Free Web NovelChapter 174: Chapter 174
Louis didn’t know he was still awake, "Did I wake you up?" He asked, feeling guilty.
Dio just shrugged, "It’s fine but you could pay a quick visit to Henri if that’ll make you feel better."
Louis suddenly felt the weight on his shoulder ease up, there wasn’t a single hint of judgment in Dio’s voice, the Alpha was always so supportive. He drifted closer to him and cupped his face so that he could finger comb his wild hair. "I will... will you get some sleep now?" He asked quietly.
Dio just nuzzled his face in Louis’ stomach, making him suppress his soft laughter at the ticklish feeling. "No, I’ll wait for you to come back."
Louis smoothened down his hair and pulled away, "Alright, I’ll make sure to come back quickly." He whispered, already heading to the door. He was dressed in Dio’s shirt and the bottom half of a pair of his nightclothes so he was fit to traverse around the dorm building.
Dio’s eyes trailed him out the door, lids low over his mismatched eyes as he watched his boyfriend scurry off - all the while, Louis was unaware of this.
The tawny-haired Alpha expelled out the breath he had been holding in when the door clicked shut, leaning against it briefly to organize his thoughts.
He hadn’t given Dio those kisses... It wasn’t that he didn’t want to but that he was too self-conscious to initiate it, not to mention, he had been recently preoccupied with Henri so much... He barely spent time with Dio anymore.
Sure Dio had never complained about it before and would always be the first to suggest that Louis go to Henri but his boyfriend had stopped tagging along with him to see Henri. Which was fair, Dio had his own friends to hang out with, it was just...
He shook his head to get rid of his pesky thoughts, he was sure that he was the only one who felt like that and Dio thought nothing of it. Besides, beating himself silently over it wasn’t going to fix the distance he felt was slowly growing between him and Dio, what would fix it would be talking to him and Louis intended to do that tonight. What better time than the present?
He just needed to peek in on Henri and then hurry right back, maybe this time he would be able to work up the confidence to initiate a kiss...
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Alexander rolled out of his bed with a dark look on his face - who the fuck was knocking at his dorm room door at midnight? He glanced at his sleeping roommate as he walked past, the Alpha was curled up with a leg sticking out of his blanket, sleeping peacefully without a single care in the world - lucky him.
Alexander reflexively tugged the blanket so that it covered his stray leg, striding to the door to yank it open. It better not be fucking Claud-
His thoughts were wiped clean when he caught a good look at who it actually was, his expression turned grave and he stepped out so he could gently close the door behind him.
"You better not have bad news for me." He grumbled to the trio of first years who were staring up at him with stars in their eyes.
"Your Highness!" One with floppy brown hair said reverently, making no effort to hide his excitement. "His Highness the Omega Prince is currently at Marble Park, this is your chance!" freewebnoveℓ.com
Alexander winced at all the titles the junior was throwing around but then the rest of his words sank in and he frowned. "What do you mean by that?"
The three had already started off, "Just come with us Your Highness, you’ll understand everything in a moment."
Alexander didn’t bother hiding his groan, wishing that he could just turn around and head back to his warm comfortable bed. Somehow he felt like he was going to end up being the bad guy in this situation too and this time Claude would reach his limit and actually try to kill him.
Just what the fuck had the idiots from his country done this time? He was embarrassed to be associated with them. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
It was part of the reason why he had decided to transfer to Alpha Academy as well, there were just too many citizens of his country enrolling for it not to be worrisome. He couldn’t risk them doing something that would upset the peace between both nations but he might as well have put his foot in his own mouth because that was exactly what he stepped out of the dorm building to see.
Alexander immediately took a step back when they got to their destination, there were two Alphas already standing stiffly like they were standing guard over the marble bench that held none other than a sleeping Henri. He took another step back at their sparkly stares in his direction, then two more, maybe he could turn around and make a run for it before they could try to stop him.
"Your Highness!" Floppy brown hair called again, dropping to his knees and touching his hair to the grass underfoot. "Please do us the honor of creating our god."
The others followed suit, all dropping to their knees, even the two that had been previously standing guard. One of them spoke this time, "You’re the only one worthy."
Alexander looked on in confusion, what were these fools going on about? He steadfastly refused to look at Henri, knowing that if he did, it would seal the deal. Yet he couldn’t just turn around and leave much like he wanted to because it was his job to clean up their mess. "What are you all... You know what? I don’t want to know, just tell me how and why you brought Prince Henri outside."
"We didn’t!" Floppy brown hair protested, clearly the loudest of the bunch. "We were merely taking a late-night walk and stumbled into him, it must be fate." He said magnanimously.
Alexander shot him a look of disbelief, "You expect me to believe that?"
"We swear on the Crown of Tharfield, Your Highness!" They were quick to chorus, making Alexander want to dig his fingers in his eyes, maybe if he couldn’t see, he could pretend that this mess didn’t exist.
He still had no idea what was going on, he did know though that all of the Alphas present belonged to an obscure cult that believed that Henri was going to birth a god. It was ridiculous but there was freedom of religion so he couldn’t hold it over them, as long as they weren’t hurting anyone... He was about to eat his own fucking words though.
