Mated To The King’s Gamma By Jessica Hall

Chapter 24

“I promise I will speak to Damian first,” Kyson tells me and I suck in a breath of relief.

“You go straight to Damian. I want your word. You won’t sneak off to your office. You won’t go look for her. Give me your word, Kyson, that you will go to him.” He was furious, but he also knew I was right. Damian was his calm place.

Those two were more like brothers who had some strange understanding. Kyson was like my brother, but those two were synced in some odd way, literally an extension of each other being raised like brothers side by side. Endured the same torment at the hands of his father. Damian was also the only one if I couldn’t talk him down that he usually could.

“Fine, just give me the drink,”

“I want to hear you say it?”

“I will go straight to Damian, okay,” I sigh before I relent and pass him the bottle. He takes it, and I don’t miss the tremble of his hands as he twists off the cap. Usually, that only happened the few times we tried to get him sober. It never lasted long before we gave up. His tremors would always be terrible, and we hated seeing him like that. The King was an alcoholic, everyone knew it, yet with Ivy, we saw hope because it was apparent he tried to not drink himself into a stupor with her.

I don’t know when I fell asleep, but I woke to Liam shaking me. I was still in the limo and jumped, startled, glancing around before realizing the King was no longer in the car with me.

“You wanna get inside? The King went on a warpath and had Ivy escorted out of the castle,”

“What?” I asked, scrambling to undo my seatbelt. When I fail, my claws slip out, and I slice it shoving past Liam and moving toward to door.

but I don’t have time to explain. “Is she safe? Did he

was busted up pretty

her?” I

didn’t intentionally. He is with her,” Liam tells me as I turn for the stairs

wait. Dustin won’t hurt her. They can’t

the fucking madness was going on? I had never seen her raise her voice at anyone, but right now, she looked like a cornered animal about to attack. Clarice grips

the moment I spoke the word, and she heard my voice, she turned to me. Relief

face me, and I press

already know,”

just told me I will handle

the guard to let me

tell her, knowing doing

can. You’re third in command, are

bring her back into the castle. I need to speak

that bastard-” Liam clamps his hand over her mouth as my heart sputters in my chest at her words. She threatens the King and if she will have every

her. I grip her shoulders, trying to calm her down. It’s one thing trying to get Ivy back in the castle. The King has no ties to Abbie besides Ivy, and she steps out of line. I know he

Chapter 24

be fine. I will stay wherever he sent her if I have to,” I tell her with a sigh.

mute, obedient, and terrified of their shadows half the time, yet would risk their own lives for each other without hesitation. I hated seeing Abbie like this. It was almost as if she needed Ivy,