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The Hidden Luna Queen (Maeve and Xaden) novel Chapter 51

Chapter 51 

MAEVE POV 

All of the white, hot fury that possessed my body vanished the moment I had unleashed the burdens of my mind onto the Alpha King At first, all I felt was weightless, sweet relief upon having said everything I needed so desperately to say

But then I suddenly found myself freed from the control of that vengeful, restless spirit

And now, I was awake, forced to deal with the aftermath of my rash actions

What the hell have I done? I thought, horrified. This is not like me

Alpha King Arlan’s green eyes gleamed with something dark. You have some gall, little pup,” he muttered. Though, I am not sure if it was courage or foolishness that inspired you to speak to me with such crass.” 

He took one step toward me and I recoiled with a sharp flinch, fearing he wanted to strike me for talking back. In the blink of an eye. Xaden bravely planted himself in front of me, still holding onto me with a strong, comforting handall in an attempt to shield me from his father’s menacing figure

My body was wracked with tremors, terrified of what might happen

Please don’t let the Alpha King hurt Xaden because of me

Queen Leonora, however, was quick to intervene. “Dear.. it has been a long day, and the night draws near,she said, wrapping her arm around his. Her gentle, beseeching touch seemed to have soothed him in some way. This is a matter for another time 

After a tense moment, he finally spoke up once more

Due to the special circumstances of the evening. I’ll allow that little mishap of yours to slide,King Arlan drawled, looming closer to me with slow, foreboding steps that threatened to send me cowering in a corner, but make no mistake, I will not be so forgiving a second time. It would do you well to remember your place in the future.” 

My place… 

The words hit me in the chest with a thud. I knew better than anyone where I stood in the chain of command

What happened tonight was a mere anomaly, I wanted to hope. Much stress culminated from this banquet, and my reaction was simply an unfortunate release of all the stress I had accumulated. Deep down, however, I knew that all of this could have been prevented. and something inside me chose to throw all caution to the wind

Regardless, I could not afford to let this happen again

Gulping, I lowered my head. YYes, Your Majesty.” 

He stopped mere inches away from me, so close that I could practically smell his disdain. You may be my son’s intended.. and you may have him wrapped around your dainty little finger, but you are still just a child,” he hissed, peering down at me like I was linle more than a pebble under his shor, uncaring that his son could hear every word. And children do not dictate the ways of the adult world. Just obry, and everything will happen as planned.” 

This was his warning to me

Noit was a promise. If I learned what I needed to and respected the king’s rules, then we wouldn’t have any problems

Father- 

And you, Xaden-The harsh, sudden addressal made Xaden stiffen beside me. Learn to take control of your woman,” he leered, looking me up and down. Such behavior from your future Lana will only cause problems.” 

I felt his hand tremble around my arin, which unnerved me. Did he fear his father.. or was it what his father said

Xaden said nothing in response, however, only staring back at him with full intensity

With a passing glare in my direction, Alpha King Arlan briskly stormed off, followed by a worried Luna Queen Leonora and smug- looking labelle, leaving the two of us braced together in the hallway. As if stuck in a trance, we walked back to the car in total, baffled silence, processing the events of the evening- 

Even in the car, it took the longest time for one of us to even muster the energy to speak

Chapter 37 

Stunned, Xaden let out a breath, rubbing a hand over his mouth. Maeve what happened in there?he asked, sounding at a loss

1I don’t know.I stammered as I picked at my hands, overwhelmed with shame and panic. I don’t know where all of that came from. I swear, I didn’t mean to blow up at your father like thatit just came out, and I couldn’t stop

Screaming at the Alpha King was the absolute last thing I had thought to achieve tonight, least of all at any point in my life. I had wanted to show the utmost respect and humility that I could in his presence. Not only was he Xaden’s father, but he was the most powerful man in the entire kingdomif he wanted to, he could do away with me at any given moment

Butsomething had happened to me when I saw Eric sit there while his older brother said those awful things

While his father did nothing to stop it

All of a sudden, I was back in that nightmare of a house I grew up in. I had found myself sitting in Eric’s place, with Sarah and Victoria hurling their insults at me instead of Prince Henry And where King Arlan sat, I saw Alpha Burton blissfully minding his own business, turning a blind eye and deaf ear to what was happening in his house

I saw my father staring back at me through those green apathetic eyer 

And something in me snapped

I couldn’t just pay witness to all of that and pretend it never happened. Not when I had dreamed for years that someone would defend me the way I did tonight. It wasn’t right that I had to stand up to the king in the first place… 

But I didn’t regret standing up for Eric

Xaden continued. Those things you said I could understand talking back to Isabelle, but.. for you to talk like that to my father, of all prople, too.He turned to gape at me. I’ve never seen such a side to you before.” 

Iblanched, suddenly feeling horrified. In daring to insult the alpha king, there was a great likelihood that I insulted Xaden in the process too Familial issues aside, they were still father and son, and I very possibly showed him a new side of me that he did not approve of 

Xaden, 1-1- 

And then, in a split second, he was kissing me with passionate fervor in the backseat of the car, taking me by complete surprise. I was righthe purred against my mouth, full of adoration, I just knew you’d blow us all away tonight” 

YYou’r 

re not mad?” 

Mad?he repeated incredulously with a wicked grin, licking his lips. What you did was the most fearless thing I’ve ever seen anyone do. Only my mother would dare to confront him with such burning tenacity and not give a damn about the repercussions. It was about time someone else did.” 

This fearless image he seemed to luve of me couldn’t have been farther from the truth. I was not proud of myself, by any means. It was merely the reaction of a girl who was at the end of her rope

I was not brave like Xaden. I was a coward lost in a moment of stupidity and weakness

BBut what if he forces us to call off our mating ceremony because of it?” 

Let him try,he declared. “I have every intention of making you mine.His unwavering determination, admittedly, did little to appease me. I wanted so badly to believe him, but in the end, he was powerless against his father’s almighty will

My fate rested in the Alpha King’s unforgiving hands tonight

And my odds were not looking good 

THIRD PERSON POV 

An outofbreath Isabelle tried her best to keep up with the long strides of Alpha King Arlan, whose outrage bounced off the walls of the palace walls. Your Majesty!she gasped, maintaining a respectabile distance. Tin utterly appalled at my fellow Luna Princess’s beluavior tonight!” 

That Arlan could quite agree with. No one dared to talk back to him like th 

No one

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