My Alpha’s Betrayal: Burning In The Flames Of His Vengeance by Moonlight Muse

69. His Strange Reaction

YILEYNA

Theon moved away smoothly, yet I didn’t miss how swiftly he had backed away from me. I almost smiled bitterly.

That was all I was to him, something to play with when night falls and darkness blankets the city… something to hide and use when he pleased. A plaything to enjoy and toss aside when he was done so the world never knew.

That is why I was done with him.

All he did was come and go as he pleased, but I couldn’t deal with it anymore. How many chances did one person deserve?

My gaze snapped to the ice on the ground, it glittered under the moonlight that seeped

through one of the tiny gaps in the walls. It was obvious it was spreading from beneath my feet

Goddess… How was I going to explain this? I turned my attention to the king, who now stepped into the cells, his hands clasped behind his back. Without his crown, he had lost his regal look, but he now looked even more menacing and dangerous. His glowing eyes were on me as if he was trying to look into my soul.

I held his gaze as he approached, but what unnerved me most was the look in them. An emotion that seemed familiar…

I could smell something mixed in with his usual scent when he stopped a foot away, and then it suddenly dawned upon me what it was.

Fear.

Why though?

The king didn’t care for me, nor did he care about Charlene’s attachment to me, so what did he fear? And it was obvious it wasn’t my abilities, as he had approached without care.

“If I say I’m not a traitor, you won’t believe me, will you?” I asked quietly.

He didn’t reply for a moment, before he tilted his head slightly.

“Leave us.” The king commanded Theon without turning towards him.

I saw the distrust in them

Theon, it was almost as

made no sense to me. But then again, he only feared another man touching me. Did he think the

I doubted that.

I was never able to read properly was Theon. His signals were so mixed

him sharply, staring at him for a moment before his gaze flicked to me. calculating before he looked back at the king. His frown vanished and a look of understanding dawned upon his handsome face as

back to me with vengeance. What if they had come to the same conclusion and realised what

Please no…

once again, as if seeing me for the first time, but what

did a once-over

What was it?

looking at me

I watched him walk away. He paused at the end of the hall, and my heart skipped a beat

Theon…

sighed heavily, I turned

he hated me… “Yileyna, where did you

a jeweller to ask about its value! You

staring at me so intensely that it was beginning to

were seeing me for the first time. He was

as he slowly

since you discovered this… ability?”

when

easier to bear as well, but you don’t need to worry; my powers

something

have nothing to worry about.”

want

realised I could be a hybrid of some sort, and so I sought out help.” 1 didn’t trust the king enough to tell him everything. “Tell me Yileyna, what kind of hybrid do you think you are?” My heart

know, Alpha.” I lied

He reached out, taking a strand of