Alpha King's Weakness

Chapter Six

Aria

I watched as nurses whispered amongst themselves, all staring at me slowly. My eyes were heavy and dark with the little amount of sleep I’ve had. I was awake all night in the hospital room, just in my own little world till someone came to stand before me.

A guard appeared before me, bowing as soon as our eyes met. I didn’t even know when he came in, all I could see was people gossiping about me.

I just don’t want to believe that I’m the Luna now. I’m even sure Lysander would have started working towards breaking whatever it is that’s between us.

As much as the bond tried to pull us together, as much as it tried to make me just want to be near him and just see him, I’m still so scared. It’s Lysander we’re talking about here, the lycan king.

“Good morning Luna, your presence is needed at the palace.” He said, still bowing.

A whole lot of things were wrong about what he just did. Being addressed as ‘Luna’ isn’t something that I ever thought would happen to me in my entire life, neither was someone bowing to me this much.

“Can you just call me by my name please? And rise up, you don’t have to bow before me.” I said, using my voice for the first time since yesterday.

“I’m way below you, your majesty. I dare not do neither of those two things.” He said, shaking his head with his eyes still fixated on the ground.

Okay, this might actually be worse than I thought. But why would anyone look at me, with how small and fragile I look, and still think I’m worthy of being placed in such high esteem just because of some mark on my neck.

At the thought of the mark, it tingled, sending shivered down my spine and my entire palms sweaty. Nervousness and anxiety were at the forefront of my mind.

“But I’m not even fine yet, I’ve not been discharged.” I said, trying so hard to just come up with something that wouldn’t make make me leave this room.

“I’ve done the necessary works, your majesty. The doctor discharged you minutes ago.” He said, making me raise my brows.

“Well, I’m not fine yet, I still want to get checked by the doctor. Or do you want me to collapse out there?”

I might as well just stay here till whenever then, I badly don’t want to get out of here because I don’t even know what’s waiting for me out there. This transition is still so crazy to me, how exactly did I go from being a Slavs to a Luna and a queen in minutes?

”I’ll just inform the doctor and His majesty now.” He walked out of the room just like that, I didn’t even know what to say till he left. This just means that the doctor will be here to assess me again.

I just really want to be alone right now, I’m still yet to wrap my head around what’s going on right now. My hand subconsciously went to my neck, going straight to the mark on my neck. The place tingled, suddenly turning warm at the contact too.

Weirdly, I felt Lysander’s presence in my head as I did that. Everything is just weird to me, it’s too much. I’m just a human, I’m mortal, I’ve never felt all these or think there’s anyone capable of feeling something like this before.

Once I was left alone, my thoughts spiraled out of control. I really wished I had just gone with my parents on that night. Dying is a much more better option than being stuck with this king forever.

He kills anyone who looks at him wrongly, he kills for fun! He might just wake up one morning and decide to end my life. I’m even sure that he’s still letting me roam freely because of the bond between us now.

With my little knowledge of the mate bond, I know that if I die, he dies too.

I suddenly felt Lysander get close, it’s like he’s moving towards this room or something. I immediately laid back down on the bed, shutting my eyes and acting as though I was sleeping. I knew that was most likely useless because he’d know if I was asleep or not.

I heard the door being opened and his scent got even stronger, I could barely breathe at the point. I felt as he moved closer to the bed, like I knew where he was without having to open my eyes.

“You can open your eyes and stop pretending.” His voice boomed.

I slowly opened my eyes as I saw that I had no other choice.

“Do you know the set of people I hate after killers? Liars. And you, Aria just showed that you’re one.” He said. I sat up on the bed, getting interested in what he was saying.

“I wasn’t lying, I can’t leave the infirmary-“ he cut me off.

“If you really weren’t feeling good, I’d feel it. I’ve marked you, and I feel everything you feel now.” He cut me off.

I went quiet immediately, I never thought he could feel everything I feel too. What kind of sorcery is that?

“I need you to know that the marking happened as a mistake, I never wanted to mark you, neither have I fully accepted the bond now. I’m doing everything I can to break it without hurting either of us and that’ll be done as soon as possible before further implications come in.”

“You’re human and I’m the lycan king, it’ll never work between us.” He said.

I swallowed thickly, my heart racing so fast. For some reasons too, I felt really heartbroken.

“So, you’ll have to come to the palace to live with me. You can’t stay anywhere else again, you bare my mark now and you’re technically the queen.” He concluded.

“Why should I live with you then? I can just stay low at any other part of the kingdom.” I asked him. Staying under the same roof with him will be chaotic for sure.

“You’re coming to the palace, Aria.” He said my name with so much rigidity that my mouth went dry. It didn’t just sound rigid, it came with an authority that made my lower region dampen.

I’m so done for.