ALPHA PRINCE XALEN~~I could hear the servants’ party from my office, which was in the middle of the pack, but I didn’t move to stop them like I would have done before Laura stepped into my life. Laura made me realize that the servants deserve a lot more than just paying their salaries, which is why they could have a party once every two months. However, I still couldn’t wrap my head around why they would have the party as planned even though they were meant to be mourning their late Queen. After everything Laura had done for them? “Ungrateful bastards.” Even Theo was mad, and my wolf didn’t hesitate to seeth those words in my mind.“I guess that’s how it is with death. Once you die, no one gives a shit about you, and everyone tends to move on.” I responded to my wolf trying so hard not to drop the papers in my hands and storm to the party’s venue.“Everyone sure has moved on, Xalen,” Theo muttered sadly. I sighed, “Everyone but me.” “Xalen–” Theo finally understood the message
ALPHA KING XALEN~~ For a minute there, I froze, rage bubbling within me as I glared at no one else but Jose, who was still standing there like he was determined to challenge me. If I recall correctly, this was the second time he would stand against me like this. I would earn the title ‘fool of the century’ if I actually believed that he was like this only because he was Alpha Richard’s person. There has to be more to this guy. And I honestly couldn’t wait for Wyatt to get answers. I wanted them now. “Who are you?” I growled, my voice low but loud enough to communicate my anger to the man whose scent had polluted Haylee’s sweet and fresh scent. “I don’t care who he is, Xalen! Just kill him this instant.” Theo barked impatiently. But I needed answers. Jose exhaled shakily. His fear was teasing my nostrils even though he tried to mask his scent. “I’m Jose, Princess Allison’s guard.” “You know damn well that isn’t the answer I need from you!” I snapped, and Haylee jumped away
HAYLEE~~ The sun has been piercing through the tiny curtains, probing my eyelids as if demanding I wake up and face the aftermath of last night, but I didn’t leave my bed, nor did I think of last night as I fell deeper into the endless pit of sleep.But I was yanked out of that pit by a familiar voice that sounded so far away at first: “Wake up, Haylee.”Groaning into the pillows as my head reacted to the voice by threatening to spill into unfixable pieces, I buried my face deeper, trying to drown out the urgency in the voice and hoping that I would be left alone.“You have to get up,” came the voice again.“Let me be, Kaylee.” I groaned again, muttering the wrong name even though I knew the voice wasn’t Kaylee’s. At least I knew subconsciously.“It’s Benita, Haylee.” The voice rang through my aching head again, pulling me closer to the conscious world. “You might be the royal help now, but you still have duties. Princess Jodie will be up any second, and you know she won’t let any
Princess Allison’s POV ~~ I was slowly losing my mind.I could feel heat all over my body as I paced in my room, hating that this was happening now. This had been going on since last night.“Just breathe, Allie. Please. Your emotions are overwhelming. You know what happens when I get overwhelmed,” Nala said to me.“I'm trying,” I said to my wolf, inhaling deeply and exhaling through my mouth to calm myself.Thankfully, the knock I had been expecting echoed through my room, distracting me from the unraveling emotions within me.“Come in,” I uttered, taking another deep breath.The servant I had made my handmaiden, Julia, walked into my room with the Royal Help right behind her. As expected, she, the so-called Royal Help, came with the youngest princess in her arms.This should be a good distraction.“Leave us, Julia,” I said to my handmaiden, who still wasn’t as good as the one I had back home.Nothing was as good as what I had back home, and if I were home, I wouldn’t be feeling l
HAYLEE~~Although I was relieved as I stepped out of Princess Allison’s room, my anxiety increased tenfold when I saw Jose walking towards me with a blank face that meant he was angry. I thought he was mad at me, but to my surprise, he walked past me without saying a word and entered Princess Allison’s room without knocking.I didn’t know what to think of that, but I did consider waiting outside Princess Allison’s room for Jose so I would be able to ask him if he was the one who took me to my room last night. I thought I needed to get answers before I faced the Alpha King, whom I would be seeing during breakfast, which was only a few minutes away.However, I walked down the hallway as Princess Jodie began to squirm in my arms.“Aww, look who is hungry." I cooed to the little princess, making funny sounds to her so she wouldn’t burst into tears before we got to the kitchen, where her bottle and milk were.I fed Princess Jodie before Prince Asher walked into the kitchen, ready to have
ALPHA KING XALEN~~Aside from the fact that I could feel her heart racing fast enough to beat its way out of her chest, I could also hear it thumping repeatedly. Haylee’s anxiety—or perhaps it was it shame? Whichever it was, it flowed through the connection between us, coursing within my veins.“She’s terrified,” Theo muttered into my mind.“But she has no reason to be terrified,” I said to my wolf as I stepped into my office, holding the door for Haylee as she walked in after me, cradling Jodie to her chest.“Aren’t you a gentleman?” Theo commented, mocking me all because I held the door for Haylee. But of course, he was quick to switch his tone as he responded to my last statement, “Have you suddenly forgotten how you have treated her? She doesn’t feel safe with you.”“But we spoke last night. I wouldn’t hurt her after everything she told me,” I replied to my wolf, meaning every word of that statement.I was the cruel Alpha King, but I wasn’t the evil one.“Whatever, just be nice.
ALPHA KING XALEN~~Privacy be damned!Those were the exact words that flashed through my mind as soon as I perceived the strong scent of the guard who dared to kiss Haylee, oozing profoundly from Allison’s room. I didn’t think twice before I kicked her door open, and neither did I question why he would be in her room when her door was locked.I assumed he could do that because he was her guard, and to be honest, I didn’t give a damn about that woman or her honor.“And who knows? They might be cooking up their evil plans and using Haylee as a pawn to get to us,” Theo said to me.Although at that moment I should have asked myself why they would use Haylee to get to me when no one knew that she was my second chance mate, that thought didn’t cross my mind, and neither did I stop to consider the fact that reacting angrily just because a guard kissed a slave would raise questions about either my relationship with the slave or my sanity.I just kicked the door open, thinking that I was rea
Princess Allison’s POV~~Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!What have I done? What the fuck have I done?How did I get so lost in the moment to the point where I didn’t perceive Alpha King Xalen before he entered my room? I could have sensed him. I could have avoided this. I could have avoided this damn development. “Dad will kill you,” Nala breathed into my mind with no ounce of remorse as soon as I entered my bedroom and kicked the Royal Guard out.Perhaps I wouldn’t be shaking with anger if I had slept with this particular guard before Alpha King Xalen walked in. Maybe I wouldn’t feel like I had been cheated by fate if it had given me more time to ride the guard, despite his average-sized cock, and satisfy this flame burning in the pit of my stomach. Just maybe—“Can you even hear yourself? You can’t still be thinking about sex after you messed up,” Nala yelled at me. Clearly, the clouds of desire that were once cast over my wolf’s senses had been blown away by the mere fact that Alpha King X
HAYLEE~~I felt terrible.I have seen people look at me with accusations in their eyes. Even Benita did when she first asked me about Jose, and I didn’t let that ruin my mood because I believed she didn’t know any better. However, seeing the same accusatory look that I have seen in my dad’s eyes countless times, even when I did nothing wrong, in Alpha King Xalen’s eyes broke my heart.Even a fool would know that he was comparing me to his late mate once again. He promised to never do that again, but here we are.Last night, I read letters with him, but tonight, I had become a suspect.He might even think I dropped the letters where he found them. That would make perfect sense to him just because I went to Jose’s room. Oh, I hated this mess.“He is still here. Hiding under the covers won’t send him away, Haylee,” Liya said to me, sounding calm when I expected that she would be angry with me.I snapped through the mental link between my wolf and me, “He can stand there till morning f
ALPHA KING XALEN~~I didn’t expect to find Sophia’s nanny, who hasn’t been doing much nannying since Haylee got here and the kids showed their preference for her, in Haylee’s room. In fact, I didn’t wait another second after I knocked once before I pushed her bedroom door open.Benita, who had worked closely with my family over the years, froze on the spot as her eyes cut to my frame. She was shocked, but her eyes weren’t as wide as Haylee’s.“My King…” Benita voiced, bowing her head within a twinkle of an eye. Haylee facepalmed behind Benita, and before I knew it, her voice broke into my mind. “What are you doing here so late? They will get suspicious.” As soon as she said that to me, she also bowed and breathed, “Good evening, Alpha King Xalen. Do you need me to do something for you, or is this about Jodie?” “She’s such a drama queen.” Theo chortled within me as we both understood what Haylee was playing at.I played along, playing my part even more than Haylee expected, even
HAYLEE~~Benita and I have been sitting in my room in silence. She came to me to talk, but all she had done was breathe and avoid eye contact. Although I couldn't blame her for running off after Jose spoke rudely to her, I was vexed that she would let a man come between us. She even turned Maeve and Orla against me, even though I did nothing wrong. “What a friend.” Liya snarled within me, and I would have said those same words to Benita if I didn't feel the need to squash this before it grew to become a huge thorn. “We don't have to talk now, Benita. It's been a long day so we can do this tomorrow—”“Were you sleeping with him too?”She chose that second to blurt, her eyes trained on the floor even though she was sitting close to me on my bed. That was a question she should have asked me instead of ignoring me like I was a filthy pest.“No, I had never. I didn't even know he had become a gigolo.” I replied without thinking twice. “Then what were you doing there that day?” Benita
HAYLEE~~I have been smart enough to be careful around Princess Allison after she almost caught me in the same room with Alpha King Xalen this morning. Although it’s been many hours since then, I feared that she might just realize she perceived my scent in the master’s bedroom if I stayed around her for too long.This explained why I didn’t bother to go to the dining hall after getting the kids ready. As luck would have it, the kids didn’t want to be in the dining hall either because Sophia was still upset with her dad, and Asher was simply following Sophia’s path.The kids and I had breakfast in the kitchen, far away from Princess Allison, who lost her temper on all the servants that were in the dining hall with her after she discovered that Alpha King Xalen had left the palace without eating with her as she had proposed.Despite staying away, the kids and I could still feel the tension in the palace.Sophia was brooding, complaining about how her dad didn’t try to make up with he
ALPHA KING XALEN~~That was me taking a recipe from Haylee's cookbook or her kindness manual if that suited the context better. She advised me to open up, and I was doing that now with Roy. The mistake we made seven years ago with Laura was shutting each other out. To win this fight, I need allies, and who better supports me than my own blood? “I'm sorry for cutting off communication. I'm sorry for mating and marking your destined mate.” I had to apologize for that as well because, despite Laura's tactics, I could have done better. “I'm sorry for all the pain I caused you, Roy. I really hope we can put all of these behind us and move past the pain.”“Well done, Xay,” Theo muttered with a feminine voice that I knew was supposed to sound like Haylee, but seriously, that was a failed attempt. “Haylee would be proud.”My brain and mind got a quick reset after Theo's statement. I mean, before it used to be “Laura would be proud.”Damn! How I loved that woman. I was trying my best to
ALPHA PRINCE ROY~~I lost everything. Heck! I would have lost myself as well if my wolf hadn’t sacrificed his existence for me.Honestly, it was easier to blame Xalen. I just couldn’t bring myself to blame Laura, even though the truth was staring back at me as I looked at the familiar penmanship. I was trying to wrap my head around why Laura would do this. I have known her since I was a teenager. Laura was one of the orphans who came to the Royal Pack to seek refuge, and we became friends immediately. She was the perfect person to fill the void my dad and Xalen had created within me as they focused on politics.But she turned out to be a liar.She lied about the bond, claiming she didn’t feel it, and I stupidly believed her. She used to ask me to come home each time I did. She made me believe that Xalen had changed his mind.I also believed that the reason she kept writing to me was that she was kind-hearted. However, the truth was out. Laura wrote to me because she felt the strai
ALPHA KING XALEN~~I allowed it.I allowed Roy to pour the coal of his anger all over me until I perceived that he was getting tired, and before he could stop himself and feel ashamed, I grabbed his wrists, holding them in the air.“I think that’s enough, Roy,” I stated without any sign of pain. Even though he had managed to break a few of my ribs, the pain wasn’t unbearable.Roy yanked his wrists out of my grasp, and once again, I allowed it. He wouldn’t have been able to land a blow if I didn’t want him to, nor would he have succeeded in freeing himself if I wanted to hold him captive.He was a strong male. Or at least I knew him to be a strong male, yet he was no match for me.“Enough?” He seethed in my face, his eyes red, a hot flame of fury burning within them. “You took everything from me. You ruined me, and it took you this long to admit it? Heck! You made everyone believe I was crazy, and I started believing it too because I can’t seem to understand why you would claim a wo
ALPHA PRINCE ROY (3)~~It's been tough.Being a werewolf without a wolf has been tough, but it's nothing compared to being a Royal werewolf without a wolf. It sounds the same, but it is absolutely different.I have had to train twice as hard to command respect from other wolves. Did I say twice? Let's try four times as hard.Sometimes, I find myself thanking Xalen for constantly kicking me out of the realm. I am grateful that I got to live among the humans because it's easier there. Humans can be a bit oblivious, but at least they aren't as stuck-up as werewolves.I threw a few punches in the air, hoping that would clear my mind and I would be able to focus on training. I have been out here, in the open field behind my childhood home, training my ass off.I was covered in sweat, but I couldn't bring myself to stop even though I was training alone like the lone wolf I had become in my own home pack. Plus, if I wanted to get back at Xalen, I would need all the training I could get.“
ALPHA KING XALEN~~Yes, I slept on the floor for the last four hours, but it was a perfect night. I got to sleep with Haylee in the room that would have haunted me for the rest of my life if she hadn't created new memories with me within its four walls.Yes, last night and the early hours of today were used to create new memories.Haylee had helped me conquer my fears, and with the help of my wolf, I have realized the next steps to take to get answers.That was perfection to me, and it would have been an impeccable morning if I had been allowed to wake up on my own, gaze at Haylee’s face while she still sleeps in my arms that I might have wrapped around her after she fell asleep four hours ago, and see her shock when she wakes up and sees my face close to hers.But Allison just had to ruin what could have been a perfect morning.Of course, my heart was still aching because of the wound Laura’s betrayal had inflicted on it, but before I fell asleep with Haylee in my arms, I made up