Protect Me Alpha King novel Chapter 48

I sighed in the end. No matter how much we debated whether Zenith was alive, no one could verify it. The hopeless romantic alpha king was still searching for her. And if he found her, what would happen to me? She was his personal servant in the first place. Would the woman allow it if I continued serving the alpha king? Or will she get jealous about it?

You are thinking about that when you are not sure if she is alive?

I wish she were dead.

I stiffened at my train of thought.

Now, now. Where did that evil thoughts come from? I may be a liar, but I did not wish for someone to die. The idea was not coming from me. Alright?

Zenith was the only one who knew if she was alive or not.

"If she is alive, will the other nobles accept her now?" If they won't, will the alpha king release a decree about that? "Such a headache, right? It's not our business to pry into Alpha King's Maxxwell private life."

He gave me a half-shrug. "It isn't, River. We are nothing but His Majesty's followers. The best thing we could do is support him." Support his happiness with Zenith? Why did it bring tiny prickles of pain to my heart? Foolishness. That's what it was. The kiss we shared was the reason for that— causing me confusion.

"You are so curious about Zenith that you do not remember Alpha King Maxxwell ordering his people not to talk about her. We will be punished if the alpha king knows about this."

I drew a couple of breaths and released it. The magnificent scenery straight ahead did not do a fine job of soothing my heart.

"Is he still looking for her?" I mumbled.

"I have no idea. He is usually out of the palace to check the borders. According to the beta and delta. Who knows, it might also be his chance to look for the woman."

"Just like now," I continued.

Elijah nodded. "I wanted him to get tired of searching for her so that he could move on and find his second-chance mate. All of us wanted a Luna. A queen who will bring happiness in his eyes."

I fell into deep thought.

I wanted to go after him and see if he was searching for Zenith.

"Let it go, River."

"What?"

"Let's give her peace."

"My mind won't stop thinking about her."

"Perhaps it's your jealousy talking. You like the alpha king. Please don't deny it. Most of the women like him to begin with. He was full of charisma. Plus, he is the alpha king. Women want to rule beside him. They want everything he can offer. Most of the time wanted him to impregnate them and bear him a child so that they would be a concubine."

I pressed my lips into a thin line. Lies. I did not like the alpha king. I only wanted the power he owned, and I used it for myself, to my advantage.

Elijah clicked his tongue. "So much for that. Why don't you join me in buying something, River?"

Momentarily letting go of that woman, I scratched my brows. "Where could that be, Sir Elijah?"

"The marketplace."

The marketplace. It was said that the place offered a lot of fine goods for the customers.

"But....what if the alpha king will look for me?"

He chuckled. "River. When did you start considering His Majesty's feelings?"

I sighed. Sometimes, I forget to consider the repercussions of my actions and follow what I want to do.

"Okay. Led the way, Sir Elijah. Maybe he will arrive in the evening."

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Elijah brought me to the Great Stable of the Palace, showing me the horses His Majesty owned. All I could do was watch in awe as we waited for the servant who would bring us the horse. And after a couple of minutes, the servant brought a white saddle horse.

"The saddle horses are perfectly trained for hunting and war, River. Some are given as gifts for the alpha king, and some were bought from the neighboring kingdoms," Elijah explained, his eyes twinkling as he looked at the approaching horse. "There are also mounts and coach horses. We have seen the vehicles earlier."

Yeah. I saw the sleds and gondolas on standby. There were also equestrians around the courtyard. More or less, all the workers here were a thousand.

"We are riding on a horse?" I asked a couple of times. It stood a little higher than me, and at first sight, I fell in love with its white color, which reminded me of the clouds I had seen earlier.

My hands were itching to touch their glorious body, but I stopped myself. Horses choose people.

A servant held the reins on the horse's right side to keep it still while the prince checked the horse.

As I observed them, they looked like couples who just saw each other. Elijah held both sides of the horse's cheeks while the horse rested its forehead on Elijah. What a sweet couple.

As if the horse knew I was looking at it, its nostrils elongated, and its ears were slightly aback.

"Hey. Easy there. River is our friend, Leah," Elijah said while laughing. "I brought her here so the two of you would meet each other."