Protect Me, Alpha King
33. Bite

With a stubborn look on my face, I looked at the alpha king, not wanting to back down at him. "I said you are only jealous of Sir Elijah," I repeated.

Oh, Moon Goddess.

What had gotten in my mind when I did a great job of angering him?

Consider yourself a goner after this, River, another part of my mind said. Alpha King Maxxwell will toss you to the bottom part of the ocean and will put a stone on both of your feet.

Yeah. I was a fool for fighting him, but my mind couldn't stop fighting back. I was certain I would harvest this stubbornness.

"Why would I, River?"

"That's the confusing part, Your Majesty. You have everything. You have a harem. A handful of slaves. A battalion of guards. Warriors. The people. And you have me."

"I have you?"

"Yes. You have me," I said confirming his statement.

"I do not have your loyalty, River which is one of the greatest mistakes you did. After what happened with Elijah and you, you will side with him."

Wait. Was that jealousy I was hearing in his voice? No. No. The alpha king was not the jealous type, right?

I stepped forward. "Il am loyal to you, Your Majesty," I lied with a straight face.

"Enough of your falsehoods, River. You cannot make a fool out of me."

I widened my eyes. "Fooling you? I am not that wicked, Your Majesty!"

"As of now, I am forbidding you to meet Elijah in whatever places, especially the watchtower where you would do a lot of sinful things."

Sinful things, my ass. There was nothing sinful when I met Elijah on the watchtower. I only massaged him!

I balled my fist and it trembled beside me. How would I learn to read and write if I was forbidden now to meet him? This was unacceptable!

"Sinful things? Is that considered sinful if we are mates?”

I bit my lower lip and drew blood.

Oh, Moon Goddess. I would just offer my apologies to Elijah after this. This was what they called white lies. If I do not say this, then my goal will not be realized.

The alpha king strolled towards me, his steps echoing against the four walls of his chamber. "Mates you say?"

Just stick to your lies, River. There was no turning back.

"Yes. We are mates."

"Your second chance mate?"

The werewolf can have a maximum of two mates (courtesy of the Moon Goddess’ kindness to her offspring) if the other mate rejected us. But if the second chance mate still rejected a werewolf, there would be no other choice except to carry the pain of the severed connection between the two. "Yes, Your Majesty. And we already talked about it. He told me that we will look for the right time to ask for your approval but rumors about what happened between us spread like wildfire. Everything went out of hand so I decided to come clean with you before you will hear it from the other servants. I hope you won't—"

I gasped when he suddenly punched the wall beside me, causing a crack.

Trails of blood dropped down from his fist as his breathing quickened, throwing me a murderous look.

I looked back and forth as if looking for someone to help me. The back of my hair stood, silently warning me that I am in a dangerous situation in the presence of the alpha king.

"Y-your Majesty...tell me what angered you.”

Did he tasted my lies?

Instead of answering, he let out a guttural growl, earning a step back from me as I struggled to breathe. Claws started to come out as well as the furs from his body. He was shapeshifting. And an alpha king's beast was enormous as they said.

He faced me and stared at me using his golden eyes.

"You're mine, River!"

I gulped as the need to flee was stronger than before. Images of the painful past from my pack flashed like lightning and instead of seeing the alpha king's face, all I saw were my abusers who did nothing but inflict pain on me.

My knees gave out while clutching my chest tightly. The whipping of my back. The kicking. The slaps. The dungeons. The starvation.

Oh, Moon Goddess. Save me from this hell!

Tears flew down my tears as those painful memories were like a bitch, torturing me, inflicting more pain than before.

Hell.

Somebody save me!

My shoulders shook while tears fell like waterfalls. It hurts so much! I did not want to relieve it anymore!

"River!"

I looked and saw Alpha Erik's father trying to touch me using his rough hands. I slapped his arms and backed away, shivering, fighting, and clawing, as he tried to touch me.

"Get away from me, demon!" I cried as I struggled to be far away from him.

He will kill me now. He said he will if I made a mistake again. I broke one of his prized possessions while I was cleaning and he went to look for me even though I was already hiding in the forest. Gripping my hair, he dragged me toward the dungeon and started to punish me.

"River!"

I shook my head a couple of times.

With blurry visions, all I could see were outlines of a man hovering towards me.

"Don’t kill me, please. I beg of you! I will never do it again! I promise. I will be good. I will do anything you say. Just don’t put me in the dungeon. The rogues tried to touch me once when he broke out from his cell.. please. Please, Alpha Wade."

"It is I, River!"

The figure continued to touch me, but in response, I bit his hands in defense. He let out plenty of curses while saying, "Let go of my hand, River!"

I did not. The more I sank my teeth into his soft flesh and tasted the metallic taste of blood. Licking it, I sank it even more. I smiled wickedly. It served him right after all the things he did to me!

He attempted to push me away, but he failed.

Until I felt his arms around me, drawing me closer to his body, and allowing me to hear the fast beating of his heart against his chest.

Odd. The moment I sniffed his scent, I calmed. It smelt of sandalwood, my favorite scent of all after sniffing it from the alpha king.

"You can bite all my flesh as long as you want, River, " he said calmly. Then I felt him sniffing my hair and patting it.

Calmy?

Alpha Wade would never do that. He was ruthless. Brutal and...

My bite on his hands loosened and finally dared to look up. I was met by the most tender expression I saw coming from the alpha king. Another shocking part? Using his fingertips, he wiped my tears away, melting all the fear from my heart as I focused on him.

He smiled. He did? Why would he?

"Do you feel better now? You can bite my other hand, River. I don't care.”

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