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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.”

out a breath that I’d just realized I’d been

out,” Jake said. He leaned back away and looked at me a

learn. When you see her again, tell her that next time

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

I meant to have her literally

than I’d

She fed them. Every single one of them, and when I went

eyes widened in shock.

knew my displeasure was

animals quite well. Since she completed the task you as signed

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

“Alpha…?”

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?

be part of your father’s attempt at finding you a wife, right?

what I

Alpha. I

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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

I’d grown up acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so this menagerie

they’d had their

They probably would’ve assumed that the uncaged animals would eat

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

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

if it wasn’t the most glamorous job I’d ever done, I was still much happier here than I’d been with the

to the zoo. My stomach

other end of the

packs, flocking around Sophia like she was already the queen and

the bucket past where they were standing, so

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

worth my time. Instead, I continued

eaten by the wild beasts… not that they’d

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

“Pardon me?”

eyes deep with

 Warren?” Sophia said, and all of the girls quickly

to waste her time name calling out and poking fun at another young lady, but I do think it’s quite disappointing to see

and the

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

find my voice. He moved closer and stopped right in

for? One way or

in an apologetic tone, even