The Beast And The Blessed
Chapter 22
Twenty-Two: Natalie
Natalie’s P.O.V.
Even after a cold shower, I was fuming. I wanted to give Killian an earful and make sure that he understood just how damaging last night had been to our relationship… whatever relationship we had.
I knew he wouldn’t care, but that didn’t stop me. My first stop had been his office, but when I found that empty, I tried every common room that I knew of, including the gym and the training field. Yet, he was nowhere to be found.
It was like he knew I was on a warpath, and he vanished.
Although the rational side of my brain told me that he wouldn’t be scared of me, a human. Perhaps he was trying to save me from publically embarrassing myself further after I had shamelessly thrown myself at him last night. It was bad enough that the servants would be seeing the blood on the sheets from when his claws had punctured my hips and the proof that we had not been trying for the heir that the kingdom was expecting.
When it was discovered that I wasn’t pregnant and that I didn’t bare their king’s mark, I would be seen as a failure.
I stopped in the middle of the garden, glancing around the grounds and ignoring the eyes on me. There were hundreds of people that I had seen in the past hour, but none of them belonged to my alleged mate.
I turned to Tobias, lowering my voice even though there was no one in my immediate vicinity. “He is hiding. Is he not?”
My bodyguard smirked as he stared at me, refusing to give away any information on his beloved king.
but I really didn’t want to be right. To have him go there after the night we had together felt like it would be
back into the castle, I found myself making my way toward the infirmary and stopping before the mystery door. I was terrified of what I may find, even more so when Tobias stopped several paces back
I worked myself up to open the door. Would he be on the other side, sleeping in someone else’s bed? Would she be wrapped in his arms the same as how he held me while
as I grabbed the door handle. This was the one place I didn’t want to find him. It was the only bedroom I had seen him sneaking out of, but it didn’t mean it was the only one in the entire
brightly lit as I pushed the door open, so I knew he wouldn’t be asleep, but he wasn’t there. It was the woman lying in the bed that took my breath away. Her chest rose and fell slowly
thought I would. She was
on her head, and she was wrapped up in a hospital gown with a blanket tucked around her. But she was just as stunning now as she was at the prime of her life when
suffocating, and I knew that she was closer to death than
I looked over my shoulder, not realizing that I had been moving closer to the comatose queen. The young healer
the question that was at the forefront of my mind, but I was sure it was as clear as day on my face. Why were the people of the kingdom told that
treat the soul.” She moved to the other side
who had led our country for decades. She didn’t deserve this. She just wanted to be with her mate, but her body and soul were
the wall. It was only seconds later that the familiar sight of the king rounded the entrance and stopped short as he stared at me standing next to
to
and stared at him in surprise. After this morning, I had. been ready to yell and fight with him until I got the answers that I deserved. But he sounded defeated as he held
room,” I said, not answering his question but also not needing to. I still had a book full of
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In Chapter 22 of the The Beast And The Blessed series, Natalie, a human in a werewolf pack, is constantly bullied and abused by her packmates. The only person she can trust is Jake, her boyfriend, who is also the next in line to become the Alpha of the pack. Natalie hasn't shifted into her wolf form yet, so the other wolves see her as weak and inferior. On Jake's nineteenth birthday, they will finally recognize each other as mates, but Natalie is wary of the other women in the pack who want to be his chosen one.... Will this Chapter 22 author Ashley Breanne mention any details. Follow Chapter 22 and the latest episodes of this series at Novelxo.com.
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