Protect Me Alpha King novel Chapter 105

Zenith only stared at me for a moment. "You're not going to say something? Will you continue pretending that everything I said was a lie?" I asked.

She glared at me. "Who told you about everything?" Zenith asked. "It's not yet the time to tell you," she muttered under her breath, but I could hear it.

I stared at the ceiling. "You are impossible. I can't believe you."

"If I tell you the truth, you will stop me from achieving my plans."

My brows furrowed. "What plans are you talking about?"

Her lips pressed into a thin line. "N-nothing."

I inhaled deeply.

How will I continue to wait before he bares the truth?

Tristan and Zenith must be exchanging some words secretly. Perhaps the woman was silently helping the rogue. How else would he enter the palace whenever he wanted unless someone was aiding him from inside?

A shiver ran down my spine.

Will this woman become my friend or my foe? I had to be sure that I would know which side to choose.

"Please don't tell me you are planning a revolt?"

Zenith did not reply.

She was planning a revolution.

My hands felt clammy. Fighting against the kingdom was punishable by death. And the alpha king will never take the punishment lightly, regardless of his relationship with the criminal.

The alpha king was fair and just.

I touched my forehead. "Oh, Moon Goddess." When I remembered something, I looked at her. "Tell me, Zenith. Are you my sibling or not?" I asked, without stopping myself.

She inhaled a sharp intake of breath.

A yes or a no?

Why? Was it so hard to acknowledge our relationship?

No. It was not.

It was a matter of trust. She did not trust me.

Why would she when all I did was anger her?

"Are we related or not, Zenith?" I asked, growing impatient. "I've been trying to answer that. No. I did have the answer for that." I fished out something from my pocket and pulled out the portrait of Melissa and Robert. "Are they our parents?"

For a moment, Zenith's defenses crumbled as she stared at the portrait. Her eyes watered while her hands trembled as she raised them. However, she stopped mid-air.

"W-where did you get that?"

"The alpha king's record room. Tell me the truth now, Zenith."

She inhaled deeply and, after a moment, masked her emotions and was back to being a bitch.

"I do not know if you are with me or not."

I clenched my fist. "Are we sisters or not?"

She went to the balcony and looked at the overview of the surroundings.

I sauntered towards her and stood opposite her.

She had a far-away look as if she had traveled back in time.

"Seventeen years ago, I left my sister at the river when the slave hunters chased me. Hoping she would never suffer the same fate as me—an orphan and will become a slave." Her voice was sad and could break someone's heart just by listening. "I was certain Father and Mother before they took their last breath fighting for their beliefs, would also like the same. They made me promise to protect you at all costs. That we should never separate. But I broke the promise."

Zenith shivered. No. It was not from the cold. But from the painful memories of the past.

"What happened?" I whispered.

"The alpha king's people were able to locate us and kill them. They died protecting Tristan and their children."

"We are their children?" I asked.