Substitute for The Alpha King novel Chapter 6

I raked my hand through my Hair. How can I return after all this? Is that even possible for me? Staring at my reflection in the car mirror, I knew that now wasn't the right to for me to return home, there was still a lot that I had to do to make that happen.

Picking up my mobile phone, I knew that I had to do the right thing.

"I can't return now, the time has not come for me to do that, when the time is right, I will come back home and reclaim my position, but in the meantime, still keep me informed- by your Alpha" I sent the message to him aware that he will handle the rest and if anything is to go wrong, he will keep me informed as well.

When I sent the message, I slipped the phone into my pocket as I wondered if I was doing the right thing or perhaps, I should return back. However, I pushed the thought out of my head and got up from the pavement. I needed to look for her.

After what happened at the store, she had gone to the grocery store to make it up to her, and he waited for him. He paced around while waiting for her, when his eyes fell on her making her way towards him, he halted and just stared at her as she closed in on him.

What are you doing here?" She looked around, she was not sure if he was waiting for someone.

"I was waiting for you so could head back to the house"

"I did not know otherwise, I would have come a bit earlier"

"That's alright, you are not late either" Shawn cleared his throat and led the way with Hannah trailing behind her. They did not say a word to each other as they returned back home.

After Hannah prepared dinner, Shawn and Hannah went to their rooms. Though, they were already Married, they slept in different rooms. No one brought it up, it seems as if they had read each other's minds.

After a few days, it dawned on Hannah that she had not received her dowry, and she needed to go get it. At first, the last thing on her mind was telling Shawn about it, that might not be good for her since that might attract the attention of Shawn, he was a rogue and since she was a substitute bride, she was afraid of what he would do to her.

Fear engulfed her as she paced around the living room, she knew what rogues were capable of, she had heard stories of how they caused trouble for people who lied to them, and she was hiding the truth from them.

"Are you alright?" Shawn asked as he appears by the door.

"Yes, why won't I be alright?"

"You are pacing around, you only pace when you are nervous and scared"

"You paced around the other day, where you scared and nervous?"

Shawn did not think that she saw him that day he paced around while waiting for her to return so that they could head back to the house.

"None, I was bored, you were gone and I was waiting for you to return, that is another reason for you to pace around but in your case, I assume that it is not boredom as you have many books to read"

She reclined back to the seat. "Those books are ancients and I just can't handle ancient books you know"

Shawn studied the lines on her face, he sensed that she was not alright, something was amiss with her, it troubled her soul and he just knew it. Even though he sensed what might be troubling her, he doesn't expose her and just walked into the room, only to return back into the living room with a box of jewelry.

"Here, you have this"

Her jaw dropped as her eyes widened, for a moment she was left nonplussed.