The Forced Maiden For The Cursed Alpha King by Josephine Ivy

Chapter 40

XANDER’S POV

“You’re smiling.”

“No, Nifra, I am not smiling.”

“But you are. You’ve been in a good mood all day.

“I’m not smiling. It’s not my style.”

“I have a mirror here.

I raised my head up and looked at Nifra. She burst out laughing, her face shining with mirth.

I felt glad seeing her laugh in my presence. It was harder to hide my smile now. “That was very funny.” I said with a shake of my head. “And no, I’m not smiling

“So I guess something happened at the festival?” She asked, dabbing tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes.

My mind drifted back to the festival. And true to her words, I felt a smile tugging on my lips. “Nothing happened.” I stated simply. “It was just as every normal festival. The pack members are happy, and the goddess is merciful in our harvests. Everything was normal”

“For one, I wish I had attended this one.”

“Perhaps you should have. But you didn’t.

“Festivals aren’t my thing, Which I’m sure you’ll understand as smiling isn’t also your thing.”

“Get out.” I said, my tone light and without any real bite.

She did an exaggerated curtsey. “Of course, your majesty.”

A normal festival huh? That wasn’t the truth.

Yesternight’s festival was the best one I’ve seen in all my years of attending them. Surely, everything was perfect. But seeing Sabrina made it even better. Even if she was with Caldan for the entire evening.

Seeing her all dolled up, smiling without a care in the world. It really stuck with me how she reacted to the child running to her in tears. How she was able to comfort the child, and her own tears. I wanted to comfort her too. And of course, there was Caldan. Hey stuck by her side, scaring away anyone who tried to get too close to her. Thinking about it made me shake my head. If only he weren’t there with her, and it was just the both of us.

“I must be losing my mind.”

What am I thinking?

A knock sounded outside my door. I knew who it was before I invited him. Caldan walked in, the look he gave me one of displeasure before he bowed his head.

“Your majesty. He said, and when he raised his head up he had fixed his face.

“I didn’t summon you, Caldan.” I said.

“Yes, you didn’t. There’s a matter I just discuss with you. The last days, you’ve been very occupied and I had to wait for an opportunity.

desk, my chin propped on my fist. “You were certainly very mouthy

grit his teeth. “It’s a private matter, your majesty. I didn’t want any prying ears to hear.”

a seat then, if this is

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and obeyed. I noticed how stiff his posture

with it.”

“Well, on wit

would like to buy

of amusement vanished off my face. I sat up straighter, the air in the room became heavy. “What did you just

to buy Sabrina off. As your slave. I want to buy her.”

joke, laugh it off and tell me exactly what the problem

“Buy Sabrina”

“Yes.”

The nerve on

on him.

remembered, just before the festival. He and Sabrina, kissing. The rage I had felt that evening. The fact that it no longer registered to me that this was my brother. The way every inch of me wanted to rip him off

slave. And better yet, a tribute. She should be free to do

yet it doesn’t feel

stared at my brother, and it filled me with so much anger that he

wants to

never happen.” I

locked up in here forever!

and inhaled deeply to calm the rising storm inside me. I opened my eyes and stared blankly at him. “Sabrina will

is kind and doesn’t have a single bone of evil

you think you know

I have taken the time to know her better.”

be the

furrowed. “You don’t

matter what you say, my word is

beg of you.”

have to say,

Anything at all,

you, Caldan. My answer

will take Sabrina away from here. I will never allow it. She’s my slave. My tribute. And that will never

with a heavy sigh. She rose to her

this,” She said

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the day. And on paper, I should allow her to return

and made my presence known. I didn’t miss how she flinched, even before

her head

walked up to her. And today, she’s back to the drab grey gown the servants wore. Perhaps I should order her to

are you this evening?”

she