King Alejandro: The Return Of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha

61 My Own Way 

MARCEL

I awoke to a phone ringing and frowned. Sitting up, I picked it up. Alejandro?

“Hello?” I answered it, wondering what had happened. A thousand thoughts rushed through my mind.

“Hey, sorry to bother you at this f*****g hour.” Alejandro’s quiet voice came. Sure, it was past three in the morning, but just from his voice, I could tell he was conflicted. “It doesn’t matter, you called for a reason. Tell me what’s wrong?” I asked, standing up and began pacing my bedroom. He sighed heavily, and I heard him take a drag on a cigarette. “Maria talked to me today… it’s about the price of killing a Djinn…

” I narrowed my eyes. When I had been there earlier, when we had filled each other in on our trips, he never mentioned a price. “What price?” I asked sharply. “Don’t f*****g growl, I need my ears.” He growled back. “I’m just asking because you never mentioned a d**n price.” I countered. “Yeah well… there is a price.” He filled me in pretty fast. The wielder of the dagger would die, and Maria wanted to be the one to do it. F*****g hell. “I don’t know what the right thing to do is Marcel, do I let her do it, knowing she’ll die? How does that f*****g make sense?”

I sighed heavily, running my hand through my hair. “Look Al, some of us manage to cope… somehow after our mates die… in my case, Endora severed the bond between me and my mate… before she was killed. It’s hard to survive without a mate, even now when I remember her, that pain… that pain f*****g rips me apart inside. Maria has lived for years without Rafael, she needs him and there is no way for her to carry on without him…

I see her far less than you and every time she’s lost a lot of weight and looks even more tired with each passing year. She’s already dying Alejandro. Let her go.” I said sighing. Maria was a beautiful woman, one I knew many of the Alphas who had lost their mates or simply hadn’t found theirs had been interested in, but Maria belonged to Rafael, and it was obvious there was no man on earth who could take his place or ease her pain. “So, I should allow her to do it? You know she doesn’t want me to tell Rayhan.”

“Yes, and you have promised her already. Giving her hope and then taking it away is wrong.” I said quietly. “Yeah? You’re right… I just, I don’t think I’m ready to lose her… It’s f*****g me up. How do you think her kids are going to take this? That s**t is going to be rough.”

“Life is never easy, but we do what is ultimately for the better. In this case between you and Maria, it makes sense for her to do it.”

Silence ensued, and I heard him sigh heavily. I didn’t envy him, being king came with so many burdens. “Yeah. I guess you’re right.” He said after a moment. “You are doing great Alejandro, sometimes these things aren’t hard. The decisions we make will impact others, if Maria wasn’t deteriorating, I would have offered to do it myself, but… Leo isn’t ready to become Alpha yet.” 1 I frowned hearing a twig snap outside and frowning walked over to the open window, and peered out.

Maria’s as stubborn as her daughter.” “Or her daughter is as stubborn as her.” I joked. “Yeah, either of that s**t.” Alejandro sighed. I chuckled dryly. “Get some rest brother, you need it. Maria knows what she’s doing, but if you want a third opinion, talk to Elijah.” “Yeah I might, I’ll see.” He hung up and I put my phone down, scanning the grounds below. Shaking my head, I closed the window and returned to bed, unable to get rid of the shock of what Alejandro had told me. The price was not small… I sighed heavily, all traces of sleep now gone. I couldn’t wait for these

LEO

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into power. I knew I had it in me. I trained hard, and f*****g pushed myself every single f*****g day to surpass my limits. I could feel the power rippling through me, at the brink of

was f****d up and even until this day those with power and money got away with s**t. Yeah, Alejandro had ‘tried to create an ideal world

all f*****g bullshit.

much c**p going on, on the low… and of course, the so-called elite could do whatever s**t they wanted and get away with

Rayhan.

hatred rushing through me like a f*****g white-hot fire. I clenched my fists trying to calm myself. I would never be able to forget that f*****g night… The night he walked into our pack and acted like he was in charge. Without even consulting with dad who was the Alpha, he had come in

Pathetic.

I will break away from the council. I don’t follow any rules, and there’s no way I’d ever sit around a table of entitled bastards pretending to give a s**t about the f*****g country. I pulled out a cigarette and was about to light it when I heard a phone ring, and paused, thinking who was calling dad at

realised it was Alejandro… I stayed silent listening to

deed. I felt a tad bad for her and Raihana if anything,

Leo isn’t ready

froze as anger flared up inside of me. I wasn’t ready to be Alpha? I have not lacked in any f*****g way. The urge to go up there and ask dad right now

talk to

the pile of toast, eggs, bacon, and sausages dad had fried up. I was still f*****g pissed off with what he had said to Alejandro, and I

were in the

I’m not fit to become Alpha any f*****g time soon.”