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âMy Kingâ¦â Rubyâs words stuck in her throat when she saw all those warriors falling in order in a disciplined manner before waiting for the Kingâs order.
She couldnât believe her own eyes. She shared a look with her friends and saw how the three of them were scared out of their wits.
However, she quickly recovered as she continued approaching him. Only Micah wasnât able to control his anger when he remembered how Abby didnât feel comfortable with Ruby at all the day. before.
âWhat the hell actually happened?â He roared at Ruby the moment she stopped in front of himself. The thought of Abby roaming around a place completely foreign to her, all alone and scared, wasnât allowing him to think of anything else. âWhy do they say you lost my mate in the town?â He bit out each and every word as if they were dipped in venom.
His voice was so intimidating, coupled with the cold look in his eyes, he looked anything but cool at this moment. Ruby felt her heart shaking with fear, but she still stood her ground.
âI- i didnât lose her, My King.â Ruby almost stuttered, but she recovered in the next second. âAbby wandered off on her own.â
Micah frowned at her choice of words.
âWhy would she do that when she knew nothing about this place?â Alan, who was beside the King, asked her when the girl wouldnât elaborate further.
Ruby looked conflicted as if she didnât know how to answer Alanâs question. Then the girl sighed in defeat as she revealed in a soft voice. âA bard caught her eye and she followed him even though I tried to stop her.â
Ruby felt proud of herself when she could still talk without faltering given the situation she was in. She just had to hold on a little longer, everything was still under her control.
On the other hand, Alan and Micah couldnât help narrowing their eyes at Ruby.
A what? Bard?
Even Alan found it ridiculous. Let alone Micah. He didnât believe Abby was that stu pid to follow a random person, let alone who made a living out of telling stories in the streets.
He couldnât help feeling even more enraged at her words.
âWhat did you just say?â He almost barked at her.
âIâm telling the truth, My King,â Ruby said, as she took his anger as a positive sign for herself to continue. She believed the King was furious at Abby. How could he not be mad when his mate left him?
For a wanderer no less?
The girl didnât leave him, but she wouldnât be able to return in time to save her own position,
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Ruby had planned everything already. The moment she saw Abby at the lake, she could tell how timid she was. And from the way she behaved today, it was obvious the girl led a sheltered life. since the only other option was leading a prisoner life.
Abby would have a hard time finding her way inside the palace gates again.
âShe said she was not happy here, and that life here was too troublesome. She didnât like it.â Ruby said what she practiced in the carriage along with her friends while on their way back to the palace.
She then proceeded to explain how Abby expressed her discomfort about several trivial things and how she wanted to leave this life at any cost.
She just came up with anything that would support her own claims, trying to make use of the Kingâs rage in her own favor.
If the King didnât believe her, she had the girls to vouch for her and she didnât believe Micah would still take Abby back when she did find her way back here by some last minute luck. Her plan was fool proof.
However, the King was having none of her nonsense.
âStop spouting nonsense,â Micah enunciated each word of his that Ruby and the other three shuddered at the power in his voice.
âMy King?â Ruby felt her heart beating in her throat.
All she
got in
response was his ragged breathing as he glared daggers at her.
She couldnât look at his face anymore as she blurted out. âYou donât believe me?â
âWhat do you think?â Alan, who had been silent all this time, pinned her with a look as he asked her in an even tone.
Ruby didnât understand where she went wrong in her calculations, but she knew she couldnât back down, now of all times. âShe really saidâ¦â Ruby chose to deny to the end but Micah cut her off mid
sentence.
âEnough,â he shouted and Ruby couldnât help but shut her own mouth. âIâll investigate this matter myself. But before that, pray to whatever g od that nothing happens to my mate. Or else, even I donât know what I would do. Iâll hold you accountable for it and you wouldnât like the outcome at all. Even your family wonât be able to escape my wrath then,â Micah promised her.
It was clear that he didnât believe a single thing she said.
On the other hand, Rubyâs friends, who were about to chime in with Ruby and exaggerate what Abby did, just like they planned, couldnât follow through the plan anymore.
They really thought getting rid of that timid girl was a walk in the park. But Micahâs reaction let them know how wrong they had been.
The King was a man of his word. If he said something, he would definitely see to the end of it..
At first, they believed the King would definitely take Rubyâs word for it and immediately get rid of
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Only Micah had a different thought in his mind.
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Against Rubyâs words, whom he knew for decades, he believed his own mate, who he met just less than a week back. Maybe four days back at most.
They then saw with helpless looks on their faces as Micah sent groups after groups of searching parties to comb through the town they went to have their lunch date.
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