Den was livid when he learned Maximus took Rania away to the eastern side of the kingdom. They would stay in one of the royal family’s houses there.


    “Don’tin to me, if you asked me, I will tell you that I agreed with the decision. Both of them need some alone time.


    “Alone time?!” Den was exasperated. “How many alone times they need?! They had been together day and night! How could Maximus neglect his duty?”


    “Den, he doesn’t neglect his duty, he had done what he needed to do, even if he is here, there is nothing much he can do, unless you expected him to go to a war against the ck Stone pack, and those rebel packs.


    Eiten was in the middle of the preparation, since he would lead the attack. Therefore, he would leave the pce for at least a month, since that was the estimated time that they would manage to quail the coup.


    “I can’t talk with you! You don’t understand, you only know how to fight, you don’t understand the matter in the kingdom’s state!” Den groaned angrily. “You don’t know how hard it is to deal with the elders?”


    Eiten finally fed up with Den’sin, he turned around and faced the royal beta. The three of them were good friends growing up, but sometime Den was to idealist with his vision.


    “Have you gone to the frontline of a battlefield? Does deal with the elders cost you your life?” Eiten stared at him, waiting for his answer.


    “That’s your specialty, you know what to do.”


    “Then you got the answer for your own question, Den.” Eiten sighed deeply, he approached Den and patted his shoulders. “Don’t be too rigid, you will only break the king even further, and then there will be nothing left for this kingdom, but a madness.”


    Den gritted his teeth, and said nothing else, butter that night, he received a secret letter, asking for a meeting.


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    Maximus carried Rania out of the car, because she was sleeping when they arrived at the beach house. It was still afternoon, but the sky was cloudy, and the temperature was right. From afar you could see the sound of


    waves.


    Maximus only took a handful of warriors with him, since he only intended to stay for two to three days. He couldn’t stay away from the pce for long.


    Carrying Rania in his arms, Maximus stared at her sleeping face. She looked pale, and her lips were slightly ajar.


    He climbed the stairs, as their bedroom was on the second floor. Maximus opened it and the salty smell of the wind greeted him. The door to the balcony was opened, and from there you could see the blue sea.


    It was a sight to behold.


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    “I open the door to air the room. Do you want me to close it, my king?” The old butler asked in a low voice, because he didn’t want to wake Rania up.


    He heard about the rumor of the king’s mate, but because the king had not yet held any ceremony for her after all this time, he thought it was only a rumor.


    But then, when he saw the woman and the way the king cared about her, he knew immediately, she was indeed his mate.


    Knowing Maximus, he wouldn’t waste his time for a random people, let alone to treat them with any form of gentleness.


    “No, leave it like that.” Maximus then waved his hand to dismiss the old butler after he put Rania down on the bed carefully.


    The old butler left and closed the door behind him with a soft clicking sound.


    And now he was here, he didn’t know what to do.


    “What should I do with you?” Maximus caressed her hair gently. He would do everything for her, but he didn’t think his everything would be enough to reach her.


    He had managed to do that once, but he lost his chance, and now Rania felt like she was fading away.


    “Please,e back to me, stay with me…”


    Maximus didn’t remember when thest time he prayed, but he started it again now for her. If he prayed was enough, he would worship whatever god that could bring his mate back to him.


    “Be angry with me, fight me, but don’t be like this…”


    Maximus would take her rage any day, instead of this. She looked very weak, as if he held her a little bit stronger, she would break in his hand.


    He took Karin with him as well, just in case Rania would need her care, but most of the time she would stay away from them, unless she was called.


    This beach house was huge, they wouldn’t run into each other, if it was not intentional.


    “Wake up, Rania.”


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    However, Rania didn’t wake up untilte at night. Maximus didn’t have other choice, but to wake her up, because she had skipped her lunch, she would get sick if she had to skip her dinner too.


    “Wake up, eat something.” Maximus shook her shoulder gently. “Wake up.”


    He leaned over and nuzzled her cheek, which stirred her awake.


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    Rania furrowed her brows when she saw Maximus, but she said nothing. It had been so long, since thest time Maximus heard her voice.


    “You need to eat something,” Maximus said, but Rania didn’t move, she stared at the te in his hand.


    For a few second, Maximus wished for her to throw the te away, and showed some emotions, but Rania didn’t do that, she simply stared at it.


    She was alive, but she was dead inside.


    “Let’s eat something, okay?” Maximus helped Rania into a sitting position. “Can you look at me<i>? </i>Can you talk


    to me? You can hit me.”