Chapter 25


    The Alpha King’s im chapter 25 by desirenovel


    Aero


    Hale couldn’t be more predictable. He stayed hidden in the shadows as if I couldn’t sense where he


    was, but I did. Clearly, I could see him leaning against a column in the second floor, just near the grand


    stairs, looking down at me in that sickening vampire red eyes.


    He was condemning my attitude, huh. Like I cared pleasantries.


    “Would you rather I bring my army instead?” I threatened, my voice cool andposed but filled with a


    promise of disaster. “I could smell my wife’s blood on you. What have you done to her?”


    Again, my wolf wed inside me, trying to surface and control our conversation. It was feeling restless


    at the smell of her against his skin. It didn’t like it. My lycan side didn’t like it. And as crazy as it


    sounded, I didn’t like it.


    Just what the fuck had he done to her?


    With utter difficulty, I kept my wolf in a tight leash. It howled and wed, trashed, and snarled inside


    me, disliking my dying to shift. My lycan side joined in the picture and growled at me, ‘Let’s kill the


    blood-sucker,’ it said.


    I was tempted to do so but in the end, I restrained my wolf and kept it contained inside me. There


    wasn’t any doubt in my mind I’d enjoy ripping this vampire’s throat apart, but for now, I behaved. I still


    need to know where he kept her. From the stinking blood everywhere in this castle, it was hard to trace


    the woman’s scent apart from what I could already smell from Hale. He was nearest me after all.


    “No need to worry, Aero. Your beautiful wife is fine. Still warm and alive despite what happened earlier,”


    he voiced out, the words reverberating in my mind.


    “Expound,” I growled, the thought of him possibly sucking her blood just didn’t sit well with me.


    Secondster, Hale’s full frame emerged from the spot I had determined earlier. His eyes were still


    trained on me and mine on him. He looked the same as he did when west saw each other a decade


    ago, plus a new set of clothes. I scoffed when I saw his infamous cape behind him. He was always the


    guy who wears this outrageous essory.


    “There was an incident you see,” he started. “Honestly, you could have prevented it from happening if


    you came here early.”


    I read the fine print in his words and saw that he was questioning myteness. It would have been easy


    to exin my side, but I wasn’t a person who liked to exin.


    “Quit it with your puzzles, Hale,” I growled. “Where is she and what happened to her?”


    He tipped his head up, pointing to a hallway on the second floor.


    “Follow me.”


    Elijah and I exchanged nces.


    ‘I got your back, brother,’ he mind-linked.


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    ‘We will be ready for whatever surprise he had in store for us,’ I replied.


    After releasing a deep breath, I climbed up the grand stairs with Elijah behind me. Hale was already a


    couple of paces away, so we hurried our steps to reach him. If I knew already where she was, I would


    have transported myself there. However, vampireirs, especially this one, have certain enchantments


    that prevent that.


    Hale proceeded to guide us to a particr room at the end of the hallway. As usual, the extravagances


    of a vampire was evident when we entered the said room’s living space. Don’t get me wrong. I love fine


    things too, but this one was just too much to handle. Too red and too dark for my taste.


    “Queen Serena is just behind that door,” Hale informed, gesturing for a female servant to open the


    portal for us. She had blonde hair, fair skin, and reeking of the smell of human blood. It seemed that


    this woman here hasn’t been bitten by her master yet.


    As she opened the door, I watched a flicker of worry in her eyes for the person lying on the bed. I


    stared at that same person and realized it was Serena; a bit pale, under deep sleep, and with small


    My wolf immediately howled. Feeling the sudden worry and pain, I spun around, faced Hale again, and


    in a sh, my semi-transformed hand was around his neck.


    “What had you done to her!” I growled.


    Elijah shouted in my mind, ‘Brother no! You’ll risk war!’


    ‘Fuck it!’ I shouted without thinking.


    “My apologies, Lord Hale!” Elijah quickly knelt on one knee beside us, “We could smell the Queen’s


    blood on you. We couldn’t avoid thinking you had bitten her.”


    “I did not,” Hale managed to say despite my tight grip on his throat. His eyes were bloodshot staring at


    me, but I could see he was telling the truth.


    Not a second more, I released him and he struggled for a moment to keep his bnce.


    “I…” he cleared his throat, no doubt feeling the tightness of my grip, and then went on, “saved her from


    an attack of one of my subjects who held an undying grudge on you.” He highlighted my involvement


    without hesitation.


    I didn’t take offense but I was thoroughly curious.


    “Undying grudge on me?” I worded, my anger still simmering on the surface.


    “Upon further questioning of the vampire, he said the dead female vampire you dump on Kerus’sir


    decades ago was his betrothed. He imed you killed her.”


    “I did not,” was my fast reply. Funny how this word became overused in a matter of seconds. “I won’t


    waste my time on trivial things, but I had the decency to personally deliver the dead body on Kerus so I


    may also reprimand him on his leniency over your realm.”


    “Hm, I figured as much,” Hale remarked. “But this vampire is dead-set on killing your queen as


    payment.”


    I snarled. Just the thought of that woman’s lifeless body gave me a twisted stomach. Heck, I hated it.


    “You do realize I will have to bring that vampire in my kingdom and charge him with treason and a


    sentence of death for attacking my wife.”


    There was not a hint of emotion on Hale’s face when he just simply answered, “Do what you see fit, but


    I will have to give you his dead body instead. He broke my house rule first and had to suffer my wrath.”


    I was aware this dark lord was merciless, but for him to beat me from the pleasure of having to punish


    the said vampire left a bad taste in my mouth. I could have done better in tormenting this shitty vampire


    for attacking my woma…er…that woman.


    And speaking of which, I turned to look at her again and after a really long, really deep breath, I neared


    the bed.


    The blonde woman was just silent, taking all of the scenes in, but I sensed she was nervous and


    curious.


    Elijah behind me was the same and surprisingly, I sensed him to be quite aroused by the presence of


    the blonde. This was the usual urrence whenever he was nearby the opposite sex, but somehow, it


    was more potent.


    “I’ll take her with me,” was my announcement, aiming for my fake wife.


    “And I’ll take her with us,” was Elijah’s immediate addition, no doubt aiming for the blonde.


    Hale and I both stared at him.


    “For the Queen. She needs special attention. I hear humans are good in caring the sick,” he reasoned


    and quite smooth at that.


    Looking at the dark lord, he didn’t seem to catch the hint, or if he did, he cared less.


    “I want to go too!” Then the blonde eximed, sping her hands against her chest. “Please!”


    She looked at me, then to Elijah, then to Hale, her eyes now brimming with tears. She was desperate.


    “If you take her, I’ll expect some kind of payment…” Hale insinuated.


    “Name it and we’ll be even,” was Elijah’s quick words.


    I brought my brow up. The hell he…


    As my royal adviser, he had every right to undergo business on my behalf but with me present? He


    wasn’t supposed to. I sensed it was all because of this human female near him.


    Arhg fuck. Now his penis was doing the talking.


    “I’ll im the payment in a different time,” Hale expressed, smirking. “For now, your main concern is the


    queen.”


    He neared the bed too, closer than I could, and even went as far as to grab her limp hand and


    caressed it with his thumb. “Though Queen Serena hadn’t lost that much blood from her wounds, she


    hit her head on the floor. She could have concussed.”


    “My healers will give her the best medical attention,” I eximed, moving closer to her on the other side


    of the bed. My eyes gave his hand a sharp re, not at all hiding my apparent…dislike on the contact


    of their skin.


    Hale must have sensed it because he at first chuckled, released her hand, and then stepped back. “I


    have great faith your healers will, King Aero. It was a pleasure to be graced by your…very special…


    queen even for just a short amount of time.”


    “I doubt she feels the same way on your realm, Lord Hale,” Ished. Being honest wasn’t necessary


    when clearly being attacked and threatened wouldn’t make for a good memory of his realm.


    “Understandably eptable,” he grinned.


    Acting like a worried husband still, I swooped in and wrapped my arms around her. Then, in just a blink


    of an eye, I was back in my castle with her with me. Elijah was left on the vampire realm with the


    blonde. I wasn’t concerned about him. He could easily find a way back to our realm.


    Conveniently, the ce I transported us two was in my chamber. Despite disliking it, I had to ce her


    here to continue our ruse. My council still thought we were on our honeymoon after all.


    ‘William, get the best healers in the kingdom stat,’ I mind-linked at my beta whilst arranging her on my


    bed.


    ‘As youmand, Your Majesty,’ he quickly replied.