Colten, upon seeing her burst into uncontrollable tears and loud wailing, he suddenly paused and just looked at the cry baby that was kneeling on the floor. She was simply too unbelievably childish.
He had once thought of the fact that she was childish but because she is a woman after his heart, he didn't notice this aspect of hers.
It all was begining to make sense, because at that time, when he saw her, away from her pack, he was confused. Wasn't she supposed to be with her family and her mate? Yet she was out in the wild... In fact, it was the day she was finding a mate.
But when he had captured her then, she didn't cry... It must be because she was acting tough in front of her mate, that she didn't dare to cry...
But now... She was crying, out loud.... All the workers in the palace will be attracted to the scene and he didn't want to lose face because of her.
His guards that were following her were equally stunned. They didn't expect that she will be able to burst into uncontrollable sobs and at some points, felt she was faking it... They were momentarily speechless and quickly regained their tongues. They turned to the king and were about to plead that he forgives her and reduce her punishment before she is killed in front of the people..
But....
Their king...
Carried the cry baby in his arms, like his own baby and then took her away from the scene. They were extremely shocked. They didn't expect him to behave this way. The least they expected was for him to seal her mouth or chop off her mouth from the rest of her body.
But he carried her... While she increased her wails and crying.
Elliana, on the other hand, felt like this was it, that she was going to be killed at any moment, while the king chuckled at how much of a baby she could be. For some reason, he was excited because at the end of it all, she was his baby.
No one understood the king's funny behaviour. To them, they saw the king being his usual self, smiling even in the face of danger... Although, there really wasn't a thing that could pose as a threat for him and his kingdom... There was never a time that his facial expressions ever soured to a frown....
Either way....
This girl was definitely in trouble....
Colten carried her to her chambers and placed her on the bed. She clung tight to her legs as she noticed she was on the bed, with imaginations running wild in her head.
The powerful king was yet again stunned, how could she think that he wanted to take advantage of her before he killed her. And what made her think that he captured her because he wanted to kill her? He had a special liking for her... He was drawn to her from the moment, she looked at him. That was why he took her hostage...
Plus, the fact that she was to court the old man because of his muscles and his title as a beta, got him even the more jealous. If she were to court him, it would have been different, and he might even believe in the nonsense stories about mate bonds.
He smiled, and then he noticed her calming down...
Seeing her reduce her cries, made him relaxed, when all of a sudden, she hit on an even higher note and pitch while crying. The stupefied king, just stared at her... What should he do to her...
He thought of someone and quickly used his mnd link to talk to Deconias, about it....
"Sir, you seem tensed, is my lady causing any trouble for you?" He asked.
Although he hadn't known Elliana for long, he was certain that she was the only reason that he will tense up in this matter. His once cold Alpha, that never believed in mates, had found his mate...
Although she seemed to have been mated and he couldn't help but think of the fact that he might be the one that mated her. But she smelt different , so he thought that the king might have mated her, using a different perfume.
At a point, he thought she was someone else's mate, because she smelled different. But because his Alpha cared for her, he had no choice.
She was his mate after all, so he had to be so concerned about her everything...
But given the girl's character, she was rather mischievous and quick-witted. She was a sharp tongued lady at any time she wanted and didn't care about whatsoever consequences, only regretting at the end of everything. If he wanted to put it in simpler words, she was a crack baby.
A crack head, and at the same time, a baby... She was a grown up baby... Just how much did her parents pamper her?
So when the Alpha spoke to him through mind link, he could tell, the Alpha was facing troubles with the beautiful lady.
"How do you coax a baby to stop crying?" He asked Deconias who simply flushed red and quickly went to his wife...
"Sire, I will let my wife answer that for you." He said this and then left for the room, where his wife was lying on the bed. She smiled at him and he came closer, giving her a big kiss on the lips.
"The Alpha will need your help." He said this and touched his wife, passing the mind link to her.
"Lady Elvina, how are you doing?" Colten asked...
"I'm fine, your majesty. So what do you need my help for? I don't see myself useful in drawig a battle plan." She told the king innocently but Deconias was instead embarrassed.
In other words, she was implying that both her husband and the king were only useful at war and nothing home related.
He thought she said that unconsciously, but the look she gave him, told him that his wife had intentionally teased them.
Colten smiled again and just sighed. He knew his servant's wife .. she was gutsy, and very reliable. In fact, she was better than her husband in a lot of things, even battle. Deconias however had deep insight and natural strength, given that he was an even more bigger wolf.
"So I wanted to find out, how do you coax a crying baby to stop crying?" He asked and Deconias's wife turned to her husband. She glared at him and he raised his hands like, 'dont look at me'. She didn't know that the king had adopted a baby or had a girlfriend to give birth for him... From her knowledge, Anika had never been pregnant.
"Why don't you send your baby, sire? After all, a busy man as you, shouldn't be disturbed with the things that mother's can handle." She tried to convince the Alpha to let the baby stay with him. She just didn't know that the baby he was talking about was a grown up baby.
Tbc...