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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.”

a breath that I’d just realized I’d been holding a bit longer than I

said. He leaned back away and looked at

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

You said that once the

was surprised. “So… she figured out that I meant to have her

than

them, and when

in shock. Linus

was clearly written on my

She got along with all of the animals quite well.

being scared to death by my friends,

“Alpha…?”

me a 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 she likes animals? Good, she can take care of them from

you do remember that she’s here to be part of your father’s attempt at finding you a

what I

Alpha. I

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* Ciana*

and I thought the last few days I’d spent bringing him his tasty meals might be

though. The other ani mals and I were already good friends. I’d grown up acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so this menagerie was perfect for me. Even the

after they’d had

be terrifying. They probably would’ve assumed that the

next three years, I’d much rather spend my time with these wild creatures than the one that occupied the

I had to make 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

most glamorous job I’d ever done, I was still much happier here than I’d

large pile of meat on the way back to the zoo. My stomach turned even more

the pathway, staring down at

Sophia like she was already the queen and they wanted to ensure her favor. They might as well

were standing, so I heard their nasty

pathetic way,” Sophia was saying in her snooty voice. “She tried to seduce the prince, sneak into his room early in the morning and have her way

wasn’t worth my time. Instead, I continued to move my bucket of food

be eaten by the wild beasts… not

turned to face her. While I didn’t want to cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating without doing anything about

“Pardon me?”

caught my breath. The morning sun radiated off of his dark hair. His dark eyes deep with concern stared down at Sophia, and I couldn’t move. All could do was stand

 Warren?” Sophia said, and all of

you think it’s becoming of a young lady of your standing to waste her time name calling out and poking fun at another young lady, but I do think it’s quite disappointing to see Al phas’ daughters

Highness…” Sophia and

I find some chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the area, and all of the girls gathered up their long skirts

but unable to find my voice. He moved closer and stopped right

for? One way or

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