Darius pov "What?" she asked. What was she thinking? That I like her, or what? I am an Alpha, not just any wolf. "But... you marked me," she said, coming closer to me. I shouldn't have. Why did I rescue her? I should have just let her be taken by those guys and not marked her. What was I thinking? "That was all a mistake," I replied coldly. She is getting ideas, which she shouldn't.I could see the shock in her eyes. She was shocked and terrified at the same time. Well, she should. "But this is sacred." It isn't a mistake. You indeed marked me. "You are my mate." I laughed out sardonically. "I did mark you, but it's not because I want you or anything." I don't at all. "You are not the kind of woman I want." "I am really unfortunate to have you as a mate." "What... what do you mean by that?" She asked with disbelief in her eyes. "You can only mark me if you are mated to me, and that means I am the kind of woman..." I raised a finger, stopping her from speaking any further. "Yo
Chapter nineteen Riley's Pov A lie? No, it can't be. He is telling a lie now, rather. He told me I was his mate. He accepted that, and when I asked about us getting married, he agreed to it. What did he lie about? "What are you talking about?" "What did you lie about?" I asked, trying to get what he said completely into my head. Maybe he was talking about something else and not the part about me being his mate. He laughed, shaking his head. "I lied about everything." I mean, you just found out that I am an Alpha, and you should know better that I deserve a worthy Luna and not some servant who hasn't seen or gotten a pinch of brilliance to rule with me. "This whole thing between us is just a mistake and nothing more," he replied, staring at me. The way he stared at me with those cold eyes Those eyes I admired a few moments ago now look so scary that they've sent a shiver through my body. I felt chills all over me as those words he said resounded in my ears. I went dumb for a whil
Chapter twenty Matilda's Pov I walked closer to them and noticed the shock on their faces. There was talk about a mate, of whom I am sure she is my son. Some servants were talking about a girl he brought in, and I am expecting him to bring in his mate. He promised me. "Where is your mate?" "Since you are back early, that means your mission to find your mate is complete, right?" "Hey mother," he said, standing and walking up to me. "How have you been?" he asked, hugging me. "I am fine." I am in the palace, remember? I have a lot of people taking care of me. So now, where is your mate? I want to see her." "Mother, I just got back." "You should ask about my journey first." What is he trying to do? Or didn't he bring in his mate? He should bring her to me immediately, but he is trying to divert my attention. "You can tell me that when I see my daughter-in-law." The smile on his face was slowly replaced with a frown. He looked down and sighed. "I got a mate." The smile on my fac
Chapter twenty-one Darius's Pov Lita in my mother’s room? I frowned and left the room. "What is going on here?" Lita stood up and smiled at me. "Hey." Is she this shameless? I had always thought she was the best at everything, but not so intelligent, I see. Meeting my mother to talk about what? a way to get me back even though I told her I was going to search for my mate, and obviously, I am back with my mate. "I asked what you were doing here." I asked again, this time with a raised voice. "Son, calm down. She just came to see me. You don't have to get all worked up." "Mother, I told you I would be bringing in my mate soon, and you still let her in?”"Ouch, that hurts." "I am not your enemy, you know." Lita replied, feigning anger. The more I see her and her motives, the more irritated I am with her true self. What is she trying to do? get my mother’s attention all to herself so that it would be hard for me to forget about her? That is one of her strategies. "You are not we
Chapter twenty-twoRiley's Pov It was getting dark. The sun was setting. I have been in the room for hours, and I don’t even know the time. My stomach grumbled, reminding me of how hungry I am. I haven’t eaten since this morning. I tried standing up but fell back because I was darn weak. Does he hate me this much that he wouldn’t give me something to eat? At least I get to eat in Madam’s room. He should have just let me be, but he brought me to his palace to make me suffer.The door opened, and a woman walked in with a tray of food. Seeing that, I swallowed hard, my eyes fixed on the plate of food. She locked the door behind her and brought the food to me.“Eat this; you have a lot of work to do.” She said. Work? I am in no position for any work right now.The aroma of roasted chicken hit my nose, making me forget about work—like I just thought about it a few minutes ago. I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply, filling my nose with the sweet aroma.I opened my eyes when I heard the do
Darius's PovI sat on my throne, resting my cheek on my knuckles, listening to what the elders had to tell me. It's six o'clock already, and I am getting tired after a long journey. I really need enough rest, but I decided to stay for this meeting. This meeting is more important than my rest. I will get that rest only when I am done.“My lord, I think we should expand our territory this time." "It's the raining season, and we need to build the fallen fence, but if we go ahead and build it at that same spot, there is still a possibility the fence will get destroyed again, and according to the sorcerer, the rain this year will be so unfavorable because it's going to cause devastations and disasters.” One of the elders, Peter, suggested “My lord, expanding the territory will only affect the farmers farming out there." Most of those kinds are owned by their ancestors, and giving them up would be impossible. "If you take it by force, they might revolt against you, my lord.” the second eld
Riley’s PovI laid back on the cold floor, finding it hard to sleep. Even though my mattress is all old and tattered, but, it’s better than. Sleeping on a cold floor.I couldn’t sleep as I kept tossing on the bare floor. This is really unbearable now. I sat up and looked at his face. He was asleep.A thought came to my mind. What if I just run away from him. Runaway from all this and go start my life elsewhere? I don’t care if I have been marked or not, I just want to live my life away from him. Away from everyone.Maybe, go over to the human world. It would be hard to find me there. No wolf crosses the border and so is every human. I still had my torn gown with me. I will get a new gown when I am able to get away from there.I stood up as gently as I could, not to wake him up. Before I leave, I need to take some money from him or it would be hard to survive it all alone out there. I tiptoed to his side, praying silently that he wouldn’t open his eyes and catch me in the process of s
Chapter twenty fiveRiley’s PovI fell to the ground, and groaned in pain.It was the second floor so it wasn’t that high. Lucky me. If I had fallen from a very high distance, that would have been even more terrible.I stood up and limped into the forest. I have to run as fast I can. I have to get back my freedom.I kept limping fast into the forest, going deeper, without knowing where I was going to.I stopped when I got close to a stream. That was the place I needed to be. The river leading to the human nations is in a far distance. I don’t know where I was, hut all I wanted was to find a way to the river.“Calm down Riley, you made this decision and you will have to go by it.” I told myself.I heard about many women, who always get scared at night alone and being in her situation, would make them really frightened, but, she was used to staying outside the comfort of a roof at midnight so she wasn’t cared at all.She looked around, thinking of a way to follow. She would have carried