17. He could feel her pain

Lillie was a little confused and did not what to do. For some time she was silent contemplating his words. If she goes back then she is most likely going to die an early death but, if she stays..... She will be living with her enemies. Not knowing what to do, she decided to let it be, for now, there was something much more important.

"I don't want to think about that now." She said and put down her silverware and stood up. "I will go in for a bath and change into something suiting." She said and Alex nodded. She did not eat much but it comforted him to know that her stomach was not empty anymore.

Lillie walked back upstairs and went into the bathroom for a quick bath. After spending some time there, she came out still wearing the same dress that she was wearing before. She looked around the room and could not find the closet. She was about to go back down to ask Alex about it when he came in to change his clothes as well.

Seeing her in the same dress he knew that she was not able to find the closet. "You should have asked me where the closet was before leaving," Had said, smiling g at her.

"Well... I thought... Fine, please where is the closet?" Lillie asked, accepting defeat.

"Follow me," Alex said and gestured with his to the left wall close to the bed.

Turning to him she raised a brow and asked, "Mr. Ragnar, where is the closet? I only see an empty wall." Alex smiled and moved closer to her.

"I will only show you on one condition," Alex said and Lillie looked at him not understanding why the was now a condition to this. "What is it?" she asked.

He smiled and said very casually, "I will show it to you if you stop addressing me as Mr. Ragnar." He teased.

Lillie was speechless.

She snapped out of her daze and asked him, "How should address you if not Mr. Ragnar?"

Alex closed the distance between them and bent forward and whispered in her ear, "Alexander, or Alex, as everyone else does." he said.

Seeing their proximity, Lillie wanted to move away from him and put some distance between them but he had his hands around her keeping her in place.

Lillie looked at him as he raised his head from her ear and stared at her face. She held her breath without knowing it. From such a close range she could see his features clearly and damn... He was beautiful. Her heart but skip a beat as their eyes locked on each other and they held each other's gaze.

His eyes fascinated her right from the first time she saw them that night and being this close and looking at him right had a different effect on her. She scanned every inch of his face and she suddenly had the urge to kiss him and know how his lips would taste if they were as soft as they looked in her eyes.

Feeling embarrassed by her thoughts, she scolded herself inwardly. 'Get yourself together, Lillie. You are just a teenager while he is a grown man don't forget that he is your enemy. She puts her hands on his that was holding her for support. The moment she touched him, she pulled her hands back feeling the spark from the skin contact. She was still not sure what that was about. But his hand on her waist still gave her the same sensation.

"Mr. Rag...." She paused and Alex raised a brow of amusement at her. She clears her throat and spoke again. "Alexander, please let go of me, I need to get ready." She said with a sigh.

Alex smiled and nodes his head. He released his hold on her waist and grabbed her wrist instead. Her face flushed when she realized that the man was not going to let her go. Alex chuckled lightly seeing her like that, he wanted to tease her but he refrained from doing so, there was plenty of time to do that.

He puts some stray strands of hair that fell over her face behind her ear and intertwined their hands and led her closer to the wall, he pushed a small button in it, and the wall slid open revealing a massive closet within it.

"You can go in and get changed, I will wait outside." Alex to Lillie with mouth slightly open seeing the unnecessarily large wardrobe with men's wear neatly arranged on one side and women's on the other. "If you need anything let me know, I will have brought it to you immediately." Alex left to sit on the sofa and wait while Lillie just nodded at him.

After Alex left her alone in the closet, Lillie went in and found a black outfit that she thought was good enough for the occasion and wore it.

She left the Closet and found Alex sitting and waiting just as he said he would. "Mr. Rag... Alexander, I am ready." She said standing in front of him. Alex saw her and hated to see her wearing black. Knowing what that color symbolizes and the reason behind her choice, he did not protest.

It was not like the outfit diminished her beauty in any way, but it reflected her pain, the pain that she felt inside. And he did not want to see her going through any pain. Not as long as he was alive.

Breathing deeply he rise and walked over to Lillie, he took her hand in his and led her out while he kind linked Raal and Kevin. Together they walked to the car and got in as they drove out of the villa. Some other shifters also followed them for the safety of the king.

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Soon they arrived at the cemetery where Alex had everything arranged and prepared. Lillie looked at everything and felt grateful to Alex who was holding her hand. She tilted her head and looked at him with gratitude in her eyes.

Soon the priest came and Lillie listen as he prayed for the eternal rest of the dead soul with a heavy heart. Alex who was standing beside her could her pain and anger from the aura that she gave off. He too was angered.

Remembering how he found her the previous night with wounds all over her body left him raging inwardly. He may not fully understand human emotions but knew and understood what it felt like to lose a loved one. He could feel her pain because he too had been in the same position that she is now once in his life.

He understood just how painful it was to watch as your family got murdered before your very eyes and you could not do anything about it. He, himself has experienced that in the past and never wished for anyone to experience that in their lifetime. This was one thing that he and his mate now had in common and it pained him to see her like that.

He wrapped his left hand around her body to comfort her while the other was clenched into a fist. The shifters that were present could feel the suffocating aura of the alpha king but did not know what had caused it. They also saw his possessive actions towards the girl next to him and were surprised.

Who was she to their king? They thought.