of the women missed even a single second before they all gave their consent without caring about asking for Annalise’s opinion.

"Thank you," Kenric responded in genuine gratitude as he gave them a bright smile and a bow before he pulled Annalise closer to him, if even possible considering how they were almost pressed together, and teleported her away.

The last thing Annalise recalled before the magic of the teleportation spell took over her surroundings, was the shock that she saw on Aunt Claire, Sera, and Freya’s faces when they saw Kenric using such a powerful spell right in front of their eyes.

Those women who had seen only small-scale spells being used throughout the Capital City were still adjusting to the amount of immense magical powers that the dark lords and the castle in itself possessed.

The world returned to normal after a couple of seconds and Annalise found herself standing in a very unfamiliar room while Kenric stood right behind her with one of his arms still wrapped around her. Still, as her eyes looked around the massive room filled with air and ice elemental essences, it didn’t take her even a second to know exactly where she was in the castle - it was clearly Valerius’ bed-chamber in the basement.

While she was on her way to inspect the room, her gaze landed on two very familiar figures who were standing in the center of the room with their intense gazes fixed right on her. To say that she almost forgot about breathing for a couple of moments would be an understatement.

"Hey!"

She felt so dumb as the words left her mouth when she felt the arm around her waist tightening its hold before Kenric pushed his face into the crook of her neck and whispered, "What do you want, Little Bird?"

Her attention mostly left her other two husbands as she asked in confusion in response to Kenric’s words, "Me? What do you mean?"

Kenric inhaled her scent and the action sent sparks running across her skin. His lips brushed against the skin of the side of her throat as he whispered, "If you don’t want anything then what’s up with your dress today? Why wear something like this, style your hair so beautifully, and appear so breathtaking that neither of the three of us could do anything else but just look at you with our hearts, souls, and bodies filled with the desire to be with you? Why do that, love?"

How was Annalise supposed to answer such a question? She couldn’t say anything but just open and close her mouth as she struggled to find any word to say in response but even after several tries, she still found nothing appropriate to say.

She was distracted when her attention was pulled toward the other two dark lords as they closed the distance between them and came to stand right in front of her with such a little space between their bodies that it could hardly matter. All of a sudden, she found herself surrounded by her soulmates whom she had been teasing since morning.

"You haven’t given us an answer yet, Princess. Why all the teasing so suddenly?" Damien pressed as all three men waited to hear her say something in response to their questions.

Annalise first stared into Damien’s sizzling eyes that had started taking the slightest hint of crimson stating clearly how aroused he was, then her attention moved to Valerius’ eyes and she almost saw ice melting in them as he looked back at her with just as much desire as the one his brother was holding.

She didn’t even need to look at Kenric to know that he was no different than his brothers. There was seriously no escaping for her now.