Chapter Thirty-Eight. In my dreams
Ivanna's POVThe next morning, I woke up to find the king staring at me."Good morning, mate," he smiled. "Hope you slept peacefully?"
He was so strikingly handsome when he smiled like that. I couldn't help the heat crawling up my cheeks and how rapid my heartbeat became.
It had to be because of our proximity. He was leaning in too close to me. It was excitingly suffocating.
I hated feeling this way, so I moved back a bit.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"I'm good," I replied curtly, refusing to look at his face.
"You sure?" He reached out to touch my hair, but I evaded it. He stood, with his hands sinking into his pockets. Like he was reassuring me.
"The maids will attend to you soon. You need to bathe and come join me for breakfast."
I nodded and he left. Minutes later, the maids walked in. There were five of them.
"Good morning, my queen." Th
Chapter Thirty-Nine. The invitation. FLASHBACK… King Ace's POV The door creaked open, and I was forced to take my gaze away from the pile of work littered on my desk. Draven walked in with some fancy envelope in his hand. "My King," he bowed. "What is it? Can't you see that I'm busy? You couldn't choose a better time?" I was pissed and frustrated. I had a lot of work to do. A lot of files needed my signature. And a lot of business proposals from other Packs were waiting for me to preview them and either accept or decline. I had a shit load of work glaring at me. It was neither the time nor the place to entertain whatever Draven had to say. "I'm sorry to bother you, my king, but I thought I should deliver it to you immediately. It's an invitation from Alpha Dean." "Again?" I snorted, glaring at the invitation. "It's the tenth I've received in the last couple of months. And the hundredth these past few years. Doesn't he know when to stop? He's becoming a nuisance." "I think he
Chapter Forty. Arriving at the pack.MORE FLASHBACK…King Ace's POVAlone in my office, I did nothing but fantasize about her. What she would look like. Her personality. Hobbies. How well we would click when we eventually get to meet. Every damn thing about her ran through my thoughts. ‘I can’t wait to see her, Ace,’ Klaus said. I felt how happy he was. Klaus was my wolf who was always nagging me to go out and find his mate. He was a strong and scary Zeta wolf. I always let him out whenever we were at war. The greatest fight my wolf ever won had to be against Alex, my half-brother. He was born from a one-night stand between my father and an Omega. According to the rumors, father was drunk and his mother, Clara, had taken advantage of him. Even after giving birth to Alex, we treated her well but she wanted more. Titles. She wanted the queen’s throne. Wanted to replace my mother. She was filled with so much resentment and she instilled it in Alex. Made him think he was never loved a
Chapter Forty One. What the heck?MORE FLASHBACK…King Ace's POV"Monster!" She yelled, snatching her hands violently from my grip.Her outburst was sudden and subtly cruel. I was taken aback by it. This wasn't the first time I was being called a monster, but the way she said it, hearing it from her altogether, it kinda hurt. I had fantasized a lot about our meeting but I never imagined it would be this horrible. Nothing prepared me for this kind of reaction from her. No one gave me a heads-up. That was why it took me a couple of minutes to think of a suitable reaction."I will never accept someone like you as a mate!" She screamed. "You're a monster."God, that hurt. I can't believe I searched for her all these years just to get brutally rejected like this. But then again, I would never let her push me away so easily. She could hate me for all I care, but that wouldn't change a thing. It took me a lot to find her. I'd be crazy to let her slip away from my hand. She was the Queen of
Chapter Forty-two. Was I not good enough for her?King Ace's POVTalking to her and trying to convince her to be mine didn’t seem to work. She insisted that she needed peace. If so, then why couldn't she find her peace staying beside me? Was I that much of a chaos?She was being too cruel. Her persistent rejection left me with no choice but to threaten her with her friend. I knew treating her like that could make her hate me even more but I had no choice. I had to make her stay with me. I had to convince her to, one way or the other. It didn't matter the least to me if everyone in her Pack slept with her. It was all in the past and I shouldn't pay attention to it.I needed a future with her. I needed her beside me, as my queen and the mother of my unborn pups. Her past shouldn't matter and it didn't. I was ready to overlook all that messiness and love her right.Why wouldn't she let me? Why was it so hard for her to give me a chance? Why was she hellbent on testing the limit of my p
Chapter Forty–Three. The KissKing Ace's POVI thought giving her what she wanted would make us stop fighting. I thought giving her the freedom and peace she was clamoring for would put an end to all this craziness. But I was wrong. She wanted more. She wanted to leave my side. My kingdom. I could never allow that. Her persistent nagging and yelling poked on all my nerves. I couldn't take it anymore. There was no more tolerance for her silly, outrageous requests. "That won’t be possible mate. It doesn't matter what you say. I won’t let you leave my side.""You promised to give me freedom," she barked at me. "Why are you going back to your words, King?""I did give you my word, but I never told you I was gonna allow you to leave my side. Don’t push me too far, mate. You don’t want to see the monster in me,” I warned, trying hard to control my anger.She stayed quiet, watching me with eyes filled with dread and anger."You can have what you desire most, ‘freedom’, by staying next door
Chapter Forty-four. I will treat you right.King Ace's POVAn hour later but I was still not over Kate's visit. It wasn't rocket science that she had deep feelings for me. But I never thought she could go this far when she knew I had a mate. Now I was all shades of disappointed by her actions. I expected better. ‘We should have killed her,’ Klaus urged. He developed quite the hate for her ever since he knew she had a crush on me. But I could never hurt Kate. Not in the way he wanted.'I can't kill her and you know that.' I replied, with a puff.‘Why not? I can smell her greed. She wants to be the queen.’'Maybe, you're right. I should have killed her, but that would make mother sad. You know how close she was to her. I don’t wanna do anything to hurt mother.’‘I understand, but next time she tries this, I'll cripple her.’‘Do as you wish. She isn’t my mate.’ I concurred and that pacified Klaus.I let myself get lost in my work for the remaining working hours. By the time I finished,
Chapter Forty-Five. I will make you the noblest woman.King Ace's POV"You will be the noblest woman in all the werewolves' kingdom. I won’t cheat or take in a mistress. You will be the only one. My only queen."Her eyes lingered longer on me. There was still hate in them, and also doubt. But also a tiny bit of softness. That little shred of softness was all the motivation I needed to try convincing her more."I’ll do whatever you want, all you gotta do is say it, Ivanna. Say it, but please, be mine."Mother stayed silent, watching us. But her teary eyes were also pleading with Ivanna. "I just told Mother everything about me. Weren't you listening?" Ivanna asked."I listened," I replied, confused by her question. Why was she asking me that?"You didn't understand everything I just told her?""I did.”"Then why will you accept a queen who isn’t pure? I remember saying I was raped, used, and passed around by those bastards. Why do you still want me? Is there something else you want fr
Chapter Forty-six. HeartbeatIvanna's POVMy heart pounded monstrously against my chest. I wasn't sure what was wrong with me, or what just came over me. Why was my body acting up at the sight of him? Or was it because of my recent wet dreams about him?Those dreams had more erotic pleasure than all the times I've been raped and fucked. They might be dreams but everything in them felt so real. The way he touched me; the things he did with his lips; with his hands; they were all mindblowing and crazy too, but I loved them.I always woke up extremely wanton and aching for more. With all those lewd images in my head, it was hard to stay close to him or meet his gaze, and that was why I tried not to. I was always running or being aggressive. All of that was my defensive mechanism, to keep him away from realizing the real effects he had on me. How shamelessly wet I got just from our little encounters in my dreams. Opening up to his mother and him yesterday was a bold move for me. Talking
Epilogue.Ivanna POVI woke up staring at my mate, who was peacefully sleeping beside me. It had been months since I got pregnant, and mother had been taking good care of me. She kept bringing healthy soups for me. I gently stood up and walked into the bathroom. Oh my! I’m sore all over my body. My core aches. I sat in the bathtub, turned on the water, and began bathing. I lingered in the bath for a long time, appreciating what it had to offer me.“Ivanna, are you in there?” I heard Ace's voice.“Yes, is something the matter, Ace?” I inquired.“Ah! No. I was only worried when I woke up, and I didn’t find you beside me,” he uttered. “Are you okay in there?”“Yes, I’m good,” I replied. “I will be out soon.”“Okay," he replied.After I was satisfied, I stood up and picked up the towel. I wrapped it around my body before heading out.“Ivanna,” Ace called.“What is wrong?” he asked. "Are you sure you are okay? You took so long in there.”“I’m okay, honey.” I removed the towel and started d
Test result.Ivan.“Here are the results of the queen’s tests,” he said, handing Ace the result.“What!” he screamed. “Are you sure about this?”“What did you read? Ace, what is it?” I asked. “Why are you so shocked? What did you see?”He began kissing me all over my face. “Hey, will you stop all this? Don’t you know we were not alone?”Ace continued licking and kissing me in front of everyone, as if I hadn’t said a word.“Are you a dog? Why are you licking me?” I gasped.“Thank you so much, my queen,” he stated.“Why are you thanking me?” I asked. “Let go of me first.”“Ivanna, we will become parents,” he blurted out. “I’m so happy.”“I know that. Is that why you are happy?”“Yes,” he confessed. “I can’t wait to meet them!”“To meet them? Who?” I muttered. “Are you talking about the baby?”“Not baby, my love. They are babies. We have more than a child.” His eyes shone with excitement.“What!” I screamed. “What are you talking about?”“Take a look at this." Ace handed me the test resu
Mother’s Joy.“You don’t have to work, honey. Just sit and watch as I do all the work,” Ace said.Ever since I got pregnant, Ace has been doing all the work. He hardly let me step out.“I will be going to mother’s quarter today, Love,” I stated.‘To do what?” He questioned.“Nothing. I just don’t want to sit all day and do nothing.”“I will stay beside you. You don’t have to stress yourself, darling. I will be right here when you need me.”“You need to go to work. Everything is suffocating me. I need to go for a walk, please. I will stress myself out.”He looked at me, shaking his head. What the hell is going on in that brain?“Ivanna, why don’t you want me to keep you company? Why are you trying to push me away from you and the baby?”“Easy love. I beg of you. Try to understand me.”After going back and forth, he finally gave in.“Walk slowly, love. I don’t want to see you fall,” he uttered. Gosh, is this what Jenny is passing through with her mate? Ace is treating me like a child.“
This chapter contains a sex scene. Skip if you are not interested in reading.Ivanna's POVI thought Ace was joking when he said he wasn't done with me until he got down from the bed and walked to the bedside drawer. The sound of foil tearing filled the room, and he was back on the bed before I knew it. "Turn around," he commanded, and I rolled over and lay down on my stomach. He crawled behind me and grabbed my hip, pushing it up in the air."I want to fuck you from behind, and I want to hear you scream my name," he said. He pushed down my lower back until I was arching for him.I took in a deep shuddering breath while he took his sweet little time rubbing his massive cock against the slick folds of my cunt. He knows how much that drives me crazy and how it makes me ache and beg for him. "Please..." I pleaded. I wanted him to stop teasing me and fuck me at the same time, but Ace wasn't done yet.His hand snaked around my throat and held me still against the bedsheet. Without any warn
Well again.Ace’s POVI slowly opened my eyes to find that I wasn’t in my room.“You are awake, my king.” I heard David's voice. Why is he here? Is my queen sick?I groaned and sat on my bed.“My king, are you alright?” He asked again.“David, why are you here?" I asked. "Is something wrong with the queen?”He laughed. “What is funny, David?” I looked around the room. “Where am I? Where is my mate?”“My king, the queen is fine. I’m glad to see you’re healthy again.” I was about to ask him another question when Ivanna ran in.“Ace.” She rushed and hugged me. She hugged me tightly. “You are back. Thank you, goddess.”“Mate,” I breathed. “You are hugging me so tightly. I am about to die.”“Oh. I’m sorry.” She quickly let go of me. “Are you okay? Show me where it hurts.”She’s so cute. I pinched her soft cheeks. “I’m okay.”“It's so good to see you healthy, son,” mother said, hugging me as well.Why is everyone acting like this? What the hell is wrong with everyone?My father smiled at me
Well again.Ace’s POVI slowly opened my eyes to find that I wasn’t in my room.“You are awake, my king.” I heard David's voice. Why is he here? Is my queen sick?I groaned and sat on my bed.“My king, are you alright?” He asked again.“David, why are you here?" I asked. "Is something wrong with the queen?”He laughed. “What is funny, David?” I looked around the room. “Where am I? Where is my mate?”“My king, the queen is fine. I’m glad to see you’re healthy again.” I was about to ask him another question when Ivanna ran in.“Ace.” She rushed and hugged me. She hugged me tightly. “You are back. Thank you, goddess.”“Mate,” I breathed. “You are hugging me so tightly. I am about to die.”“Oh. I’m sorry.” She quickly let go of me. “Are you okay? Show me where it hurts.”She’s so cute. I pinched her soft cheeks. “I’m okay.”“It's so good to see you healthy, son,” mother said, hugging me as well.Why is everyone acting like this? What the hell is wrong with everyone?My father smiled at me
Well again.Ace’s POVI slowly opened my eyes to find that I wasn’t in my room.“You are awake, my king.” I heard David's voice. Why is he here? Is my queen sick?I groaned and sat on my bed.“My king, are you alright?” He asked again.“David, why are you here?" I asked. "Is something wrong with the queen?”He laughed. “What is funny, David?” I looked around the room. “Where am I? Where is my mate?”“My king, the queen is fine. I’m glad to see you’re healthy again.” I was about to ask him another question when Ivanna ran in.“Ace.” She rushed and hugged me. She hugged me tightly. “You are back. Thank you, goddess.”“Mate,” I breathed. “You are hugging me so tightly. I am about to die.”“Oh. I’m sorry.” She quickly let go of me. “Are you okay? Show me where it hurts.”She’s so cute. I pinched her soft cheeks. “I’m okay.”“It's so good to see you healthy, son,” mother said, hugging me as well.Why is everyone acting like this? What the hell is wrong with everyone?My father smiled at me
Killed her.Ivanna's POVI woke up with a throbbing headache. My eyelids were heavy. I tried to open my eyes, but I couldn’t. What the heck is going on! Why do I feel this way?“Ivanna,” I heard someone's voice. It was faint. “Please, wake up.”Is someone calling me? Was that my name? “Ivanna,” I heard the voice again.I slowly opened my eyes.“Thank goodness you are awake. How are you feeling?”My head was hurting. It hurts like hell.“Ahha,” I screamed out. The pain was too much for me to bare. I easily let my wolf take control of my body.“Are you okay, child?” A familiar voice asked me. I looked up and peered at the worried face of Ace’s mother. Why am I still alive? Why am I not dead?“Don’t touch me,” Moon growled at her. “Where is he? Where is my mate?”“I want you to calm down, Ivanna,” she said.She turned around and smirked. “I’m different from the native Ivanna. I will ask you again: Where is my mate? Where have you taken him?”“Look here…” His father began. “I know you are
CureIvanna's stance.“You are back?" she asked. "So soon?” Mother asked me as soon as I walked inside. I stood beside David, who was attending to my mate.“Yes, mother. I finished them all,” I answered.“So fast?" she inquired. "You didn’t disappoint me, child.” She held my hand, her eyes blinking with joy. “Thank you for protecting the kingdom.”“You don’t have to thank me, mother. It is my duty to protect and guard my people,” I replied. I turned around and faced the healer. “Tell me, have you found a cure?”“Yes, my queen,” he said with a bow.“You don’t have to do this," I stated. "This wasn’t the time for all this. Tell me, what should I do to find the cure, please?”He stared at me before sighing. Is this really serious? Is my mate really going to die?“My queen, the king needs a blood heart to survive," he let out.“What! What the heck are you talking about?” mother screamed. “What kind of method is that?”“Mother, we have to listen to him first,” I uttered. “Tell me, David, w