MATED TO THE VAMPIRE KING SON novel Chapter 85

MATED TO THE VAMPIRE KING SON

Chapter 85

Freda’s POV

“Why didn’t you say anything when Beta Gerald challenged Damien

to a fight, knowing full well he could be killed?”

I said to my father when we finally got the chance to talk.

“Gerald is nothing but a fool who was bound to get himself killed one

way or another. I thought it wouldn’t be a crime to end up in the same

place his brother went. You stopped it

He looked at me with an expression I’d never seen before. Was that

pride? Was it astonishing? What was it?

“I was lucky Damien listened to me. It would have been a different

story if he hadn’t.”

I sighed. My legs were hurting from standing all day. I was tired, and I

needed to just disappear to a place where I could finally rest. All the drama from the past few days weighed on me. My father had

questioned me yesterday about what happened to Lily. I’d told him what Lily did but somehow had to sugarcoat what Damien did to her. I had no idea why I was protecting him.

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“Well then, it’s a good thing he did.” He paused. “Sorry I couldn’t get

Kara to come. Not everyone can be here, and I know how much you

miss her.”

“Should have dropped Lily for her,” I muttered under my breath, but

he heard me.

“Kara is not blood, Freda-”

“But she’s family.” I replied. “Everybody who came with you wants to

either have my head taken off or blame me for something I didn’t do.

Nobody likes me.”

My voice broke. I couldn’t look at him, so I stared at my fingers. We

were standing by the hallway close to where Damien was holding his meeting with the nobles. I’d intended to join the meeting, but I had

to speak to my father first.

My father sighed. He didn’t come close to me or try to comfort me

because he knew this was all his fault. It was his fault I never got to

live normally. It was his fault I was trapped in a life I didn’t want.

“The coronation ceremony approaches faster as we speak. I’ve made

plans and understood the layout of this castle. I’m familiar with the

outside, beyond these walls. You, on the other hand, should know by

now the inner workings of this castle.”

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He leaned closer like he didn’t want anyone listening. “We need to

know the arrangements for that day. We need to make sure everyone

is too busy to notice you. And we need someone to do this with you. I

haven’t decided, but if you know someone you can trust, let me know

immédiately. Time is not on our side.”

When he mentioned someone I could trust, my mind instinctively

went to Christie. She was the only person in the castle I trusted. But

that was a lie. She wasn’t the only person I trusted. If I told Damien I

wanted to leave, would he let me leave? Would he understand my

need for freedom? I highly doubted that.

“I could just do this on my own. I don’t know anybody in the castle

who will run away with me.”

I wasn’t putting Christie in danger if the plan failed and we got

caught.

“You can, but what we need is security Don’t forget, you shall be

crowned that day. You become a valuable asset, and you need

someone watching your back. I wish I could be this person myself,

but…”

His words got drowned in my head as I stared behind him at the figure walking angrily toward our direction. It was Damien, and he

was upset.

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“Are you with me?” I heard my dad say.

I nodded. Lies. I wasn’t with him. My focus was on Damien. He hadn’t

seen me, but as soon as his eyes landed on me, the mood shifted, and

the air sizzled. I couldn’t tell if it was in my head or if even my father

could notice the sudden change in the air.

This man was mine, I thought to myself as I stared openly at him.

He reached me and, with one arm, pushed my body close to his. His

arm went around my waist, holding me in a tight grip as he bent his

head to take my lips in a kiss.

My father was forgotten.

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I kissed him back, pressing my chest to his. My hands left my sides to

reach his neck, but before I could wrap them around him, we were

torn apart. Damien was shoved to the wall by my father, and my eyes

flew wide open.

“Father! What are you doing?!”

Damien got up from the floor and shoved my father to the wall,

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