Semua Bab The Alpha King's Princess : Bab 121 - Bab 130

Candido laughed. “Good to see you alive too. We’ll catch up later.”I frowned. That sounded like they knew each other even without the hoods and masks. Soon, two lines and holsters came sailing down to us. Candido kneeled with me in his arms. I thought he was going to put me down, but he slipped the belts around my waist and around my thighs. The heat of his hands between my legs made my face heat. He stiffened and took a deep, sharp breath. Our eyes met and for a moment I thought, just maybe, he’d break his rules.I wished I could see his expression. We stared at each other for several moments. His eyes were dark and moonlight started to appear in them. I could feel his power starting to surge and his mind pressed up against mine.He didn’t break eye contact with me, but he took his time buckling the holster straps around my thighs. I gasped as he slipped his hand between my legs to wrap a strap around my hip. He drew closer and growled into my ear.“Behave yourself, princess. I’m al

“Your expression tells me you already know the truth.”His words stung, but I said nothing. I couldn’t say anything for a moment. Candido grunted and turned over. I looked over at him as he shifted and settled back down. He turned over again towards me and I turned away from him, leaving the room.“Yggdrasil!” Vanessa said. “Was that necessary?”“She needed to hear it,” he said. “I’ve told you for ages that letting that bullshit about mates continue to circulate is dangerous for everyone—especially him.”“People need hope! He needs hope.”“He like so many people need the truth”I heard Gilgamesh coming after me, but I didn’t want to hear what he had to say so I left the lower levels, taking the stairs two at a time until I reached a floor with a balcony. I didn’t even want to know what Candido was saying if he was saying anything. Maybe he hadn’t woken up. He seemed tired.I sank down onto the lounger and crossed my arms.Yggdrasil was wrong. He was just… a bitter old man who didn’t kn

I swallowed thickly and looked at Candido. His eyes were hard and pensive, like he was trying to think of a way out of this, but he couldn’t. I couldn’t either. I looked back at the rest of the unit that seemed to be slumping a little against their weapons. Their eyes were trained everywhere, but they didn’t look like they were able to fight.If we were going to get to the site in time and in any shape to do anything, we had to do something.“No one leaves the jeeps,” Candido said, turning paler by the moment. “We’re surrounded by silver.”Claire went tense and her hand went to her throat where the wound had just started to close.Candido looked at me. His eyes were tense, searching mine for something. It felt like he was asking me something like he wanted me to refuse, but I looked away. There was nothing else I could do. No matter what happened next, our only hope of getting out of here alive was if I went

I couldn’t believe what she was saying. There was no way that I could do that. I loved Candido so much. I couldn’t keep something like this from him. We just got to the point where he would kiss me. If I thought about how much he hated vampires, how much werewolves in general hated vampires, I couldn’t even imagine keeping it from him.“No.” She scoffed. I glared at her. “No. I’m not keeping this from him.”She shrugged. “Okay.”I narrowed my eyes. “Okay…?”She shrugged. “Your lineage. Your daddy. Your problem.”I narrowed my eyes as she took another long drag of her pipe. There was something off about that. I didn’t like how easily she just gave in. She wasn’t even trying to convince me of her side. Did she not care? Why would she even suggest me keeping this from him if it didn’t matter.“Well, as lovely as this all was,&rdquo

I rushed to get dressed, but I was sluggish. Candido wasn’t much better, we hustled out of the room only to find Vanessa running down the hall.“Stay behind,” Vanessa said.“But—”“We don’t need you two out and about in the field still at odds.”I said nothing, but Candido seemed offended. “You think that we can’t—”“You’re also swaying on your feet,” Vanessa said. “Get some rest and take the time to get whatever is going on resolved.” She stopped and looked at us both with a menacing finger pointed at us. “That’s an order to both of you.”I set my jaw, wanting to protest. This wasn’t a Moon Shadow issue. She had no right to tell me what to do with regard to my relationship with Candido, but the only thing I could think of was everything that Raven told me, and if Steven had given Candido all the information he