The Lycan's Forbidden Mate novel Chapter 38

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Noticing she was sweating profusely and breathing heavily, Nikolai released her shoulders. Fear filled those sharp golden eyes of hers and that sight made him bite his lower lip in frustration wondering what must have happened to trigger such anxiety. He placed his hand on her forehead feeling her extremely hot temperature.

He helped her sit down, took her in his arms, and began walking towards the bathing room.

“No.. I’m going to be fine.” Ophelia said, her voice strained, making him halt his steps and moved his gaze to her.

She held his shirt, her eyes closed and she snuggled in his arms, her head relaxing on his chest. Slowly, her face loosened to a more tranquil

expression. Her breathing became shallow, her eyebrows calm. And like that, she had fallen asleep in his arms.

Nikolai held back a sigh. With the assumption that she was starting to get a fever, he intended to put her in a cold bath. Holding her like this and seeing her asleep in his arms, he just hoped that his current racing heart would not wake her up.

He returned back to the bed, placed her on it and covered her with the blanket then sat next to her without breaking his gaze from her.

Nikolai had earlier stayed in the bathroom longer than he was supposed to since he knew that despite being a powerful dragon, she was worn out from the drama of the day and would fall asleep if there was silence. He left the bathroom as soon as he was certain she was asleep. Truthfully, her

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light snore rather than her steady heart beat gave her away. He stared at her for a while. She spread out like a starfish. Cute.

She was in a deep sleep but as approached the bed, she began trembling like she was having a seizure. Tension overcame him, and he hurried to her, shaking her and calling her name in an effort to rouse her up but the more he called, the more trembling she displayed. She opened her eyes, much to Nikolai’s relief, as he was sure that he almost went insane than he was already. That frantic gaze she gave him was not going to leave his head anytime soon.

This was her second nightmare in as many nights. Although he knew what it was about, he didn’t want to think about it. Regardless of their current situations, their demons were identical; Nikolai just had a way of making

his demons feel unwelcome.

Ophelia was a curious child, but she wasn’t naive. She decided to remain in Celestia for the time being because he was her prime suspect in the

fictitious conflict.

“This war…”

He smirked. Did she really think that she was going to leave Celestia while he was still alive? She was joking if she thought she could.

Her thoughts were based on a bloodbath between Celestia and Fireria. The moles in both kingdoms help each other for their own selfish reasons.

Unknown to her, there were two wars.

“War…”

Nikolai let out a breath. He was tired of hearing that. All he wanted was his Fire Storm, nothing else. But the beings above were against that with actually good reasons.

He placed his hand on her forehead. Her temperature was still hot but

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slowly, he felt it decrease to her normal temperature and a relieved smile curled his lips.

Fate. Destiny. Whatever word they used, it wasn’t going to change anything.

He remembered her words back in the storage tower.

“I don’t want your obsession, I don’t need your protection, and I don’t want you to kill me. Actually, it should be the other way around, but I’m resisting because I want to prevent a war! However, be aware that I will hurt you ten times more if you attempt to harm me in any manner.”

He almost felt chills. He didn’t.

“Obsession… You can call it that,”

He let out a chuckle and pulled his hand from her forehead staring at her beautiful face. How can a being like her have such an innocent face? She looked like she couldn’t hurt a fly. Fragile, innocent, a typical damsel in distress. She was the complete opposite.

“If only you know how deep our connection is… I am against Fate, FireStorm,” Nikolai said. His voice a gentle lull.

He had sinned a great deal and would continue to transgress a great deal. Although he regretted some of his past transgressions, he was confident that he wouldn’t regret his future transgressions.

He could. If it meant that she might be harmed by him.

He sighed and moved aside, but as soon as he did, he felt pressure on his shirt. He noticed that she was still grasping his shirt hard while keeping her eyes closed.

“Don’t leave… Please.”

Nikolai gently smiled.

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“Are you sure?”

“No…”

His face dropped.

“But don’t leave.. please.” She added and tugged his shirt.

Nikolai’s lips parted. He couldn’t speak. All he could hear was how loud his heart was pounding. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. 2

Even when he slid under the duvet, she held onto his shirt and didn’t let

1. go. He turned to her, her eyes still closed. He wondered if she was shy to look at him. He found it funny.

“Can I bring you closer?”

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