Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 257: To Catch A Traitor

"W-what about me? Of course, I will be just fine! I’m sure His Majesty will pardon me too!" Alice yelled, but at this point, she was just trying to convince herself or else she would fall into deep despair.

"Do you think you’re so special for the Beast King to pardon you?" Long Xiurong sneered. "He doesn’t love you like he loves Queen Swan. I am Queen Swan’s only friend in this castle, and yet, I will get executed for one mistake. If the Queen’s friend is not free from execution, then what about a random bunny maid in the castle? Don’t you realize you have no value to him when he could just take another bunny beastman from your tribe and replace you as a maid?"

"T-that’s not—"

"That is the truth," Long Xiurong interrupted. "You know that you’re not important to him. You’re just deluding yourself, thinking that you can be a hero somehow." freēnovelkiss.com

"SHUT UP!" Alice snapped. "I don’t care what you say! Just wait and see! I will be His Majesty’s personal attendant in the end, and I will see you getting beheaded in public for treason!"

Long Xiurong shrugged, "I’m getting tired of debating with someone in denial. I’ll just rest and wait until the day of my execution... with you."

Thus, Long Xiurong decided to lean on the wall, holding the gray mammoth tusk close to her heart as she kept thinking about her man, Rock Silverfang.

’I’m sorry, Rock. I promised that I would leave the castle and run away with you. I was so happy thinking that we could start a life together somewhere, but it seems that I will die earlier,’ Long Xiurong said in her heart.

She did not doubt that Rock would be able to escape the Beast King’s hunt. He was still the second strongest after the Beast King, so he still had a chance to get away.

’I hope you can move on from me after I disappear,’ Long Xiurong thought. ’I’m sorry for praying to the Goddess to make you my mate. I was selfish and thought that I could finally have a family of my own. I shouldn’t have done that, so you don’t need to suffer from heartbreak after my death.’

’Goodbye, Rock Silverfang.’

*

Meanwhile, Rock was busy on the northern coast of Holy Achate, where many ships were docked. He already promised his Ah-Rong that he would bring her out of Gale’s castle, and they could start their own pack somewhere.

He didn’t want his fated mate to suffer through the long journey on the ship, so he was trying to find the most luxurious ship he could find for her.

As he walked around the pier, his senses told him something was off.

He turned his head towards the direction of the Kingdom of Beastment. It was obvious he couldn’t see anything since the castle was a full-day trip from where he was. He was using his wolf form to traverse through the jungle, but he still sensed that something was off. He felt like something dangerous had befallen his soulmate.

Rock clenched his fist, "What is this uneasiness? Did something happen to Ah-Rong?"

Rock tried to dispel his restlessness by muttering, "No, she must be fine. There’s nothing important happening in the Kingdom of Beastmen right now. She can wait... right?"

Unfortunately, the more he tried to deny his anxiety, the more restless he got.

He finally turned towards the direction of the castle and rushed to check on his Ah-Rong.

**

Meanwhile, Gale was sitting in his throne room with a few beastmen generals. He should’ve summoned Blaze Silverfang as his new beta, but he was still on a mission to find Matoa, the slippery miracle doctor who kept wandering far and wide.

The beastmen generals were extremely powerful. One general could take down an entire human army alone, but they were shaking in fear as they faced the Beast King because they knew their King was furious right now. He didn’t even care about a little bit of his oppressive aura that was leaking around the throne room as he didn’t care as long as his wife didn’t get hurt.

"All of you will mobilize each of the soldiers under your command to patrol around the castle. Rock Silverfang, that bastard will come to the castle soon because I’ve imprisoned his fated mate," Gale said coldly. "We will capture him when he tries to free his fated mate from the dungeon, and I know he will come because our fated mate’s safety is the utmost priority for all male wolves. Then, we will execute him and his fated mate together in the city square by tomorrow morning."

"UNDERSTOOD, YOUR MAJESTY!"

All the beastmen generals agreed to the order from their king, but one general couldn’t help but ask, "Your Majesty, is it really okay to execute Lady Long Xiurong? I do not mean to challenge your authority, but I’ve been told by the servants that Her Majesty and Lady Long are best friends. Executing Lady Long would make her sad."

"I do not care about my wife’s opinion," Gale replied. "She is the one who betrayed me in the first place, I do not need to play by her rules right now. Long Xiurong’s death is a consequence of their action."

Honestly, all the beastmen soldiers still didn’t believe that their beloved Queen would do that. They were so in love with the Queen, that even their offspring idolized her so much, from her beauty, her grace, her kindness and also her intelligence. She was perfect in the eyes of the soldiers.

Thus, all the beastmen soldiers were collectively distressed knowing that His Majesty was furious at her. They were scared that she would fall out of favor and get kicked out of the kingdom.

Some of the beastmen soldiers already planned to leave the Kingdom of Beastmen to follow their Queen and protect her, as they were truly devoted to her.

If the Beast King lost his mind and killed Queen Swan, all soldiers tacitly agreed to launch a coup to avenge her death, though they knew all of them would be killed effortlessly by their Beast King, at least they could die avenging their beloved Queen’s death.