“We have been summoned by the kingmakers to prove our bond,” he finally voiced after many minutes of pacing the lengths of his home office.“Okay,” I say slowly “That should not be a problem Draven, I’m your mate,” I reminded him.“It’s a stupid thing,” he shook his head and brushed his fingers through his hair “It has never been heard of and these darn kingmakers know what the implications of their accusations are,”“We saw it coming Draven,” I sighed. I was still not in any mood to face anyone, let alone the kingmakers and council members.“You are not going,” he said, sensing my emotions “I’ll face them alone. You need time to be on your own and fully recuperate. It’s not the right time to be dealing with their many bullshits,”“I’ll go. It’s going to look suspicious if I am absent,” I sighed. Draven pushed his hair back and leaned his back into the wall just staring into space. If I’d not been too overwhelmed with the recent happenings and if I didn’t blame him in some sort o
‘You need to know that the man who is about to mate with you will not always be there to save you,’ I remembered Abigail’s words from the day she’d tried to poison me. I glanced at Draven who was seated next to me at the gathering with the kingmakers and the other members of the Lycaon tribe. His expression was bland, but I could feel his displeasure. For a man like Draven, it felt like an insult to summon him to a gathering like this. To curb my anxiety, I had to focus on anything but the crowd. I had to ignore the look on their faces and let my mind wander to other things, after all, I didn’t want to embarrass myself and my mate by having a panic attack right in front of these people that were looking up to us. The only person who knew that I was truly broken inside was Draven, but I was thankful he didn’t try to make me look weak in presence of his subjects. One would look at him now and not see that even he was fazed on the inside. He didn’t hold my hand or attempt any bodily co
“Please,” I whispered to Draven. Stopping this would make us look guilty, and that meant Draven would lose his throne. It’ll only take a few more minutes, I tried to reassure myself. I’d learned to trust my instinct, especially after my recent ordeal, and the feeling that plaque me left me highly disoriented. “Something is wrong,” he whispered back to me, hopelessly searching my eyes. The crowd had returned to murmuring amongst themselves. “I have a bad feeling,” I told him back, “but please-” “Prince Draven!” the head king maker’s voice stopped me mid-sentence “What in hell is wrong with your mate? Do we have reason to believe this rumor ?” Draven rose from his feet, his anger quickly enveloping everyone. I stood with him and clung to his arms, stopping him from marching to the man who just spoke. He stood stiff for a minute as he tried to calm his beast. I could see him fighting the urge to attack the man and I had a feeling the two of them might have an underground beef. Draven’
“What is happening?” I asked Vadirr impatiently, resisting the urge to push him out of the way and just run after my mate. It was useless because there were at least ten other guards that would prevent me from running even if I did somehow try to get away from Vadirr. I knew we were under attack, but I needed to know by whom and why. The women around me murmured amongst themselves, and I could feel their fear and agitation. I didn’t feel any better than they did, and whilst I’d been thought not to show fear in the presence of others, I couldn’t help the feeling of doom that surrounded me.I waited for a response from Vadirr who seemed more interested in making sure everyone is safe than responding to me. Scarlett was beside him, clinging to his arms as if she’d die if she let it go. I have never seen her look as terrified as she did now. Some other men were going around, trying to calm the frightened women. All of the women here were of the royal lycan tribe, and I recognised four ou
An hour went by, and Vadirr didn’t return with any news. I was stuck there with a fake smile on my face, reassuring the other women at random intervals. Everyone had one question or another to ask, and I gave them the best answer that I could without letting my emotions get the better part of me. Before long, some of them started to relax and I could hear a few laughs here and there as they discussed amongst themselves. The safe house which we are in is sound proof. No one could hear if anything was going on inside, and we could not hear whatever was happening outside. Time seemed to be going too slow and I was gradually running out of patience when I felt a stab of pain at my back. I froze, realising the pain did not belong to me. It happened again, and then a third time. I forced myself away from the crowd to the ladies room, aware of the guard's eye on me until I disappeared behind closed doors. Finally there, I clutched a sink so tight until my knuckles hurt and swallowed a frust
“Mate is in danger, mate is in danger,” My wolf wouldn’t stop yapping in my head but I knew that already and her agitation made me feel even worse. The pains were coming more frequently, and I’d barely recovered from one before another hit me. I growled, and Vadirr snapped his head to me. He was sitting beside me at the back of the vehicle while the other man drove.“You feel the pain,” He commented “I have known Draven all my life. Sometimes, I believe I know him more than I know myself even. I can not say he is perfect, but he’s not as bad as he tries to make himself look,”I turned to face him. Vadirr never spoke of the prince, at least not to my hearing, and if I ever wanted to know something about prince Draven, Vadirr is the last person I’d ask. But I heard a little bit of pride in his voice now that he mentioned his beloved Draven.“I have witnessed with my eyes what his beast can do. One thing I know about him is that he’d fight with his last strength for anyone he loves,”Lov
DRAVENRed. Everywhere I turned, I saw red. I had to find Heather, end her and end this nonsense at once. Together with that good-for-nothing Thane. How dare they? For almost three decades, there has been no record of an invasion in the Lycaon palace as this. Heather should have known better. Indeed my mate wishes to be the one to end her life, but if I found her, I would not hold back.Of all the things I did wrong in my life, getting entangled with Heather had to be my greatest mistake. I’m not a man with a lot of regrets but I see myself regretting a lot of things recently. She knew the Lycaon place all too well. I’d let her come too close not knowing that one day, she’d turn her back around and betray me. I’d known the lady had a lot of guts, but not to this extent.Certainly she knows it’s a mistake to attack the Lycaon palace under my watch. Heather was too small an opponent no matter the number of armies she gathered to her side. She’d hurt and injured my men, killed about four
ESMERAYI hovered around my mate who now lay in his human form, lifeless on the ground. Next to him was the body of Oliver, and a few meters from them was Vadirr.I’d undergone a full transformation, something to be joyful about, but the pain that filled my heart was inexplainable. I could still feel the stabbing pain from where the bullet had hit him twice and I could not tell if he was still breathing or not. My heart throbbed with pain as I tried to shift back to my human form. I hadn’t mastered the form of transforming yet, so shifting back was proving harder than I thought. I howled in relief when I saw Duron’s car park a few feet away.He jumped out of the car, cloth in hand to cover his brother. He must have felt his brother in pain, but how he got here so fast was something I would ponder about later. He looked at me, confused for a second, and then realization finally kicked in.“Esme, is that you?” he asked. I growled in response, and he nodded his head, too stunned to say a