Chapter 3
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Maddox's POV
"Princess?"
"To the witches?"
"Does the king know this?"
"Why are we finding it now?"
"This looks like a trap"
I hear everything that my pack is whispering right now. Most of them are not saying anything as they are in shock, and still processing what they just witnessed.
The others are already reacting. Few think this is a trap. Few think Zelda is a b***h and want to get us back. Few think that something has gone somewhere.
But what is amusing me is .. that they all quickly jumped to conclusions. Even though they are looking at the same Zelda who protected them while I was on hospital bed fighting for my life.
"Lucia. Take them and arrange a meeting in my office" I order my beta and the witches walk inside, following her.
I nod at Zelda and ask her to leave as well, but she just shakes her head and chooses to stand by my side. I smile at her, and hold her hand.
"Calm down" I scream so everyone can hear me.
And once they do, they stop talking and take a step backwards. I look at people who are behind me and they are all already walking to stand in front to face me.
"Alright. Now you know. Zelda is the lost Princess of the witch kingdom" I say and they are even more shocked as if they just did not find that out earlier.
"Did you already know about it, King?" One of them asks me and I look at everyone before answering.
"I came to know about it yesterday along with Zelda" I say and hold her hand even tighter.
"We are still looking into it. But as far as I know, she is one of them. But that doesn't make her any less of what we saw. She is still my fiance and still the Queen to be of werewolves" I say and that is when everyone takes another step back in a dramatic way and displays even more shock than earlier.
"Trust me when I say this, Zelda" I whisper and look at her, "leave the place now. Go to the Alpha's office. Talk to your people. I'll handle them" I say.
"No but-"
"Leave" I say and Ajax lends me his power so my tone is just the way I wanted.
And I wait until Zelda leaves. Not just me but my entire pack is just staring at her as she is leaving. Edgar and Kelsie are here with me too.
"I see we have a problem then" I say and they all look at me again.
"She belongs to the rival clan" someone shouts.
"And those rivals were also our allies before the war" I shout back and there is utter silence followed by my scream.
"I am not saying that we are going to be allies with the witch kingdom again. But have patience until we find out what is happening. Let me do what I can for our own sake" I shout again and they all listen to me.
"I guess it's easy for someone to just lose their mother in a war and fall in love with the rival's daughter" I hear someone mutter.
Kelsie is already screaming at the disrespect. I know that is disrespectful towards me. But I am stuck at the part where he mentioned my mom. The war. I saw my mom's dead body that haunted me for years.
No, Maddox. Not now. You shouldn't be crumbling now. You have a pack to answer. You have to find out so many things. Do not grow weak.
"I guess I just made myself clear," I scream before turning my back but turn around again,"and whoever it was earlier, meet me at the pack house"
I walk away. I normally would have beat the s**t out or even killed the person for the amount of disrespect. But now, more than ever I need to be on my own pack member's good side. I shouldn't choose violence now because then, they would relate it to the witches.
But I can put them in discipline. I know what to do.
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