[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marked-by-the-mad-king-alpha":3,"chapter-marked-by-the-mad-king-alpha-marked-by-the-mad-king-alpha-chapter-119":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marked By The Mad King Alpha",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1732100,2214,"Chapter 119 Stripped Of His Title","marked-by-the-mad-king-alpha-chapter-119",119,"\u003Cp>Perry’s POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, I need to see the king. I have to see the king!\" A desperate woman pleaded with my warriors at the entrance. Word had reached her that I’d been staying at the beach house, not far from her residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s your business?! You can’t just demand an audience with the king!\" My warriors snapped back, irritated. They knew better than to disturb me unnecessarily, especially over trivial matters. \"Back off!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear crept into their voices—they dreaded the thought of me hearing this disturbance and losing my temper over their inability to handle one woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have information about the king’s mate!\" The woman finally burst out. \"Please! You must let me see him! My two sisters are in danger!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At those words, my warriors rushed inside, then returned with me in tow. This marked the woman’s first encounter with me face-to-face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like most citizens in my kingdom, she’d only glimpsed me through television broadcasts. Still, my presence was unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she laid eyes on me, her knees gave way. My aura overwhelmed her—she wasn’t accustomed to such raw power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My king...\" Her voice shook as she bowed her head in surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up. What do you know?\" I had zero patience for ceremony. I needed to locate my mate immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Th-there were several people who broke into my house. I recognized one of them. It was... Reginald from the Obsidian Claw pack...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My decision to publicize photos of those traitors from every pack had paid off. I’d also posted bounties for anyone who eliminated these rebels trespassing on my territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s how this woman identified Reginald.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He brought a woman with him—she was hurt, and he forced my younger sister to heal her. When I saw what was happening, I ran to find help.\" Shame colored her features as she admitted to fleeing, abandoning her sisters to danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she’d made the smart choice. No way could she have fought those warriors. And knowing I was close by, she’d come straight here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe... I believe the woman is your mate, my king. I saw her curly, long brown hair.\" She recalled Phoebe from a viral video months ago when we’d appeared together at a shopping center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is she?\" My voice turned deadly as I demanded more details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first sensation that hit Flynn when consciousness returned was agony. Crushing, unbearable pain shooting through his legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a tortured groan, scanning his surroundings. A bed. He recognized this as one of the rooms in the beach house. Distant waves crashed against the shore, and afternoon sunlight filtered through the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should have been tranquil if not for the torment coursing through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t move—keep your legs still,\" Marcela warned. She’d heard his voice and rushed to his side. \"You’ll only make the damage worse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marcela eased Flynn back onto his pillow, then offered him water, which he gulped down desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh-what happened?\" Flynn asked, wiping his mouth before staring at his bandaged legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered Perry beating him senseless. He’d thought the king would finish him when he shifted into his beast form, but clearly he’d survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guess he decided against killing me,\" Flynn laughed bitterly. He winced when he attempted to shift his legs. \"How long was I unconscious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his head toward Marcela, but her expression filled him with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a few hours. Seven, to be exact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flynn exhaled. \"Figured as much. Otherwise, I’d be healed by now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Marcela shook her head grimly. \"Your legs won’t heal, royal beta Flynn.\" She paused, then corrected herself. \"Actually, you’re no longer a beta. The king stripped your title.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? What are you saying?!\" Flynn’s head snapped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marcela looked miserable. She hadn’t wanted to deliver this news, but the king had ordered her to do it. He refused to see his former beta again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also wouldn’t grant Flynn the dignity of having a warrior relay the information. Instead, Marcela bore this responsibility, which showed exactly how much the king despised him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This violated shifter protocol entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hierarchy mattered in their world. For someone of Flynn’s former rank, at minimum the royal gamma should have delivered such news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet here was someone who wasn’t even a shifter. It felt like a vicious slap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No disrespect to Marcela, but she lacked shifter blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? You’re lying...\" Flynn’s heart hammered as he tried moving his legs again, but pain stopped him cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t... please, stay still. You’ll make your legs worse. You won’t be able to walk if you keep trying to move them!\" Marcela panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This revelation hit Flynn like another blow. He froze completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shock of his demotion made him miss Marcela’s other crucial information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean? My healing ability...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The king crushed your legs, but he prevented me from treating you until it was too late. Your legs are useless now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",817,"2026-06-06T16:11:22.572Z",1,"novelbin.me","6980612841f7d3f602865092a3ddc4aace189196a5d03ca842c468d8002ff296","marked-by-the-mad-king-alpha-chapter-120","marked-by-the-mad-king-alpha-chapter-118",302,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarked-by-the-mad-king-alpha-cover.jpg"]