THE CEO ALPHA KING (-A trip-)
Writer’s P O V
King Zed stood in front of his mirror, buttoning up his shirt while Beta Adam read out the document’s content with him.
“Your Highness, you are to attend the meeting with the other executives. The meeting is in two days, so you’ll have to leave today for it.” Beta Adam Informed.
“Where are they hosting it?” He asked.
“At New york city. I’ll have your house there prepared.” He responded.
“Okay, do it. Call my slave on your way out. I need her here,” King Zed notified.
“Yes, your Highness,” Beta Adam bowed before leaving his bedroom.
King Zed kept staring at the mirror after he had finished up with his buttons. A knock came to the door, followed by words from his guards.
“Your Highness…”
“Let her in,” he cut in, knowing fully well that it was Serena at the door.
The door opened, revealing Serena as she walked into the room.
She stood in front of the closed doors with her head bowed. “Master, you called.” She said.
King Zed remained quiet; instead, he turned to face her. “I am going on a trip, probably this evening. And you are coming with me, ” King Zed declared openly.
Serena’s head shot up at once. She took her head down again when she realized that she was staring at him.
“Prepare for it.” King Zed added, then turned to face the mirror again.
“Yes-Yes- your Highness. I will,” Serena answered. So many questions kept running through her mind.
He is going on a trip and wants me to follow him. What does that mean?
Why on Earth does he want me to follow him? Perhaps- he is scared I might get abducted again if he leaves me behind.
Why will he even be scared? Hold on, what am I thinking? He is the king and can do whatever hell he wants. But it’s weird suddenly wanting to go on a trip with me.
For a moment there, I thought I’ll be able to spend time with my brother. Now I’m going on a trip with king Zed? Great. So great and tremendous. Who will believe that?
I might be going as a slave, though. He might need me to clean the place he stays for him. That might be a very valid reason.
Geez! I think I’m going crazy. I’m overthinking. I’m overthinking things, but who wouldn’t? -King Zed has reduced the way he orders me around. He doesn’t display his deathly aura too. He doesn’t.
But this is all too strange. It’s all too strange. Serena kept thinking as she walked back to her room. King Zed remained quiet in his bed-chamber. I was worried about his latest changes. His changes toward his halfbreed slave.
He doesn’t know what triggered it. He suspects that his wolf’s feeling towards Serena is starting to affect him.
He doesn’t understand why he suddenly wants to protect her. Ever since he saved her from getting assaulted by Martins, he has been keeping an eye on her. He suddenly doesn’t want any harm to come to her.
He wants to protect her so badly. When he heard she visited Martins in the dungeon, it infuriated him to the extent that he tried to call her and punish her but couldn’t.
Instead, he took out his anger on Martins himself. He had him tortured to the point that Martins no more illustrate breath.
Of course, it’s all done in secret, and no one in his castle knows. He came to understand that Serena didn’t wish for Martins to die but to live.
The thought also strangely angered him. She was supposed to hate him. She was supposed to hate him for what he tried doing to her. What sort of heart does she have? Why is she so weak and forgiving? He thought.
When he also heard what happened, What Emily did. He had her transferred far from his castle, and he had her starved for three days.
He has also been thinking of a way to make her happy and also to keep her close. He thought of bringing Isaac back to the castle, but he knows that Serena will grow far from him once she sees Isaac.
He needed her happy and closed, probably why he wanted to take her on a trip with him.
“But -what is seriously wrong with me? Am I getting sick or what? Am I getting closer to my death?” He wondered. The words Declan said to him concerning Serena kept coming back to him every day. He remembers every single word that came out of his mouth.
At first, he didn’t put much thought into it, but when the urge came to protect Serena and keep her close, he remembered Declan’s words.
*I’m so intelligent. I’ve been looking for ways to get to you for years and suddenly showed up as your slave, as the weapon to contact you. You don’t know how grateful I am to her. She made everything so so easy for me. The ancient book tells no lies. She turned out to be your downfall and your savior at the same time.*
What does he mean? I guess I’ll speak to him about it. After that, then I can get rid of him. I doubt he’ll speak to me truthfully, and I’ll find my way into his mind and read what he has in there.
King Zed walked to his entrance, and they opened on their own accord. He walked out and went straight to the elevator, which took him down. The guards around meant to follow him, but he stopped them with a wave of his hand.
He went straight to the underground dungeon. The guards kept bowing to him on the way, but as usual, he didn’t respond to any of their greetings.
He got to Declan’s dungeon room and stopped. Declan, who was exhausted and was slowly dying of hunger, rose from the floor when he set his eyes on king Zed.
“Oh, look who came to visit me today. It’s the king born with some mysterious powers that I just witnessed days ago.” Declan snorted.
“I have a simple question for you, Declan. I am not here to hear your ridiculous jokes.” King Zed growled out at him.
Declan shut his mouth and summited immediately, not because he wanted to summit but because his wolf was too scared of king Zed.
“I have something to ask.” king Zed looks sternly at Declan. “You uttered some statement days ago about-” he recites Declan words back to him.
“-I’m so intelligent. I’ve been looking for ways to get to you for years and now unexpectedly showed up as your slave, as the weapon to contact you. You don’t know how grateful I am to her. She made everything so so easy for me. The ancient book tells no lies. She turned out to be your downfall and your savior at the same time.” his frowns tighten.
“I want to know what it means.” King Zed demanded.
Declan let out a dry laugh. “My king. I’m sorry I can’t tell you. If I am to explain what I mean, that means you’re going to have to free me. That’s the only condition, your Highness,” Declan said with determination.
“I wasn’t even expecting you to talk. I’m going to get the answer out of you.” King Zed hissed.
“How will you do that? I’ve learned to protect my mind from you. You can’t read my mind,” Declan reminisced.
“I know. I wasn’t planning on getting it out that way either.” The doors suddenly opened, and king Zed stepped into the Underground Prison that Declan was held captive.
How the gates just opened shocked Declan. He moved back and away from king Zed as he approached him. “Kneel!” King Zed ordered.
Declan’s old knees hit the cold ground. King Zed went closer to him. He placed his hands on his head and started seeing the things he wanted to see. It included all his discussions with Martins about Serena. He fisted his hands into tight balls as he continued searching his mind.
Declan kept screaming out in pain as King Zed retrieved the information from him. He was slowly killing him, too, and adding to his pain. His wolf got weaker.
King Zed removed his hand from Declan’s head, and Declan fell flat on the floor, unconscious. King Zed stared at the hand he used in touching Declan.
“I should wash my hands,” he said to himself. He turned and left the dungeon. Declan’s gate closed by itself.
*
Serena picked up her phone and called Isaac. Her heart hasn’t stopped beating fast ever since King Zed told her that he’d be taking her on a trip with him. She keeps wondering where, why?
Isaac picked up at the third ring. “Hey, Serena. How’re you? You called me earlier today. Hope you are okay.” Isaac raised a concern.
“I’m okay. I’m good. But I have something I need to tell you,” Serena indicated.
“Oh, I knew something was up. What is it?” Isaac polled.
“King Zed, he said he is going on a trip today, probably later tonight, and he wants to take me with him. He ordered me to get ready,” Serena revealed.
“What? He wants you to go on a trip with him. What sort of trip is that?” Isaac raised a question. Again.
“I don’t know. But I think it’s a business trip, and I saw Beta Adam holding some paperwork earlier.” Serena Replied.
“Okay…? So he wants you to play secretary for him, or he wants you to be by his side?” Isaac scoffed.
“I don’t know.” Serena shook her head. “King Zed is complicated. I don’t just understand him at all. I don’t know what he wants. But anyway, there is nothing we can do.”
“When you mentioned that he is going on a trip, I got happy thinking I would spend time with you but goodness, I don’t have a choice, neither do you. You should start packing up a few of your clothes then.” Issac advised.
“Yes, I will.” she exhaled sharply.
“Did he tell you how many days you are going to spend there with him? Did he?”
“No, he didn’t. I didn’t ask. I was too dumbfounded to open my mouth and King Zed just left immediately without uttering a word.”
Serena sighed, recalling how she kept thinking and forgot to ask king Zed for his permission to leave.
“Okay. Stay out of trouble. Do you know which state or country he is taking you to?” Isaac interrogated.
“No, I don’t. I don’t know a thing, Isaac.” Serena groaned in frustration.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry for asking; I wonder why King Zed didn’t tell you. He should have told you since he wanted you to go with him. He is very complicated. I hope he doesn’t find fault with you there, but with the way you said things are going with him, I doubt he’ll do a thing to you but still be very careful.” Issac advised. Again.
“Okay, I will. Thank you.” Serena smiled, feeling a hope of relief.
“Yup. Call me when you have finished arranging your things. I’ll go now. Later.” The phone got disconnected.
Serena sighed and kept the phone. She went to her closet and started looking for the dresses Isaac bought for her, and she picked out all the ones she hadn’t worn before. With all the thoughts and confusion in her head, she couldn’t deny that she was thrilled.
It’s the first time for her. She has never left LA, so she is already anticipating the trip. She packed all her clothes. Bathed and dressed well, then sat down on the bed to wait for king Zed’s order.
Five minutes to four, a knock was heard on her door.
“Beta Adam instructed me to tell you this, and he wants you to come out to the garage with your things immediately.” The informant said before leaving.
A wild smile broke out of her face. She rushed to her bag and picked it up. She walked out of the room and straight to the garage to see Zed already in his car, and he was waiting for her.
Wait. Are we going in the same car? Serena marveled in between thoughts.