Filed to story: The Alpha King’s Intoxicating Mate
“It’s Cordelia,” he said groaning.
“What about her?” snapped King Kace looking aggrieved.
I fought to keep my jealousy from showing. I disliked Cordelia immensely. She was a fake, insincere woman and I had no doubts she wanted me as far away from Kace as possible.
“She’s in the hospital. I just found out that one of our guards took her there.”
James sounded extremely reluctant to impart that news to his King, especially with me beside him.
King Kace frowned. “Is she harmed or injured? Did she drink too much?” he asked blandly.
James shook his head. “No. She’s suffering from wolfsbane poisoning. Somebody spiked her drink with enough to kill her. She’s lucky to have survived” he added and King Kace’s face turned in a scowl.
“Find out who poisoned her. Any attack on my people is an attack on me and my pack” King Kace roared, his fury showing.
“We are already investigating. As for Cordelia, she’s…well she’s…”
“She’s what?” he asked impatiently, while I stood there silently, my mate’s anger still clearly visible.
James sighed. He looked a bit uncomfortable as he glanced at me. “She’s asking to see you apparently.”
“It can’t be helped and she probably has valuable information on what happened,” King Kace said absent-mindedly.
He turned to me. “Would you mind escorting me to the hospital?” he asked sincerely.
I had thought he would insist he would go alone and had been seething but with that simple request, my anger immediately faded.
I was ecstatic. I wondered why he didn’t just mind-link her and then remembered that Cordelia had so much wolfsbane in her system that he wouldn’t be able to. James coughed. “Actually, the thing is,” he said quietly, glancing down at the ground miserably “she’s refusing to talk to you unless you come alone.”
Silence. King Kace’s eyes flashed. “She dares think she can order me, the Alpha King to do her bidding?” he said in a dangerous voice, looking displeased and his body reverberating with rage..
“I’m only passing the message,” James said, holding his hands up in surrender.
King Kace exhaled, trying to calm himself. He looked exasperated. “Leah,” he said again, turning to me “would you mind escorting me to the hospital, please? I would speak with Cordelia and remind her who the Alpha is,” he said tightly.
James smirked. I took hold of my mate’s hand. “Certainly, the hospital is not far if you would like to walk. It is a nice night” I said smiling.
“Yes, the fresh air will do me some good,” my mate said quietly, allowing me to drag him outside and head in the direction of the hospital.
We walked in silence, the sound of the music from the marquee fading into the background. My mate was content to just hold hands and it felt nice, my cheeks burning as I remembered what we had done in the forest earlier in the night. I shivered slightly and he immediately took off his leather jacket, putting it on me as I thanked him. We reached the building and asked for Cordelia’s room. She looked pale, an IV dripping into the cannula in her arm, her hair draped over the pillow. She wore a hospital gown and her eyes were dark and listless. A blanket covered her. She appeared to be out of it. She stirred slightly as we moved closer and then she fluttered her eyes open, looking at my mate, a small smile on her lips.
“Kace, you came” she whispered, licking her lips and attempting to smile at him seductively as I glowered at her. To me, she looked surprisingly well considering she’d been poisoned but then maybe I was just suspicious of this b***h as a whole? I coughed and Cordelia reluctantly looked over at me, the light in her eyes dimming as she realized that I too, was in attendance.
King Kace POV
Cordelia looked weak and delicate in the bed. I saw her brighten when she saw me, glad to see I had come, but then her eyes darted to Leah who was beside me and her eyes flashed with anger, before returning to normal. I almost missed it, she was that quick to change her expression. She gave me a shaky smile, reaching out for my hand. I held it out of her reach, not in the mood for her to be playing games with me. Instead, I grabbed Leah’s, Leah smiling at me tenderly as my chest tightened in response. My mate never failed to emit a comforting warmth that spread throughout my body from where we touched. Cordelia’s eyes widened and then began to shimmer with tears as she looked at both of us. I fought to keep the guilt at bay. I had been treating her poorly since I had discovered my mate and maybe I had been too harsh with her. Would I have been any happier if Cordelia had found her true mate and left me standing in the dirt? I tried to put myself in her shoes.
Hell yes, you would have been. This girl is obsessed with you Kace and not in a good way. Why can’t you just admit this is just another ploy to get your attention? She’s taking the focus off of Leah because she’s jealous. I’m willing to bet she poisoned herself. f*****g b***h he growled.
That makes no sense. Why would somebody give themselves wolfsbane, let alone such a high amount? She could have died Lucian.
Shame she didn’t he said rudely.
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