Mated To The King’s Gamma By Jessica Hall

Chapter 37

“You are asking the impossible. How am I supposed to sneak her out?” he demands.

“She can meet us somewhere, and we can grab her on the way. Either that or I stay, Kade. I won’t leave her behind,” I tell him, snatching my phone back off him. He growls and I turn away from him, walking up the street only for him to grip my arms.

“Fine, fine. What is this plan you have?” he purrs. And I turn in his arms to look up at him. He smiles back at me. “I’m sorry, Love. I didn’t mean to upset you,” he tells me, cupping my face in his hand.

*Now tell me what you want me to do,” he says, and I smile. He was going to help me.

The breeze was cool as the day slowed down, and all the servants prepared for dinner and end-of-day tasks. Tugging the white sheets from the clothesline with Ivy, we folded them, bringing the corners together and placing them in the basket. Our interactions had been flat most of the day, and she had been quiet for most of it. I was itching to tell her that Kade agreed and I tried a few times, but then had to stop because someone was always around.

A guard, another servant, so amongst the blowing winds and the flapping sheets, I moved closer to Ivy before reaching over and dropping the pocket watch into the front pocket of Ivy’s apron. She glanced down before putting her hand in the pocket and feeling around for what it was.

“When the big hand is on the twelve and the little is on the seven, I am leaving,” I whisper as she examines it.

else is around or within earshot. Then I reached into my shirt and produced a small key from my bra that I had to take off Gannon’s key chain when he wasn’t looking,

shower when he came off shift and I quickly used my key he gave me to sneak into his room before quietly sneaking around and finding the keys. He had caught me and I told him I was grabbing his laundry, which seemed to get me off the hook. I drop it into her pocket before quickly retrieving

from Gannon. It’s for the laundry door,” I whisper,

7 PM sharp,” I quickly tell her while glancing around,

smiles and I smile back

be caught waiting outside the town limits,” I tell her. Looking at the sky, the clouds are moving in dark and heavy and it was going to be one hell of a storm when it hit. I just

you’re sure he won’t

we used to long for, but actual freedom. Freedom to live,” I tell her and tears prick my eyes. “Always and forever.” I

to us than a simple I love you. It meant

Always more,” I tell her because the Goddess knows the only reason I am here is because of her, the only reason I still sucked air into my lungs each day, if it weren’t for her I would have been dead the moment I tied that noose and around my neck, if she hadn’t climbed up there with me placing it around hers too, the rope never would have broke, I would be dead. Because the

I rub the spot on my lower back and growl. Laughter reaches my ears, I spin spotting Peter, the stable hand boy, then I notice a rotten apple splattered at my

stable boys. He was 15 and had a mop of blonde curly

apple smacks him in the face, and he freezes on the spot, stunned for a second before wiping the mush off. I chuckle, unable to contain it while trying to muffle my laughter. Peter hid behind him before popping his head out and sticking his tongue out at me, and I pin him with a glare. Dustin wipes the mushy apple off his clothes, growling. Bits of apples sticking to his crisp, clean uniform and a chunk