The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 138: _He’s Her Kryptonite

Chapter 138: _He’s Her Kryptonite

"Or, someone out there is actively trying to fuck with me and frame me."

After I said that, Kaelos raised an eyebrow, focusing all his attention on me as he folded his arms in front of his chest.

Seeing the questioning look in his eyes, I sighed before I continued. "The maid who had her life force absorbed. The poisoning of the South American Alpha King and my attempted assassination. The missing pack doctor and his wife, who was burned with flames from magic."

Kaelos visibly tensed up with all the examples I listed.

"All this happened within the span of not even up to a month since I arrived here," I remarked, rubbing my chin thoughtfully. "So tell me, how exactly do you explain it? Even you admitted that events like these haven’t happened since before the truce."

The more I thought about it, the more I couldn’t blame people who suspected me of these crimes. Whoever was committing them was making all of it link back to me.

The only evidence of someone else possibly being behind them was...

"There’s still that mysterious witch at the South American Alpha king’s welcoming ball who tried assassinating you." Kaelos suddenly mentioned the thought that had been forming in my mind, causing me to glance at him.

He shrugged in response, sighing before he turned his back on me. "Honestly, I don’t think anyone in their right mind would suspect you of this incident. No one knows you’re a hybrid after all."

I swallowed hard after he said that, causing him to pause before he slowly turned his gaze to me again, his eyebrows furrowing into a frown.

"What’s the matter?" He asked, but then realization dawned on his face the next second as he shook his head with disbelief. "Wait, did you tell someone about your hybrid nature?"

I fiddled with my fingers as I nodded slowly and blurted. "Caroline. I also told her about the mate bond and that my magic—"

"For the love of the moon, Odessa!" Kaelos snapped just then, causing me to jolt in surprise. "How could you do something so stupid?"

Stupid?

Meanwhile, Sirena sighed in my head and added to the scolding. ’I told you he wouldn’t take it lightly.’

I ignored her and proceeded to stare firmly at Kaelos. "What do you mean by ’stupid’? You told me I could tell her about the mate bond and I—"

"Yes, the mate bond! Not the fact that you’re a bloody hybrid!" Kaelos groaned with more frustration, rubbing his hand down his face. "I haven’t even told Elder Davina about your hybrid nature because I know how risky it is. Do you know how hated your kind has been on the planet ever since the war started?"

... MY KIND?

Is he throwing around the race card now?

"As if I have control over the fact that my parents had witch and werewolf blood," I spoke with a harrumph, flinging my arms as I walked closer to him. "I get it, Kaelos! I’m an abomination. A being whose said to be capable of feats that could change the tides of the war, yada, yada, yada."

Kaelos clenched his jaw, staring at me for what felt like an eternity. Eventually, he shook his head and sighed.

"You do remember that you’re still due for a punishment tonight for your attempted escape last night, right?" He queried, tilting his head with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

Oh, I knew that look all too well.

"You perv!" I grunted, raising my right hand to hit him when he grabbed my wrist. "What the...? Kaelos, s—"

"What punishment should I give you for this recent blunder?" He suddenly queried, bringing his mouth close to my neck and using his other hand to part strands of my hair.

My heart thudded heavily against my chest like a rabbit being chased down, and I couldn’t even bring myself to concentrate. His hot breath pricked my skin, sending waves that made me weak in the knees.

"K– Kaelos. We– We have to..." I was about to say something, but forgot what it was midway.

Meanwhile, my wolf’s howls were becoming persistent and urgent in my head, pushing me to do all sorts of crazy things with Kaelos.

Slowly, my eyes raised to meet his as his hand, which had been caressing my hair, went to the mate mark on my neck and touched it gently.

He stared at the mark with what seemed like pride, like an artist trying to appreciate his work.

"Has your heat stopped?" He suddenly asked, his silver eyes locking on mine in an intense gaze that almost disoriented me.

I gulped as I tried to concentrate on my body and see if I had any symptoms of heat. I was getting extra agitated throughout most of the day and thought about seeing Kaelos most of the time when I found out he wasn’t around.

Now that I think about it... My body still burned with an unexplainable need that I didn’t realize I was subconsciously holding back.

"The heat tends to fluctuate once in a while, giving you brief moments of relief." Kaelos suddenly explained, his hand going from the mark on my neck to the back of my head. "Or prolonged moments of untameable desires. Desires that only I can tame."

Why did this sentence sound familiar?

Before I could think more on that, Kaelos brought his lips close to mine, teasing me, tempting me to give in.

As much as I’d been stressed out by the anonymous messages and Celine’s suspicious behavior, I had to admit that it was a temptation I couldn’t resist.

Without warning, Kaelos claimed my lips in a kiss that made me lose whatever ounce of reason or logic I had. It was midnight and I craved sleep... But not as much as I craved the feeling of Kaelos being knee deep inside me.

I gave in and kissed him back with the same intensity, bringing my free hand that he didn’t hold back to the back of his head and relaxing in his hold.

He felt like... Home. But for some reason, he also felt like my very own kryptonite.