Before Ares could say anything, Isabel barged into the room with wide eyes.

“Oh, I heard she had woken up so I came to see her" Ares turned to her with a tilt of his head.
“And how does that concern you?" Isabel's eyes widened.
“Oh…. I'm your future wife, anything that concerns you, concerns me. You cut our date Short because of her so the least I can do is come see how she's doing" Myla turned to Ares with wide eyes. He had left his date because of her?
Ares sighed then turned to Myla.
“Now that you're better. Get ready and get dressed, we have somewhere to be" And with that, he walked out of the room with Isabel behind him.
Myla laid on the bed for a while before climbing out with a sigh.

She couldn't help but still wonder why Ares cared for her so much. Was it because….. he liked her?
Myla shook that thought away. They haven't known each other for long so that couldn't be the case but if that was indeed the case then she had the upper hand here. If he liked her then it was going to be easier for her to get closer to him and then stab him in the back but first, she has to test if her theory is right.
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Isabel grabbed onto Ares' hand as they walked out of the room.
“If I went missing, would you have sent the troop after me?" Ares shook his head without a second thought which made Isabel frown.
“And why not? My well being should be your first priority" Ares rolled his eyes.

“You can take care of yourself and even if you can't, you have your kingdom and they will come looking for you" Isabel's frown deepened.
“But I want you to look for me, turn the city upside down just because you can't find me. Why do you have to treat your slave the way I want to be treated?" Ares stared at her for a while but said nothing.

“Ares, I have found the men you asked me to look for" Cornelius said as he walked up to them. Ares nodded and shrugged off Isabel's hold on his arm.
“Let's go then" Isabel grabbed his hand before he could walk away.

“Where are you going and can I tag along?" Ares sighed. Why did she suddenly become a nuisance? Before he could answer her, Myla walked out of the room all dressed up.
“Erm… Ares, I think you made a mistake with the dresses" She muttered as she walked up to them. They all turned to her and Isabel gasped.
“That gown…. It wasn't made for a slave, I asked you to get me that dress" Ares eyes lingered a little too long on Myla. Her hair was let down with a few pieces braided at the front. The gown was a mini flair gown that made Myla look so innocent yet mischievous. He nodded his head in approvement then turned to Isabel.
“I'll get you another one. Let's go" Then he walked away. Myla immediately caught up to them and out of impulse, moved over to walk beside Ares when Isabel pushed her aside.
“What do you think you're doing? You are a slave and you're meant to stand behind your master. See, Ares, she's getting ahead of herself because you bought her this expensive gown" Ares glanced back at Myla then turned to Cornelius.
“Walk with her '' Then he walked away with Isabel who had a grin on her face. Myla scratched the back of her head. She didn't know what she wanted him to do about the situation but it was certainly not him walking away with Isabel. Maybe he didn't really like her like she thought.

“Ughhh, I don't know why we always get stuck together" She heard Cornelius mutter. She turned to him with a grin.
“Maybe the universe wants us to become friends. Shouldn't we obey the universe?" Cornelius scoffed but said nothing after that.
They both walked behind Ares and Isabel till they got to the lounge area. Ares turned to Cornelius.
“Cornelius get the men" Cornelius nodded and walked away. Myla turned to Ares and was about to ask him who the men were but Isabel beat her to it.
“What men? Is something going on?" Ares glanced at Isabel then turned to Myla.
“I killed the men that tried to harm you yesterday rashly so I was unable to know who sent them" Isabel's eyes widened.
“What if no one sent them, what if they did it on their own Accord?" Even though Henry had been mean to Myla since the moment they met, she didn't think he had wanted to kill her. She couldn't believe he would kill her and gain nothing, someone had to pay him to do that and it seemed Ares thought like her.
“We are about to find out, Aren't we?" Just then, Cornelius and some men guards dragged the men towards Ares and made them kneel in front of him. They immediately bowed their heads as they shook out of fear.

“Spare us Alpha King, we have nothing to do with what Henry did to your slave" Myla turned to the voice and noticed it was James.
Ares tilted his head at them then turned to Cornelius.
“Did you tell them why they are here?" Cornelius shook his head.
“I just rounded them all up and disclosed nothing of the situation" Ares turned to James with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.
“So how did you know why you were here? I made sure Henry's body and the other men's bodies were disposed of" James' eyes widened and he quickly bowed his head.

“It's because the night before all these happened, Henry had told me he was finally going to get rich because someone wealthy was paying him to kidnap a slave. I didn't know who he was referring to and honestly, I didn't care but when I heard that the king had sent out troops to find his slave, I instantly knew it had to do with Henry" He raised his head to glance and Myla and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw she was okay.
Ares noticed James' eyes drifted towards Myla and for whatever reason, he didn't like that. He grabbed James by the neck and Lifted him up from the ground.
“And how do I know you're telling the truth?" Ares muttered.
“He is" They all turned to Myla as soon as she said that.
“What?" Ares questioned as he narrowed his eyes on her.
“He wouldn't want to harm me, he's…. He's my uncle" Ares raised an eyebrow while James' and Cornelius' eyes widened. Isabel just looked scared.
“Your uncle was among the men that Sold you?" Ares questioned incredulously. Myla scratched the back of her head as she laughed nervously.

“Got to help the family, am I right?" They all stared at her like she had lost her mind and she didn't blame them though. If she were in their shoes, she would have done the same.
Ares turned to James and released his hold on his neck. James fell to the ground as he gasped for air.

“Did you see the person that sent him this job?" James shook his head.
“I never got to see her face because she always wore a cloak but she seemed to be filthy rich and she seemed to be close to you. The last time I heard her talking to Henry, she was talking about how she couldn't stand the slave because she was getting too close to you" All their eyes widened with realization then turned to Isabel who looked like she was about to faint….