55: The King’s Insanity

Arnold’s POV

I’d been burdened with the responsibility of taking my father back to his chambers even though I was fucking furious and beyond confused that he’d just tried to kill the woman I was helplessly in love with. My duty as an Alpha required me to be report first to family, before any other thing so I had no choice but to stay by my father’s side.

Even now, while I we were in his chambers and both struggling to subdue the wreck of emotions that plagued us, my mind replayed what’d happened and how everything had fucked with my mind up until this very moment.

I’d never forget tonight, and it's for all the wrong reasons.

The entire morbid scene that broke out between My father and Layla marked the abrupt end of a once joyful ball that I’d thought would finally help everyone relax and catch a break from the chaotic month we’d recorded. But I couldn't have been more wrong, instead, it seemed to have kicked off a fresh start of chaotic experiences from the look of things.

And Layla, I