Chapter 46

"She's almost seventeen. Just finished high school. She always wanted to be a nurse. I told her that I'll be there when she becomes one." She swallowed tightly, "Guess, I wouldn't be there after all."

Eline was silent. Then, "You asked why I'm telling you all about the Alpha King even though humans cannot be trusted?" She took a deep breath, "Well, the truth is that I'm rooting for you and the King. He has suffered so damn much, it changed him and his perspective on life. You are his lifemate. He is alone...always alone. Surrounded by people but very much alone. It's so sad."

"Suffered? What happened to him?"

The silence that followed was deafening. They cut through another path that leads to their home.

Eline contemplated how much to say, and how much not to say. Not that she knows all the details—no one knows that but only the Alpha King and the other males involved.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I wouldn't like to put you in trouble with your Alpha King for sayi