Chapter 31 A Meal Meant For Death.

Chapter 31 A Meal Meant For Death.
Chapter 31

Jax's POV.

I woke up from my bed, drooling. I checked the time, it was almost noon.

I used the back of my hand to wipe off the dried drool which had spread almost to my left ear.

Then, my mind suddenly drifted back to my dream. The dream I had last night. Where I saw Mila trying to protect me from being eaten by a wild beast. The beast was huge, as towering as the heavens themselves. A multi-faceted demon determined to destroy me.

She suddenly jumped into the scene, she fought, conquered and decimated the stubborn beast like it meant nothing to her.

I hissed. Mila?

Mila of all she-wolf? The one who never stops threatening me in my sleep that she would make my life worse than hell?

I yawned and checked the wall clock again. That was when it dawned on me that I had spent more than twelve hours in bed.

I cursed. I even hated myself for it. As the king of a pack that is burning furiously , I had no business spending so much time in bed. Whereas, I should be delegating, leading and solving monstrous issues facing the pack.

The light had penetrated into my room through the little space left at the window blind. I squinted against its brightness.

The temperature in the room had risen too, defying the cooling system in the room.

I hated this so much. Putting into my shoes the poor pack members who could not afford this type of luxury. How were they surviving in their homes? What were their conditions like? Probably, hellish?

It was high time I needed to visit Alpha Vexhood if it meant kneeling and begging. I and every stormfang pack member needed him more than the air we breathed.

We should bury the hatchet and let him help us appease the gods. They had been too quiet on our behalf, simply watching as our once glorious pack crumbled to ruin.

I trusted him, he would proffer solutions to all these. He had always come through for us. He didn't fail in my father's reign, I trust him, he would not fail in my own reign too.

Most importantly he is like a father to me, apart from being chief priest of this pack, elder Vexhood and my father had been a long time friend striking a great bond and achieved so much during his lifetime.

The pack is the most important thing now and everyone of us, both young and old, alpha and beta, the omega, and even the elders must come together as one to solve the issues in front of us.

I needed to go clean up and visit him.

I stood from my bed. My body aches a bit, trying hard to drag my legs which were heavy like logs of wood, maybe it was due to hours I had spent in bed or something else I couldn't wrap my head around. The only solution before me now was to humble myself and visit the only person who has got the solution.

I will have to pay him a surprise visit. Sending someone to call him, wouldn't hold much weight at this time. He wouldn't listen, based on the rancour we had a few days back.

I really messed up. If not because of the respect he had for me as alpha king of this pack, he could do and undo anything to me. And who could stop him in this pack and beyond the borders of this pack. Especially, if the rumor reaching me about how lady Justina fell to her early disastrous but avoidable death were true.

He is one of the reasons other packs respect us. Hardly do we find anyone like him on the face of the earth.

And if they truly exist, they can't be more than two by my count. But none I have personally seen or heard of that matched up his prowess.

I had put on my casual clothes, I didn't bother to wear any perfume, I would do that when I was through with the breakfast and headed to where my food was.

The dining room was set. The food, decent. The aroma. Great. A pork stew with smoked wide rice. The wine was too decent.

I just wanted to have some bites. To have some energy and prevent my stomach from being empty. I had been skipping meals recently like who cares, due to the fact that I had a lot on my mind.

The dining room was empty as usual. Only one person stood and it was a young female maid. She bowed head and stepped out of the dining room immediately I came in.

I wanted to ask her if she was also one of the newly employed maids that Rosa had littered around the palace, and also if she was the one that made the food because it smelled good and was well prepared as mere seeing it in front of me.

Not until recently , breakfast has always been a lonely adventure for me. I have always been the one having my breakfast by myself. I love it that way. Calling Rosa to join me is giving room to another unnecessary fight.

He had been avoiding me, I had been doing that to her too. I think it's ok like that too. Especially when peace of mind is involved.

I hate it so much when someone who could not proffer solutions to your immediate challenges only to look for the slightest means to upset and destabilize you. I think Rosa finds so much joy in that.

I had nearly picked up my cutlery to tear up the pork lamb in front of me to have my first bite.

Then the fork flew away from my mouth like the gods were in the room.

I marveled, eyes wide apart. Before I could turn my head a finger jabbed at my
face.

“Don't touch that food, your honor! If you touch it, you will surely regret doing so.”

“What?”