Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 228

Maximus

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Maximus was in his room for about thirty minutes, blankly staring at the floor before he finally moved. Even then, it was only to flop on his back and stare back up at ceiling.

His last twenty–four hours had been whirl wind to say the least.

Firstly, he was dating a princess. The Princess of the wolves. Maximus also seemed to deduce that Zora knew she was a princess from the moment she stepped on campus but was keeping it a secret. That didn’t quite sit right with him but he didn’t know whether to be angry or confused or what.

Secondly, she was part of a prophecy that would lead to her saving the wolves from the vampires. The imminent danger was looming close enough to the campus that they were being shipped off to some safe house in Gods knew where.

Lastly, his brother was the leader of this whole ordeal from the wolf army side. Which was… interesting to say the least. Maximus closed his hand in a fist as he remembered what his brother had pulled him aside and said.

“Your fated mate is the princess?” He’d whisper–yelled, human hand clasped around his upper arm.

“Apparently,” Maximus sneered. He shook free of his brother’s hand. “I just fucking found out too. So, don’t give me the ‘why didn’t you tell me‘ speech.”

“Gods be damned,” Wilhelm brought his hand up to run down his face. “You sure it’s her?”

“Don’t be stupid,” Max snapped. “Of course it’s fucking her. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t.”

The elder Wolfham shook his head in disbelief. “My brother, fated to the fucking Queen to be,” another shake of his head. “How fitting.”

“Will, don’t,” Maximus warned.

“Don’t what?” Wilhelm cocked his head. “Tell you how wonderful it is that my baby brother has now both the High Alpha of Wolfham title and the King Consort title? When I’ve been relegated to the fucking sidelines to play chess with the other old cunts. When I should be on the fucking field.”

Maximus shook his head. “I didn’t ask for this,”

Wilhelm turned over his shoulder and Maximus watched as his eyes started at Zora’s toes and worked their way up her body. He lingered on her waist for long enough that a growl worked it’s way up Maximus’s throat. Wilhelm turned back to his brother with a smug smirk.

“She looks good,” he mused. “You’ve been teaching her what I taught you. But I can’t help but wonder…”

He paced around Maximus before jerking his gaze back towards Zora. He and Maximus watched as she stood between Valentin and a guard, speaking with her mother. She shifted her weight between her feet in a nervous way. Wilhelm turned and brought his lips close to Maximus’s ear. He dropped his voice low.

“Didn’t you say you were helping a girl who was previously wolfless?”

Maximus slammed his jaw shut to keep himself from lashing out. Wilhelm walked back around to face his

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brother head on. His face was schooled neutral. Max knew he was about to unleash his wrath on Max. In the careful, poised way he always did.

“I bled for this world,” he said. “For this pack, our pack. When it was over, and I was left without the means to keep myself strong, they pushed me aside and they handed it to you.”

Maximus stiffened. Wilhelm’s eyes were sharp now. Violent behind the careful façade he’d built.

“Don’t make the mistake of thinking sacrifice earns you anything,” he snapped. “Power doesn’t respect loyalty. It respects what it can’t afford to lose.”

With that, the general turned away from his brother and walked back to the Queen. He gingerly touched her on the shoulder before extending his hand to Max’s fated mate. Max locked his jaw to keep from exploding

Wilhelm’s words meant nothing to him. They hadn’t since he’d lost the title of High Alpha. Yet, Max couldn’t help but linger his gaze on Zora.

Was what Wilhelm said true? Would she throw him away as soon as he was nothing new?

The thought was pinging back and forth in his skull as a sharp rapt came to his dorm room door. He shuffled across the floor and gently brought the door open, half in a daze. Standing in his doorway was none other than

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