The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 8

Aldrich

“It was Cathy who healed my wounds?”

When I woke up in my chambers, I was more surprised to learn this than the act of waking up somewhere completely different than I fainted. Alan, a staple of my entourage, nodded. He was my second hand man, and although as general I did not have time for friends, I would call him the closest thing I had to one.

idn’t care to entertain that yet.

past four years.” I waved him away.

following my orders, exiting the room with a chuckle.

ouldn’t have taught herself alone in that cottage.

lack of fever and faint pain I usually felt from my former wounds told me she not only knew how to heal but was brilliant at it.

thing she was hiding.

thy was a gentle, loving mother, and acted calmly enough in danger. She protected her son. She tended my wounds.

y drug me on our wedding night?

ic one gets when they’re misunderstood.

d by a prophecy.

I sighed, decidin

the door. When did I fall asleep again? Squinting my eyes at the hallway light flooding into the room, I saw my mother standing in front

Lun

ight away.”

spect for me because of my success, in which I did not know how nice she would be if I did not accomplish those triumphs. But she most likely saw herself reflected in me; we did have the same facial features and hair. Her jaw and nose were strong, her stature naturally toned.

e the company,” I teased, le

m. “How are you doing?”

sition, not liking to appear vulnerable. “I am already better.” I wasn’t quit

r son.

men.”

en suspect they were sent by the

And I agree.”

thers—the eldest prince, Benjamin, and the second, Elias, were born of the deceased former Luna Queen. They had no loyalties to me, and preferred each other compared to me any day. I remembered always being left out of the play sword fights with them. They always fought each other, and to shut me

me away.

her cleared her throat.“This is why you must be the future King,” she insisted, her vo

“Don’t start, mother.”

ife until I fall. You are my only true son, and I will not allow those men to pass you

ather’s.”

The Queen looked like she

, you would accept that I only desire to lead our army and fight for our peace.”

to achieve that on the throne!” she demanded coldly.

se mongrels could have it.”

she challenged sharply.

ut of my chambers. We had this argument every time I saw her—it is the only thing she cared for nowadays.

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elieve she truly cared for him. She would prove that she loved him more than anyone else.

“Send my former daughter in law, Cathy, to the palac

rself.