To her, this was all a punishment, a punishment she strongly believed was orchestrated by the king himself to punish her severely. This was a mental punishment.
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When Darlene opened her eyes lucky enough to have survived a fortnight of intense pain and heat like hell burning through all the blood vessels in her body that she had lost hope of waking up ever again after all, the person she was fighting against was the Alpha himself, she was comforted to see the king of the kingdom she now receded watching over her with his brow furrowed.
It was the perfect reward for all she was made to go through. She moved and tried to sit down but her whole body refused to receive command from her as it remained on the bed without a single part getting moved.
The king's eyes widened when he noticed finally that her eyes were open after fourteen days of being closed and unmoving.