"Are Frederick's sex skills so bad that you're running away from him like this?" he chirped in a playful manner.Then I threw him the glass I was sipping from because I was annoyed by his words."Don't talk rubbish," I said irritably. "He's not an Alpha bastard like you. Whatever Frederick does, at least he's better than the four of you."Arthur jokingly giggled because he had managed to annoy me. Then he quipped again which once again made my blood rise to a fever pitch."The four of you?" he said. "Isn't it just the three of us? Since Matthias never touched you, he's not part of the mate contract. Unless ... Unless he has slept with you without our knowledge."My eyes widened as I heard him provoke me again. "I know you talk like that just to make me angry. So, congratulations. You've succeeded in doing so.""Hahahaha!" his laughter made me feel even more annoyed. He seemed to really enjoy the agonised expression I made after he deliberately nudged the secret I was harbouring."So?
"He threatened to hurt you if I didn't marry Anastasia," he said.For me, his words were like making half my world fall apart. All kinds of bad premonitions as well as the picture of Arthur's personality in my mind that I had already scribbled, turned into a confusing grey pseudo.As soon as I learnt what made Arthur reject me in favour of marrying Anastasia, my heart turned to mush.So, all this time Arthur was protecting me?"You're not lying, are you?" I said in disbelief. He only glanced at me briefly before throwing his gaze back to the front, as if he could already guess what I was going to say after this."Whether you believe me or not is up to you," he said with a long sigh. "One thing's for sure, I didn't want it to come to this. And you should be careful with Gabriel, Isabelle. He's not just any Alpha. You may not know that he's—"/Knock. Knock. Knock./We both simultaneously turned our heads to the door of this room which was shaking thanks to someone rudely knocking on it.
"William. Let her go. You have no right to accuse her when we haven't got any evidence here." Matthias interrupted us after the medics had taken Arthur from this place.He blocked William who was locking my movement with his hand. And from his gaze alone I could see the seriousness he had. His hands pulled my body roughly to get me out of William's grasp.Which made William furious with his casual attitude."Wow. Since when do you care about other people?" he sneered. "I didn't know you cared so much about Isabelle. Ah, don’t tell me. You are the one who kill Arthur and throw it to Isabelle?""William!" I snapped at him for talking out of turn. "You know I hate it when you bring other people into my business. If you want to accuse me, just accuse me! Don't bring anyone else!"He looked at me very sharply. His alpha aura was so arrogant that it smelled rotten to my nose. His gaze squinted at me in disgust as his sharp smile showed abuse."I hope you didn't really kill Arthur, Isabelle,
'Crap! How could you say that to him, Isabelle! How stupid! Why does your mouth always slipped up like this in front of Matthias!' I cursed myself for blurting out something I shouldn't have."What are you insinuating for if I've never touched you?" he said again. He leaned against the wall, his hands in his pockets. He expressed his confusion and suspicion through a gaze that I could not return."Unless ..." He paused his words. Waiting for the reaction of me who had turned pale in front of him. "Unless I did touch you somewhere. Like that dream I've been seeing, where you come to my room every night-""ENOUGH!" I snapped with all my strength. I covered my ears, which were stinging with every word she uttered."Please stop this," I pleaded in a low, shaky voice. "You're wrong, Matthias. I never came to your room. And the Omega in your dream was not me. Moreover, you never touched me either. So stop making idle speculations like this."My breathing was made even more labored as I real
"Telling me to leave?" chirped Matthias in displeasure. "For what, so you can be alone with Isabelle and abuse her again?""Matthias!" I snapped at him as he smiled mockingly, provokingly at Frederick. "Don't make a scene here! Do you want to add to my list of troubles? I'm already a murder suspect here. And don't let them suspect me even more because you're here."My words succeeded in making both of their anger subside. However, Frederick was still at his original intention. He wasn't afraid of Matthias and blatantly pulled my hand to make me fall into his arms."Isabelle," he whispered in my ear, but his eyes were fixed on Matthias as if he wanted to turn the heat up on him. "How about we go to my chamber now? There's a lot I want to discuss with you and certainly not in front of this insolent Alpha."I sucked in my breath deeply at the audacity of Frederick stoking the flames of discord in front of his best friend. Everyone knew Matthias was a temperamental Alpha. Provoking a comm
"You don't have to be afraid. I'm here, Isabelle," he said with tenderness. Although shrouded in doubt, he slowly pulled my head to rest on his chest.He caressed my long blonde strands lovingly. Slowly, my breath, which had been labored, began to feel regular. The tremors I felt were thanks to the shadow of Estella's death."Thank you," I said sincerely. After feeling better, we started talking about what had been interrupted earlier.About Estella trying to kill Arthur because she found out about her fake pregnancy."My speculation is that Estella will kill the other princes and leave only Matthias," I said with confidence. "She will kill everyone who stands in the way of Matthias becoming king.""Then she'll blame everything she does on you," he continued. His eyes didn't blink at me, his lips biting in a sign of suppressed emotion.I nodded my head in agreement with his opinion. "And after that, she'll kill me. At least she'll wait for me to give birth first and then kill me.""Ha
"Isabelle ..." his voice sounded weak, even his steps were so unsteady as if he was walking on water.With a body full of sweat, he forced himself to walk to me. My own legs here were immobilised, my body stiff and numb after being exposed to so many pheromones from him.'No way, this can't happen again. I don't want this to happen a second time!' I growled inwardly. This situation was very similar to what had happened that night when Matthias had fucked me.I had managed to get away from him so far, and now he was going to repeat the same thing? I won't let him!"Matthias ..." I called out to him, my voice not much better than his. My breathing was unrecognisable as my body was difficult to move."You wait here, I'll call Estella for you," I said with difficulty."For what?" he retorted, denying my words. "My mating period came because of you, it was my body's reaction to your scent. You should be responsible and not Estella.""Are you crazy!? I'm not your mate!" I snapped angrily. "
"You're ... Pregnant with my child?" his voice caught on his lips, not expecting what I had just revealed in front of him.My fingers still tied him breath around his neck, though not as firmly as before. He remained silent as if he was letting me take his life. However, not with his gaze.His dark irises gripped my defences magically. Slowly, I began to feel the dominance of an Alpha. I just realised, I don't know since when this room was full and thick with his pheromones."Ugh." I complained uncomfortably. My body was exposed to too much of his pheromones to feel so hot and ... wet.This was my body's highest reaction when dealing with an alpha in his mating period. And this is not good news. When I couldn't control my body, it would open up the opportunity for Matthias to devour me whole."Stop that pheromone! Do you want us to have sex here!?" I snapped harshly. Instead of choking his neck, I pulled his hand and made him come closer. To know how serious I was this time."I don't