Mated To Alpha Gregory

Lilith’s POV

His eyes, his voice and everything about him made me almost puke out my intestines in disgust.

Who was he to question me in such a way? I should have known it was all a pretense, and he didn’t see me any higher than a helpless animal, none of them did.

I had known since the first day I saw them. From the way they looked at me, to the way they spoke to me and reacted whenever I was around.

What if the poison attack was from one of them?

“Excuse me?” I dropped the spoon of food in my hands and focused on him, well aware that the other brothers, alongside the guards and maids present in the room, were watching me.

“You heard me Lilith, I am not repeating myself.” Whatever Raoul was thinking I didn’t know, but it was definitely not good. He never really liked me from the onset. I always knew it was only a matter of time before he made his true intentions towards me known.

I knew he was able to speak now that Adam was not around. I instantly decided to leave the dining table and stay there till Adam came back.

I attempted to stand up when I heard Ben’s voice beside me.

“Come on brother, give her a break. Your highness, please stay for dinner, forgive my brother.” He sent me a quick smile before continuing the food before him. I didn’t know what to do anymore as my appetite was now gone.

Although, Ben seemed to take my side and the last brother didn’t care much about what was going on, there was no way I could trust any of them, not after remembering that they all wanted the throne my husband sat upon.

I decided to leave, as sitting down to watch any of them question me in the weirdest of ways would do me no good.

“As much as I would like to stay, I can’t. Enjoy your dinner, I’ll be taking my leave now.” I stood up and began to walk to the stairs, followed by Cara.

“Oh great, you’ve chased her away,” I heard Ben say.

“What do I care,” Raoul began. “She doesn’t belong here. Bl**dy opportunist.”

I hurried up the stairs, not looking back for once. The moment I got into the room, I shut the door and rested my back on the door.

“My queen, please let me in.” I heard Cara call from behind the door. I knew she cared, but I just wanted to be alone.

“Go Cara, I will call you when I need you.” I didn’t want her or anybody around me for now.

“But you didn’t touch your food. Should I get you something else? You can eat it in your room.”

“I’m not hungry Cara, really. Just get back to your quarters, I can take care of myself.”

“If you say so my lady,” I heard her reply before walking away.

It began to rain heavily, and I went to the window and looked outside. Droplets, moved by the wind came in at irregular intervals, making my body wet.

Tears, mixed with the rain, dropped from my face into my mouth. I let it flow as I remembered Raoul’s last word. If only my parents didn’t die, I would never have had to live this life I live now.

My skin became cold, and I shivered, but I stood still by the window, determined not to move an inch. My mind drifted to Adam and I became worried.

Where was he? Why wasn’t he back yet? He promised to be back by dinner, but he didn’t show up.

I walked away from the window and got out of the gown I wore. It was already wet from the raindrops, so I dragged it to the bathroom and left it there.

Opening the wardrobe, my eyes scanned the length and breadth of it, searching for something suitable to wear. My eyes landed on a free short gown which stopped right above the knee.

A glance at the clock showed that it was just a few minutes after seven pm. I moved to the bed and lay on it-chest down, feeling its smooth texture on my skin.

My mind drifted to what happened at the dining table, and it made me wonder why his brother would behave like that to me. I was aware they didn’t like me, none of them, but why say such awful things?

“They were trying to get to you,” Lexi spoke, jolting me out of my thoughts.

“What do you mean?” I asked her, curious.

“At first, they would have made sure to remove you as the queen if you had remained gullible and behaved like a puppet. Realizing that you have changed, they were probably looking for strategies which they could use to get to you and Adam,” she replied.

I remained speechless for a while, thinking of what she had just said.

“But how?” I asked. “How were they planning to get to me?” I rolled over on the bed, facing the roof.

“It would be a crime to speak or disrespect any member of the royal family, things would get even more complicated in your case because of your background.”

“Okay… how would it affect Adam then?” I sat up, realizing there was more to the agitation from these brothers than I knew.

“He would support you and wouldn’t want you to get punished. Who knows, he might even forgo the crown just to be with you. He loves you that much.” She became silent, leaving me to my thoughts.

If I had spoken out of line to any of his brothers at the dinner table, they would put it to me as a crime against a royal member of the pack and if the case is presented to the council, they wouldn’t hesitate to dethrone me as the queen, especially since they have had it in their agenda before.

I stood up from the bed and walked to the mirror, hoping to see the goddess again. I was getting fed up with the constant issues before me and I hoped to get a solution from her.

“Goddess, I need to see you.” I waited, watching the mirror, expecting to see her beautiful figure, but all I saw was my own reflection.

I closed my eyes and tried again, certain she would be there when I opened them. “Goddess, please appear. I need to talk to you.” A mighty wind suddenly blew in through the window, knocking down something in the process.

I smiled, happy that she had answered me, only to open my eyes and see nothing, except a cup and pieces of paper scattered on the ground.

Exhausted, I walked to my bed and closed my eyes. I had hardly slept for a minute when the door opened.

I jumped up alarmed but became relieved as I saw who it was that came in. It was Adam.

All my worries disappeared as I was happy to see him but wanted to stay mad at him, just to see his reaction. I jumped off the bed to face him, but something was off about him.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“Why didn’t you show up for dinner? I waited for you.”

He didn’t reply and simply ignored me totally like I wasn’t there. I tried to take his hand in mine, to ask him what was wrong, but he flinched, making me stop on my track.

“Go to your room!” He ordered, his voice colder than ice.