Chapter 139


    It took two weeks for the news of Abby conceiving the king’s firstborn to reach the capital, but less


    than twenty four hours after that, rumors spread like wildfire back in the Silver Moon pack.


    “It’s as if this is all premeditated, to create pressure on both you and the Queen.” Dax clicked his


    tongue, feeling disgusted with their dirty tricks. “What are they even trying to do?”


    He couldn’t understand the motive of the person who nned all this crap. They had their doubts


    and some people didn’t fit the roles at all.


    “Were they being used blindly?” The royal gamma thought of a lot of things, but he still couldn’t


    solve this mystery.


    “What if they were finally letting the power hunger consume them violently?” Micah looked deep in


    thought.


    “Eventually it was all working in that dark sorcerer’s favor,” Dax provided his insight, his expression


    a mixture of scowl and chagrin.


    Even a blind person could understand this, but dwelling on it was of no use. “Is there any news from


    Mire?”


    “She must be back soon, she said she needs a few days at least to investigate that ce


    thoroughly before leaving,” the royal gamma told Micah what the witch told him. “How is Abby


    doing?”


    “She still has a long way to go.” The king was being evasive, but how could his gamma not


    understand what he wasn’t saying?


    “Give her time, she wille around.” Dax didn’t look that bothered. “She is stronger than she lets


    on.”


    “That she is,” Micah agreed.


    They both saw how the girl immersed herself in the investigation to reduce the effect of those


    rumors circting left and right out there on herself.


    “It will help get my mind off of it,” she said, when he asked her to just give it a rest for a few days.


    However, it wasn’t easy for her even then, because no matter what she did, Abby felt like people


    around her were pinning her with this strange gaze.


    Some at least faked decorum, but the majority of the boot lickers she umted since her return


    to her so called old pack had been evading her.


    “People’s hearts are even stranger than their minds.” Abby thought to herself as she couldn’t help


    but shake the image of the few maid servants that were just whispering until they were going to bite


    each other’s ears off.


    “Stop, Alyssa.” Abby grabbed her maid’s hand, because the girl looked like she would blow her top


    any second now.


    Abby’s hearing might be normal but Alyssa’s was exceptional. Even though those three omegas


    behind them were talking in really low voices, until Abby couldn’t hear, Alyssa could hear most of


    their words and the girl was feeling indignant at them.


    “It’s not worth it, let’s get on with our work,” the queen told her maid, who was apanying Abby


    in this investigation since Dax was a bit busy right now.


    “What are you gossiping about all day long?” A stern voice echoed behind her and immediately,


    Abby could see those maids jump out of their skins.


    “No- nothing, nothing.” The omegas parroted, clearly scared that they were caught in the act. “Oh,


    we still have something to do in the kitchen, pardon us, Lady.”


    “A bunch of scaredy cats,” the woman spat at them, before she turned around and floated to Abby’s


    side. “Don’t let anything get to you, Abby.”


    “I won’t, Mire. Thank you for just now.” The girl was genuinely grateful, because she was feeling a


    bit ufortable until a few minutes ago.


    “Next time thank yourself after teaching them a lesson,” Mire clicked her tongue, feeling Abby


    was too softhearted. “You are the Queen, you don’t have to tolerate anyone.”


    “Okay, I’ll remember that,” Abby smiled at the witch. “So I reckon you just got back from the


    woods?”


    “Yes, give me like…” Mire thought for a moment, as if debating something before her green eyes


    shed. “Twenty minutes. I need a nice, long and hot bath after wandering in the woods for days.”


    Abby chuckled at her expression and after deciding on the ce, she hurriedly called over Alyssa.


    “Get the kitchen to prepare something sumptuous for Mire.”


    Twenty minutester, Mire finally made an appearance in the now makeshift study of Abby, where


    she could see a mini spread of delicious food on the table.


    “Wonderful, join me.” Mire pulled Abby to the table, where she had her first proper meal in days.


    Seeing her eat with gusto, Abby also felt her recently dulled appetite improve again.


    “I didn’t know what I expected by asking you to go there, but if you did find anything strange, we can


    analyze our theories now.” Abby was being genuine with the witch, when thetter asked what


    made her feel the urge to investigate that groove.


    “That groove is the strangest ce I have ever seen in my life,” Mire began after finally pushing


    her te away. “There are traces of both magic and dark energy there. It’s no wonder you were


    creeped out by those gates, though.”


    “What else did you find out?” Abby was a little bit excited now. She already sensed what Mire had


    to say, she just wanted to find out why her instinct told her to be extremely careful around there.


    “Something very interesting.” Mire’s eyes shed again. “If my hunch is correct, a great battle


    seemed to have taken ce in that ce.”


    “Between a magic user and a dark mage?” Abby almost guessed the good part, and then chatted


    away with the witch.


    Apparently, that ce was no ordinary ce after all, because Mire found a substantial amount of


    evidence to connect it to the ce where Calpin was confined by that great witch all those years


    ago.


    “And another fun part is, the pathway was created during that battle, that was why the air there is a


    bit strange.” Mire’s voice was brimming with excitement.


    “If you believe that ce was where that great witch had confined Calpin, then the cave should be


    behind those rusty gates, right? So the cave was also created by magic?”


    Abby found the whole thing very fascinating, if this was the case, to be able to wield such powerful


    magic, the great witch indeed lived up to her reputation, and Abby felt her admiration for her


    ancestor sky rocket.


    “Those rusty gates and the invisible barrier before it seems to serve as some sort ofyered


    constraining spell.” Mire revealed her findings and Abby couldn’t believe her ears.


    This was too weird to be coincidental, at the same time, incredibly fascinating.


    “So, you believe your theory is wless? And Calpin’s prison was there?” Abby asked the witch.


    “Yes, because, I felt the traces of dark energy suffused into the air around there suspiciously simr


    to Calpin’s dark magic.” Mire was a hundred percent sure after realizing this part. “And don’t you


    find something else is strange?”


    “What?” Abby was still reeling with all this information. She didn’t believe they would discover such


    a ce just because she felt there was something off with that ce.


    “It’s just five hours away from the Silver Moon pack.” Mire folded her arms across her chest.


    “The pack where my mother used to live…” Abby immediately understood the witch’s words. “Did


    she end up here to keep an eye out on that cave?”


    “This only solidifies my conjecture.”


    Mire knew the legend of the great witch and dark mage by heart, so it was only normal for the


    descendants of the great witch, who were now turned into guardians of that cave, to live nearby that


    cave.


    After discussing a few more things, Milessa retired to her guest bedroom, reminding Abby to convey


    her findings to the king.


    “Okay, go and rest for now.” Abby sent Alyssa to send off the witch. “On your way back, make a trip


    down to the healer and get my medicine.”


    Later that night, after they had their dinner, Micah stuffed a candied fruit into his mate’s mouth,


    when he saw her grimacing really hard to swallow her medicine.


    “Pregnancy is no joke,” Abby muttered to herself, making the king chuckle. After the heavy


    conversation they had about that groove and the rogues’ activities, it was pleasant to see himThis belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    carefree like this.


    “But you are finally putting on a little weight,” Micah remarked, wanting to remind her that it had


    some perks.


    Abby couldn’t help sigh, because her mate was correct. She was indeed too skinny, not at all


    suitable for carrying a baby. So she didn’t dare toin even in her heart, while taking her


    medicines diligently.


    She was going to give birth to the king’s firstborn, so she was going to give her all in.


    But then she pouted a little. Did he mean he didn’t like her body before? But he did it with her, so he


    should like it, right?


    “What are you thinking with that pretty little head of yours?”


    “Oh nothing,” Abby blushed a little, feeling embarrassed for thinking about the baby making process


    all of a sudden. It made her body a little hot.


    However, her sudden arousal hit the king and he felt his mouth go dry. “Your scent betrayed your


    thoughts, little one.”


    While Abby was still struggling to push those thoughts to the back of her mind, she suddenly heard


    Micah’s voice in her ear, and her face flushed crimson immediately.


    She wanted to duck, but the king was swift when he snatched her around the waist and brought


    their bodies impossibly closer.


    “Do you want it?” The king was teasing her now and the girl in his arms looked like she wanted to


    dig a hole to hide in.


    Seeing her being so adorable, Micah couldn’t resist her anymore as he crushed her lips with his.


    But Abby could feel how gentle he was being with her while they were entangled on the bed.