Chapter 7

|| TERESA LAWRENCEVILLE's POV ||

" STOP DRINKING!!!!" 

I shouted to alert Vincenzo, watching him drink relentlessly. Unfortunately, I was too late to stop the harm. By the time, I got there, Duncan had already provoked him to drink.

I rushed forward to stop Vincenzo, his eyes were closing and opening already. Duncan let out a roar, his gaze full of rage,

" HOW DARE YOU INTERRUPT US, SLUT?"

I ignored his words and urged King Vincenzo to leave,

" Your Majesty!! You have to leave here!! You must!! He has mixed something in your drink. You will lose your consciousness."

Vincenzo wasn't in his mind to understand the importance of my words. He tried to look up at me but he was failing due to the effect. Duncan heard us and immediately exploded in rage, pointing his finger at me,

" YOU...Do you dare to accuse me?? YOU DARE??"

My wolf was already thrashing and howling inside to fight against him. But the time wasn't right and I had to ensure king Vincenzo's safety. I glared at Duncan before telling him,

" What is the truth, we will figure it out soon but now, I will take his majesty back to the castle."

I pulled Vincenzo up, ready to go through the exit but Duncan's cold voice stopped me,

" Where do you think that you are going?"

My feet froze to hear his command. Within a few moments, more than ten guards rushed inside to surround us. It felt like he was trying to hold us captive. My jaw clenched together tightly. Snapping my head in his direction, I blurted in rage,

" What's the meaning of this??"

Duncan smirked at us devilishly, his eyes raking all over my body,

" You are pretty smart but you shouldn't have dragged your ass into our mess. Vincenzo and I have personal issues to deal with. I am giving you one last chance. Leave him alone here and save your life. He isn't going anywhere unless he seals the deal with me."

Betrayal!! AGAIN!!!

It reminded me of how he betrayed my father. Duncan was the rogue Alpha. My father sheltered him, a new life only to be killed by his best friend. Today, Duncan was trying to do the same just like he did years ago. But I wasn't a coward to give up. I raised my voice to confront Duncan face to face, his lips already had a victorious smile,

" KING DUNCAN!!! Do you know what you are doing? You are challenging the Lycan Kingdom. Do you think that they will let go of you after you capture their king?"

Duncan let out an arrogant scoff, his eyes full of hatred,

" I don't care as long as other kings support me and agree to do business with my kingdom. Among werewolves, someone needs to die to get powers."

I lost my patience as my wolf took charge. It infuriated my wolf to imagine that Duncan was thinking about hurting King Vincenzo. My brown eyes swept all over the standing guards, blocking our way. I tried to hold down my wolf back but the royal Alpha tone came out without my knowledge, leaving goosebumps all over my body,

" I COMMAND YOU TO STEP BACK ON THE BEHALF OF THE MOON GODDESS!!"

Duncan had his mouth, hanging open speechlessly. But it worked as the guards shuddered before bowing their heads to me in submission. Before I left with Vincenzo through the exit, Duncan's weak and powerless voice blurted in my back with fear,

" Who... who...are...you...."

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" How did you manage to save me?"

Vincenzo questioned after being woken up at night. We left the banquet safely but his life was almost ending. Duncan found a special poison to kill his Lycan. I did something that I never wished to do for anyone. I used my blood to cure Vincenzo even though he was no one to me. I couldn't see him dying especially when he shared his pain of being alone with me.

I swallowed hard, muttering weakly,

" I did nothing...It was those healers.. just..I...I was only looking after you.."

His deep, hypnotizing eyes rested on me for a while, warm glazing from those eyes. Finally, he spoke without averting his eyes,

" The more I see you, I have these strange feelings. It feels like I know you for eternity."

I rubbed my hands together to hold down the anxiety. It made me feel guilty to realize that I was using him for my profit. Sometimes he was so good to me that I badly wanted to cry for my guilt. But imagining what Duncan tried to do to him, I blurted, clenching my fists together,

" Your Highness! You should take Alpha Duncan's kingdom. He could have killed you today. He had gone overboard!"

On the mention of Duncan, Vincenzo's face lost color, his veins popping out. He replied with an animalistic growl, his lycan pushing to come to the surface,

" I will but not so soon! Politics among the kingdoms are hard to deal with. If we try to bring him down, the other kingdoms will oppose us, especially Nicolas! Fuck!! I hate him to death! I can't allow him to attack my kingdom." 

My face went stiff from his answer. King Nicolas would be coming soon to give his order again but I couldn't understand why the guilt was getting heavier every single day.

Someone tapped on the door to enter. When Vincenzo gave his approval, his best man, Joseph came inside with a dark face. He bowed first before speaking in a serious voice,

" Your Slave was right, Your Highness! Duncan indeed tried to capture you back there. Today is blood moon day! Now, I badly think that it's time to choose a queen for our kingdom. Without the mating bond, you will always be left alone like this. For this, no one is better than Mistress Lucia."