Kidnapped and Rejected – The Return of Alpha’s Luna by Moon Claw

Chapter 223

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Clemente looked stunned, “You don’t want me to follow you? But the King clearly said that!!

“The King is not here,” Janet’s voice turned cold slightly. “And you saw how those people treated me, Clemente. There is no respect. I need to turn this around and convince them that I can be Queen. This hunting is my opportunity.”

There was a tight furrow between Clemente’s brows, “You can do the hunting all by yourself, Lady Janet. I won’t partake. But I have to follow you into the woods and keep you safe. It is my duty…”

“The thing is, Clemente, if you follow me into the woods, nobody will believe that I killed those prey by myself. They will all think that you helped me. And what is the point of that?”

Clemente bit his lips, looking reluctant.

If she asked him to stay back a week before, he would never, ever agree to that.

But they had developed some sort of trust after the baseball game.

Janet was counting on that trust right now.

“Give me a chance to prove myself, Clemente. That is all I am asking,” she said.

Clemente took in a deep breath.

“…Fine,” he gave in eventually.

Joy exploded in Janet’s chest, “Thank you, Clemente!”

“The King will kill me if he finds out about this ” he groaned.

“The King will kill me if he finds out about this,” he groaned.

She smiled, “I will make sure that he never finds out.”

That was a lie.

Because she is fully prepared to disappear into the woods and mountains once the hunting begins.

She could aiready imagine Westin’s rage when he learnt that Clemente let her into the woods alone.

She felt sorry for using Clemente…But she would not apologize for doing what was necessary to escape this place.

Oh, and there was one last step of preparation to do….

Janet faked a sneeze.

“Are you cold?” Clemente asked immediately, “Where is your jacket?”

Everyone else was wearing a thick jacket that could protect them from the chilly mountain breeze.

Yet Janet only had a thin shirt on her.

“I left my jacket in my room,” she said.

did

can take mine,” Clemente

was exactly what she was

jacket was warm and–most importantly–it carried his

with Lycan’s scent would help cover her own scent

jacket around her body and gave Clemente a

the rhythmic

jagged peaks reached towards the azure sky

they approached the designated hunting site, the barking of hounds and the heated chatters of people

team came to a halt at the edge of

their bows,

to a big rock and called

mountain. There will be enough prey waiting for you, deer, boars, bison, or even bears…Just don’t go too far into the North, which

team burst out

marked that piece of information

Ok, so the North.

where she

all know, we have a

Robert pointed a

their heads to look

Robert said with an insolent smile on his lips. “But don’t worry, Lady

Lycans.”

The crowd jeered.

I will rub it in your face when

Elder Robert’s face darkened.

in the crowd as

cheered for

“OK!”

Robert snapped, casting a sullen glare at Janet, “Fine…Without further ado, let

broke out in the

and the lead guard signaled to unleash

eager barks mingling with the natural symphony of the mountains. The hunters rushed into the woods

wanna come with us, Janet?” Wells

her hand, “No you guys go ahead! I will

“OK. See you later!”

twins ran off into the

in her pocket for the last time and turned to Clement with a grin, “Wish me good

Clemente murmured with a worried look. “Cry for help if you need

“I will.”

leaned in to hug him,

the last time they saw each other. She would miss him. And

had to return to Daran’s

had to return

let go of Clemente and turned, rushing into the

scent of pine

pace and dashed forward, heading

shot a couple of pheasants along the way, in case

she went, the quieter it

barking and people yelling faded into

was the crunchy sound of her foot stepping