CROSSING THE BORDER novel Chapter 97

Chapter 97

“My king…” Karin tried to call for the king. Her voice was trembling, so did her whole body. “My king… please, calm down…” She followed the beast’s line of sight, and figured he was staring at his mate.

“Karin… don’t….” Alaric said in a low voice, he was holding his breath without him knowing it, because he knew one wrong move, and he would be dead. He would be killed just like those warriors out there. “Come over here…” he said to Karin.

Karin was not able to tell, but Alaric was familiar with the way the beast stared at his mate, who was laying on the ground. It was an obsession and an overprotectiveness.

Many male shifters with a high rank would show this possessiveness, and the intensity would depend on how dominant you were.

Obviously, no one could compare to the Mad King in that case. He was a beast through and through.

“Come here, you will only get yourself killed.” Alaric was nervous to leave his daughter with the king without any protection, but if his guts feeling was right, Rania would be fine.

Even if the king was deep into his madness, his beast would remember his mate. That was the thing with shifter, the magic of the mate bond. It would keep your sanity anchor to reality.

However, Alaric talked too much and this caught the angry beast’s attention.

The huge black wolf started to walk toward the former beta, his fangs on full display. The beast lowered its body, ready to attack, and Alaric knew he wouldn’t have a chance to survive if the king attacked him.

He was barely able to keep his consciousness, let alone to shift and fight. Even the warriors in their hayday would find it hard to fight against the king.

“My king, no!” Karin watched in horror when they king’s beast launched toward Alaric.

That was it.

Alaric thought this was the end of it.

However, ever so softly, Rania’s voice whispered in the thickness of the tension inside the dungeon. It was hard to hear her, but it was enough to make the beast halted.

“Maximus…”

Rania felt the acute pain in her lower abdomen, it was so hard for her to move, but she still used all of her strength to call him.

She didn’t know why she did that, since she hated her father so much, but in the critical moment, she saved his life. She couldn’t bring herself not to do it.

“No, please…” Rania curled her body, she was trembling. No matter how many blankets that Karin put on her, she felt very cold.

Chapter 97

The beast stopped. He was so close to killing Alaric off.

For a moment, the black beast only stood there quietly, staring at Rania’s pitiful figure without doing anything. The beast didn’t even try to get closer to her, but Rania could feel his heated

gaze.

“Maximus…” Rania stretched out her hand, tears streamed down her face.

But then, she felt there was something warm that leaked between her legs, and all of them could smell the strong scent of blood.

Rania was bleeding profusely.

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