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Althea had never felt this nervous in her entire life, but right now, she felt like all air was being sucked from her lungs, she looked around her and all the eyes that looked at them were filled with bewilderment, question and disbelief.

These people must have known about her existence, but in their eyes, she must only be the king’s plaything, someone that was not important enough to be in this dining hall, but was good enough to keep the king happy in bed.

The fact was; aside from the kiss that night, Alex had never touched her without her consent, he didn’t force himself when he realized it triggered something in her.

Alex was… someone that made her felt comfortable and if she could say the truth, she wanted to be with him.

Probably that was the reason why she was here, despite knowing she would create trouble for him

On the other hand, Northern and Greyson’s jaw dropped to see the king’s bold move. They followed their movement with their eyes and this made Althea became even more uncomfortable.

Yet, the grip in her hand was a reminder that she was not alone and Alex would stay by her side just like what he did right

now

“You can continue,” Alex said, as he stepped up into the platform and let Althea to sit next to him. This seat was supposed to be for the queen and by letting Althea to sit there, the message was clear that she would be the future queen of the kingdom.

The dining hall fell eerily silent, but once the king was out of an earshot, Althea believed, they would fall into an uproar, questioning Alex’s action.

“Come eat this, it is good to nurse your body, Alex said, he put lamb meat on her plate. He didn’t look bother at all with the tension that hang in the air. He was comfortable with this whole situation.

“Thank you,” Althea said in small voice, as she ate her meat. She stretched out her hand to get her baby back, but Alex told her to eat first, he would take care of the baby, while she was eating.

Greyson, who was sitting next to Althea keep glancing toward her direction, it seemed, he wanted to say something, but Alex’s presence made him swallowed the question along with the food that he ate.

“She looks so beautiful today, don’t you think?” Alex asked Althea silly question to make her relax.

“She is a baby, she looks the same every day,” Althea said and this made Alex laughed.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“That’s why she is adorable, because she looks beautiful everyday, just like you.” Alex leaned over and kissed her cheek.

His movement was very subtle, but it caught Althea out of guard, as she looked at him with eyes wide. He just kissed her in front of so many people and didn’t seem bothered.

“Eat your food, or do you need me to feed you?” Alex asked playfully and Northern was chocked in his food, thankfully, Greyson didn’t eat anything and could only stare in disbelief at what the king said.

Althea was also speechless, but she could feel this butterfly that fluttered in her stomach, she was dreadful, but at the same time, she was excited, because knowing there was someone, who would go to this length to be with her was… beautiful.

It warmed her heart. She knew it was s**d of her to think this way, but for the first time in her life, she wanted to fight for what she wanted and right now, she wanted to be with him.

Should she tell him about that? Althea was not sure.

“Eat more. Alex pur

another meat in her plate.

After fifteen minutes of shock, the people seemed to relax a bit, seemingly tried to acclimate with the sight of their king was being affectionate with a woman

However, when the situation was less tensed and Althea started to less nervous and enjoyed her meal, two people entered the room and Althea’s heart sk**ed a beat, because one of the two people, who stepped into the dining hall was Killian.

“There he is…” Alex smirked when he saw Elder Sanders walked into the room with Killian in his tow, the two of them looked like they were a father and son, which was funny in his eyes, thus the king chuckled darkly, but Althea didn’t think that way, she looked tensed, her body stiffened, since Killian’s eyes fixed on her.

Greyson exchanged look with Norther, they knew it wouldn’t end up well. S**t was going to happen and they had to prepare themselves for this.

“Good day, my king. Elder Sanders said with a bright tone, he looked exceptionally happy today. “I can see that you have a companion today. Two companions should I say?” He indicated to the baby in Alex’s arms.

“Oh, yeah. Beautiful companions, elder Sanders.” Alex then nodded at Killian, who was sitting next to him. “Did you just adopt him, elder Sanders? Because that man supposed to be in dungeon for bad behavior.”

The mocking in Alex’s voice didn’t go unnoticed by Killian, but the alpha kept his calm and didn’t look bother. What bothered him the most was the fact his daughter was in Alex’s arms. He had not yet taken a good look on his baby, but this b**d had carried her around as if she was his own daughter and Althea didn’t say anything about it.

The woman lowered her head and looked uncomfortable, though Alex held her hand under the table, reassured her that everything would be alright.

Oh, I took him out because I am sure that his bad behavior has a reason.” Elder Sanders sipped his drink. “I will behave badly if I saw my mate with another man, so I can understand why he is like that.” He smirked. “Allow me to introduce him, my king.”

“You are not allowed.”

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