The Alpha Queen and Her Rogue Kingdom

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

ELINA

And then I feel it.

His pain.

It is so real that for a moment I thought I had been injured by his wolf as well, but it is not like that, my body is intact while his body bleeds and transforms back little by little, the rage of my wolf and her murderous instincts give way to shock, and then to guilt when he transforms back to his human form and I see the large wound at his left shoulder, but now I am more aware of myself and the pain that I felt managed to help me regain control over my mind, so I turn away from him who is looking at me with an expression of total surprise and shock, and I also transform into my human form.

"Bastian ... s**t ... I am sorry, I didn't mean to do it, I just lost control of my wolf, but you ... why are you smiling like that?" I say in the middle of my frenzy.

"This is the second time you have said my name today," he replies before making a pained wince that makes me worry, and I approach him as I kneel beside him to check the wound on his shoulder.

"Does it hurt a lot?" I ask him, and he looks at me with a slight frown.

"Just a little bit, but it's healing already," he responds, then adds, "Are you worried about me?"

"What?" I ask surprised.

"You seem worried that you hurt me, I thought you were going to kill me," he tells me.

"I ... of course I am worried, we are in the middle of a truce, this could have devastating consequences for both parties," I reply, and he raises his eyebrow at me.

"If your only concern is the war, then you shouldn't have attacked me," he responds accusingly.

"And you shouldn't have followed me here, it's your fault for showing up all of a sudden," I reply crossing my arms, and I see his eyes drift to my breasts and then darken with lust.

I forgot I was naked, and then I can't help but notice that his erection is growing, so I quickly look away as I cover myself as much as I can with my hands.

"I have seen you naked many times before, I don't understand why you are trying to cover yourself up," he tells me, and I frown.

"Well, things have changed since that time, I have changed, and not only physically," I answer him, and he c***s his head to the side as he studies me cheekily.

"If you say it because your body has changed after having the babies, then you should know that now it is even more perfect than before," he tells me as he takes a step towards me, and I recoil almost out of inertia.

"Stop looking at me like that, and control your body," I scold him, and he laughs.

"I can't help either, my body still responds to yours like it is a drug that I depend on to keep my sanity," he tells me, and I snort in disbelief.

“Why don't you transform back to your wolf form, and go back to the palace to have your wound healed? You are wasting your time here, and I really want to continue my run in the woods,” I say annoyed.

“Is that what you were doing? I thought something serious had happened, like the last time you ran into the woods,” he tells me.

"Well, no, I was just letting my wolf run around a bit to burn off energy so she wouldn't try to kill you when she saw you, but you had to screw that up too," I reply, and he shakes his head.

"Then you weren't doing a great job because you almost killed me," Bastian tells me.

“I already told you that was your fault, and I really think you need to go back to have a doctor check your wound,” I tell him without even looking at him.

"I cannot transform back while I am injured, and we are too far from the palace to walk, by the time I get there my wound will be completely healed," he replies with a shrug.

"Then do what you like, I will continue with my plans," I tell him, and I feel my body begin to transform.

"Wait! Don't transform yet, at least not while I am around, it's more than clear that your wolf doesn't like me, and I don't want you to attack me again when I can't defend myself,” he tells me, and I roll my eyes.

"Then what do you propose?" I ask with annoyance.

"Walk with me to the palace, we still don't know if there is any other threat in the forest, and if something happened you could transform yourself and deal with the situation, after all, you swore to protect me with your life, remember?" he tells me, and I look at him angrily.

"That was before you ruined whatever was between us," I reply, and accelerate my pace so as not to be near him, but Bastian catches up with me quickly.

"I didn't give the order to execute your father," he practically yells, and I come to a halt.

“Did you forget that I was present and witnessed everything? Do you take me for a fool?" I ask him as I turn to him with clenched fists, while trying to control the urge to transform.

"I mean, the order did come from me, but it wasn't my decision, I swear," he tells me.

“Oh, then whose decision was it if you are the king? Is there someone superior to you that I don't know about?" I ask him in an ironic tone, and he looks at me very seriously before answering.

"The decision came from him, Elina, not from me,"

"What are you talking about? Who made the decision to execute my father if it wasn't you?" I ask incredulously.

"Your father did, he chose to die," he replies, and I shake my head.

"No, that was not the case, he decided to take all the blame for what happened, but in the end it was you who decided to execute him even knowing what would happen to me, to us, if he died," I answer him, and he looks at me sadly.

“If I had known what would happen next, I would not have agreed to do any of it, I would have faced each of my alphas if necessary, I would have done anything to avoid hurting you, and that has been my biggest mistake, thinking that If I explained everything to you later things would be fine between us, I underestimated the love you had for a man who was not really your father, and in the process, I lost you and damaged our bond, but I swear I did not want to execute him, he decided it will be that way,” he tells me, and I shake my head in denial.

"No, you are telling lies, I should have known that if I was left alone with you, you were going to try to manipulate me, but that no longer works for me, you knew perfectly what would happen, how much it would hurt because I told you and you still continued with it , and now you come here to tell lies about my father just because you know that he cannot defend himself, well, I will not allow it! You already took his life and now you also want to lie on his behalf, you are a f*****g bastard for doing this,” I tell him with my broken voice.

"What I am telling you is true, Elina, I went against all my alphas and decided to give him the option to live, I did it for you, but he decided to keep the sentence as it was, you have to believe me," he tells me in a pleading tone, and I feel my heart shrink and my mind starts to get confused.

No, no, no.

I can't let him manipulate me like this.

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