The Alpha Second Mate

The Strength of Hundred Wolves

22. The Strength of Hundred Wolves
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"What is going on?" I asked in frantic as I watched him hurriedly put on his clothes

"The king is dead" he stated without glancing at me, I frowned at his response.

"I know that. What does this mean?, what is going to happen now?" I asked in anticipation.

"War is coming" he replied, he comes over and place a kiss on my forehead "I have to call a few people , I will be back soon, take care of yourself— and my child" and like that he was out of the door.

Kaden did not come back to bed that night and I did not sleep either, I kept on turning and tossing while I was contemplating whether going to his office but I know he would be busy so I stopped myself.

At the break of dawn, I was up and quickly took my bath, my eyes landed on the mixture I had been using to hide my pregnancy and I took it and flushed the contents out, there would be no need of it anymore and there was not much content inside to begin with.

I dressed up quickly in a blue dress, most of my clothes were dresses and it got me thinking that Kaden wanted me to be in dresses, controlling but a good idea, now that I was pregnant dresses would be my go to clothes.

I finally left our room when I got ready and I walked straight to Kaden's office, he was startled to see me, he looked stressed like in one night he had been fighting a battle.

"Come" he calls out to me from his chair behind his desk, my legs moves immediately before my brain even processed the words, he took my hand the moment I had gotten to him and as quickly as possible he placed me on his laps.

I felt happy, he was seeking comfort from me, he wraps his hand around my waist and placed his head on my breast, my hand moves to stroke his hair and lightly massage it, I did not know I could do this things to any man but I know Kaden was pleased with my actions when he exhaled in relief and it made me feel like I was his home.

"What is going on?" I asked, I was still worried. I know the Alpha King was dead but was all the other Alphas as stressed out as Kaden was?, and what was this war he was speaking of ?.

"The Alpha King was killed" he revealed and I gasped, why would anyone want to kill the king?, I did not even know that he was killable, I had just imagined he would just grow old and die and we werewolves lived longer years than human, while humans had an average old age of seventy years, werewolves average was one hundred to one hundred and twenty years and some werewolves had been said to live up to two hundred years.

But werewolves die younger if they are killed or murdered or they lose a mate, my father was meant to die eventually but he still had years to live up to eighty to ninety  without a mate but my father passed away at the age of forty-seven.

If the Alpha King was killed is that what Kaden meant by war, how old was this Alpha King? I was curious so I asked "How old was he?"

"Eighty-two" he responded "He has a mate, so did not die due to the loss and I confirmed it from someone in the palace, he was poisoned"

That made more sense, the Alpha King was the strongest wolf, it was nearly impossible to kill an Alpha King in physical combat. Legends says, the crowning of an Alpha King bestowed  him the strength of hundred wolves.

"What do we do now?, how do we stop a war?, who would want to kill the king?" I asked simultaneously.

"There is something you need to know Anna" Kaden says in an all serious tone, I fidgeted in his laps "I am related to the king, he is my uncle and my father's elder brother "