My heart thunders with anticipation as I let the words softly come from my lips, "perhaps my little kitten is ready to move forward and claim her King?"I watch her reaction, her eye soften at me, her palms sweat and I feel as though I might pass out waiting for her response, I steel myself for the worse, when her lips part and her voice is just above a whisper, "I would love to, but."And there it is, BUT, I surpress my growl and try to focus on her words and allow her to continue."but," her head bows, "can I if I already have a bond with another?"My heart soars and my other hand lifts her head to look at me, "of course you can, I'm the King remember, as long as you are sure that," I sigh, "that bond means nothing to you, I will be more than proud to mark you as my Queen."She jumps out of her seat and into my lap, "then I say yes, I am more than ready to claim you Liam as mine, my mate, my King."My arms wrap around her so tightly I'm surprised she can breath, my face buried in her
"You've got to be joking, you didn't tell him you were pregnant with no pup in your belly, what were you thinking? Do you realize what will happen when he finds out, he'll kill you and expect me to bury your fucking body." My hands ran through my hair, pulling at the ends, "Mel this is going to go south fast, when you can't produce a pup for him?" I watch her as she paces in front of the couch, one hand on her hip as the other is balled in a fist at her side, "what if I get pregnant from someone else, he'll never know the difference as long as the person looks like him."I shake my head, "now you'll cheat on him, just so your trap works, what if this other person decides to say something? Even worse feels the family bond towards the supposed Alpha heir?"She huffs and sits on the couch next to our mother, "you should have allowed him to mark and mate you when he wanted too, now this is a fiasco, he's looking for Ashley, I told you what I thought and now it's obviously true."She g
As we walk into the foyer, Eve stands there a wide smile on her face staring at the two of us, "welcome home," she squeals running towards me, throwing her arms around me and hugging me tightly, she whispers in my ear, "you're going to be my sister soon aren't you." She pulls back, keeping me at arms length as her hands squeeze my shoulders.I can't help the smile or the giggle that leaves my lips, "yes, how did you know?" My head tilts to Liam and his lopsided smile reveals all I need to know. I shake my head, "you're terrible with keeping a secret,""It's not a secret, she guessed," he holds his hands up in surrender to me.Royal Beta Kirk smiles looking at the two of us, "My future Queen, may I take your bags to your room?" Liam growls, "What is it about you and her room, that's the second time, do you have a death wish Royal Beta?"I cock a brow, "My King, is it not the Beta's duty to watch over me? Is it not his duty to assist me with my needs?"He throws his hands in the a
I sit in my office going through paperwork that has piled on my desk waiting for my Royal Beta to arrive, he knocks and I call out, "enter."He enters and bows his head, "your Majesty, may I say something before we start?" I sit back and nod, "of course Kirk."He looks me in the eyes, "I hold no personal interest in our future Queen, I am happy that you have chosen a mate, but if I am to do my job properly you need to..."I hold up a finger and cut him off, "Kirk, you're absolutely right, I apologize for my irrational reaction earlier, your job is to protect and serve our Queen and since you have one now, I need to step back and allow you to function properly in that role."He grins at me, "yes, that was exactly what I was going to say, so I think it is wise that I inform you that her ex-mate has been seen tracking her down, he entered the witches territory while you where on your trip.""And did they take care of this matter?" I cock a brow at him.He nods, "well," he rubs the back
"Where have you been, you don't leave the pack for days and not let anyone know," my father's voice rang out as I entered the pack house. I held my hands up to him in surrender, "yes, I know, I didn't realize I'd be gone this long," I look him in the eye, "did something happen that I'm not aware of?"He shakes his head at me in disgust, "nothing I couldn't handle, that's not the point, where the hell have you been, you look like shit!"I head to my office and he follows me, I enter and sit in my chair as he shuts the door softly, which I'm grateful for and sits in the chair opposite mine, " did you find her?" I fling my head back and pinch the bridge of my nose, "no, I tracked her through several territories and I found a witch, she told me that she had been there and was heading north." The door opens and my mother walks in and sits next to my father. I stand and head to my bar, I pour a glass full of whiskey and down it, then pour another and one for my father and place his in
I sit in the dining hall, my nerves are frayed as we wait for his parents to enter through the archway. His hand is holding mine, he smiles, "don't be so worried, it's not like I need their permission to make you my Queen." His words from the other night float through my mind, "my mother is a huge fan of fated mates, she wants nothing more than for Eve and myself to find ours," the look in his eyes as he spoke and Zeus peering out at me told me he didn't agree, he and Zeus they want me and only me.I blink at him, "I'm not worried about that, I just want them to like me and not hate me because we are not fated," I can't help the frown that forms on my face. He pulls me from my chair, placing me next to him and puts his arm around me, playing with one of my long curls, twisting it around his finger, "little kitten, you are my world, whether we have a fated bond or not doesn't matter to me, you are my fate period and we will have a bond the moment we mark each other," he smiles, "I'
I smiled when Ashley decided to call my mother out, telling her she was happy she wasn't going to help her with the union or coronation planning was my mothers way of pushing her to see what she was made of and my Queen did not disappoint. I smile at her as she sits on the couch in my office, "air balloons with glitter bombs really?" She giggles, I thought it was pretty funny actually, but hey if she would've agreed I'd have done it."I shake my head, "little kitten, I don't want to be on the other end of your sword ever," I wink at her. She staring at the guest list and she frowns, "do we really need to invite so many people, there are like thousands of people on the list she has, I don't know any of these people, which is fine trust me I don't want anyone I know here."I stand and go over to her and look at the list, "hey, all these people you will meet and spend time with at their packs," I scan the list, "look the Exodus pack Alpha and Luna, you liked them remember," she give
I grab my keys and the invitation and run for the door, jump on my Harley and take off to her apartment. I knock softly and wait, I hear the shuffle of feet and the door cracks open, her big blue eyes peering up at me, puffy and red. "Mel," my voice cracks as I push the door open and look at her standing there in her pink fluffy bathrobe with matching slippers, "come sit," I take her hand and gently guide her to the couch.Her eyes fill with tears as she looks at me, "I'm so sorry Maddy, it happened a few days ago," her hands cup my cheeks, "are you okay, your Mom said you were ill." My jaw tightens and anger fills me, I'm a selfish jerk, she's been through something so traumatic and here she is worried about me, I don't deserve her either. My wolf howls at me, "good to know, you're finally realizing what everyone else already knows," he huffs and curls in the back of my mind.I take her hands from my cheeks, holding them tightly, "I'm concerned about you Mel, are you healing prope