The Forced Maiden For The Cursed Alpha King by Josephine Ivy

Chapter 35

XANDER’S POV:

She was choking. And I believed she was faking it.

Shock zapped through me, reducing the sound around me to a high pitched ringing noise.

She wasn’t faking it. And get I stood by, unable to do anything.

The memories came rushing in, before I could have the chance to control them or keep them at bay. Images of Katherine filled my mind. The same thing had happened to Katherine. She was in danger, and I…

Guilt consumed me. I watched Caldan lift Sabrina up, he didn’t bother to hide the biting remark in his tone as he said: Your majesty, how can you she’s choking. And you think she’s pretending.

My lips moved, and I was unaware of the words I said.

That was uncalled for.

Really? That was all I had to say?

I was unable to help Katherine. And now with Sabrina, I completely froze up. Heartless? That can’t be farther from the truth. It was all too familiar.

Katherine died because of me. And the same was about to happen to Sabrina had Caldan not stepped in.

I turned on my heel and walked out of the room, unable to remain there any second longer. Guilt. Helplessness. Shame. The emotions rose inside of me, mixing together in an uncomfortable concoction.

Katherine

She was my mate, and I began to recall, all the memories came rushing like a heavy flood. No matter how many decades it had. been, I’m yet to recover from the loss of her. I loved her, more than I loved my own life.

to dull the pain of her passing. The

breathe, unable to say a single word. As my mate, my bite was supposed to heal her.

and to my dismay, it

eyes. Her veins turn black from her neck down to her arms, till all the veins in her body were a pitch black. My name the last word on her lips before I lost her forever. My bite was lethal, I had come to learn. Due to my unusual nature, I

interest in finding

killing another woman I care about scares me. My deepest rooted fear that not even Nifra

blooms. The scent

don’t know how this ended up happening. I couldn’t deny the tiny voice at the back of my mind that asked if I have started to care for her. To the point of

That’s not the case,

or so I had convinced myself those decades ago. What’s the point in searching for a cure if I will never have to use my bite on a mate ever again? I abandoned the search and resigned myself to the long years of ruling my pack from

picked up, carrying with it petals of cherry blossom and the sweet

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flashed before my closed eyes. The fear and panic that was permanently etched into her gaze. The sight of her choking. scared and crying.

searching for

was time to head back inside the palace. I wondered how Sabrina was doing.

called from behind

a few feet away. “What’s the matter?”

a few flower petals fell

“What h

fine how,

eyes widened. “No, no she’s not. She’s receiving care right now,” I could hear the silent “with Caldan” at the end of her sentence. I grit my teeth

fine, She’s not dead. Thank the

there anything else?”

She was…she was poisoned, your

anger flared. “Poisoned?!”