His flawless face welcomed me as soon as he removed my blindfold. He gave me a sly grin while surveying my entire body from head to toe. He was shaking his head and gasping for air.
When I saw his face, my eyes widened with surprise. Despite the challenges that I had to go through, I made it a point to keep his face in my mind at all times. He was the King of the Lycans, and he was the man I detested the most. He was the man that I had fantasised about murdering, or perhaps torturing in the most horrible ways possible!
“My brother is such an incredible human being. I still can’t believe that he would give someone as special as you to me.” As he continued, he mumbled and cackled while saying, “You are the bait that he had prepared for me. You are only attractive because of your body.”
As soon as I heard him humiliate me with his words, the corners of my mouth began to curl up in anger. Does he seriously believe that being in his presence brings out the best in me? He thought way too highly of himself!
The unbelievable part was what my wolf actually said. He was my mate. How is it even possible that he was my soul mate? He was the Lycan King and the one who killed all of my family members as well as my mate.
It is inconceivable that such a cold-hearted man could be linked to me. When I thought about it, it made me feel sick to my stomach. No, there must have been an error or something of the sort.
He gave me a sinister grin while holding my chin. He inhaled deeply while keeping his eyes shut and sniffling. The moment I felt the mate bond working, I let out a gasp.
“Your scent is pleasant to me. You are the only woman whose scent I crave. Are you a witch?” He foolishly inquired.
I had no idea how to respond to his question. What puzzled me was why he questioned whether I was a witch. How did he not know I was his mate?
My lips twitched with rage. I took a deep breath in order to prevent myself from hitting him in the face. No! I wouldn't be his fated mate! I was relieved that he had no idea about the mate bond.
"Do you not speak? Did my brother not tell you that I'd rather have a loud woman than a quiet one?"
"I am not a witch." In my nervousness, I stutteringly replied to his query. The fact that I was being such an i***t in his presence shocked me. He slowly approached me, filling the space between us. When he touched my chin, he gave me an unpleasant grin. I closed my eyes to hide my hatred for him. I wanted to spit in his face because the resentments I had surfaced
He reawakened the resentment in me that I had been attempting to push to the back of my mind.
He muttered, "I can smell your anger, little wolf," and cackled as he shook his head at me, as if he wanted me to know that he was disappointed in me.
When I looked at him, he had a cold and callous gleam in his eyes. What exactly was he doing at that moment? He was attempting to trick me. I'm not going to change my mind about the plans that Jayden shared with me.
"You're extremely lucky to have an inviting body. If you don't, perhaps I can request that the guards throw you into my pets. They're starving, and I'm sure they won't hesitate to devour you!" One of his hands went around my waist, and he started dragging me. I was dumbfounded as a result of what he was doing to me. Like Jayden had warned me, I was afraid he would murder me.
When he dragged me through each area of his castle, I was flabbergasted. He had a stern and violent expression on his face that made the servants quiver in horror whenever he walked by.
A woman rushed in our direction; she lowered her head and kneeled in front of her. She was a middle-aged woman, and she seemed strict, especially when I noticed how she examined my body.
“The maid informed me that you’re looking for me, Your Majesty,” she whispered. She stood up and peeked in my direction once again. She frowned at me, but she stopped commenting about me.
“Teach her everything that she needs to do. I want her to be prepared for tonight. She’s the one that you will send into my room.” The Lycan King's order made the woman gasp in surprise. I was shocked too, because I wasn’t dumb for not knowing what he wanted to do with me.
The woman gasped. She was in a panic when the Lycan King looked serious and said that I was the one that he needed tonight.
“Your Majesty, what about Isabella? It’s her time to be with you!” the woman exclaimed.
“I don’t care about her. I can visit her in her room this time, so she will not be mad at me. She will understand that I want to be with my new w***e tonight.” The Lycan King replied and pushed me towards the woman. I gritted my teeth when he treated me like trash. Damn this man!
“I don’t want to be your woman!” My teeth clenched in so much anger. He chuckled as he responded and smirked at me. My breathing became more violent. I couldn’t believe that he didn’t seem affected by the fact that I was trying to protest his decision.
“I’m not asking you, wolf! It was you who decided to be here in my castle. You’re my w***e now. Why don’t you start thinking how you will suck my freaking d**k so I will be glad for once?”
“Damn you!” I shouted and groaned when he held my neck tightly. I whimpered when he stared at my face without showing any remorse. “Ah! f**k you!” I didn’t stop screaming at him.
The woman widened her eyes. She seemed worried and gazed at the Lycan King before she said, “Your Majesty, please stop hurting her. I will make sure that she will be more obedient to you tonight. You don’t want to ruin your presence, right?”
The Lycan King paused and removed his hand from my neck. I was panting when my body collapsed on the floor. s**t! I wished that I had the power to kill him so fast!
“You're right, Stella. Do everything to make her representable in my eyes. I want her to be clean, and check her if she isn’t sick.” He spoke and left us without even looking at me.
Stella, the middle-aged woman, looked at me. She hardly sighed as she voiced out, “Get up and follow me. Did you even know that you almost lost your life? He’s the Lycan King; why have you disrespected him?”
She helped me stand up and pulled me to the room where she was managing a lot of women. She went to the closet, and my lips trembled when I saw what the dress looked like. It was more disappointing that I couldn’t understand the use of this dress on my body. It seemed that I was naked every day here.
“Did you know Jayden? The Lycan King knew that you were one of the traps that his brother had sent to him.” She started talking to me. She looked in my direction, hoping that she would get an answer from me, but I didn’t bother to talk to her.
What made her think that I would talk to her about Jayden’s plans? If I clarified to her that it was Jayden who sent me, then my plans would be exposed.
“You don’t know him or not?” She didn’t want to stop, making me feel more agitated towards her. I didn’t like that someone was trying to stop me from killing the Lycan King.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t even know who Jayden is.” I answered with conviction. Stella blinked her eyes as if checking if I lied or not, but thankfully, I had innocent features.
“He’s the brother of the Lycan King; you didn’t know him? He did everything to kill his brother.” She informed me without removing her eyes from my face. My eyes blinked, and I sighed.
“I don’t know who he is. I was going to see my friend when someone captured me. I didn’t know who it was, and when I woke up, I was there.” I shrugged my shoulders and strolled towards the cabinet. I chose the black colour of the dress.
“The Lycan King likes colourful colour. You can’t have that.” She rushed towards me and was about to take the black dress from my hand when I moved my hand in the opposite direction.
“I don’t care about what the Lycan King wants. I want the black colour; that’s it.”
“You are stubborn. He will kill you for disobeying him!”
“I don’t care!”
“You!” She was about to nag at me when a maid came to her. She called her, which left me alone inside the room. I was staring at the black dress when someone came inside.
It was a stunning, angelic, beautiful woman. She smiled at me and walked closer to me.
“You’re the new woman, right?” She asked me, and I was about to answer when she slapped me multiple times and grabbed my hair. f**k!