Chapter 4

• A few days have gone by, and things are still the same between Theodore and I. I found out his name is Theodore from Charlotte. You can guess how great our relationship is, given that I found out his name from someone else. I am currently on my way to ask him if I can get a phone to call mom and Chloe. I miss them, and it’s been a while since I last heard or spoke to any of them. He is working from home today. I walk to his study and knock on his door. I walk inside once he says, come in.
• “What do you want?” He says in a harsh tone like always. His eyes are glued to the papers in front of him. I am sure he did not need to look up to know it’s me. He must have smelled me once I walked in.
• “I wanted to ask if I could get a phone to call my mom,” I say once I am in front of him.
• “Why would you need to do that,” He asks, stunning me with his question
• “I miss her, and I want to know how she is doing.”
• “She is doing fine, and I will tell your Alpha to tell her you miss her.”
• “How do you know she is doing fine, and why can’t I speak to her” Why is he trying to keep me away from my mom. He acts in a very strange way.
• “I know because if she was dead, your Alpha would have informed me, and I don’t want you to speak to anyone outside this pack?”
• “Excuse me, but why?” I ask, confused.
• “Because I don’t want you to.”
• “Because you don’t want me to, what kind of reason is that? I am not your prisoner, so why can’t I have a phone to call my mom.”
• “I don’t need you interacting with anyone from your old pack. This is your new home, so you will only interact with people from this pack.”
• “Why are you making these decisions like you have all the say in my life? You did not even accept me as your Queen, and you are telling me to forget my old pack and make here my new home. Even If I make here my new home, it does not mean I should forget everyone important to me from my old pack.”
• “You don’t have to be Queen to accept here as your new home. You are my mate whether you like it or not, and that makes here your new home. You should do yourself a favour and forget about everything related to your old pack and move on with your life.”
• “You can’t make decisions about my life like this. I have a right to speak to my mom.”
• “I said you wouldn’t, and that’s final,” He says, staring at me with those dark eyes of his that are filled with anger. One look at his eyes, I know he is not going to change his mind. I feel so hurt that my mate won’t allow me to speak to my mother for no good reason.
• “I don’t know why you are doing this, but you are being very cruel to me” I feel myself on the verge of tears. I quickly walk out of his office before I break down in front of him.
• I run upstairs into my room. I can’t hold it in anymore and release the tears. When did my life become so complicated? Why was I given such a cruel mate? Why won’t he allow me to speak to my mom? It’s not like I said I am going back to my old pack, and what if I want to go back. It’s not like he wants me, so why is he keeping me like I am a prisoner.
• I don’t know when I fall asleep until I hear someone shouting, disturbing me in my sleep. I must have fallen asleep while crying. I walk downstairs to find out who dares to make noise in the Alpha king’s house. While I am descending the stairs, I see a young male standing at the front of the stairway. He looks a few years older than me but not as old as Theodore , and now that I have compared him to Theodore . He looks a little like him, just that he has blond hair. He has the same blue eyes and muscular build. He is handsome but not as attractive as my mate. Once I reach the last step, he speaks.
• “You must be Anastasia. It’s a pleasure to meet you. I am Liam,” He says, taking my palm into his hand and leaves a little peck on it.
• “Take your hands off her if you still want them attached to your body,” Theodore says once he steps out of his office.
• I can’t believe he has been in his office all day; it’s almost midnight. He should get some rest, but why am I caring about him. He does not care about me, so I won’t care about him. He should work himself to death; I don’t care. I tell myself, but I know it would shatter me to pieces if he does.
• “I like my hand thank you very much, and I only did it so you would leave that office of yours,” The unknown man says,
• Did he kiss my hand to get Theodore out of his office? If he did, he must be really close to him to put his life on the line like that.
• “Don’t try it next time, and why are you back?”
• “I heard my brother has finally found his mate. I had to come and see for myself if it’s true, and I am speechless. You are more beautiful than the people describe. The stories didn’t do you any justice,” Liam says, smiling at me. I haven’t been here that long, and stories about me are already spreading. I wonder what stories precisely because nothing has happened between Theodore and me, so I wonder what Liam heard. And he is his brother. It explains why he speaks to him with no respect and why they look alike.
• “Now that you have seen her, you can leave.”
• “Why are you kicking me out when I just got here? I want to get to know our future Queen.”
• “There is no future Queen here, so you can leave,” Theodore says, and it feels like a punch was thrown at my heart.
• Every time he rejects me indirectly, it hurt as much as I am sure it would hurt if he actually rejects me. I don’t know if I should tell him to reject me so that I can feel the pain all at once, but at the same time, I don’t want to leave him. I actually wish he would love me and treat me well. I wonder if that would ever happen between us.
• “You shouldn’t say things like that with your mate around. It hurts, don’t you know” Liam says, covering my ears like it would make them un-hear his harsh words, but it won’t. The effects of his words are already done.
• “I can see you don’t like your hands,” Theodore growls
• “Sorry,” Liam says, taking his hands away from my ears. “Anyways, I think we should all go to bed. It’s late, and we are all tired. See you guys tomorrow,” He says and starts walking towards the front door.
• “I told you to leave, not to go to bed,” Theodore says, following behind him.
• They leave me standing alone by the stairs. I can tell for a fact Theodore does not want his brother around, and I wonder why. If I had a sibling, I would like them around. I brush the thought and walk back upstairs to get some sleep.
• The next day I walk downstairs to the kitchen to make breakfast for myself. I have not gone to the pack house to eat breakfast after that day; Theodore embarrassed me. He might have only been talking to me. Still, we are all werewolves, so everyone around the table heard our conversation. I have been feeling too embarrassed to show my face in front of those people ever again. On my way to the kitchen, the aroma of something divine cooking passes through my nose. I wonder if Charlotte came to make breakfast for me. I walk into the kitchen, and the person I see by the stove is not someone I expected to see.
• “Good morning, Luna,” Liam says.
• “Good morning Liam and I don’t think you should call me Luna,” I say, taking a seat on one of the kitchen stools.
• “Why?” He asks as he sets a plate with eggs, sausages and toasted bread in front of me. I show him my neck that his brother has not marked. “Even though he has not marked you, it does not change the fact that you are his mate.”
• “I know it does not, but he has to accept me for me to become Luna.”
• “You are right, and I am sorry for my brother’s behaviour.”
• “You don’t have to apologize for him.”
• “I know I don’t, but I feel I should. My brother has been through a lot so, it will take time for him to trust you enough to make you his Queen and accept you as his mate.”
• “I don’t know what your brother has been through, but I don’t think it’s right for him to be cruel to me the way he is.”
• “Yes, you are right again, but I am asking you to please be patient with him and try to make it work.”
• “I will because the mate bond makes it impossible for me not to want him, but I also don’t want my heart to get broken by him.”
• “Trust me, as far as you are patient with him. He will come around.”
• “Okay, if you say so and thank you for breakfast.”
• “You are welcome.”
• After breakfast with Liam, I walk to the pack house to find Charlotte . I walk inside, and I am greeted with a lot of eyes on me. I try to act like it’s not disturbing me, but it is. I wonder why they are looking at me.
• ‘It’s because you are their King’s mate,’ Eva says
• ‘Even though, why are they looking at me with such pity in their eyes?’
• Everyone staring at me looks at me like I am a lost child who can’t find their way back home. There is a lot of pity in their eyes, and I wonder why.
• ‘I don’t know.’
• ‘Do you think they believe the stories they have heard about the king, and they think he is hurting us.’
• ‘I don’t think so because this pack is directly close to him; if anyone should know the truth, they would. Our mate would never hurt us.’
• ‘How sure are you?’
• ‘I am sure because his wolf wants us, but the human keeps fighting it.’
• ‘I wish he would allow himself to be with us.’
• ‘Me too’
• Eva says and goes to the back of my head.
• I continue looking around for Charlotte , and the moment I set my eyes on her, I am filled with joy. I can finally leave the packhouse and go away from so many eyes. I quickly walk towards her and pull her with me outside.
• “Hello to you too,” Charlotte says while I drag her out of the packhouse
• “I am sure you are wondering why I pulled you out like that. I just needed to get out of there.”
• “Why? Did you see someone who wanted to harm you?” Charlotte says, panicking
• “No, and why are you panicking?”
• “Because you are the King’s mate, so your life can be in danger anywhere at any time.”
• I never thought about the dangers of being the Alpha king’s mate. Now that Charlotte said it, it makes me a little worried for myself. I have to be extra careful now.
• “I know, but I pulled you out quickly because everyone was looking at me weirdly inside.”
• “Oh, you noticed.”
• “Of course, I noticed. Why did they look at me like that?”
• “I don’t think you want to know why,” Charlotte says, and this only makes me more curious to find out why
• “Please tell me why.”
• “Hmm….” Charlotte hesitates to speak but continues after taking in a deep breath. “They all believe the King is going to reject you or, worse, kill you.”
• “What! kill me, why?” I ask, getting scared for my life.
• “Because you have been here for three weeks and he hasn’t marked you or rejected you, the only option left is to kill you.”
• “No, just because he has not done any of them does not mean killing me is the only option left,” I say, but a tiny part of me knows that may be where my fate lies, but would he really kill me?
• “Yeah, you are right, even though he has not done any of them, killing you is not the last option,” Charlotte says, but I feel she just said it to me so that I stop being scared because I am sure I look scared for my life like I am.
• “Yes, it’s not the last option, and why would everyone think like that.”
• “Our king does not have a good reputation. I am sure you have heard the stories.”
• “Yeah, I have, but you guys should know what he is capable of since you guys are the pack closest to him.”
• “We do, and that’s why we are worried for you but don’t think too deep into it.”
• “I think it’s already too late for that.”
• They have already put fear in me, and I don’t know what else to think about. I even forgot why I came to look for Charlotte .