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ATHENA'S POV:-
A month passed and I was living in the palace while at the order of the queen, both packs were under Alexander's watch. People were not fine with it but they couldn't do anything since the orders came straight from the palace. While everyone thought it was fine for everyone, I was getting frustrated. I was pacing back and forth in my room. I hardly left my room because if I went out, I would eventually find someone kissing or fucking each other.
It could be a couple or animals or even birds. But they all messed me up. And then, my whole day would be ruined because Alexander couldn't come to see me. He was overly burdened with two packs where people hardly listened to him at all.
He was able to control his people but I was well aware of the coup my people were preparing for. Or I would rather say the people following my father. They wanted their dignities back. The very thing I stripped off of them the day I took over the pack. None of them were supposed to be seated as the guardians of the pack. People in my pack were fools.
They thought it were rogues who often came into the pack and kidnapped their young and virgin daughters. I had my doubts that my father was behind this. Because he could cross any line or destroy any life to get whatever he wanted. But I had no proof against my father. There was a reason why my team and I called it ghost attacks.
My Beta stayed connected with me all the time just to make sure that Alexander wouldn't go crazy with my people. I often gave my Beta and my Gamma orders from where I sat and Alexander worked accordingly. As silly as it could get but the only one who could save Alexander from my father was Cynthia. And with that baby inside of me, I couldn't do much. He was practically on his own.
That was the reason why he stayed closer to his sister's grave while operating my pack. His sister's grave was one place my father would never visit, he wouldn't even get closer to that place. He believed she was still alive somewhere, looking for him. Either he needed a doctor or I was the crazy one.
A light knock on my bedroom door pulled me out of the oceans of my thoughts. "Yes!" I asked in a low tone. I was angry but not at the servants who were ordered by their queen to take care of me. The door opened slowly as Collin's smiling face poked in.
"What?" I asked angrily, I didn't want to see him. It was his idea that I hated the most. He forbade Alexander to visit the palace every single night because he had some sort of beef with his brother and he couldn't grow a pair to deal with it because I couldn't.
"Solana called you downstairs to eat with us. How long are you going to keep yourself locked into this room? You barely came out of this room in the last three weeks." He tried to play Mr nice guy. And that angered me even more. Growling angrily, I was in front of him in the blink of an eye. I grabbed him by his collar and slammed him against the wall. I watched him gulp hard as he might have seen red anger in my eyes for him, mixed with hatred due to my raging hormones.
"I will come out of this room once you grow a pair and let me meet my mate every single night. I can't go back because I have to keep the alpha's baby safe from his own fucking family. And here you won't let me see him. You all are fucking psychos." I poured my anger on him and walked away.
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After dinner, I stood up from my chair. I suddenly felt this urge to chew onto some cheese. I walked into the kitchen and growled in frustration. The scent of sex was in the air as I watched two guards fucking one made. I turned around and walked back toward the staircase. "Athena! Where are you going? Join us for tea, will you?" Collin offered politely but my brain was at the verge of blowing off any moment.
"I am going to jump from the roof. Why the fuck you care? Just leave me alone and don't call me downstairs again." I growled at him angrily. It was loud enough to shake the palace. I stomped away to my room. As soon as I entered my room, I went straight toward the bed. I laid down on my bed, buried my face in a pillow and screamed as loudly as I could.
"Athena! I know you feel lonely and empty without your mate being around you. You grew closer to him. Too close that you find it difficult to breathe when the air doesn't smell like him." Cynthia whispered as she heard me crying. I didn't know I was crying until I wiped my treats off of my face. Even her words made me angry because I didn't need her to tell me the exact same thing, to be patient. I expected her to curse Collin and Alexander with me.
But then again, I couldn't do it. I couldn't expect it from her because to her, she was still connected to them by blood. I got her as a punishment from Aurora to avenge her death, the death of her unborn children and the death of her mate.
"Fuck off, Cynthia. Don't open your mouth unless you want to curse Collin and Alexander with me. Because the fucking men are supposed to grow a pair of balls and resolve the problem between them. When I need him by my side the most, he isn't here. So don't fucking tell me to be patient." I didn't curse at Cynthia through the mind link. I cursed her out loud. I was sure half of the palace must have heard me but I didn't care about anyone anymore.