Mated To The King’s Gamma By Jessica Hall

Chapter 58

Gannon POV

A few days later

This is what I was worried about the moment she left those castle gates. Worried about the state she would return to me in, and I cursed myself for not going against the King, for not stepping in sooner. This could have all been avoided if I had just killed him. Kyson had given me the week off to help her adjust yet she hardly spoke.

She hardly left the room at all. Almost as if it was her little bubble of safety. I knew it wasn’t healthy and her silence was deafening. disturbing almost as if she was no longer here. She even refused to shift and go for a run. Even though I would catch her constantly looking out the window at the forest.

Deciding I needed to do something about it, I went to see Kyson, wanting to take Abbie away for a while and get her out of this castle. Her depressive state was only getting worse.

I wasn’t even sure if it was because of her lost bond or if she was just haunted by the memories. The King was leaving today. He had business to take care of, and I wanted to see him before he left in case he got held up and didn’t return for a few days.

Though I highly doubted he would be gone long, The Queen wouldn’t handle his absence long, and I knew he hated leaving her. The fear in his voice when Liam and I got the call that she took off after Abbie floods me. Never had I felt so much fear. Fear for the Queen, fear for Abbie. Because I knew the only reason Azalea would defy the King was for Abbie. That night had haunted me since.

“Where are you?” the King had asked. We were on our way home with the boys after killing Mrs. Daley and the butcher. My spirits had lifted until that mind link had opened..

*10 minutes out. What’s up?” I had asked.

“I am on my way back home, but further out, I need you to get Azalea and bring her home.” the King told me which I had thought was a little odd, because why would she leave the castle at night?

“Azalea?” I asked.

ran off with Dustin to go after Abbie. You need to get to her until I get

into hunter’s territory at night!” I was furious when I found out that Dustin had helped her. Now that had shocked me, simply because such actions would

Liam, since he and Dustin were close. I knew Liam loved Dustin; I just wasn’t sure

was no way I was heading back to the castle. No, the pact to protect our Queen would always override everything, which now kind of bothered me because that meant overriding protecting

orders forced on us so we couldn’t break them. The only one who could break it was

break it, but that would also be extremely difficult for him to do. We would still run back for her the moment the command would drop. We could also fight the orders if

it through the process, two of whom were dead now. It worked similar to the council not being able to be

I asked, infuriated that Dustin could

King answered. That is the worst road to travel on

“Abbie?” I asked.

can come but bring

bring the Queen back to you. What of Dustin?” I asked for Liam’s sake.

boys to Clarice and made him pull over. On foot, I could

as I walked through the castle to the cars, I worried she was already dead inside. She was a shell of who she

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Chapter 58

her away from here, even if only for a little while, would bring her back to me. Walking outside, I

thought you had the week off?” Kyson asks me, and I quickly

I wanted to speak to you before you left,” I tell him while peering in the car at him, when I notice Trey. Suspicions had been raised about him. Azalea snuck past him the night she went after Abbie, but not just that, so many other things like her being poisoned, his dislike for her that the king was blind to, though he had changed his tune

enough for me; I usually agreed once he sensed something was off about someone because he

throat behind the King, and I step aside and nod to the King, wanting to speak with him privately. The King climbs

do you need?” Kyson asked me as he stepped out of the