Second Mate Struggle

I'll Kill You

Ellen turned around. Her eyes stared intently at the surroundings of the bathroom.

"I smell a very strong negative aura here."

Suddenly, from the left, appeared a large black shadow with burning red eyes. The shadow released power and attacked Ellen. The woman, who was a mate, quickly fought back.

"Hah! Who are you? If you dare, show your form!" Ellen unleashed her power.

The shadow continued to fight Ellen.

"I won't give up. Do you think you can defeat me? That's impossible."

The more Ellen increased her strength to fight back, the more the mystery shadow also increased its attack.

"Aaaaa...! Feel this!" Until finally, Ellen unleashed the greatest power within herself.

The shadow shrank and passed away from Ellen.

"Don't go!" Ellen chased after the shadow.

The shadow gradually faded and disappeared.

"What was that? I was attacked by an alien creature in my own palace when nothing like this has ever happened before." Ellen was breathing heavily.

Suddenly, Ellen's gaze was drawn to Julie's room. "Didn't she hear the commotion in front of her room?"

"Miss Ellen, how can I help you?" Emie arrived; she was also a maid who worked in the kingdom led by Ellen and Alaris.

"I haven't seen Julie for a long time; am I the one who's too busy?" Ellen continued to stare at the door of the room in front of her. Ellen smelled a slight wolf odor inside Ellen's room.

"Julie hasn't been out of the room lately, Miss."

"Why?"

"She seems to be sick."

"Really? What illness? I need to find a human doctor for her right away."

"But Miss-" Emie lowered her face, and her body trembled.

"What do you want to say?"

"M-Master Alaris is always..."

"Honey, it turns out you're here. I was looking for you." Alaris glanced sharply at Emie.

"Excuse me, Miss and Sir." With her face still downcast, Emie walked away from Ellen and Alaris.

"Come on, darling. Let's go back to our room!" Alaris hugged Ellen's body tightly.

"But, Julie? Emie said that Julie was sick. Why didn't you tell me? And also, I smell..."

"She needs a lot of rest, dear. Leave it alone. Come on, let's go back to the room." Alaris interrupted Ellen. He didn't want Ellen to know what was really going on with one of his maids.

Ever since that day, Ellen felt that something was wrong in the palace. She was always getting attacks and terror from abstract creatures.

"I have to find out what the cause of the attacks that have been coming every day so far is."

***

From behind the window, Alaris saw Ellen leaving the palace.

"Okay, she finally left too. Now it's time for me to see how Julie is doing." Alaris walked towards Julie's room.

"Julie?" Alaris opened the door to Julie's room. "Oh my. What happened to you?"

Alaris saw Julie sitting limply with her body leaning on the bed. Her face was pale, and her body was getting thinner.

Suddenly, a big black wolf pounced on Alaris from behind.

"Aaaaa!" Alaris tried to fight off the wolf even though his shoulder was already injured.

A battle ensued.

Alaris, who was a werewolf, fought against a wolf that he didn't know where it came from. Until finally, the man who was the Alpha unleashed his greatest power.

"Get out of here!" Alaris pushed the wolf's body until it bounced and made the wolf's head hit and bleed white blood.

"That color of blood? As far as I know, white blood only belongs to the wolf king in the North Pole of the world, but why is that black wolf bleeding white blood?"

Alaris tried to communicate with the black wolf, but the wolf only looked at Alaris with sharp eyes.

"Does this have anything to do with the baby in Julie's womb?"

As he stared at the wolf, Alaris felt something approaching him. "Take care of the baby and the woman!" The wolf then disappeared.

"Master?" Julie opened her eyes and looked at Alaris.

The disappearance of the wolf coincided with Julie waking up from her long sleep.

"Julie!" Alaris walked over to Julie.

"I-" Julie's body was still limp; she couldn't even speak.

"I'm sorry, Julie. I promise to visit you more often." Alaris felt guilty because, since Ellen was no longer preoccupied with the construction of the new kingdom, she had been at the palace more often, making it difficult for Alaris to see Julie.

"I'm scared, sir. I want to go back to my parents' house."

"No, Julie. You will always be here with me. I promise to protect you at all costs." Alaris hugged Julie's body, which felt very cold.

***

One month passed, and Ellen was always getting a lot of attacks. Not only that, one by one, the wolves working in her kingdom suddenly fell ill; some even died.

"What is really going on in my castle?"

From then on, Ellen tried to find out. The woman, who was a mate, went to the secret room under the palace. That room was usually used by Ellen to eat game obtained from the forest. But this time, Ellen used the room to explore her powers. The decaying carcass added its own energy to Ellen.

Ellen closed her eyes and took a deep breath. After getting enough energy, Ellen tried to enter the subconscious with the power she had just gained.

"Betrayal and pregnancy? I see betrayal, pregnancy, and also a special baby that is kept secret, but who?"

Not long after, the subconscious refused. Ellen woke up, and her eyes opened again. "What did I see just now? It can't be! Who dares to betray me behind my back? Whoever it is, I will not forgive."

That very day, Ellen gathered all the maids in the palace. Everyone was asked to stand before her. Ellen looked at all the maids one by one in turn.

"Dear, what are you doing?" Alaris came and was surprised by Ellen's sudden behavior in gathering all the maids.

"Shut up!" Ellen snapped at Alaris.

Alaris was already feeling uncomfortable. "Does Ellen know everything?"

The atmosphere became even more tense when Ellen looked at Julie for a long time. "So, you are the one who has betrayed me?" Ellen smelled the scent of Julie's body, which was different from ordinary humans.

"The different energy comes from your stomach. There's no mistaking it, so you're the one who got pregnant and broke the royal rules."

Julie could only look down with her fingers touching each other. Her body was trembling.

Ellen tried to deepen her power to penetrate Julie's stomach. However, what Ellen saw was not only the fact that Julie was pregnant with a baby wolf, but how the baby could exist and make Ellen get many attacks.

"No way. So the baby is the result of an illicit relationship between you and my husband?" Ellen's heart broke instantly. Her eyes turned red, and her fangs started to appear.

Julie could only remain silent and sob. She didn't dare look at Ellen's face.

"Honey, I can explain all this. I..."

"Shut up!" Ellen snapped at Alaris for the second time.

"I won't let you or that baby live in this world. I will kill you. Taste this!" Ellen let out the most energy from her mouth.

"No!"