Claimed By The Wolf King

Chapter 6

Jayce's POV

I had stationed two guards by her door and one just outside below her window. I wanted to make sure I had all of the exits covered. Sighing, I dropped onto the bed that I had given myself. It wasn't as nice as the one I had in my bedroom but I wanted to make sure that she knew I would take care of her. That I would give up my own clothes on my back for her. She didn't seem to really like me, and I couldn't blame her. Taking her was a risky move, but the reaction I had in the diner meant it was just outright dangerous to leave her there.

She was safe with me, whether she liked it or not.

I laid on my back with one arm under my head just wondering how something so little could be so feisty. She was beautiful, but she wasn't delicate by human standards. I had to remind myself to be gentle with her. She wasn't a she-wolf that I could toss around carelessly. She was someone very important to me and someone that I had to treat with care and respect. I wished I could just lie beside her, I wanted to just feel her presence near me. Looking up at the clock, I could see it had only been an hour since I had left her. I had matters to attend too but I just didn't want to deal with them right now. I had told everyone I needed a few days to settle Alyssa into the castle.

The look on her face when we pulled up to the front door was priceless. I take it she had never even seen a castle before and here she was now sitting in one. Hopefully, she will stop fighting the mate bond and just accept that we were fated to be together. But seeing her reaction today, I doubted it would be that easy. Most mates would just fall into line, sure they were feisty and liked to taunt their other half. However, to outright fight the bond was almost unheard of. Then again, she was human. Things were different for them.

There was a soft knocking at the door, a slim woman slid inside and made her way to my bed. I looked up at her and sighed. Kailee. I didn't have time for her tonight. I didn't want to deal with this. Kailee and I had been acquainted since we were teens. We hooked up occasionally and it was fun, casual. Until recently, when she started pushing me for more.

Who wouldn't want to be Queen of the Lycan's?

Apparently Alyssa didnt.

Kailee sat gingerly on the edge of the bed. It looked as if she had been crying. Great more issues to attend to.

"What is it?" I asked, grumpily.

She sniffled. "You have found your mate then."

"Yes."

"Does that mean we are over?" She asked gently.

I sighed. "I told you over and over again that there was never anything between us. I liked you as a person."

"But we..." She trailed off, sniffling. "We gave ourselves to each other."

"Please," I said gently. "Don't make this into something it's not. We have had others."

"It's not the same," she snapped.

"I'm sorry."

She got up and turned to face me with an angry look plastered across her face. "You will be."

Then she stormed out. She stormed out and left me there to think about what it was she meant by that. Any other person would have taken that as a threat. But I knew her, she wasn't the sort of woman to throw threats around. Groaning, I sat up and looked at where she had left a crack open. Wolves had excellent hearing, she knew some of them would have heard something. We were also notorious gossips. Something else I'll have to fix later.

For now I resigned to just having a nice hot shower and letting the stress of the last couple weeks wash off of me. I hadn't been home in a while, trying to fix issues with the rogue packs that broke away from the alliance. Turning the water on and just standing under it was nice enough. It allowed me to relax a little, stretch out my joints and give me a space to think. A poker face was not something I had learnt to master yet.

My father was so much better at these things than I was. It made me miss him. I missed my older brother who would tease me about always being second in command. Now I didn't have either of them here anymore, not since the attack that took place six months ago. When some of these rogue packs had formed their own alliance and tried to rebel against us. My father and brother always fought on the front lines with their troops. My father's words echoed in my mind.

If you won't fight for your kingdom, why should they?

He was right, of course.

And so that left me to pick up all of the pieces of the kingdom. I had to rally my people to stay with me, to keep the alliance that had kept us safe all these years. Alpha Aiden had been a problem since the beginning. He was about my age and he was desperate to create his own legacy. With no mate, he could afford to be reckless. But me? I didn't have a Luna, I didn't have children to carry on my legacy if I died. I couldn't afford to be reckless with Alyssa. And I would not allow Aiden to take everything my father worked so hard for.

I turned off the shower and dried off quickly. I wanted to sneak into Alyssa's room and see how she was doing. I threw on a pair of grey sweatpants and walked three doors down to her room. I nodded at the guards and they nodded back at me, moving out of the way so I could go inside. I had expected something to be thrown at me, but the room was dark.

I could hear Alyssa softly snoring underneath the blankets, her cat meowed at me and rubbed up against my leg. I picked him up and took a seat on the couch that was near the window. Her cat had such a stupid name, but as he softly meowed and then made himself comfortable on my lap, I decided he wasn't so bad. I looked over at Alyssa, sleeping soundly. She must have had a shower, her hair smelled different and she seemed a little more relaxed.

She was so beautiful, I thought to myself.

As I watched her, I yawned. And felt myself slowly drifing off into sleep.