Defying the Lycan King (Kira and Derek) novel Chapter 163

Chapter 163: Love Makes Men Blind

Kira walked down the corridor of the medical centre holding Maya’s hand, the little girl skipping along beside her.

She seemed all happy and more bubbly after Kira had given her a grand tour of the estate. Kira found herself smiling at the girl’s happiness.

They had come to visit Sasha and Jerry, and Kira had given her blood sample to see if it really could help the boy.

Maya had refused to be left behind, and so here they were, the two of them, making their way toward the nurses’ station.

She was almost there when she caught the voices. She slowed down without meaning to.

The nurses were clustered behind the station, heads bent together, and they did not see her coming.

"...all I’m saying is the timing is strange," one of them murmured. "Eight years, not a single breach. Then she arrives, and suddenly the Umbras walk straight into the palace? You can’t tell me that’s nothing."

"You think the Queen is selling information to her father?"

"I think the King is too in love to see what’s in front of him. Everyone’s saying it. He won’t investigate her properly because he can’t bear to. Love makes men blind, and a blind king is a dangerous thing."

"You’re right. But maybe she’s playing him. Werewolves are sneaky like that."

"You should be careful saying that." Another voice said.

"And I don’t believe it, honestly. Have you seen the way she is? She freed Milo for his sick child. She gave Sasha mercy when she had every right not to. Does that sound like a woman plotting to murder a king who loves her? She’s too kind for that. Far too kind."

"Kind is exactly what a clever spy would look like."

"Or she’s just kind and the king loves her like that."

The first nurse laughed bitterly. "Love makes men blind. Mark my words, she’ll be the reason we all end up dead."

Kira’s stomach twisted. She felt Maya’s hand tighten in hers. She looked at the girl who was giving her warm look.

They really think I’m a traitor, she thought, a hot flush of anger and hurt rising in her chest.

She couldn’t listen anymore. She stepped forward, making sure her footsteps were loud enough to be heard.

The nurses froze mid-sentence, when they saw her, then scattered like startled birds, knocking into one another in their hurry to look busy, their faces flooding crimson. One after another they dropped into hasty bows.

"Your Highness."

"Your Highness, it’s good to see—"

Kira dropped the file she had come to deliver onto the counter without a word. Her expression stayed calm, but inside she was fuming.

She turned and walked away, head high, leaving the nurses glancing at each other in pure horror.

One of them whispered, "Do you think she heard us?"

The nurse who had defended her earlier groaned. "Of course she heard us, you fool. She wasn’t deaf."

Another slapped a hand over her own mouth. "This mouth. This wretched mouth of mine. I knew it would get me into trouble one day."

"We’re all going to be reassigned to cleaning duty."

Kira did not slow down. She kept her composure all the way out of the building, and only let her shoulders drop once she was clear of it.

She looked at Maya. "Are you alright?"

Maya nodded and smiled at her.

Kira smiled back as she pulled out her phone and dialled Jessica.

"I’m going to call my best friend to come. You will love her very much."

The phone rang three times before her best friend answered.

Before Kira could say a word, Jessica’s voice came through, thick with tears.

"Ki..." Jessica cried. "Kira, my family’s gone. We’ve fled Moonfang."

Kira stopped dead in her tracks. "What? What do you mean fled? What happened?"

Jessica sniffed hard. "It’s Alpha Rolf." Jessica’s voice shook.

"He found out somehow. That I’d been to Dravengard. He’s accusing us, my whole family, of passing information to the Lycans. He sent gammas to kill us, Kira. To kill us, but Luna Lydia secretly warned my mum. So, we ran. We’re on the run."

Kira’s stomach turned to ice, then to fire. "He wants you dead just because you came to see me? Why would he want to eliminate you just because you came here?"

There was a pause on the line, then Jessica sniffed.

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