Filed to story: The Alpha Kings Hated Slave
Danika glowed under that look. It didn’t matter if it was a thing of the moment. It didn’t matter if he’d still punish the very devil out of her later. He wasn’t giving her that stony gaze anymore. Instead, his expression was tender, and that was all that mattered.
He sat up in his chair and lowered his head towards her. She closed her eyes tight and braced herself for whatever his intent might be.
Then he kissed her forehead tenderly.
IN THE ABYSS
Danika’s eyes were closed when she felt the lips perched upon her forehead. Then, her eyes snapped open, and she watched wide-eyed when she realised what he was doing.
The touch of his lips lingered. She closed her eyes and savored the feeling. He was kissing her forehead. She could hardly believe it. Of all the reactions she expected from him, this was not one of them. The king was putting his mouth on her.
Truly, it was worth it.
He pulled back finally and stared her in the eyes. “Good job,” he said at last.
She glowed over the compliment and bowed her head. “Thank you, Master.” Her voice came out a little hoarse and scratchy because of the way she had just pleasured him.
When he leaned back in his seat, she pulled away from him. That was when she noted her environment again.
“Wow. I must say that you’ve got yourself a very good slave. She did a good job,” King Pesih said from across the room.
King Lucien said nothing, even though he heard the king’s comment. He was deep in thought.
She’d seen his scars. When he looked in her eyes, he didn’t see repulsion or mockery. He saw genuine concern for him. She’d stared up at him and he saw the pain in her eyes.
Then she’d pleasured him. It was something he had never expected. She’d pleasured him, and she’d proved to him that she didn’t find him the least bit repulsive because of his scars.
King Lucien watched her as the entertainment continued. Then she’d placed her head on his knee.
He let her.
He didn’t jerk at the contact because her hands felt different on his body. And he didn’t order her away, even though he knew his leg would start hurting if it held her weight for too long.
Instead, his eyes were on her hair, and a scowl settled on his face again. Who was this woman?
She’d made him sleep. That, he did not understand, but it had happened?twice.
Now he saw another part of her he never wanted to see. A part of her that wasn’t repulsed by him. A part that felt the pain of others.
Was it all pretense?
Because he was finding it hard to believe how a monster like Cone could father the woman before him. The absurdity of it was too much. Too unbelievable.
And yet…
He closed his eyes and shut his mind to the thoughts. Anger filled him at the thought of her father. Rage replaced anger, and it burned hard.
He made a mistake by shutting his eyes. With his eyes closed, he opened more doors for the demons of the past to haunt him.
The sheer bliss he’d gotten from her dulled under the onslaught of the overwhelming flashes of his memories of his scars. The horrible memories of it all. The sound of Cone’s maniacal laughter as he howled and writhed in pain.
His hands tightened at the edge of his seat as he squeezed his eyes tighter to pull himself from the abyss of that misery.
It wasn’t an easy feat to achieve.
And when he achieved it, the coldness was back in his eyes, all traces of tenderness gone.
He stared down at the slight weight on his leg. She’d fallen asleep, her head cushioned on his thigh.
Finally, the courtroom activities were over. Danika was fast asleep with her head resting on the king’s thigh.
As the other kings made their way out of the courtroom to their carriages, they looked at them with surprise and curiosity. They expected him to roughly snatch his leg away from her head, and they expected him to punish her severely for such audacity.
He showed no reaction. He said nothing.
All the people finally left until it was only the guards of Salem.
“Chad,” he said after a while. He never had to raise his voice.
The door opened and Chad entered. He bowed his head. “Yes, my king.”
“Take her to her bedroom. Do not wake her,” he ordered.
“Your wish is my command.” He bowed again before he moved forward and lifted Danika from the floor. She slept peacefully as he carried her. He walked through the long hallway that led to her bedroom. On his way, he saw the mistress Vetta and bowed his head to her, but he didn’t stop. Even when he felt the heated glare of the mistress’s eyes on him, he didn’t stop. When he got to Danika’s bedroom, he opened the door and entered.
Baski was the only person he saw in that room. His eyes searched for Sally, but she wasn’t there. Baski saw the sleeping woman he carried and got the bed ready and they laid her on it.
Danika sighed dreamily, her body going lax.
“Has the meeting in court ended?” Baski asked him after Danika on the bed.
“Yes. All the kings are on their way back to their kingdoms,” Chad replied.
Baski nodded her thanks. She wanted to see the king; she couldn’t wait to share the news about Remeta to him. The thought of telling the king the good news of Remeta’s improvement filled her with happiness. She also wanted to make sure that he was alright, because she hadn’t seen him all day. She’d been at home taking care of her daughter.
Baski went in search of Remeta and Sally and found them in the backyard beside the orchid plant. They stooped low, picking seeds while Sally told her a story. Baski stopped short and watched the way her daughter listened attentively and curiously while Sally’s inaudible words came out of her mouth. She noted the way Remeta had bathed and was clothed.
Tears pooled in her eyes. It had been so long; she never expected to see her daughter this way again. For the first time in ages, Remeta was determined to get better. She thought of taking Remeta with her to see the king, but she didn’t want to risk it.
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