Lycan King's Regret: Punished The Wrong Daughter novel Chapter 98

Chapter 98: 98- It’s Your Highness

Arabella’s pov:

The guest building was quieter than the main palace, which was probably why Lucien had chosen it for me. My room was on the first floor, at the end of a wide corridor overlooking the gardens.

An Omega opened the door and stepped aside to let me enter.

The room was surprisingly spacious. A large bed stood against one wall with a small couch near the window, while pale curtains softened the afternoon light coming through the glass. There was a dressing table, study table, an attached bathroom, and even a walk-in closet that looked ridiculous considering everything I owned could fit inside one suitcase.

Speaking of which, my suitcase was already waiting beside the bed. The Omega asked if I needed anything before leaving, but I barely heard her. My fingers had already closed around the phone Lucien had given me.

I sat on the edge of the bed and called Maya. She answered after the second ring. "Hello?"

"Maya, it’s me." There was a brief silence before a scream blasted through the speaker.

"ARA! You fucking bitch! Where the hell have you been?" I jerked the phone away from my ear, laughing despite myself.

"You disappeared with the freaking Lycan King for three days, and I was so worried!" Her voice cracked somewhere between anger and relief. "Do you have any idea what we’ve been going through? I swear, Toby was ready to drive there himself."

"I’m sorry for not contacting you." I fell back on the bed with a sigh. "I didn’t bring my phone."

"Well, whose phone are you using now?"

I looked down at the device in my hand. "Lucien’s. I mean, he gave it to me. It’s mine now." Another silence followed, but this one felt different.

"You’re telling me the Lycan King gave you a phone and told you that you could call us?"

"Yes. And before you start imagining the worst, I’m fine. Actually, I’m more than fine. I’m out of the dungeon, and I’ve been given a room in the guest building, and you won’t believe..."

"Hold on. He sent you to a fucking dungeon?" I heard movement on her end, followed by her yelling for Toby and Tessa to come over. "I’m putting you on speaker because I’m not explaining this crazy shit twice."

Within seconds, familiar voices crowded around the phone.

Tessa sounded genuinely relieved to hear me, while Toby immediately demanded to know whether anyone had hurt me. I smiled as I listened to them talking over one another, and for a few moments, it almost felt like I was back at YaRa with all three of them surrounding me.

"Guys, calm down. Nobody hurt me," I assured them when they finally gave me a chance to speak.

God, I missed them. The realization took some of the amusement out of me. I stared at the ceiling while they continued asking questions.

I told them enough to stop them from worrying. When I explained what the king wanted in return, Maya went silent. "So... he wants you to help find whoever helped Victor kill his sister, and in exchange he’s promising you your freedom? I don’t believe it. It’s too good to be true. Ara, listen to yourself." The playfulness had disappeared from her voice. "He brings you back after three years, locks you up, then suddenly offers you freedom, a nice room, and a phone? Doesn’t that sound a little too convenient?"

I sat up and tucked one leg beneath me. "You think he has some hidden agenda."

"I absolutely think he has a hidden agenda," Maya replied without hesitation. "And before you call me paranoid, remember who we’re talking about. He’s a King, Ara. Men like him don’t bring someone back after three years just because they need a little help solving a mystery."

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