studiobondurri Chapter 38: THE KING WITHOUT QUEEN
Chapter 38: THE KING WITHOUT QUEEN
Chapter 38: THE KING WITHOUT QUEEN
Zuri woke up for the midnight prayer and found a few blood stains on the bed, but it wasn't her blood. Unlike usual, she felt less pain too.
Her finger was tracing the bloodstains when Xaden walked toward her and kissed her neck. "That's my blood, you clawed my back when I gave you pleasure." He smiled against her skin, seemingly proud because he could drive her insane. "See? I told you, you just need to practice."
Zuri turned her head to look at him and met him in the eyes. It was not him that she imagined thrusting into her a few hours ago, but she wouldn't tell him that.
"We need to go now," Xaden said, he kissed her lip and caressed her breast lightly, teasing her.
"We need to go," Zuri said, as she broke the kiss and pushed him away from her. Xaden chuckled to see her reaction. He didn't take offense, because he thought his mate was just being shy.
"I should mark you again."
Hearing that, Zuri threw him a look. "No. I don't want to go through that pain anymore."
"In that case, you shouldn't have rejected me just because you were jealous."
It was so shallow of him to think that Zuri rejected him simply because she was jealous. Stupid people saw stupidity, thus if that was how Xaden saw it, Zuri didn't want to waste her energy explaining herself.
Together, they went for the midnight prayer, which only the direct family members and their partners could attend. It meant Alpha Roland and Luna Karina were not there, as were the rest of the elders.
King Amidas was standing next to his queen, staring at their dead daughter, chanting a sorrowful song. All of them there did the same thing. The midnight prayer would last for only fifteen minutes and after that, they would go back to their own bedrooms.
"I know," Zuri muttered under her breath, as she walked toward the balcony, letting the wind caress her sweaty skin. She stared at the clear sky that was still dark and caught sight of a white wolf behind a tree.
She recognized the white wolf as Mac, Khaos' wolf. The mention of his name made her heart flutter and before she could think what she was doing, she was already halfway across the garden, where she saw Mac was.
The white wolf was still there, as if waiting for her.
"What are you doing here, alone?" Zuri asked, she knelt down and caressed Mac's head. The wolf nudged her hand and licked it, which made her giggle.
She missed her cub. The cub was still with Caiden and it seemed, the gamma would keep it as long as possible. Zuri didn't mind it, since she had told him to keep it for good.
She then sat down on the ground, not caring much about the dirt, as she ran her fingers through the white wolf's fluffy fur.
"Where are you going?" Zuri raised her brows when the wolf walked away. She stood up and felt sad, but when the wolf kept looking back at her and didn't move, she realized that the wolf was asking her to follow him. "Do you want me to follow you?"
It was not a good idea to roam around the palace very early in the morning, especially when the moon was still bright.
But, that was what Zuri did. She followed the white wolf and when he picked up his pace and started running, Zuri also shifted into her beast.
Her black beast was like a shadow in the dark, as she moved between the trees, letting the white wolf take her deeper into the woods. She felt free and happy when she ran this fast, everything flashed before her eyes, until she realized she was not alone in the woods.
The white wolf took her toward a crowd of people gathered in what seemed like a clearing. There were around seven people there and one of them was Khaos.
The white wolf went straight to him and her eyes met with his gray ones.