Frederick Quinn's POV
I clenched my hand into a fist, roaming my eyes around the meeting room, seeing all the ministers who were arguing among themselves.
They are so into the fight to the point they forget I am here.
This means I am the reason for their boldness and didn't keep them in their place.
I banged my fist on the table, getting everyone's attention. Each one of their eyes turned to me in confusion and fear.
I got up from the seat, making everyone stand within a second, staring at me with respect.
"I had already decided and signed the peace treaty! I won't change my decision about the magical door! We are getting a bad name around the other races that we are bullying a weak race just because we can't control our wolves! So think about solving rouges' problem more than letting a weaker race like humans get the problem!"
"Your Highness but..." Mr. Martin, the Queen's father, tried to argue back, thinking he had a say in it, just because I made his daughter my Queen.
I turned to him, glaring, making him stop before spilling some things that I hate.
"This is the last time I am going to say this! Don't ever try to come to me about this! I want to hear something new to prevent them from hurting our people! We need to take them under control and not just distract them to an easy target!" I point blank, walking away.
I stopped near the door, turned around, faced everyone, and said, "This meeting is adjourned, and we will talk about this tomorrow! Remember, don't ever bring up this topic of humans again and just work on how to solve their problem completely!".
Everyone nodded their heads. Some are looking at me and some are avoiding my answer, but I can see one thing in their eyes: respect for me as an Alpha King. They will never forget their place and mine.
I turned back, and walked out of the room, not in a good mood, or should I say, everyone made my mood so much worse.
"Your Highness... The Queen said..." Johan followed behind, trying to tell something even before the meeting started. He is smart and I like that about him, so he is my assistant, but right now, he is so stupid!
I stopped his words with a glare. If it is about Alendra, the Queen, then it must be about some harem things and I am not in the mood to hear any of it.
"I am not in the mood to hear anything Alendra said. Just inform the Queen that she can look after everything and I am busy.", I informed him and strolled my way towards my room. I am sure he is smart enough to understand that this is not a good time to follow me.
and he understands.
I reached for my room door and turned to my guards and ordered, "Do not allow anyone! Anyone!" and walks inside my room, locking it from behind. I directly went to my secret closet, picking the royal guard uniform.
I can't walk out of this place in my royal clothes if I wanted to be alone with anyone following me.
I removed my royal dress and placed it on the bed and took the uniform of a royal guard. My personal guard isn't allowed to talk with anyone unless it is necessary or about me. This way, I can avoid talking to people and answering their questions.
I stared at the enormous mirror on the wall, at my reflection. Observing my clothes in satisfaction, and then took a mask covering my face, and walked towards another closet at the end of the room. It has a secret path to get out of this palace.
I opened the door, revealing my royal clothes that I rarely use. I enter the enormous closet, move the clothes aside, and walk into the secret room that has a vast wall.
I took my sword out and placed it between the cracks that has a secret lock. The wall crack opens and gives me the way to pass through the secret rote that no one knows. I created this on my own while building this room for me.
I stepped out, locking this place back in its original form. I closed my eyes, running towards the exit, which was literally on the other side of the entire palace grounds. It is an abandoned area with no one but beautiful scenery and a wonderful place.
I am so glad that the main palace is here and all the concubine palace is near the main palace. This way, no one will go to that place to destroy the one and only place that I have for myself.
This entire kingdom belongs to me. There is no doubt about that, but this place is something that no one knows other than me. The place where I get some strange comfort that I never got before.
I got out of the tunnel and stepped into the green ground, looking around the empty veranda that has nothing but few trees and green grass. I took a deep breath, feeling the fresh air after a whole day of dealing with those old men, who always spoke about their own interests and easy work.
I don't know why I have them as my ministers when they don't know how to solve things, but only know how to divert them. Just like the way they were talking during today's meeting.
I took a long breath and shook my head a little, forgetting about that and focusing on the fresh cool breeze passing through me.
I walked towards my usual stop, the huge tree on the side of the river, and sat on the huge branch that can hide and take me. I sat there, my eyes fixed on the river, as the water moved along.
It just makes me calm and I don't have to try anything. My eyes turned to the last concubine palace that had been abandoned for years because all of them thought this was so far away from my palace and they didn't want to be there.
I don't know why, but I like it being kept empty so I can have my alone time and no one will notice me when I come here.
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My eyes spring open, as I felt a sudden hit on heart. It is not physical but some short of feeling that I have never had before. My face twisted with an unknown feeling, like a wave of heat and cold.
what is this?!
Why does it feel so different...? is good? or bad?
I don't know what I am feeling
I slammed my hand on my chest, clinching it like my life depends on it. It feels different; I am feeling different and I don't know... I don't know this feeling! Is it pain... or pleasure? What is this feeling?!
For a second, I just forgot everything around me. The cool breeze, the river, the clam feeling! Everything! I just can't focus on anything other than a palace, the concubine palace that is abandoned for years.
I have been here before and never once I felt like this. I can't get this feeling, I can't judge this feeling.
My Wolf slowly but sturdily whispered, " Are you sure we are really cursed with no mates?".
My eyes widen with his question? What does that supposed to mean?! Everyone in the world knows that the Alpha King generation can never have a mate.