Royal Puppy Love

CHAPTER 23

MEETING ROOM – JUNGKOOK POV

Alpha.

A title that is just not handed to you because you are born to an alpha. My father is an alpha and was a perfect fit to be the King of this Kingdom. His brother was also and alpha was willing to serve beside him as the pack leader. The duties required of the two positions was too difficult for one person to handle, so the two of them had made it work. Being twins had also helped the process.

When my uncle died, Jung Joon and myself had fought, against many, for the pack's alpha position, neither one of us wanting to be King. There is nothing wrong with being King, but all the public events and formalities that go along with it were so tedious. Not something either one of us wanted to endure.

I had beaten him, literally days after my first shift. I sighed. It was not that I wanted to best him... it was that I refused to be at the beck and call of others as was the required duties of the King.

Alpha.

A title that had to be earned, fought for, and held with command and sometimes bloodshed. Watching your back constantly for a potential challenge to my rule, even if that meant punishing and expelling your own family members or those you love.

Hwan...imagining her in the cages below broke my heart. She was there because she was sweet and kind...and stupid. It was times like this I hated the title Alpha.

I shook my head. The present problem was to find Jimin.

I stared at the sorcerer. She had gone over the steps I needed to take dozens of times to travel with my water magic. I could feel Minjun becoming agitated and angry. He wanted his mate and wanted them now!

The closest I came was stepping through to Jimin's favorite spot in the garden and back. I carried the bottle of water with me and looked at it with disdain.

I needed to find him immediately!

I needed to find him now!

If the premonition was anything near accurate he could be in a world of danger, drowning and/or dead somewhere. Here I was, holding a pathetic bottle of water without enough skills to allow me to find him.

I flung the water high and stepped through, seeing a blink of darkness, a small taste of the infinite black I was supposed to experience...according to the sorcerer...

GARDEN

...and step out next to the north fountain. I sigh.

Failure again. There were two figures sitting at the bench that sat facing the hedge. It had always struck me as something odd that a bench would face a high wall of hedge, but here was two people doing just that. I snuck up behind them and hid from view behind the giant oak that shaded the site.

Faith: 'He has been coming every day?'

Claire: 'He has...' She sounded lost and empty, the way I was feeling.

Faith: 'It must be exciting to be with your mate!'

Claire nodding: 'It is, but right now I feel emptiness. Like I am missing something...'

Faith: 'He must just be out of range?'

Claire shook her head. 'No. He was out of the territory the other day and I could still tell you what direction he was in. We haven't even bonded but...it's weird...'

Jimin was like that for me. If she is talking about Jiwoon then there must be something with their Fae blood that makes the mate bond form earlier and without marking. After my first sighting, I could always tell you where he was...