Mated To Alpha Gregory

Lilith’s POV

At first, he was smiling. The moment he saw the change of expression on my face, the smile faded away, and he demanded to be dropped by the soldiers carrying him up high.

No one seemed to understand what had just happened except us and I intended to keep it that way for now.

Cara came into the room, with two other maids. They all had plates of covered food on the massive trays they carried.

They set the food down on the bed and left one after the other except Cara, who came to stand by my side, close to the window.

She must have noticed the change of expression on my face and asked, “is anything the problem, your highness?”

I didn’t want her to discover what I had just seen. It was best to keep my mouth shut till I knew the truth about the female soldier dressed as a man.

I thought of asking her to invite him upstairs to my room, but there were a lot of spies and people who didn’t mind their business within the mansion walls.

I wouldn’t like bad things to come upon myself or the soldier. There are no actions without a reason, and I was determined to find out the reason behind this man, or, rather, this girl’s action.

“Uh… no. I’m okay.” I walked over to the bed and opened the plates of food one after the other. My mouth salivated at the aroma and the sight of the food before me.

Each plate contained a sufficient amount of different meals, ranging from chicken to vegetables to rice and many more I didn’t recognize.

I wondered just how much food was cooked that made me entitled to as much food as this.

“I brought this all for you, my lady. Since you didn’t eat last night, nothing will please me more than seeing you eat your fill.” She brought a chair and a table and placed it by the side of the window.

“You have been standing by the window a lot. I guess you are enjoying the view.”

I was truly enjoying the view, and I was trying to find the person I saw earlier with my eyes.

Sitting down on the chair, she took an empty plate and began to serve different food into it till the food was stacked up high, making me fear for my belly afterward.

I wanted to tell her that it was too much but knowing Cara, she would insist I eat to be healthy.

I cut a piece of meat, threw it into my mouth and closed my eyes as its crisp and juicy taste filled my tongue till it slid down my throat, doing justice to the hunger in my belly.

“Do you like the food, your highness?” Cara asked, grinning from ear to ear.

“Mmm.” I was too immersed in the food to answer her properly, so I mumbled a reply.

“Have you eaten Cara?” I asked, shifting my face from the food towards her.

“I haven’t, your highness. Your satisfaction is my priority. I’ll eat with the other maids in the kitchen when you are done.” She moved from my side towards my bed.

“Cara.” I called her, and she halted the moment she heard her name, turning back abruptly.

“How may I help your highness?”

“Get a chair and join me. Let’s eat together.”

She stretched her hands almost immediately, her palms facing me. “Your highness, I can’t eat with you on the same table. I’m not worthy of such an honor. Besides, if Alpha k…”

“It is a crime to me to reject your queen’s request. Even if the Alpha finds out, nothing will happen because I wished for it.”

My words didn’t do much to persuade her, but she didn’t have a choice. If I wanted it, she had to obey.

One of the reasons I wanted her to have breakfast with me was to get information from her about the things happening in the mansion.

She was still the only person close to me whom I could trust a bit. Getting her to supply me with essential information spread among the maids and the other servants would keep me up to date and would help me tread with caution.

“Sit down Cara, you have nothing to worry about.”

She finally sat down, keeping her hands to herself, her eyes in every other place except mine.”

“Eat Cara.”

She nodded without a word and took a plate, helping herself to a good size of the food. We ate for a while in silence till I decided to make my true intentions known to her.

“I’m scared, Cara, and I feel you are the only one I can trust in this place.”

She stopped eating and looked at me. “Why my queen? Why are you scared?” I could tell from the look of her face that she was genuinely concerned about my safety. She had always been that way from the beginning.

“No one seems to like me as the queen. From the king’s brothers, to the council, to the guards and even the maids…”

“Some people like you, my queen.” She stopped, realizing what she had just done and knelt down immediately. “I’m sorry to interrupt you, your highness.”

“I’m not offended, Cara, I am rather interested in what you have to say.”

Her eyes lit up as she realized she wasn’t in trouble, and she sat back up quickly. “There are some people in this mansion who not only like you, your highness, they love you…”

Her words made me curious and all I wanted to do was hear more. My mind drifted to the other day when I overheard some maids talking about me, so what suddenly changed?

“… truly, not all of them like you as some of them…” she came closer to me. “… prefer to see the Alpha king’s brother, Raoul on the throne.”

“So who are those that like me?” I asked, waiting for names.

“Well…”

The door barged open just as she was about to speak, and he walked in, staring at us.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.