Chapter 0338


    “I’ll believe that when we both make it back to Gilliards, unscathed and undiscovered.” He nodded


    sighing in exasperation and looking at his boot dded feet. I was making it very obvious that I


    didn’t yet


    trust him.


    “You have my word, even if it doesn’t mean much to you.” I still couldn’t believe that Lewis thought


    this pairing was a good idea… I was actually starting to think that maybe he chose Oliver simply


    because he had found his mate himself and wasn’t jealous of us being alone together. I rolled my


    eyes with a small smile at the thought of Lewis, but my thoughts were cut short, when Oliver


    continued to speak. “May I ask you something, your gra… Dn?”


    I turned to him in surprise at him actually addressing me with my name, it almost felt foreign on my


    ears, I actually think that was the first time he had ever called me by my name alone, so I sat next to


    him copying his seated position in alpha Daltons garden.


    “Well, For once, I’m not busy. So I’ll answer your questions if you answer mine.” He nodded and


    nced at me, swallowing thickly before asking me his question nervously.


    “You have a n set in ce for if you win, but what about if your loose?” Huh? My head shot to


    him, fear now taking over my eyes as I looked at the beta. He had a point, I hadn’t thought about


    what would happen if the king won. If he got me back, he’d make my life a living hell, more so than


    it already had been.


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    “I don’t know.” I stated, a slight shake wracking through my body at the mere thought of loosing, at


    this point that wasn’t an option.


    “King Josh is ins.stent on marking you, regardless of whether that’s what you want. I guess I just,


    think it’ll help having a contingency n


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    in ce.” He had a point, it was naive to have a n for sess but not one for failure. I guess I


    never thought about it properly because, for me at least, failure wasn’t an option.


    “I have no intention of bing the official mate to the king.” I stated, wrapping my arms around


    my body as goosebumps began to form on my skin. “I’m not saying it lightly. If the king wins then I


    will die before he’s able toy his hands on me again.”


    “Do you truly prefer death over being his mate?” I nodded and thought about Lewis instead. I met


    the eyes of the royal beta and nodded my head. “But, even still, you’re apprehensive to take the


    throne? Even when that is possibly the only option for victory?” He was questioning me well, even


    Lewis hadn’t fully asked me why I didn’t want the throne. I guess it was because he thought it was


    simply due to my wish for freedom.


    “Despite the oue of the battle, I’m never going to escape the king. “My voice sounding deted


    as I realized my worst fear. “The reason, I don’t want to rule…” I gulped trying to find the words that


    were on the top of my tongue, the ones that I wish would just exin themselves instead of me


    being so weak as to not be able to speak them. “It isn’t simply because I don’t want people to rely


    on me, and it’s not that I’m afraid to be the voice of reason in a crowd full of


    noise.”


    “Is it because you don’t want to be the one to make the newws? You don’t want to draw up new


    punishments?” He asked trying to get to the bottom of why I was so against being the leader that I


    was getting forced to be.


    “No… the newws will be easy to put into action, once fully fleshed out…” I had no worries about


    that one. “…It’s because, every single time there is a moment that requires a firm hand and a tough


    decision, all that my mind will think about is ‘what would king josh do‘. “I admitted, my words floating


    through the damp air and traveling on


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    the warm breeze. I felt my energy drain from my body, and I slumped were I sat, finally taking my


    eyes off the moon and resting them on the royal beta. “Every file of paper work, every document


    needing to be signed, every mild trepidation someone maye to me with, will elicit thoughts of


    The kings previous actions. Not to mention if I so much as step foot in the pce again…” I


    shuddered, thinking about everything that went on within the confines of those doors.


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