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XAVIER'S POVIt was three days already and the reports on Anna's condition were getting worse than better.She still looked so healthy as she slept even though she looked as pale as a ghost but we could all perceive the death that hid from our eyes with our noses.The smell which would have been undetectable to the human nose was so pungent to our noses.The smell of Anna's decaying wounds were so bad that I noticed the maids were trying their best to keep their face straight when inside the room. They had even resorted to shifts in order to escape the small decaying flesh that seemed to engulf the entire room. The only person who seemed not to be affected by the smell was me because I was always by her side.I had been there when the smell first started permeating the air and I was still by her side only moving thrice a day to relieve my bowels.I had not taken a bath in those three days and I was starting to think my body's smell was an aggravating factor to the general smell of th
Last Updated : 2023-09-08THE ALPHA KING'S SUBSTITUTE BRIDE CHAPTER 88 (HELPLESS PRINCE)
XAVIER'S POVI closed my eyes and sighed as I prepared myself to admit to my fault."She was attacked by another wolf," I said simply."That I know. What I need to know is why," The healer said.I looked at him as I thought of how to answer his question."It was in a fight. She had not seen the attacker coming. She fell on the ground from the push from the attacker and she has not been conscious ever since," I said not trying to reveal too much of what happened. Little information was all he needed."What was the fight about?" The healer asked and I looked at him with suspicious eyes."Who sent you? I am asking you for the very last time!" I bellowed at the old man."No one! I swear!" he said frantically.I sighed. I was not comfortable divulging this information."They were fighting over something," I said.The healer must have noticed that I was not willing to divulge the information he wanted from me and decided to let me be."Were you there? When it happened," The healer asked."
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XAVIER’S POVI remained in that position on the bed with her in my arms till I fell asleep. But even in my sleep, Anna remained in the same position.My soul was broken, and I was at my breaking point.Tears continued streaming down my face until the pain I felt transformed into anger. Anger for the way she was treating me.I apologized. I had spoken to her like the male healer had suggested. I stayed by her side every single moment despite the decaying smell everyone complained about. I remained with her.I poured my heart out to her even if I had no idea what I was doing. I even regretted supporting Abigael when she had only been protecting me.And this was how she chose to pay me back —by letting herself die all for hatred I couldn’t even figure out where it originated from.My wolf felt like it had been cursed with rejection. It was like a burning drive in my soul, tearing me apart till I had no strength left in me.Anna had no right to make me feel this way. She had no right to m
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XAVIER’S POV“The King of Rogues… is that what they call me now?” Nico chuckled as he placed his hand on his beard. A grin covered my face and my eyes fixed on him as I stood my ground. “Your reputation has gone beyond what a common criminal would have. You deserve the accolades,” I retorted.His chuckling stopped and his eyes darkened. “Prince Xavier… your presence here is a big surprise and I am not a person with a lot of patience…”He walked past me and inserted a key into his door, then he turned to look at me, “Do you mind telling me what it is you want because I have a client who wants you dead… But if your offer is good, I might reconsider.”I could already guess who this client was, but there was no need to dig deep when my offer wasn’t strongly rooted yet. So, rather than respond to him I walked into the house with my shoulders squared.“My request isn’t a very major one… I just want something minor…” I said as I invited myself to a chair. I crossed my legs and stared at him
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ANNA'S POVMy head was still trying to figure out what Lartes had done to me. Had he heard what I asked myself?But then I frowned as I thought about it all over again. He couldn't possibly have gone through my thoughts. That was impossible.But then again, if he didn't, how come he nodded?My mind drifted once again as I began to feel the pull of Xavier's presence within me.I was disgusted by it and all I wanted was to throw it out of me. But it seemed like the more I fought it, the stronger the pull.Why was I feeling this way?We had sex but he didn't tell me. Simple sex couldn't have made his presence embed itself within me.What did he do to me?And then the most expensive question in my head remained. Why couldn't I move?I felt everything around me like I was in some kind of weird movie where my body could be stiff and my eyes closed, yet I could literally feel and see all that went on around me.My heart started racing as Xavier's presence made itself stronger. This time, it
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XAVIER'S POV 'Had I made the right decision?' This question kept on resounding through my head like a broken gong.Anna had really proven herself to be a ticking time bomb. I had made a rash decision, though one commendable, just because she had rejected me.If she thought she hated me, I hated her more now.My heart beat wildly in my chest throughout the ride. It had never stopped bearing this fast ever since I had walked into Nico's territory.The next few hours would determine how my life would go. I could have just signed my death warrant by recruiting Nico's help."Arrgh!" I exclaimed, clutching my head as a sharp terrible pain hit me. It felt like I had been hit by a large boulder on my head.The pain lasted for a while before it disappeared just as suddenly as it had appeared.Something was off but I could not place my finger on it. Everything was normal on different levels even though I had no idea what it was exactly.But I knew for sure that there was more to it than meets
Last Updated : 2023-10-06THE ALPHA KING'S SUBSTITUTE BRIDE CHAPTER 93 (ANGER AND JOY)
ANNA'S POVThe voices left just the same way they had come and they left me drained. I slumped into the bed and surrendered myself into the hands of a peaceful sleep.It was a wild ride for both I and the other people in the room. I heard a man beg the goddess for his life a couple of times as I convulsed and I could only wonder what my life had to do with him staying alive.Minutes after I slept, I felt the presence of someone I knew too well.It was Xavier. I knew without a doubt. But it was not how it used to be. His presence did not feel the same way it used to feel. It was as if I could feel him more now. Like he was not only in the room with me but he was within me.The feeling was not a bad one but it was a very strange one as I had never in my life felt someone in my head before. It was so real as if he was in my head and not in the room...I wanted to wake up and see him but I was so tired that I did not even try.I heard a man narrate some of the things that happened to m
Last Updated : 2023-10-07THE ALPHA KING'S SUBSTITUTE BRIDE CHAPTER 94 (VOICES)
XAVIER'S POV It had begun!The whole room broke up in pandemonium as the sound of the explosion shook the very foundations of the palace.Nico had arrived and he did it as unexpectedly as I had known it would be but it was sooner than I thought it would. Also at the wrongest of times. Nick had terrible timing.I pulled Anna close to me to shield her from whatever it was that had happened and I had her entire torso wrapped under my body."What is going on? Who are those attacking?" I heard Anna's muffled voice against my chest."Shhhh," I said to her in reply."Everybody, find somewhere safe to hide! No one should run out we don't know who the enemies are and what they want!" I heard one of the men who I positioned to guard her door –it was a caution I had set in place as I had been suspecting my uncle might send someone to kill her when I was not around.I could hear the pandemonium going on outside. The war shouts between the bandits and the soldiers of the palace and the clinking
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