Chapter 24
Joe's POV.
I jolted awake to the frantic pounding on my bedroom door.
“Prince Joe! "It’s urgent!” shouted Connor, my personal guide and aide-de-camp. My heart slammed against my ribs, the word ‘urgent’ never meant a good thing.
I threw off the covers and sprinted down the corridor, my bare feet slapping on marble. “What is it?” I barked as I burst into the grand throne room. Inside, Palace Guards and the royal physician hovered around the dais. My father, Alpha King Aiden Wellington, lay sprawled on the floor behind the throne, unresponsive.
“Your Majesty!” one guard knelt, checking for a pulse. “His heart is barely beating, it's very faint.”
"He's not waking up."
My father. The King. The Alpha.
We'd always been at odds. Every word exchanged between us came with tension,
