His Sweet Little Mate

"Just because you were attacked in the palace, who are you trying to point your fingers at?"

The moment these words reverberated in the great hall, all commotion died out as everyone turned to look at Arthur pointedly. Their expressions ranged from puzzled to alarmed when the meaning of the former king's words slowly but surely registered in their minds.

A second later, faint noises of people murmuring among themselves filled the silence as they asked each other if what they heard just now was the same as what they thought they heard was.

All nineteen members in the current royal council had rushed back to the king's tower when they received summons for an impromptu meeting in the middle of the night.

It was close to midnight and for Abby to make such a request, they realized it had to be really something important. But the girl chose to start this conversation with an explosive piece of news. "Someone tried to kill me!"

People who constantly opposed Abby, like Fabron, Mark and Pedro, felt their faces turn pale at her words as they looked at each other before roaming their eyes over the rest. However, no one seemed suspicious enough, which was also noticed by Abby. So she went on as she explained how a few royal warriors had turned their back against the throne and dared to kill all the guards stationed around her sleeping quarters before trying to assassinate herself.

A collective gasp could be heard as they all sucked in a cold breath.

"Fortunately, Melissa was by my side," she slowly said, reiterating the turn of events, but the longer she talked, the harsher her tone seemed.

As she explained, she could feel this sense of restlessness among the elders, as if they couldn't tell where this conversation was heading. Neither her opposers, nor her supporters could find their voices as they listened to her speak. "My maid almost died protecting me, even now, she is still not out of danger!"

Even though Nadia reassured her that Alyssa would be fine after a few days of recuperating, Abby chose to keep it a secret for now. She wanted to put pressure on her adversaries and she was going to use every little thing to achieve it.

As the final nail in the coffin, she paused for a moment to let them stew over her words before opening her mouth again leisurely. "I want to announce this to the public, and let them know their queen is being schemed against."To avoid an incomplete reading experience, visit Jobn'i'b.com. She didn't explicitly say that she was going to announce there had been a coup against her, but making this news public would not be any different.

Abby then looked at all the members of the royal council, one by one, after she finished her speech, and this made all hell break loose as one after one came up with excuses for themselves or speculations over the incident.

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But no one expected Arthur to lose his cool after all these months and proactively deny Abby's claims all of a sudden.

Her tactic really worked, because even she didn't expect Arthur to lose to her in this battle of wits.

"Do you think just because you are the queen in name, people will believe whatever you say?" Arthur lashed out at the unperturbed queen, as she looked at the former king with this strange gleam of interest in her eyes.

"Let's forget about the weight of my words, or if anyone would believe me. Sir Arthur, what do you think I'm trying to say now?" There was this secret smirk on her lips as she prodded Arthur, who didn't seem to realize he had given himself away by getting riled up by Abby's words.

"That I'm trying to get rid of you. Who do you think you are?" Arthur almost growled as if he was just a wrong remark away from shifting into his beast and charging at the queen.

"But I never brought up any names, did I?" Abby looked to her right, where Alan was standing just a foot away from the throne she was sitting on, while Dax had stayed behind to preserve all the evidence.

"You..." Arthur finally realized he had lost his composure, and denied everything before Abby could even accuse him of anything, which was nothing less than confessing he was guilty in this regard.

Goddamn! Hadn't I been always careful enough to steer the attention away from me? Yet, I was outwitted by this half witch tonight!

The former king had always exercised great control over his words and his actions, going even as far as schooling his expression into one of a blank one whenever someone tried to stir up trouble by expressing displeasure over leaving reins in Abby's hands. But he didn't expect himself to slip up when she expressed that she was going to announce the news of this attack on her as a coup against the queen.

Even though he had planned meticulously and made sure his name wouldn't be dragged by anyone into this mess, there were still possibilities for his involvement to be exposed.

Moreover, Abby actually managed to escape unscathed, and went ahead to hold an impromptu meeting over the fact that she had been attacked. She had definitely come prepared while he was caught off guard.

And that was what Abby aimed to achieve by making this decision, she knew if she didn't do something about the attack and let it slide without a proper investigation, the perpetrator would make use of her hesitance and plan a second attack that might cost her dearly.

She wanted to cut Arthur's way out of this by making it public knowledge that she was being targeted. But she knew she couldn't directly accuse anyone, because no one in his right mind would leave evidence against himself when committing crimes as huge as trying to kill the queen, which was basically considered treason.

Surprisingly, Abby managed to make Arthur lose his composer, where he acted on impulse. After all, he didn't have enough time to take care of the things on his side, and thought Abby had managed to gather evidence against him, seeing her boldly announcing the news of her attack to the royal council.

On the other hand, Abby continued to speak nonchalantly. "I didn't even insinuate there was someone behind the attack, but seeing you getting all worked up like this, I think I should make them look deeper into this matter."

Hearing her, Arthur gritted his teeth so hard, while his claws threatened to extend from his fingertips. If not for the people around them, he would have taken things into his own hands and finished her off. The smug look on her face irked him to the core. Seeing that he was about to lose his mind out of anger, Abby finally turned away from him as she addressed the royal beta. "I guess Royal Beta Alan here will be able to solve this mystery soon."

Immediately, a few representatives of the packs like Chance and Toby offered to provide aid in the process of sniffing out the traitor that dared to attack the king's tower, prompting others to chime in with similar promises.

Arthur had to suppress his rage when he felt like the half witch before him was taunting him to take the bait again.

But this time, he managed to hold onto his last bit of sanity as he let his former royal gamma step in to talk to Alan about the issue as well.

Everyone in the great hall acted as if Arthur never had a meltdown with Abby's announcement, and the huge elephant in the room was ignored just like that.

Just when Arthur thought the farce was over and done with, he saw Abby stopping them from leaving.

He wanted to snap, it was on the tip of his tongue to lash out at the woman, but the girl managed to leave him speechless again.

"There was another purpose to tonight's meeting," Abby said when Chance asked if she forgot to tell them something. Arthur had a sinking feeling about this, as the girl slid her blank gaze past his eyes when she answered the pack representative. It was only for a fleeting second, but the former king could swear he wouldn't like whatever that came out of her mouth next.

"I called all of you today so you could bear witness to my attackers' execution."

Immediately, they could see Alan mind linking someone, before several royal warriors were dragged into the great hall.

"They were already fed Rottingbane and will be executed with immediate effect."

And then, before the royal council, the thirty or so rebels were beheaded as blood drenched the cold ground beneath their feet.

"Don't you think you have gone too far?" It was Fabron, who felt Abby disrespected them by ordering Alan to kill them all so blatantly.

"This is not going far, Elder Fabron. I've actually shown them mercy by sparing them t*****e. After all, they are traitors."

Traitors wouldn't be put on trial, so her killing them right away was justifiable.

"I'm the queen of this kingdom, taking care of you all in the absence of the King. Not to mention, I'm also the queen mother, carrying the prince. So this is a lighter punishment after they tried to kill me." These were her parting words and no one could find their voice for a long time.

It was a clear warning for them all, opposers or not. But her point did get across. Especially for the former king.