Lahat ng Kabanata ng THE ALPHA KING'S SUBSTITUTE BRIDE: Kabanata 141 - Kabanata 150

ANNA’S POVAfter trying to convince Charles to help me the first time and he refused, I decided to try again after a few days. Since Xena was still angry with me, I stopped working in the palace and spent my time in the house thinking of strategies.Two days later, I made up my mind to try again. Charles was a man like everyone else. If I could pretend to give him listening ears to what he wanted, he would help me. I just needed to pretend to dance to his tune for a few days.As soon as the sun started rising in the sky, I got out of bed and changed into a nice beach dress I got from Xena. The dress had tiny hands that were almost invincible. It hugged my chest and spread gently to the top of my knees in a flair.I let my hair flow freely down my back and for the first time in a long time, I applied very light makeup to my face. When I finished with that I moved to the mirror in the bathroom and took a moment to admire myself.Ever since I moved to the island, a lot of the bones on my

XAVIER’S POVThey said males were the only ones who were fond of cultivating pride the most, but Anna had just disrupted that understanding. Her eyes said something else, but her lips also spilled a different tale. Yet she dared to ask about my plan…Without giving her a response, I started walking away. There was no point talking to her. She was never going to change and associating myself with her was only going to bring me pain.“Xavier, where are you going? Xavier!” She yelled behind me, but I paid her no heed.I continued marching, my anger and broken heart fueling my feet to keep pushing forward, till I was way past the colorful town. I tried to think of my sister, Xena, and what she had said.She wanted revenge, she just didn’t want it to come back to bite her. I understood her. I also understood where she was coming from, and my mind was made up to save her from the clutches of that crippled king.“Xavier!” Anna’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts, and I realized that she wa

ANNA’S POVHer question caused my eyes to blink a couple of times before I could come up with any solution in my head. But she was already a step ahead of me. Before I could speak, she turned left and right, confirming that there was no one watching, and then she pulled my right arm towards an empty room in the corridor.“You have been with Xavier; I can smell him all over you!” she hissed as soon as the door closed behind us.“I… we—”“You don’t even need to deny it. That is not what bothers me. My concern is why you are here. I told you to stop coming here. We have nothing in common anymore and the king, my mate, doesn’t want you here, yet you came and as I can see it, you are here for him,” she said with eyes that stared down at me as if she wanted to touch my soul with those orbs.My mouth opened and closed like a fish as I tried to come up with a good cover story but in the end, I couldn’t keep it within me anymore. I have tolerated her cowardice for long enough.“I am here to se

XAVIER’S POV“I see that you have made your choice?” Edna said the moment I walked into the house.I was exhausted and my heart was heavy but as I heard her voice, my mind closed off every drawback I had. I had to finish this. I had to end this madness with Uncle Lartes. I had to put him in his place and if Anna still wanted me after it was over, then I would know that she was being sincere. For now, I had to move on with my plans.“Are you with me on this?” Edna added, taking a step closer to me.I took a deep breath and my fists tightened. “Yes,” I said coming to stand before her. “I have made up my mind. Let us end this.”Edna let a small smile slip off her lips and then she turned away from me, heading out of the room. “Good, I was just speaking to Nico. Everything is ready. We should set sail by morning.”A frown formed on my face, not because we were leaving so soon but because Nico was supposed to speak to me and not… well not just her. “Did he come here?” I asked as I went af

ANNA’S POVThere was an intense banging in my head as my consciousness started weaving itself back to life. I tried to open my eyes but the bright light around me, didn’t help with the banging going on in my head, so I closed it once more.I held my head and tried to figure out why the light in my room was so bright. I felt around my bed cover, trying to guess the position I was sleeping in so that I would know if I was closer to the switch and then I would turn it off.But as my hands connected to what was supposed to be my bed, I felt a very hard surface that was nothing like I had expected. My eyes flew open once more but this time I was prepared for the bright light. I turned my eyes down to the surface I was on, and I found that I was on the ground.A very cold ground.The realization caused a very cold chill to sweep through me but as soon as it passed my brain, it turned out to be just what I needed. It jumped started my brain and memories of the last couple of hours returned.