Chapter 3
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"What! Why would you say that?" Jared shouted "How could we kill her? Are you out of your damn mind".
"What? You said you were desperate " Travis defended himself.
"Well not that desperate, and besides even though she is a lowly Omega with a treason record she is still a member of the Pack Union, I can't just kill her, the consequences will be a lot worse than that of wedding a chosen mate" Jared educated his Right hand man.
"So that means you would have to marry her, I don't see any other options" Travis was disappointed.
There was a knock on the door and on Jared's order a short chubby woman entered "My Lord your meeting with the Elders and Alphas of the Pack Union has been arranged, they await your presence in the meeting room".
"Alright Alice, thank you" Jared said.
"It's my pleasure my Lord, any another thing you require?" She asked.
"No that would be all, I would be down in a minute" Jared dismissed her.
"Alright my Lord" she took a bow and left the room.
"A meeting with the Elders and Alphas, I wonder what those old geezers want to rant to you about when you just got Coronated today" Travis stroked his chin.
"They would want to get an explanation for what happened this morning with my supposedly dead mate showing up uninvited at my Coronation ceremony. They would want a solution for this" Jared sighed deeply.
"A solution?" Travis asked as Jared made to leave.
"I'm going to have to marry her my friend" Jared announced to his friend as he made his way out of his office and into the meeting room.
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She knew it would be bad but not this bad, Elena thought to herself as she made her way into the shambles that used to be her family house. Memories flooded her mind, she sighed and settled at a spot. She was going to have to live there for a while "Hopefully it won't rain" she said while looking at the numerous holes in the roof of the burnt down house.
She took out a thick piece of cloth she had packed and used it as a pillow, her stomach rumbled "Bear with me belly, I'll feed you tomorrow" she was going to have to get an odd job for awhile if she was ever planning on surviving, she needed a disguise.
"Whose there?!" Elena got up immediately when she heard footsteps, there was no answer but the footsteps were getting nearer "I said who is…. ahhhh!" she tripped and fell cutting her knee, yet another injury from today, today was truly the worst day ever, she thought to herself.
"What are you doing here?" A voice asked in shock, she couldn't see the face though as it was too dark "Is this where you live?" the voice asked again, it sounded very familiar now "Elena I'm talking to you"
"Jared?" She guessed with uncertainty.
"I came to see what had been done to the residence of a traitor and the killer of a royal, who knew you would still be living here" he sighed.
"I don't live here! I… I'm just staying here for a couple of days, I was kicked out of the place I was staying at" she hid her face in embarrassment.
He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and dropped it roughly on her injured knee "Why are you wounded everywhere? You looked fine this morning, did someone hit you?"
"Indeed, I was hit for almost canceling your engagement" she took the handkerchief and wiped the dry blood from her forehead.
Jared watched her in silence. She still looked more beautiful than anyone he had seen in the last decade even as she was covered in dirt and bruises.
She looked up at him when she noticed his eyes on her, he looked away "We used to have brunch here every Saturday, do you remember? It was at one of those brunches that we sensed the mate bond" she smiled nostalgically.
Jared said nothing but just stared at her with a hard expression.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have said anything" She apologized immediately "But don't you think it's unfair, it was my father who hurt you and your family with what he did, not me but him" tears welled up in her eyes "I just don't understand why you have to hate me so earnestly for something I didn't partake in, something I wasn't even aware of until it had happened ".
His heart skipped a beat as the tears fell down her cheeks, he wanted to reach out and console her but he clenched his fists and held back "You still don't get it do you? You still don't know why your father killed my brother in the first place do you?" He paused "Well let me shock you a bit, he did it because of you and his obsession with power, he did it so you would be the Luna of the Lycan King and not just a royal spouse".
"What?" Elena couldn't believe what he had just said.
"I heard them clearly that day as they fought, just before he killed my brother, when my brother asked your father why he was trying to kill him, if it was all because of the title he would get for being the father-in-law of the Lycay King, the most powerful non-royal in the Union" he paused and blinked furiously to hold back his emotions "He just smiled and told my brother that he wasn't fit to be Lycan King then he stabbed him and watched him bleed out to death".
He bent over and looked her dead in the eyes "My only regret is that I didn't kill him right after that because I was scared back then" his eyes wondered down her body and back to her face "Anytime I look at you I'm reminded of what he did, this mate bond is a curse to me".
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I never knew anything about this" she sobbed loudly "I can't believe I thought he might have been framed because there was no motive, I'm so sorry".
"If you are so sorry then maybe you can do me a favor" Jared smirked.
"Anything, I would do anything you ask as long as it will make you happy" Elena wiped her tears.
"Anything at all?" Jared asked.
"Yes anything at all" Elena assured him.
"Well then" he paused "You are my mate but I can't marry you because you remind me of your father, my enemy and Karen is the ideal bride because I need her family's influence".
He crotched down in front of her "Not marrying you will make me cursed and I won't be able to have an heir, any heir at all but I have to marry Karen if I want to make the Pack Union the strongest of all and secure our territories from our enemies".
"I don't understand, what are you getting at and where does my help come in?" Elena asked in confusion.
Jared smirked "I need to marry you Elena".
"What?" She asked even more confused now.
Jared took her hands in his "Will you marry me Elena?"
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