Protect Me, Alpha King
37. Conversation

Oh, Moon Goddess. Why did I always have to witness someone's sexy time? First, it was betweenthe alpha king and Nora. And now Sir Elijah and his woman? And why did it have to be now when Iwas in a hurry?

“I will give you the best of your time, Sir Elijah, that will make your eyes roll back,” a woman said,failing to seduce Elijah. Based on my point of view. And just by listening to that voice, I knew thatwoman. Nora.

Dammit.

Did that woman already tell Elijah about the rumors?

That would be an advantage on my part since it would be easier to tell him why I was here, forcingmyself to listen to them in the middle of their sessions.

“Just relax, Sir Elijah and I will give you the best performance.”

The room went silent after that.

Next time, I would suggest to the alpha king to build a soundproof room. So they could have thebest privacy they have.

I stepped a little farther from them, not wanting to hear their moans while glaring at the door. Howlong will I wait for them to finish? It would take a couple of minutes before my escape would reachthe alpha king and they would realize I came here to talk to Elijah.

Think, River.

I was trying to!

Time was ticking and by now, the alpha king possibly had already known I escaped. The first thingthey will go to would be here in the West Wing.

"Oh, Sir Elijah. Fuck me hard," Nora cried. "Oh, oh. More!"

Shit.

I did not know if I would wait or not.

I had been gone for more than ten minutes already. Move, move! my mind screamed.

I clenched my fist and put it beside me when the urge to knock became stronger. How long would Iwait here until they will be done again?

I bit my fingernails. The twins would be mad at me for escaping from them. But I did not have achoice!

Sensing it would take a while, I dragged my feet towards the door, closed to the distance betweenus, and knocked three consecutive times while tapping my feet on the door.

"Go away!” Nora replied from the other side. “We're occupied! Oh, oh. I'm ticklish down there!” Noragiggled. I knocked again. Forcefully this time as if my life will depend on it.

I looked around. No guard yet. Good.

I waited and waited for someone to open the door. But no one dared to. I tried knocking again,finally heard a rustling inside, with a few lengthy curses, and was able to hear the words bitch andsaw Nora half-opening the door.

Her lips pressed into a thin line when she realized it was none other than me

She froze and stared at me with wide eyes and raised eyebrows. "You? I told you we are busy. Whatdo you want? Tell me. Hurry!"

My gaze darted at her current state. Unruly hair. Smudges of lipstick on her face. A towel wrappedaround the upper part of her body.

"Is Sir Elijah there? Inside?" I asked, softly.

"No," she answered and tried to slam the door shut but stopped her using more than the force shewas using. Nora was freaking strong. "Go away! Sir Elijah does not want to entertain visitors as ofthe moment.”

Using all of my strength, I pushed it more and succeeded. "I know what you are doing inside. But Ipromise. I will give you time after this one,” I uttered.

Her lips pressed into a thin line. "Have you no shame?"

Relax, River. You need to relax.

“Does it matter right now? If I have some sense of humiliation, I won't be listening to your moans.”"How dare you!”

"Nora. I don't have all the time in the world to argue with you. Sir Elijah!" I shouted. “Sir Elijah!” Icalled again. I heard another rustling of clothes and then Elijah stuck his face in the door.

“River, what's the matter?”

My gaze darted at his current state. He wore a fluffy robe while wearing unkempt hair and kissmarks on his neck. I looked at them back and forth and shook my head. It did not matter what thetwo had done. It was not my right to pry.

“Can I talk with you, Sir Elijah? Alone? If that's okay with you.”

"Why? You see, River..Nora and I are quite occupied at the moment. We will get back to you afterthis.”

“No.” He cocked a brow. “I mean no, Sir Elijah. This is urgent.”

He sighed. “It cannot wait, doesn't it?”

“It's a matter between life and death. Please? I promise this will not take long.”

"Who would kill you, River? You're so good at what you did last night. You are an asset.”

Nora's ears perked up and from her expression, I knew she was suddenly curious about it. BeforeNora would think the worst, I said, "It's not what you think it is, Nora. Don't spread any more liesthat would dirty Sir Elijah’s reputation.”

"What are you trying to say? That I spread false information?"

"You are the only one who knows about that." I looked up at Elijah who was silently listening to us.“Please Sir Elijah?"

He sighed and gave in. “Fine. Nora, I am afraid we have to stop. Can you go now? I will call youwhen I need you.”

“But... Sir Elijah...we are not yet—"

He put his hands on her shoulders making the woman's cheeks flush. “Thank you forunderstanding,” Elijah said and kissed Nora's cheeks, making them redder. “We will continue afterthis. I will call you.”

Fanning her face using both hands, she said, “I will wait for that, Sir Elijah.”

She entered and a couple of minutes later stepped out. When she was done, I entered hastily insidefollowed by Elijah.

“So..what made you look like someone is after your life, River?” he asked, chuckling.

As much as I wanted to disregard the current state of the bed, my curiosity got ahead of me. Thebed's comforter was chaotic. Some of Elijah’s clothes were on the floor and I could not help butimagine what the two had been up to.

“Tell me why you are here, River. I will forgive you for disturbing us since you didn't know I hated itwhen someone disturbs me while I am with my woman.” He fastened the robe around his body andsat down, looking at me with his brown eyes.

I cleared my throat, not sure about how I would start.

“Forgive me for what I had done, Sir Elijah. It was unforgivable. I know. You can punish me later.”“You can call me, Elijah.”

“No, Sir Elijah,” I said, asserting to call him Sir when I remembered he usually asked his woman tocall him only by his name. I had no plans of being his whore. “I should call you sir or others wouldget weird ideas. That we are this close." Using my hands, I pressed my palms together, so that hewould get what I was trying to say. "I don't want to beat around the bush, but I came here to tellyou that I told Alpha King Maxxwell that we are mates.”

His scowl deepened.

“That's a serious allegation out there, River. Proceed. Make me understand why you lied to the alphaking.”

“It's because of the rumors saying we were seen together. Excuse me for the words that I wouldsay,” I said and coughed, then continued, “We were seen fucking each other at the watchtowerwhich did not happen. I only give you a massage, right? But they heard your words last night andjumped to conclusions without verifying what is true or not.”

"Rumors will die, River. You do not have to fight it. Servants would always gossip wherever they gotthe chance. Wait for a couple of days and the servants will talk about another topic.”

I bit my lower lip when he did not understand why I had to do it.

“I don't want the alpha king to get mad at me because of that, Sir Elijah. I am his face and thoserumors only brought disgrace to His Majesty. What kind of personal servant I am if I cannot evenprotect his name?”

He touched his chin and was in deep thought.

“You are faithful to the alpha king. I commend you for reminding me of his previous personalservant.”

“I am. I want to show how grateful I was for allowing me to come with him to his palace. However,” Isaid, trailing off my words. I made my face sadder than usual. “The rumors had spread all over thepalace. To my panic, to defend myself when they continued it was me with you, I told him that weare mates.”

“Mates. I never wanted to meet one."

"Why? Are you satisfied with casual sex?"

"It is true when the alpha king you asked a lot of questions. Unlike her. Who also hears that we aremates, River?”

Licking my lips, I retorted, “The twins and the alpha king. None other else. Not even Nora.”

He folded his hands on his lap. “What do you want me to do, River? Do you know that lying to thealpha king is punishable?”

“I know. I know. But I cannot take back my words anymore, Sir Elijah. Now...if you would be kindenough to support my lie?”

"What if your real mate will come, River? And what if he will tell the alpha king the truth?”

I looked down, clenching my fist. Alpha Erik's face flashed in my mind and I easily vanished. That madid not deserve to be remembered.

"I already found out who my mate was, Sir Elijah.”

"And?" he pressed more.

I looked at him and gave him my famous fake smile.

"He rejected me. He was the alpha of our pack and did not want to do anything with me. Whywould he even waste his time with me who is nothing but a servant? And omega of our pack.Anyone would reject a servant directly without giving us a chance because of our status. They thinkwe are nothing but their source of humiliation. They gave more importance to what the otherswould say compared to what their beast would say.”

I smiled bitterly at the memory.

Alpha Erik will go on with his life, taking as many women as he could but would no longer be matedwhile I continued hurting because of his rejection. Since he was the one who rejected me, he wouldnever have a second-chance mate, but it would not be a problem for him since women wouldalways go after him. It was only I who was only given a second chance. However, I did not know ifhe would accept me.

“That's not true, River. You were paired with an asshole.”

“It's the truth, Sir Elijah. You wouldn't know our struggles—being a servant and an omega since youare at the top.”

“An alpha king had once taken a servant as his mate, River.”

My eyes widened at his declaration. Someone out there had taken an omega as his mate?Impossible. That felt too good to be true.

“Who is the alpha king that you are referring to, Sir Elijah?”