Lycan King's Regret: Punished The Wrong Daughter novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29: 29- Not Dying Today

Arabella Toussaint:

For the next few minutes, they kept staring at me like I had said something wrong. Beta Bradley was the first to recover, "Alright," he said slowly, "What’s 9,876 multiplied by 4,321?"

I blinked because this one was easier.

"42,676, 596."

There was silence in the room, and then he bombarded me with questions. By the end, both men were looking at me as if I had suddenly grown a second head. The great Lycan King and his Beta looked utterly stunned.

I lowered my gaze awkwardly. In my old pack, they always wanted me to solve such questions and to manage the pack’s account books.

The way Lucien kept watching me, I felt as though he could slap me in anger. I could never understand him. The way his eyes used to soften whenever he was looking at me was quite shocking.

I tried to shrug off his face from my thoughts as I tried to keep myself busy in his absence. I was still smiling while arranging the books back into the shelf, sorting them according to their subjects.

Their faces were still making me giggle. A knock on the door made me stop and turn around, "Come in," It still felt strange to stay in the royal room and answer the knock like royalty.

The door opened, and Helena stepped inside.

"Helena."

She gave me a polite nod, avoiding eye contact, maybe because of the last time the queen had slapped her in my presence.

"The Queen... she wishes to see you."

See me? Didn’t the King ask me not to go out of this room? For a moment I simply stared at her, not knowing whose order to follow.

"I know what you’re thinking," Helena whispered, still looking down, "That’s what they all do. Play with us as if we are toys."

I swallowed hard before lowering my gaze, "His Highness..."

"I know, Arabella," Helena started moving back, perhaps trying to get away from all this madness, "He just went out of the palace with his Beta and isn’t expected to return until tomorrow morning. Take my advice and go to the queen."

I tried to offer her a small smile, "I understand, Helena. Don’t worry. I’ll come immediately."

I made a mental note to talk to Bradley. He seemed more approachable and less feared than the King. I’ll ask him to write my duties in black and white and paste them somewhere on the wall of the palace.

Because every member of the royal family had gotten a different set of duties designed for me.

***

My heart was racing the entire time I reached the queen’s chambers. Why was she calling me? To force me to kneel on the gravel? To pull my hair?

Or to make me scrub floors until my hands bled? With her, it could be anything.

When I entered and found her smiling at me, I almost looked over my shoulder to make sure she wasn’t smiling at someone else.

"Arabella!" she said warmly, "Perfect timing."

I quickly lowered my head, "Your Majesty."

I lowered my head immediately, "Yes, Your Highness." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

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