Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Seed of Doubt (II)


    A long silence ensued between them.


    Jade and Gale stared at each other-no, Jade was staring at her Alpha, but Gale was ring at her, as if he could kill her right here, right now.


    "So, what do you think of my theory? It''s quite usible, right?"


    "The only thing usible in this scenario is me ripping your head off," Gale retorted ruthlessly. "I don''t want to listen to your bullshit. If there''s nothing else you want to talk about, then leave the throne room immediately. You have no right to be here."


    "I know you can be violent at times. But you should consider my theory. I''m just trying to make sense of what happenedst night. Who knows, Swan might''ve used her witchcraft to put Rock into a sudden rut as well—"


    Jade quickly stopped her sentence because Gale began to release his aura. It was a threat because even she wasn''t immune to it. She might''ve died due tock of air.


    "I''m sorry. I was just speaking nonsense," Jade smiled. "I''ll leave now, Your Majesty."


    Lady Jade turned around and left the throne room with a thin smile on her lips. Gale might''ve said that he didn''t believe her at all, but she had lived with him for a very long time to know that Gale was just in denial right now.


    ''Of course, he would be in denial. If the wife he loves so much turns out to be a witch, then he will also doubt if his love for her was ever real. A powerful witch could easily charm a man to hopelessly fall in love,'' Jade thought. ''And when he realizes his love is not real, that''s the time when I finally win against that little crippled bitch.''


    *


    Gale gritted his teeth as he only had one thing in mind.


    ''Should I kill her? She disrespected my wife like that. Swan''s dignity is mine, so Jade has disrespected me as well,'' Gale pondered. ''But she is the only one remaining from the Storm Pack. As the Alpha, I still have my duty to protect my pack, especially when she is the only one left.''


    Gale was conflicted.


    As he slowly calmed himself down, his mind wandered to his beloved.


    Of course, he didn''t believe Jade at all.


    Swan was a very pure-hearted woman. Gale knew it because the real reason why he didn''t want to mark Jade after he got cursed, was because her nape smelled rancid, like rotten flesh that he would never touch.


    It was very different with Swan, who always had that alluring natural scent around her body.


    The Moon Goddess once told him that some women weren''t fit to be his bride because they were dirty.


    Even though that useless Moon Goddess never specified what kind of dirty.


    ''I know Swan has a pure heart. But what about that night? How could she survive an attack from Rock?'' Gale wondered. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried to get the thought off his mind, he kept thinking about it, and the possibility of Swan having a non-human power was the most usible.


    ''But if that''s the case, is there a kind-hearted witch? Don''t they draw their power from hatred and vile thoughts? Gale had seen a fair. share of witches in his life. Many winged beastmen tribes had at least a few witches as their shamans. He had also seen a human witch once, and that human witch was so weak, she couldn''t even do anything against him.


    ''That useless Goddess said that I''m immune to dark spells, or any witchcraft, because my curse is the worst, and it would automatically dispel any other kind of magic around me,'' Gale thought. ''Then, could it be that Swan is not a witch, but something else?''


    He gritted his teeth once he found another dead end. He couldn''t find any answer to his questions.


    The more he thought about it, the harder it was for him to make sense of what happened that night.


    "I should just bring up the topic with her today. I want to hear every detail that she remembers."


    **


    Swan was sitting at the table with all the food for dinner already prepared beforehand. Gale said that he would love to have dinner with her today, so she waited patiently.


    "Have you been waiting long?" Gale asked as he entered their bedroom. "I''m sorry. There were many things to do today in the throne room."


    Swan smiled at him as Gale sat at the opposite side, "It''s okay. I''ve prepared your dinner today. Now, I know you like fresh meat, or rare steak at best, but I added a few ingredients to your steak. I think you''ll like it."


    "Is it Holy Achate''s specialty?" Gale asked.


    "No, it''s actually a few spices from the West."


    "West?" Gale frowned.


    "Mhm, I-I


    asked th


    the maids about your original pack, and they said they don''t know much, but they know that you came from the west forest area, where it''s mostly hignd with a lot of storms. They know this information from their elders," Swan exined. "-I didn''t mean to pry too much about your origin, I just think that I should


    prepare you something you''re familiar with."


    Gale''s thin smile disappeared instantly.


    The information that Swan gathered was right. His original pack was from the Southwest, which was a mountainous region with a lot of storms all year long, except during winter, when it became a blizzard.


    The southwest mountainous area created powerful beastmen, because it was a dangerous and difficult area to live in. Gale was the strongest of the Storm Pack. He had always been one ever since he was young.


    Swan noticed that Gale looked unhappy, so she asked, "Gale? Did I do something wrong?"


    "No, you don''t do anything wrong, sweetheart. I was just reminded of the past," Gale muttered. "My original pack was called the Storm Pack. We were great at surviving the harsh conditions, and amazing during battles."