The Alpha King's Hated Slave
The Alpha King’s Hated Slave Chapter 245

His eyes squeezed shut. “Yes, you do. I know you love your people, and I know you missed them badly. I know you’re craving to know how they have been all these while. I know you want to be their leader, because Royalty cannot be denied. I know all that, and I respect you for it.”

“You’re not wrong, I do want to fulfill my duties and responsibilities, and fill the throne that has been in my generation for centuries.” She sniffled, “I do want to fulfill them, but I want to be with you more. I don’t want to part from you, I don’t want to leave Salem. I want to be with you.”

“You know you can’t have both. You have been crowned. Your people will be so disappointed that you rejected them, not even a day after accepting them. I know you don’t want to do that.”

“I don’t.” She admitted firmly, “My father did a lot of bad to your people and also to our people. I have a lot to apologize to them for, to make up for. I will like to make things right so badly, everything my father ever ruined.”

He knows that feeling too because he felt that way after he freed his people from Slavery all too late. Ten years of suffering he wanted to make up for.

“But, I don’t want to do this… not when it means leaving you. I don’t want to be away from you.” She swiped the tears from her eyes and walked closed to him from behind.

He wanted to believe her so badly, he was almost shaking with it.

“Go back to your Kingdom, Danika. Go and fulfill your duties to your people.” Her status just changed hours ago. She is riding in euphoria.

“Do you know what my duties are? I will have to be with another man who’ll become the King and rule with me. I will have to get married! Do you think I want to be with another man!? I don’t want to!” She was almost shouting. So close to loosing it.

“Danika—”

She took deep breaths. “I am carrying your child within me. Your child is growing inside of me, Lucien. Doesn’t that even matter?” She whispered, tearfully.

He faced her then. “Don’t say words like that ever again, you know I will die for my son. You know I will go through hell over and over again for my son.”

“Then, why are you pushing me away? Why?”

Silence.

Then he turned away from her. “Because I know I have to give you your freedom, Danika. You need to have your freedom and your status again, and that is when you can be able to have an opinion. A choice.” He swallowed tightly, “You do not know how it hurts me but I am giving you your freedom and your choice. You never had either of those before.” The last statement was said in a tone so low, she almost didn’t hear it.

But she did.

The pieces fell in together. Suddenly, it was making more sense to her. With the clarity, came more pain.

“You think I wouldn’t choose you, right? That you will make me Queen and I will disappear straight to my Kingdom without a backward glance? Is that what you think of me?” Pain laced her voice like living thongs.

“I made you a Slave. I took away your life and your status and made you a slave. I hated you so much and I tortured you because I wanted revenge for what your father did to me and my people.” A muscle ticked in his jaw, “You have every reason to hate me.”

“But, I don’t hate you!” She shouted, wishing that there’s a way to let this man SEE how she feels about him, “I did, at the beginning, but I got over it! I have no idea how it happened, but one day I woke up feeling so much love for you instead of the bone-deep hatred. I love you, Lucien!” She shouted, her breathing coming out harder.

“What is there to love, Danika? Do you even know what you feel?” He whirled around and faced her, “Are you even sure of what you feel? You have been in this walls for a long time, having no choice but to survive. I understand that deeply ingrained push to do everything within your power to survive… including loving your captor. Or thinking you feel that way.” He gave her his back again, “It’s these walls. It was that collar on your neck. You had no choice.”

“I love you. I love you. I love you.” Tears spilled from her eyes, “Twisting my feelings for you in that damaged heart of yours does not change what I feel for you! Why is it so hard for you to believe that I love you!?”

She was too upset, which in turn troubled him more greatly than the squeezing in his chest did. Automatically, he turned towards her, “Calm down, Danika. You’re too upset, don’t forget your condition.”

“You’re the one hurting me, not my condition!” She screamed at him, unable to think clearly anymore. It hurts. It hurts badly.

“I wanted to give you your freedom. I wanted you to have a choice.” He stated.

“All this time I worried myself to death thinking I’ve done something so grave, it worried you for the past few days. I didn’t know that it’s all because you wanted to push me away! Because you didn’t trust me! Because you don’t even love me! Did you ever care!?”

“Danika.” He reached for her in an effort to calm her.

She pulled away from him so fast, she almost lost her footing. “Leave me alone! I don’t want you to touch me!”

He reared back like she just slapped him. Maybe, she did.

Danika realized what she just did and her eyes widened in horror.

She was a mess, so hurt and confused, she isn’t even thinking about his reasons or anything at all. She isn’t thinking clearly anymore.

So, she did the only thing she can.

She turned and ran away from the room.