"Is that him?" his voice was clam yet filled with dark possessiveness, staring down at her with his golden eyes.
Her body goes numb as her eyes falls on the barely alive Krios, who was held like a piece of meat by the Alpha King. Tears welled up in her eyes and she couldn't even form a word. It felt like her entire world came crushing down, seeing her friend in the brick of the death because of her.
"Answer me, bloom, is that him?" His voice hardens as he takes a step closer and his hold on his neck tightens, making it even more harder for him breath.
"He… he is just…" She shatters, unable to say anything as she is overwhelmed with fear and guilt, seeing him in that state.
He throws him away and steps so close to her the next second. His face filled with worry as he raised his blooded hand, wiping her tears, whispering, "shhhh, don't cry, no one is worth your precious tears, my bloom. I could kill anyone that dares to be the reason for your tears".
Her eyes widen, as she realized what just happened and tried to hold back her tears but she couldn't. It feels like an impossible task to do it and the fear in her heart keeps increasing, scared that he might do something to Krios.
His rough fingers held her beautiful face gently, it was so gentle to the point she just forgot, it's the same hand that was just hurting and torturing her friend because of her.
The guilt and the pain hits her again, but she didn't turn her teary brown eyes away from his beautiful shinning golden eyes and soon, she could breath into his addictive scent. It was calming and yet felt so dangerous.
"Clam down" He says, kissing her lips tenderly like his touch might hurt her and then asks, "Now tell, is he the one or not?".
She shook her head, staring right into his eyes, whispering, "No… He was like my brother…".
His smile disappears as soon he heard her answer, "oh", rethinking about everything he did and then he says in anger, "Then I made a mistake".
Her eyes widens, seeing his voice and face change, now scared for herself, but she remained calm, observing his face closely.
"My dear bloom, do you know, I never made a mistake and I thought it is physically impossible for me to even make a mistake but because of you, I did one" His voice hardens, but his hold on her face is still gentle as before.
She gulped, her hands turns cold as she still kept staring into his eyes, trying to find an answer but she didn't find one.
He closed his eyes and then opened them again, looking at her with a beautiful smile, saying, "don't worry, I will find him and then make you kill him by you own hand".
Her body goes numb, as she realized what he meant by that, and for a few seconds, she couldn't breathe, until she hears his next words, "This belongs to me" He taps her chest gently, and continues "you belong to me, and if there is anyone that try to even think about taking what's mine, then I'll just take his life away from him in the most painful way possible".
He slowly let her go, saying, "Remember this, my bloom", then he turns around and walks away.
She falls to the floor, losing all her strength as her eyes falls on Krios, who is laying on the floor unconscious, covered in blood. She wanted to help him but she knows, if she ever tried to move, Alpha King will surely kill him in front of her.
"No" She turns her head in shock, to look at the Alpha king, stopping on his way and then turns back to look her, saying, "No, I don't think I should let you stay here".
She looks at him confused, not understanding what is going on his head, but she didn't dare to utter a word and just looks at him confused. He walks to her, saying, "It is better to keep you by my side".
He carries her into his arm, holing her close and leans into her neck to inhale into her addictive scent, whispering, "From now on, you will stay with me in my palace, in my room, my precious mate".
Her eyes widen as she turned to look at him, unable to process what just happened.
"You are so damn addictive, bloom" He whispers, before walking away, carrying her like a precious flower.