When Ezgar noticed how she looked so unwell with all the blood drained from her countenance, he


    immediately dispersed the elite warriors talking to him and approached Abby to inquire what happened


    to her.


    However, he wouldn’t have expected the reason for her sadness to be theirck of thoughtfulness to let


    her know about this rogue attack beforehand.


    But the only problem was; it was a confidential task for the royal army and he wasn’t supposed to talk


    about it to anyone else, especially after the king emphasized how they were not to breathe a word


    about it.


    “No, trust me, I really didn’t know about the attack untilst night,” he told her truthfully as he wanted to


    clear the misunderstanding.


    He really didn’t know about the attack because Micah didn’t really talk to them about it explicitly.


    In fact, the king only said that he needed the chiefs like Ezgar to make the training of everyone from the


    elite warriors more intense than usual the night he announced he was going to hold a ceremony in less


    than two weeks.


    Since, the time was of essence, it didn’t raise doubts among them as to why he would ask them to train


    intensely all of a sudden.


    Everyone thought that with the increasing rogue attacks for the past couple of months, the King was


    just being cautious but no one would have thought he was only pressuring them to be well in shape for


    a real attack.


    Evenst night, Micah only mentioned in passing how they couldn’t let their guard down during the


    ceremony as there would be so many guests arriving from all over the kingdom.


    But since they were words uttered by their sovereign, of course, no warrior thought of cking off.


    Moreover, if their security was reallypromised during a visit to the capital, how in the world would


    they believe the king to protect his people that scattered all over this huge empire of werewolves?


    So they didn’t leave any room forziness as they diligently followed the regimen set by the king


    himself.


    But looking back now, even though it appeared to be somest minute contingency n, no one in the


    royal army was naive enough to think that the King was just being cautious and told them to be


    prepared just in case.


    That was why his warriors were a little excited over how the King could execute his n without letting


    others doubt his intentions.


    In their perspective, their king proved himself to be an excellent strategist by nning every little detail


    to tackle the attack this time around.


    The only inconvenience for the elite royal warriors that were ordered to escort and protect the guests


    was, they couldn’t contribute much in this situation.


    They were all trained especially to put down enemies whenever they were facing a crisis of battle, but


    now they were restricted to babysitting these people who were gossiping to no end. After all, they


    couldn’t understand what was going on with the attack and the sessive rescue.


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    On the one hand, they couldn’t answer their queries, since Micah didn’t allow them to talk about his


    n with the guests or anyone for that matter. On the other hand, they felt impatient to sit around while


    a huge battle was going on just a few feet away from them.


    “They were a little disappointed that they couldn’t fight in the frontlines today,” Ezgar continued his


    exnation when Abby still looked suspicious even after he told her how Micah just told them to


    intensify their training but nothing about the


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    attack until thest minute.


    He then exined how he was genuinely surprised when the attack really happened. But he didn’t


    voice how surprised he was to hear that even Abby didn’t know about the attack until thest moment.


    But then, this was the style of their king, he never did things that wouldplicate his ns.


    “Everyone was a bit extra alert just in case, and we are no different, but there was this nagging feeling


    at the back of our minds that the King wouldn’t do or say anything just for the sake of it,” Ezgar told


    their queen and saw how she gradually calmed down.


    Abby looked deep in thought for a moment, as if digesting how Micah nned everything so secretly,


    but then she couldn’t help but realize how he had been carrying such a huge burden on his shoulders


    without really seeking help from anyone.


    “But I couldn’t believe he didn’t say anything,” Abby finally said, unable to overlook that point.


    Even though she wouldn’t be able toe up with mind boggling strategies to tackle this situation, she


    would have at least shared his burden with him.


    Why couldn’t he trust her enough? This was the only thing that kept haunting her.


    On the other hand, Ezgar could see how overwhelming it would be for her with everything that she had


    been through for the past two weeks. He personally witnessed her struggle with several things, so he


    felt sorry for her.


    “I don’t know what reasons he had for doing so, but it will be for the best if you talk to him about it


    instead of overthinking,” Ezgar said, looking thoughtful.


    But then he apologized for not being able to warn her about the attack. “I definitely would have let it slip


    in one way or the other if I had a confirmation, but the king didn’t give anyone a chance to doubt his


    actual goal for tonight. My hands were tied.”


    On the other hand, Abby couldn’t help but think why Micah felt the need to watch his own words and


    actions so closely regarding this matter, but to no avail.


    The King had all the reasons to be this discreet with everything he had done for the past fifteen days.


    He didn’t even let anyone read the secret missives from Alpha Samuel for nothing. No one realized


    how among the several reports he had been receiving, missives about the rogues took the top priority.


    And the reason was simple yet disturbing, he had a spy in his pce, the very person rying


    everything that happened here to Calpin


    In order to execute his n well, he realized he couldn’t afford to give away what he was actually


    nning by holding the ceremony so abruptly.


    Since, it was a custom for the elite royal warriors to wee the new queen regally, no one doubted


    when he oversaw their training during the past fifteen days either.


    He let everyone think that he was giving too much importance to the ceremony to please his mate


    when his own father came to him to use him of the same.


    It worked well for him and the rogues were lured here, thinking they could catch the King off guard.


    However, he couldn’t help this nagging feeling that something was off when his warriors managed to


    put down most of the enemies with no noticeable casualties on their side in no time.


    It was almost midnight now, and the fight ended in less than six hours, which was really suspicious


    since they couldn’t stop the rogues even after fighting for a whole day thest time Calpin made them


    wreak havoc in the ck w pack.


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    From the corner of his eyes, he could see n and Dex frowning as well and realized things were not


    so simple.


    He is missing something, but what is it?


    “My king,” the royal beta called out to him as he approached him, prompting Dex to rush toward them


    as well. “You seem.a… lile conflicted.”


    “There is something off with these rogues,” Micah voiced and saw that they weren’t surprised by his


    comment.


    “Yes, they seem too different from thest few times,” Dex said, tilting his head to the side.


    “They weren’t as aggressive, but I can’t ce why,” Micah told them and n’s expression immediately


    hardened.


    “You think this ambush is a distraction?” n asked immediately.


    “If your hunch is correct, what might be their main goal?” Dex pointed out.


    “Queen Abby…” n blurted out when he realized how Calpin tried to attack the king’s mate in the


    ck w pack. “King Micah. I think you should hurry and find Queen Abby to check on her


    immediately.”


    Micah immediately cursed himself for not thinking this beforehand. How could he overlook the threat


    Calpin posed to Abby?


    “Right! Only Queen Abby could shield his magicst time, so he could be using these mediocre rogues


    to distract us to harm her instead,” Dex said. “If there was a spy in the royal council or pce, he or


    she would be with Abby in the basement right


    now.”


    Hearing this. Micah felt his heart race with fear. He calcted his every move with the spy in his mind,


    but he didn’t realize how close this–spy was to harmming either of them if a chance presented itself.


    Calpin made it clear that he wanted to kill Abby thest time he tried to burn her with his magic, but


    failed only because her power backshed when he used his spell on her.


    Micah felt stupid for forgetting something so important in his haste to lure those pests to the pce in


    the name of the ceremony. He couldn’t believe he got blinded by his need to exact revenge.


    “Take care of the rest, I’ll check on her first,” Micah ordered them in a hurry as he broke into a run. He


    raced to the underground basement which was the safe ce he arranged for the guests to take


    shelter while he captured the enemies before n or Dex could respond again.


    “King Micah,” someone called him as soon as he entered the basement, but he didn’t bother to stop


    and respond to them as he quickly scoured his eyes around this huge hall to find his mate.


    His heart skipped a beat for a second when he couldn’t locate her immediately, but then he caught a


    glimpse of a pale yellow dress on his far right end and immediately dashed there.


    He could see Abby sitting at a table with her back toward him, but she wasn’t alone.


    Ezgar was sitting with her, but they werepletely silent while Abby’s dropped shoulders gave off this


    lonely and sad feeling.


    *Little one,” he called to her and when she finally turned around to look at him, he could see there was


    something really off about her expression. She seemed deste


    Seeing her too pale and hurt, his immediate thought was, she got injured while they brought her here.


    Just like Ezgar.


    But when she didn’t smile at him after realizing he hade to fetch her, he realized it wasn’t a


    physical wound as he couldn’t sense any blood on her. With a quick once over of her frame, Micah was


    sure she wasn’t hurt anywhere, so why did


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    she look like she was in pain?


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    “What happened little one?” He asked her when she just stared at him, saying nothing. His eyes then


    strayed to Ezgar, who immediately stood erect to bow to him.


    “I’m going to take my leave, my king.” Ezgar bowed to both of them, when Micah threw a look at him.


    He definitely couldn’t meddle in their affairs.


    Once it was only the two of them at this table, as everyone else stepped back to give them privacy


    upon noticing this weird vibe around them, Micah approached Abby. He tried to grab her hand, but


    Abby evaded his touch as she turned away from: him a little.


    “Little one,” Micah started but then saw tears flowing down her checks, which left him helpless,


    because he couldn’t understand what went wrong for her to feel this dejected when she broke into


    uncontroble sobs.


    “How could you do this to me?” Abby said in between her silent sobs. “It hurts Micah. You don’t trust


    me.”