Semua Bab Mated To The Alpha King: Bab 71 - Bab 80

Liana's POV I should have taken the moving shadow as a bad sign. It would have been the best option, and probably the most sensible thing to do, but somehow, I just didn't see myself doing that. Every since the shadow started popping up mysteriously, it always made me alert. Alert in the sense that, I knew the exact moment it arrived, and most times, I knew when it would leave too. I'd lost count of the number of times I'd wanted to tell Kieran about it, but I never brought myself to actually do it. I always told myself that telling him would only make him worry, and I didn't want that. It was already bad enough that he was stressed out about my condition, and with the recent emergency with Irene, I didn't want to pile up more problems for him, so I decided to keep quiet. It sounded like such a good and wise decision when I'd made it, but right now, I was about to regret it. And badly too. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't go to bed. I'd pressed my eyes shut over and over

Kieran's POV I didn't want to believe it. I couldn't. When I'd walked into Liana's hospital ward, Irene was the last person I expected to see. On top of that, I had to walk in on her trying to strangle Liana too. It was too much for me, that I couldn't deny, but I never saw the strange twist that happened in the end. Irene had been acting like a maniac when I caught her. She went on rambling about how much she loved me and all of that, and I didn't dare indulge her. Maybe if I had known just what she had up her sleeve, I would have after differently. Irene had barely just finished calling herself a maniac when she pulled out a dagger from her pocket. She didn't even give anyone time to react as she stabbed herself with the knife. Perhaps if she had just stabbed herself once, we could have been able to figure out a way to help her, but she didn't. Instead, she stabbed herself over and over again, even as she was crumpled on the floor. I'd seen a lot of dead bodies, but none of t

Kieran's POV I flipped through the pages of the many documents scattered in front of me, my eyes scanning through everything and nothing at once. I wasn't sure I'd made a lot of progress, but right now, I couldn't even afford to stop. Not with all the unfinished projects I had left. These ones weren't all that important, but I was trying to clear up space in my schedule, and see if I could do more work in lesser time. I'd started about an hour ago, and I wasn't sure I would be still be standing by the next hour. A sigh pushed past my lips as I pressed one of the files closed. I was done with that, and jumped right into the next one. Although the current one was heavier than the last, there was no way I could put it off anymore. I'd been doing that for a while now. It was in times like this, I wished I had an assistant, but trust my trust issues to get in the way. I never really believed that anyone could do the amount of work I could do, and the way I wanted it. I was a perfectio

Liana's POV The night was young, and even though it was the perfect opportunity for a reckless time, I wasn't the least bit interested in it. If anything, I wished the night hadn't even come, that way , I wouldn't have been forced with the thoughts that ran carelessly in my mind at the moment.A small groan slid past my lips as I turned to the other side of the bed. It creaked slightly, and I didn't miss how the duvet seemed to dig gently into my skin. Usually, I would marvel at how soft and lush it was, but tonight was different. The only thing the blanket did, was pole uncontrollably at my sides.Shit. I bit back a groan as I turned back to my previous position. It had worked and was at least a tiny bit comfortable, but not anymore. Frustration simmered underneath my bones, but that wasn't the worst part. I wanted to scream, to yell, but I couldn't. Why? I wasn't alone. My eyes glanced to the space beside me, and my eyes landed on the man sleeping next to me. His eyes were pr

Kieran's POV I wanted to be alone, and one would think that thanks to the absence of a lot of people in the palace, asides the many guards and servants, peace of mind would be attainable. But I was wrong, very very wrong and today had just proved it. I ran a hand through my hair, my fingers tugging at my scalp. It hurt, but I didn't stop. Maybe the pain would transmit something to my brain and it would finally give me an idea on how to solve the issue at hand. When I'd gotten out of bed this morning, my first prayer to the goddess was for today to go well. Ever since she'd healed Liana, I'd begun trusting her. I guess it was a bit forward of me to think she was always going to answer my requests. If I had just sucked it all up and expected the worst, nothing that had happened today would have surprised me the way they did.I sighed forlornly, pulling the thought out of my mind. My unease had started at night, the moment I realized that something was off about Liana. She was restle