Chapter 5

"If you ever try to run again, I'll make sure I send you back to the packs," Andre threatened.

I looked at him and knew from the tone of his voice and his serious expression, he wasn't joking.

"We are going to the council meeting and  I will introduce you as my official mate," he said.

"What!" I exclaimed.

"Yes, but I won't make you queen yet," Andre said.

We got to the meeting and I could sense that the other lycans didn't like me. I watched as Andre spoke with confidence and an icy tone. The wolf in me was so excited at how power and great leadership could be seen in him

He is so hot and looks attractive. Why was I thinking this way?  Then he paused and smiled.

"You look so gorgeous and attractive too," he mind-linked at me.

I was shocked as he found it so easy to read my thoughts with ease. It made me uneasy to think when I was around him, I didn't want him to hear me when I was thinking about my baby.

An hour later, we were walking along the forest, and he had announced to the council that I was his official mate. I could see contempt, hatred, and dissatisfaction on their faces. I expected such expressions as I was a werewolf in a Lycan's Kingdom and I was a potential queen too. 

None of them would want to be ruled by a werewolf but who dared to go against Andre's decision? Absolutely no one.

Andre sat on a big rock under a big tree and sisignaledor me to sit by his side.

"So, welcome to my kingdom, mate."

I was concerned about the pregnancy I had and was scared that it would get me into trouble with Andre sooner or later.

But for now, I decided to go with the flow, as far as I was free Nathan who despises me right now.

"Kimberly, I am interested in your past so I can understand your present, to make your future with me better."

I blushed at Andre's words, they were sweet to the ears but I didn't want to immerse myself in his love because I knew the pregnancy could still cause rifts.

"How do you mean? What do you want me to say?"

"Tell me about your past, how you met your former mate, and how or who you were before you met me."

I was surprised that Andre would be interested in hearing about my past, but I didn't mind telling him. I was going to omit the part where I was drugged and slept with and how it led to pregnancy.

"Alright, I will tell you, and that is if you do not get bored,"  I looked at his face to see his expression.

He held a poker expression which made it hard for me to decipher his reaction to what to do.

"Ito aid are looking for an expression, here is one," he said, looking at me with a smiling face.

"I am not going to get bored, I Asked for it."

"Alright, before I became sixteen,......"

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"Kimberly, wake up, let's go. It is about time we went to the river bank. I and Williams were so close since childhood. Sometimes, in the morning, we would both go to the riverbank as it was lovely to feel the morning breeze around that time.

 After staying at the river bank for almost an hour, we went to the forest to train together and threw stones at fruits. We had so much fun together and only moved around together.

Everyone envied or admired us as we were two best friends and we fought for each other, we were never far from each other and that made it easier to come through for each other.

On one fateful day, I had gone into the forest to pick up different fruits for him as a gift but as I turned around, I saw a lion who looked like it was happy that it had finally found prey. I shuddered in fear as the thought of it tearing into my flesh sent cold chills down my spine.

Immediately, I howled, hoping anyone nearby would save me from this lion which looked hungry. As it jumped at me, Williams had kicked it from the left and his claws had come out, with claws out.

He growled out loudly in confidence and aimed at its heart, the lion died, not long after that.

"Hey, I heard your howl."

"The lion scared me, I didn't know what to do."

"What were you doing here, all alone?"

"And what were you doing nearby?" I asked, knowing fully well that he must have followed me.

We both laughed hard and smiled.

"So, what was the reason you were here?"

"Well, it crossed my mind to get you a gift, it isn't bad to do so."

"Wow, that's so nice. So, where were you able to get the gift?" Williams asked me.

"Uhm, no," I said looking disappointed.

"You could not get the gift you wanted to prepare for me but the goddess sent you a bigger one, which is the lion."

"Oh my! Why didn't I see it that way before? Now, as you have said, this is your gift." I smiled.

"Which I caught myself," Williams teased.

"Really?" I laughed.

"Tomorrow is your coming-of-age ceremony, are you excited?" Williams asked.

"Of course!"

"I can't help but wonder who would be your mate."

"You, of course!" I teased but I had thought it would be him.

The next day, preparations were made to celebrate me and a few girls. We were four and when it was time to shift into our wolf form, I could not shift and the other girls shifted with ease.

I found it difficult to shift and I was tagged as being wolfless. Everyone looked in surprise and disbelief, I couldn't be mateless.