Chapter Thirty-six. They got what they deserved.Ivanna's POV"I don't need anything from you. You're awake now, and I want you to eat. That's all. Here." He passed the food to me, with a warm smile that almost melted my heart.I hesitated, warning myself not to get deceived by his acts. He was still the monster that wiped off a whole Pack. It wouldn't be easy to erase that from my memory."Please?" "Thank you," I took the food with unsure, shaky hands. "Are you sure this food wasn’t poisonous?""Yes," he sighed. "You should start eating." After much contemplation, I couldn't resist the aroma of the food anymore, so I dug in. It was extremely delicious, but with the pleasure of eating it came disturbing thoughts of his ulterior motives behind this.Was he feeding me so I would be indebted to him, and wouldn't reject his proposal anymore? Was I being trapped by this food? Was that it?I ate the last of the food and put down the cutleries. He took the tray."Uh, you can go see your f
Chapter Thirty- seven. On the bedIvanna's POVJenny held my hand after she settled. Her smiles were sentimental, and her eyes held a doze of tears."I’m sorry you had to suffer so much for a crime you didn't commit. They put you through so much hell. You didn't deserve any of it.""It's all over now, Jenny. I survived it. That's what matters.""Yes, you did. And I'm proud of you. So proud." She mused, pulling me into a tight, long hug.We chatted a bit more, about random stuff, until she got the whole mood suffocating with her question. "So tell me, what are you going to do about the king?" She asked. I sighed. I'd be lying if I said I had this situation figured out. It was all too complicated. Everything happened so fast, that I barely had the time to think. One second, I was with Rocco. And now, King Ace. All in a snap of the finger. So fucking complicated."Ivanna…""I don't know, Jenny. No one told me life changes this quickly. No one gave me a heads up or I would have been pr
Chapter Thirty-Eight. In my dreamsIvanna's POVThe next morning, I woke up to find the king staring at me."Good morning, mate," he smiled. "Hope you slept peacefully?"He was so strikingly handsome when he smiled like that. I couldn't help the heat crawling up my cheeks and how rapid my heartbeat became.It had to be because of our proximity. He was leaning in too close to me. It was excitingly suffocating.I hated feeling this way, so I moved back a bit."Are you alright?" He asked."I'm good," I replied curtly, refusing to look at his face."You sure?" He reached out to touch my hair, but I evaded it. He stood, with his hands sinking into his pockets. Like he was reassuring me."The maids will attend to you soon. You need to bathe and come join me for breakfast."I nodded and he left. Minutes later, the maids walked in. There were five of them."Good morning, my queen." Th
Chapter Thirty-Nine. The invitation. FLASHBACK… King Ace's POV The door creaked open, and I was forced to take my gaze away from the pile of work littered on my desk. Draven walked in with some fancy envelope in his hand. "My King," he bowed. "What is it? Can't you see that I'm busy? You couldn't choose a better time?" I was pissed and frustrated. I had a lot of work to do. A lot of files needed my signature. And a lot of business proposals from other Packs were waiting for me to preview them and either accept or decline. I had a shit load of work glaring at me. It was neither the time nor the place to entertain whatever Draven had to say. "I'm sorry to bother you, my king, but I thought I should deliver it to you immediately. It's an invitation from Alpha Dean." "Again?" I snorted, glaring at the invitation. "It's the tenth I've received in the last couple of months. And the hundredth these past few years. Doesn't he know when to stop? He's becoming a nuisance." "I think he
Chapter Forty. Arriving at the pack.MORE FLASHBACK…King Ace's POVAlone in my office, I did nothing but fantasize about her. What she would look like. Her personality. Hobbies. How well we would click when we eventually get to meet. Every damn thing about her ran through my thoughts. ‘I can’t wait to see her, Ace,’ Klaus said. I felt how happy he was. Klaus was my wolf who was always nagging me to go out and find his mate. He was a strong and scary Zeta wolf. I always let him out whenever we were at war. The greatest fight my wolf ever won had to be against Alex, my half-brother. He was born from a one-night stand between my father and an Omega. According to the rumors, father was drunk and his mother, Clara, had taken advantage of him. Even after giving birth to Alex, we treated her well but she wanted more. Titles. She wanted the queen’s throne. Wanted to replace my mother. She was filled with so much resentment and she instilled it in Alex. Made him think he was never loved a
Chapter Forty One. What the heck?MORE FLASHBACK…King Ace's POV"Monster!" She yelled, snatching her hands violently from my grip.Her outburst was sudden and subtly cruel. I was taken aback by it. This wasn't the first time I was being called a monster, but the way she said it, hearing it from her altogether, it kinda hurt. I had fantasized a lot about our meeting but I never imagined it would be this horrible. Nothing prepared me for this kind of reaction from her. No one gave me a heads-up. That was why it took me a couple of minutes to think of a suitable reaction."I will never accept someone like you as a mate!" She screamed. "You're a monster."God, that hurt. I can't believe I searched for her all these years just to get brutally rejected like this. But then again, I would never let her push me away so easily. She could hate me for all I care, but that wouldn't change a thing. It took me a lot to find her. I'd be crazy to let her slip away from my hand. She was the Queen of
Chapter Forty-two. Was I not good enough for her?King Ace's POVTalking to her and trying to convince her to be mine didn’t seem to work. She insisted that she needed peace. If so, then why couldn't she find her peace staying beside me? Was I that much of a chaos?She was being too cruel. Her persistent rejection left me with no choice but to threaten her with her friend. I knew treating her like that could make her hate me even more but I had no choice. I had to make her stay with me. I had to convince her to, one way or the other. It didn't matter the least to me if everyone in her Pack slept with her. It was all in the past and I shouldn't pay attention to it.I needed a future with her. I needed her beside me, as my queen and the mother of my unborn pups. Her past shouldn't matter and it didn't. I was ready to overlook all that messiness and love her right.Why wouldn't she let me? Why was it so hard for her to give me a chance? Why was she hellbent on testing the limit of my p
Chapter Forty–Three. The KissKing Ace's POVI thought giving her what she wanted would make us stop fighting. I thought giving her the freedom and peace she was clamoring for would put an end to all this craziness. But I was wrong. She wanted more. She wanted to leave my side. My kingdom. I could never allow that. Her persistent nagging and yelling poked on all my nerves. I couldn't take it anymore. There was no more tolerance for her silly, outrageous requests. "That won’t be possible mate. It doesn't matter what you say. I won’t let you leave my side.""You promised to give me freedom," she barked at me. "Why are you going back to your words, King?""I did give you my word, but I never told you I was gonna allow you to leave my side. Don’t push me too far, mate. You don’t want to see the monster in me,” I warned, trying hard to control my anger.She stayed quiet, watching me with eyes filled with dread and anger."You can have what you desire most, ‘freedom’, by staying next door