The King's Wife Is The Alpha's Mate
Chapter 257 Karenina’s Accusations

Noel, who met the queen and Viscount Verhoven on their way to the king's chamber, bowed his head to pay his respects to them. However, they didn't notice him. Both were very rushed.

The head of Royal Lycan Hunter was confused to see their reaction. Noel immediately stopped the servant who was running after the queen and Viscount Verhoven and asked her for information.

"Did anything happen? Where are they going?"

The servant informed him that she heard the sound of a woman's hysterical crying from the king's room but she didn't dare to barge in. Right now, the queen and Viscount Verhoven wanted to go to the king's chamber to check.

Noel was cautious and went with the servant, alongside other royal staff who were around the area and overheard their conversation. They all followed suit.

After they rushed down the corridor, Queen Marianne and Viscount Verhoven finally arrived in front of the king's room.

Without waiting for a second, Queen Marianne immediately opened the door, and to her surprise, she saw Karenina's and Nicholas' clothes strewn on the floor while on the bed, Karenina was curled up naked and sobbing.

Viscount Verhoven walked over to his daughter, covered her with the blanket as Karenina immediately hugged him.

"Fatherr...!!!" she sobbed despondently.

"What happened, dear?" asked Viscount Verhoven. He feigned concerned expression and gently rubbed his daughter's back. His voice sounded annoyed. It was such a simple thing. All his stupid daughter needed to do was sleep with the king but it seemed she was too incompetent to do it right. Where is the king now??

Shouldn't they be catching the  king with Karenina in bed by now? Did she let him go? So dumb!

The aphrodisiac should have made the king pass out after a passionate lovemaking, but it didn't work. It's an big failure. What exactly happened?

Karenina sobbed and had tears in her eyes. "Father ... His M-majesty ... sobs ... The king... he ... sobs ... I ...."

Viscount Verhoven cupped his daughter's face, a bit harsher than necessary but his voice was like laced with poison. "My dear daughter, please tell me what happened to you? Speak clearly."

Karenina's tears flowed like a river.

"The king raped me ... sobs," she said, then buried her face in her father's chest.

Viscount Verhoven gritted his teeth. He knew that he needed to play this scheme that his daughter was setting up. Maybe Karenina was not so dumb, after all.

Meanwhile Queen Marianne was wide-eyed. She was very shocked to hear Karenina's confession, saying that the king, her son had raped the young woman.

Queen Marianne raised Nicholas better than that. She clenched her fists to the sides, looking visibly upset. She didn't want to believe this.

No... Nicholas would never do something like this...

However, when the queen saw Karenina's tears and how much she was shaking, Queen Marianne knew that she shouldn't brush off Karenina's story.

Right now, Nicholas couldn't defend himself.

Karenina was also a good woman. They had known each other for five years at this point. She was practically a daughter to the queen now since she was engaged to Nicholas. Could she really lie about such a thing?

No... why would she lie? She didn't get anything from lying. She and Nicholas would be married next month.  Maybe Nicholas got too carried away and...

It's okay... Glad that the royal family already announced their upcoming wedding. This was just a hiccup. As long as Karenina could forgive Nicholas... there would be no problem.

They would be husband and wife soon. It's not wrong for the groom to consummate their marriage early. Queen Marianne kept telling herself those words.

Everything would be okay. Karenina was just shocked. Nicholas didn't mean to do force  her. Perhaps... he was drunk and he couldn't be gentle when they had sex. Queen Marianne would need to talk to him and give him so marital advice.

​ All the maids standing in the doorway also looked surprised and exchanged glances. They had heard Princess Karenina muttered something about the king raped her, and this caused such an uproar among the servants.

"Karenina, honey... I am so, sorry this happened to you..." The queenn staggered toward the bed. Her face was filled with grief.  "Wh-where's Nicholas? Do you know?"

Queen Marianne stammered as she inquired where her son was. As she cried Karenina said that she didn't know. After he raped her, the king immediately left.

The shards of broken glass from the balcony distracted Queen Marianne far more than the girl's cries. She was worried sick.

"Your Majesty the Queen," Viscount Verhoven looked at Queen Marianne sharply. Hee looked displeased. He took the role of a father who was angry because his daughter had been raped. "I know you will choose to protect your son and hide this incident… I also must do the same for my daughter."

"I… I won't... I won't protect my son..." Either way, Queen Marianne had truly lost face in front of Viscount Verhoven. She felt very ashamed and disappointed with what Nicholas had done if he really did the despicable thing.

Why did he even have to run away? Couldn't he have stayed here and rejected Karenina properly?

They wouldn't have gotten into this mess if it was dealt with properly.

Now his reputation as a good and righteous king was now at a risk. Gosh! Where did he go??

With an angry tone, Queen Marianne ordered Noel to look for the king until he found him.

"Noel, please replace Nicholas as soon as possible. Do it without alerting the citizens about what happened, but do it swiftyl."

"Shall I mobilize all of my men to bring His Majesty back, Your Majesty?"

Queen Marianne bit her lip but then clenched her fist angrily. "I expect that as the Head Royal Lycan Hunter, you can do it yourself. I am sure that he has not gone far off, but do not hesitate to drag him back. He will face my wrath here, so do not measure out justice by yourself."

If the people were to hear the news that their King was arrested like a criminal and forced to go back, the royal family's reputation was going to succumb further. It wasn't only the king but the entire royal family would be placed under scrutiny.

Everyone who listened in was surprised to see the queen so angry, while Karenina and her father only exchanged looks.

After she gave orders to Noel, the queen wearily walked over to Karenina and her father. This situation drained and weakened her.

"I do not know the exact particulars that happened tonight, but I deeply regret what my son has done," the queen said. "But I must ask that this conversation doesn't leave this room. The kingdom of Riga lies on the trust that the king is just and if he has truly..."

"Can your regrets wash away the shame my daughter will endure?! I let my daughter get engaged to your son because I know that my daughter loves your son and because I thought my daughter would live happily if she married the man she loves."

He added angrily, "However, what did your son do?! He toyed with my daughter's love and devotion to him. For five years, your son made my daughter look like a fool, but today your son crossed the line!"

Viscount Verhoven spoke with burning anger. He was acting so well, that his anger managed to make Queen Marianne tremble.

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From Missrealitybites:

As you can see, Karenina truly framed Nicholas for r a p e that he didn't commit. Things are about to get messy. However, I have good news for you in the next chapter ^^