Protect Me Alpha King novel Chapter 43

Alpha King Maxxwell and Lady Juliana just kissed! my mind screamed. And Alpha King Maxxwell just saw me gawking at them. Damn it.

After talking to Delta Isagani, I stepped out of the castle and wanted to breathe fresh air but the moment I looked up, I saw the two kissing already.

I thought they would only speak, but it seemed like they were talking about other things which involved their relationship.

The burning pain in my chest continued which I did not even understand why. Why was I always affected when it came to His Majesty's women? It did not like him to begin with!

Lady Juliana grabbed the alpha king's attention, wanting to return it back to her and it took me an extra amount of willpower to leave them alone. To force me to walk.

Even if something happened between the two, it should never affect me since they were betrothed to each other. Right?

Don’t look back, I told myself. And I succeeded despite the difficulty.

My feet dragged me to the watchtower. I couldn't fathom listening to the alpha king and Lady Juliana's moans of pleasure. I could still feel the pain in my chest and I did not like any of it at all.

Pounding my hurting chest, while climbing the watchtower, I stumbled back when I saw Elijah casually sitting on the chair, looking straight ahead. Still...the real guard of the watchtower was nowhere to be seen.

I retreated, nearly turning my back on him. If we talked, I would only talk about something which would result in punishing me. Whenever I remembered what happened in the previous days, I felt betrayed thinking I could rely on him. I was wrong and was right in thinking I could never trust the nobles.

I was glad that because of Lady Juliana the alpha king got busy and forgot to give his punishment.

“River. I’m glad you are here.”

I’m not feeling the same, I muttered in my mind.

“I came here to breathe fresh air, thinking I would be alone, but it turned out, you are here, Sir Elijah.”

“Are you disappointed?”

“Yes,” I answered, not even attempting to sugar-coat my words.

He grinned.

Pouting, I stood at the farthest corner of the watchtower. However, I did not really succeed. The space was small.

Sighing, I looked straight ahead and was mesmerized by the endless mountains my eyes saw. The mountain looked like a sleeping maiden, waiting to be awakened by her mate. But if I were the maiden, it would be better if she would continue sleeping since meeting a mate will only bring disappointment. Just like what happened to Delta Isagani and me.

"Do you know how to write your name, River?" Elijah asked out of the blue.

My forehead knotted into a crease. "Why are you suddenly asking about that, Sir Elijah?"

"To honor my promise," he answered.

A gasp escaped my lips. I suddenly forgot that I am mad at him. "Y-you remembered?"

"Of course, I did recall my promise, River. Lady Juliana's arrival postponed my plan of teaching you," he answered.

"But the rumors...they would talk more about us. More savage than the last time."

"Let them talk, River until their tongue will decompose. I do not care about the rumors."

"But the alpha king..."

"The alpha king is currently busy right now with Lady Juliana. He may try to evade her but after two days, the woman usually caught him, leaving him with no option but to face her. And then catching up will happen. You know that stuff."

I folded my hands in front of my chest. "Catching up? More like kissing and fucking to me."

"Woah! That's jealousy I felt there!" Elijah exclaimed, amused by my reaction which I did not return back.

"I'm not. It's just that they are annoying. Flaunting their relationship to the crowd. I mean they can do it somewhere private, but why did they have to let others see how they loved each other?"

My face contorted in disgust at the word loved. Love? Was that even real? In my entire life, I never felt I was loved. Maybe even my real parents hated me like that for putting me in the river.

"At the height of your emotions, you do not care about your surroundings anymore, River. I do not think the alpha king loved Lady Juliana. If they will ever get married, it would become a marriage of convenience. A one-sided relationship. Nothing more. Nothing less."

"They can fuck whenever they want until they could not stand anymore."

Elijah laughed beside me. "River. You sounded like Nora when she got jealous after finding out I was in another woman's arms."

Nora? I may talk dirty, but I never let anyone get a taste of me. They wished. I reserved it for my mate, but because of the rejection, it seemed I would die a virgin. As virgin as the forest down below.

"We are totally opposite. Can we not talk about them? They are making my blood boil."

"You seemed to forget you are the alpha king's personal slave."

"You seemed to forget that it is not required to like him at all times," I retorted.