The Alpha King’s Runaway Mate
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Chapter 25: power of a pretty face
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Except, Regina doesn’t quite let the matter rest.
The next morning, with much effort, she manages to rise early enough to follow Mattel to his practice match with Lionel.
She reaches the courtyard just in time to see Mattel narrowly avoid being skewered by the sharp end of Lionel’s sword, and can’t help the quiet squeak that flits from her lips at the near-miss.
Mattel’s eyes snap to her, having just noticed her presence.
Lionel seizes the opportunity to slam the butt end of his sword into Mattel’s side, sending him clattering to the floor.
“Alpha!”
Regina doesn’t think that she’s ever run so fast in her life as when she flits to Mattel’s crumpled side, worry pounding in her chest. “Are you alright?”
Mattel, where he’s sitting on the ground in the middle of sending a particularly scathing look in Lionel’s direction, turns his incredulous gaze to Regina, next.
Regina, who’s gingerly grasping his arm and trying (unhel
