Chapter 86

Bella's POV

I walked with Chad side by side. People stared at us as we passed by them. Chad's presence was imposing. It was impossible not to stare at him. He looked magnificent, not to mention that he was impossibly tall. His muscles flexed with each of his movements, and his aura, although reigned in, was still threatening and powerful.

Nobody dared to whisper about me in his presence anymore. The whispers were still there, though. They couldn't fathom the fact that their king was with a woman who was pregnant by another.

'Is the king not a jealous man?' Some would ask.

'If she was his real mate, he couldn't possibly stand this.'

'I would've gotten rid of that pup by now if I were him. It would only bring discord with his biological pups in the future.'

All of those whispers hit me like lashes soaked with wolfsbane. What pained me the most was that all of those whispers would torture my son throughout his childhood as well. Would he hate me for abandoning his father's