The Alpha King's Claim

The Alpha King’s Claim chapter 12 by desirenovel

Serena

I wasted my time worrying about our sharing of a room when it turned out, my new husband had another plan in mind. In the middle of the celebration, I saw him leave in a hurry and this was after he called a blue-haired man, his second-in-command maybe, and conversed through whispers.

I cared less what they were talking about. Anyway, I couldn’t hear a word they said because of the noise inside the throne room. A little later after he vanished, men in lavish suits—the royal council—as far as I know, stood up and left the party.

I recognized them in a gathering I attended a day earlier with Elijah. That gathering was weird in a way. It was held in the highest mountain in the kingdom, over a stretch of grassy clearing a kilometre away from the castle. There were a lot of attendees. I say tens of thousands probably. The same as at the wedding.

I reckoned it was the population of this realm. Their appearance looked human, but I knew beneath their normal-looking eyes, a wolf was hiding. Throughout the gathering, I kept my composure intact and diverted my attention to my acting skills. Somehow, my Mass Communication course helped me converse with the council in a natural way. I was glad enough Elijah chose to educate me on their history and culture. I was able to at least ride on with the conversation because of it.

Elijah was truthful enough to tell me about the purpose of the mountain gathering. It was called Ma’tisste. He said it was their annual celebration to welcome the new moon of the year and the highlight activity was what he called ‘the howling’.

It was obvious enough what he was trying to tell me.

“Do you want to see?” he said nonchalantly.

Are you kidding me?! My mind stressed.

I looked at him and quickly shook my head. “No, thanks. Seeing people get naked and turn into a wolf is not my thing.”

then led

field, I heard the howls of the many wolves through my window. It both frightened and

worry,” Elijah caught my attention,

eyes, “I’ll be out of this realm before

me a silent smile

minutes after my husband left, six servants followed me. They

chamber, I dismissed all of them. They didn’t seem to mind leaving me in a hurry. I guess there still was fear engraved in

For a moment, I gaped at the details of the whole room. I had been in his sleeping chamber already, no thanks to the

They were placed in glass shelves situated against the wall and were labeled

“The Matrix.” It was encased in a glass box and lined with a blue velvet

human realm before. I never thought he’d actually enjoy

the math, I realized I was six back then when the movie came out. I also remembered liking the movie and had been eager to watch it because I had a huge juvenile crush on Keanu Reeves. In the end, I

ticket on the glass shelf, another object caught my eye. It looked like a rock with crystals encrusting it. The label

center. It looked like it was alive and as weird as it sounds, I actually wanted

the end, I held myself and went on to

so I decided to choose the farthest couch there was to

I like it.

words could express how relieved I was that the King was preoccupied with something else. I didn’t want him to see me undress from my wedding gown and I was sure he was the same. Truth be told I didn’t even want