Twisted Fate: The Future Queen’s Mate

Chapter 9

Prince Dante’s POV

I had to get out of that f*****g hell hole. The main reason was because I’m so sick and tired of constantly being yelled at and made out to seem like I’m some ignorant teenage boy. I’m about to be the next king, not that I really want to be but a king doesn’t get chastised for every little move he makes. Hell if his constituents don’t like what he’s doing they’re forced to turn a blind eye and never speak it to another soul or they’ll suffer the consequences. Yet here I am being made out to be a child. It’s f*****g ridiculous.

The second reason I needed to get out was because of her. I don’t know what’s happening but it’s really starting to f**k with my head. One day I’m telling her she’s weak and that there will never be anything in between us and the next I can’t keep my eyes off of her.

It’s true that we’re expected to be mated to one another and marry just before I take the throne later this year. Well it’s not really expected of us because that means we have a choice, but we don’t.

I do care about Evie. Just not in the way they want me to. Not in the way she wants me to. For f***s sake I see her as my annoying little sister. And how could I not? Growing up together so close made it that way. How am I supposed to see someone I view as a sister in a mate sort of way?

Well that’s what I thought up until a few days ago when I saw her in the council room. I couldn’t keep my eyes off of her and my heart was beating out of my chest. And that smell. Oh my god that smell. If I hadn’t already known better I could have swore we were true mates destined by the moon. But we already know that we’re not so I don’t know why now, all of sudden that smell is appearing.

I’ve been trying to rack my brain and piece it all together. Why, overnight has a switch been flipped in not only my brain but also in my heart? Why after resisting it all am I now becoming the weak one wanting her so badly?

I couldn’t sort it out and it was literally driving me and my beast mad. I could feel his restlessness inside of me that day when he too caught the scent. He’s been trying to break free and claim what he thinks is his. I know that must be the reason why I forced myself on her so hard in the lounge. I was filled with so much lust and desire that all logic and reason completely left my body. And my beast’s anxiousness wasn’t helping the situation in the slightest.

That’s why after that ridiculous ass chewing from Caspian was over I tore out the door and stormed past all the palace guards. They put up a few protests and tried to stop me from leaving but one sharp look from me had them cowering. Being the future king has its perks sometimes.

For the last few days I’ve been hiding out at my favorite club, Grumpy’s. Some may call it a strip club or a dive bar but to me it’s pure entertainment and one hell of a good time. It’s one place I know I can come to have fun and drown out all the noise from my bullshit life.

I know my fathers had his men out looking for me but Grumpy is my boy and let’s me stay up in the VIP lounge whenever I need a break. I’m pretty sure the guards don’t even know the upstairs part of the club exists since I pay Grumps handsomely to keep people out of it.

I may have over indulged during my stay here the last few days. I told the bartender to keep the drinks flowing and the girls to keep coming. I don’t think I’ve had a sober moment since I walked in here seventy two hours ago. And that’s the way I needed it. I needed a break from the constant bantering about being the perfect role model and representing the throne well. I also needed a break from thinking about her.

I thought the boos and ladies would be enough to do the trick but it wasn’t. Especially when Evie wouldn’t stop blowing up my phone. I know she cares but it gets pretty f*****g annoying when she’s the one I’m trying to forget about. Instead she was all I could think about and I f*****g hated that.

A girl like her will ruin what I have going for myself. She’s perfect in every way and I’m the complete opposite. If we were to give this thing a go seriously it would end up as a disaster. I know she would expect that I quit drinking and smoking and hanging out at places like Grumpy’s. And I know she definitely wouldn’t approve if I kept my string of girls coming through every night and when I needed them during the day. That’s why it won’t work out. That’s why I don’t want to give it a shot. I don’t want to stop drinking or smoking or sleeping around. It would only destroy her if she was to be with me.

It’s been three days here and the alcohol is starting to have no effect on me. Probably because I’m so drunk you can’t get any drunker than this. And that’s when my buddy Ryan hit me up and told me he had something stronger that could help me take the edge off for a little while longer.

I’ve never really messed around with the hard stuff before but at this point I don’t really care. I’ll do anything to shut my brain off longer so I don’t have to deal with any of this s**t until I’m ready.

Those two thin white lines never looked so good. I hit them hard and quick and before I knew it everything was spinning and it all faded to black.

When I woke up I was back up in VIP and I instantly knew I had messed up because standing before me was a very pissed off Evie.

I started to sit up and ask her what she was doing here but before I got the chance to get the words out I felt a hard smack across my right cheek followed by an intense stinging sensation.

Damn, maybe the girl isn’t weak after all. Being a lycan prince I’m pretty tough and sturdy but I would be lying if I said that didn’t shake me up a bit. Probably because I’m high as hell right now.

“Get your f*****g ass up now. We’re leaving.” Evie says through her teeth while staring down at me with those magnificent green eyes. For some reason her yelling at me makes me shiver and the member in my pants does a little jig.

“Nah, I think I’ll stay right here baby girl.” I say while leaning back on the bed. I pat the sheets beside me “Why don’t you join me?” I say with a smirk on my face.

“You’ve lost your goddamn mind if you think I’m crawling into bed with you. As far as I’m concerned I’ll never get into bed with someone like you. You’re a strung out, inconsiderate, selfish, f*****g asshole.”

Oh yeah she’s pissed. When she gets mad like this her whole face turns beet red and she clenches her jaw and her fists tight and her voice always comes out a little shrill. Don’t know why but it’s still turning me on.

“Awe come on baby girl. You know you don’t mean any of that. I’ll have you crawling into my bed sooner rather than later. Just wait and see.” I say but just barely because the room is spinning again and I’m fighting the urge to close my eyes.

The last thing I can remember is Evie pulling me by my feet off the bed and out the door before I black out.