Chapter 105
“You know it’s not possible, little one,” Micah broke it to her. “I can’t cancel it.”
“What?” The word left Abby’s lips as a soundless gasp as she stared at him in utter disbelief and hurt.
‘Shocked‘ would be too weak a word to describe her expression as she searched Micah’s eyes, which looked a little hard, a look that had never been directed at her.
After explaining, or more precisely complaining for half a day, how she had been struggling about the ceremony, how could he reject her without a second thought?
“We can’t cancel it a second time, little one,” Micah said, when he saw the tears she had been holding back finally make their way down her cheeks. “Everyone is already here, just waiting for us to appear.”
Hearing him, Abby’s hands that were still clinging onto him until now fell to her sides as she couldn’t help but lower head in disappointment and hurt.
She wanted to wring her hands again, but managed to curb it down as she clutched her dress hard enough. She needed a minute, long enough for her to go through her thoughts, to process what just happened. But then she knew she wouldn’t be able to calm herself even if she had days allocated to the same task.
“But I’m scared…” Abby blurted out. “After what happened earlier, I’m not sure I’ll be able to go through this ceremony.”
“Nothing like that will happen ever again, little one,” Micah told her in a gentle voice when he noticed how rattled she was getting just at the mere idea of talking about the incident from earlier.
He could see how hard it was for her to admit her fears after holding everything in for so long, but just crowning her as the queen of this kingdom wasn’t the only purpose of this procession tonight.
His other plan to lure those rogues to the capital city also needed to be considered when he was thinking about the ceremony.
It wasn’t easy to deceive every single person in the palace, who ceremoniously included that lowlife of a spy who was clearly working for Calpin while hiding in plain sight, that he was totally occupied with the ceremony and making his newly found mate happy.
He might be able to get another chance to deal with them, yes, but he didn’t want to let all the effort everyone put into making this plan go well into waste just because his father couldn’t be sensible enough to leave a pair of mates alone.
Everything was already set in motion, he couldn’t afford to let a single misstep of letting his father grasp a chance to hurt Abby ruin everything.
“Moreover, I’ll be right next to you at every single step during the procession. There’s nothing to be afraid of. Just trust me,” Micah explained to her softly. He took both of her hands that were clutching her dress tightly and rubbed his thumbs over her knuckles, looking into her eyes with this gentle yet reassuring expression on his face. “Let’s not give my father and others any more reasons
to point fingers at us, hmm?”
Hearing his words, more tears flowed down her cheeks which were then wiped by the King who kissed her forehead next. He hugged her close to him as he let her calm down a bit.
On the other hand, Abby couldn’t help but notice how instead of saying you, he said ‘us‘, and Abby finally realized she was focusing on the wrong thing completely.
How could she forget such an important thing? She had been working her ass off for the last two weeks, just so she wouldn’t let anything go wrong and attract negative attention to herself.
Indeed, she was attacked and would have lost her life if Neesha had been successful… no, she should say if Arthur had been successful in inciting his mate today.
But wasn’t she fine and the attack was nowhere near as brutal as the one Calpin put her through?
Her mate kept his word and didn’t let any harm befell on her, but she was actually rattled by Arthur’s scheme, and letting him achieve his goal tonight.
After everything Micah did, if she just crumbled like that after facing a single hardship which she escaped unscathed, how could she stay by his side as the queen of this kingdom, where she would need to face thousands of such scheming people?
Wasn’t she just letting what Arthur said to her come true?
“You are not suitable to stay beside him.”
He declared when he pointed out how she was very weak by always letting Micah take care of her.
This kingdom needed a queen who could put its people and their welfare above everything, someone tough enough to stand their ground in the face of adversities, not someone who would need constant supervision like a child.
Abby let her intrusive thoughts get the better of her and her fears cloud her initial determination to change for Micah, to toughen up herself and become someone suitable for the King.
– But after calming down a bit, she could finally think clearly and look at the bigger picture.
Didn’t she promise to stand by his side? So why was she backing down at the first obstacle that was thrown into her path?
She needed to learn to be hard on herself, or else she would only make Arthur and his supporters‘ beliefs come true…
“Okay…” Abby finally gave in. “Let’s take it one step at a time.”
All the way to the great hall, Abby clutched onto Micah’s hand as if her life depended on it, while using her other hand to lift the front of her dress a little to prevent herself from tripping on her own feet.
“We will go in once you feel ready,” Micah told her as he stopped them right before the humongous
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doors of the great hall, patting her hand to provide her some comfort.
Abby closed her eyes for a moment before nodding her head to let Micah know that she was re “Let’s get it done and over with.”
She pulled her hand out of Micaly’s as she stood straight, so as not to look too weak in front of everyone. She schooled her expression, trying to keep it blank as her mate led her into the great
ball.
“Bow to the werewolf king!” Someone shouted as the guards pushed open the huge doors, and immediately everyone bowed to their King solemnly.
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