Mated To Alpha Gregory

Lilith’s POV;

It wasn’t the way he spoke to me that hurt me, it was the fact that he was right. I was, more or less, a living vegetable.

I wondered if Julia had seen that and smiled at herself. After all, she had said that I didn’t deserve to be Queen. She wasn’t lying. I didn’t deserve to be a Queen.

Adams deserved much more. He deserved someone who could love him and take on the queen’s duties as well as someone who could actually express their emotions. Not a half-dead queen like me.

I watched as bubbles formed in the water as a result of the pebble I had thrown into the lake, settling on the bottom.

The lake was so clear and blue that it reminded me of his eyes. I could see all the pebbles I had thrown inside earlier. It was comforting and relaxing to do this and what was even more was that Julia wasn’t with me. Perhaps she was and had stayed in one corner to watch me, thinking that I was going to do something.

She had stuck to following me around, and it was annoying. Earlier today, after Adams left, she began to advise me about trauma, relaxing, whatever. I didn’t want to listen to her and I didn’t want to tell her off, so I excused myself that I needed to use the restroom.

Fortunately for me, she had excused herself earlier, saying that she wanted to visit her sick mother. Otherwise, she was going to remain with me until I had slept, or she was sure that I had slept, because most of the time, I pretended to fall asleep in order to get her to leave.

The lake shone under the bright moonlight which illuminated the forest ground. I had secretly been coming to the lake every night, and it was now like my nightly ritual as it brought me a sense of calm.

I stood up, still staring at the lake as the night breeze blew past, making me pull my robe tightly against my body to avoid catching a cold.

Out of nowhere, I heard a low growl. Quickly, I turned my head in the direction of the sound, wondering if Julia had come to scare me or if it was just someone else.

My eyes landed on the silhouette of a wolf behind one of the trees, a few feet away from me. On seeing it, my heartbeat hitched up, and I gradually took a step away from the lake as I thought of a better option.

It could be that it was someone else that had come to attack me. I thought of either running away or staying back and facing whoever it was.

My heart was thudding so hard that I could hear it in my ears.

While I continued staring at the shadow of the wolf, it slowly came into view from behind the tree. My first instinct was to run for my life, but instead, I stayed rooted to the spot.

Suddenly, the wolf transformed, and I furrowed my brows as I saw that it was a beautiful woman around my age.

“Who are you?” she questioned as she regarded me, an amused look on her face.

I was surprised that she was asking me this. Everyone in the mansion knew who I was.

“I asked a question,” she stated again in an authoritative tone, and I knew that whoever this woman was, she was a high-ranked wolf and, somehow, she had no idea who I was.

“I’m the..”

“Your Highness!” We both turned to the source of the voice. It was Julia and I internally rolled my eyes.

“What are you doing here?” She then turned to the woman.

“Lady Crane. I never thought you’d be here now.”

“Your Highness… you’re the queen,” she said, a small smile playing on her lips. She nodded, and I noticed that she didn’t bow or courtesy.

“Here, my lady,” Julia handed a robe to the woman that she had called Lady Crane.

“I am Maya Crane,” She said, holding out her hand toward me. I was surprised that she would offer to shake the queen’s hand instead of bowing. It was surprising, but I didn’t let my emotions show as I took her hand.

“You have such hard hands. Do you work a lot, your highness?”

I could feel Julia’s eyes on us and I shook my head. I couldn’t read her, but I had a very bad feeling about her.

“I’m cold, get me a cup of warm coffee. Anything you want, your Highness?”

She quickly added, “Oh, you didn’t tell me your name. You do have a name, right?”

“Get me two cups of coffee,” she said to Julia, who bowed and left us.

This woman had some guts. Wanting to know my name!

“Come on, are you sick, or don’t you talk?” Her brows pulled together into a frown.

“I-”

“I just want to be friends with you. You see, I’ve been away for a long time. I just came back and decided to stay at the mansion.”

I wondered what her relationship was with Adams for her to be staying in the mansion. Suddenly, I was overcome with pain and jealousy as well as envy.

She must have been from a very prestigious family and she was very outspoken. On top of that, she was beautiful. She was the perfect Queen. I wondered if she was in love with Adams.

“Come on, it’s cold out here. What are you even doing here?” She frowned and pulled me with her as she went to the house.

We met Julia on the way, and she turned to her.

“Bring it to her room, please.”

She turned to me and flashed a smile that seemed so sincere that it was hard to doubt her sincerity.

“Come, we have a lot of catching up to do.”

I walked slowly towards her, wondering what she meant by that and if she could be trusted or if she was just like the others.