29. The Dress

The car was old, that was the first thing Baka noticed. It looked as though it hadn’t been used in decades. She wondered if the Alpha king had another vehicle because she was certain this one would prove to be an issue along the way.

Not that she knew much about cars. Her brother had been the knowledgeable one. If he were here, he would've been talking non-stop about the model of the car, when it was created, who had created it, and other boring details she couldn't care less about.

“She’s not a beauty, is she?” the Alpha king commented from behind her and she stiffened. She hadn't realized he had been standing there.

Her breath caught in her throat and she almost took another step further away from him.

“It hasn’t been used in over seven years, I think,” he continued, seemingly oblivious to her discomfort.

After the whole debacle with the broach yesterday, he had returned a little past midnight. She had pretended to be asleep then.

He had his own key and had walked into the room ve