- Chapter 28
- [Evelyn’s POV]
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- For a brief moment, Alexander and I had fallen into a silent world of our own. Upon my showing him the necklace that once
- belonged to my mother, he’d become captivated with its same intricate detail and craftsmanship as the one that belonged to him.
- All the earlier tension between the two of us had melted away within seconds. He silently held out his hand, as though he were
- asking permission to get a closer look at my mother’s necklace. Carefully, I placed it in his free hand.
- He spoke so softly that I nearly missed his words. “How is this possible?”
- I could have sworn that I saw the corners of his mouth curve upward into a wondrous smile. It gave me a spark of pride, knowing
- that I was the one who gave him that feeling.
- There wasn’t a single ounce of doubt in his expression when it came to my side of the story. However, Fiona was desperately
- trying to grasp at whatever angle of the situation she could.
- “Oh, please. That has to be a fake!” she hissed. “Alexander, you know that I would never go against your orders. Can’t you see that this girl is nothing but a scheming bitch that’s only after your wealth and status? Alexander, please, you have to listen-”
- “Enough!!” Alexander snarled viciously.
- Fiona went completely stiff where she stood. Her eyes were wide and her face was mirrored with looks of uncertain fear.
- Alexander calmly placed the necklace back in the box. “Thank you, Evelyn,” he said quietly.
- I took that as my cue to put away my mother’s necklace and take a good few steps back. Alexander pushed himself forward in his
- wheelchair until he’d crossed the room to stare back at Fiona.
- Considering I’d been on the receiving end of that unsettling glare, I knew precisely what she was feeling. It was truly frightening. And knowing that she had been caught in the middle of her grand lie, she didn’t really have a way out of it.
- “I don’t know why the two of you have gone out of your way to cause such trouble for Evelyn,” he started. “But I’m telling, right
- now, that it’s not going without consequences.
- Fiona’s complexion grew intensely pale. “Alexander, you can’t seriously believe her. She’s nothing more than a wild—”
- Alexander spoke through clenched teeth. “Fiona. I’m suspending you from entering these grounds for one month.”
- Her bottom lip trembled in anguish. “B–But-”
- “One month,” he snarled. “You’re to return to your own pack. Consider yourself lucky. If your role wasn’t so vital to this pack, 1
- would have made the punishment for your little scheme ten times worse. I don’t want to see you anywhere near here.
- Understand?“!
- Tears filled her eyes. Fiona turned on her heels without so much as another word and ran out.
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- Now that the issue at hand had been dealt with, I too was eager to leave the camps and head back to the house. Yet the second I
- started to make my way toward the door, Alexander spoke out.
- “Wait,” he said. My whole body went still. “Stay. I think we should talk.”
- Talk?
- I awkwardly spotted an empty chair nearby and pulled it over to Alexander. I felt a tad bit sheepish, after everything that had just
- happened.
- “It’s been gradually occurring to me that we may have more in common with one another than we thought,” he said.
- “Are you referring to the fact that we both happen to have infuriating Stepmothers who have a knack for meddling in matters
- that don’t pertain to them?”
- Alexander snorted. “That’s putting things lightly. But, yes.”
- I let out a long breath and sagged back into the chair. “You have no idea how shocked I was when you pulled out that necklace
- from that box before.”
- “No more surprised than I was,” he professed. “The necklace that I have once belonged to my mother. From what I can
- remember her telling me about the piece, the craftsman who designed it originated from the Southeast.”
- As it turned out, both of our mothers had originally come from packs in the Southeast. However, I was quick to notice the energy
- in the room shift with small waves of growing tension when he began talking about the Alpha King’s obsessive need for control.
- “He’d purposely taken over both packs. He claimed that the Southeastern packs were run by Alphas who didn’t know what they
- were doing. But, I knew it was really because those Alphas were too good at their jobs and it made the King feel threatened.”
- He was by no means wrong about his opinion on the matter. The Alpha King was cruel. He used his fear of losing power to justify
- his actions. As it turned out, our mothers both lost many relatives and loved ones against the King’s soldiers. Those who
- managed to escape the takeover were hunted ruthlessly and were formerly known as rogues.
- “Afterward, the Alpha King established a vacation place in that area, and some speculated that the beautiful lands had been
- annexed for his living place there, but that was just a rumor that faded after a while,” he explained
- Apparently, in the Southeast region, there were similar customs among those packs, with people fond of weaving jewelry.
- “So, I take it that Aquamarine was a gemstone that all the women in Alpha families wore?” I asked.
- He gave me a gentle smile and nodded his head.
- I would have never thought I would share one of the best conversations about my mother and her heritage with someone like Alexander. He was able to tell me things that I had never even known about her. Unfortunately, as the enthusiasm and excitement
- died down, there too came the sad reality.
- “My mother died due to the family’s downfall,” I admitted. “Many people had claimed that it was because she was severely struggling with postpartum depression after she had me and my brother. But, I always had a feeling that it was more than that. I
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- believe it was her spirit that was broken.”
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- Although I had never admitted it out loud, a large part of myself blamed the Alpha King for the ruin of my mother’s health. I tried
- to hide the malice in my voice as I spoke.
- “Between you and me, I dislike the Alpha King for reasons that the rest of my family never understood. If someone like you were
- to openly go against the King and replace him. I’d say, you have my full support.”
- “My, my. That’s quite the rebellious remark,” he chuckled. “…I hate him too.”
- My heart rate picked up in my chest. I was shocked that Alexander was willing to admit something so personal to me.
- Considering the man had me held at gunpoint twice now.
- “My army is what I’ve been preparing to fight him.”
- My lips parted in shock. Right as I was going to speak, Oliver came through the door.
- “Sir, the soldiers are ready for their military review,” he said.
- I took that as my silent signal to head back to the house; however, Alexander stopped me by reaching out for my hand. My heart.
- jumped into my throat.
- “Hold on,” he said. Once more, I stopped. “Would you want to see my soldiers?”
Alpha’s Arranged Chapter 28
Alpha’s Arranged Chapter 28
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Alpha’s Arranged English Novel
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