Mateo. "Let me introduce myself properly to you, my darling queen," I scoff. "My name is Mateo Morrison, and I am the CEO of Royal Mateo Incorporated Ltd. I’m also the Lycan Blood kingdom’s monarch, and you’re my mate, whom I’ve long wanted to meet."I catch my mate’s eye, and her amazement at finding out who I am is evident."You are what?" She inquires. "Are you the infamous Lycan king? Wow! You are real. You are not just a myth. I can't believe this. I can’t believe I’m a mate to such a cruel and evil king."I know everyone thinks of me as a beast, but I have never done anything to harm an innocent person.How does she know about me when we don’t associate with each other? How did she find out about my existence? What in the world is going on?"I am not evil, and I have never hurt an innocent soul," I mutter. "It pains me to hear you say that about me, mate. It hurts to hear you say I’m unkind.""Don’t you dare to call me your mate?" She responds by firing back. Her face is filled
Mateo. Why did I have the impression that this name is fake, or am I mistaken? Is this her real name?"Hellen," I murmur, mumbling her name. "You have a wonderful name, darling, but please tell me if this is your real name because I have a strange feeling it is a fake name.""Fake?" she inquires. "If you think it’s fake, just call me any name you want. Because I can’t get away from you. I’ll let you do anything you want."This isn’t what I’m looking for. I want her to be willing to stay by my side. The way she looks is as if I am forcing her to stay with me, but if I let her go, I won’t be able to locate her again. I don’t want to be without her forever. Will she be upset if I push her to stay with me?"I’m sorry if you think I’m forcing you to be my mate," I explain. "Please forgive me. Just give me a chance to love you." I keep chatting and talking, but she never responds."Let me go. Then I am going to forgive you," she mutters."That won’t happen, darling," I say with a smile.
Sophia. "Shall we go, my love?" He inquires. I quiver at his deep voice. I have always thought that I don’t need a partner. I don’t want a man who can easily weaken me. When he reveals his true identity, I am taken aback. He is the most honorable, noble, and strong Lycan to have lived. My mother tells us about him all the time, but I never think he exists. My mom is constantly bluffing, in my opinion. But here he is, in front of me, begging to be loved. His presence is threatening. Nobody could have predicted that I would have a terrifying existence as my mate. Everything about him frightens me. He terrified me so much that I almost wet myself. I’m terrified, but I have to keep my cool in front of him. He tells me he loves me, even though he has no idea who I am. This is the first time a man has expressed his feelings for me. I’ve not experienced anything like this before. I’m going to be honest with myself. Everything changed for me ever since I see him at the club and Athena, my wo
Sophia."What exactly am I doing here?" I ask. He takes me to a luxurious place. It is tastefully furnished in white. It's most likely his office. I really need to get out of here."Easy, darling," he says. "You are in my office. And the reason you're here is because I want to keep you by my side. You will remain in this office with me."Before I speak, I sigh. "I understand this is your office. What I'm asking is, what am I doing here in your office?""Take it easy, little mate. I bring you here so that I can keep an eye on you. I'm not going to let you get away from me again. We'll always be together," he says. "Don't think about fleeing because you'll never get the chance, love."I'm not surprised by what he's saying. I'm really amazed at how arrogant he is. I'm sure he has the authority to do anything he wants. I suppose I'll just have to remain here with him. My pro-claim mate is very arrogant. He makes me want to burst out laughing. Because he is a Lycan, I know I won't be able
Sophia. How did he know I am speaking with my wolf?"Is there something wrong between you both?""No," I finally manage to reply. "There is nothing wrong. You don't have to worry about me.""I will," he assures. "I'll be concerned if you're upset. I always want to make you happy.""Thank you so much. Your care is appreciated, but I am OK.""Okay, if you say so."I sit in his office corner, watching him while he works. I see him dealing with the files on his table. Josh comes in and out, and every time he does, he looks at me evilly. I know he dislikes me, and I dislike him as well. He despises my gut for being impolite to his monarch, but I don't care. No one requests that his king imprison me. Who wants to be the mate and queen of his king? If I have the opportunity to run, I will not hesitate. For him, even my wolf is willing to revolt against me."Are you feeling okay?" He inquires. "Are you sure you don't need anything?""I don't need anything for now," I say. "I’m okay.""I think
Sophia.“Sir, you need to control yourself,” Josh advises. “You are going to kill him.”“Enough!” I shout, and he comes to a halt. “Stop hitting him.”“Thank you for putting a stop to him. Even though I despise you for disrespecting my king,” the obnoxious man adds. “Thank you so much. I appreciate your assistance.”“I’m never going to beg you to like me, dude,” I scoff. “Don’t think I’m stopping him for the sake of anybody. I’m merely holding him up because it’s my time to strike him. This disobedient person here must be disciplined. Nobody has the right to belittle me.”“What?” He yells. “What do you think you’re doing? I believe you are a decent person, but it appears I am mistaken.”“You seem to be mistaken about me. I’ve never been a decent person, and I don’t intend to become one,” I boast. “Can you let me go now? Someone needs to be disciplined.”“Your wish is my command, my queen,” he smirks before saying. “You can thrash him for as long as you want.” I walk to where that huma
Sophia.“You can’t do this to us.” Those elderly guys scream. “We are the company’s shareholders. Do you really think you can discard us that easily? Stop kidding! Mateo Limited will not exist without us.”They scare him by saying the firm will cease to exist without them. I stand there and listen to them slander him. I’m less concern. It makes no difference to me.“Oh, really?” he inquires. “Do you think you are the ones who make my company thrive just because you are a shareholder? You seem to have gotten it incorrect. My firm will work fine without you parasites. You are all thieves and greedy people.” He’s enraged.I can sense his power. I can see how he battles to keep his fury under control. He restrains himself from killing them. I can only imagine what would happen if this happened in his kingdom. I’m sure he’ll slaughter them mercilessly. “You steal a lot of my company’s resources and then threaten me? You should count yourself lucky that I did not kill you, but I assure you
Sophia.“Ahh!” I groan, kissing him with the same intensity he does. No, this is not enough. I need more. My heart is pounding as he increases the kiss. I am experiencing a delightful sensation, and my body is shaking as a result of how I am feeling. He’s making me feel good. This is all new. This sensation I am experiencing is new to me. I never imagined myself feeling this way. His kiss is fervent and loving. I have no idea it is going to be this wonderful.This is much too much for me to bear. When I feel his hand roaming my body, I freak out, trying to break the kiss. “I won’t let you get away, mate,” he moans as he pulls my head closer. I want it, but I am not ready to take the next step. My mind is filled with something I can’t put my finger on. It drives me crazy. When he clutches my ass, another amazing groan leaves me.‘Yes, this is how I feel. I feel amazing,’ Athena growls. I enjoy my mate’s touch. ‘Get closer to us, mate. Touch us more.’I’m sure he can read my thoughts. I
CHAPTER 81. A MAFIA?RYDER“What the crap, man? What's gotten into you?!” Darius spat, shoveling to his feet.“Don't you even think of playing dumb with me. The jig is up. I just spoke with Jason, you damned bastard!““I don't know what you're talking about, dude. What did that miserable rogue say to you to get you all worked up?!””You're the miserable one!” I barked, railing free from the guys and delivering another punch to Darius. They held me back immediately, pinning my hands to the back, “Fucking let me go!”“Ryder, get a hold of yourself. What's come over you?” Fred cautioned, pulling me back, it wasn't easy to keep me caged. They were using up all their energy on it.”What is this?“ Giveon asked confusedly, glancing from me to Darius, “Dude, what's Ryder talking about?” Giveon asked him, but he still wouldn't admit it.”I got no clue, I think Ryder just lost his mind,““The hell I did! You had Hara kidnapped, and then you went ahead to inject rogue blood into Jason. And until
CHAPTER 80. SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYERYDER”How is he, Doc? Is Jason gonna be alright?” I asked one of the doctors who have had him under survey ever since he was confined here. We were standing at the entrance of the room, an attempt to stay far away from Jason's earshot.”I'm afraid not, Your Highness,” The Doctor sighed dejectedly. There wasn't an ounce of hope in his tone. Got me scared.”But, he got out of his coma, right? And he's talking now. Isn't that a good sign?” I badly wanted to be told that Jason was gonna be alright. That's all I wanted to hear, but it doesn't seem like I'm gonna be hearing that from the doctor.”This is the last stage for him before he completely loses everything to the rogue blood in him,“”What? Wait, I don't understand–””Your Highness, Jason's case is complicated. I mean, he's the first pure blood with rogue blood in his bloodstream. And even though we're not sure how extreme his case is, we do know that he's gonna have the basic traits of a rogue,“
CHAPTER 79. NO MORE SECRETSRYDER48 hours passed and I was released from confinement. There was no solid evidence to attach me to the crimes and Tiffany took care of providing me with an alibi. So they had to let me go.On my way home, I was restless. The war was yesterday, but according to Tiffany, the war didn't happen. She wasn't sure why, but all she knew was that Red Moon Pack's warriors didn't show up. Something wasn't right and I was itchy to find out what it was. But more than that, I was in a hurry to get back home to Hara and my unborn child.“How's Hara doing?” I asked Tiff, she was right beside me in the car. Her gaze lifted from the phone she held, and she was hesitant in giving me a reply.”Uh, she's fine,“ Her reply was not convincing at all. It got me edgy.“Tiff, is something wrong? You seem agitated, and you've been avoiding my gaze. What's wrong?”“Nothing, Ryder. And please, don't ask me any more questions. I don't have an answer to them,” She whined, forcing her
CHAPTER 78. A SIGNHARAI walked past the lobby of the hotel and headed for Roland's suite. It's been tense at the palace since Ryder was arrested. The warlords wouldn't even let me come out, I had to lie that I was going to see Hailey. Still, they weren't at ease with me leaving. I wouldn't be surprised if they were tailing me right now.I just needed to speak with Roland. I'm all shades confused, but I had to be sure he had no hand in this crisis Ryder was facing. I know Ryder too well, there's no way he killed those humans. Someone was setting him up, I just need to be sure that it wasn't Roland.I got to his suite and was gonna knock but I heard his ecstatic voice talking to someone and I had the urge to eavesdrop. “Yeah, everything's going according to plan. With Ryder locked up, my pack warriors have a good chance of defeating Ryder's four warlords…“He waited for the other person in the line to say something and then he chuckled and continued.“I know the four warlords are str
CHAPTER 77. OUR CHILD?RYDERThe blaring siren sounds awakened me from my slumber. I had a throbbing headache, coupled with the fact that I found it hard to shrug off the dizziness. I'd sedated myself to sleep and I wish I didn't. Now waking up was hard, and my nerves are weak. I tried again and it was futile.I had to implore my wolf side and only then could I shake off the remaining effects of the sedatives. I was fully awake now, and yeah, the blaring siren sounds were real and fucking close.I hopped down from the bed and hurried outside, dressed in my sweatpants and a loose shirt. The hallway was a mess.“What's going on?!“ I asked no one in particular, as I brushed past running bodies.“I think the humans are trying to start a fight!“ A random voice replied. Everyone was in panic and it got me more anxious to hurry outside and see what the hell was going on.I froze in my tracks when I got outside and saw a long line of policemen in my front yard. Also, they had guns and we're
CHAPTER 76. A WAR TO KEEP HERRYDER“What?!” I was already hurrying inside and they came behind me. “They sent over the warning at midnight, a few hours after you left the nightclub,” Jay explained, "And in the letter, it stated that they were giving us two days to let Hara return to them, or we go to war,”“That's absurd. Red Moon Pack doesn't stand a chance against us. They might have good warriors but they're just on the same level as our trainees. Waging a war against us is suicide,” I was gloating, I was being downright disdaining and arrogant right now. But that's the only reaction I could come up with. In all honesty, I'm a bit anxious about this news. I knew it would come to this someday, the very moment I set eyes on Hara in my pack, I knew this day would come. And when her mate showed up, I knew it would come faster. And here it is, the bloody day I get to choose between Hara and the safety of my pack. After last night and how blunt she was about her feelings, the Ideal r
CHAPTER 75. SO EASY TO BETRAY MERYDERTime went still. Our breathing slowed. Distant chattering faded into thin air. My heart banged hard against my chest. I tucked my sweaty hands into my pockets. I could feel the low whimper of my wolf as he slid to the back of my mind. Hara's outburst just spiraled me and everything else around us off balance.”Wh-What did you just say?“ I asked in a weak stutter. But dear Goddess, I heard her loud and clear. I just wished she would be a little bit considerate of my bleeding heart and not repeat what she just said. But she did, she repeated it, more firmly this time.“What if I wanna leave, Ryder?“ She asked, “What if I'm suffocating here and I want nothing more but to be free from you?”“You really wanna leave?” Tears intercepted the free flow of my words, and they made their way down my cheeks. But she didn't seem to care.”Maybe,“”Was that why you defended him back there? To show me just how much you still love him?””I just didn't want you t
CHAPTER 74. I'll RATHER BLEED THAN LET YOU GOHARASeeing him standing there plunged me into a depth of panic and despair. Tears stung in my eyes and made their way down. He was yet to say a word, but his eyes were doing all the talking. He was blasting me with his eyes, telling me to go straight to hell. His eyes held a dose of rage I'd never seen before, and a greater shade of bitterness. He was hurting, more than I thought he would. My endless tears wouldn't let me talk, and even if they weren't in my way, I still wouldn't talk. What could I possibly say to fix this? Nothing, nothing I say right now would quench the fire of rage in his eyes. All I have to do is brace myself up for it.”Grab your stuff!” He ordered me glacially, quavering from anger. His clenched fist was hungry to ruin someone's face.I flinched at how thunderous his voice was. I ran back into the bedroom to get my bag and the bundle of my messed-up clothes. When I got back into the lounge, it was a bloody disaste
CHAPTER 73. IT HURTSRYDER“And that's a wrap,“ Tiffany declared exuberantly as the Frenchmen signed their part, sealing up this deal.I was ecstatic, but the fuck, I had to pull myself together. This deal was worth trillions and just what I needed to kick off my estate project. I haven't felt this fulfilled in a while, the feeling was surreal.The three Frenchmen stood to their feet and we shook hands with them.“I look forward to working with you,” One of them said in a heavy French accent. It's kinda insensitive that I didn't even grab their first names. Tiffany took care of all that. She took care of everything, to be honest. All I did was attend this meeting and sign the papers.”Me too. Have a safe trip tomorrow,” I beamed, stuffing back my hands into the pockets of my pants.“Again, I love your tux. The designs are fabulous,“ The youngest of them commented, breaking off in between sentences. English wasn't his first language and he seemed to be having greater difficulty with it