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.

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

LEO

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I’ll shift. I couldn’t wait, wanting to come into power. I knew I had it in me. I

away with s**t. Yeah, Alejandro had ‘tried to create an ideal world where packs were allies

all f*****g bullshit.

on the surface, there was so 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

Rayhan.

that b*****d sent blistering 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 and did whatever s**t he wanted. Dad lost face after that, but of course, he wouldn’t let his

Pathetic.

around a table of entitled bastards pretending to give a s**t about the f*****g country. I pulled out a cigarette and was

their small exchange, I realised it was Alejandro… I stayed silent listening to dad’s side of the

was a price to pay for killing it… and the b*****d’s mother wanting to do the deed. I felt a tad bad for her and Raihana if anything, but the fact Rayhan didn’t know… I smirked. Now I hope he understood how it felt to have people do s**t without

isn’t ready to be

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 about what the f**k he means, was on my f*****g mind but instead, I stormed off.

to

I was still f*****g pissed off with what he

were in the yard last

I was, considering I learned I’m not fit to become Alpha any f*****g time soon.” I replied, unable to keep the anger out