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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

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

fainted that quickly?” | smirked. “Good! She needs to learn. When you see her again, tell her that

“she didn’t faint. You said

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

smarter than I’d thought

did, very quickly. She fed them. Every single one of them, and when I went to check on her, she was… she was

eyes widened in shock. Linus

was

animals quite well. Since she completed the

death by my friends,

“Alpha…?”

digest this news. Eventually, I narrowed my eyes and scoffed, “Did she really think she could get

at finding you

heard what

head. “Yes, Alpha. I will make it

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* Ciana*

thought the last few days I’d spent bringing him his tasty meals might be enough for him to finally con

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

terrifying. They probably would’ve assumed that the uncaged animals would eat them alive,

the next 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

kept in a shed on the other end of the palace, and every day, 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,

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

I was dragging a large pile of meat on the way back to the

the pathway,

packs, flocking around Sophia like she was already the queen

had to move the bucket past where they were standing, so I heard their nasty

“She tried to seduce the prince, sneak into his room early in the morning and have her way with him, and now she’s here, picking up lion shit.” All of the

time. Instead, I continued to move my

eaten by the wild beasts… not that they’d find much meat on her scrawny

straight and turned to face her. While I didn’t want to cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating

“Pardon me?”

deep with concern stared down at Sophia, and I couldn’t move.

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

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 another young lady, but

Sophia and

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

a moment, wanting to thank him but unable to find my voice. He moved closer and stopped

looking for? One way or an other, I had to verify

apologetic tone, even