His Sweet Little Mate

Arthur followed Abby's idea and soon, the capital was in an uproar with the rumors flying left, right and center.

People were left in a dilemma as to whether they should celebrate the news of the werewolf prince's safe birth and his upcoming introduction ceremony, or if they should worry about Abby's current health.

The attack near the grand square wasn't news to any of them anymore, but then they heard those same beasts had attacked their queen right after she gave birth to her son.

A couple of days later, another announcement was made, by none other than Abby. Their queen asked them not to worry about her and then told them to look forward to the first royal celebration the former king throwing for her son.

Instead of blowing the rumors off, it only caused them to turn even more ridiculous, when people were left to imagine Abby was forced to make a public appearance when she was clearly still far from being recovered.

Which was obviously Abby's actual goal. Her decision to act brave while looking frail pulled their heart strings and the rumors took an absurd turn until they thought she was dying soon. She was so pitiful, but the former king was being unreasonable by ignoring her. Meanwhile, the frail and severely injured woman, who looked so weak until she couldn't even stand straight to give a short speech, was now aggressively motivating their elite warriors and the people involved in her plan.

"I don't want anyone slacking off for the next few days. We are putting not only ourselves but also the entire capital city on the line here."

If they fell, the capital would crumble in no time, and the kingdom wouldn't be far behind.

Alan and Dax gathered the few chiefs of the elite warriors along with the head warriors above the royal warriors in the strategy room. To public eye it was a normal meeting under Arthur's direction, as he was the one dealing with the court matters now. No one even knew Abby was here, just like she wanted. After all, she still needed to keep up her facade. She was still a frail woman who was severely injured and needed lots of rest, where anyone outside the king's tower was concerned. "The enemy we are dealing with is no ordinary person, so I want your head, body and soul completely focused on this mission."

These were the same people Micah planned the last ambush with, so they didn't need to be told twice as to how things should go. Moreover, Abby didn't insist on pressuring them too much. J o bni b.com for the full experience. You won't find the next complete chapter anywhere else. She just wanted them to follow whatever Micah made them go through during the week before her crowning ceremony.

This time also, they only had one week to prepare. A week wasn't really a long time when they needed to prepare so many things. However, Abby had already told them how she wanted to lure Calpin to the palace, and they didn't object to her suggestion. Now they were planning how they would deal with the impact of the attack. Calpin was insanely unpredictable. And he had too many rogues to expend while his dark fire magic was no joke.

If anything went wrong in this attack, the destruction this time would not just stop at them losing their lives. Each of them had two responsibilities on their shoulders, aside from protecting others, they also needed to protect themselves. Surprisingly, Arthur supported her through every decision she made to increase their chances of coming out victorious as much as possible. He didn't hesitate to follow her lead, which depicted how perilous the situation was. There was this gloomy air to every meeting, because this would be the biggest war they had ever fought but everyone ignored it and focused on coming up with a plausible course of action for every possible move from Calpin.

With several meetings over strategic planning going on, Abby often found herself struggling to manage her time, especially with her baby in the picture.

It was really exhausting for her to balance her time between the meetings, her baby and the court. Only the thought of finding Micah soon kept her going.

One afternoon, while putting her baby to sleep, Abby felt particularly emotional, as she realized she had been finding it hard to make time for him nowadays.

"Your father must have felt even more pressured when he had to deal with all this preparation and planning alone that time." She caressed baby Arlo's back as she held back her tears.

She didn't know why she suddenly remembered the way she felt heartbroken and devastated when she realized Micah had actually kept something as big as wanting to lure Calpin to the palace and then fighting him.

Her mind swam as she recalled all the efforts she put in only for them to go in vain, when Micah saw the charade of their mating ceremony as a mere stage for his grand ambush plan. Only now she understood the blood and sweat he put in order to get rid of Calpin, so that he could give a better life to his mate.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

In his desire to protect her, he burned himself, but she didn't realize it then. Only when she had someone to protect and someone one to save desperately, did she understand why Micah did what he did back then.

"This is really exhausting, baby, but I have so many people to help me, even your taciturn grandfather is by my side, while your father did everything by himself."

Abby was really exhausted, both physically and mentally just by guiding the few men who followed her orders to make her plan work. She could only imagine how hard it had been for Micah.

It would have been better if he had shared his burdens with her. They could have planned together or she would have supported him silently. But then she remembered how her ceremony was ruined because of it, where Arthur found another reason to make things difficult for her.

Come to think of it, she was also doing the same thing to her son, depriving him of the proper ceremony he deserved. "I'm sorry, baby. Mother didn't mean to do this to you."

Abby kissed Arlo's sleeping face, as he mumbled in his sleep. She felt really bad for him. But she was grateful that he was still little and wouldn't remember this small act of injustice. She swore she would make up to him, once things settled and they rescued Micah successfully.

The only problem now was how to reduce the victims. People would flood this palace fortress on the day of the ceremony without the knowledge of the impending attack. They would be completely unaware of their predicament and the really serious danger. Moreover, this wouldn't even be the first time they would be in this situation. Abby couldn't feel burdened at the thought of how the people of capital struggled to get back on their feet after Calpin wreaked havoc by letting his rogue puppets run rampage in the palace just to get to her and Micah.

It took them months to recover any semblance of peace, but now, it would all be destroyed again.