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chapter 6

Hendricks’s pov

I went to the party and honestly 3 minutes in I was already bored.

The rouges were drinking and eating, ever since we got Harper it been a celebration after a celebration and now that the plans were coming together we deserve another celebration.

If only my father could see me now, I will soon become the Alpha King after I kill the entire royal family and then I will kill Harper.

Talking about Harper, I didn’t like the way he looked at my mate but how can I blame him? He has been locked up in that place for months so having a woman next to him after all that time must have felt like paradise.

Plus, Grace isn’t like any other woman, she has a fire in her eyes, she is stubborn, has an amazing voice and is also the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.

Her blue eyes are like an angry storm, her black her is black as night and even though her smile towards me is always fake its still beautiful.

Honestly I have never been one to count my blessings but if I must or I am forced to then Grace would be that one blessing.

It’s a wonder isn’t it? How the moon goddess would give someone as bad and terrible as me a mate who is as good and kind as Grace.

One thing I admire and hate about Grace is that she is strong, I remember the day when I first met her the day I killed her mother.

That woman said the most terrible thing to her daughter and Grace only cried for a few minutes, after that I never saw her cry again.

But honestly if she did I would be surprised as well, why would one cry for a person who said those things to you??

Ever since she came here with me, or more like ever since I forced her to come here I have testing her.

I would say terrible things to her waiting for a reaction and all I would get from her would be a smirk and sometimes just a sad smile.

What thing I realised hurts her the most is when I repeat her mother’s words, that’s when I can finally get real emotions from her.

I have never been rough on her ever, but yesterday when she tried to run away she pissed me off beyond words.

I have given her the freedom; I gave her the title as my Queen and the keys to my kingdom and what do I get from it?

She dares to run away from me, which is why I did the things I did, I knew that I had to teach her a lesson, so she doesn’t dare to run away from me ever again.

The truth is even after I become Alpha King I have no intentions of letting Grace go, she has been begging for her freedom ever since I found her.

I need my mate by side so I can be strong, I am going to war, and I need to be strong for the war that’s coming. I looked around saw that everyone was enjoying the party and I was the only one seated while everyone was dancing.

“come on your majesty, dance with me” a blond girl said, I looked at her and she was beautiful but why would I entertain her when I have a beautiful mate waiting??

I looked at her and shook my head, I tried to stay in the party for about 2 hours, I mean I was the one throwing it, so I had to make most of my money.

Well and another thing is that If I go back it would be like I am eager to see Grace and she will not fail to mention it or rub it in my face.

I can only imagine what she would say “back already? Did everyone eventually get tired of pretending to like and respect you??”.

I smiled when I realised that its exactly something she would say, I decided then and there that I would stay for 3 hours and try to enjoy myself. I looked at the blonde girl who invited me to dance and I started dancing with her and drinking some more.

Eventually I lost track of time and it was when everyone was leaving that I realised how late it was, I looked at the moon and I went to the dungeon to look for Grace.

The moment I got there I found all the guards laying on the ground, there was no sign of a struggle, and they were breathing.

It was like they were into some kind of deep sleep;

I quickly ran inside and there was no sign of Grace or Harper.

I went back and kicked one of the sleeping guards and he immediately woke up and looked at me confused, “what happened??” he asked, and I kicked him again and this time he groaned in pain.

Charles came closer to me, and he looked around, “what happened??” he asked, and I didn’t have the time to answer him. “come back Grace and all will be forgiven” I told her, and I knew that she heard me because I used the mind link that is still there because we have a mate bond.

Grace has never used the mind link because she always told me that she didn’t consider us mates, that the mate bond was nothing but a burden and a curse.

She has never used it and I knew that she wouldn’t answer me, “Grace turn around and come back here or I swear I will kill him and then make you eat his heart” I said to her and still no answer.

“She is gone, isn’t she?? I told you didn’t I that you are too soft on her now look at what she has done” Charles said looking around.

I didn’t care if Harper didn’t come back, hell even if they kill him on the spot, I don’t care but I want Grace back here.

“Bring Grace back here now, find her and Charles if you lay a hand on her I will kill you” I said and I saw fear in his eyes, and he nodded.

Charles is one of my fastest men, I made him take the long route just in case Grace took it and the rest took the other route.

A few minutes later he mind linked me telling me that he found Grace but she managed to escape, I was in my office yelling orders at my men.

They all did what I said without asking questions because they could tell that I wasn’t happy at all.

I was in a mood to kill whoever even breathes the wrong way in my presence, how dare she run again?

How dare she run away from me the second time?

Charles came in and I noticed that he had two men holding him up and he looked at me and I saw the fear in his eyes as well.

“She escaped, she broke my spine and escaped” he said without even looking at me, I got closer to him, “so you are telling a woman and a badly injured man did this to you??” I asked him and he shook his head.

“No, it was all Grace” he said, and I stopped for a minute and looked at him, so Grace did all this alone? I couldn’t help but feel proud but then I remembered that I was angry with her.

I looked at my office, the chairs and tables were broken while the papers were all over the room, “she told me a message, she said that I should give it to you” Charles said, and I turned and looked at him. “What did she say??” I asked him.

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