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Chapter 6: My Prince Charming

*Theo*

My eyes were focused on the files in front of me, but my thoughts were elsewhere. The scent of blood lingered in my office even after the cleaners had spent hours scrubbing my office upside down, and after all the furniture was replaced.

There was a knock on the door and I looked up to see Jake standing there. I was expecting him. “Any luck tracking down the assassins?” | started with my question.

He shook his head as he crossed the room to stand in front of my desk. “Nothing yet. I’ve got a team working on it.”

I nodded. I had figured as much. “Their entrance and exit was quick… too quick.”

“I agree. I believe they knew the palace quite well. We haven’t found a single trace of them anywhere. This was defi nitely a professional job,” my Beta said.

I considered his words and found them to be in line with what I had experienced. This was a crafty enemy. Not just anyone could’ve pulled it off. “What did Father have to say about the whole thing?”

“I haven’t spoken to him about it yet. I doubt he knows.”

“Very well. Leave it to me.”

“Alpha, you want to-”

“Father doesn’t trust anyone,” I reminded him. “Even me.”

“Of course, Alpha.” He paused and then asked, “So… why did you spare the girl?”

The girl.

A streak of anger flared up inside of me thinking about her. How dare she speak to me like that?

After taking a deep breath, I replied, “If she’s smart, she won’t say a word to anyone, especially not now.” She was in the zoo, after all, and that should teach her a lesson.

“Uhm, about that.”

“Yes?” My eyes went back to Jake’s face, wondering what he wanted to say about her.

He inhaled deeply, held it for a second, and then in a timid voice not matching his girth, he replied, “I think you may have underestimated this girl.”

| raised a brow and studied him for a moment before seeking clarification. “Underestimated her how? Are you say ing she’s one of them?” That wasn’t possible, a tiny thing like her, covered in dirt….

“No, no. I’ve done a thorough background check on her. She’s definitely not one of them. That’s not what I meant, Al pha.”

“Well, then what is it, Jake?” | asked, growing more irritat ed by the second. “Unless…” | paused for a second, and frowned, “they have disobeyed my orders and actually harmed her?”

“They” meaning my animals. But how could that be possi ble? They had never done anything against my orders.

Then again, that girl just seemed to be a magnet for trou ble. What if they really…

“No, not that either.”

just realized I’d been holding a

at me a bit surprised. “Alpha,

body. “You let her out already? She fainted that quickly?” | smirked. “Good! She needs to learn. When you see her again, tell her that next time she won’t be so lucky, and that my animals would be happy to break

gaze, “she didn’t faint. You said that once the animals were all

that I meant to have her

was smarter than

them, and when I went to

widened in shock. Linus was my

was clearly written on

quite well. Since she completed

death by my friends, she’d had a grand time

“Alpha…?”

few seconds to digest this news. Eventually, I narrowed my eyes and scoffed, “Did she really think she could get out of this so easily? You said

your father’s attempt at finding you a wife, right? I worry that if the king finds out that you

what I

lowered his head. “Yes, Alpha. I will make

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* Ciana*

I gave Prince Theo’ s pet python the last of his treats. We were warming up to one another, and I thought the last few days I’d spent bringing him his tasty meals might be enough for him to finally

other ani mals and I were already good friends. I’d grown up acclimat

after they’d had their slabs of

assumed that the uncaged animals would eat them alive, but it

was going to live in the palace for the next three years, I’d much rather spend my time with

multiple trips hauling it out to the courtyard where the animals lived. That was the only complaint I had about this task-the buckets were heavy, the smell of flesh always made my stomach turn, and there was

job I’d ever done, I was still much happier here than I’d been with the group of complacent girls, listening

heard voices nearby as I was dragging a large pile of meat on the way back to the zoo. My stomach turned even more at the sight of Sophia

other end of the pathway, staring down

the queen and they wanted to ensure her favor. They might as well have bent down and

the bucket past where they were standing, so I heard their

and have her way with him, and now she’s here, picking up lion shit.” All of the girls laughed, but Sophia’s high-pitched giggle was the most grating to my

my time. Instead, I continued

de serves to be eaten by the wild beasts…

also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating without doing anything about it. But before I was able to say

“Pardon me?”

dark eyes deep with concern

and all of the girls quickly curtsied

of a young lady of your standing to waste her time name calling out and poking fun

and the

chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the area, and

unable to find my voice. He moved closer

he really who I had been looking for? One way or

the trouble,” he said in an apologetic tone, even though there was nothing he should have