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Chapter 169
Chapter 169
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Since the Kings are back, we split up into teams of two. For obvious reasons, Aurora was paired with her father Ragnar got the Alpha King, and I have to babysit the Rogue King. He’s been sitting beside me wordlessly, cursing his existence and probably mine. I reach out and offer him my tablet. I locked everything except for the news app. He glances over at me and sighs.
“Am I allowed to contact anyone?” he asks.
“I was told not to let you by the others. Even if you could, is there anyone you can trust to help us?” I ask. He takes the tablet and shakes his head. “If I may, how often did they draw blood?”
“At least once every other week.”
“How much did they need?”
“Not much. Maybe a syringe full.”
“Is there anything else you can give me so I can establish a time period of how much is required for how long?”
“Honestly, I didn’t even know what was happening. In the beginning, we weren’t together. I was drugged a lot, and I thought it was the pack of dogs doing this. I thought he turned on me. It wasn’t until much later that they needed us to sober up and tossed us where you found us.”
“I’m sorry. That must have been horrible,” I shake my head. “I’m not in any way happy to tell you that a lot has changed. Umm-
“I know,” he says after a while.
It’s not every day one has to accept the fact that their mate has been living and giving what rightfully belongs to us to someone else. The Rogue Queen has two sons with the shadow. Bonded wolves feel everything their mate does. It’s a shared existence, and she’s existed in that bond without him.
“Why didn’t you ever bond with Santiago?” he asks as he flips through the articles.
“I was scared,” I admit. He looks over at me, giving me a strange look.
“Of what?”
“I was branded an omega. He was an alpha, and I guess I was afraid the teasing would get worse. I didn’t have any defenses. No wolf to warn me of what was going to happen to me. I never felt I was worthy, so I wanted to prove that I was before it happened. It was the only way I could protect myself. I was alone,” I shrug.
‘Did you even want to be there?”
“No.” I admit. “I didn’t want to be somewhere until I moved here. After my family died, I wanted to go with them, but something always interfered, and here I am still.”
“There’s a way out of that, you know?” he huffs.
“I could have done it, but my brothers lost their lives too. What kind of person would I be if I didn’t at least try?”
“I feel it,” he says, clearing his throat. “Every time they’re together. When she gave him a child. How happy she is. At first. I
was very angry. When things escalated, my wolf would break down. It’s why we were only wearing pants. I couldn’t control him for some time. But now all I can think of is how confused she’ll be when the truth comes out
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Tm going to kill the father of her children, break our bond, and send them away. I don’t know if I can forgive any of it Not her, them, or myself. I’ve been alone my entire life, but I’ve never truly felt it until now. All this power and responsibility didn’t do shit for me. I don’t know nor do I care what kind of person I am anymore.”
The power and responsibility are the only things you have left,” I scoff. “You have so much to answer for. You ruined so many lives. Mine, my mate, and an entire city of innocent people.”
“Are you saying I got what I deserved?” he smirks.
“I don’t think anyone deserves what happened to you. I think that in the very least, you need to feel sorry for the lives you fucked up, and maybe instead of feeling sorry for yourself, do something about it.
“It’s not going to be easy, but now that there’s room to make a difference and you know that we’ve got everything on you. Maybe you can fix some of the shit you broke. Your mate isn’t to blame for any of this, but I understand that it’s going to be hard for you to look at her for a while.
“Eventually, you’re going to have to face her properly. But for now, focus on what’s in front of you. These are your people. These things have destroyed everything you were working to build for them. Rogue crimes are higher than they’ve ever been. Wolves from your side and the packlands have died in millions.
You’re a lot of things, but I know you’re not a coward. I may never have agreed with the way you used to do things, but I respected it because you stood up for people like me. Those of us who struggle to find our place in the world. We always had a home with you.
‘I was fourteen when we first met. I’m not sure you remember that. It was before you found your mate. You sat in my room until I came out of surgery, and you apologized. I didn’t know what you were apologizing for then, but you looked like I felt. Completely defeated. Unsure of everything around you. I always figured that if you, being a powerful being, can endure everything you have, it should be easy for me to do it as well.”
He sets the tablet down and sits back in his seat. Kennedy will be joining me to help this man try to get back into shape. She exted me a long thank you message for getting her out of the city. We’re keeping them separated and heavily guarded in military bases until we can find our final target.
How much danger do you think you’ll be in if those things have your DNA?” he asks when we arrive.
That’s what I’m trying to figure out, but don’t worry about it. I can do to them what I can do to you. I’ll be fine.”
Do you like being a Lycan?” he asks when we get to the bunkers. I pause and look back at him with a smile.
I love being a Lycan. I love who I’m becoming here. It’s crazy, right? We’re taught to fear them all our lives because they’re nonsters. But in the end, it was the monsters who gave me a home. A lot of people consider me a traitor now They blame ne for all of this.”
That’s the thing about pack wolves,” he finally smiles. “Those motherfuckers never take accountability for their actions It’s always someone else’s fault. It’s why they have a ranking system. They can always blame it on the little guys
Okay, so Lieutenant Kennedy is kind of a hard ass. She’s a weapons specialist and loves when assholes like you get u het face. She’s an alpha-ranked female with two wives. One of them has just had a baby So, she’s probably going to be m
momma mode.
‘On top of that, she was dating Ivar, and now that his mate is back on the market, he dumped her and has been using her to make his mate jealous for a couple of weeks now.”
“That is a lot to unpack. Is she one of those dudes who turned into a woman?”
“What? No. It’s a union. Their region is huge, and they keep everyone in check because of a It’s actually a really good strategy. You should ask her about it if you become friends. She one hundred percent has always been a female
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