Chapter 7 Chapter 7

He shouldn't feel anything. He shouldn't be affected by her suffering but seeing Thalina cry in front of him made his heart ache.

He doesn't want to get attached. All he wanted was to satisfy his wolf's desire and falling for Thalina is something that he will defy.

"Stand up," he coldly uttered maintaining his cold demeanor.

Thalina just stared at him lost on what she should do and when she didn't do anything the King turned around and walked away.

"If you want to stay in this forest and be eaten by the rouges then suit yourself. Remember that no one will look for you Thalina. No one will notice that you are already gone,"

Those words became a sharp knife that cut her heart into pieces. It triggers her tears to fall even more. Her agony deepened and she started drowning in despair.

The faint hope that she had earlier was now gone.

"Yeah, you're right. No one will ever look for me so why bother living right? I will stay here and be eaten by the rouges-"

He wanted to leave her but something inside him triggered him to return and get Thalina. Even though his mind tells him to keep walking and let the woman be eaten by the rouges just like what she wants, he turns around and walks towards the woman.

He stood in front of her as she cried like a helpless child.

"You are hard-headed aren't you?" he asked filled with irritation.

Thalina lifted her head meeting his blazing red gaze. “Just leave. Why do you have to come back? Just let me die I am useless anyway. I lost my wolf. I became even weaker. I can’t conceive a child. Why do I have to be born this way? Did I do something wrong to be punished? Did I hurt someone?” she asked, pain evident in her voice.

All she wanted was to be loved and live a normal life. All she wants is to stay at Magnus' side and become the perfect Luna that he deserves. She doesn’t wish for anything else. All she wanted was to live her life happily with the man that she loved.

“Why am I being punished, King Thaddeus? Do I deserve all of this? Why is everything so fucking hard?”

Thaddeus fell silent completely clueless on how to comfort Thalina. He wanted to say something but no matter how hard he thinks he can’t find a comforting word that will make Thalina feel better.

He wasn’t used to this. He wasn’t empathetic. He was known to be ruthless and didn’t care about anyone but right now he wanted to be different. He wants to make Thalina feel better but he doesn’t know how.

Completely clueless about what he should do, he just decided to carry Thalina in bridal style which left Thalina shocked.

She was caught off guard taken aback by King Thaddeus' sudden action.

“What are you doing King Thaddeus?! Put me down!” she demanded and started hitting his chest but instead of getting mad a soft chuckle escaped his lips.

“You call yourself weak but your punches hurt,” he commented which made Thalina stop from hitting him.

Thalina put her fist down as guilt crept into her skin.

“Sorry,” she apologetically uttered as guilt crept into her system.

She was silent and just let the king carry her. She chose to distract herself by listening to the sound of the dried leaves that King Thaddeus stepped on.

“What are you thinking?” King Thaddeus asked breaking the silence between them.

Thalina’s gaze which was fixated on the path they were taking turned to King Thaddeus who was looking at her intently, his eyes filled with curiosity.

“Why do you want to know?” she fired back.

She didn’t want to sound rude but she couldn’t help it, gladly King Thaddeus didn’t take a big deal out of it and just shrugged his shoulders.

“I just want to know. Maybe I can help,” he simply responded which made Thalina smile.

“You are a king but you cannot make a miracle King Thaddeus. No matter how powerful you are you cannot bring back my wolf,” she said with a smile on her face but the pain was evident in her eyes and it didn’t escape King Thaddeus' gaze.

“I’ll ask around. Maybe the physicians inside the palace knew-”

“You will broadcast to the entire palace that I am wolfless?” she asked cutting him off. “I am already weak in their eyes and if they learn that I lost my wolf they might make fun of me. My life is already worse King Thaddeus please don’t make things even harder for me,”

When Thalina saw the palace gate she forcefully removed Thaddeus' hold on her and stood on her own.

“Thank you for carrying me,” she coldly uttered before turning her back on the King and starting walking towards the gate.

King Thaddeus doesn’t want to offend her. It wasn’t his intention to hurt her feelings but he wasn’t good with words so no matter how pure his intention was, it was still misunderstood. No matter how badly he wanted to explain his side he couldn’t think of a better explanation so all he could do was quietly follow Thalina as she headed inside the palace.

He was quietly following her taking every path that she had taken but when she stopped he couldn’t help but trace her vision and it was directed at the main entrance where he saw his half-brother Magnus and beside him was his new Luna.

Magnus was waving at him but he diverted his attention to Thalina whose head was now bowed as if she was scared to look at them.

Without hesitation, Thaddeus took a step and held Thalina’s hand making her head turn to him.

“What are you doing?” she asked filled with confusion.

Thaddeus looked at her eyes intently and took a deep breath.

“Lift your head and don’t bow to them. I am your King, Thalina you will only bow to me,” he firmly uttered.

Thalina was still confused but when King Thaddeus pulled her towards Magnus and Selene she had no choice but to follow him.

Her hands started to tremble as she got closer and King Thaddeus noticed it so he squeezed her hand. When they were only one step away from them, they stopped walking and without any warning, King Thaddeus possessively wrapped his arms around Thalina’s waist.

A smile graced Thaddeus' lips when he saw how Magnus' eyes traced his arm that was possessively wrapped around Thalina’s waist. King Thaddeus was satisfied with what he was seeing so the moment Magnus' met his gaze, he smiled even wider.

“Why are you together, King Thaddeus? And why are you holding Thalina like that?” he asked glancing at King Thaddeus' arms’ once again.

King Thaddeus pulled Thalina closer making sure there was no gap left between them and while looking at Magnus, he uttered the words that left them dumbfounded.

“I am mated to your ex-Luna, Magnus and I am courting her to be my Queen,”