Mateo. Even when I caress her body and force a kiss on her, she did not reject me.“I love you,” I mutter as I kiss her neckline. She remains motionless, like a walking corpse. “I promise to treat you well. Just accept me, darling.” I caress her face before kissing her, hoping for a response, but she crushes my hopes. She locks her gaze on me. Her frigid stare says it all.Ahh. She knows how to make me feel guilty. I take a step back, my heart heavy with her rejection.“I apologize. You need to shower and get to bed,” I say, pointing to the bathroom. She goes inside, completely clothed, without saying anything.“Honey, are you not going to remove the cloth you’re wearing?” I ask, but she did not respond.Is what I’m doing right? Is it legal to keep her here without her consent? I know I’m wrong, but I just can’t let her go. I know she’s anxious, but I need to keep her here. I’m afraid of what will happen if I let her leave. When she comes in, I’m half naked on my bed, still thinking
Mateo.“No, sir,” she says before backing away.“I don’t mind sending both of you away from my mansion,” I mumble. “Since you think you can speak back to me because you are my boss or the owner of the mansion.”She goes on her knees and begs. “I dare not, sir. Please forgive me. Sir, I will never cross the line again. Please forgive me for this one time.”“It’s ok. You may rise,” I say, waving my hand. “This time, Mandy, I’ll forgive you. There will be no more chances.”I turn to face the other maids after warning her. “You should all know your position. Don’t try to convert anything that isn’t yours. You’re merely here to work and be paid; don’t start thinking you’re entitled to be the lady of the house. Only her,” I respond, pointing to my mate. “Only she deserves to be my woman; you must respect her.”“Yes, sir,” they respond, bowing their heads. “Welcome home, madam.”She merely smiles at them without saying anything.“You can serve us our food,” I add. Josh enters after dispatchi
Sophia.“I don’t know what the hell is wrong with your brain, Sophia,” says Athena. “We both know how much we adore him. How come you deny it?”I can’t blame my persistent wolf. Only if she realizes how terrified I am. Only if she understands my fear of being abandoned or lied to. My father’s abandonment of my mother is not his fault, but Lucas abandons my sister without hesitation. He lies to her and murders her, not caring that she is carrying his child. I am still in agony and terrified of being abandoned or murdered by my partner. I intend to live alone, without a partner, but my plans are shattered when I met him. I think everything will be OK once I get away from him, but who thinks I’ll walk straight into his trap, and my wolf isn’t helping at all? She desires to be his. I get a new sensation when he wraps his hand around my waist. A pleasure beyond my comprehension. I like it. My mind is brimming with longing for him. The urge to own and dominate him fills my mind. My head buzz
Mateo.After leaving home in the morning and saying goodbye to her. I tell her to remain at home and be obedient. She refuses to speak, so I take her silence as a yes.“We’ve arrived, sir,” Simon says, snapping me out of my daze. I’ve been thinking about her. I open the door and exit the car.“Good morning, sir,” Amber says as she follows me into my office. She continues to explain the idea Mega Limited company filed.“They have submitted this, and I hope you can read it. We also need your approval and signature,” she explains. She unlocks my office door, and I go in before taking my seat.“Sir, this is the file.”She didn’t give me time to relax before assigning me work. I truly want to return to my kingdom and spend time with my mate. I get the files from her before I open and read them.“Not bad,” I mumble as I turn to the second page. “What do you think about this, Amber?”“Sir, I think their proposal isn’t too bad,” she adds. I continue to read it, and when I am satisfied with wha
Mateo.She expresses her affection for me. Did she have feelings for me? I have no idea she is so madly in love with me. Why can’t she tell me if she loves me? Is she too shy to tell me how she feels?‘He is the most beautiful guy I have ever seen,’ she says. Ahh. This is the most wonderful day of my life. I’m trembling with joy. ‘He has the appearance of a deity.’I get to my feet and look in the mirror. I turn around and examine my whole body, including my face. Is it true that I am attractive? Did she see me as a god? I’m still scrutinizing myself without caring who comes in.“Ahem... hack.” I hear someone coughing.‘He’s our mate. How can I despise him?’ My eyes sparkle with joy. She now acknowledges that I am her mate. I need to go home right now. I have to see her. I grab my suit jacket and prepare to leave.“When did you come in?” I ask Josh, who stands in front of me.“Sir, it has been a while since I have come in,” he adds. “I try to get your attention, but it seems you are h
Mateo. I take her hand in mine. with a shock plaster on her face. I ask, “Where the hell are you running to, my queen? Do you mind telling me?”“Let me go,” she eventually says. “Who says I’m fleeing? I’m just doing a practice run.”“As if I’m going to believe your shit, my queen,” I quip, sneering. “Who jogs to this extent? Do you think I’m foolish simply because I’m kind to you?”“Enough. Please don’t shout at me. I don’t want to be here any longer. I’m ready to go home.”“Oh. I apologize for misunderstanding you. You should have let me know you want to return to the Lycan realm with me,” I mumble. “Your home is there, or is that not what you desire?”“Why should I follow you to your kingdom? What the hell are you saying?” she shouts.“Then, if not my kingdom, where do you want to go?”“My home,” she persists. “I have a home, and I will be going there.”“You have no other home than mine. You are my queen, and I am yours. Do you not understand, or are you simply trying to provoke me
Mateo.“Why did you kill her?” she speculates, terrified. “She did absolutely nothing.”“She did everything wrong, my darling queen,” I mumble as I attempt to grab her.“She didn’t,” she bemoans. “I killed her. I am the reason she died,” she says, falling to her knees and sobbing uncontrollably. She cries so hard that my heart hurts. If I know she will be unhappy, I will not murder her. I’m simply annoyed because she let my mate escape and dressed half-naked to seduce me.“Look here, mate, you are not the reason she died; she deserved to die. Why did she seduce me and want to be my wife?”“You won’t understand,” she bellows. Why is she so upset over her death? She should be the one to murder her for attempting to take me away from her. Why is she so depressed over her cheap death?“I am the cause of her death. If... only I,” she says solemnly. “She may not have died if I didn’t make a deal with her.” What does she mean? What bargain did she strike with her?“What are you talking about
Mateo.“Are you ready, love?” I inquire.“Yes, we can leave now,” she says as she stands up. I take her hand in mine and walk her down the stairs.“Good morning, sir,” says Mandy. “Good morning, madam.”“How are you doing, Mandy?” I ask, my face beaming with joy.“Good morning, madam Mandy,” my mate says.“Please, ma, you can call me Mandy,” she says, and my mate agrees. We take our seats, and they begin serving us. I wonder why none of them are asking for the deceased girl, or did Josh erase their memory of her?“Good morning, my king,” Josh greets me before taking his seat, clearly pleased.“Good morning, Beta Josh,” my mate says respectfully. I turn around and gaze at her. Did I hear her correctly? She greets him and refers to him as Beta. Calling him beta implies that she has already accepted me. Is this her way of saying she already accepts me? I observe Josh’s reaction. He is taken aback. He never anticipates her greeting him. None of us expected that from her. He promptly gets
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