The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 123
Alexander
I heard a familiar chuckle and looked up to find Kayden smirking at me. “Should I ask?”
My Beta had caught me looking down at my phone while walking over to meet him. I’d been setting one of the pics Fiona sent me as her contact photo.
should not.” I locked my phone and slid it into my pocket. “Ready for this?” I jerked my head in the direction of Iris’
ood mood today.”
She was.
r outfit than I’d ever seen her wear before. I almost did a double-take at the sight.
y,” I said. “How are you feeling?”
l good.” She
d Iris. The quiet, innocent Iris I remembered from long ago, when we were teenagers.
t’s just cuz I was in pain, you know… But anyway, I did wind up doin’ what you said, Kayden.”
that?” he asked.
you know? Different, living here, not being a servant anymore… Anyway, I went to see what the library was like, just to finally do that—explore.”
nd how’d
! So nice. And a worker, a nice lady I met in there, she showed me all these books about art. They’ve got pictures, you see. Of paintings, statues, all kinds of th
ered her an encouraging smile.
s, but cautious not to be too hopeful. It remained to be seen if this change would be lasting.
you sent me, Alexander.”
all.”
was thinking, if it’s not too much trouble, could I ask you for another thing, too?”
of us. “What do you need?”
me, some painting things?”
ll have some art supplies ord
he was trying to say.
mind, in addition to keeping her hands from falling idle.
and I headed into the city together.
quickly and get back to the palace with time to spare for pack business and Fiona.
third one a few minutes early.
u and I should speak alone, anyway.”
ust pulling up in the palace parking lot at the time, and I’d headed straight to the courtyard to wait on their arrival.
Gamma warrior channeling a kind of strength he hadn’t needed to access in a while. The younger soldier at his side was his perfect foil, standing uprigh
suffer a few hours of punishment together.
acob.”
pack still strapped to his back. His legs were shaking, making his whole hulking frame tremble.
pped his pack and handed it over.
to me immediately?”
reason?”
ginning… answer your first question first.”
back toward the palace.
ou and Kayden weren’t here… they got all excited over this idea. Someone got the message started that we should all go out for Alder’s birthday—that was the day this all went down—and they got all riled up about it… a few of us tried to turn it around, but in the end I went alo
a to go out?”
iving in to peer pressure, but it was almost like a mob mentality. A few of the other Gammas, they were pushing just as hard as the young guys, saying this was our one chance to cut loose.”
specifics; I wanted to know who said what exactly. Cal answered my questions as
club?”
of all. A f*****g lot of drinking.”
Y
hard as most of the other guys, I was still kidding myself that I was keeping an eye on them. But I got distracted, had a few more than I should’ve.”
his face firm despite the temptation to frown or indulge
”
But I was behind him.”
wer to speak. I could feel fear in the air around him.
side. For now.
said.”
he side. And, uh, made some crude remarks, some… speculations of a s****l nature…
e the story without Jacob nearby. He didn’t want me to hurt him.
Cal knew me pr
ing Jacob out here by the neck a
r and made it rage.