He went into one of the rooms and set me on the bed. I saw him from the corner of my eyes, pulling drawers open and mixing ointments together. I tried to stay conscious because I didn't know if I could trust this man.I sat up when he approached me, moving away from him like he was poisonous."Why did you save me?" I asked in a low voice.He didn't look up at me, mixing the concoction that was in his hands. "Well, you're welcome.""Let me apply this on you; it will help you heal up fast.""I'd have to take my gown off. I'm sorry, my Lord, but I can't."A part of me was sharing the grudge that Alpha held against him. I didn't know why, but if he was able to make the king angry enough to leave the palace without his entourage, then there must be something wrong with him.He raised one eyebrow at me."The King will heal me when he's back.""And how do you plan on telling him what happened?""I'll be fine, my Lord.""Well, just in case, you can take this with you," he said, placing the sma
The king immediately pulled me behind him, not letting go of my hand, "you have now completely lost your mind, what kind of a demand is that?"Fred broke out into a smirk, "I don't see what you mean brother, I mean it's just an omega, what do you mean by 'demand', I'm barely even giving you an… this is as good as not requesting for anything, I wouldn't think that you'd want to ponder over this.""You're asking for a whole person?""In exchange for the throne, and mind you, it's a servant at that, what's there to think about?""You can't take one of my people.""Not even in exchange for the throne?" He raised one eyebrow at the king. I could easily see the look of shock on the faces of those surrounding us, without even having to look at them."You can take any other servant you want," the king said, his voice concealed his emotions. I knew there was no reason for me to be happy about what was happening but Mel was almost wagging her tail to see how hard it was for the king to let go."
I could feel the pain from the mating bond, but at the same time I could feel the shock on everyone's faces.I held my neck, breathing hard. It felt like the world was collapsing in my presence.I was going to fall the ground when I fell into someone's arms."I'm right here." I heard his voice call to me, it felt like he was calling from a distance."Alpha…" I called, my voice was fading into the background. The world around me was blurring and his voice was echoing off.The murmurs, the connection to the pack as my wolf was becoming Luna was too much to bear, all of a sudden, everything around me was consumed by darkness.**I woke up with a slight headache, I sat up a little too fast and tried to get to my feet, I immediately regretted the decision because I lost my balance. I flinched in fear as a door came open. It was alpha."What are you doing? Lay back down." His voice was calm and his face was void of emotions. I looked around and realised the moon was up."What happened?"'W
Fred must have thought that I'd change my mind because he immediately yanked me forward, leading me out of the palace."We're not going to take the regular gates, the guards will definitely be stopping us," he said.I wondered what I was supposed to do.All of this was happening too fast. I hadn't even had time to experienve my bond with him.Fred helped me through a small exit I'd never seen before."This doesn't feel right," I said, " I don't even know where I'm headed.""You're here with me so don't worry about a thing I will make sure we get to our destination safely." I looked back over the fence as we hurried through the grassland. Tears streamed down my face. I didn't know what he was going to feel but it was best for him. It was clear he would choose me over his title any day.We kept walking through the night and it got to a certain point where I felt like my strength could no longer bear it.Fred didn't realise I was no longer going on behind him for a good minute.He looked
I got to my feet hastily, looking around in confusion, unsure of what to do or where to go.I looked at the window, trying to see if it was a possibility to jump out.I instead pressed my ear against the door to listen in on their conversation."What is this commotion?" I heard Fred say from one of the rooms. "Oh, I did not expect to have you here brother, after our little feud I thought you'd be glad I left?""Don't fucking play with me," I could hear the voice of alpha's wolf blended with his and I pressed my hands against my mouth, daring to look into the peephole. "My mate is dead and all of a sudden you disappear, yeah, shut the fuck up."He had a handful of Fred's shirt in his hand."I have no idea what you're talking about."It beat me how calmly Fred was speaking, his lies were almost believable."I'm not here for your petty games," alpha warned, "tell me where she is right now…""Or what?!" Fred finally tossed alpha's hands away from him. "What kind of a king are you? You leav
I slowly brought my eyes open. My ears still hurt, I sat up in pain and tried to figure out where I was. I was surrounded by nothing but stones.The only source of light was from twigs that were burning in the center of where I was. Looking at the exit, I realised this was a cave.Alpha crouched at the entrance, walking in with more twigs."You're up," he said, not bothering to look at me and focusing his attention on the fire and adding the new gathered twigs to it. He was shirtless, his hair packed up in a bun and his black pants hung against his skin.My eyes trailed up his back. He had scar marks all over him. My heart dropped. He must have hurt himself when he saved me.I was glad to know my hearing was back by now."You're hurt." I said in a low voice, he still paid no attention to me."Why did you come?" I said after a while of maintaining silence, "if you didn't, Fred wouldn't be dead now.""He's not dead," I could hear the anger in his voice."You killed him." I reminded him,
The next day we were up early and hit the road back to the palace. I internally groaned knowing that I had to do this all over again. Fred had been nice to carry me before but now it was obvious that things weren't going right for alpha and I and the last thing I wanted was to be a burden. After a few minutes of walking, alpha suddenly crouched on one knee in front of me. I stared blankly wondering what was going on. ”Hop on.” He ordered. I immediately shook my head fast, “no alpha I coul-“ “Hop on.” I wanted to argue but his voice was cold and I didn't want to further upset him. I put my arms around his neck and he got his feet holding me in a piggyback. This was going to be a long journey to the palace. * He only sent me down once we got close to the palace and I could see it in the distance. He had not complained once through the journey.I felt my heart sink at the fact that he didn't want anyone to see us together and even though this wanted, I did not want him to want t
As I was pulled into a corner, my fear was that I was about to be kidnapped for a second time. The relief that washed through my face when I saw that it was none other than beta Locks. I bowed my head at once, “beta, do you need me?” “I’m glad to see you’re back.” “You are?” I wondered. He nodded, “I wanted to talk to you but after what happened, I cannot be seen with you alone.” I was still at loss but I nodded. He suddenly tilted my neck and I widened my eyes, why was he acting like he wanted to mark me. I noticed he was inspecting for something. He sighed, causing me to put my hand over my neck, “is something on my neck? What's wrong?” “Listen, there’s a lot that’s going to go down sooner than later but I want you to not panic. You don’t know it but-“ he trailed off scratching the back of his neck nervously. “From tomorrow, I want you to meet me in the garden, I’m offering you personal training lessons, I don’t think you have any skills when it comes to defending y
IThe king finally set me to my feet. After a long time of arguing, it felt like we had been walking for miles and miles. I completely lost my senses at one point, but I kept going because I was the one who insisted on coming here. We got to a cave, and it was huge. It was hidden in the mountains, and it could take all the warriors that were present. They only created a separate space for Alpha because he was the king and did not want to share all the space with everyone. He held my hand."What do you think you're doing?" he raised one eyebrow at me. "I'm going to settle in with everyone. I guess we all need to sleep before the big battle tomorrow." I shrugged at him. "Have you lost your mind?" He took me, pulling me closer to him. "Why would you sleep with all these men around? Come on, you're going to stay in the same cave as me.""But do you think that is disrespectful? I'm not your maid or anything. Everyone would get upset.""Nobody's getting upset, trust me. Everyone just w
IThe king finally set me to my feet. After a long time of arguing, it felt like we had been walking for miles and miles. I completely lost my senses at one point, but I kept going because I was the one who insisted on coming here. We got to a cave, and it was huge. It was hidden in the mountains, and it could take all the warriors that were present. They only created a separate space for Alpha because he was the king and did not want to share all the space with everyone. He held my hand."What do you think you're doing?" he raised one eyebrow at me. "I'm going to settle in with everyone. I guess we all need to sleep before the big battle tomorrow." I shrugged at him. "Have you lost your mind?" He took me, pulling me closer to him. "Why would you sleep with all these men around? Come on, you're going to stay in the same cave as me.""But do you think that is disrespectful? I'm not your maid or anything. Everyone would get upset.""Nobody's getting upset, trust me. Everyone just w
IThe king finally set me to my feet. After a long time of arguing, it felt like we had been walking for miles and miles. I completely lost my senses at one point, but I kept going because I was the one who insisted on coming here. We got to a cave, and it was huge. It was hidden in the mountains, and it could take all the warriors that were present. They only created a separate space for Alpha because he was the king and did not want to share all the space with everyone. He held my hand."What do you think you're doing?" he raised one eyebrow at me. "I'm going to settle in with everyone. I guess we all need to sleep before the big battle tomorrow." I shrugged at him. "Have you lost your mind?" He took me, pulling me closer to him. "Why would you sleep with all these men around? Come on, you're going to stay in the same cave as me.""But do you think that is disrespectful? I'm not your maid or anything. Everyone would get upset.""Nobody's getting upset, trust me. Everyone just w
IThe king finally set me to my feet. After a long time of arguing, it felt like we had been walking for miles and miles. I completely lost my senses at one point, but I kept going because I was the one who insisted on coming here. We got to a cave, and it was huge. It was hidden in the mountains, and it could take all the warriors that were present. They only created a separate space for Alpha because he was the king and did not want to share all the space with everyone. He held my hand."What do you think you're doing?" he raised one eyebrow at me. "I'm going to settle in with everyone. I guess we all need to sleep before the big battle tomorrow." I shrugged at him. "Have you lost your mind?" He took me, pulling me closer to him. "Why would you sleep with all these men around? Come on, you're going to stay in the same cave as me.""But do you think that is disrespectful? I'm not your maid or anything. Everyone would get upset.""Nobody's getting upset, trust me. Everyone just w
I remembered her name. Instantly, I knew that she was his previous mate, he had never fully told me the story of how she passed away. And so, I furrowed my eyebrows together, staring at him with a lot of confusion. "What do you mean, Libianca?"He suddenly bowed his head as if the memory of a person was taunting him. “It was like a situation like this too. We were going on war. She was a warrior this entire time. I knew that I should not have asked her to come on that journey, and I knew that she was not strong enough. But my selfishness, because I couldn't stay away from her for even a second. Was the reason why I convinced her to come to the war and I lost her, I'm not about to do that with you too. You're too weak for this kind of work. I'm telling you that I might not even survive. And you think that I will let you come along? What about the children?"“I already spoke to Locks about it and he's willing to take care of them under his protection.”"What.""Yes, that is how determin
The next morning, I was awake before it was even five in the morning. The king was still sleeping in bed, and so were the children.I had made up my mind, and I knew what I wanted to do. I got to my feet and I crept out of the door as quietly as I possibly could. I went to find Locks in the room that I thought belonged to him, and I was surprised when I knocked the door, and he was still in charge of this room.His eyes were heavy with sleep, and when he opened the door as if he wasn't expecting it to be me, he widened his eyes in shock and slammed the door in my face.I flinched, taken aback, wondering what was going on. He reopened the door a few seconds later. His face was washed, and he had packed his hair up. I couldn't help but smile. I wondered why on earth he was trying to look good for me."Hey, I wanted to talk to you. I'm sorry to come and barge into your room so early this morning.""What did you want to talk about?""So I know that you discussed with me about the King's W
I was shocked by Clyde's love confession. "What? What are you talking about?""Yes, that's the problem. I was also wondering why I was being so dramatic until I saw you with the king. The way you were smiling with him. It reminded me that the first day I saw you, I loved you from the start until you gave me that boundary, and I was going to keep it until the very end. But I didn't realize how jealous you've been with somebody else was going to make me so—-“ he groaned. "Trust me, I would still do it again if I havethe chance to.”“I'm not interested in all this nonsense that you're going on flapping about.” “I know it seems like I’m saying bullshit but as long as you're with the King, I will not back down, and I won't give up." I stood to my feet. "Clearly, you've gone mad, and I'm going to give you the chance to heal before I release you. Don't worry, I'm not going to be in this dungeon forever. It's just until you learn your lesson and learn that there are some things that you ne
I was still trying to process what he had said when the children started to cheer they had already heard what he said. "Yes Mommy, please let's stay in this big fancy room." They both started jumping on the bed, playing and giggling at the big bed. I turned to look at him."Why would you say that in front of them? Now I can't say no," he whispered in my ear. "Are you sure you can't say no because of them or because you don't want to?" I found that in the end, he was right. I could easily change my mind if I wanted. A part of me wanted to stay in this room with him. "Fine, but only because the children want it," I told him. "And don’t hold me like that in their presence." I warned him."You two must be very hungry." I turned to face them with a smile. "Yes, Mommy." "Okay, I'll go make you something to eat. Don't worry. You don't have to stress about that, I'll ask One of the guards to prepare something for them to eat.""Hell no I can't trust anybody in this palacs especially wi
"Where is he?" I asked them on top of my lungs, running away from them as if I knew where they would be.They ran after me, trying to keep up with my pace. "They are in the King's room with the king and a few guards."I increased my pace as if my life was about to end.I burst into the King's room, and I saw the children sitting on the bed.The king was still partially in his wolf form. His claws were still his wolves, and his body was still covered. His eyes were struggling, a very bright red. I wondered how the children were not terrified of his image.As soon as they saw me, they jumped to their feet, from where They were sitting and ran into my arms.I crouched to their height as they both came so hug me. I began to cry, checking their faces and inspecting them for injuries."Oh my goodness, my babies. How have you guys been?""Mommy I've missed you so much." Leah beamed."Me too," Leo said, showing off his shirt that the King gave to him."Oh my goodness." I turned around to look