Surrogate for the Alpha Prince in a Coma novel Chapter 317

Chapter 317

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Mom’s going to be so happy that you are okay,” she said. “She only took over the throne because she thought you were dead.”

“Josie,” I said.

Josephine, so innocent, looked at me like nothing at all was wrong.

“Do you know why I wanted to meet you in secret?” I asked.

She shook her head.

“I wasn’t just taken by the bears,” I said. “They had help in capturing me.”

Josie gasped. “We have to tell Mom. She’ll punish whoever -”

“She won’t,” I said. “Because she was a part of it. Her and Odette.”

Josie laughed a little like I had told a joke. When I didn’t laugh with her, she gave me an odd look. “You are joking,” she said. “You have to be joking.”

“I’m not.”

“No, she only took the throne because you were gone.”

“She wanted me out of the way so she could steal the crown, Josie. That has been her plan for a long time. She tried for a while to use Odette to manipulate me, but when that didn’t work -”

“No. I don’t believe this.”

“Josie -”

“No. She’s not like you are saying. She loves you like her own son. She wouldn’t want… she couldn’t!”

“She knows I’m not dead,” I said. “At the border, there was a checkpoint. The guards were searching for me. They called me an enemy of the crown. My being alive is a danger to her power.”

“I can’t… This isn’t real.”

“It’s a lot to take in,” I said, understanding. I was attempting to uproot her entire way of life. “I’m not asking you to do anything right now, but keep your eyes open. And, if you can, to check on Prime Beta in the dungeons.’

Josie blinked, startled again. “Prime Beta is in the dungeons?”

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