The Alpha King's Heart
The Alpha King’s Heart – Chapter 137

The morning had come, and Ethan g*****d as the curtains to his room opened.

“Close them, now,” he growled.

“Sir, you have a call, I’ve been told it’s important,” his butler, James, said. He had been with him since childhood and was very efficient. He sat up and closed his eyes momentarily as his head pounded. He regretted drinking too much last night.

“If there is a lady I came home with last night, please, kick her out. I don’t want to see anyone,” he told the butler, he had already done that as he knew his master all too well.

Ethan got out of bed and went to his ensuite bathroom. It would be a long day as he decided to investigate the case of his

stalker.

He went to his computer room in the mansion, checking every footage there was but he saw nothing other than heavy mist and a …

“A crow?” he frowned. Since when are there crows in this neighborhood? He looked further and noted footprints in the wet and leaf-littered path.

He went outside in a hurry, forgetting to wear a coat but that didn’t matter, he never got cold.

“Master West, your coat,” A young maid rushed out, handing it to him. He took it, not looking at her twice, and continued his investigation. This is where the stalker stood, he thought.

From here was a perfect angle of his house and windows.

What sinister intentions would lead this stalker to watch him every night? He looked around him, catching every detail of the environment around him. This place was as creepy as the road that passed through it. He walked a few feet in all

directions trying to follow the footprints but then the path would only get heavier with leaves and sticks. He went a little deeper into the maze. A neglection of focus at any point would result in getting lost.

He picked up a little speed. He was beginning to sense a trail. This was the only time that would afford him answers. Night came with all forms of danger.

In a moment, in a brief moment, there was a clicking sound at his feet deep within the trail of leaves. Then, before he could lift his foot, a sharp-toothed trap snapped, clasped tight, in a split second and closed on his leg. He fell to the ground, hissing in intense pain. A few sharp teeth were deep and buried in his flesh with b***d pouring from every point. A thick chain was attached to the trap and it disappeared in the pile of leaves.

With his hands, he tried to release himself but only added to the affliction. He tried to push up and his entire body felt the pain, wrenching him to the ground.

Then he crawled, he winced and gnarled from the agony lancing through him. He realized that he was helpless and he didn’t bring his phone too.

From the loss of b***d, he was beginning to weaken. He couldn’t feel his leg. His eyes were beginning to shut and his breathing came in quick desperate gulps. The night would soon find him here and he only hoped James would search for him when he notices he was not back.

Those first few seconds of entering unconsciousness were the scariest. That last image that his brain took in, the trees with all their color and the beautiful blue sky, was in a moment given away to pitch blackness. Then, the next feeling was

that of being surrounded by a beastly cold air reaching into his chest. Night had come.

The moon shone bright and the few visible stars were immersed in the openness of the heavens.

He opened his eyes comparing his former picture with the one before him now and he could immediately catch a quiet figure of a person approaching from a distance. This was just perfect. His stalker with all his evil intentions would find this situation a meal on a silver platter.

But the stalker was just standing there, watching him, and in no time turned around to leave. Ethan by now had already realized that this was a woman.

“Wait! I need help. I am badly hurt,”

She continued walking away. He tried, with all his might, to push up and balanced on one leg. “Hey wait!” he attempted to press down with the injured leg to test his healing and his whole body gave away to the pain, dropping him to the

ground with an involuntary scream.

And suddenly the woman stood, clearly aware of his misery but also afraid of revealing her identity.

“Why have you been watching me?” he asked her impatiently. “Is someone paying you?”

“No, I am just a stranger” she replied.

That voice was familiar. She came a little closer and leaned down in front of him. “I told you to stop moving in the night, Ethan West,”

“You……” he recalled. “You’re the one that’s been stalking me. Are you some kind of paid assassin?”

“If I wanted you dead Ethan West you wouldn’t be here right now.” She reached down and flipped the trap open with her bare hands. There was screaming on his part but he was at the same time frightful of her sheer.

“How….did you do that?”

She helped him to his feet. She chose not to attend to the profuse b***d leaking on his leg.

“I work out a lot. I already told you that am capable of taking care of myself,”

She had him walk slowly, a few steps at a time, all the way to his house. Two servants, an older man, and a woman rushed to them.

“Master, are you alright?.. Oh god, b***d,” they were worried about him.

“Call the doctor, he might need stitching,” The man in a tux ordered the lady instantly surrounding him, asking if he was alright. Kate inhaled and helped him to the closest couch,

“I don’t know what I would have done if you hadn’t helped me tonight,”

Those first few seconds of entering unconsciousness were the scariest. That last image that his brain took in, the trees with all their color and the beautiful blue sky, was in a moment given away to pitch blackness. Then, the next feeling was

Ethan said, looking at Kate who looked indifferent,

“You would have probably been eaten by a coyote or a bear,” she told him.

“I guess you’re right,” he added. “Thank you, Kate. Although that doesn’t negate why you’ve been stalking me for the past four days. You’re going to have to give a good reason-“

“I will,” she told him at once. “I will tell you what you want to know but first for your sake, cover that wound.” She took a step back from the couch and looked away from the b***d. He signaled James to leave, and scowling the man did just a young maid came rushing in with the first aid.

“Oh sir, I was worried about you. You’re bleeding,” she was almost crying, the young woman got on her knees, inspecting his injury carefully and Kate rolled her eyes, what was that she was feeling? What a strange emotion, she thought.

“Aren’t you going to help me?” Ethan was talking to her and the maid looked up.

“I can do it, sir Ethan,” she said sweetly, and he shook his head.

“Thank you for this, now, go back to your room. I’ll be fine,” she tried to protest but his stern stare told her not to, and frowning, she left but not before glaring at Kate.

“You should have let her help you. It’s not safe for you if I do it,”

“It won’t be safe for you either if I die from b***d loss” he insisted. He knew he won’t die, Ethan found out at a young age that his healing was faster than others.

Kate sat down next to him and she swallowed from the smell of the warm b***d alone. Her heart was pounding a hundred times faster than normal and there were bad animalistic signals in her brain. Her fangs were itching and one wrong move would end it all.

“Hold my leg steady,” he instructed.

This fool will get himself killed. She caught a glimpse of the b***d dripping to the marble floor from the corner of her eyes and her eyes zeroed on his leg instantly but she jumped away from her seat immediately and closed her eyes. “I told you I can’t help you, Ethan West, is that so hard to understand?!” she screamed at him.

“It’s your fault that I went out there in the first place. If you hadn’t been stalking me–“

“Listen, Ethan, I just saved your life today so I’d say we’re even.”

“Alright fine. We’re even. But I still need a hand here”

“I have to go. There is an urgent business I need to attend to,”

“You can’t just leave me here like this,”

” You have many servants, one of them can help,” she said icily, she inhaled deeply and said; ” I can come back tomorrow to check on you”

“You’re not listening Kate.” He struggled up until he could balance on one leg.

“I don’t want you to go. I want you to stay the night.”