Chapter 174 - Support The Beta

'Damn! Brat! Cruel!" Ranold continues to curse the wolf who was sitting beside him with a wide smile like a Cheshire cat on his face.

He could not believe that after fighting for so long to hide himself from the beast, he had decided to go to his residing place just to feel the thrill! go and f* the thrill all he wanted! why was he dragging him in it!?

"If it would have been I would not have been so brave!" he once again warned with the mind link as he maintained the courteous smile on his face while looking at the girl sitting in front of him.

"Hmm, I know. Because you are not me!" came the reply with a smirk and Ranold really wanted to turn and beat the guy who thought that he was superior to them. He did not like him at all!

"So, how is your first day at work, my lady?" ranold decided to ignore the wolf and concentrate on Luna to maintain his sanity or he would go crazy if it continued!

"Ah! We did wonders! You should have seen, from making an uproar in the royal court to creating rumors in the ministry. Only our name is everywhere!" with a wide grin on his face, Alex opened his mouth and bragged about the day before Hazel could say anything!

Hazel frowned as a scowl formed on her lips. Why was Alex using us and we? He was talking like they were a pair.

"Beta! What are you trying to prove!?"

"Alex, Alpha will kill you!" Both Daisy and ranold shouted at the same time but the smirk of Alex did not falter even a bit.

"What are you talking about! She and I are a family!" he shrugged feigning ignorance to their reactions.

"As for my side, he did a good job but he just got too thrilled over everything.

But you still did not tell me how you know him?" If Ranold, Daisy and others knew him, could it be that he was a beast like them?

Hazel's eyes narrowed at the man sitting there cheekily but he did not look like a beast at all. He looked like a cheeky brat or a fool! 

"He is a common patron of my shop. We do not have much acquaintance. We met here only accidentally." Daisy looked at Ranold with confusion. Failing to understand why he was lying too!

Could they be making a plan that she was not aware of or had the old Luna had asked ranold to support the beta!

But what if they were planning something against their new luna. She knew how much the old luna hated humans.

"Is he one of you too?" Hazel looked straight at Arnold when she asked.

She did not think much of it when Daisy reacted strangely while looking at the man since he had been flirting with every woman around him but now that Ranold was there too she could not let go of the possibility.

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!" 

Hazel looked at all of them with confused faces! Could they not decide one answer at least!?

"No! He is not one of us!" ranold replied with conviction but this time Alex just shrugged instead of replying and looked out of the window.

"I am the one who will always protect you, my lady. Either I am one of them or not!" his eyes turned to hazel when the words left his mouth and she felt her heart skip a beat!

No! She was thinking too much of it! He was just someone who would flirt with everyone and had no sincerity! Yet her whole body burnt with his words that she could not explain the feeling.

"We are here!" The carriage soon stopped outside of the palace of count and the door was opened by the guard.

"Are you not coming in?" asked Hazel as she walked out of the carriag and turned to look at them, her eyes were on Ranold, completely ignoring the presence of the man around her.

"No! It's already late and we have to go to buy an important thing. You should go and take a rest, my lady!" had they not said they were out for a walk then they told that they met there incidentally and now they were telling that they were going to buy something.

She could not help but think that they were hiding something from her but the more she looked at any of them, she felt a strong affection as if they were part of her family.

"Alright, then I will see you later!" Daisy came out of the carriage giving one last look to them and closed the door. 

She was sure that hazel would ask her a barrage of questions once they were alone but surprisingly, Hazel did not speak another word as they walked inside the palace in silence.

As they entered the hall, Amelia, who was sitting on the sofa with closed eyes, snapped her open and glared at them.

Her sweet sister's pretense had already fallen and she was glaring at them as if they owed her a life!"

"How could you do this to me?" Her sharp voice filled the whole room as she stood up and took hasty steps towards Hazel as if she would beat her or scratch off the smile from her face.

She was so red with anger that Daisy immediately walked forwards and covered hazel behind her.

But Hazel still had that smirk on her face, she did not look worried at all.

"What happened Amelia. You seem to be tired or angry!" feigning ignorance she looked at Amelia as if she was concerned about her but the smirk on her face was giving her true intentions away.

"You! Have said that you are supporting me and helping me in getting the favor of his highness, yet you attached my name with your fiance in front of everyone to save yourself! you even claimed that i was the one to inform you about it personally! ha! what a joke!

Do you think I would accept it? When have I told you that I am in love with your fiance, huh?" her eyes were so red and her chest was heaving up and down as she looked at hazel with an intent to murder.

"Tsk tsk! Do you think I will ask his highness to accept you and he would? Who is he?" Hazel raised a brow and asked in a mocking tone but her voice was still calm and low, completely opposite to the one Amelia was using.

"Then you were just playing with my emotions. Lying all this time so that you can tarnish my name in the end!?" Amelia could not believe that she trusted the fool! 

She should have known that once a person reaches a higher position, no one would care about others!

"No! I am helping you as expected! 

You wanted to get the favor of his highness? So, you have to be miserable in front of his eyes. When Jonathan would come to know that you are vying for the affection of the crown prince, he would tell everyone that you have an affair with him.

Wouldn't it be better that you would play a miserable card by telling it in advance that he had taken the benefit of your naivety?

And now that I have reached a higher position, he is trying to stick to me.

Not only no one would blame you but him, you would gain the sympathy of everyone!

Since we both would be his victim, he would lose his image and the authority to blackmail you.

This is the best you could have! Think about it and tell me later!" her voice was low and tempting and Amelia could not help but think about the idea.

She did not need to be told that if Jonathan would know that she was trying to attract the crown prince he would go berserk and tell everyone about them.

He liked to owe things and people.

Hazel's eyes gleamed when she saw the look into the eyes of the girl, she knew that she had taken the bait.

"But in the end, you are the one to decide!" Hazel just shrugged her shoulders as if that was all she could do for Amelia as she walked past her stunned self.

Her eyes roamed around but she did not find the one she was looking for. A frown formed on her face when she even checked her room but the man was not there.

She had thought that he would be eagerly waiting for her to ask how her first day was! 

Or was she the only one who thought it was a big matter and wanted to share her excitement with him!

Shaking her head she turned to ask the girl, "where is your alpha?" 

"He is not in the palace, my lady. Do you want to ask him his whereabouts?"