Chapter 115: Chapter 115 His Hand Covered Mine
Phoebe’s POV
The agony coursing through my body told me everything I needed to know—Perry was dying.
The warriors could sense it too, that crushing pain radiating through the bond, which drove them to burst into the room. They found their king unconscious, a blade buried deep in his chest.
I sat there, staring at him without a flicker of emotion crossing my face. I might as well have been gazing at the ocean instead of my dying mate.
What they couldn’t understand was that I felt every bit of his torment. The mate bond stretched taut between us, forcing me to experience his suffering as if it were my own.
The only difference? I wasn’t the one bleeding out.
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The warriors wasted no time summoning Marcela to assess the king’s condition, but the chest wound ran too deep. All she could do was stem the bleeding temporarily.
They rushed Perry to the hospital, where shifter doctors fought to save his life. Against the odds, they succeeded.
The warriors quickly formed their conclusion—Phoebe had stabbed the king. That’s exactly what they reported to Flynn.
"Where is she?" Flynn demanded the moment he arrived at the hospital. He ensured Perry received the best care available before turning his attention elsewhere.
"She’s at the beach house," the warrior replied, then immediately averted his gaze from the royal beta’s burning anger. The intensity was terrifying.
Without another word, Flynn spun around and headed for the beach house, where Phoebe waited with Marcela.
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Phoebe’s POV
Marcela kept trying to coax information from me, desperate to understand what really happened between Perry and me.
Now that the crisis had passed, she couldn’t make sense of how I could have stabbed the king—especially from the front, where he would have seen it coming and could have stopped me.
"My lady, please tell me what happened?" Marcela’s fingers wrapped around mine, squeezing gently for my attention. But I said nothing.
I stared at the blood caked under my fingernails. Perry’s blood.
"What happened between you and the king, my lady?"
Her voice carried gentleness, though she couldn’t mask her worry. The warriors were all saying I had stabbed the king, and their report to the palace would reflect that same story.
But Marcela sensed there was more to it.
"I want him dead," I whispered, my gaze locked on the crimson evidence. "I want him to die."
"My lady... so you really tried to kill the king?" Shock colored Marcela’s voice, her heart heavy with the implications. Such an act would be considered high treason. The king would demand severe punishment.
I would face execution, especially with royal beta Reginald involved. From what Marcela had mentioned, he was already at the hospital.
She understood the palace dynamics—Reginald’s hatred for me. It would be better if royal gamma Timothy were handling this, but he was currently leading warriors against the Obsidian Claw pack and their allies.
"But why didn’t the king stop you? He could have prevented it, right?"
For a brief moment, I lifted my head, emotion flickering in my dull stare.
I met Marcela’s eyes briefly before turning toward the night sky.
"I am... in pain." My lips trembled as the words fought their way out. "I want... to die." Speaking felt like drowning in an endless ocean. Each breath became harder to draw.
"My lady..."
"He made me... stab him." My voice wavered.
I could still feel his hand covering mine, guiding the blade into his chest.
Was this what happened when the mate bond prepared to snap?
I’d heard whispers about it—how you could feel everything your mate experienced because you shared one soul.
"It hurts..." I gasped, clutching the front of my shirt as my breathing turned ragged. "It hurts..."
Marcela rushed closer. "Let me see, let me check on you." Her brow furrowed as she searched for what was wrong with my body.
Aside from my racing heart, she found nothing physically amiss. Technically, I was fine, but there was an underlying anguish she couldn’t heal.
"My lady..." Marcela watched as I curled up on the bed, still clutching my chest. My entire body shook, breath coming in short gasps while tears streamed down my face.
She wished she could ease my pain, but she had no idea how.
The door suddenly exploded open, kicked with enough force to make Marcela jump.
"Royal beta Flynn?" Marcela’s surprise was evident. She’d expected him to remain with the king, but his presence here meant...
"Leave, Marcela," Flynn’s voice cut like ice.
"Royal beta Flynn, let me explain something. I don’t think lady Phoebe intended to kill the king. She said... the king drove the knife into his own heart."
That’s what I had told her.
"Did she tell you that?"
"Yes," Marcela replied quickly.
"And you believed that?" Flynn’s disbelief was unmistakable.
