Chapter 36 Lucan's pov Rucker and I stood face to face, my rage threatening to snap his head. "Take our mate from him!!" Ash was getting more impatient than I was, and if I let him take control, things were going to get bloody... not that I minded. "You indeed came." "You thought I was joking when I told you I needed that throne?" "Then take the throne—if you deserve it." I growled frostily, my voice resonating. "You're not going to fret... are you?" "You don't deserve even my presence, Rucker. I want you to go to whatever hell you came from—or I'll take you back myself." He stared at me for a millisecond before bursting into laughter. "Hell? Oh, I’m not going back. After all, I’ll be ruling from now on." "You only helped me escape, Lucan, and you're being punished for it—dir

