The Royal Alpha

Chapter 36: My mate is a Prince?!

SIERRA

"You smelt ash, Sierra. That is the distinct smell of a witch practicing black magic. She has probably disguised herself as a wolf to spy on us," exclaims elder Raoul.

"I encountered one when I fought off Princess Evanora's abductor." Hearing the words, I freeze in my tracks. I turn to look at the elder who seems to be pleased that he knows who this spy is.

But I don't know who he is talking about. I am curious about this princess and impatient enough to wait to ask about it on any other day, I head back to my seat and frown at all the elders who have started chatting amongst themselves about the possible witch in our school. I clear my throat loudly and wait for the elders to look at me.

"Yes, child?" asks elder Raoul.

"Who is Princess Evanora?"

"Prince Lucian's mate," he replies with a 'duh' tone, making me feel like an unintelligent person. I just nod and wait if he continues to tell me more about her. The royals seem like an interesting lot of people.

"The last royal mate couple who was ambushed by the rogue and were murdered brutally," elder Raoul continues to explain with a hint of sadness in his tone.

"Oh! I didn't know," I exclaim trying to connect it with the appearance of a witch spy in our school.

"What do you know about the royal wolves?" Elder Alarick asks making me think.

"I only know that a large number of wolves were killed in the royal war that is when the rogues attacked the royals in an ambush and that today, there is no living royal among us." I tell them.

"Well child, you have very less knowledge about them. Prince Lucian was the only son of King Adrian. Prince Lucian and his mate, Princess Evanora escaped the royal castle when Prince Adrian was poisoned. The young couple had a son who was entrusted with their Royal Adviser. He took the young heir and gave him away to another pack Alpha. Meanwhile, Prince Lucian and his mate were caught by the rogue, a personal enemy. He along with a very powerful dark witch, tortured the princess in front of Prince Lucian and left her to die. Out of rage, Prince Lucian challenged him for a duel till death as he knew that he couldn't win against the rogue who was being aided by the witch. We thought that the rogue was dead but the recent deaths and some written warnings to surrender the royal heir have confirmed that the rogue is still alive."

My mouth hangs open by the time Elder Alarick gives me a brief of the war and the post-war scenarios. I stare at them in shock. After a few minutes of processing the information, I am able to close my mouth and form coherent thoughts.

"Did... did the witch die?" I ask.

"We don't know child. We were too busy fighting off the traitors and the rogues. If the witch is still alive it is possible that she has somehow aided in planting this amateur yet powerful witch spy," says Elder Alarick grimly.

"The rogue has sent the spy to keep an eye on the royal heir and his mate." I speak but my words come out more like a question instead of a statement. All this information at the same time are making my head spin.

"The spy is here specifically to know more about the heir and his mate. If they come to know who the mate is, then she will probably kidnap her or kill her. We don't know for sure if Prince Lucian is still alive or not but we know who the royal heir is and who his mate is. The rogue is not so sure but has his doubts that is why he is planting spies in the school so that he can find more information on the royal heir and his mate," informs Elder Fridolf.

"Oh, Goddess! Why don't you move them to somewhere safe? Why not inform all the Alphas around our school and order them to help eradicate this rogue? From what I know about my pack Alpha Christopher, he will definitely help the royal heir and his mate to kill the rogues," I blabber. Immediately, elder Alarick grunts and looks at elder Fridolf, shaking his head. Elder Fridolf pales under elder Alarick's ferocious glance.