Alpha King’s craved pet

CHAPTER TWO

~RAVENNA~

“Can we talk please?” Sean uttered as he followed me around the room while I got ready for bed.

“Are you sure you want to waste your time with me or be with Rebecca? She must have had fun at her party, right?” I asked without turning to him.

I had spent the night crying until I had fallen asleep. He hadn't come home last night so I knew he was with Rebecca.

“Don't be like that. I couldn't Just leave the party. I invited a lot of people there…”

“Like Rebecca?” I asked and I finally turned to him and I could feel the tears pricking at my eyes but I tried to hold it back as I stared into his green eyes that once shone with love for me. The man I had fallen in love with was slowly becoming a distant Memory.

“Yes I invited her but she has been going through a rough time and she needed someone to talk to so I invited her” He explained and I scoffed.

“And you couldn't bother telling me? You couldn't even bother telling me that you kept in touch with her?” I asked and he sighed.

“It's not that deep Ravenna. I feel like you overreacted and…”

“Overreacted? If anything I'm under-reacting because I just f*****g found Out that my mate has been talking to his ex lover for hos long? Weeks? Months? Since she left? You used me as a rebound, didn't you?” I asked softly and his eyes widened. He tried to grab me but I moved away, hating the way and lone tears slid down my cheeks.

“You're my mate, Ravenna. You can't be a rebound…”

“But I am! Heck, our names didn't sound alike! You f*****g sound alike, you bastard!” I screamed in his face and he used that opportunity to wrap his arms around me. I tried to push him away but he was way stronger than I was.

“Calm down, Ravenna. It's not like that at all. I love you, I'll always love you” He murmured but I shook my head, Finally letting the tears fall.

“You don't…”

“I do. I love you so much…”

“Sean…”

“Nothing is going on between Rebecca and I. She's my past while you, you're my present. I'm sorry if I made you sad, I really wanted you to have fun on your birthday. I was just shocked to see and then I couldn't just leave the party, I invited everyone I knew. You have to understand” He murmured as he caressed my cheek with his thumb.

“Where did you spend the night? You weren't here” I questioned and he frowned.

“I…” We suddenly heard a knock on the door.

“I'm busy” Sean uttered without taking his eyes off me.

“It's Rebecca. She hurt herself and won't go to the hospital unless you're with her” James’ voice sounded from behind the door and immediately, I felt Sean tense up.

I saw the panic in his eyes as he stared at me. I knew he wanted to go to her but he knew he was already on thin ice with me and knew that if he went to her that meant, he had chosen her.

I stared at him, Waiting for him to make a choice and when he pulled away from me slightly, my heart broke into a million pieces.

“Let me just check up on her, I'll be back before you know it. I promise, this doesn't mean anything. She's under my care, I can't let her get hurt, you have to understand” He said with a pleading tone and I almost laughed out of self pity.

I completely understood that I was the second choice.

“If you go to her, you'll lose me” I murmured as tears streamed down my face.

His eyes widened as he stared at me in shock.

“Ravenna, you can't be serious” He uttered but I knew he knew I was dead serious.

I for one couldn't stand betrayal and no matter how much I loved him, I was ready to prioritize my happiness and sanity if that meant losing him.

“Make your choice and whatever choice you make now, you better stand by it” I murmured and I could practically see the wheels turning in his head.

“She's bleeding really badly, Sean” James uttered and I saw it in his eyes before he even pulled away.

“Let's talk later, okay? I get you're angry at me but please, let's just talk better later, hmm?” He said as he moved away and soon disappeared.

James stared at me for a while then sighed before following behind Sean.

I don't know how long I just stood there, wondering if I had spent the last three years loving a man that cared this little for me.

I always heard stories about how the mate bond could never be rivaled against. I guess ours Wasn't as strong as I thought.

I collapsed to the ground as I cried my eyes out as self pity and insecurities Washed over me.

Had I not been good enough? Had I not done enough? I did everything I could to be worthy of him, of being beside him. I slowly gained the people's favor and for what? Just to be Pushed aside?

I heard my wolf whimpering in my mind. She was having it worse than I was. Her mate had just chosen someone else over us.

I needed to find a way to leave this pack, I couldn't stay here anymore and watch my life be stripped away from me little by little. It was only a matter of time before Rebecca Took my place and I didn't want to be here when that happened.

I didn't want to witness it so I had to leave but how? Sean would never let me leave and the Alpha won't let me leave without a solid excuse. What could I possibly do?

“I heard merchants of the Alpha King are coming tomorrow. I wonder how many women they would take this time. Are you signing up? I just might” My ear perked up as I listened to the maids as they walked past my room.

Since my door room was Open, they immediately bowed their heads as soon as they noticed me and immediately walked away.

Was it that time of the year again?

Each year, the Alpha King sends For multiple women across all seven packs and chooses one to become his wife although no woman has ever succeeded.

The recent Alpha king had taken over at such a tender age and was known to be brutal and had an extremely wild taste. Many called him the devil and despite being so young, everyone was afraid to cross him.

Each pack was to provide at least twenty women. If this wasn't met, that pack would face the wrath of the Alpha king.

Many women were forced to sign up and signing up meant abandoning your family back home. Even if the women weren't chosen by the Alpha King, they were forced to remain in his territory or were killed. Some Volunteered because they had no one and saw it as an adventure but from the stories I've heard, it didn't sound like a fun adventure.

I pursed my lips as I contemplated the idea. I didn't want to be the Alpha King's wife but if I didn't win then I could reside there and be away from all this drama. Start my life afresh.

“Or you could get killed. It's not any good idea, Ravenna” My wolf uttered in my mind and I frowned.

“Is it better we stay here and watch our mate slowly leave us? Or worse, If he starts having s*x… we'll be in pain, Nyx” I murmured and she whimpered.

“He'll come to his senses, he has to” She whispered and I pursed my lips knowing fully well that he wasn't going to and she knew as well.

He already made his choice. It was time for us to make ours…