Chapter 27 Prince Theo, Be My Servant
Jake drove us to my pack lands. The ride was almost ten hours, and Theo and I spent most of the trip in relative silence. The good thing was, the car used to transport royals was spacious enough for the two of us to maintain a comfortable distance from each other.
To not draw any unwanted attention, we were dropped off at the border of our pack lands, and we would walk the rest of the way.
Theo suddenly began to speak. "Who am I?"
I cocked my head to the side and studied his face for a moment. Did the brioche he had for lunch give him amnesia?
Then I understood what he meant.
He couldn't go into my pack as Prince Theo. It wouldn't be safe for the security of the palace for people to know he wasn’t there.
At the moment, he was wearing a pair of nice gray slacks and a blue button-down shirt that made him look almost like a regular person-
An incredibly handsome regular person with perfectly straight teeth, hair that was never out of place, and the muscles of a warrior....
"Doesn't the king know you're gone?" I asked him, still not sure what we should say about his identity.
"I told him I had some work to take care of right away and hinted that it might have to do with an uprising without being so bold. He is obsessed with this wife hunt at the moment and thinks that nothing else is as important." "Except for perhaps squashing a rebellion?" I filled in for him.
"Precisely. "
That made sense. "Well, if you really want to go incognito, I suppose you’ll just have to be my servant." I couldn't help the sly smile that covered my face as I drew the conclusion.
"Your... servant?" He said that last word like it was an obscenity, a word his mouth couldn't articulate.
"That's right. What's wrong with being a servant?" I leaned over and whispered, "Is it beneath you, Your Highness?"
He only increased his glower. "Yes."
Laughing, I pulled my bag up my shoulder. "Oh, well, I suppose you probably have a better idea, what with you being the most intelligent, sophisticated, wise man in all of the land."
He was right on my heels as I headed toward the exit. I felt his breath on my neck as he ordered, "Think again, if you don't want to be punished."
A shiver went down my spine, but it had nothing to do with the threat from his words. No, this trill was from something else.
don't have much time; the village is right there. We need a name for you too. How about Mikey-" "Don’t call me that/'
"Something else." "Right... well, considering how you have been nothing but
the back of his throat, and it
him, "And please suppress your Alpha demeanor and don't
humph, and I took it as
being back here brought a smile to my lips. I breathed in the fresh air, looking around, my eyes darting off among
been gone that long, but it felt
approached the gate, I noticed immediately that something was off. Normally, my father had at
too. "Where are the guards?" "I don't know." I didn't need to say more because he could read
to my left, I saw a familiar face running toward me. She was wearing a uniform that was way too big
I questioned as she
fear melding into
an imposter, but based on Susan’s reaction, it seemed that they were still expecting me to be away in the palace. Did that mean, somehow, I’d beaten
was I misunderstanding the
to... uhm... I was dismissed." My eyes went wide as I
heard this whole thing was about the
were not a match. He was looking for a selfish, angry brat. And he
Theo cleared his throat next
several years, patted my arm. We'd always been close, but she was very gullible, and it had always been easy for me to pull one over on her. "Well, I’m actually kind of glad. As much as it would've been nice to know that you had become the princess, I was a little concerned. After all, everyone
Theo feel, standing there,
asked, seeming to notice him for
very good
There was a high, intriguing tone to her voice as she stepped
his response. That was the best Susan could get out
next to her mouth, but she didn't lower her voice. "Are you sure
on my own spit and started coughing to cover up my embarrassment. "Thorn?
ridiculous."
he didn’t have that scowl on his face,
kind young man, Miss Ciana." She squeezed my arm and gave me a
let out a low growl, and this time, she
any good border guard
villages that I passed through." "Really? What kind of man would pass on a fine lady like you?" she asked. Of course, she wasn't expecting me to
prince next to me and I glanced over
to me. "Why is he looking at me
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