Chapter 6

Five months later

KAI

I stared at my reflection in the mirror, and a smile made its way to my lips when I saw the person staring back at me. Being the king has always been what I have been looking forward to in my life since I was a child. It might be cruel, but I have always wanted my father to die. I did not believe the old man loved me for even one day of his life. All he could say when he looked at me was how much of a disappointment I was because I couldn’t match up to him in a sword fight. I was pretty good, but he expected me to be as good as he was when he had decades of experience and I didn’t.

When he died of a brain aneurysm a few months ago, I was the happiest about it. I arranged for the coronation to be as soon as possible because I did not want to wait any longer before I sat on the throne. When I was done getting ready, I turned and I saw Lydia come into the room. She was the happiest I have ever seen her. She was dressed in a long pink dress and her hair was curled and fell on her shoulders.

“Good morning, my alpha.” She curtsied before she rushed towards me and placed her hands over my shoulders, pulling me into a hug. Lydia was gifted to me by one of my allies and since then, she has been my favourite in bed. She always had the hopes that I was going to marry her, but that was far from the truth. I only liked what she could offer me in bed and nothing more.

“You are going to crumple my clothes.” I hissed, pulling her hands away from my body.

Her smile did not falter as she picked up a perfume from my mirror and started to spray it on me, “I can’t believe you are going to be king, finally. Any plans on when you are going to make me queen?”

“No.” I replied curtly, collecting the perfume from her and setting it back on the table.

“Come on, Kai. Why do you keep doing this to me?” She whined. “We have been in love with each other for a long time. Why won’t you marry me? Is it because you have fucked me too many times to still find me attractive?”

“I have never been in love with you. It has always been purely physical. How many times do I need to tell you that?” I did not know where she got the idea that I was in love with her because I never said so.

Her eyebrows drew into a frown before she took a step back from me. Her eyes started to water before she turned around and left my room. I let out a sigh before I finished the final touches of my attire and headed out of my room. The coronation was going to take place in the city hall where all major conferences took place.

“Are you ready?” Aunt Arya, my mother’s sister smiled at me as she locked her arms with mine. My sisters, step sisters and cousins were already on the coronation ground I guessed, but my aunt had to stay back to make sure I was alright. She reminded me so much of my mother. Since she went missing two years ago, we assumed that she had died because we looked virtually everywhere and couldn’t find her.

“I was born ready for this.” I smiled.

She walked me as we got to the hall where it was going to happen. Anxiety gripped me, but I tried to not make it show on my face. They did not want a nervous leader. Even though my father had pretty much raised the bar for me by being the best alpha this pack had ever seen, I had to try to do my best. The theta of the pack, the one that always spoke in gatherings like that, smiled when he saw me, “Ladies and gentlemen, the rightful heir to the throne of the Seven Isles. The future king and son of the greatest king and warrior to exist. The protector of the lycan and werewolf realm. Allow me to introduce to you Alpha Malakai Ravenscroft.”

My subjects cheered on as I approached my throne, and it felt like everything I had ever dreamt of. The seat that I always looked up to sitting on was finally mine. I sat down on it and I felt the power travel up my bones. Two royal servants approached me with the sacred Crown and the Oath Staff. The theta was about to speak again when a loud bang erupted into the air, and everyone gasped in unison, wondering what the hell just happened.

But I did not. I got up, wondering what was going on until I sensed a presence at the entrance of the pack hall where I had just come from. They looked back when the sound subsided, and the presence moved forward to us. They all turned around and lo and behold, the moon goddess had shown herself in front of us. Her hair was long and luscious, with an ethereal glow to her face.

The entire pack bowed down as she approached me, and I was in shock. When she was close enough, I bowed down in respect to her too. I have never heard of her coming to the pack ever before. Did she come to pay respects to my coronation? So many questions were going through my head.

“Malakai Ravenscroft. I see you are about to ascend the mighty throne of the Seven Isles,” she spoke, her voice resounding through the corners of the wall. “But your mate, pregnant with the heir to the throne, still resides somewhere in the Seven Isles. I forbid you to be crowned with the sacred Crown and to take an oath with the mighty Staff until you bring her back and make her willingly take the second throne as the Luna of the pack.” She said loudly and without giving me a chance to speak, she turned around and misted away.

I felt the temperature of my blood rise in my body as I leaned away from the seat as it shocked me. The mate bond that I had severed three months back with Alina, the girl who was brought to me to be a part of my harem came pulsating hard and deeply. I felt uneasy as I walked back into the palace. I needed her. My body heated and my chest was beating so hard that I felt dizzy.

Where could she be? Where could she have gone after she left the Seven Isles? Did she go back to her pack? Someone came into the room and I turned to see who it was. Lily, my best friend, and soon-to-be Beta came into the room. Her jaw dropped when she saw me. I knew I looked horrendous.

“Are you okay?” She asked, stepping forward to touch me but I leaned away from her. I did not want any physical touch right now. Only Alina.

“Gather our best warriors to comb through every pack to find her,” I told her. “We are to leave now.”

“Are you not going to stay back? You look sick.” She sounded really worried, but I wished I could tell her that I felt ten times worse than I looked.

“She is the cure to my sickness.” I removed the royal attire that I was given. I knew I was not going to come back here until I found her. I was going to do whatever it took, and I hoped to the Heavens that she did not hate my guts after what I did to her.