The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 9
Cathy
“Stay home, Theo. I will be back soon.”
I stepped out of the cottage and allowed for Aldrich’s guards to escort me to the palace, hoping my son would not protest.
“Okay, mommy,” he responded obediently behind me before I shut the door, shooting him one last meaningful look. I hoped it was strict enough
of drugging her son would not make her a warm host.
one through the worst before.
***
in his absence?” the Queen exclaimed in greeting.
he did not say it menacingly, but I detected the thinly veiled sarcasm
ad been led by the royal entourage to the grand dining room. The
en’s face. She was looking at my newly beautiful face with suspicion, like she thought I improved my beauty
en?”
breath before o
t a reptile. She snarled at the servant next to me. “Strike her.”
dened as I looked up at her, still upon my knees. “Your highness, I do not think I’ve done anythi
, I was more important and powerful than ten of her combined
arp nails closing around her wine glass.
account on the assassins—”
oned you here.”
e, and I braced myself for a punch. But instead, she said, “Bring the wh
I was a fool to trust the royals again. Swiftly, I rose from my knees, already blueprinting a mental escape plan.
me, and I was not physically strong enough to escape his grasp. He bound my hands together in front of me.
fury at being punished by the royals again for doing nothing wrong making me see red. I snarled at them, wishing I could
akness again. Closing my eyes, I pretended I was somewhere else, trying to ignore the wetness coating my spine.
through the grand room.
top hitting my mommy!” Theo yelled feroci
d cheeks and interwoven in his hair, and I saw he had dirt lodged in between his fingernails. He must have dug his way out of the cottage. I should have known he would do anything to protect me.
ed familiarity.
as I did.
eyes never leaving Theo.
don’t know,” I said, crawling away from him, hoping he was not hurt by my distant tone.
e refer to you as mommy?” the queen raised an eyebrow, her gaze ripping from Theo to coldly
s on her face. As if she already knew the answer, an answer she did not wish to hear.
us.
room. I longed to comfort him, but this was the only way to protect his identity.
heard the Queen’s sharp high heels against the tile and approached us. She stopped in front of Theo, and I heard her voice lower to a somewhat soothing ton
is an urgent matter you must tend to,” the guard sudd
child is immediately.”
***
Aldrich
enough; I needed to get back on my feet now more than ever, with these unknown assassins lurking about.
I sighed at the sight of him, knowing it was going to be bullshit from my mother to return.
recognized him as one of the servants I brought to the cottage that day, “Pardon me if I am interrupting, but I have some news you may find important. Cathy has been punished by the Queen.”
my tracks. “What?”
es. The boy came to the palace as well.”
exploded.
alace as fast as I could. Ten lashes. Why would my mother do this? Now that I did not fu
hand man when it came to training, protested. “Aldrich, where are you going?”
ation as I flew past him.
up then falling into step beside me. I glanced at him, panic and anxiety riddling my
e worried,” he said, and it wasn’t a question, just a surprised observation.
e move in over four years.