THE CEO ALPHA KING (-Their plans-)
Writer’s P O V
Martins kept staring at Serena until Serena shifted her gaze towards his direction and caught him staring.
“Martins, are you okay?” Serena asked, standing up from the stool.
“Uh… yes, I’m fine,” he whispered, moving his gaze elsewhere.
“Um, I’m sorry about your dad. I don’t think you should overthink. You might fall sick while worrying too much,” Serena cooed, standing in front of him.
Martins let out a one-sided smile. “Yes, ma’am. I’ll only listen to you from now on,” he beamed.
Serena blushed, shifting her gaze away from him. “Let’s leave, but before that, do you want something? Anything?” Martins inquired.
“No, I don’t. Let’s go,” Serena said, smiling.
“Okay, but the next time we come here. I’m cooking something with my own hands for you. Got that?”
Serena chuckled.
“Yes, sir,” she bobbed her head once. They came out from the kitchen and to the sitting room.
Serena’s eyes snapped on a maid who was by the corner arranging some stuff. Martins led her out, and they both entered the car and drove back to the castle.
Throughout the ride, they only talked about random things, but deep down in Serena’s mind, she pitted him a lot. They both came down from the vehicle, and Beta Adam stood right in front of the castle.
Serena’s heart skipped a beat when her eyes locked with that of Beta Adam. Oh fück. He is around, Serena thought as she approached the castle glass door slowly.
“Where are you coming from this late?” Beta Adam’s voice stopped her when she was about to enter the castle silently.
Serena flinched. She turned to look at him. “I-” Serena stuttered, pointing to the gate.
“You should go see the king then. Explain where you went to, to him. I’m sure he will understand,” Beta Adam smirked at her.
Hearing the king’s name brought fear into Serena. Is he looking for me? It was at the tip of her tongue to ask, but she held herself.
“Okay,” she mumbled and was about proceeding in when Martin’s voice came.
“I’m the one to blame. It would help if you weren’t harsh on her, and I took her out. I tricked and took her out,” Martins said.
Serena turned to look at Martins. “No, no. Stop it, ” she signaled him to back off, but Martins wasn’t staring at her.
“What? I’m also a Beta, you know,” Martins stared at Beta Adam straight in the eyes.
Beta Adam scoffed.
“So? What if you are a Beta? You are not the king’s Beta, and you certainly aren’t as strong as I am, so back off before I get angered by your actions.” Beta Adam warned.
“Oh really? Maybe you should move me out of the way then. She did nothing wrong,” Martins huffed. “I don’t see the reason why she is to meet with the king when she is innocent,” he continued.
Beta Adam scoffed again. He turned to look at Serena, who has been signaling Martins to stop talking back at him.
“You know her brother and few other guys here are also Beta’s, but they dare not disrespect me. They know their place. Maybe you need to be put in your place.” Beta Adam moved closer to Martins and threatened.
Serena quickly rushed towards Martins. She pulled him by the arm and kept pulling him away until they were inside the mini-mansion.
“What do you think you are doing going up against the king’s Beta? You are no match for him. That is why he is the king’s Beta. He is stronger, faster, and a lot more. Going up against him is a death wish,” Serena scolded.
“I don’t care,” Martins rolled his eyes reluctantly. He turned and left her there.
Serena composed herself when she noticed the servants inside the sitting room were already glaring at them.
She went out and went straight to the castle. She entered the court and went to the kitchen side to make coffee for king Zed. I hope he is not that angry, Serena predicted as she mixed the coffee with the required ingredients.
She covered the coffee and placed it on a tray before carrying it straight to the king’s chambers. She has finally mastered the route to his bed chambers and his office.
The guards safeguarding his door gave her a weird look, but she returned it with a smiling gesture.
“What are you doing?”One asked.
“I’m here to serve the king coffee. Beta Adam asked me to come to him get the King coffee,” Serena explained.
The two guards looked at each other. “The king is resting. Are you sure Beta Adam asked you to do this?” One asked to be sure.
Serena forced a cough. “Can’t I jus-”
“Let her in,” the king’s loud voice Interrupted Serena’s words.
Serena straightened up. She held onto the coffee tray tightly and watched as the guards assisted her to open the door. Serena walked into the room, which was looking dim. Her eyes caught king Zed lying on the bed, with his eyes fixed on the ceiling.
“Good evening, master,” Serena bowed in greetings.
“What did you do wrong? Why did Adam ask you to see me?” King Zed asked without turning to look at her.
The question confused Serena a little. I thought you called. I thought you asked for me, and that’s the reason why he asked me to see you, Serena mumbled in her mind.
“What did you do wrong then?” King Zed asked again.
“I… I went out with….” Serena paused, not willing to expose Martins. “I went out and returned late to the castle,” Serena replied.
“Where did you go to?” His next question got Serena uncomfortable.
“What am I going to tell him? What should I tell him?” Serena wondered.
She doesn’t know how to tell him that she went to a restaurant or that she went to the house of the man who supposedly wants to kill him.
“I… I went to a restaurant, master,” Serena admitted.
King Zed turned in her direction after she responded. “And who did you tell before leaving?” King Zed asked, making Serena more uncomfortable. “Or were you planning on running away from me again?” King Zed asked.
“No! Of course not. I will never do that-”
“Not as if you haven’t tried and failed,” King Zed cut her in and said.
Serena shut her mouth. She just kept staring at the floor, waiting for him to speak, but he didn’t. She lifted her foot, went to the table beside his bed, and placed the tray she was carrying there.
“What is that?” King Zed questioned.
“Coffee, master,” Serena answered. She turned and made to leave but stopped when king Zed spoke up.
“Did I ask for this?” He asked, looking unsure himself.
“N… no, you’re… Highness, you didn’t.” Serena stuttered.
“Then why did you bring me a cup of coffee? Planning to poison me?” King Zed asked in a taunting way. Serena gasped.
“I will never do that, master. I’ve never even killed an insect before,” she gasped and mumbled the last part.
“But I didn’t ask for this, and you brought it. Oh, I see what exactly you are planning to do,” King Zed scoffed.
“I’ll just take the coffee back then.”
King Zed stopped her from making the coffee.
“I know you put in a lot of effort to make me a cup. I’ll take it,” King Zed’s tone suddenly changed.
His words came out softly.
It left Serena puzzled for minutes. How does he manage to change his mood every five minutes? Serena wondered as she made for the door again.
And, is he the one trying to kill Martin’s father? Is he that bad? Or did Martin’s father offend him in a way he doesn’t like? Serena kept thinking, forgetting that the king could also hear her thoughts. bShe stepped out of his room and was about to leave when king Zed called her back.
“Who is Martins’s father?” King Zed asked, now sitting up from the bed.
He doesn’t usually glimpse into people’s thoughts because he finds everything they think about disgusting, but Damon, his wolf, started liking Serena. He couldn’t help but listen to most things that went on in his head.
Although he doesn’t do everything, he does it when he finds it necessary. So when she was about to leave, he listened to her thoughts and heard them.
“Your Highness!” Serena gasped yet again. Her eyes widened.
She wanted to slap herself hard on the cheek but couldn’t. How could I forget that the king hears people’s thoughts? It kept ringing inside her head as she stood before king Zed again.
“Answer my question,” King Zed groaned, looking more serious.
“Um.. master, he-”
“Where did you go to today?” King Zed cut her off and asked.
“To the restaurant, master. To the restaurant,” Serena answered.
“Where did you go to after the restaurant, and why did you head there in the first place?” King Zed questioned.
“I… I…” Serena’s lips trembled as she thought of something clever to say.
She doesn’t want to enforce Martins in any way, but it seems like removing Martins will only make the king suspect that she is lying and might end up questioning her until she tells him the whole truth.
“We made a deal, you know.” King Zed stated.
“You are breaking it. You are disobeying and irritating me at the same time. I asked you a simple question, but you can’t answer it. You are seeking for lies to tell me, aren’t you?” King Zed grunted.
“You know I can simply look into everything you’ve done today. I’ll see what I want to see, but I’m not doing that right now because I was hoping you could tell me the truth yourself. Who is Martins’s father?
First of all, who is Martins?” King Zed questioned.
Serena sighed. She doesn’t know what to do anymore. I should probably tell him to avoid getting punished or getting Martins into another trouble because of me.
“Martins is the new servant here. He is the one that took over my brother’s duty,” Serena answered. King Zed didn’t say anything, and he kept looking at her to go on.
“And he is the guy who took me out to the restaurant. He happened to hear about my brother. He planned on taking me to see him but later didn’t because we went to see his sick and dying father.” Serena answered.
King Zed didn’t say a word after her explanation. He continued staring at her, probably trying to see if she was lying to him or not. He watched her facial expression also. I listened to her heartbeat that skipped trice.
He realized Serena was lying to him then but didn’t utter another word. He waved his hand at her, ordering her to leave. She bowed slightly before leaving his bed chambers.
*
Martins stayed up at the field side, where no soul could hear a single word he discussed with his dad.
“How are things going?” His father asked after he picked his son’s call.
“Smoothly, just as we expected. Serena still doesn’t suspect anything. She is in flow, and she likes me more now. The need to protect me, I can see it in her.” Martins replied, grinning.
“Good. Make sure you stay out of Zed’s reach. He must not see you until we accomplish the plan. That bastard is brilliant and can sense out an enemy fast. You heard what happened to that his servant who he killed in minutes after he found out the servant was plotting against him. I don’t need to tell you to remain hidden. Mind everything you do there, and it won’t take long. Everything is already in place.” Martin’s father instructed.
“Yes, dad. I understand. I won’t ruin the plans,” Martins promised.
“Good. Call me tomorrow and give me an update about security guards.”
“I will. Goodnight.” Martins replied before disconnecting the call.