Meanwhile, Killian paced anxiously in the garden, still holding the rose he had plucked for Hailey. He felt her presence, like she was in the palace, however, the fact that the guards had checked every corner but still couldn't find her made it difficult to follow his feelings. The king found himself lost without his mate, he was afraid that she may never come back to him. “Hailey, please … come back!” He whispered.“Let me go!” Hailey cried, trying to free herself from his hold. “I will teach you a lesson today! You think you can just come here, demanding to be the king's mate when we are all stressed out, looking everywhere for her?” He yelled sharply. “I will lock you up without food or anything for days before handing you to the Alpha who I assure you, girl, will deal greatly with you!” Lorry wanted to stop James but he couldn't, they were in the same position and since Hailey had said something offensive, he had no right to stop James from locking her up. If the king himself h
Hailey was happy to be back to the palace. As she stared at the palace gates, she imagined how she would run into the king's arms and apologize to him for leaving without a word. But her excitement was cut off when one of the guards, spotting her standing beside a tree, her eyes glued to the palace, walked over to her and sternly asked her to leave.“I'm here to see the king,” Hailey said, her heart pounding in fear. The guard's stern look was beginning to frighten her.“Why is that? For what reason do you want to see him?” Hailey was shy, she didn't know how to explain she was the king's Hailey.“I asked you a question! Answer!” The guard yelled, startling Hailey and her fingers began to tremble in fear. Why was this man speaking to her so harshly like she was some trouble? Had she suddenly offended him?“I … I'm … I'm sorry,” she cried, her lips trembling. “Please, don't be … offended. I didn't …. I didn't mean to offend you. I just—”“Will you shut up?!” He roared. “Why are you st
Hailey didn't want to speak to this stranger even though she looked safe and was genuinely kind. But the weight of her problems pressed her, her heart felt heavy, at that moment, she wanted to express everything to someone, she felt the need to let it all out however, the words choked in her throat, she wanted to break down crying again.“Is it about your mate?” Hearing these words, Hailey instantly broke into tears and the kind lady understood that Hailey was heartbroken. She quickly pulled Hailey into her arms and the poor girl gave into the lady's embrace, wailing bitterly. The lady managed to take Hailey to a nearby restaurant, where in the privacy of the restroom, Hailey cried. At first, it seemed as though the crying wasn't going to stop, the lady got worried and was about to knock on the door when Hailey opened the door. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying. She was so lost and heartbroken that all she could do was cry her eyes out.“Feeling better?” The kind lady asked wit
“It's an order from the king, Riri. No one leaves, no one enters until the future queen is found!” He repeated sternly. “Go back to your room or you can send one of the guards to deliver your message.”Riri knew arguing with the guard would only waste her time and she couldn't risk getting confronted by Killian, he'd be able to tell very easily that she was lying about delivery some gift and he may even demand to see the face of this covered maid. “Alright then, I will wait.” She replied, turning around. “Let's go, girls.” As soon as the guard was out of sight Riri let out a sigh of frustration. “Damn it!” She hit her palm on the wall. “We can't keep Hailey I'm your room! I'm sure the guards are going to come search for her!”“I know!” She shouted. “The chief guard is busy wandering around, everyone is going helter skelter, looking for her like she's some lost treasure!” “And now we can't even leave the palace!” Lora sighed. “The train is not going to wait for us! We need to do so
“Stay right here! Do not go anywhere, understand?” Riri commanded, tossing Hailey into her dressing room. They had run frantically, hiding from guards before they were able to get to the other side of the palace where Riri's room was located.Riri's father was the former Beta and best friend of Killian's father, the former Alpha. She was born and brought up in the palace and considered royalty.“I'm sure Killian is going to send the guards to search every corner of this palace for her.” “Which is why we need to get rid of her!” Lora barked.“Girls relax!” Riri sighed worriedly. “I know we need to get her out of the palace tonight but we must think properly, we can't jump into whatever comes into our minds, so girls, we must think properly.” There was silence for a moment. They paced anxiously, thinking about ways to get Hailey out of the palace. Meanwhile, Hailey sat on the cold floor, hugging her knees. Her eyes were filled with tears as her mind flashed back to the moments the kin
“If it isn't the little scarred bitch!” Lora spat as they walked to Hailey. Suddenly her body began trembling, she was frightened. “Why are you curling up Hailey! We are not going to hurt you…” Sammy smirked, the ladies were reveling in Hailey's distress. “So it is really true what they said about you,” Riri smiled. “You get frightened when people call you “scarred”, who dared to scar our supposed future queen like this?” Riri was happy to see that what the insider reported about Hailey was indeed true. When she heard that the Alpha King had found his destined mate, she was shocked, pained and devastated. She had been hoping for many years that he would give up the search for his destined mate and just settle with her. It had always been her dream to be Luna and to be claimed by the Alpha King, so when news of his mate reached her she sent her men to the Moonlight Pack to gather every little detail about Hailey, hoping she could find something to use and get rid of Hailey.“Please…