The Alpha King's Hated Slave novel Chapter 37

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Danika renewed her struggles. "Holy h-heavens...! No, he'll k-kill Sally...Baski, he'll kill h-her! I can't let that happen! I'll n-never be able to bear it!"

As she struggled and cried and struggled the more. Sally started screaming again, and this time it sounded....more agonizing.

With each scream, Danika cried louder and struggled against Baski until the woman finally freed her or risk getting seriously hurt.

"Danika! No!" She cried.

Danika was beyond hearing, her heart was breaking in her chest. With each scream coming from the Royal Court, a little piece of her heart dies a little more inside.

She dragged the doorknob and swung the door as open as she could get it, which isn't much but it'll do because she can pass through the narrow way.

She took a first step in, only to collide into a hard wall.

No. Not a wall. A man. A man who suddenly filled the doorway.

Danika raised her red teary eyes to stare into the hard face of King Lucien. His eyes wasn't so cold. It was filled with rage...and underlying pain and sadness.

It's that same look on his face when he remembers his dead family....or his time in slavery.

Baski's eyes widened in shock and she lowered her head to the ground. There's trouble, she thought deep within herself.

Danika didn't care that the king just found her out. Found out the atrocity she's committed, swapping roles with Sally. It wasn't what she was thinking about at all.

Instead, her face crumbled and sobs after sobs racked her throat. "He's g-going to...kill her... I need to g-get to her....!"

He didn't leave the doorway. Instead, he stared down at her red wet face and swollen eyes.

When he spoke, his voice was hard. "You can't go in there, Danika. All her sacrifices will be in vain. She will be executed and you will go through the same thing she tried to prevent."

Tears spewed down her eyes in waves and she lowered her head in defeat and bone-deep fear. Sally screamed in loud excruciating voice and she jerked like she's been slapped.

Her body trembled visibly, she shook her head miserably.

Music, Talking. laughing and cheering. Screams. More scream. Danika cried earnestly.

When the next scream came, it rose to a pitch and then, suddenly it cut off.

Danika's heart summersaulted in her chest and her head snapped up. Wide red teary eyes filled with horror met the King's own.

"What happened!? What h-happened....!?" She cried.

The only answer she got was an answer she'd never have expected to get from him. Even Baski never expected it, because even though his eyes were raging, his face was the same unreadable mask.

He used one hand to coax her into his body and he wrapped both hands around her. His long kingly cloak-like garment wrapped around her smaller form, shielding her completely from human eyes....from the evil that's happening behind him.

Shock quickly worked it's way past fear and horror at his gesture, Danika's head cushioned on his chest, the scent of his garment surrounding her, she stood stunned. Only for a second.