Carnivals: Claimed By The Deranged Alpha Prince [BL]-Chapter 299: Gearing Up

Chapter 299

Blaze’s pov

In all honesty, I wanted Labyrinth to stay behind.

Today is the day that I’m finally going to bring my uncle down from the throne which rightfully belongs to me, and give it to my sister. I just already knew that it wasn’t gonna be an easy feat, so I wanted my mate to stay behind. It doesn’t matter to me that he has now grown so strong, I’d always be worried about him no matter the situation we’re in, and I’d always want him to be far away from every danger.

But I knew he’d not agree to stay behind.

Roy was rounding up some last minute plans, and he was bickering with Kim. My mate and I exchanged glances and I snorted. I was yet to talk to Roy about what his deal with Kim was, but I planned on doing that today. It’s been three days since I regained my sanity back and it’s safe to say that I now feel very much normal again. I briefly wondered how the people in the werewolf clan had taken the news of my disappearance, but knowing how they hated and feared me, they most definitely threw a party in celebration.

I let out a sigh, dragging my fingers through my hair as I turned around to stare at the children staring at me from the other side of the palace. Labyrinth nudged my shoulders and I glanced down at him.

"They’re smitten with you." He told me and I rolled my eyes before ruffling his hair up.

"They’re scared, you mean." I corrected him but he only rolled his eyes before taking my hand, and then he began to practically pull me in the direction of the kids. My eyes widened and I panicked.

"Are you sure?" I asked but he nodded vigorously, his grip firm on my wrist. I could have chosen not to move but I willingly followed because of him, even though my heart was currently lodged in my throat. When we finally stopped in front of the kids, I realized that they weren’t running away and screaming their heads off from fright like I had expected, instead, they all appeared shy.

I’ve never interacted with kids before, so I didn’t know what that meant. Labyrinth had a pleased expression on as he crouched down and whispered something to the kids who instantly huddled around him. They all giggled after a few heartbeats and I watched as the kids stepped away from my mate, a determined expression across their small faces.

What happened next completely caught me off guard.

They all turned in my direction and hugged my legs at the same time, trapping me in their middle, while wide grins remained on their faces. My eyes widened and I glanced at my mate in confusion but he squealed excitedly before whipping out his phone and taking a bunch of pictures.

"What’s happening? Why are they doing this?" I asked a grinning labyrinth as he made his way towards me and he petted some of the kids’ heads.

"They’re doing this because they like you." He said slowly and I blinked at him once before peering at the kids. One of the two girls in the bunch had a little blush across her face and I was beyond shocked when labyrinth explained that she has a crush on me since the day I arrived.

"Why aren’t they scared of me?" I asked quietly, not wanting the kids to overhear and Labyrinth nodded firmly,

"Of course they’re not. Most people are only scared of you because of rumors and not because they’ve had encounters with you. It’s up to you to decide if you still want to follow that lifestyle or start up a new reputation." He explained and I blinked again on realizing that he was actually right.

It’s up to me to make this decision now. Back then, my father already made everyone scared of me since I was born, so the choice was taken from me. On gaining freedom, since I had only been shown pain throughout my life in the past, the only thing I was interested in was inflicting pain on others and that was exactly what I began to do, till I created a whole ass reputation for myself.

However now that I had come to understand that there was something better than fear. It was love, respect and gratitude. And maybe I didn’t want innocent people to be scared of me any longer, the only ones who should definitely be terrified of me are bad people and people who’ve wronged the few people I love.

"You’re right." I breathed out, and my mate flashed me a very pleased and happy grin. Then he made me crouch low till I was the same height as the kids, then he began to tell me their names, and even though I felt like I might forget them minutes later, I still listened attentively.

When one of the little boys blurted out that he’d like to marry labyrinth in the future, I had to physically force myself to not growl in disapproval because the kid clearly didn’t know what he was talking about and is only smitten with labyrinth’s unreal beauty in an innocent way.

Labyrinth let out a soft string of laughter at the boy’s words, clearly finding it cute.

If I scowled throughout the rest of the minutes the boy spent hugging my mate, it was nobody’s business. freewёbnoνel.com

After the kids left, labyrinth rolled his eyes at me before jabbing a finger in my chest. "Please don’t tell me you’re jealous of that kid."

"I’m not." I argued but I guess my scent gave me away a little.

"Why was he talking about that though? You should have told him you’re already married and that your husband is a jealous bastard."

He laughed a little, cheeks warming up.

"We’re not married yet..." he began but I rolled my eyes and tugged him against me.

"But we already are, remember? The goddess of light?

Before he could respond, Roy whistled, getting our attention and ruining the moment.

"If you two lovebirds are done, then I’d like to announce that we’re all set to go kick some ass."