Chapter 54 Regret
Lyra's POV:
Two days later.
It's been two days since the incident, two days since I last saw the prince.
Although I had the maid say something about the alpha punishing him, I didn't see it for myself, so I still doubted the fact that the alpha did punish him. I still didn't want to believe it even after my mom said he did.
I was supposed to see him with my own eyes; watching him get punished wouldn't have been bad. But the alpha just wouldn't let me see, and I kind of hated it.
The past few days have been a bit cool—no disturbances, no one there to order us around or punish us. It was just Enna and me doing our thing with no one to question us.
Yesterday, the alpha's guard came to tell me that the alpha wanted to see me. At first, I was scared because I thought he was going to say something about his son, but I was shocked when he told me something different.
He invited me for a walk and apologized, saying they never thought his son could do something as cheap as that. I was tempted to ask about the prince but held back because I knew it would raise a lot of suspicion. The alpha might wonder why I was still asking about him after what happened, so I just kept quiet and acted like I didn't know about him.
Yesterday passed, and I still didn't see him, and funny enough, I found myself getting worried. I was worried the alpha had done something to him. Somehow, I couldn't help but blame myself for letting the alpha know about it. It was kind of crazy, but I just couldn't control my emotions. Even though I hated him, I still didn't want anything to happen to him. It sounds silly, but it's the truth.
Earlier today, I was sent to the market by my mom to get a few things for me. I felt uncomfortable about the idea of my mom sending me to the market, but there was nothing I could do, so I just sat quietly and waited for her to come back.
I was still waiting when a maid came to announce to me that Elias was back.
I quickly rushed out with the maid to look for him. Immediately I saw him, I completely forgot about the fact that I was worried about the prince.
I followed him back to his place, where he told me how his journey went.
I was shocked when he told me he could have come back the next day, but because he had defended me, it intentionally made him stay longer than he was supposed to, so he wouldn't cause more problems.
It was then he told me that the alpha had sent the prince to his brother's place to spend some time. I mean, you had to with the way the council was beginning to take an interest in him; if he continued that way, they might have issues with him being the alpha. And I know for sure that the alpha wouldn't want that. No one wants that.
At first, I didn't find it necessary to tell him what happened, but then I had to because I realized hiding it from him would only make matters worse. He was furious when I told him that the prince had nearly forced himself on me. At one point, I began to regret why I had told him because of his reaction. I had already told him what happened before it dawned on me that telling him would make him hate the prince. I felt like I was intentionally putting a rift between the alpha prince and his beta, and somehow, I felt like I was doing the wrong thing.
My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. I was about to go get the door when I remembered what happened two days ago.
"Who is there?" I asked, holding tightly to the doorknob. I thought I'd be safe living in the castle; instead, it turned out to be a totally different story.
"It's me... I'm back," it was Enna.
I quickly opened the door for her to come in.
We were still checking out the things she brought from the market when another knock came on the door. Enna and I hesitated for a moment before she stood up to go get the door.
She opened the door, and surprisingly, it was a guard standing at the door. It wasn't just a random guard but the alpha's guard.
Immediately, I knew something was up. Probably they've come to invite me to another dinner.
"The alpha wants you at the dining room today," the guard announced. Gawd! I have to go face the old annoying guy again. I was beginning to feel like the alpha was intentionally doing this.