The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 240

Chapter 240: SHE NEEDS TO KEEP HER THOUGHTS FOR HERSELF

Cane really didn’t like the way Laluna hugged him. She reminded him of his destined mate, yes, but obviously she was not Leane and he wouldn’t think the similarity was more than the fact that the Princess was currently pregnant.

Yet, he couldn’t push her away like he wanted to, even so he tried to pry herself off him as unharmingly as possible.

"We need to get out of here," Cane said lightly, as he patted her shoulder to get her attention, a habit that he developed because of Iris, and slightly distanced himself, because he felt his skin burn with this proximity. He hated so much to be touched so intimately by someone that was not familiar to him.

Wiping her tears, Laluna let him go and nodded.

At this point, Cane needed to take her to the main hall, where all the other royal family members had gathered together, which meant he couldn’t proceed to check on his gamma.

"Oh..." Laluna almost fell when she walked, her legs were so weak, they gave in under the stress of the situation and how scared she was.

Thankfully, Cane was there to catch her elbow and steadied her again, he observed her briefly and was sure that she was not hurt anywhere, only scared.

"Can you walk?"

Laluna tried, but her legs gave away again, thankfully Cane was still holding her elbow. "I am sorry, I think I am so scared..." She felt so embarrassed to admit this, but she didn’t think she would walk quickly enough to get to the main hall.

"Where are the guards?" No matter what, she was a Princess, thus she shouldn’t be left alone, especially at a critical time like this.

"They were dead," she said. "There are not many guards here because most of them were called to the most perilous area, where the monsters had appeared last night, especially when there were many commoners inside the palace walls."

Cane’s jaw hardened, his eyes looked conflicted, but if he waited there or went with her pace, it would take forever for them to reach the main hall and the risk of being attacked by the monsters would be greater.

Left with no other choice, Cane bent his body and lifted her in his arms in one swift motion. "Pardon me," he murmured.

Out of instinct, Laluna gasped and wrapped her arms around his neck, her pale face slightly reddened because of this sudden action and the proximity between them allowed her to smell his masculine scent, something that made her heart thump wildly.

Laluna witnessed how Cane killed the monster swiftly and ferociously, something that was so rare for a member of the royal family to be able to do, since they had never really faced any monsters or, in some cases, any trouble that required any physical altercation at all in their life. Most of them didn’t really know how to fight. _{freeweɓnovel.cѳm}