Protect Me, Alpha King
11. Healing

Where am 1?

That was the first thing that ran through my mind the moment I unfolded my eyes.

My head felt like it was spinning. It hurts so much that all I wanted right now was lying on the beduntil it would disappear. However, I remembered that I was now a servant of the palace and I had todo my best before anyone would decide to bully me again.

What happened?

Images of what happened flashed like lightning in my mind. The rogues. The dead bodies. Thelimbs. The blood. The driver. The alpha king. Everything.

My stomach somersaulted and wanted to release everything I had eaten this morning. Or did I eveneat or not? I did not remember anymore.

"Oh, Moon Goddess. How long will I be able to overcome my indifference to the sight of blood?" Iwhispered in my mind

It was always my usual reaction at the sight of blood. Aside from not having a wolf, I had thepeculiar ability to faint at the mere sight of blood.

"Do you believe the woman to be High Highness harem?" one woman said.

I stilled. Servants. They were inside the room?

A woman? Were they pertaining to me?

I cringed my neck, eager to listen more. If I wanted to know more about the palace, I should listento the servants. They were like the mouth of the news and hearsay.

“This woman?” another asked.

It was almost a whisper but I could still hear them.

I held my breath and pretended to sleep.

"Shhh. Lower your voice. Or we will awaken them.” Her voice was almost a whisper but thanks to myheightened hearing, I could still hear them.

"What do you think?”

“That's the confusing part. You know the alpha king. We have been serving him for two decades, butthe women who were always with him were sexy and beautiful as if they were goddesses who stephere on earth. This woman was nothing compared to them. Not that kind of look. She is too plain.Her hair earlier looked like a bird's nest. If she is part of his harem, she will only bring disgrace to HisHighness."

Her words were like a hit to my ego.

Was I that bad? And I even had the audacity to make the first move when I was still in my previouspack.

Shame hit me hard like a bitch. No matter where I go, anyone would always picks on my physicalimperfections.

Am I that shameful for His Highness?

It was true that my hair looked like a bird's nest because of our near-death experience. It wasstubbornly curly. I wanted to straighten them, but I lacked the resources for that. There were farmore important things than that.

"I know, right? You know what's bogging my mind?" she said in a hushed tone.

Long silence after.

I felt they peeped in my direction.

"When she fainted, His Highness automatically seized her. He growled at any man who would takeher away from his arms when they only wanted to help the woman. Odd, right? Not natural, it was.He carried her despite His Highness's wounds. And did you see how the blood poured out like ariver?” I imagined she shivered at her vivid imagination of the past.

"Oh. I nearly fainted because of that. Which made me believe she is part of the harem.”

The alpha king did that? To what purpose?

"Right. Right. When will our queen come? I want our true queen to lead the kingdom. Not just amistress. With the persistent problem about the rogues, His Highness needed someone to rely on.”"I pity His Highness.”

"Shhh. You must never say it that loud. His Highness never wanted anyone to show he is tired andweak from solving all the palace concerns. The best we can do is help him by serving him what heneeds to the best of our abilities."

"I miss His Highness after his one-day visit at Haverstone Pack. I wonder if he already found hismate."

"He is the only one who knows about that. If he found her, I am certain he would announce it to thewhole kingdom. Come. Come. We will go now. His Highness and the woman are still sleeping.”

"I felt envious of her. She gained the alpha king's affection.”

"We cannot do anything about it. There are luckier women out there compared to the others. Andalso added to that were the women he had bedded so far."

Silence.

"Speaking of that one... saw them once..."

Wait.

What did the servant see? I wanted to hear the rest of the story so far. I heard their retreatingfootsteps followed by a soft click.

I opened one eye and looked at the door. It was finally close. I listened to the surroundings. Itseemed like I was the only one here.

I released a breath that I was holding while the servants were talking. They were finally gone.

I scanned the surroundings. I was in a chamber? It was elegantly decorated with all the ornamentsmade with gold. And the bed that I was currently lying in was enormous. A king-size bed. Theflowery scent wafted through the air, tickling my nostrils.

My lips parted as I continued to stare at the chamber. I had never entered such a magnificent roomand even Alpha Erik's room was nothing compared to this one. It was still beautiful but not as fineas this. This fitted the alpha king.

My gaze shifted to the other side of the bed. King Maxxwell? So it was true that we were inside hischamber? He was topless. Again. One hand was covering a part of his face while another one wason his side.

My cheeks burned as I continued ogling at him.

"Your Highness..." I whispered under my breath

No response coming from him.

He was softly snoring. A medic gauze roll was wrapped securely around his waist. There was a faintcolor of red—blood. But it was manageable on my side.

I heaved myself out of the bed, dragged a vacant chair, and went to the alpha king's side. My guiltfor what had happened to him was like a bitch constantly saying it was my fault why his wound gotworse. It would also take a few days before it would heal fully.

I had to do something. Or the people's hatred towards me will become worse.

I drew a long breath, and put my hand on his forehead. No one should know what I will do. If theyknow, they will exploit me.

"Forgive me, Your Highness. It will hurt but you will get better after this.”

I closed my eyes, gathered all the energy around me, chanted some incoherent words in the ears ofthe others, got inside the alpha king's body, and particularly went directly to repair the brokentissues from his wound.

I was five years old when I found out I had healing abilities. It was when I fell from a two-storybuilding and broke my ribs when I was doing my cleaning duties as an omega of the pack. I closedmy eyes that time because of the onslaught of pain. Continuously. Until I saw and felt the energygathered around me, resting on my hands. It burned and put the burning hands on my broken ribsand the bones slowly repaired themselves.

King Maxxwell groaned.

“Please endure it, Your Highness,” I whispered.

Sweat coated my forehead, but did not have the time to wipe it off. Must do it fast or the servantswould enter the chamber again.

Still closing my eyes, I saw the scary wounds on his side, glaring at me. The wound ran deeper than Icould imagine. Gathering another amount of energy, I concentrated it on the wound and it did themagic of healing it little by little.

King Maxxwell's breathing became strained.

“Just another minute...”

The wounds closed themselves and after this, the only thing that would be left would be the scars. Ifelt bad when I could not do anything about the marks. It was out of my ability.

It was another ten minutes and I was finally done.

I sank into my chair, my strength nearly at its lowest.

Glancing at the alpha king, I saw how his pallor turned into pinkish. His breathing was even.

I needed a minute before I could stand. Healing someone or myself drains all my energy and it wasthe last thing I wanted to do because it meant I would encounter a lot of blood which would makemy stomach upset.

It would take another five minutes or more before His Highness would fully awaken, feeling brandnew while I felt like a load of trucks fell over my body. Despite that, that would make me less guilty.King Maxxwell and I were even now. He saved me from the rogues. I healed his wounds.

Feeling I could now walk steadily, I stood, turned my back, and planned on going outside thechamber when someone said, "River..."