Protect Me Alpha King novel Chapter 101

I did not know what lies I would tell the alpha king and Beta Isagani this time. It seemed like all lies had already been extracted from my brain. What will I say now? How would we get out of this mess?

Damn.

If we could have made our moves faster earlier, we wouldn't have been caught.

Dawn nudged me. "Let's run away,'' Dawn whispered. ''The mutt is not looking at us. This is our chance, River.''

I gaped at her.

How bold of her to say that. Still, I admire her for that. She was really fearless, just like she said.

Still looking at Beta Valentine's back, I asked, ''Are you nuts? That means we are guilty. Are you scared? I will get us out of this, okay?''

Dawn’s eyes grew frantic.

Something tugged in my mind, and when I opened it, Dawn’s voice flowed. ‘We are guilty, River. The alpha king will punish us. I never wanted to be punished again.’

My expression softened as I saw the fear in her eyes.

I gritted my teeth.

Master Henderson succeeded in breaking her.

‘The worst the alpha king can do is put us in the dungeon, Dawn. I’ve been in a dungeon. A couple of times, and all I can say is you will get comfortable when moments pass.’ Except for the disgusting smell and the mixture of urine and shit combined. Just the thought of it made me want to vomit.

‘We should never get comfortable in the dungeon, River. That’s sick. A lot could happen in that place.’

‘I’m sorry if I said that without considering the hell you encountered. It was stupid of me and insensitive to say that. I know you’re not used to that.’

Dawn had a faraway look in her eyes as if she was reminiscing.

‘Henderson locked me in a cell for a month, barely giving me enough food and water. The other prisoners wanted to violate me. I had no choice but to kill them, or they would kill me in the end. I lost count of the lives I had killed, River. I did not know how I managed to survive those times. The dungeons scare the hell out of me, River. It brought so many negative memories. Memories which I no longer wanted to recall.’

My chest tightened at her statements. That was why she looked like a skeleton when I saw her.

‘I will protect you, Dawn. I promise. If the alpha king punishes us, it will only be me.’

If she gets the bullet for me, I would also do the same.

We stopped in front of the alpha king’s chamber.

The twins were guarding the door. They were talking and chuckling to each other and halted when they spotted us. They instantly gave their courtesy greeting to Beta Valentine, acknowledged his presence, and nodded in our direction.

“Beta Valentine. It is already late. What can we do for you?” Clara and Flare said in unison.

“I came for the alpha king. Is he still awake?” Beta Valentine asked.

The two looked at each other as if they were disputing if they would tell the truth or not.

“May we know why?” they asked again and looked in my direction. They shifted their weight from foot to foot.

“I wanted to ask something.”

Flare cleared her throat, but the bold Clara answered, “I don’t think this is the right time for that, Beta Valentine. You see—”

I folded my hands in front of my chest. “I know it.”