
{"id":29683,"date":"2026-02-06T12:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/melting-the-ice-princess-novel-chapter-42\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:46:18","slug":"melting-the-ice-princess-novel-chapter-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/melting-the-ice-princess-novel-chapter-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Melting the Ice Princess Novel Chapter 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Shadows Of Passing Time \u2013 Carter Hughes 42<\/h1>\n<p>&lt; Chapter Forty-Two Sam\u2019s Date Part One\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter Forty-Two: Sam\u2019s Date Part One\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter Forty-Two: Sam\u2019s Date Part One\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emerald\u2019s POV:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRise and shine, buttercup.\u201d I heard someone say from on top of me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>$25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Judging by the lack of weight and muscle, I knew it was a girl, but I didn\u2019t know who it was. Hannah wasn\u2019t this nice as to politely ask me to wake up. No, that drainage she-wolf would full-on jump on\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>me till I was out of bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As much as I was curious, I was exhausted from yesterday and the events that happened last night\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>when I came home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>*Flashback starts*\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope you had fun, my angel.\u201d Said, Zeke\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best time ever. Thank you so much. You and the rest have been amazing these past few days, and it just feels so surreal,\u201d I whispered, tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I felt Zeke gently take hold of my chin, lifting my face as his other hand went to my cheek, his thumb slowly rubbing across it; sparks that used to be specks more potent now danced where our skin touched. He looked deep into my eyes as if trying to find something hidden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I hope he could see the feeling I harboured for all the quads. I knew I had feelings for all the quads. I had finally admitted that but was still scared to say it aloud. Was it love? Or was it something else? I didn\u2019t want to ruin everything we built but blurting out misconvinced feelings. I wanted to tell them when I\u2019d know without a doubt in my heart that what I felt right now was indeed love, the\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>same love that shined like the brightest star in the quad\u2019s eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leaning in, his lips landed on mine, taking my lower lip between his juicy ones; we slowly let them tangle; he nipped on my lip to ask for entry which I happily gave. Not once was he in a hurry; he kissed me thoroughly and passionately, his tongue stroking mine from time to time as he rubbed my cheek with his thumb. Finally letting us up for all he joined our foreheads as he closed his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t help but admire him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goddess, he was breathtaking; all of them were! I was truly lucky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad you enjoyed my angel, and as much as I would love to keep you here with me all night, the rest are blowing up the mind link for you.\u201d Said Zeke, giving me one last peck before getting down from the car and rounding to help me down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I giggled, coming down the car and holding his hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>|||\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&lt; Chapter Forty-Two Sam\u2019s Date Part One\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSucks! I am glad I don\u2019t have to deal with you all going alpha male on me in the mind link. I can\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>mindlink you directly until you do.\u201d I said, heaving a sigh of relief; that would be like a non-stop radio\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>with how the quads are, wanting to know everything happening around me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I heard Zeke let out an evil chuckle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Huh? What was that about?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, my sweet, sweet angel. Once you\u2019ve connected with your wolf, and she recognizes us as her\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>mates. You and the rest of us will have the clearest link. So get ready.\u201d Said Zeke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I stopped, looking up with wide eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Well crap! No one ever mentioned that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before I could say something, Zeke\u2019s eyes glazed over; he was getting a mindlink from someone. It\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>was almost midnight. Who could that be?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I saw him tense and ball his fists. What happened?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instinctively I reached for his fists, rubbing circles on the back side of his hands in the hope of\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>calming him down. I had noticed over the days that my touch helped calm them down. Especially\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>when they nuzzled into my neck, taking in my scent. I wondered if their scent would also have that\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>calming effect on me after Saturday? As soon as his eyes returned to the stunning grey, he looked\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>down at me; his eyes held confusion and was that a hint of fear I saw?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngel, um, Ezeakil wants us to go to his office. The Lycan kings want to have a word with you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Said, Zeke\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The kings? What did they want? I had totally forgotten about them and the twins, putting their\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>non-existent drama in the farthest corner of my head. What was weirder was that there was\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>lingering tension, but they had never called me out to talk to me or had the twins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What could they want now and at this time?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zeke grabbed my hand and led me into the packhouse and up the stairwell to the sixth floor, where\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>all the quads had their offices. As soon as we reached the floor, you could feel the power radiating\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>in the air, it had me slightly stiffen for a fleeting second, but I was quick to recover; however, from the corner of my eye, I could see Zeke was struggling. Not wanting him to see that I noticed his struggle, I diverted my eyes to the ground. I had yet to understand why I could withstand the threshold of the twin\u2019s and triplets\u2019 aura.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Walking ahead, we knocked on the door, and a dominant come-in voice came from inside. Taking a deep breath, we opened the door and went in. Walking in, I saw the rest of the quads scattered\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>around the room with arms across their chest, clearly unhappy about something, but seeing me enter, a smile tugged on their faces. They all came towards me, giving me either forehead or cheek kisses. When they finally let me go and stood around me in a protective stance, I couldn\u2019t help but\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter Forty-Two Sam\u2019s Date Part One\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>roll my eyes in my head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dumb alphas and their possessive natures!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The twins sat in front of the desk, while King Tristan sat in Ezeakil\u2019s chain behind the desk, and King Lucas and Hayden stood behind him with their arms folded across their chest, five sets of\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>eyes locked on me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA pleasure as always, Emerald.\u201d Said, King Tristan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I saw the quads stiffen around me when King Tristan greeted me without my title. I could feel the anger rolling off the quads as they neared me. I was shocked. Nonetheless, they had never called me by my name; it was always Luna. Hayden was the only triplet who said he\u2019d call me by my name, but I had yet to meet him after that one time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I saw the triplets smirk at the quad\u2019s reaction as if they found it amusing; the twins sailed the same\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>boat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I bowed a bit to my kings and supreme alphas and said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pleasure is always mine, king Hayden.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like you can easily tell us apart now.\u201d Said, King Lucas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I nodded. What was this about?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyhow, we know it\u2019s late, and you have just returned; we don\u2019t wish to take much of your time. We would like to speak to you regarding a matter.\u201d Said, King Hayden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not seeing that I had much of an option, I nodded, giving them all my attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlphas if you\u2019d please. We would like to talk to her in private.\u201d Said, King Tristan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The quads stiffened and circled me around them, giving out a low growl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Were they freaking out of their minds? They were challenging our kings, and not any kings, lycan\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>kings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I thought I would see the triplets fume with anger, but instead, they all chuckled and just relaxed in their spots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs that a challenge alphas?\u201d Said, King Tristan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I stiffened!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What the heck were they doing? Why weren\u2019t they moving? I heard one of the triplets sigh and the chair creak. Jumping, I exctricted myself from the quads and came in front of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, it\u2019s fine! I\u2019ll just talk to their highnesses and meet you back in the room.\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They went to open their mouths, but I cut them off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&lt; Chapter Forty-Two Sam\u2019s Date Part One\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, for me,\u201d I said, pleading with my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jaws tight and fists balled, they all nodded and left. Leaving me with the twins and triplets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sighing, I took a deep breath, turning around to face the elephant; well, I guess lycans in the room. Looking up, I saw the twins and triplets look at me with confusion, and it was that hope I could see? I stayed quiet, lost in their eyes. It wasn\u2019t awkward, but it felt safe. Like, my body knew they wouldn\u2019t hurt. Instead, they protect me, all five of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally getting up, King Tristan came towards me, his aura rushing out like a tidal wave. He was doing it on purpose, but why? When he reached me and stood a few steps away from me, looking right at me, mumbling something under the lines that it wasn\u2019t possible that he checked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Impossible? Check? Check what?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I was broken out of thought when I felt not one but four more powerful auras rushing coming at me; at this point, I staggered back a bit but not with fright but with surprise; taking only a few seconds to regain my composure, I stood straight and looked back at the twins and triplets who were a mere few feet away from me now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To say they were shocked would be an understatement. To say I was baffled was an understatement. Could this mean we were related? Could they be my family? The moment I opened my mouth to ask, King Lucas spoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be accompanying you on your shift Friday night, Emerald.\u201d Said, King Lucas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saying that they all backed up, ultimately making me forget the question at hand if we were\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>related.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They would accompany me? Why?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>*Flashback Ends*\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, goddess fatass Emerald get up! Otherwise, you\u2019ll be late for your date with your Alpha boo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Said the person from on top of me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I heard some huff and felt someone tug my blanket\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ugh!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Opening my eyes and sitting up, I find the culprit that wouldn\u2019t let me sleep in peace; there were\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>two: Ela and Leah.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As much as I was happy to see them but did they have to wake me up? It was only nine in the morning. However, the words stopped in my mouth when I turned to the clock and saw it was two p.m. In the afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Holy goddess, I was late for my date with Sam!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>4.5\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shadows Of Passing Time \u2013 Carter Hughes 42 &lt; Chapter Forty-Two Sam\u2019s Date Part One\u00a0 Chapter Forty-Two: Sam\u2019s Date Part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-melting-the-ice-princess-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}