| CHAPTER 59 : PLEDGE |
The sound of a door banging jolt me awake from my sleep. I looked around confusedly.
"Ah shit," King Alpha cursed standing by the bathroom door. My eyes almost popped out of my sockets looking at his attire. He was clad in a beige business suit that hugged his biceps and the outline of his expanded chest. His hair was neat and combed with him looking fresh and extremely clean, "Accidentally slammed the bathroom door shut."
My eyes snapped back from his body to his eyes.
"Your leaving?" I asked, feeling my heart sink in a bit.
"Yeah," he glanced at the clock which displayed the time 7 in the morning.
He looked back at me, his eyes roaming down my body. A smirk lifted his lips and that's when I realized I'm still stark naked. A shriek came out of my mouth as I pulled the covers over my head and hid under them.
"Oh now you feel shy?" he questioned, teasingly.
"Throw me my clothes," I said from under the blankets.
"I don't want to."
"I'm not coming out of this cocoon if you don't give me clothes."
"Don't," his voice sounded devious, "I like you in my bed."
A blush crept onto my face, and I bit my lip to stop smiling at his words.
"Anyways," he continued speaking, his tone changed, "get up and take this."
I poked my head out from the covers and saw him holding a phone in his hand. He was seated on the edge of the bed.
"I already set it up for after you so mercilessly dropped it off the bed before pouncing on me."
I shot him a glare at his choice of words before taking the new phone from his hands. I sat up straight, making sure to securely tuck the covers under my arms to cover my body before unlocking the phone.
"How did you know the password to my socials?" I asked with a frown, opening the social media apps to see my previous accounts already logged in.
"Oh you know?" he smirked, giving a shrug "because I'm King Alpha."
I gave him a dry look before giving him a drier look, "You set my wallpaper to your picture?"
"Looks hot, doesn't it?"
I shook my head at him, "Cocky much?"
"It's a quality."
"Okay, thank you for this," I gestured towards the phone, "Now get lost to wherever you're going."
"No goodbye kiss?"
I blinked. He actually looked serious.
"Um you want one?" a small blush came on my face.
He rolled his eyes, "Come here, stupid." He leaned towards me and captured my lips in a deep possessive kiss. My mind hazed at the feel of his soft lips against mine. He tasted of toothpaste, mouthwash and mint.
I pulled away quickly thinking my morning breath might ruin his freshness. He didn't seem to pick on that and looked satisfied instead.
"Royal warriors will be here any minute to babysit you," he spoke, glancing at his expensive-looking watch, "you um might wanna get dressed."
I raised my eyebrows, crossing my arms, "Babysit me?"
He gave me a pointed look, "I don't trust you to survive on yourself. So yes, I hired nine men to look after you."
"Wow, I'm so destructive." I rolled my eyes.
"You are. Now don't blow up anything and please for the love of God," he gave me an annoyed pleading look, "don't bond with anyone."
"Only if I don't get kidnapped by anyone." I glared.
"You won't," he confirmed, "and if you do, I'm killing all my warriors."
I wanted to say something more, anything, to make him stay a bit longer and continue with our useless talks. But unlucky for me, he stood up, straightening his suit.
"I have to go now. You might need a warm bath for the soreness,"
As soon as his words clicked in my head, I realized I did feel sore in my bottom. Another blush crept onto my face remembering what we did last night, and I wanted to roll around the bed and gush about it to myself.
I watched King Alpha walk towards the door and open it. He gave me one last scrutinizing look before closing it shut, leaving me all alone to myself.
He'll be gone for two weeks.
Sadness enveloped me on that.
Hey, at least I'm free to do anything I want for these two weeks without his consent. It's like getting rid of a strict parent.
I slid off the bed and carried myself to the bathroom. I was definitely really sore. Drawing up a bath, I sat in and went over last night's events. I've done that three times already and whenever I think of it, I wanted to squeal into my hands.
Did Ezlynn Richardson finally do the deed?
Yes, she did!
A squeal came out of my mouth before I laughed to myself.
If only Jade was here. We'd both be squealing and wake up the whole neighbourhood.
I dried myself and put on my vintage t-shirt and jeans pairing them with my combat boots. I combed my hair and noticed it grew below my waist.
Right when I finished dressing up, a knock followed by a small sound of chaos sounded from the other side of the door.
I opened the door and was suddenly greeted by nine pairs of eyes.
"Royal warriors at your service," Chase gave me a curt bow.
"Here to protect you and save you from every danger." Drake saluted.
The eight Royal warriors along with Levi stood in front of me looking like a group of Marvel superhero characters getting ready to fight Thanos.
I gave a sour look, "I don't need protection. I'll be fine."
"You won't be saying that when some new creature kidnaps you or throws you across a wall," Hans grumbled, irritated.
I stepped out of the room, closing the door behind me.
"So what'd ya guys have in plan for me since you're all my werewolf babysitters?"
"Well, King Alpha is gone for two weeks." Fred said making everyone smile in relief and happiness on that, "so we basically can do whatever we want."
"Like...?" I raised an eyebrow.
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Music blared throughout the whole west wing.
The ballroom where we had the ball was now turned into a dance club with the lights shut off and colourful spotlights roaming around. The walls were lined with tables filled with food, fountains with wine flowing out, popcorn machines, balloons and a whole lot of other fun stuff.
A frequent laugh would come out of my lips as I danced with Fred, Chase and Drake. Sydney was sitting on a beanbag, away from the crowd. Warrant stuffed popcorn and muffins in his mouth. Matt slumbered on a couch, snoring to himself with a drink that almost fell from his hands. It's a surprise how can he sleep so peacefully despite the loud music. And Hans was busy glaring at everyone and brooding when someone bumps into him.
And Levi?
A grin came to my lips. After my constant persuading and convincing, he was finally roaming around, trying his luck with some of the hot werewolf girls.
He would talk to a few girls then excuse himself, giving me a 'nope' look as he found no interest in any one of them.
God knows what's his type. I rolled my eyes. He wouldn't even give me an exact description.
Someone approached me from my side and my face immediately lit up when I recognized who was it, "Drew!"
"I see you people decided to party," he smirked. He wore a black V-neck which hugged his huge muscles along with jeans, "While the cats away, the mice will play."
I snorted, "King Alpha is going to kill you if he finds out you called him a cat."
He smirked at that but then gave a concerned look, "Is the heat getting worse for you, ma chérie?"
My face heated up on that.
I played with my fingers, looking around, "Erm...I won't be feeling the heat anymore..." I stated, quietly.
Drew gave me a confused look which lasted for a few seconds before he picked up on what I meant. A huge smile split his sudden brightened face as he held disbelief in his eyes.
"You're joking?" he asked.
I shook my head, giving a nervous look, "Nope."
Beside me, a clatter of cups falling to the ground resounded and I turned my head to look at Fred who was full-on gaping at me. Before I could do anything, he turned around and sprinted towards the rest of the Warriors gathered in a spot.
"Ezlynn finally fucked our King!" Fred yelled.
"Fred!" I yelled, embarrassed, as I took off after him.
He stopped in front of the warriors, grinning wide, "Ezlynn finally fucked our King."
The warriors gave me shocked looks before they morphed into teasing looks as I sonic dashed towards Fred and pounced on his back, jamming my fist again and again on his side.
"Shut. UP!" I hissed as I continued my fist attack. He laughed without control and almost rolled me off him as he bent down while laughing. My arms and legs tightened around his torso with a yelp as I almost went flying over his shoulder.
Giving him a few more taste of my fists, I slid off his back and glared at everyone.
"You didn't tell me?" Levi asked, mocking an offended look, "And I thought we were friends, Ez."
"We're not talking about this." I declared, shooting everyone a warning look.
They all dropped the subject but continued keeping their mocking looks.
The next few hours went by more dancing, talking, beer pong, Dance Dance Revolution and eating. A small part of me missed King Alpha but I tried dismissing any thoughts about him.
Sudden dizziness washed over me, and I grabbed onto Levi's arm to steady myself.
"You okay?" he asked as his arms came over my shoulder.
My hand flew to my head as I closed my eyes when the ground started swaying. A few seconds after, I opened my eyes to find myself all okay except for the small feeling to throw up.
"Yeah, just felt dizzy for a second," I responded to Levi, "must be all that dancing and eating."
He gave a nod in response but still eyed me protectively as if I was going to disappear in thin air.
"Why don't we sit for a while?" he suggested, tightening his hand over my shoulder and guiding me towards the couch. I went without hesitation and sat down with him beside me.
I felt alright. I felt fine. But this small nagging feeling clutched onto my stomach. I must have eaten some bad party food. Chase did bring all the greasiest and unhealthy yummies which I gobbled up like a pig.
"Levi," I spoke, "distract me. I think I'm going to throw up."
He turned his head towards me, his eyes looking upwards as he thought of topics.
"What do you want to talk about?" he asked.
I thought for a while although my brain already jumped at the topic the moment Levi asked that question.
"Why did King Alpha kill his mom and brother?"
Levi's face wavered and stiffened at that, "I'm sorry, but we're not allowed to talk about that. Royal business shouldn't be discussed between other wolves in any case; King Alpha's rules."
"But he's not here," I stated.
"His words and I quote 'I'm always two steps ahead'. He'll torment me for years to disclose Royal matters if he got to know," Levi spoke then shrugged, "Sorry."
I slumped back on the couch, "Fine then tell me the fairytale of when the tortured boy became a king."
Levi looked confused, "Huh?"
"Tell me how King Alpha became a king," I repeated, much clearer.
"Oh. Well, I wasn't there but I did hear he had to fight a lot of challengers to claim his throne."
"Challengers?"
"Right before King Sahandred's crown gets passed onto you, there'll be challengers who'd want to challenge you and take your place instead," Levi explained.
"What kind of challenges?"
"It's a full-on fight. The one who kills their challenger gets the throne."
I gave him a stumped look, "Kills?"
"Yup, you'll have to kill your challenger. Completely end them."
I waited for him to crack a smile or throw in a 'JK' but he remained serious as a rock.
"Wait your serious?" I asked, shocked.
He gave a nod, "King Alpha was severely injured. Like so beaten up and weak," he spoke then shrugged, "but eh, he got through it, won the challenges, claimed his throne, won the war with the witches and now here we are."
I nodded, letting his words sink in.
"Levi?" I asked after a while.
"Hmm?"
"Just a thought. What if King Alpha treated me like a complete prisoner and locked me up somewhere? Would we still have been friends?"
He appeared speechless by my question. I know I would be too. Why the hell did I ask him that?
"Er...I don't know," he answered looking hesitant, "I most probably wouldn't even look at you if King Alpha demands of you to be treated as a prisoner." He answered honestly, looking unhappy about it.
I gave a nod and am suddenly bombarded with thoughts about how everyone here would treat me if King Alpha treated me in some other way. For all I know, he could have really locked me up in a cell leaving me clothes made of rags and these people would laugh at me.
A hand fell upon mine, taking my attention. I looked at Levi to see him dead serious.
"I promise, Ezlynn," his voice carried a sudden firmness, "I will protect you from everything no matter what, as your friend and as your Beta."
A smile came on my face, "Thank you."
"Usually when warriors pledge themselves to Royals or people related to the Royals, their promise relates to a mountain," Levi spoke, "extremely hard to break. So I pledge myself to you. To protect and be by your side as long as I can."
My heart overwhelmed with all sorts of warm feelings. I gave his hand a grateful squeeze.
"You sound so corny," I said.
"Just a guy trying to make a pledge." He smiled, raising his hands in defence.
We continued talking about useless stuff until we got swept away by the rest of the warriors who brought us back to the party.
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Date: 1st September 2021