Chapter 2
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Chapter 2
|| MONICA's POV ||
"My King...I..."
I tried to speak after returning to my human form. King Zion just silently looked at me, seemed like he was not shocked by my appearance at all.
I blinked. Numerous thoughts washed over me in a second. Had he already expected that I would be his mate? Would that be the reason that he used to treat me as a…special one? Would he be willing to help me to take revenge?
“Monica.”
Suddenly, he whispered my name.
My heart thudded like a drum, and then—it broke into pieces by his words.
“An omega…is my fucking mate.”
He whispered in a low sarcastic chuckle, backing away.
"An OMEGA! NO WAY MONICA! You are supposed to be my slave only."
He didn't expect me to become his mate.
Worse, I’d never seen him so cold and cruel towards me.
I couldn’t help but shiver under his rage. Alpha Zion was a Lycan, the most powerful Lycan in the world, until this moment I finally realized that.
Thinking of the hope gathered in my heart just now, I could only smile bitterly. Pathetic, Monica, pathetic!
It hurt although I never wanted to find my mate. I hung my head down and heard him speaking in a cold voice, anger flashing across his eyes.
"I WON'T LET THE HISTORY REPEAT! I WON'T HAVE THE SAME FATE AS MY MOTHER.”
“I, Lycan King Zion De Rossi, reject you Monica as my mate and Luna."
My wolf let out a howl of cry, falling forward in pain.
He didn't listen to me and turned around to exit, leaving me in the woods.
" Stop crying, Princess. Did you see your face? You look broken!"
Sally tried to comfort me but I wasn't stopping crying. I never thought that the pain of rejection could be so severe. King Zion hated me because I wasn't of a noble rank in his eyes. He believed that I wasn't entitled to sit next to him. I didn't want a mate from normal wolves but I wanted him as my mate. Our sexual relationship had started to take a different turn. I started to take him as my lover more than a master.
I replied between my tears, sobbing harder,
" What will I do now, Sally? All my dreams are broken. I could have avenged my family's death only if he accepted me. Now, I have nothing, no hope."
My sole goal of survival was to avenge my family's death. When the opportunity finally came and it was shattered again, I couldn't find the spirit of fighting anymore. On one hand, I was suffering after being rejected by my mate, and on the other hand, I was still mourning my family's death.
Sally patted my back as she comforted me,
" You are strong, Princess. You will find a way."
I refused to believe that, shaking my head hopelessly,
" No..I can't..I served King Zion for years to get on his good side. Nothing worked and now he rejected our bond. I have no hopes left anymore."
Sally fell into deep thoughts as she blurted, looking into my eyes,
" There's a person.. who can help you.."
I asked between my years, looking up at Sally strangely,
" Who?"
Sally gave me a name that turned my blood cold in shock,
"His brother, the King Lucius."
|| ZION'S POV ||
" Cousin... what are you doing in my room?"
Gabriel scrambled over the bed as soon as he saw me enter. The naked woman next to him looked startled, sat up, and left as fast as possible.
I dropped the cigarette from my hand, smirking at his frightened face mysteriously,
" I heard that you have eyes for my little slave, Monica. Am I hearing it right, cousin?"
Gabriel's face sank into dismay as he understood the incident that I was referring to. I overheard the conversation between two maids. One of them described how Gabriel tried to touch Monica after the ball for a few days. That little slave of mine never breathed a word to me.
Gabriel jumped off his bed, and went on his knees before he started to explain impatiently,
" All are lies, cousin. Trust me. She...she..was seducing me."
I let out a throaty laugh. Did he forget that he was a good liar?
My wolf snapped out of rage. I grabbed his face with all my strength, suffocating him with my palm. I breathed my words out slowly,
" You want me to believe that a woman is interested in another man when she has the king on her bed, cousin? What did I say about staying away from my things?"
My claws were itching to come out. It would take a moment for me to snap his brain fucking out. Gabriel writhed in pain under my clutch. In a swift movement, I lifted his body and held it against the pillar behind me. The wall was cracked open from the impact, leaving a big bruise on the back of his head. My wolf growled instinctively, pressing him harder against the wall,
" SHE IS MINE! Which hands of yours touched her, hmm?"
Gabriel cried out, begging for mercy, and refused to give me any answer. I spoke again with a malicious grin, pointing at his right hand,
" Shall I start with this or..."
Pointing on the other hand, I continued with a grin, watching his face turn white in fear,
" Or this one..."
I didn't wait for his answer. I grasped his right hand and twisted it hard painfully. A wail came from his lips with the sound of his bones cracking. Gabriel's body hit the ground. The way his hand was twisted, I believed that he wouldn't be able to use that hand again.
Once again, my possessiveness shocked me. She wasn't supposed to be the center of my attention but I was ready to throw the world aside for her. I hated myself for being drawn to her. She was probably the hardest distraction to give up in my life.
My regent, Samuel met me in the corridor as soon as I walked out of the room. He peered into the room and said vehemently,
" Is..it worth punishing him so cruelly? You have already rejected your fated bond with her. At least she would have been in front of you if Gabriel.."
Samuel swallowed the rest of his words after receiving a death glare from me. I stressed my words before replying,
" I won't make the same mistake as my mother did. An omega can't be my queen but SHE WILL BE MINE. You understand, Samuel? Touch her, and you will die."
Samuel looked troubled as he changed the topic with a sigh, walking away from the cries of Gabriel,
" I came to inform you that.. Alpha Jason has rejected our proposal to bind with his land. He isn't allowing our trades anymore."
I paused between my tracks, blurting with a straight face,
" So...he chose to collaborate with Lucius? What did that fucker offer him?"
It was not new to me that my step-brother Lucius De Rossi was followed by many packs. Some packs believed in old tradition as they didn't accept me as a legitimate heir to the throne. My mother never received the official status but that didn't stop me from becoming the king.
Samuel replied coldly, walking side by side as we came to my quarters,
" His daughter! He has offered a hand in marriage to Lucius.I think it's high time that you choose your mate from the higher classes."
Before I could respond, an idea came to my mind.
Woman!
So many kings were destroyed for women. Why couldn't it be Lucius De Rossi?
I smiled viciously at the thought of his dead body. Turning around, I asked Samuel gleefully,
" Samuel! Find me the best woman from my castle, the prettiest one."
Samuel was stunned for a second before asking grimly,
" Don't tell me that you are planning to send a woman to Lucius's bed?"
I replied with a sneer, pausing in my tracks,
" Everything is fair in love & war, Samuel. I am just pushing my dear
brother to his fate."
Samuel blurted out with a smile, running after me,
" I bow in front of your intelligence, My King.”