Crossing the Border (Rania) novel Chapter 123

“If you ask my opinion, I will say that it’s not your place to judge the king for what he decided to do with his family,” Karin said with a trace of disdain.

Vanished all the pity feeling she had for the former royal beta.

“You have overstepped your position, Declan. You put the kingdom above anything else, but little did you. know the king and the kingdom is one entity. You can’t separate both.”

“And he didn’t do his role as the king!” Declan told himself to stop, because there was no point of arguing with a healer, he knew nothing about the political situation within the palace. “That woman brought the worse of him.”

Karin didn’t respond to that statement for a long moment before she finally spoke when Declan was a little bit calm.

“King Maximus’s moniker is the Mad King. How worse Lady Rania could make him be? You have years to clear his name from being called as such, but I didn’t see how you succeed about it yet.”

Declan’s nostril flared. He grabbed the tray of food and then threw it on the floor. “Get out! GET. OUT!”

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It was storm tonight, the wind sounded very harsh outside, like a howling of a banshee.

Meanwhile, inside the room, Maximus was still holding Rania’s hands tightly, warmed her up. He had not yet budged from his position, since four hours ago.

And at some time in the middle of the night, he fell asleep. The exhaustion that had been accumulating more than a week hit him so hard.

The howling wind outside still sounded very vicious, and that was the sound that Rania was woken up into.

Rania gave a start, her body shuddered, as the harsh wind hit the branches, which made a grating sound against the window.

She looked around her, and found Maximus was sleeping, while sitting on a chair, with his head on the edge of Rania’s bed.

His brows furrowed, as though he had a nightmare.

For a moment, Rania looked at her surroundings. She was in a hospital, without a doubt, and the fact that Maximus was here it meant he managed to rescue her from Killian’s grasp.

But, even so, Rania didn’t feel like she was being saved. If anything, it only felt like she escaped a trap of a snake only to be shoved into a pack of wild wolf that would tear her apart.

Rania tried to move her arm, but she couldn’t do it, because Maximus was sleeping on it, which made her arm turned numb.

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However, because of that small movement, Maximus jolted awake. He opened his eyes and immediately found Rania’s.

For a brief moment, the two of them only stared into each other, while outside the raging storm was getting

worse.

“I am hot dreaming, right?” Maximus said in his sleepy tone

The king thought he was still dreaming when he saw Rania opened her eyes, that was why he had no reaction.

On the other hand, Rania stared at her mate’s sleeping face. He looked trouble, as if he had aged a few years after the last time, she saw him.

“No, Rania. Please, stay still.”

And then, the worst thing happened. Rania couldn’t hold it back anymore, and she wetted herself. She felt like she was going to die. It would be better if she was dead.

For a brief moment, Maximus didn’t understand, but then he saw it. Rania wetted the bed and herself.

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And when he looked at his mate again, Rania was crying silently, she covered her face with her palms when the nurses walked inside.

“Get out!” Maximus screamed at the nurses, who just entered the room. They were stunned, because they were called to come. “Get out now!” Maximus threw a pillow towards their direction to make them leave.

Seeing this, they immediately rushed out of the room, too scared to even ask what happened, and why they were called only for being chased away afterwards.

“It’s okay. It’s okay.” Maximus then carried Rania in his arms toward the bathroom once the nurses left. “I am sorry, I didn’t know,” he said awkwardly, but Rania still covered her face. She felt humiliated. Rightfully so.

Maximus didn’t know that she needed to go to the bathroom. He thought, Rania was about to run away from him.