The Alpha's Villainess의 모든 챕터: 챕터 21 - 챕터 28

“Alistair will come around, you’ll see,” Thaddeus continued. “There is no need to worry. Since you said you’ve left Easthaven, I’ll have someone prepare a room for you here. It will be good for him to get to know you better.”That feeling of fear quickly crept back in at hearing his suggestion that I should remain in the palace, immediately stopping my tears. “Please... no, I really can’t stay here. Your kindness is appreciated, but it’s for the best that I’m not involved in any of your lives.”I didn’t even fully remember saving Alistair’s life. If anything, I assumed it must have been an automatic reaction that took control over me upon sensing the matebond in my entirely exhausted state. But if it meant I got one favour from the Alpha King himself, then I wanted it to be used for this. To be allowed to leave and live somewhere quietly until I was forgotten. Maybe in a few months, Alistair would finally convince his father to release his Alpha order, allowing him to break the bond,

“Ah, thank you, Natalie,” the man said as I placed his ale on the table in front of him. “I’ve missed having a drink here after a hard day’s work. You’re truly a gift from the Goddess herself.”I beamed my best customer service smile at him. His face was becoming familiar, recognising him from the few times he’d visited over the past week that I’d been working at Hazel’s tavern. Even though it had been a short period of time, the regulars were already starting to know me by name, all of whom had been really lovely in welcoming me.“Not a problem!” I replied cheerily, taking the coins from his hand. “Give me a yell if you need anything else.”With that, I went back to the counter to deposit the money into the register.“They’re really starting to warm up to you, aye?” Hazel asked, walking out from the kitchen to lean against the counter. She was drying her hands with a towel as she gave me a small smile.“I hope so,” I replied, closing the draw.Hazel had been supervising me, helping m

I winced as the man’s strength held me, still healing from the injuries the week prior. The place he restrained was where a larger gash had been torn along my arm during the fight, now only showing as a nasty bruise in the area. Truthfully, I’d mostly forgotten about it, but as he grabbed me firmly now, I was painfully reminded just how fragile I still was.“Scarlett Azalea, right? From Easthaven?”“Let me go.”I tried to pull my arm away, ignoring the pain of my injury as I did so, but he only held me tighter in his grip.“Why are you being so difficult? Just answer the question.”“I don’t know who you’re talking about. I’m not Scarlett,” I lied, still attempting to free myself.He was getting frustrated now, his expression darkening. Clearly my attempts at dismissing his questions weren’t what he expected. But I was no longer interested in being polite or avoiding a public scene. Something inside was telling me to do whatever it took to survive.“Why lie to—”“—Let me go right now o

“...Liam?” I choked out, my head starting to spin. “You’re sending me... back to Liam?”How did he even know I was here? How could he possibly have found that out? All the people here who knew me by the name of Scarlett would have no reason to speak to Liam and divulge that information. Unless—Oh, God... it was that man.The sketchy one from the market. Liam must have sent scouts out to track me down, reporting my whereabouts back to him. But... why? Why go to all that trouble just to drag me back to Easthaven? As far as I knew, he never sent spies after Aurora in the book. Though I suppose Aurora’s location was public knowledge early on, her relationship with Victor being news that spread quickly throughout the Empire.I guess I hadn’t given Liam enough credit for how dangerous he really was. He’d barely even crossed my mind since coming here. Due to the fact he didn’t develop his immediate obsession with Aurora, like he had in the book, I’d wrongly thought that there wouldn’t be an