Devon led me through the palace, in plain sight of everyone. The Omegas and guards would stop and whisper, and I know they are talking about me and my injuries to my face. When he saw the Omegas and guards standing and talking, Devon would growl at them, and they would scatter. We got to the main dining room where everyone gathered to eat; I stopped at the doorway, afraid to enter the room.
“Devon, I-I-I c-c-can’t,” I nervously said. “They will all talk badly about me; most likely not want me as their queen anymore.” Devon pulled me to him and wrapped his arms around me, holding me tight.
“Baby, everyone loves you, and if they don’t want you as their queen, I will kill them,” he tried to assure me, but I gasped, pushed myself away from him, and looked at him in horror.
“That is no way t
