The Alpha King's Hated Slave
The Alpha King’s Hated Slave Chapter 226

“And now I ask myself…what can I do to help her? Is it too late to help her…?” A tear slipped from his eyes.

“Yes. Yes, you can still help her, My King. We can still help her. We cannot give up on her.” She stated firmly, sniffling to keep the tears at bay.

Danika closed her eyes miserably. She cannot even imagine being in the mistress’s shoes. It was frightening. It’s a horrible place to be in.

She can’t imagine going through all that, and still having to live everyday while knowing that the King’s heart is not with you. Knowing that the King cares for the daughter of the man that put you through so much pain.

Poor Mistress. No wonder the woman hated her so much. In her shoes, Danika fears that she would have done so much worse than the Mistress did. Right?

“Yes, we can still help her!” She repeated vehemently.

“I have been so selfish, Danika. I have no idea how to begin making amends. How to help Vetta. She has drifted so far… I saw it in her eyes.” Voice hoarse like gravel, he intoned.

Danika forgot all about leaving him all alone because he might not appreciate her touch at such a vulnerable moment of a trip down the memory lane. She got up from the chair, and walked towards him.

His back is to her, so she walked towards him and placed her hand on the broadness of his back. He flinched.

“No one is beyond redemption, My King. No one is beyond a second chance.”

“Second chances….” Guilt assailed him. Of course, no one is above second chances. Most of all, him.

And yet, the heavens gave it to him in form of a child. Something so unattainable. Something so impossible. Something he thought he can never have again.

“Can I make a suggestion?” She whispered uncertainly.

“Yes, you can.”

“She shouldn’t be in that dungeon, My King. That is the first thing you can do for her. That place is a very horrible place for her.” She whispered.

Silence. The sound that remained din the night is the chirps of cricket, and the howling of the wind some distance away.

When he spoke, he took his words in steady calm tone that belied his pain.

“I know more than anybody how horrible the dungeon is for a woman like Vetta. I left her there because I wanted her to remember the past. It’s bad. It’s cruel. But, I wanted her to remember the woman she was.

Not as a slave, or the horrors we went through, but the kinder woman. The fearless Vetta who stood up to Cone more times than I can imagine. The woman that gave herself up in my stead several times than. The woman that went to extremes to protect something. Most especially, I want her to remember the girl she was before Cone.” He swallowed.

She listened attentively, knowing that there’s more.

“I fear that she buried it all as an escape to keep surviving. Burying the past…some thing I have always craved to do but haven’t been able to achieve, she was able to do it. As she stood that morning and vented all her anger out on me, I found out exactly what burying it all can do to us. The monster it can create.

I learnt that morning that burying the past is not the answer. Treating it like it never happened, is not the solution. Without the past, we don’t really have anything. It is the past that shaped the present. It is the past that shaped us into the people we are today. So, instead of trying to bury it like it never happened, we should overcome it.” He turned then and faced her. Her eyes met his chest at the close proximity between them.

He continued, “Overcome it. Heal from it. And grow more stronger than it. After my visit to Vetta, it made me realize a lot of things. I never forgot the past, but I can overcoming it…healing from it. And, it’s all because of you.”

“Me…?” Pulling back, she stated up at him.

His head bobbed once. Then, his hand rose and rested on her cheek. “You. It was all because of you.” A pause, “Thank you so much, Danika.”

She has no idea why he’s thanking her so much, but she smiled up at him and nodded her head. “You’re welcome, My King.”

“You have been up for so long. It is unhealthy. It’s not good for you or the baby. Go back to bed, Danika.” He g*****d.

She’ll have to admit that she’s been feeling sleepy in the last few minutes. Stiffling a yawn, she stared at the bed few feet behind her. “Come to bed with me…”