Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne
Chapter 83

Chapter 83

Chapter 83 Why do I feel this will go terribly

A sense of ease settled in Doris as she walked out of the woods. She wrapped her cloak tighter aroundherself as she smiled a little. It was like a hole inside her had been filled more than it had been when shewent in. How long had she had that hole? How long had she felt that empty? Now she understood what itwas like to feel a bit more complete. Perhaps she had been missing her inner wolf her whole life and sheonly realized it now. The villagers were wide awake by the time she’d gotten back. A few royal guardswere scattered in the crowds. It as almost getting hard to tell them apart as some of them bonded withthe others. She watched as they shared jokes and tipped their heads back to laugh with one another.She didn’t see William out yet, nor Enzo. It was strange to see such order in the camp without some sortof supervision. Perhaps they were getting along more than Doris had realized. Or maybe it was justWilliam they had their concerns about. Her stomach growled loud enough for her to quickly cover it withher arms. The smell from the center of the courtyard could have lifted her feet off the ground with howdelicious it was. Fresh bread? Cinnamon? She wasn’t sure what it was but it only made her feelravenous. All the running had given her an appetite she hadn’t felt in

quite a while. She joined a line to grab a serving of the frosted bread and went to waver through thegrowing crowd to replace an empty seat. It was freezing outside, but it was a nice enough day to enjoy Doriscouldn’t catch herself in time when someone held out their foot to trip her. Doris fell face first into herbread and had to bite her lip to keep in her screams. It burned her face, she quickly wiped it off and thenstared down at the sad remains of the one thing her stomach desired. “You should watch where you’regoing.” Doris looked up to see the woman that tried to seduce William standing above her with her armscrossed tightly across her chest. Doris stood and wiped off the snow from her pants and tried to pick outthe bread pieces from her hair. “I suppose I should be on the look out for people trying to trip me.”

The woman narrowed her eyes a little as if she didn’t expect Doris to say anything back. The crowd hadquickly thinned around them as if they were afraid to get caught in the crossfire. She looked Doris up anddown with disinterest. “I can see why he would already be bored of you, you’re not much to look at.” “I

assume you’re talking about William? Everyone can see that you’re drooling over yourself for him.” Dorismoved to walk past her, but she stepped in her way again. Doris curled her fists at her sides and tried totame the beast inside her. “I heard you were nothing but a maid, do they let you talk back to people atthe kingdom like this?” The girl asked with an almost mocking tone. Doris had to tilt her head back a littlejust to look up at the girl. “Not to people I respect. I don’t even know who you are, so don’t expect me tofall at your feet because of my job.” The girl scoffed and tossed her light hair back. It wasn’t very long,she looked about a foot taller than Doris with long legs and a lean frame. “I’m Jude, I’m one of the mainwolf’s here. I would advise you to watch your mouth around me” “Is that so? That’s odd, I haven’t heardyour name once for being a main wolf. Excuse me,” Doris went to move around her again and thewoman gripped Doris by her shoulder and pushed her back. “Let me out, I’ll take care of her!” Cordeliaraged inside her. It felt as if her wolf was pacing angrily with her claws ready to take her down. Doris triedto silence her. She wasn’t about to let her wolf rip apart this girl that just wasn’t worth it. They’d think shewas insane, even if at the moment it felt justified. “I don’t take kindly to disrespect from someone like you.You think you’re good enough to be dining with royalty? You’ll soon realize the only thing you’re good foris laying on your back.” “Did you discover that from experience?” Doris almost growled as if the wolfishside of her couldn’t help it. She felt the rage bubble up from inside her in a place she hadn’t yet fullyexplored. “Get away from me.” 1 Jude grabbed her arm when she went to pass. She dug her long nailsinto Doris’s skin hard enough to make her gasp. “How dare you? You’re nothing but a useless whore

Doris didn’t notice William was there until he grabbed Jude by her arm and yanked her off Doris. Jude’slips parted in shock as she took in the sight of an angered prince. It was a look Doris knew all too well.“Prince William–I didn’t see you there.” She winced when his grip tightened “Is there a reason you’reharassing her?” William said through his teeth. Even though Jude was quite tall, he still towered over her.“Or are you just ashamed that I would never want you like her?” Doris swore she’d heard him wrong-or atleast didn’t understand what he meant. A strange burst of excitement swirled inside her and she knew itwas coming from her wolf. Doris wanted to shove her wolf further down and quiet her. “I—“ Williampushed her away from him as if he didn’t want anything to do with her. “If I see you talk to anyone in my

party again, I will rip out your tongue so I never have to hear another word. Her life is worth a hundred ofyours, don’t forget that.” 2 Jude stared at him in a shock that mirrored her own. Doris felt her wolf curl upinside her with a sigh of content. She didn’t have to say a word, Doris knew exactly what she wasthinking and her face warmed at the thoughts. Another burst of anger doused her strange energy-shewanted to scream at him and demand he stop saying things that confused her more than anything. Shedidn’t need him to stand up for her—but a sick part of her liked it. She liked that he had a weirdprotectiveness over her even when he seemed repulsed by her. What was wrong with her? Williamdidn’t even spare Doris a glance as he walked away. Jude watched him leave in a sort of daze that madeher look as if she was half asleep. It took her a moment to realize they had several onlookers in thecrowd and of course those that tried to pretend they didn’t see a thing. What—? “He couldn’t be moreobvious about his feelings. Don’t pretend you didn’t hear him.” Cordelia whispered. Doris stompedtowards her cabin and slammed the door for a bit of privacy. Her emotions swirled in several differentdirections, she wasn’t sure what to grab onto. Should she scream about how horrible Jude was? Or howfrustrated she was at William? “How do you figure he’s being obvious? Please, enlighten me! He can’teven look at me anymore!” Doris shouted at the wall. Why did it bother her so much? Why did he act oneway and then do something the counteract his intentions? Her chest felt as if it was going to burst. Wasthis what it was like having a wolf inside her? Cordelia hummed in her mind. It was a sort of disapprovingsound that made Doris want to throw something. She couldn’t even understand her own anger and shedidn’t know where to place it. “Let’s do something for him, it might soften him a bit.” “Soften him? That’simpossible.” Doris snorted and stopped the pacing she didn’t even realize she started and furrowed herbrows. “What did you even have in mind? What would we do?”. “Remember how jealous he was ofDaniel and how you would make him things?” 1 Doris rolled her eyes and plopped down on the couch bythe fire. A part of her missed Daniel, she was ashamed to admit she hadn’t thought about him at all sinceshe left. “He wasn’t jealous—“ “Why are you so blind? Truly, I’d like to know.” 2 “Just get to the point.”Doris said as she rubbed her head. Perhaps William was always so grumpy because of his inner wolf. Ifit was half as annoying as her own, she understood completely. Every time they talked, she gained anew headache. “Let’s bake something for our mate. It’ll cheer him up.” Cordelia suggested. It was hard to

describe, but she thought she heard a bit of a smirk in her tone. 1 “Why do I feel like this will be a terribleidea?” Doris groaned.