THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

“Emma, you have to let us explain and clarify ourselves.” Prescott said as he shifted his gaze to Emma. Following Daniel’s train of thoughts, he had discovered some bits of what had happened between the duo, and the only thing he could think was that his friend had messed up big time, and that had been the reason why he had actually pushed him away when he had tried to touch the redhead. He could understand what the redhead was feeling now. He had been there, once.

“There is no need for that, Prescott. I only need to speak with Zipfarah.” Emma replied.

“Can we be going?” She asked, even as she turned aside to glance at Daniel who was trying to get up from the ground. She noticed that his face was smeared with a dark brown stuff.

Cow dung! She couldn’t be happier.

Serves him right. She thought, looking at his decorated face in satisfaction.

“I need to speak with Zipfarah. Can we be going? Don’t you have an iota of respect for our queen?” Leila asked, after mimicking Emma’s voice, apparently vexed that the latter hadn’t called their queen’s name with reverence.

“She is your queen, not mine. Now, can we be going?” Emma queried, not in the mood to bicker with a twelve-year-old.

“Sure. Hold my hand.” Prescott mentioned, also ignoring Leila who huffed in annoyance.

Emma slightly nodded, before placing her hand on the tiny one of the squirrel’s.

She walked with him as he approached the twins, watching as he held out his hand to Leila, who hissed before placing her hand on his, whilst making sure that her other hand held Lily’s hand tight. It seemed that her awakening spell hadn’t worked on the latter.

“Be fast with that. We have to be going. We don’t know how many more are there.” Prescott stated, as they all directed their gazes to Daniel who with magic, drew the two unconscious bodies together, tied them both with a rope which appeared out of nowhere, so that they were lying on each other, before lifting them by a wave of his hand, so that they hung on the air and followed him as he approached the group.

He glanced at Emma who looked the other way as their eyes met, before bending down and holding Lily’s hand, making sure that his other hand was resting on the two bodies on the air.

“Are we all set?” Prescott asked, even as he peeked at Emma who just shrugged. She knew that they were about to disappear from here, and appear in the palace. It was the same method that Lily had used to bring her here.

She was okay with it, as long as they would use the same method to get her home in one piece.

“Yeah, we are.” Daniel said, and before she could eyeball him, they were already in the palace.

“Wow…” She muttered, unable to hide her admiration.

Now, this was one gift she wanted! She screamed in her mind.

“Thank goodness that you guys are back.” She heard a voice say, and turned, heaving in relief as her eyes collided with Zipfarah’s.

Just the exact person she wanted to see.

“Good evening Zipfarah.” She greeted, ignoring the advice of Prescott to attach the queen prefix, and the daring looks of Leila.

“Good evening Emma. I’m sorry to have put your life in penury, when I had promised the opposite. Forgive me, my dear. It won’t happen again.” Zipfarah stated, standing with her two hands behind her, her gaze stuck to the former’s.

“It’s alright. It wasn’t really anyone’s fault. At least, the rescue team came at the right time.” Emma said, watching as Zipfarah nodded at her, before bending down and laying a palm on Lily’s head.

“I had tried the awakening spell on her, but she hadn’t woken up.” Leila chattered, and Emma knew that the little girl was trying to get the queen’s approval, and not the opposite.

“I believe you did your best, Leila. She will be waking up anytime from now.” Zipfarah said, as she smiled at the haughty twin who nodded, unable to hide the smile that graced her lips after the woman’s statement.

Emma sighed in respite as she heard Lily cough.

She watched with happy eyes, as the little girl sat up, rubbed her eyes with her fingers before taking note of her environment.

“What happened?” She heard her ask, as her gaze met hers.

“We were ambushed dear. Don’t worry. I will tell you the story later. For now, allow Leiton, I mean Leila, to take you to your room.” She answered, as she tried to hide a smirk which was threatening to escape as she saw the mask of anger on Leila’s face.Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

“Emma is right. Leila take your sister to your room. She has to rest.” Zipfarah said, aware of course, of the tension between her granddaughter and the redhead. She just didn’t consider it important to think about.

“Yes, My Queen.” Leila stated, holding up Lily who was struggling to stand up, and walking away with her, but not before eyeing Emma.

Emma shrugged, before turning aside, surprised that Daniel wasn’t there, and neither were her attackers.

“He took them to the dungeon.” Prescott said to her through the mind.

“Stop reading my mind, squirrel.” She commented, redirecting her gaze to Zipfarah who was watching her.

“I have to go back.” She said to the queen who seemed a bit tired.

“We will talk about that tomorrow morning. We all need to rest.” Zipfarah mentioned.

“You don’t understand. Tomorrow is…” She was saying when Zipfarah cut into her statement.

“Tomorrow is his birthday. I know Emma. I know everything. You will get your answers tomorrow. Although, I would advise you to forget about him for a while. You should be focused on yourself for now. A lot is going on. I will see you tomorrow by seven am.” Zipfarah stated, before turning around and walking away.

“It’s just us now.” Prescott said, opening is arms wide, as he smiled at Emma, who just shook her head at him.

“I’m hungry.” She said rather.

“Of course, let’s pay a visit to the kitchen.” He replied with a smirk.

Trouble. She thought, although happy that he would make a good partner.