Protect Me Alpha King novel Chapter 38

Elijah's eyes widened as if he just realized what he just said to me.

Was that information forbidden also? The alpha king never ceases to amaze me with all the mysteries and secrets surrounding him and the more I get curious about it.

"Sir Elijah? You suddenly went silent. Is there anything wrong?"

He looked at me as if he was contemplating whether he should say what he should say or not.

Then, after long agonizing moments, he uttered, "Nothing, River. A slip of the tongue. Forget about what I said earlier. However, my stand remains the same. Someone will still accept you even if you are an omega of the pack."

"Will you accept me as your mate if it is me, Sir Elijah?"

"Undoubtedly. You are an amazing woman, River. Do you know one of my fears? It's about my mate finding out what I have been doing all my life. Fucking anyone who wears dresses. And even whores in the mortal world. She will find me disgusting for my lack of self-control against women, River."

I closed the distance between us and touched his broad shoulders. His gaze followed my hand.

"She will. Undoubtedly," I announced which earned me a smile from him, making my heart jump.

Why was he so handsome that looking at him made me like him more? Except for his womanizing nature, Elijah was the man who possessed the personality I liked for a man.

"However, I still believe that no one will accept me, Sir Elijah. My second chance mate did not step forward and made himself known."

He caught some strands of my hair and sniffed it before he put it on the corner of my ears.

"You have a fire in your soul just like your hair. Anyone will want you. Remember that."

"I am afraid I will not believe it not unless you tell me the name of the alpha king who took a servant as his mate."

All I wanted was a name.

His face darkened which I never usually saw from his cheerful aura and sensed danger.

Stepping back, I watched how he controlled his breathing, and it took a couple of minutes before he got hold of it.

"Sir Elijah. Is it wrong to ask the name of that alpha king? How would I believe that someone will accept me if you will not tell me the name?" I pressed.

His body shook.

"Enough, River."

"But Sir Elijah…"

"Let's stop before the alpha king finds out we are talking about something forbidden."

I opened my mouth, but closed it again when he suddenly took off the robe from his body and was naked in front of my eyes! One by one he picked his clothes on the floor.

"Don't look at me if you don't want to see me nude. Look, if you want to," he said and before I could react, he pulled off the robe and was naked in a blink of an eye.

Look away, River!

I cannot. It seemed like my eyes were glued to his movements while I scanned his body, as if in a trance. He was ripped everywhere I looked and at the back of his body was a tattoo of a woman with fiery eyes staring back at me as if it had life on its own.

"Who is that woman, Sir Elijah?" I continued to pry.

It was definitely not the woman found in the castle.

"You're still watching me naked?" he asked, surprised. "Are you lusting at me now?"

Lusting my foot, I said in my mind. In my eyes, his body was like that of an infant.

"Yes. And I am seeing your bare bottom staring angrily at me," I retorted, to which he answered with a chuckle.

Naked men were not extraordinary in my eyes anymore. I had seen a lot of them back at Haverstone Pack, especially the men in the dungeon. The only man who affected me that much was the alpha king himself.

"That woman…I do not know. She has been in my dream for ten years now." That long? "I tattooed her face so I wouldn't forget."

"And the women you bedded were not jealous of her?"

"They were. But a little coaxing will make the jealousy disappear, River."

River! This is not the time to get to know more about Elijah! Go back to the reason why you are here now!

Right. I forgot! Foolish of me! I will uncover the woman's identity after this.

"Sir Elijah, would you help me?"

He stopped slipping his sweatshirt momentarily and moved again. "You are asking too much, River."

"I know I am asking too much from you, Sir Elijah. I am nothing but an omega." I sighed in relief when he was already fully clothed on the lower part of his body. "But if you help me, I can give you a free massage as long as you like."

A free massage, River? Really? Will Elijah take the bait? It would be better if you offer him a woman or volunteered to look for that mysterious woman tattooed on his back.

"How about the new rumors that will resurface? Can you handle it? Isn't the gossip the reason why everything got out of hand, River? It was your fault for reacting hastily that's why it resulted in that way."

My heart sank, hope slowly disappearing. "You won't help me at all, Sir Elijah?"

"I don't want to lie to the alpha king. I vowed to be honest at all times, River. I am forced to honor it or I will be in pain if I do not."