Chapter 147: Life is short
"So you’re saying," Daniel crossed his legs and leaned further. "That... the King’s sick? and is making his subjects do all the dirty work? Is it related to killing the Alphas and abducting my mate?"
The way he said ’mate’ so casually got Nancy, Brittany and Talia bowing a bit to smile to themselves.
"He’s not sick... he was cursed by the late Queen before she died. He is immobile and cannot move from his throne. But after decades of research, they finally made a bucket list. Prior, the things they’ll need to free him from the bondage."
As she said that, she looked back down on the floor, where she had written down some names.
"We have the heart of three mated Alpha’s, which are Alpha Drake, Alpha Justin, and Alpha Henry. Then the prescence of a female Alpha, which is Nancy, and the two heirs of Foxtune," she raised her eyss to meet with Daniel’s. "Koan and Naomi."
Another shuddering silence.
"They’ve gotten two Alphas, and they have Naomi. We don’t know when they’re coming again... but if we all want to stay alive, and probably save humanity too... the King must not stand up from that throne. He mustn’t be released."
"So where’s Koan?"
"He’s back at Ruby Stone’s," Nancy held her face. "I feel so guilty leaving him there, but it’s really hard staying and seeing him chained up like a criminal... seeing the bloodlust and hate in his eyes."
Daniel stroked her hair.
"Hey hey hey," he cooed. "You know he’s not in his right mind... "