The King's Wife Is The Alpha's Mate

The man told her that he had been preparing for this takeover for many years. In fact, his pack had done everything within their power to get their revenge literally since the last Great Human and Lycan War that occurred over twenty years ago.

Blood River Pack and countless others were confident that they were ready to take over Riga and then spread all over the continent. Sophie believed them and was actually more worried about what would happen to the humans afterward.

"When it\'s time for me to give birth… it will be a chaotic time, ushering in a new era, I believe." Sophie sighed softly. "Where lycans are at the top and…  well…"

As Sophie was stuck contemplating with herself, she suddenly heard the door knocked. Sophie raised her head and asked. "Who is it?"

"It\'s your maidservant, Luna," Dinah called out to her from the other side.

Sophie blinked and then smiled a little. Since Dinah had been monumental in giving her courage to confess her love to Leland many moons ago, she always felt a sense of closeness with Dinah. So, she was happy to hear from the maidservant. "Please come in."

The door slowly opened and Dinah walked in with a tray filled with a teapot and one cup. She said warmly, "Good afternoon, Luna. The entire manor is in a state of upheaval, isn\'t it?"

Sophie laughed a little and nodded. "Yeah. I think Leland deciding to attack during the coronation sets a new precedent, doesn\'t it? I can\'t blame him that everything is kind of chaotic right now."

Dinah nodded and looked at her seriously. "Were you able to tell the Alpha that you are pregnant? You requested us to keep it a secret… but now he is going to attack the capital. How do you feel?"

"I\'ve accepted it." Sophie smiled tiredly and shrugged. "It\'s a little difficult for me to accept, but I want to support my husband."

Dinah fell silent for a moment as she approached Sophie and placed the tray on the table. She immediately started to fill a cup with tea even without Sophie\'s word before she sat across the woman.

"There\'s probably a lot of things on your mind, Luna." Dinah offered her the teacup and looked down at the floor. "I am… in awe of your mental strength. I\'ve always doubted you in the past, you know?"

Sophie blinked at the sudden mood of her maidservant and friend. She smiled kindly at her. "I know… that. I must not have been the person that you expected to be the pack\'s Luna, right?"

Dinah shook her head as her eyes stung. "No, you turned out to be better than I expected."

"Gosh, don\'t cry." Sophie laughed and accepted the teacup from Dinah. "I never realized you had such a sensitive side too. We\'re both learning new things about each other, right?"

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<Earlier that day>

Isolde wanted to make sure that her son Leland was preoccupied with the idea of attacking the coronation so she could do as she pleased.

When both Leland and Sophie left the breakfast hall, she waited for Leland\'s loyal men to also leave so she wouldn\'t get followed.

Once they were gone, Isolde set off to work.

The first thing that Isolde did was to meet up with the elder who stayed with Leland for the past year. This was her own spy who agreed to work with her for their own mutual benefit.

Now she met up with the older man and bared her teeth. She grumbled, "It seems like you have enjoyed your vacation here and have gained weight, don\'t you?"

The elder\'s face turned red as he looked at himself. "Stupid humans have a lot of delicious food here… it was all that our Alpha wanted to serve to keep his mate happy. I had no other choice."

Isolde looked at him blankly. "Give me something important that I can use against Anne\'s daughter or I will make you regret being a useless lycan who didn\'t do anything for the past year."

The elder sweated. "It\'s hard! All of the people here are loyal to the Alpha. Not one of them will lay a hand on the Luna or even speak ill of her when your son is around. What can I do?"

"It is simple, you fool."

"What?" the elder narrowed his eyes at her. "I won\'t die for you."

Isolde smiled cruelly at the elder, couldn\'t believe his incompetence. "Who is the closest person to Anne\'s daughter? Surely there is one among them and all we have to do is erode their confidence in her."

The elder blinked and his expression changed for a moment. "You\'ve already been informed that the Luna has children from outside of this pack, right? They do not belong to the Alpha at all."

"Yes, I am aware of those stupid whelps existence but I couldn\'t care less about them," Isolde\'s eyes sharpened. "I want to strangle the wench, but I cannot expose myself."

"Well… there is someone who\'s been a constant presence in the Luna\'s life besides the time when the children were born." the Elder explained. "The others are not so happy that the Alpha took in those kids. She however seems quite close with the Luna and is tasked to become nannies for her children."

"Then we already have someone who can do the job for us." Isolde smiled. "Keep everyone off my back and I will seclude this woman myself and talk with her."

"Do you really think you can do that?" the Elder asked her doubtfully. "If anything were to happen to the Luna at this point… you\'re risking the goals of the pack too much for your petty revenge."

"Petty revenge?" Isolde\'s eyes flashed. "I am doing everything for the pack, elder. All of this is for our benefit, I assure you. Or would you prefer to bring this conversation with Grand Witch Elaine yourself?"

The Elder grimaced and then folded his hands. "Fine, this woman who is always at the Luna\'s side is…"

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