Loving The Alpha King

Chapter 18

Layla Cortdale

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

I heard a deep voice boom, I tried opening my eyes, but my eyes felt heavy. I felt a soft, cool hand on the side of my face

"Layla? Sweetheart, please wake up" I heard a delicate, feminine voice say

I opened my eyes and was invited to the shining light, I hissed and covered my eyes with my arm

"Dim the lights!" I heard Xavier say

I moved my arm away from my eyes and saw Xavier hovering over me with a worried look etched on his face.

"X-Xa-vier" I croaked out

"Shh baby, it's alright"

He moved away and leaned toward the nightstand, he poured the water out of the pitcher, into a glass cup and turned back to help me sit up. I rested my head against the headboard and looked around the room I was in. I realized we were in my room when I saw the black carpeting and the sheer white curtains with the blue flower prints on it. I looked out my window and saw it was dark out, Xavier slightly moved away, he took the cup from the nightstand and held it against me mouth, gesturing me to take a drink. My throat felt dry like the Sahara desert and I was thirsty, I swallowed small sips of the cool water and it worked wonders.

"Xavier, what happened?" I asked confusedly

"You passed out for 3 hours, you had us all worried" he said

"Are you okay, sweetheart?" Mom asked

I turned my head and looked at mom,"yes, I'm fine" I said giving her a reassuring smile

I rested my head on the backboard and suddenly, everything from a couple hours ago came flashing into my mind, the flowers at the door steps, the shattered windows, the rock with the note attached to it from Kyle. It's been a hectic night. I looked around the room and saw dad sitting in the corner chair with his head down and holding an ice bag to his face.

"Dad" I said softly

He looked up at me and I gasped in horror

"Dad, what happened to your eye? How did you get that black eye" I asked

He stood up from his seat, but Xavier growled at him, which stopped him from coming anywhere near us

I slapped Xavier's arm "what's wrong with you? That's my dad!"

"What's wrong with me?! I'm not the one that wanted you to get married to a man that's 30 years older than you!" He shouted back

I looked at him, shockingly "H-he did it to protect me!"

"Marrying you off to some old pervert is for your protection?!"

"N-no, but my dad had a good reason"

"Layla, you don't need to go to anyone for protection, I can protect you"

"Xavier, I don't need you to protect me all the time"

I saw Xavier's facial expression started to change, he started to get angry "I'm always going to protect you and that's final" he said using his alpha voice

I stared at him, bewildered, I can't believe he used that fucking voice on me, his mate! From the corner of my eye, I saw mom getting up from the seat and walking over to dad, embracing him into a hug. I took the covers off of my body and started to get up from the bed, but Xavier grabbed my hand to stop me. I roughly yanked it out of his hold and gave him a pointed look. I walked over to dad and hugged him, I pulled away from him.