41. Delta Isagani's Self-Control

“I did not do anything wrong, Your Majesty!” Lady Juliana denied it while the look of hatred directed towards me was evident on her face. Funny how her words were mismatched with what she was saying and doing at the same time.

“You did!” the alpha king answered back. “Your claws were out and all of us knew it only happened when we are in the height of anger or aren't in control of our beast. You did threaten River and if Delta Isagani and I did not arrive, I wonder what you were capable of doing, Lady Juliana.”

Served you right, I said in my mind. Scold him, Maxxwell. Make her feel the deepest embarrassment she could experience in her entire life. Until the last thing, she would do is hurt me and terrorize me.

I loved watching the scenes unfold in front of me as Lady Juliana rubbed her face using her hands.

Her eyes softened and unclutched the alpha king from her hold.

Tears brimmed her eyes while Delta Isagani looked away, not wanting to see the two of them. Despite the rejection, the rejected person still feels the pain of the rejection. And right now, all he could see was his mate flirting with someone whom he could not even fight. Male werewolves were known to be possessive bastards who only thought that it was their right to be territorial towards their mate. But for Delta Isagani, it was amazing how he remained calm and stopped himself from pulling Lady Juliana away from the alpha king.

My heart instantly fell for him, the need to console him was unbearable. I knew that burning feeling and until now, I was still suffering the aftermath of the rejection. Who would console each other but ourselves—the rejected party, right?

“A-are you saying I wanted to hurt River, Your Majesty?” Lady Juliana’s voice quivered and she put her hand on her mouth. “I’m not capable of doing that, Your Majesty. I also hold dear the people whom I cherish.” I bit my inner cheeks when I was tempted to speak out. What a bunch of lies this woman was spouting. “And if there was someone who hurt someone, it that slave. She backflipped me, hurting my pack in the process!”

“You look fine to me, Lady Juliana,” the alpha king responded.

“It’s because I have my beast who helped me heal the pain, Your Majesty!”

“River, on the other hand, is wolfless. She is weak so saying she backflipped you is unbelievable.”

“I’m not lying, Your Majesty! Why does this look like I am the villain here?”

You are, Lady Juliana. Forcing yourself to be the alpha king already makes you a villain.

“You are siding with that disgusting slave?!” she realized. “I am a noble of birth. A noblewoman. Your fiance. You should side with me!”

“I will side with someone who is innocent.” The alpha king glanced at Delta Isagani. “What can you say, Delta Isagani? You saw what Lady Juliana did, right?”

The delta stiffened on his side. He opened and closed his mouth, but no words would out, especially if Lady Juliana was glaring at him. One single mistake, and the chance of their reconciliation would be thrown away. Finally, he whispered, “Her Grace did nothing wrong, Your Majesty. Based on what I saw, the slave angered her which resulted in what we saw earlier.”

What?

Lady Juliana was satisfied with his answer.

As much as I wanted to hate Delta Isagani for what he said, however, it was understandable that he will keep on protecting her. Perhaps he was still wanting to reconcile with her.

If that’s the case, I had to do it on my own, then…

I sniffed, calling all the tears hiding in my eyes, and the three’s attention was suddenly on mine.

“It’s okay, Your Majesty. Perhaps I also need to learn my lesson. I don’t know what mistake I did to Her Grace, but it would be better if she would teach so that I will learn from it and not allow her anger to get over her.” I wiped the first tear that fell from my eyes. “Please forgive Lady Juliana, Your Majesty. It was my fault, to begin with.”Another wiping off my tears. “All she wanted was to tell her your location, but I did not. She kept on insisting, to the point of slapping me. See my swollen cheeks? It’s her fault, but I already forgive her. I kept my word, Your Majesty.” Sniffed. “I held my ground. That’s why she got mad at me.”

I wiped the tears that fell from my eyes while Lady Juliana’s eyes widened.

“Is that true, Lady Juliana?”

Her mouth trembled. “It is true that I looked for you, Your Majesty. It’s because I haven’t seen you for two days already. I searched for you everywhere when I got bored but the slaves were not answering me. Their lips were shut when I asked them about your whereabouts. I do not think it was wrong to ask where you have been, Your Majesty!”

“It was wrong, Lady Juliana!” the alpha king roared. “I ordered them not to tell you.”

Lady Juliana and I jumped while Delta Isagani remained silent beside him.

“Your Majesty?” Now, it was Lady Juliana’s tears that made an appearance. She acted as if she was shaken. “Are you mad at me?”

Delta Isagani stepped forward. “Your Grace, the alpha king, would never get mad at you.”

“Don’t talk when you are not allowed to, Delta Isagani!” Lady Juliana said.

Delta Isagani fisted the hemline of his clothes. “Forgive me, Your Grace. I do not know my boundaries.

Your humble s-servant is awaiting your punishment.”

That’s what you get for siding with this bitch!

To the alpha king, she uttered, “Tell me what’s wrong and I will do it right, Your Majesty. Just don’t be mad at me, please. I will die heartbroken if that happens.”

The alpha king drew a couple of breaths, and the next thing he did, he gave a small smile to Lady Juliana.

I felt the tightening of my chest.

Did the alpha king also like Lady Juliana so that he was willing to turn a blind eye to what she did to me? Why would I be surprised about it? Their union would be an advantage to the two parties for stronger ties, each benefitting the other.

“You do not deserve that punishment, Delta Isagani. I will be the one who will decide who will be the one that will receive the punishment. And for you, Lady Juliana. We need to talk. Privately. Let’s go inside my office.”

Lady Juliana nibbled on her lips. “To your office? Why not in your chamber, Your Majesty? No one would disturb us there.”

This woman wanted to seduce the alpha king.

“My office is enough. Let’s go.”

The alpha king turned his back on us. Lady Juliana did not instantly follow him. She faced me and said, “We are not yet done, bitch.”

Wiping my last tears, I replied, “Looking forward to it, Your Grace. I will be prepared by then.”

“You won’t be ready for what I do with you, bitch,” she said and ran after the alpha king, forgetting the right etiquette on how a noble lady should act leaving me with Delta Isagani.

He let out a dragging sigh as he stared at the retreating figure of Lady Juliana.

“Delta Isagani…I know the feeling of being rejected. My ex-mate also did the same when he found out I was nothing but a servant.”

Looking over his shoulder, he said, “Why are you telling me this, woman?”

I shrugged my shoulders. “I do not know. Perhaps to tell you that woman is not worth it. Did you see how she looked at you? She was disgusted. She loved the alpha king and wanted his power. No one else.”

He smiled bitterly. “You also know about my painful story?”

“Let’s say it is the case. My heart fell for you, and I don’t want to waste your time on that woman. She’s a lost case, Delta Isagani.”

“Funny words from a servant.”

“You can forget about me being a servant. But you can say that it comes from the words of someone who knows how it was difficult to go on and pretend everything is okay despite asking ourselves why aren’t they accepting us despite what we are trying to say.”

“Who are you again?”

I beamed at him. “My name is River. I am the face of the alpha king. His personal servant.”

“Focus on your job and not on someone else’s life.”

“And then what? You will continue deluding yourself that perhaps Lady Juliana will accept you, Delta Isagani? That’s foolish, I may say.” I folded my arms in front of my chest. “If you accept that the two of you are done, your second-chance mate will come and show."

He gritted his teeth and watched me using his intense stare. “I don’t want anyone except Lady Juliana.

My beast won’t accept anyone.”

A gasp escaped from my lips. “You’re a hopeless case, Delta Isagani. Don’t you feel sorry for yourself?”