The Alpha King's Claim novel Chapter 69

The Alpha King’s Claim chapter 69 by desirenovel

Aero

“Brother!” Elijah’s voice boomed across the receiving room the moment I heard the main door swung open. I already knew he’d be visiting me this early morning after my show of possessiveness last night. He was either happy that I got hitched for real or angry that I didn’t tell him sooner. I was curious to know which reaction he’d show.

Finishing up the buttons of my coat, I stepped outside my bedroom and faced him.

“Hey, what I saw last night, that was real right?” he asked in a hurry, his face completely curious.

My mouth curved into a small smile.

“Keep your voice down, Serena is still asleep,” I replied.

Slowly, he stretched his head and looked past me to the double doors I had intentionally left open.

“Ha! I knew it!” he exclaimed in a joyful tone. “I knew you’re going to surrender.”

Then, he gave me a smirk, one that was really vexing.

“And you’ve come here to gloat,” I stated, sighing. “Couldn’t you wait for me in the throne room?”

“Erm, I apologize, but I can’t brother.” He followed me when I strode towards the main door. “I’m feeling over the moon since last night. I needed your confirmation, but seeing Serena sharing your bed—that made it official.”

As brothers, any changes of the heart could have been easily sensed by the other, but I hid mine so well. I was privy to my emotions and he understood that.

“So, now that you both consummated your marriage, what happens to the agreement then?” he asked, walking beside me along the hallway going to the throne room.

“It’s void,” was my swift answer.

“Okay, good, then that means she’ll stay?”

“Yes, indefinitely.”

“Why’s that?” his brows furrowed quickly. “You’re subtly telling me she could still return to Earth anytime. You’re supposed to answer that she’ll stay for good.”

I wanted to fill in the gap, but I also was curious to see if he’d notice.

“Wait, you haven’t marked her yet?” he asked, blocking suddenly my path.

There.

I gave him a blank expression in response. Hell, I wanted to last night, so much so that my wolf and lycan sides were clawing to the surface, howling and getting aggressive by the minute Serena and I were together. Now that I had fully recognized my feelings for her, I realized my beasts had long ago wanted to mark her. I was just stupid enough to keep a blind eye to it.

“You should mark her!” Elijah shouted, knotting his brows further. “If you did, then all this discussion about returning to Earth will end!”

“Elijah, I prefer not to be hasty,” I stated, walking past him with still a blank expression on my face.

“You love her, don’t you? Don’t deny it. I could see it in the way you kissed her last night.”

I released a deep sigh.

“I wasn’t going to.”

“Had you told her you love her?” he continued, returning to my left.

“Not yet.”

I gritted my teeth. Not until she loves me too. I didn’t want to force her into loving me, a beast-man. She had to learn and discover it for herself. I was ready to restrain myself, ready to accept all the struggles that lay ahead just for this.

“Hmm, you really are just a baby in terms of starting a relationship,” Elijah mused whilst shaking his head.

I frowned at him.

“This is my first relationship, what else should you expect?”

“Yes, point taken, but a word of caution, you got yourself a good competition.”

I knew exactly who he was talking about and I couldn’t help but laugh blandly.

“It’s not a competition if Serena doesn’t like vampires, or Hale specifically,” I voiced out.

He nodded at my statement, but still sported this calculating expression on his face.

“I agree, but he could still steal her away from you and do those kinds of vampire shit towards her, willingly or not,” he remarked.

Somehow, this affected me. Thinking about Serena in Hale’s arms, beguiled and under his spell—it made my stomach lurch.

“I’ll die first before that happens,” I growled.

But in the midst of my heightened emotion, Elijah just remained cool and was even grinning at me.

“Aw, you really have changed, brother. I’m happy you finally see how much a woman is worth,” he said.

Dying for a woman? I scorned, spit, and mocked on that idea in the past. Never in my life had I thought I would be willing to do that for a woman.

Now, I guess, my views had changed and all because of Serena.

“Uhh…” I mustered up the courage to speak, but suddenly, a shadow appeared on my left.

“Excuse me for the intrusion.”

Glancing at the source of the female voice, I realized it was Rhea.

“May I speak with you, Your Majesty, in private?” she asked, her attention fixed to the king. She didn’t even care to give me a glance or a smile on my way. She looked uneasy and rather shifty, definitely unlike her usual self.

I wanted to ask if she was okay, but Aero stood up from his seat, interrupting me.

“Continue with your meals, Serena,” was his stern reply and this, he did without hesitation.

Again, my heart sunk.

“Okay,” I answered, but truth be told, I didn’t have an appetite anymore.

When they left to who-knows-where, I counted to fifty before leaving the table. Going straight to my room, I decided to take a shower and hoped that maybe all these negative thoughts swimming my head would be washed away. I didn’t want to think about it, but the idea that Aero was indeed displeased with my answer last night had battered my consciousness.

I couldn’t also piece out what was wrong with that female servant, Rhea, and Aero. Why the damn secrecy?

However, again, I want to be optimistic. Maybe…it was kingdom-related. Aero hadn’t really allowed me to get involved in most of the problems in the kingdom.

Then again, still, this secrecy was pulling me down. I had to know. I had to ask him straight to the point whatever it was they were hiding from me.

So, after changing into my white chemise, I decided to stay inside Aero’s chamber and wait for him there.

Like always, I confidently strode towards his chamber, acting at home and relaxed. His receiving room’s fireplace was unlit and even the chandelier was unlit just like the usual. However, this time, before I could open the bedroom door, I noticed a faint glow of something inside a glass cabinet.

Furrowing my brows, I neared it and found that the faint greenish-violet glow came from the fist-sized stone included in his collection. Ehnrelil—it said in the label below it and this time, I understood what this word meant. It was the origin of the stone.

I stared at it for a few minutes, weirdly feeling calm and satisfied. There was something about the stone that attracted me so. Something that captured my consciousness. For a moment, I was tempted to open the casing and touch it, but then, a very loud, very erotic voice of a woman caught my attention and it came from no less than Aero’s bedroom.

Instantly, a wave of chill ran down my fingers and toes. My heartbeat immediately sped. My pulse increased.

I didn’t want to believe that that sexual sound surfaced from the same place where Aero and I always make love. I wanted to unhear it. I wanted to deny what I was hearing, but I knew the sound was real. As real as the dread I was feeling.

My attraction to the stone was gone in a snap and was replaced with the need to open the double doors of Aero’s bedroom. With my lips trembling, I slowly twisted the knob open and to my great surprise, Aero’s nakedness greeted me—his face a picture of ecstasy as his hips thrust wildly against a woman’s ass.

But no, it wasn’t just a woman.

It was Rhea.