My Silver Alpha
Chapter 33

As night fell a pair of glowing eyes never lost sight of the impressive rise of King Bardas’ castle. Lucian was hidden in the darkness, it wasn’t hard to keep track of his boys, let alone this Eren fellow. The only bad thing was that he had to keep a certain distance since the boy was escorted quite a bit, but in the end he did manage to get there. He understood why he couldn’t replace the damn place, it was much further away than he thought and other than that the paths he was taking weren’t the right ones.

-Wretched old man, did you think you could escape me? -he mumbles with irritation.

Now that he knew where he was hiding things would be easier for Lucian. Slowly backing away with a wicked smile on his lips, it wasn’t the right time to attack the castle, he didn’t yet have the power and the slaves necessary to win his victory. But the day would come, sensing that it was closer than he thought.

Dinnertime at Bardas’ castle had not changed much over the years. It was as riotous as ever, men, women and puppies gathered in the huge dining room filled with long tables and plenty of food on them. When Eren entered the scene he was struck by the amount of food that existed in the land. At that moment he wished his people were there.

The boy walked through the centre of everyone being the centre of attention. But he was used to that, he spotted his father who was sitting at a separate table with Shane and his wife. He made his way over to them, but before he could sit down the murmuring stopped and Eren turned around… the reason for the silence was because Valentina was standing in the doorway and judging by her expression it was obvious that she didn’t know what to do. He thought she was still asleep, so he sent the food up to her room.

-Son, be a gentleman and go get her,” his father encouraged him. He obeyed, catching her gaze.

-I’m sorry,” she apologizes. “I didn’t want to stay in the room, so the woman who brought the food brought me here,” he says apologetically.

-It’s all right, it’s okay,” Eren smiles and takes her hand.

-Is it okay that we came down? -The brunette looks sideways at Sofia, who was hiding behind her.

-Let’s have dinner.

Eren leads her by the hand through the centre. He knew that all eyes were on Valentina and not on him. Apparently there weren’t many humans inside the castle.

The brunette sensed where Eren was taking her and tensed, the first thing she saw was an older man who looked quite similar to the man who was holding her hand. Nerves made her squeeze Eren’s hand and Sofia, who was holding his other hand… the king didn’t take his eyes off her, Valentina thought that if the father didn’t like her, what the hell was she going to do? She was a human and as far as she could tell all those in that room were wolves. Damn it! she exclaimed to herself.

-Father, this is Valentina.

-Oh, what a beautiful mold you have created,” the smiling man praised, filling the chestnut with relief. “So you are the woman who has stolen the heart of the new silver moon king,” he said loudly enough for all to hear.

-I…

-My name is Bardas, and you are welcome to my house, which is now your house.

-Thank you,” she replies in a whisper.

-The old man stood up and took Valentina’s hand, who was sweating profusely. “May I present the new queen of the silver moon, Valentina.

The young woman’s eyes widened enormously when everyone applauded and stood up in front of her. What if that was too much? It was too much! New queen! Could she be the new queen without being married to Eren? She hadn’t even said yes to him, how could they declare her queen?

-Relax, I’ll talk to him later,” Eren’s voice was a whisper in her ear, sending a shiver through her body, “Just play along,” she nods quickly.

-I hope they treat her like the former queen, my beloved wife. I’m sure Valentina will make a fine woman for her king,” Bardas looks sideways at the chestnut and smiles at her.

Good heavens, what was he getting himself into? Maybe he should have stayed in the village, because this was crazy. She didn’t remember her life passing her by and now she had earned a new one as queen.

In the end the dinner turned out better than Eren had expected, the only downside was his father’s impulsiveness in introducing Valentina to everyone. Perhaps he should have told him earlier that she had turned down his marriage proposal, well he would do that later. At least his moon had played along.

-Does your father think we’re getting married? -Valentina whispers in his ear.

-I’ll tell him the truth, don’t worry about it.

-And won’t that break his heart? -She looks at him with crystalline eyes. Damn it! He loved that woman, he just didn’t realize that with her expressions she was driving him crazy.

-It’s OK! -She squeezes the thigh of his leg while smiling at him.

Valentina returns to her old position, she looks at Eren’s father who was looking at her with admiring eyes. She bit the inner flesh of her lips, it would definitely break the man’s heart if he found out that she rejected his son. He seemed to be so excited about his son getting married, if that wasn’t pressure then she wouldn’t know what to call it. It was like carrying a lot of weight on his shoulders, was that the life of a queen? She didn’t even know what it was like to be a ruler of a werewolf pack. It was illogical for them to take her as their ruler when she was only human.

Dinner ended, and Valentina and Sofia left the table. Eren escorted them to their rooms. A separate room had been prepared for the girl next to hers.

-Won’t you stay? -She asked curiously when she saw that he wasn’t planning to go in.

-I must talk to my father first, then I’ll come back with you. Try to get some rest, okay? -He leaves a small k**s on her lips to leave but she stops him.

-Don’t tell him.

-What?

-To your father, don’t tell him anything that I haven’t accepted you.

He wanted to ask her why, but he didn’t think it wise to push her so hard. That day had been very strong for her, and he was surprised at the will she possessed to keep herself lucid at that hour being only a human. She was a pretty tough woman! Eren ended up giving her a half smile, kissed her cheeks and left.

Valentina let the air out of her lungs. The young woman was begging Eren not to ask her why, fortunately he didn’t, giving her some peace of mind. It was a crazy thing to ask, but a part of her didn’t want to break the king’s heart. He seemed very pleased with her presence.

-Oh Valentina, what the hell are you doing? -She mumbles under her breath halfway down the corridor. She denies, returning to the room.