This time, Aria pushed Iris down from the higher platform and let them see her mark for themselves, so they would know that she didn’t lie and the mark was real.
It didn’t take long before they confirmed that the mark was legit and after that, they were enraged. The alpha had marked her and the mark had healed, which meant he had done it at least a week before!
“How dare you to seduce the alpha!”
“You bitch!”
“You should have died along with your father!”
“Go die!”
They were too riled up to think clearly, anger had blinded them and all they could hear was Aria’s voice, reiterating about the agony that they tried to bury deep in their hearts, trying to leave it on the backs of their minds.
But right now, the old wounds were reopened and the bitterness returned like a strong wave.
“We need to help the alpha!” Aria shouted again. “The alpha will not be able to kill his own mate! But, if she died, it is not our alpha’s responsibility! It will not weigh over his conscience!”
They were stunned to hear that, because at first, they couldn’t kill Iris since the alpha ordered them not to, but more so now, when she was his mate.
Yet, the more they heard what Aria said, the more they realized it would help free their alpha from his guilty conscience. Who would want to have Iris as his mate? Who would want to have her as the luna?!
Meanwhile, Aria shot the guard that came with her a meaningful look, as he sprang to his feet and started speaking.
“Why don’t we give her a taste of what her father had done to us?” He rushed toward the crowd and tore Iris’ dress.
“No! Don’t touch me!” Iris screamed, she bent her body to cover her chest.
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Hanna rushed toward the dungeon, the backyard, the kitchen, the halls or anywhere that she could think of, but she still couldn’t find Iris or Aria.
Hanna asked around if there was someone who saw Iris or Aria, but no one could give her the answer. They didn’t have any idea. Hanna even asked Dalia and Bian, but both of them feigned ignorance.
In the end, she could only ask for help from one person… Hanna immediately rushed toward the alpha’s chamber and met with the two guards there.
“Can I see the alpha? I promise it will not take long. This is an urgent matter,” Hanna begged them. She was a mess, as she cried so hard.
Both guards looked regretful. “I am sorry, Hanna, but the alpha said he didn’t want to be disturbed. Healer Grace just left and she said to let him rest.”
“No, this is very important.” Hanna shook her head. “I need to talk to him.”
“We can’t do that, Hanna. You can come back tomorrow.”
Tomorrow? Iris would be a corpse by then if she had to wait until tomorrow!
Because Hanna thought there was no way she could talk to the alpha directly, she started to pound her small fists against the door, which made the two guards grow alarmed. One of them immediately held both of her hands, so she would stop pounding the door.
But, it didn’t mean Hanna couldn’t shout. “Please, alpha, please save my missy, the mistress took her away! Please alpha! ALPHA CANE!.” Hanna tried so hard not to cry, because she needed to make the alpha hear her voice clearly. “ALPHA CANE, PLEASE SAVE HER!”
Hanna fought the two guards that tried to stop her, she was so close to shifting into her beast, which meant, she would fight them if she had to and she didn’t care if she would be punished after that.
She couldn’t give up now when Iris’ life was in danger. She didn’t know what Aria would do to her, but for sure, it wouldn’t be something good.
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Queen Della met with Aderan again for one last time, since they would be separated tomorrow. They met in the same library as before, but this time, Aderan came first and made sure there was no one there.
He didn’t want to be caught twice by Iris.
“Aderan…” Queen Della immediately rushed toward him and kissed him passionately. She started to grind her body against him, but he only chuckled and didn’t do anything, which she took as him teasing her.
“How’s your day?” Aderan started, he caressed her back and kissed her neck. The sight of the king’s mark on her neck upset him, but he didn’t want to be bothered by that now.
But still, in response, he kissed her more aggressively and pulled her nipple harder, which made her cry his name out and chuckle because she knew why he had this sudden attitude.
In return, Della slipped her hand inside his pants and started to rub him. She flicked the tip of his phallus and he hissed in her ear. He was unable to control himself.
“It is annoying,” Della confessed, as she moaned when Aderan took her nipple into his mouth. “Aeon took three slaves into our bedroom, I will stay in a different bedroom. I don’t want to lay on the same bed as the slaves.”
Aderan released her nipple with a pop. “I am a slave.” He pointed out, but then queen Della stopped him from kissing her collarbone and cupped his face between her palms.
“You are my mate. My destined mate. Don’t ever say that,” she warned him.
“I really want to put my mark on you…” Aderan sighed deeply, knowing he couldn’t do that.
It was a bitter situation for both of them.
Aderan met with the queen the day his slavery started, which meant the king was also in the Blue Moon pack when alpha Gerald turned them into slaves.
It was not clear what the king’s role was in this whole ordeal, but he was not innocent in any of this, as he chose to turn a blind eye to their misery.
Only after more than ten years could Aderan meet with queen Della again. They thought the spark would no longer be there, but as it seemed, the bond that had not actually gotten a chance to grow was still there.
With one look, both of them knew they wanted the same thing, but it was a little bit complicated for Aderan, because he was the alpha’s personal guard before he was the mate of the queen.
The mark on her neck was something that kept reminding him that she was not the woman for him, yet he had not gotten a chance to break it off, or rather he didn’t want to. It would be fine if they met occasionally in secret like this.
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