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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.”

realized I’d been holding a bit longer than

leaned back away and looked at me a bit surprised. “Alpha, are you okay? You seemed

“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 her

Jake cleared his throat, not meeting my gaze, “she didn’t faint. You

figured out that I meant

was smarter than I’d thought

one of them, and when I went to check on her, she was… she was

My eyes widened in shock. Linus was my

knew my displeasure was clearly written on my face,

concluded, “That’s right. She got along with all of the animals quite well. Since she completed the task

being scared to death by my friends, she’d had a grand

“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 she likes animals? Good, she can

attempt at finding you a wife, right? I worry that if the king finds

heard what I

his head. “Yes, Alpha.

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* Ciana*

the sun as 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 con cede that he liked me, but he was still keeping

I were already good friends. I’d grown up acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so this menagerie was perfect

after they’d had their slabs

new assignment might be terrifying. They probably would’ve assumed that the uncaged animals would

three years, I’d much rather spend my time with these wild creatures than the one that occupied the wing where I’d witnessed a slaugh ter just a

it out to the courtyard where the animals lived. That was the only

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

to the zoo. My stomach turned even more at the sight of Sophia

the pathway, staring

who were from smaller packs, flocking around Sophia like she was already the queen and they wanted to ensure her favor. They might as well have bent

were standing, so I heard their nasty

into his room early in the morning and have her

She wasn’t worth my time. Instead, I

to be eaten by the wild beasts… not

want to cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating without doing anything about it. But before I was able to say anything, a cor dial voice rang out

“Pardon me?”

and 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

Sophia said, and all of

that effort. “Listen, I don’t know why you think it’s becoming of a young lady of your standing to waste her time name calling out and poking fun at

Sophia and the other

business before I find some chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the area, and all of the

for a moment, wanting to thank him but unable to find my voice.

really who I had been looking for? One way

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