Chapter 0028
[Evelyn’s POVI
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.
Can’t
“Oh, please. That has to be a fake!” she hissed. “Alexander, you know that I would never go against your orders.
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 feat.
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, I 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.
Now that the issue at hand had been dealt with, I too was eager to leave the camps and head back to the house. Yer 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.”
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Talk?
1 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 lofuriating 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 th
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 Thad 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 believe it was her spirit that was broken.”
Although I had never admitted it out loud, a large part of myself blamed the Alpha King for the ruin of mother’s health. I tried to hide the malice in my voice as 1 spoke.
my
LI
“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.
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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?”
