The Lycan King's Forbidden Mate

s against the cold stone walls. I stood beside the enourmous bed, my

the bed, his golden eyes fixed on mine wi

But in my Kingdom, you can be my queen

warning bell enough to make me think wheth

ot answered

calm, but still I sensed the und

offer and stand by

my hands

ing Mar

. Just

d as he lea

ame, litt

diately looked away, I r

your offer, I'm sorry

ice barely ov

ection, I chose to turn my ga

d against my chest when silen

e to look at him, the sound of

heart beats like a war drum. Ar

he tried to c

dug into

s. I a

hy

at tigh

pack, or ever since the night that I failed to shift, I thought I had already

will remai

hat I don't belong never fail to give me the feeling th

igh

I am no

voice barely

, as if all the amusement fro

Alaric told y

er my mate, and

, finally daring

ould shift. I have prayed, I have fought, I have bled f

the lump i

s crackling with authority as h

is determined by whe

ard but did n

is i

exhaled sharply, shaking his head, I took

ho bow at my feet. You do not cower. You d

red for a fract

n my chest, something I kne

ot change the

oug

as firm, ye

, you deny me. I will not have a que

t punded once more, and I could not d

staying in anyone's pack let alone a kingdom to be its queen. I

then

d making m

nted so much to believe that you don't belong to your own kind no more than anythi

my gaze back at him to know ho

ll think on this. When you are ready

nt, I stoo

away, each step he makes, felt heavy in my ches

the loud boom of the wooded

ry to hide and fight it,

to be his

me as I stepped past the heavy i

hing undeniably powerful. Like an energy tha

riding forward, my bare feet sound

e. Who le

p voice suddenly ba

d, a towering male with broad shoulder

chin befor

ean the King

ped closer, based on his reaction, it

allowed to wan

ot a r

unte

t belong, I

e from behi

g and familiar male wolf ste

with his curio

r someone who just stepped fo

r claws if tha

gri

e learned that you hav

awkward smile

id you k

the guard that only sighed

new alpha of Shadow Walked pack rejected you as his mate. An

ear to ear as if he finds my emb

amiliar, I might have

riel

ted hi

? You don't ha

g to a pack. N

guard shift

es were rare, and they often carried more dan

ay a word, the male wolf's

ill be

iffe

it still carried an edge of aut

warriors and servants begu

her some clean cl

thout a pack n

more, not as a question,

es

wish to s

little

dmit

til I'm read

ly, an expression I co

epping into the de

ugh I wasn't sure if

irked at me, asses

most imperceptibl

d you have a word wi

ounded heavily against my chest by just t

instead I held his gaze for a bit l

conversation was a little... Off... Yo

urled into a smil

Did you

ok my

anted to live w

d making

whether you are just tr

to think

eper into the castle to follo

roamed around the huge castle, where

vings on the stone pillars. The castle had a rich history, it has been p

m my father, but I never once imagine

est last night? Too close to the dark fo

who remaine silent as we walked, hi

I had the chan

nce, but there was someth

ority like King Marcus but his air of confi

s hun

ound of laughter e

ur name by

ally

cas

with a

trusted frien

narrowed

or or w

chuc

f both,

, examining me wit

ntrigu

e for intrig

eek time

and sp

s mu

s to seek in a

aze and for

e human world. This is

d, something unreadable f

not as welcoming a

ake my

in for a long mom

our guard up. Not everyone he

led so

let my gu

something like approv

just survive your stay

not a

my head when he st