The Alpha King's Claim novel Chapter 12

The Alpha King’s Claim chapter 12 by desirenovel

Serena

I wasted my time worrying about our sharing of a room when it turned out, my new husband had another plan in mind. In the middle of the celebration, I saw him leave in a hurry and this was after he called a blue-haired man, his second-in-command maybe, and conversed through whispers.

I cared less what they were talking about. Anyway, I couldn’t hear a word they said because of the noise inside the throne room. A little later after he vanished, men in lavish suits—the royal council—as far as I know, stood up and left the party.

I recognized them in a gathering I attended a day earlier with Elijah. That gathering was weird in a way. It was held in the highest mountain in the kingdom, over a stretch of grassy clearing a kilometre away from the castle. There were a lot of attendees. I say tens of thousands probably. The same as at the wedding.

I reckoned it was the population of this realm. Their appearance looked human, but I knew beneath their normal-looking eyes, a wolf was hiding. Throughout the gathering, I kept my composure intact and diverted my attention to my acting skills. Somehow, my Mass Communication course helped me converse with the council in a natural way. I was glad enough Elijah chose to educate me on their history and culture. I was able to at least ride on with the conversation because of it.

Elijah was truthful enough to tell me about the purpose of the mountain gathering. It was called Ma’tisste. He said it was their annual celebration to welcome the new moon of the year and the highlight activity was what he called ‘the howling’.

It was obvious enough what he was trying to tell me.

“Do you want to see?” he said nonchalantly.

Are you kidding me?! My mind stressed.

I looked at him and quickly shook my head. “No, thanks. Seeing people get naked and turn into a wolf is not my thing.”

He just grinned at me and then led the way to the coach.

When we were a few miles away from the mountain field, I heard the howls of the many wolves through my window. It both frightened and amazed me.

“Don’t worry,” Elijah caught my attention, “you’ll get used to it.”

“I won’t,” I replied, looking at him with grave eyes, “I’ll be out of this realm before you know it.”

He threw me a silent smile in response.

When I decided to leave the throne room thirty minutes after my husband left, six servants followed me. They were all women, thank God. Elijah wanted me to have them despite his brother’s aversion to our gender.

But I was an independent woman, so by the time we reached the so-called King’s chamber, I dismissed all of them. They didn’t seem to mind leaving me in a hurry. I guess there still was fear engraved in their hearts towards the King despite my marriage to him. Poor them.

Opening the double doors of the King’s chamber was easy. Walking inside the receiving room was the same. For a moment, I gaped at the details of the whole room. I had been in his sleeping chamber already, no thanks to the unknown force that brought me here so I knew the interior design of the place.

His receiving room however was another story. It was stunning. It had a collection of odd objects that were foreign to me. They were placed in glass shelves situated against the wall and were labeled with names I was clueless of except for one: Earth.