Chapter 151
Liam POV
Rose has left to consult her father, and I head back to the house. I don’t notice the eyes watching me until I turn the
corner.
“Where were you?“.
I’m so on edge, I practically jump out of my skin. “Goddess Alpha King. You scared the crap out of me“.
He stalks closer and stares into my soul with a deadly, challenging glare. “You didn’t answer the question“.
I start nervously stuttering. “I was in the forest talking to Rose. She did a nice job healing up the place. I wanted to check to see if I could do anything else to help find Luna Queen, but she wasn’t sure, so she went to check with her father“.
No way am I going to tell him about the moon ray or that I have the moon flower essence in my pocket. I have to protect this with my life.
He snorts towards the forest. “I’ve been thinking about these other magical creatures. It is no coincidence that they show up, and my Luna Queen goes missing. They just want to keep the light to themselves. You need to look into them“.
“Will do, Alpha King. We will look into everyone who might have her to bring her home“.
I look into his eyes, which tells me he doesn’t trust me. He knows I’m hiding something, and I think he is starting to believe I had something to do with her kidnapping.
He turns to walk into the house, and I follow him. Mainly out of instinct, I think, but maybe a bit of self–preservation.
Walking down the hallway, I can see the evil she–devil walking towards us with guards flanking either side of her.
“Alpha King, I need to talk to you about our pup“.
I instantly call Arthur and tell him we need a tranq gun just in case. Whatever is going to happen is not going to go down well.
Alpha King immediately growls. “What?“.
“We need to discuss all the things I need for the pup. Firstly, I need to have more space as these guards are causing me too much stress in my delicate condition“.
“Either they follow you, or I put you in jail“, he states very bluntly.
“But you don’t want harm to come to your pup, do you?“. She is doing that stupid pouty face to get sympathy while rubbing her flat stomach.
He instantly grabs her around her throat and pushes her against the wall. His eyes burned Gold with his full Alpha stare as he held her in place, but not tight enough to cause her harm.
“Let’s get a few things straight. That ‘thing‘ inside you will never have anything to do with me. When it’s proven that it’s not mine, you will go to jail to rot, and the thing will go to someone who wants it. If it is mine, I will deny it, you will go to jail to rot, and it will still go to someone else who wants it. Honestly, it would be better if you got an abortion or
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miscarried at this point“.
He throws he to the floor and she starts getting angry at him. “I’m going to be the mother of your pup. It needs to be raised by both of us, as they are the next heir to the throne. How could you be so cruel?“,
He turns and looks at her in a heap on the floor without a shred of concern. “Because my soul was taken from me. I feel nothing now“.
He kneels down to her level, which makes her scramble backwards until she is propped up against the wall.
“You know I have dreams about you most nights. Jace is hunting you down through the forest while you scream in terror, Calling out for help, but nobody ever comes. And when I catch you, we use our claws to rip that out of you while you bleed out until you’re finally silent“.
A tear runs down her cheek as she starts shaking. Her mouth opens as she tries to talk, but no sound comes out.
He grabs her hands and pulls her up to her feet and spins her so her back is against his chest. He held her tight against himself while she shook.
She lets out a soft whimper. “Please, let me go“.
He starts laughing. “Why. Do you want to run? Want me to chase you? You always wanted me to make my dreams come true, right? Always said you wanted to take care of me. Can you feel how happy this would make me?“.
Her eyes go wide, and she starts to struggle to get free. This just makes him laugh like a madman, and he holds tighter.
“Let her go, Conrad“. I breathe a sigh of relief when I see Arthur pointing the tranq gun at him. Alpha King just rolls her eyes and lets her go. She runs straight behind the guards.
That’s when I notice it. Terrifying her like that gave him a hard–on. No wonder she freaked out.
Alpha King just smiles at Arthur. “You’re ruining my fun, old man“. And he walks off outside. The guards quickly get Cordelia back to her room.
Arthur grabs me by the collar of my shirt and throws me into the nearest room.
“What the fuck was that, Liam?“.
“I know, right? He’s lost his mind“.
“Not him. You. You just stood there and let him do that“.
I freeze, not knowing how to answer that. It takes a second, but I know I have to answer truthfully. “I can’t go against him. He’s my Alpha“.
He smacked me full force upside my head. “That’s exactly why you have to say something. You notice how he doesn’t do any of that shit around me. Because I don’t tolerate it. He does it in front of you because he knows you do, and he will get away with being able to. You’re his best friend and his Beta, Liam. Grow a backbone and start acting like it instead of just being his loyal minion“.
He storms out of the room and leaves me standing there, questioning everything about myself. I have always followed his lead. I have always believed in what he was doing. But now I don’t. Does this mean I have to leave him as a Beta if this continues, or do I just need to tell him no?
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