The King's Wife Is The Alpha's Mate

Sophie walked over to the edge of her balcony. She looked up at the silver moon and imagined Leland's face within the moon.

"Leland... Are you hurt? Are you sick? Are you in trouble and that's why you can't come home immediately?" She sobbed softly and started to cry. She was very worried that something bad would happen to the man. "Please be okay... please be okay..."

Sophie didn't want to think negatively but thoughts like Leland being caught and killed kept haunting her and it scared her terribly.

Even though she was trying to comfort herself that Leland was very strong, so he must be fine, there was still a part of her that kept reminding her that the place Leland went to was the enemy's lair. He only brought ten of his men to infiltrate a kingdom with its many soldiers and almost 700 lycans protecting it.

Sophie regretted the day she let him go. She should have been adamant about asking him to stay and stop caring about Eloise. He went there to free Eloise, didn't he? Was Eloise that important to him?

The reason why Sophie let him go was that she didn't want to be seen as a jealous wife. Also, she felt bad about letting a fellow woman in a difficult situation just because she had a personal beef with the said woman.

Back then, those two reasons were enough. Now, they seemed weak and unimportant. She missed him so badly and wished she could hug him. She would never let him be far away from her ever again.

She buried her face in her hands and started sobbing quietly.

From quite a distance away, on the other tower of the palace, a man was clenching his fists to the sides. As a lycan, his sense of vision and hearing were so sharp, he could clearly see Sophie standing on the balcony of her room, crying.

This made him feel so helpless. He wanted to come to her and console her, but he couldn't.

He had to keep his distance from Sophie to respect her mate. Leland was graceful enough to accept him being in his mate's and children's lives, so Nicholas wouldn't ruin his chance to keep being in Sophie's and the boys' lives.

He knew lycans were very passionate creatures and they were deeply possessive of their mates. So, he knew Leland had upped his tolerance level by a lot. Nicholas didn't think other male lycans, especially an Alpha like him would ever do such a thing.

So, he always trod carefully. He kept his distance, his words and actions in a safe way. That's why even though he was very concerned and feeling sorry for Sophie, he kept holding back and didn't do anything.  He could only watch her from afar.

Not long after, Queen Marianne approached him. She was looking for Nicholas in his room but the servant told her the king was sitting on a balcony outside his study. So, she went there to find him.

She could see Nicholas' sole focus was on the tower on the far end of the royal palace compound. It was where Sophie was staying. The queen easily guessed that her son must be watching a certain someone.

"Nic." Her gentle voice greeted her son when she stepped out into the balcony. "What are you doing here?"

Nicholas was a bit surprised when he heard his mother's voice. He turned around and smiled at the queen.

"I am relaxing," he said. "I find the view from this balcony to be really nice."

He was referring to the garden under them. However, the queen knew that was not what Nicholas meant by a nice view. She noticed Nicholas spent more and more time here after Sophie came to stay with them.

,m She quickly realized that this balcony was located in the part of the palace where Nicholas could see Sophie and her kids when she was sitting on their balcony playing with them. Even though it was quite far away from here, she was sure with Nicholas' heightened senses, it wouldn't be a problem for him to see them.

"Let's go see her," the queen said suddenly, making Nicholas' face turn beet red. She added, "I am sure she could use some company."

Queen Marianne knew that Nicholas had been standing there because he wanted to see Sophie but felt bad about going into her room and seeing her in person.

"Where are Luciel and Jan?" Nicholas asked his mother a question to change the topic. Ever since Jan and Luciel came to the palace, Queen Marianne spent almost all of her time with her two grandchildren.

"They're asleep. They're also worried that Leland isn't coming home. I was trying so hard to get them to sleep," said the queen. Her voice sounded tired. "Finally, after I read three stories, the long ones, sleep came to them."

Hearing that, Nicholas smiled faintly. He was lying if he said he was not jealous or pretending to be fine. On the inside, he was jealous, very jealous, and hurt to see Sophie was so worried about Leland as well as her two children, Luciel and Jan.

Nicholas wondered in his mind if he were in Leland's position, would Sophie worry about him like that too? How about Luciel and Jan? Would they also be worried about him?

Stupid…

Why would Sophie feel worried about him? Who was he to Sophie? Nobody. He was the past that Sophie wanted to forget.

While for Jan and Luciel, he was a new person who entered their life as a father. They might be worried about him but not as much as they were worried about Leland.

For the umpteenth time, Nicholas reminded himself and made it clear to his heart that right now he was a NOBODY, to Sophie while Leland was her mate or husband.

Then, regarding Jan and Luciel. If they were more worried about Leland, then it was normal because, for six years, Leland had been the father they knew,

So Nicholas had absolutely no right to be jealous. Even though it was painful and very hard to accept, Nicholas accepted it.