The Alpha King's Claim novel Chapter 21

The Alpha King’s Claim chapter 21 by desirenovel

Serena

The…other side of the story? I was taken aback. “What do you mean?” I tried to control my voice from choking and my mind from any wandering thoughts. Following the actions of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, I left my face blank of any emotion. Through this, I’d be unreadable in his eyes.

He walked past me, encircling me as he went on.

“Since the moment you claimed you were the Phanteon Queen, I had wondered why you were in the human world. Werewolves have been known to be quite loyal to their realm. They prefer to be in their territory together with their packs.”

I raised my chin up as if I had a ready answer to give. However, truth be told, I didn’t have an alibi at all. God help me.

“Also, I have known Aero to be quite hateful of women,” he continued. Commonsense told me where he was going with his words and so my hands started to tremble.

He couldn’t have known! It was impossible!

“That said, I’m thinking of four possible reasons: One, your wolf husband decided to stay in the human world for your honeymoon.”

I almost choked. Honeymoon, yes, if the sun breaks into two.

“—which for me is highly unlikely,” he added, grinning. “As I said, werewolves prefer to be in their territory.”

I remembered Phanteon and how majestic the place was. It wouldn’t have been that bad to stay there for a honeymoon if I only married the right man.

“Two,” he continued, stopping to face me, “you were sent there for a mission—which again is unlikely.”

His eyes turned dark and lust-filled as he gave me a once-over.

“Even I wouldn’t want to let you leave my bed or my castle. No mission is more important than a new wife, especially when she’s a horny one.”

My cheeks heated.

“I could sense your heat you know. Wolves are known to get crazy over it. Aero would have taken advantage of it, so again the question, why are you in the human world?”

I felt my mouth dry up. Still, I couldn’t form an alibi. This vampire master must be muddling up my brain with his powers if he had one.

Then, he circled me once more.

This wasn’t a negotiation anymore. This was more like an interrogation.

“Three, your husband rejected you simply because you’re a woman and that your marriage is a fake just to save his throne.”

This time, my blood ran cold. Fuck, he was spot on.

“His hatred of women is known far and wide, so to find out he had already married and so fast at that makes me suspicious. Maybe the council decided to put a blind eye to it. Maybe they are that desperate to have him wedded fake or not…or maybe they saw the wedding as real because of those marks that had appeared on your wrists.”

I hissed inwardly. This mark again…

“Lastly, four, you are really a human and you returned to your world after fooling the rest of the werewolf population of your so-called marriage. That in turn begs the question, how were you able to hop in and out of Phanteon?”

“Think however you want,” I answered, choosing to ignore his crafty words, “what I want to talk to you about is our freedom. I want you to bring us back to Earth now.”

He grinned again and shook his head.

“Oh, no, no. I simply can’t do that. I purchased you after all just to know the truth. To have you returned to your realm beats my purpose.”

“Then, release all those women!” For the life of me, I couldn’t hold on to my anger. I didn’t care if he was some master of a grand castle or a fucked up vampire king. I wouldn’t stand at such abuse. “If you don’t want to free me because of that stupid curiosity, then just release them!”

He sighed and returned to his earlier spot near the balustrade.