chapter eight

Alexander took in a deep breath and approached Lily carefully. He wondered how he was this calm seeing as himself and his wolf were experiencing a primal urge so tempestous his wolf was threatening to burst out.

He had never felt this way for any she-wolf during the heat period not even his late wife so he took careful steps towards her and saw her trying to control her wolf too. She looked at him and her blue eyes had become blue crystals.

Seeing her like that, with her red hair wet, eyes glacial, and skin glossy from what she was experiencing, Alexander knew that the only way he could help her and himself before they devoured each other sexually, was to flee from her.

He telepathically said to her, "You know I can't be here with you right now, not with the both of us experiencing this. I have to leave, now! For both of us."

Alexander didn't finish his sentence and he raced back to the palace. He couldn't spend one more second with Lily or he would mark her and he didn't want to do so when she was not yet aware that he was her second chance mate.

Lily stood staring at herself in the mirror when she got home.

She was grateful Alexander left when he did because she knew that she would have allowed him and even encouraged him to make love to her right there in the cabin.

It's been two days since she saw Alexander, and it was deliberate. 

She had been avoiding him because she didn't want a repeat of what happened at the cabin.

Thoughts about him already set her and her wolf on fire, not to mention seeing him and it seemed he was avoiding her too, as she had not seen him around the palace.

He always handled his business before she arrived or after she left so they wouldn't cross paths.

Lily teased her wolf and said, "You horny wench. Poor King had to flee from you as if you had a virus or something," and she laughed hard as she knew why he left. 

He was trying to help her and also help himself.

Alexander didn't know what to do with himself anymore. He tried everything he could to get Lily off his mind, even for a while but nothing worked, so he decided to indulge the guests from neighboring packs that he had in the palace and many females amongst them were dying for his attention already.

He focused on the ladies in front of him instead of a certain woman with red hair.

At that moment, some of the staff in the palace came into the hall some distance away to carry out palace duties and Alexander didn't have to turn his head to know she was among them.

His wolf was already excited, and the urge he had managed to tame by avoiding her for a few days came with full force.

He suddenly paid utmost attention to the brunette sitting by his right, who became surprised and then pleased as he wasn't paying any of the female's attention previously.

"What about you, Phoebe?" He said, pleased with himself. He didn't pay attention to the flirty attempts of the women, but he never forgot important details like names, dates, and places. "What instrument do you play? Tell me about it."

"I play the Violoncello alpha, but most people call it Cello. which is a bass musical instrument of the violin group," she explained passionately.

Alexander laughed and said, "I know what the cello is, Phoebe. How long have you been playing? Where do you play now?

Still pleased that the alpha king was paying her attention, the she-wolf smiled and said, "I have been playing since I was five years old, your highness. My grandfather took it upon himself to make sure my sibling and I mastered one musical instrument. I play with the grand orchestra in my pack."

"That's interesting. Your grandfather was a wise man," Alexander complimented.

After paying her the compliment, Alexander could swear she turned a bright red from bushing hard.

He missed Lily. Conversations with her always flowed seamlessly and they were always filled with light and laughter.

Speaking of Lily, he felt her emotion at that moment and realized that she was boiling hot and it was from anger.

He looked at her and realized that she had been staring at him while he talked with Phoebe. 

Alexander's forehead scrunched together in confusion and he wondered, "Is Lily jealous right now?

He saw that they were done with their duties already and left the hall. He also got tired of the conversation with the ladies and excused himself, leaving his Beta to finish up with the visitors.

Alexander walked to his chamber, and all the way he acknowledged bowed greetings from his pack members.

He kept moving but he couldn't shake off the feeling that someone was trailing him and the person was not too happy with him.

He arrived at the door of his room and stopped, then turned to see a very angry Lily staring up at him.

"Lily?" he asked, confused, and immediately it all came crashing down on him. All the urges and feelings he had worked hard to tame over the past two days came hard at him, and his wolf was so excited he threatened to come out.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, trying to control himself.

"I didn't like it. I didn't like it one bit," she spat out.

"You didn't like what?" he asked her, confused. "We have to leave this corridor so someone will not see us like this."

He knew he asked for trouble when he opened his door and motioned for her to come in, but there was no way he would allow someone to see them there and spread whatever tale they liked.

He started towards his door but didn't see the next action coming. 

Lily pushed him from behind into his room, closed the door, and turned him to face her while breathing angrily. "Never talk to another woman like that. I don't like it, my wolf doesn't like it and we won't allow it."

Alexander knew it was the heat period affecting her, and he also knew he should send her away but he was so turned on by what she just said that he manipulated their position and Lily found herself pressed against the wall instead.

Alexander lowered his head to her ear and whispered seductively, "What will you do about it?"