Countdown 15 Departing From the Alpha (Evelyn) novel Chapter 97

Chapter 88 

“His highness went alone to the ball the previous years?” Celia asked curious, only now paying attention to the conversation between the maids. 

“Yes 

miss Celia. His highness has never brought a female partner. You are the first one!” Assured the maids immediately. Perhaps they were afraid she would be sad if she thought the king was used to having a female partner each year. 

“But isn’t it imperative to have a female partner?” Celia inquired again slightly confused. 

Miss Celia, of course it is not necessary to bring a female partner. The only ones obligated to attend are the alphas of the packs. Their companions and the betas are an optional presence. If there are some who do not come, there is no problem.” Explained one maid who was still arranging her hair, checking which style best suited the dress. 

“And even if it was mandatory, who would dare to say something to the king. So many years he has went alone and nobody said anything about it. The alphas can barely breathe in his highness’s presence, much less gossip about him.” Added another maid, with the other three approving. 

Hearing their words, Celia was even more confused than when she started to ask the maids. Even when they left, she was in deep thoughts. If it was not mandatory to bring a partner, why did his highness make it seem like it would be a problem? 

Thinking some more, his highness was the first ranked werewolf and in fact was the strongest fall werewolves. His words were the law, so why would he care about anyone saying anything? Why did– he make it seem like his pride would be tattered. 

She thought some more from the beginning of yesterday’s conversation to the end, realizing that the maids‘ words actually cleared her suspicions of when he briskly left, after getting her to agree to be 

his partner. 

Clearing her thoughts now, as she was not under the pressure of explaining about the kiss…. touch…. it was a touch! The entire conversation had been steered in the direction of her being his partner to 

the ball. 

Did his highness trick her into feeling guilty so she would not refuse his request? Indeed if he had pot confused her or if there was another situation, she would not have agreed. To be the king’s partner, such unwanted attention was not something she wished for. 

She could not believe it. All her life until this moment she had respected the king of the werewolves. She had studied about him and admired his strength, his courage, his relentlessness in pursuing for 

the causes of the werewolf race, his fairness and his honesty. She had looked up to him. She had considered him the ideal of a person she wished to become. 

She would have never thought she would come to consider his relentlessness as brazenness, 

And most importantly she would have never, absolutely never, thought that she would end up thinking of the king of all werewolves as a shameless man. 

It was already the day before the ball. In this time, she had met his highness several times for the meals, but she did not dare ask him why he lied. Anyway regardless of his reasons, she had already agreed to accompany him, so she would just participate in the ball and then ask his highness to permit her to return to the Academy. 

no more 

She was behind in her studies. Not to mention she was already healed so there were r reasons for her to stay. She felt like if she stayed longer she was bound to misunderstand his actions. She already had a mate, there would not be another, but the proximity to the king and his close distance each time she was near confused her. 

But how to inform the king and actually return to the Academy was something for later. Now she had a huge hurdle to pass. In her life she had been to balls, her mother had forced her to, but she still had a problem, she had never danced. 

Mentioning this fact to the maids when they asked her, had set them with a goal to accomplish. They promised her that even if there was only a day left, she would at least learn to waltz. She had not asked them for the lessons, she even said that there was no need for her to dance. But they did not 

want to hear her. 

And in front of their eagerness and friendliness towards her, it was difficult for her to make them