The Alpha’s Exclusive Stripper by Selena Madrid
Chapter 88
FAMILY. DUTY. PEOPLE.
I was here for those reasons. I’d recited those three things in my head over and over for the past months so I wouldn’t stray from my goal. Back then, they told me the consequences. If I were to choose this realm, I would become a princess and soon be the queen of the vampires. My father’s bloodline would live on.
If I step in, there would be no going back. No leaving.
That was the rule of the royals, the rule I signed up for.
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In the human realm, there was this saying that one cannot serve two masters at the same time. It also applied to supernatural beings. A person cannot serve and cannot be registered in two kingdoms.
I could only choose one.
I chose to be where my supposed home was, where my father was. I chose the place where I was needed the most. I chose to protect my parents’ legacy. I chose to do what was right, what was expected of me as they completely shut the borders.
If I had gained the council’s full trust and confidence after I became a queen, I made a promise to myself that I would change the rule. I would reopen our borders. But I knew it would take a while to accomplish. Maybe even years.
After all, the council and I had just met. We were just getting to know each other. I may be the king’s daughter but I know I couldn’t just simply command them to do my bidding. That wouldn’t be reasonable.
And that was not how it works in the vampires’ system. The citizens looked up to the council the same way they looked up to the king. It was a give and take process. I still needed to prove myself to them before I could have what I wanted.
And I was determined to do just that.
But I think I’d just lost the fight today.
‘I had crossed the continents for you before, Priscilla. Do you think I wouldn’t cross the kingdoms for you?’
Trevor once told me those words after finding out about my identity. I couldn’t speak then. I didn’t know the right words to say.
But just like before, this man made a way when there seemed to be none.
Trevor took a few more steps and I did, too.
This time, I chose to do what was right for my heart.
I met him halfway.
We stopped when we were separated only by a single step. I saw the exhaustion reach his eyes as he pressed his forehead against mine. And why wouldn’t he? He had traveled so far just to be here.
I closed my eyes.
I could feel people staring at us. I could hear the council reminding us about the rules. I could hear every negative word being thrown our way but I didn’t listen this time.
“Why is this happening? Their bond has been cut off, right? Their link is supposed to be gone. But even I, a vampire, could hear their wolves humming as one!” I heard one of the lords say. “What the hell is going on here? Someone has to step in and separate these two!”
“I once read in ancient books that there is a rare type of bond that surpasses all,” someone answered. “It seems to be their case as well. The alpha king and the princess’ love for each other seems so deep and so strong that it surpassed the rejection. It surpassed any spell.”
I could hear them clearly but the only thing that I could focus on was Trevor’s heartbeat. No matter what kind of bond we have, it doesn’t matter anymore.
We waited until our hearts and our beasts had calmed down.
“Eleven, love,” he said after sometime.
I opened my eyes and looked up at him before I glanced at the dead bodies of the mages his pack was carrying. They laid the bodies before me. I could smell Trevor’s scent on the mages which only meant that he dealt with them by himself.
“I believe you owe me eleven k*isses.”
“That’s all you are going to ask?” My voice cracked. “Are you sure?”
“If I ask for more, will you give it to me, love?”
“I will try. So, tell me, Trevor. What do you want?”
“To be with you.”
I breathed sharply before nodding. “I will make it work this time. Because I owe you more than just k*isses, Trevor.”
I had hurt him so much that a lifetime of k*isses and caresses would never be enough to make it up to him.
I stroked his cheeks. “I’m so sorry.”
He shook his head. “Don’t be”
“Do you know who I am? Do you recognize me?”
“My head is still a wild mess. But I know that you are the woman I chose in the past, the woman I am choosing in the present, and the woman I will still choose in the future. I would walk through the fire and water for you, Priscilla Blanche.”
I put my h*and over his racing heart as I whispered, “In this lifetime and in the next, if you will still have me then, let me k*iss you again. Let me love you again.”
There was a lot to explain, a lot to deal with.
But for now, I wanted to do just one thing. For him. For us.
I tiptoed and reached for Trevor’s l*ips, marking my territory, and declaring him as my man, disregarding the gasps and the negative reaction I heard from those around us.
The problems, the Order, the interrogation, the council, and my dad, I will worry about them all tomorrow.
Trevor froze but only for a few seconds. He pulled me by the waist and deepened the k*iss. I encircled my arms at the back of his n*eck as he k*issed me like I was the center of his world.
And I k*issed him just as passionately, wishing that he could feel that it was the same for me, too.