The Alpha King's Hated Slave
The Alpha King’s Hated Slave Chapter 120

So, just because she told Danika that she doesn’t need herbs that prevents babies, Danika thought that the herbs in her are still protecting her and she went to sleep with another man?

Baski closed her eyes doing her best to rein in the hurt.

King’s Slaves do that all the time in secret, cheating on their kings and hoping not to be found out. She just never expected that Danika would be like that too.

Was she raped by another but she kept it a secret?

No. If Danika was raped, she would have known about it. Baski got up and disposed of the water, she put in a new one.

She hurried to her herb bag and quickly made herbs that’ll stop the bleeding first.

For a moment—just for a moment—she contemplated making herbs that’ll flush the pregnancy out completely.

Already, she thinks the baby is no longer there, but she can still give her herbs that will flush her system. Heaven knows that she’ll be doing Danika and that child a favor.

The king will have her head if he finds out about this development.

And poor Danika doesn’t know that the king can never father a child.

Should she flush the baby?

But, then, she shook her head. She can’t make decision like that without the consent of Danika. She really has some explanations to make when she wakes.

For now, she’ll concentrate on saving her life. Baski paused in the middle of pounding her herbs and looked at how bloody Danika’s body is.

Tears filled her eyes that the people would do something like this to someone. A pregnant woman.

For now, she will concentrate on saving her life, Baski resolved firmly.

Later, when she’s awake, she can get really angry at her for cheating on the king and carrying another man’s child.

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Several hours passed. Night has fallen.

Chad stood beside his king in front of Danika’s bedroom. King Lucien has been staring at Danika in that unreadable expression of his, and they’ve been standing there for a very long time. More than an hour.

His face might be unreadable, but Chad could have sworn that there’s banked up rage in his eyes.

The king had been coming back from his walk with the princess when he’d walked to him and told him everything that happened in the marketplace.

King Lucien showed no visible reaction but Chad had seen his muscle tense. He’d looked like he wanted to punch someone.

The violence and rage in his eyes when he heard what happened to Danika were unmistakable, and it had surprised Chad.

“Chad.” King Lucien’s deep voice pulled him away from the recent past.

“My king.” He looked at the formidable man standing beside him. His eyes was still at the fragile woman who laid on the bed, bandaged in all part of her body.

“You ate from the silver bowls too, didn’t you?” He asked calmly.

“Yes, Your highness. Many times.” Chad g*****d, still feeling bad. He has never felt any antagonism for King Cone’s daughter, not even the first day she was collared.

And today, he was relieved that he never hurt this innocent woman fighting for her life a few feet away from them.

The King’s throat worked as he swallowed tightly. Chad wondered what was going through his mind.

Whatever it is… He hasn’t stopped staring at Danika for the past half an hour now.

“The two women?” King Lucien asked.

“Zenia and Coria, the perpetrators? They are in the dungeon, my king.”

He nodded. “The crowd?” He questioned, just as calmly.

Chad walked to the window of the bedroom and looked out of it. The crowd was still there at the gate.

Almost all the people are sitting at the palace and refused to move away. Both those that participated in beating her up and those that did.

The information about Danika’s goodness and innocent has gone round the town, and the people are feeling bad about what happened to her. They refused to leave until she is well again.

It’s been hours. No one has left the crowd to go and eat, or do anything. The people of Salem are used to starving, so food wasn’t their problem.

Instead of reduction, the number if the crowd kept increasing. The children sat with their parents, and most of them were still crying.

Chad walked back to where the king stood and shook his head. “The crowd are still here, my king.”

He remained silent. Time dragged by.

So much time.

Chad doesn’t know how to ask, but he had to.

“Isn’t it time to leave, Your Highness?” he rushed on when the king said nothing, “I-It’s courting week, and it wouldn’t look good that you’re here. The princess might find it disrespectful and offensive, she might take it the wrong way because your spare time is supposed to be hers alone during this period.”

King Lucien said nothing. Did nothing. If he heard what he said, he didn’t even blink an eye.

Chad is almost sure that the king has been standing here for more than two hours.

The king is still standing. The king hasn’t stopped staring at Danika either.

“Chad?” He g*****d at last.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“You can go back to your duties now. Tell anyone and everyone who looks for me that I am busy at the moment and shouldn’t be disturbed.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“What about Vetta? Have you heard from her since morning?”

“No, Your Highness. But, I heard that she went out of town to see a distance female friend of hers today. She should be back any time from now.”

“She did not say a word about this to me.” He reasoned in a cool blank voice. “Did she take the carriage?”

“I’m afraid not, Your Highness.”

A pause. “You’re dismissed”

Chad bowed his head and walked away.