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Chapter 38 Don't Tell

Author: Liz Gray
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Alpha Jaxon's POV

I looked down at her surprised by the extent of her reaction but as I couldn't see her face, I couldn't deduce what had made her react like that.

It was possible that she was simply horrified by the thought that I would kill the Alpha King just to get the position.

Astrid was very naive sometimes. It made me want to protect her from the world all the time.

I looked in the general direction that Alpha Finn laid. Why had he started talking about the Alpha King all of a sudden? What was his plan?

Whatever it was, he most probably had a shady agenda that I wasn't interested in exploring.

I shrugged like it meant nothing to me.

"I couldn't care less. I have no interest in the Alpha King's throne."

That was the truth at least. I never had. Not when I had a generation curse to break. If the Alpha King crossed me, then he would be on my list of people to fuck over but until then, I had no interest in the throne.

Maybe I was just too focused but it felt like Astrid relaxed a
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